Title: To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish a point of order against long-term direct spending, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
This bill establishes a point of order against legislation that increases long-term direct spending. The point of order may be raised in the House or the Senate against legislation that would cause a net increase in direct spending of more than $5 billion in any of the four consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal year.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4115 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4115

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 to establish a point of order against long-term direct spending, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2019

Mr. Johnson of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Womack, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Burchett, 
 Mr. Woodall, Mr. Flores, Mr. Timmons, and Mr. Norman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in 
      addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 to establish a point of order against long-term direct spending, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING LONG-TERM DIRECT SPENDING.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``point of order against increasing long-term direct spending

    ``Sec. 316.  (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
would cause a net increase in direct spending in excess of 
$5,000,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods 
described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Proposals.--The 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent 
practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint resolution 
reported by a committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations), 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, would cause, 
relative to current law, a net increase in direct spending in the House 
of Representatives or the Senate, in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of 
the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the first 
fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal year.''.
    (b) Supermajority Requirement for Waiver in the Senate.--
Subsections (c)(1) and (d)(2) of section 904 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 are amended by inserting ``316(a),'' after ``313,'' 
each place it appears.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in 
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 315 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 316. Point of order against increasing long-term direct 
                            spending.''.
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