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[Q]: SECTION 1. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF 
              DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

    Subtitle B of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
13701 note; 108 Stat. 1925) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``CHAPTER 11--TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR CHILD VICTIMS 
           OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT

``SEC. 40299. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR CHILD VICTIMS 
              OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

    ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General, acting in consultation 
with the Director of the Violence Against Women Office of the 
Department of Justice, shall award grants under this section to States, 
units of local government, Indian tribes, and other organizations 
(referred to in this section as the `recipient') to carry out programs 
to provide assistance to minors, adults, and their dependents--
            ``(1) who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing 
        or other housing assistance, as a result of fleeing a situation 
        of domestic violence; and
            ``(2) for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis 
        intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.
    ``(b) Grants.--Grants awarded under this section may be used for 
programs that provide--
            ``(1) short-term housing assistance, including rental or 
        utilities payments assistance and assistance with related 
        expenses such as payment of security deposits and other costs 
        incidental to relocation to transitional housing for persons 
        described in subsection (a); and
            ``(2) support services designed to enable a minor, an 
        adult, or a dependent of such minor or adult, who is fleeing a 
        situation of domestic violence to--
                    ``(A) locate and secure permanent housing; and
                    ``(B) integrate into a community by providing that 
                minor, adult, or dependent with services, such as 
                transportation, counseling, child care services, case 
                management, employment counseling, and other 
                assistance.
    ``(c) Duration.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
        minor, an adult, or a dependent, who receives assistance under 
        this section shall receive that assistance for not more than 18 
        months.
            ``(2) Waiver.--The recipient of a grant under this section 
        may waive the restriction under paragraph (1) for not more than 
        an additional 6 month period with respect to any minor, adult, 
        or dependent, who--
                    ``(A) has made a good-faith effort to acquire 
                permanent housing; and
                    ``(B) has been unable to acquire permanent housing.
    ``(d) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant 
        under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney 
        General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) describe the activities for which assistance 
                under this section is sought; and
                    ``(B) provide such additional assurances as the 
                Attorney General determines to be essential to ensure 
                compliance with the requirements of this section.
            ``(3) Application.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        construed to require--
                    ``(A) victims to participate in the criminal 
                justice system in order to receive services; or
                    ``(B) domestic violence advocates to breach client 
                confidentiality.
    ``(e) Report to the Attorney General.--
            ``(1) In general.--A recipient of a grant under this 
        section shall annually prepare and submit to the Attorney 
        General a report describing--
                    ``(A) the number of minors, adults, and dependents 
                assisted under this section; and
                    ``(B) the types of housing assistance and support 
                services provided under this section.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each report prepared and submitted 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include information regarding--
                    ``(A) the amount of housing assistance provided to 
                each minor, adult, or dependent, assisted under this 
                section and the reason for that assistance;
                    ``(B) the number of months each minor, adult, or 
                dependent, received assistance under this section;
                    ``(C) the number of minors, adults, and dependents 
                who--
                            ``(i) were eligible to receive assistance 
                        under this section; and
                            ``(ii) were not provided with assistance 
                        under this section solely due to a lack of 
                        available housing; and
                    ``(D) the type of support services provided to each 
                minor, adult, or dependent, assisted under this 
                section.
    ``(f) Report to Congress.--
            ``(1) Reporting requirement.--The Attorney General, with 
        the Director of the Violence Against Women Office, shall 
        annually prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
        of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the 
        Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a compilation of 
        the information contained in the report submitted under 
        subsection (e).
            ``(2) Availability of report.--In order to coordinate 
        efforts to assist the victims of domestic violence, the 
        Attorney General, in coordination with the Director of the 
        Violence Against Women Office, shall transmit a copy of the 
        report submitted under paragraph (1) to--
                    ``(A) the Office of Community Planning and 
                Development at the United States Department of Housing 
                and Urban Development; and
                    ``(B) the Office of Women's Health at the United 
                States Department of Health and Human Services.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
        years 2004 through 2008.
            ``(2) Limitations.--Of the amount made available to carry 
        out this section in any fiscal year, not more than 3 percent 
        may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and 
        administrative expenses.
            ``(3) Minimum amount.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), unless all eligible applications 
                submitted by any States, units of local government, 
                Indian tribes, or organizations within a State for a 
                grant under this section have been funded, that State, 
                together with the grantees within the State (other than 
                Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year, 
                not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount 
                appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to 
                this section.
                    ``(B) Exception.--The United States Virgin Islands, 
                American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands 
                shall each be allocated not less than 0.25 percent of 
                the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for 
                grants pursuant to this section.''.
[A]: Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to require the Attorney General to award grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and other organizations to carry out programs to provide short-term housing assistance and related support services to minors, adults, and their dependents: (1) who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of fleeing a situation of domestic violence; and (2) for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

