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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Taxpayer Protection Lock-box Act of
1999''.

SEC. 2. TAXPAYER PROTECTION LOCK-BOX LEDGER.

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

''taxpayer protection lock-box ledger

''Sec. 314. (a) Establishment of Ledger.--The Director of the
Congressional Budget Office (hereinafter in this section referred to as
the 'Director') shall maintain a ledger to be known as the 'Taxpayer
Protection Lock-box Ledger'. The Ledger shall be divided into entries
corresponding to the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations.
Each entry shall consist of three parts: the 'House Lock-box Balance';
the 'Senate Lock-box Balance'; and the 'Joint House-Senate Lock-box
Balance'.
''(b) Components of Ledger.--Each component in an entry shall
consist only of amounts credited to it under subsection (c). No entry
of a negative amount shall be made.
''(c) Credit of Amounts to Ledger.--(1) The Director shall, upon
the engrossment of any appropriation bill by the House of
Representatives and upon the engrossment of that bill by the Senate,
credit to the applicable entry balance of that House amounts of new
budget authority and outlays equal to the net amounts of reductions in
new budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to
by that House to that bill.
''(2) The Director shall, upon the engrossment of Senate amendments
to any appropriation bill, credit to the applicable Joint House-Senate
Lock-box Balance the amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal
to--
''(A) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i) the
amount of new budget authority in the House Lock-box Balance
plus (ii) the amount of new budget authority in the Senate
Lock-box Balance for that bill; and
''(B) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i) the
amount of outlays in the House Lock-box Balance plus (ii) the
amount of outlays in the Senate Lock-box Balance for that bill.
''(3) For purposes of calculating under this section the net
amounts of reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting
from amendments agreed to by the Senate on an appropriation bill, the
amendments reported to the Senate by its Committee on Appropriations
shall be considered to be part of the original text of the bill.
''(d) Definition.--As use in this section, the term 'appropriation
bill' means any general or special appropriation bill, and any bill or
joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing
appropriations through the end of a fiscal year.''.
''(b) 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 313 the
following new item:

''Sec. 314. Taxpayer protection lock-box ledger.''.

SEC. 3. TALLY DURING HOUSE OR SENATE CONSIDERATION.

There shall be available to Members in the House of Representatives
and the Senate during consideration of any appropriations bill by the
House and the Senate a running tally of the amendments adopted
reflecting increases and decreases of budget authority in the bill as
reported.

SEC. 4. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF 602(A) ALLOCATIONS AND SECTION 602(B)
SUBALLOCATIONS.

(a) Allocations.--Section 602(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(5) Upon the engrossment of House or Senate amendments to any
appropriation bill (as defined in section 314(d)) for a fiscal year,
the amounts allocated under paragraph (1) or (2) to the Committee on
Appropriations of each House upon the adoption of the most recent
concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year shall be
adjusted downward by the amounts credited to the applicable Joint
House-Senate Lock-box Balance under section 314(c)(2). The revised
levels of budget authority and outlays shall be submitted to each House
by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of that House and shall
be printed in the Congressional Record.''.
(b) Suballocations.--Section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
''Whenever an adjustment is made under subsection (a)(5) to an
allocation under that subsection, the chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations of each House shall make downward adjustments in the
most recent suballocations of new budget authority and outlays under
subparagraph (A) to the appropriate subcommittees of that committee in
the total amounts of those adjustments under section 314(c)(2). The
revised suballocations shall be submitted to each House by the chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations of that House and shall be printed
in the Congressional Record.''.

SEC. 5. PERIODIC REPORTING OF LEDGER STATEMENTS.

Section 308(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ''Such reports
shall also include an up-to-date tabulation of the amounts contained in
the ledger and each entry established by section 314(a).''.

SEC. 6. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

The discretionary spending limits for new budget authority and
outlays for any fiscal year set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted in strict conformance
with section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, shall be reduced by the amounts set forth in the final
regular appropriation bill for that fiscal year or joint resolution
making continuing appropriations through the end of that fiscal year.
Those amounts shall be the sums of the Joint House-Senate Lock-box
Balances for that fiscal year, as calculated under section 602(a)(5) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. That bill or joint resolution
shall contain the following statement of law: ''As required by section
6 of the Taxpayer Protection Lock-box Act of 1999, for fiscal year
[insert appropriate fiscal year] and each outyear, the adjusted
discretionary spending limit for new budget authority shall be reduced
by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction] and the adjusted
discretionary limit for outlays shall be reduced by $ [insert
appropriate amount of reduction] for the budget year and each
outyear.'' Notwithstanding section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, section 306 of that Act as it applies to this statement
shall be waived. This adjustment shall be reflected in reports under
sections 254(g) and 254(h) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) In General.--The provisions of sections 1 through 6 of this Act
shall apply to all appropriation bills making appropriations for fiscal
year 1999 or any subsequent fiscal year.
(b) FY99 Application.--In the case of any appropriation bill for
fiscal year 1999 engrossed by the House of Representatives or the
Senate after January 28, 1999, and before the date of enactment of this
Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, and the Committees on
Appropriations and the Committees on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate shall, within 10 calendar days after
that date of enactment of this Act, carry out the duties required by
this Act and amendments made by it that occur after the date this Act
was engrossed by the House of Representatives or the Senate.
(c) FY99 Allocations.--The duties of the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office and of the Committees on the Budget and on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate pursuant
to this Act and the amendments made by it regarding appropriation bills
for fiscal year 1999 shall be based upon the revised section 602(a)
allocations in effect on January 28, 1999.
(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ''appropriation
bill'' means any general or special appropriation bill, and any bill or
joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing
appropriations through the end of a fiscal year.

