A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President's annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed spending increases, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1321
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-07-18
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Inflation and prices
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Requires the President's budget submission to Congress to: (1) list each program, and its proposed funding level, that will be a one-time expense for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted; and, in addition to the performance standards required, (2) a proposal, by budget function and agency, for reductions in spending for each of the four ensuing fiscal years.</p> <p>Requires the President, for each budget item being conducted in the current fiscal year, to provide: (1) the amount appropriated or otherwise made available for the item in that year, and (2) the amount of any proposed adjustment in the funding level for the item and its justification.</p> <p> Requires the President, if he proposes an adjustment resulting in a funding increase for a budget item, to include with the proposal the amount of the adjustment that is a result of inflation and the amount that is a result of an increase in employees' salaries or benefits.</p>  <p>Requires the President to provide for each major program in a budget function specified in the required estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority: (1) the amount appropriated or otherwise made available for it in the current fiscal year; and (2) a separate amount (if any) of its expected increase in the following fiscal year owing to inflation, pay increases, or benefit increases.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1321 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 18, 2013 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Ms. Ayotte ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President’s annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed spending increases, and for other purposes.

1. Current service level budgeting amendments (a) President’s budget submission Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) In subsection (a)— (A) by striking (37) the list and inserting (39) the list ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (40) a list of each program, and the proposed funding level for such program, that will be a one-time expense for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. (41) in addition to the performance standards requirements of paragraph (28), a proposal, by budget function and agency, for spending reductions in spending for each of the 4 fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. . (2) By adding at the end the following: (i) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, with respect to each item in the budget submitted under this section that is being conducted in the current fiscal year, the President shall provide the following: (A) The amount appropriated or otherwise made available for such item in such year. (B) The amount (if any) of a proposed adjustment in the funding level for such item and the justification for such change. (2) If the President proposes an adjustment under paragraph (1)(B) that will result in an increase in funding with respect to an item in the budget, the President shall include with such proposal the following: (A) The amount of such adjustment which is a result of inflation. (B) The amount of such adjustment that is a result of an increase in salaries or benefits for employees. . (b) Current programs and activities estimates Section 1109 of title 31, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) In subsection (a)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking were carried and all that follows through change in policy and inserting received the same amount of budget authority as provided in the current fiscal year ; and (B) in the third sentence, by striking The President and inserting Consistent with the requirements of subsection (c), the President . (2) By adding at the end the following: (c) With respect to each program listed under subsection (a), the President shall provide— (1) the amount appropriated or otherwise made available for such program in the current fiscal year; and (2) a separate amount (if any) of the expected increase in the following fiscal year for such program due to inflation, pay increases, or benefit increases. .