Limits the duration of such assistance to an 18-month period, except that a grant recipient may extend such assistance for an additional six-month period with respect to any minor, adult, or dependent who has been unable to acquire permanent housing despite a good-faith effort to do so.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Family Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FULLY REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX CREDIT.

    (a) Elimination of Existing Child Tax Credit.--Subpart A of part IV 
of subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended by striking section 24.
    (b) Establishment of Fully Refundable Child Tax Credit.--Subpart C 
of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A of such Code is 
amended by inserting after section 36B the following new section:

``SEC. 36C. CHILD TAX CREDIT.

    ``(a) Allowance of Credit.--There shall be allowed as a credit 
against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount 
equal to the sum of--
            ``(1) with respect to each qualifying child of the taxpayer 
        who has attained 6 years of age before the close of such 
        taxable year and for which the taxpayer is allowed a deduction 
        under section 151, an amount equal to $3,000, and
            ``(2) with respect to each qualifying child of the taxpayer 
        who has not attained 6 years of age before the close of such 
        taxable year and for which the taxpayer is allowed a deduction 
        under section 151, an amount equal to 120 percent of the dollar 
        amount in paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Limitation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of the credit allowable under 
        subsection (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the 
        applicable amount for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) by 
        which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds the 
        threshold amount. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the 
        term `modified adjusted gross income' means adjusted gross 
        income increased by any amount excluded from gross income under 
        section 911, 931, or 933.
            ``(2) Threshold amount.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
                the term `threshold amount' means--
                            ``(i) $110,000 in the case of a joint 
                        return,
                            ``(ii) $75,000 in the case of an individual 
                        who is not married, and
                            ``(iii) $55,000 in the case of a married 
                        individual filing a separate return.
                    ``(B) Marital status.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, marital status shall be determined under 
                section 7703.
            ``(3) Applicable amount.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the term `applicable amount' means an amount equal to the 
        quotient of--
                    ``(A) the amount of the credit allowable under 
                subsection (a), as determined without regard to this 
                subsection, divided by
                    ``(B) an amount equal to the product of--
                            ``(i) $20, multiplied by
                            ``(ii) the total number of qualifying 
                        children of the taxpayer.
    ``(c) Qualifying Child.--
            ``(1) In general.--In this section, the term `qualifying 
        child' means a qualifying child of the taxpayer (as defined in 
        section 152(c)) who has not attained 19 years of age.
            ``(2) Exception for certain non-citizens.--The term 
        `qualifying child' shall not include any individual who would 
        not be a dependent if subparagraph (A) of section 152(b)(3) 
        were applied without regard to all that follows `resident of 
        the United States'.
    ``(d) Inflation Adjustment.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any taxable year 
        beginning after 2017, the $3,000 amount in subsection (a)(1) 
        shall be increased by an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost of living adjustment determined 
                under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which 
                the taxable year begins determined by substituting 
                `calendar year 2016' for `calendar year 1992' in 
                subparagraph (B) thereof.
            ``(2) Rounding.--If any increase determined under paragraph 
        (1) is not a multiple of $50, such increase shall be rounded to 
        the nearest multiple of $50.
    ``(e) Identification Requirements.--
            ``(1) Qualifying child identification requirement.--No 
        credit shall be allowed under this section to a taxpayer with 
        respect to any qualifying child unless the taxpayer includes 
        the name and taxpayer identification number of such qualifying 
        child on the return of tax for the taxable year and such 