SEC. 8. ADJUSTMENT FOR STIMULATIVE EFFECT OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS.

(a) Amount of Adjustment.--
(1) OMB.--Effective in 1999 and not later than October 15
of each year, the Director of OMB shall calculate stimulative
effect by determining the amount by which actual revenues
exceed the projected level of revenues set forth in paragraph
(2) and then estimating the amount of the excess (fiscal
dividend excess) attributable to provisions of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 reducing revenues.
(2) Projected level of revenues.--The projected level of
revenues referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
(A) For fiscal year 1999, $1,815,000,000,000.
(B) For fiscal year 2000, $1,870,000,000,000.
(C) For fiscal year 2001, $1,930,000,000,000.
(D) For fiscal year 2002, $2,015,000,000,000.
(E) For fiscal year 2003, $2,091,000,000,000.
(F) For fiscal year 2004, $2,184,000,000,000.
(G) For fiscal year 2005, $2,288,000,000,000.
(H) For fiscal year 2006, $2,393,000,000,000.
(I) For fiscal year 2007, $2,500,000,000,000.
(J) For fiscal year 2008, $2,611,000,000,000.
(K) For fiscal year 2009, $2,727,000,000,000.
(3) CBO certification.--Not later than October 20, the
Director of the CBO shall certify the estimates and projections
of the Director of OMB made under this subsection. If the
Director of CBO cannot certify the estimates and projections,
the Director shall notify Congress and the President of the
disagreement and submit revised estimates.
(b) Reduction of Deficit.--If the Director of OMB determines that a
fiscal dividend excess exists under subsection (a) and on November 1,
the President may--
(1) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay an amount
not to exceed the levels of excess to retire debt obligations
of the United States; or
(2) submit a legislative proposal to Congress for reducing
taxes by the amount of excess not dedicated to deficit
reduction to be considered by Congress as provided in
subsection (c); or
(3) submit a legislative proposal to Congress for saving
social security by the amount of excess not dedicated to
deficit reduction and/or tax relief.
(c) Expedited Procedure.--
(1) Introduction.--Not later than 3 days after the
President submits a legislative proposal under subsection
(b)(2) or (b)(3), the Majority Leaders of the Senate and the
House of Representatives shall introduce the proposal in their
respective Houses as a bill. If the bill described in the
preceding sentence is not introduced as provided in the
preceding sentence, then, on the 4th day after the submission
of the legislative proposal by the President, any Member of the
House may introduce the bill.
(2) Referral to committee.--A bill described in paragraph
(1) introduced in the House of Representatives shall be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.
A bill described in paragraph (1) introduced in the Senate
shall be referred to the Committee on Finance of the Senate. If
more than 1 bill is introduced as provided in paragraph (1),
the committee shall consider and report the first bill
introduced.
Amendments to the bill in committee may not reduce revenues
in the bill below the amount proposed by the President. Such a
bill may not be reported before the 8th day after its
introduction.
(3) Discharge of committee.--If the committee to which is
referred a bill described in paragraph (1) has not reported
such bill at the end of 15 calendar days after its
introduction, such committee shall be deemed to be discharged
from further consideration of such bill and such bill shall be
placed on the appropriate calendar of the House involved.
(4) Floor consideration.--
(A) In general.--When the committee to which a bill
is referred has reported, or has been deemed to be
discharged (under paragraph (3)) from further
consideration of, a bill described in paragraph (1), it
is at any time thereafter in order (even though a
previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed
to) for any Member of the respective House to move to
proceed to the consideration of the bill, and all
points of order against the bill (and against
consideration of the bill) are waived. The motion is
highly privileged in the House of Representatives and
is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The
motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to
postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the
consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider
the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed
to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the
consideration of the bill is agreed to, the bill shall
remain the unfinished business of the respective House
until disposed of.
(B) Debate.--Consideration of the bill, and on all
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith,
shall be limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall
be divided equally between those favoring and those
opposing the bill. A motion further to limit debate is
in order and not debatable. A motion to postpone, or a
motion to proceed to the consideration of other
business, or a motion to recommit the bill is not in
order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the
bill is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order.
Debate on amendments to the bill shall be limited to 30
minutes equally divided. Amendments to the bill may not
reduce revenues in the bill below the amount proposed
by the President.
(C) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following
the conclusion of the debate on a bill described in
paragraph (1), and a single quorum call at the
conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance
with the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on
final passage of the bill shall occur.
(D) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals
from the decisions of the Chair relating to the
application of the rules of the Senate or the House of
Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure
relating to a bill described in paragraph (1) shall be
decided without debate.
(5) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before
