[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1399 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1399

 To provide that certain new Federal programs shall terminate no later 
 than 5 years after the date of enactment of the law that establishes 
                             the programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1993

Mr. Cunningham (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. 
   Baker of California, Mr. Klug, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Armey, and Mr. 
 Torkildsen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Government Operations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that certain new Federal programs shall terminate no later 
 than 5 years after the date of enactment of the law that establishes 
                             the programs.

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

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any Federal 
program established after the date of enactment of this Act shall 
terminate on the earlier of--
            (1) any termination date specified for the program by the 
        provisions of the Act which authorizes that program; or
            (2) the date which is 5 years after the date of enactment 
        of such Act.
    (b) Not Applicable to Entitlements.--Subsection (a) shall not apply 
to a program that requires a payment by the United States to a person 
(including a governmental entity) if, under the provisions of the Act 
that authorizes the program, the United States is obligated to make 
such payment to any person that meets the eligibility requirements 
established under the program for such payment.

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