        taxpayer identification number was issued on or before the due 
        date for filing such return.
            ``(2) Taxpayer identification requirement.--No credit shall 
        be allowed under this section if the identifying number of the 
        taxpayer was issued after the due date for filing the return 
        for the taxable year.
    ``(f) Taxable Year Must Be Full Taxable Year.--Except in the case 
of a taxable year closed by reason of the death of the taxpayer, no 
credit shall be allowable under this section in the case of a taxable 
year covering a period of less than 12 months.
    ``(g) Restrictions on Taxpayers Who Improperly Claimed Credit in 
Prior Year.--
            ``(1) Taxpayers making prior fraudulent or reckless 
        claims.--
                    ``(A) In general.--No credit shall be allowed under 
                this section for any taxable year in the disallowance 
                period.
                    ``(B) Disallowance period.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the disallowance period is--
                            ``(i) the period of 10 taxable years after 
                        the most recent taxable year for which there 
                        was a final determination that the taxpayer's 
                        claim of credit under this section was due to 
                        fraud, and
                            ``(ii) the period of 2 taxable years after 
                        the most recent taxable year for which there 
                        was a final determination that the taxpayer's 
                        claim of credit under this section was due to 
                        reckless or intentional disregard of rules and 
                        regulations (but not due to fraud).
            ``(2) Taxpayers making improper prior claims.--In the case 
        of a taxpayer who is denied credit under this section for any 
        taxable year as a result of the deficiency procedures under 
        subchapter B of chapter 63, no credit shall be allowed under 
        this section for any subsequent taxable year unless the 
        taxpayer provides such information as the Secretary may require 
        to demonstrate eligibility for such credit.
    ``(h) Reconciliation of Credit and Advance Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed under 
        this section for any taxable year shall be reduced (but not 
        below zero) by the aggregate amount of any advance payments of 
        such credit under section 7527A for such taxable year.
            ``(2) Excess advance payments.--If the aggregate amount of 
        advance payments under section 7527A for the taxable year 
        exceed the amount of the credit allowed under this section for 
        such taxable year (determined without regard to paragraph (1)), 
        the tax imposed by this chapter for such taxable year shall be 
        increased by the amount of such excess''.
    (c) Advance Payment of Credit.--Chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 7527 the following 
new section:

``SEC. 7527A. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CHILD TAX CREDIT.

    ``(a) In General.--As soon as practicable and not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
establish a program for making advance payments of the credit allowed 
under section 36C on a monthly basis (determined without regard to 
subsection (h)(1) of such section), or as frequently as the Secretary 
determines to be administratively feasible, to taxpayers allowed such 
credit.
    ``(b) Limitation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make payments under 
        subsection (a) only to the extent that the total amount of such 
        payments made to any taxpayer during the taxable year does not 
        exceed an amount equal to the excess, if any, of--
                    ``(A) subject to paragraph (2), the amount 
                determined under subsection (a) of section 36C with 
                respect to such taxpayer (determined without regard to 
                subsection (h) of such section) for such taxable year, 
                over
                    ``(B) the estimated tax imposed by subtitle A, as 
                reduced by the credits allowable under subparts A and C 
                (with the exception of section 36C) of such part IV, 
                with respect to such taxpayer for such taxable year, as 
                determined in such manner as the Secretary deems 
                appropriate.
            ``(2) Application of threshold amount limitation.--The 
        program described in subsection (a) shall make reasonable 
        efforts to apply the limitation of section 36C(b) with respect 
        to payments made under such program.''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986 is amended by striking the item relating to 
        section 24.
            (2) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1 of subtitle A of such Code is amended 
        by inserting after the item relating to section 36B the 
        following:

``Sec. 36C. Child tax credit.''.
            (3) The table of sections for chapter 77 of such Code is 
        amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7527 
        the following new item:

``Sec. 7527A. Advance payment of child tax credit.''.
            (4) Subparagraph (B) of section 45R(f)(3) of such Code is 
        amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Special rule.--Any amounts paid pursuant to 
                an agreement under section 3121(l) (relating to 
                agreements entered into by American employers with 
                respect to foreign affiliates) which are equivalent to 
                the taxes referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be 
                treated as taxes referred to in such subparagraph.''.
            (5) Section 152(f)(6)(B)(ii) of such Code is amended by 
        striking ``section 24'' and inserting ``section 36C''.
            (6) Paragraph (26) of section 501(c) of such Code is 
        amended in the flush matter at the end by striking ``section 
        24(c))'' and inserting ``section 36C(c)) who has not attained 
        17 years of age''.
            (7) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``24(d),'', and
                    (B) by inserting ``36C,'' after ``36B,''.
            (8) Section 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``section 
                24(e)'' and inserting ``section 36C(e)'', and
                    (B) in subparagraph (L), by striking ``24, or 32'' 
                and inserting ``32, or 36C''.
            (9) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United 
        States Code, is amended by inserting ``36C,'' after ``36B,''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.
[A]: American Family Act of 2017  This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) make the credit fully refundable, (2) increase the amount of the credit and allow an additional credit for children who are under six years of age, (3) require the amount of the credit to be adjusted annually for inflation after 2017, and (4) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of the credit on a monthly basis. 


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Voting Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES SECTION 302 AND SECTION 
              602 ALLOCATIONS AND SUBALLOCATIONS; ADJUSTMENT OF 
              DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS.

    (a) Section 302 Allocations.--Section 302(e) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``(1)'' before ``At'' and by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(2) If--
            ``(A) a general appropriation bill as reported by the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives is 
        amended and that bill as passed by the House reduces the amount 
        appropriated for any program, project, or activity from the 
        amount appropriated for that program, project, or activity in 
        that bill as so reported; and
            ``(B) that bill as passed by the Senate reduces the amount 
        appropriated for the same program, project, or activity from 
        the amount appropriated for that program, project, or activity 
        in that bill as reported initially in the House of 
        Representatives;
then, upon the passage of that bill by both Houses of Congress, the 
suballocations for that fiscal year made by each Committee on 
Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to the subcommittee with 
jurisdiction over that measure shall be reduced by the sum of the 
lesser amount of reductions made for each such program, project, or 
activity by the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may 
be, and that committee shall report to its House--
            ``(i) an adjusted suballocation for that subcommittee with 
        the appropriate reductions in levels of total new budget 
        outlays and total new budget authority; and
            ``(ii) an adjusted allocation for the committee that is 
        reduced by the reductions in new budget outlays and new budget 
        authority made under clause (i).
    ``(3) Further Adjustments of Appropriations Committees Allocations 
and Suballocations.--Upon the enactment of any rescission bill, the 
suballocations for that fiscal year made by each Committee on 
Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to any subcommittee with 
jurisdiction over that bill shall be reduced by the sum of the 
rescissions contained in that bill over which it has jurisdiction, and 
that committee shall report to its House--
            ``(A) an adjusted suballocation for that subcommittee with 
        the appropriate reductions in levels of total new budget 
        outlays and total new budget authority; and
            ``(B) an adjusted allocation for the committee that is 
        reduced by the reductions in new budget outlays and new budget 
        authority made under subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Section 602 Allocations.--Section 602 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsections:
    ``(f) Adjustments of Appropriations Committees Allocations and 
Suballocations.--If--
            ``(1) a general appropriation bill as reported by the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives is 
        amended and that bill as passed by that House reduces the 
        amount appropriated for any program, project, or activity from 
        the amount appropriated for that program, project, or activity 
        in that bill as so reported; and
            ``(2) that bill as passed by the Senate reduces the amount 
        appropriated for the same program, project, or activity from 
        the amount appropriated for that program, project, or activity 
        in that bill as reported initially in the House of 
        Representatives;
then, upon the passage of that bill by both Houses of Congress, the 
suballocations for that fiscal year made by each Committee on 
Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to the subcommittee with 
jurisdiction over that measure shall be reduced by the sum of the 
lesser amount of reductions made for each such program, project, or 
activity by the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may 
be, and that committee shall report to its House--
            ``(A) an adjusted suballocation for that subcommittee with 
        the appropriate reductions in levels of total new budget 
        outlays and total new budget authority; and
            ``(B) an adjusted allocation for the committee that is 
        reduced by the reductions in new budget outlays and new budget 
        authority made under subparagraph (A).
    ``(g) Further Adjustments of Appropriations Committees Allocations 
and Suballocations.--Upon the passage of any rescission bill by both 
Houses of Congress, the suballocations for that fiscal year made by 
each Committee on Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to any 
subcommittee with jurisdiction over that bill shall be reduced by the 
sum of the rescissions contained in that bill over which it has 
jurisdiction, and that committee shall report to its House--
            ``(1) an adjusted suballocation for that subcommittee with 
        the appropriate reductions in levels of total new budget 
        outlays and total new budget authority; and
            ``(2) an adjusted allocation for the committee that is 
        reduced by the reductions in new budget outlays and new budget 
        authority made under paragraph (1).''.
    (c) CBO Tracking.--Section 202 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Scorekeeping Assistance.--To facilitate compliance by the 
Committees on Appropriations with sections 302(e)(2) and 602(f), the 
Office shall score all general appropriation measures as passed the 
House of Representatives and as passed the Senate and have such 
scorecard published in the Congressional Record.''.
    (d) Adjustment of Discretionary Spending Limits.--Section 601(a)(2) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ``and by the amounts of any 
adjustments pursuant to section 602(f)(2)(B) and section 602(g)(2)''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF PROXY VOTING IN COMMITTEES.