the passage by one House of a bill of that House described in
paragraph (1), that House receives from the other House a bill
described in paragraph (1), then the following procedures shall
apply:
(A) The bill of the other House shall not be
referred to a committee.
(B) With respect to a bill described in paragraph
(1) of the House receiving the bill--
(i) the procedure in that House shall be
the same as if no bill had been received from
the other House; but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on
the bill of the other House.
(6) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This
subsection is enacted by Congress--
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the
Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and
as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House,
respectively, but applicable only with respect to the
procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a
bill described in paragraph (1), and it supersedes
other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent
with such rules; and
(B) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change the rules (so far as
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time,
in the same manner and to the same extent as in the
case of any other rule of that House.
(d) Deficit Reduction if Tax Reductions or Social Security Reforms
Are Not Enacted.--If tax reductions or social security reforms are not
enacted by December 31 of the year of the submission of a legislative
proposal under subsection (b)(2), the President shall pay an amount
equal to the amount by which revenues are not reduced to deficit
reduction as provided in subsection (b)(1).
(e) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
''stimulative economic effect of any laws reducing revenues'' refers to
laws that have the effect of stimulating savings, investment, job
creation, and economic growth.
(f) MDA Point of Order.--Section 605(b) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
''(1) Maximum deficit point of order.--
''(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report
that includes any provision that would result in a
deficit for a fiscal year.
''(B) Waiver or suspension.--This subsection may be
waived or suspended in the House of Representatives or
the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths
of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.''.
(g) Sixty Vote Point of Order.--Section 904 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended--
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (c) by inserting
''605(b),'' after ''601(b),''; and
(2) in the third sentence of subsection (d) by inserting
''605(b),'' after ''601(b),''.
A:
Taxpayer Protection Lock-box Act of 1999 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to maintain a Taxpayer Protection Lock-box Ledger which shall be divided into entries corresponding to the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations. Requires each entry to consist of three parts: (1) the House Lock-box Balance; (2) the Senate Lock-box Balance; and (3) the Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balance. Requires the CBO Director, upon the engrossment of any appropriation bill by the House of Representatives and upon the engrossment of that bill by the Senate, to credit to the applicable entry balance of that House amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal to the net amounts of reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by that House to that bill. Specifies the amounts to be credited to the Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balance.
(Sec. 3) Requires a running tally to be available to Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, during the consideration of any appropriations bill, of the amendments adopted reflecting increases and decreases of budget authority in such bill as reported.
(Sec. 4) Provides for the downward adjustment of: (1) allocations for the House and Senate upon the engrossment of House or Senate amendments to any appropriation bill; and (2) suballocations, whenever a such a downward adjustment is made to an allocation.
(Sec. 5) Requires the CBO Director to include an up-to-date tabulation of the amounts contained in the Taxpayer Protection Lock-box Ledger and each entry in periodic reports.
(Sec. 6) Requires the downward adjustment of discretionary spending limits by amounts set forth in the final regular appropriation bill for the fiscal year or joint resolution making continuing appropriations through the end of such fiscal year. Provides that such amounts shall be the sums of the Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balances for that fiscal year.
(Sec. 8) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to calculate stimulative effect (effect of stimulating savings, investment, job creation, and economic growth) by determining the amount by which actual revenues exceed specified projected levels of revenues for FY 1999 through 2009 and to estimate the amount of the excess (fiscal dividend excess) attributable to provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 reducing revenues. Provides for CBO certification of such estimates and projections or the submission of revised estimates by CBO in the case of disagreement.
Authorizes the President, if the OMB Director determines that a fiscal dividend excess exists, to: (1) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay an amount not exceeding such excess to retire U.S. debt obligations; (2) submit a legislative proposal to the Congress for reducing taxes by the amount of excess not dedicated to deficit reduction; or (3) submit a legislative proposal to the Congress for saving social security by the amount of the excess not dedicated to deficit reduction or tax relief. Sets forth an expedited procedure for consideration of such proposals.
Directs the President, if tax reductions or social security reforms are not enacted by December 31 of the year of the submission of a legislative proposal for reducing taxes, to pay an amount equal to the amount by which revenues are not reduced to deficit reduction.