    Clause 2(f) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) No vote by any member of any committee or subcommittee with 
respect to any measure or matter may be cast by proxy.''.

SEC. 4. OPEN COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

    Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of clause 2(g)(1), by inserting 
        ``because disclosure of matter to be considered would endanger 
        the national security or would tend to defame, degrade, or 
        incriminate any person'' after ``public'' the second place it 
        appears;
            (2) in clause 3(d), by striking ``is a privilege made 
        available by the House and''; and
            (3) by striking clause 3(e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by any committee of 
the House is open to the public, those proceedings shall be open to 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, or by any 
of such methods of coverage. No committee or subcommittee chairman may 
limit the number of television or still cameras below 2 representatives 
from each medium.''.

SEC. 5. APPLICATION OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT TO THE CONGRESS.

    The Congress, and the instrumentalities of Congress, shall be 
subject to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the ``Freedom of Information Act'') to the same extent 
that Executive agencies (as defined by section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code) are subject to such section 552.

SEC. 6. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) 5-day Waiting Period.--(1) Clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ``third'' 
and inserting ``fifth''.
    (2) The first sentence of clause 2(a) of rule XXVIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ``third'' and 
inserting ``fifth''.
    (b) Two-thirds Required to Approve Restrictive Rules.--Clause 4 of 
rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(e) It shall not be in order to consider any resolution reported 
from the Committee on Rules providing for the consideration of any bill 
or resolution otherwise subject to amendment under House Rules if that 
resolution limits the right of Members to offer germane amendments to 
such bill, unless that resolution is agreed to by the affirmative vote 
of at least two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being 
present.''.
    (c) Ban on King-of-the-hill Rules.--The last sentence of clause 
4(b) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by inserting before the period the following: ``; nor shall it report 
any rule for the consideration of any measure commonly known as a 
`king-of-the-hill' rule''.
    (d) Ban on Self-executing Rules.--Clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives (as amended by subsection (b)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(f) It shall not be in order to consider any order of business 
resolution reported from the Committee on Rules which provides that, 
upon the adoption of such resolution, the House shall be considered to 
have automatically adopted a motion (other than for the previous 
question), amendment, or resolution, or to have passed a bill, joint 
resolution, or conference report thereon.''.
    (e) Repeal of Rule XLIX.--Rule XLIX of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is repealed.
    (f) Conference Committees.--(1) Clause 3 of rule XXVIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ``Their report shall not fund any program, 
project, or activity at a level higher than that contained in the bill 
or resolution as passed the House or as passed the Senate and committed 
to the conference committee or fund any program, project, or activity 
not contained in that bill or resolution as passed the House or as 
passed the Senate.''.
    (2) Rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``7. It shall not be in order in the House to consider a conference 
report if that report would violate any motion to instruct conferees 
that the House agreed to.''.

SEC. 7. BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) President's Budget.--Paragraph (5) of section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this 
        section--
                    ``(A) estimated expenditures and proposed 
                appropriations for each function and subfunction in the 
                current fiscal year;
                    ``(B) estimated expenditures and proposed 
                appropriations the President decides are necessary to 
                support the Government for each function and 
                subfunction in the fiscal year for which the budget is 
                submitted; and
                    ``(C) a comparison of levels of estimated 
                expenditures and proposed appropriations for each 
                function and subfunction in the current fiscal year and 
                the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, 
                along with the proposed increase or decrease of 
                spending in percentage terms for each function and 
                subfunction;''.
    (b) Congressional Budget.--Section 301(e) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by--
            (1) inserting after the second sentence the following: 
        ``The starting point for any deliberations in the Committee on 
        the Budget of each House on the concurrent resolution on the 
        budget for the next fiscal year shall be the estimated level of 
        outlays for the current year in each function and subfunction. 
        Any increases or decreases in the Congressional budget for the 
        next fiscal year shall be from such estimated levels.'';
            (2) striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) a comparison of levels for the current fiscal year 
        with proposed spending for the subsequent fiscal years along 
        with the proposed increase or decrease of spending in 
        percentage terms for each function and subfunction;
            ``(3) information, data, and comparisons indicating the 
        manner in which, and the basis on which, the committee 
        determined each of the matters set forth in the concurrent 
        resolution, including information on outlays for the current 
        fiscal year and the decisions reached to set funding for the 
        subsequent fiscal years;'';
            (3) inserting ``and'' after the semicolon in paragraph (7);
            (4) striking paragraph (8); and
            (5) redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (8).
    (c) CBO Report to Budget Committees.--The first sentence of section 
202(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as 
follows: ``On or before February 15 of each year, the Director shall 
submit to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report, for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of 
that year, with respect to fiscal policy, including (A) estimated 
budget outlays in all functions and subfunctions for appropriated 
accounts for the current fiscal year and estimated budget outlays under 
current law for all entitlement programs for the next fiscal year, (B) 
alternative levels of total revenues, total new budget authority, and 
total outlays (including related surpluses and deficits), and (C) the 
levels of tax expenditures under existing law, taking into account 
projected economic factors and any changes in such levels based on 
proposals in the budget submitted by the President for such fiscal 
year.''.

SEC. 8. ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACT STATEMENTS.

    (a) Preparation.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall prepare an economic and employment impact statement, as described 
in subsection (b), to accompany each bill, resolution, or conference 
report reported by any committee of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate or considered on the floor of either House.
    (b) Contents.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the economic 
and employment impact statement required by subsection (a) shall--
            (1) state the extent to which enactment of the bill, 
        resolution, or conference report would result in increased 
        costs to the private sector, individuals, or State and local 
        governments; and
            (2) include, at a minimum, a detailed assessment of the 
        annual impact of the bill, resolution, or conference report 
        (projected annually over a 5-year period from its effective 
        date, and, to the extent feasible, expressed in each case in 
        monetary terms) on--
                    (A) costs to United States consumers;
                    (B) costs to United States business;
                    (C) national employment;
                    (D) the ability of United States industries to 
                compete internationally;
                    (E) affected State and local governments, fiscal 
                and otherwise;
                    (F) outlays and revenues by the Federal Government 
                as compared to outlays and revenues for the same 
                activity in the current fiscal year (as reported by the 
                Congressional Budget Office); and
                    (G) impact on Gross Domestic Product.
    (c) Exception.--The economic and employment impact statement 
required by subsection (a) may consist of a brief summary assessment in 
lieu of the detailed assessment set forth in subsection (b) if 
preliminary analysis indicates that the aggregate effect of the bill, 
resolution, or conference report as measured by the criteria set forth 
in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of subsection (b) is less than 
$100,000 or 1,000 jobs in national employment.
    (d) Statement With All Legislation.--The economic and employment 
impact statement required by this section shall accompany each bill, 
resolution, or conference report before such bill, resolution, or 
conference report may be reported or otherwise considered on the floor 
of either House.
    (e) Point of Order.--
            (1) Rule.--It shall not be in order in either the House of 
        Representatives or the Senate to consider on the floor any 
        bill, resolution, or conference report, whether or not reported 
        by any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, 
        unless that bill, resolution, or conference report includes the 
        economic and employment impact statement required by this 
        section.
            (2) Waiver.--A point of order made under this subsection 
        may be waived in the Senate by a two-thirds affirmative vote of 
        Senators, duly chosen and sworn, and in the House of 
        Representatives by a two-thirds affirmative vote of Members, 
        duly chosen and sworn.
    (f) Executive Regulations.--Each regulation and proposed regulation 
promulgated by a Federal department or executive agency shall be 
accompanied by an economic and employment impact statement prepared, in 
accordance with subsection (b), by the department or agency 
promulgating the regulation or proposed regulation. The economic and 
employment impact statement shall be published in the Federal Register 
together with such regulation or proposed regulation.
    (g) Provision for National Security Emergency Waiver.--
            (1) Congressional economic impact statements.--The Congress 
        may waive the requirements of subsections (a) through (d) at 
        any time in which a declaration of war is in effect, or in 
        response to a national security emergency at the request of the 
        President.
            (2) Executive regulations.--The President may waive the 
        requirements of subsection (f) at any time in which a 
        declaration of war is in effect, or in response to a national 
        security emergency as determined by the President in 
        consultation with Congress.
    (h) Repeal of Senate Rule.--Paragraph 11 of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate is repealed.

                                 

HR 3633 IH----2
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Truth in Voting Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for downward adjustments in Appropriations Committees allocations and suballocations when bills are passed that reduce appropriations and require rescissions.  Requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide scorecards for such measures. 
Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit proxy voting by any committee or subcommittee member. 
Establishes conditions under which meetings of the standing committees and subcommittees may be closed to the public. 
Requires proceedings of open committee hearings or meetings to be open to television or radio broadcast and still photography. 
Applies the Freedom of Information Act to the Congress as such Act applies to executive agencies. 
Prohibits the Committee on Rules from reporting any rule for the consideration of a measure commonly known as a "king of the hill" rule. 
Repeals rule XLIX (statutory limit on the public debt). 
Amends rule XXVIII to prohibit conference committee reports from funding any program or activity at a level higher than that contained in the bill or resolution as passed by the House or Senate or from funding any program not contained in such versions. 
Requires the President's annual budget to include estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for each function and subfunction in the current fiscal year and the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make the starting point for any deliberations on the budget in committee the estimated level of outlays for the current period in each function and subfunction.  Requires the budget to include comparisons of current fiscal year and proposed subsequent fiscal year spending. 
Requires the Comptroller General to prepare an economic and employment impact statement to accompany each bill, resolution, or conference report reported by a committee or considered on the floor.  Makes it out of order to consider any legislation that is not accompanied by such statement unless the point of order is waived by a two-thirds vote.  Requires regulations and proposed regulations promulgated by Federal agencies to be accompanied by such statements as well.