[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 323 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 323

 To require the Congress and the President to use the spending levels 
 for the current fiscal year (without adjustment for inflation) in the 
preparation of the budget for each new fiscal year in order to clearly 
  identify spending increases from one fiscal year to the next fiscal 
                                 year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Ramstad introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
          to the Committees on Government Operations and Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Congress and the President to use the spending levels 
 for the current fiscal year (without adjustment for inflation) in the 
preparation of the budget for each new fiscal year in order to clearly 
  identify spending increases from one fiscal year to the next fiscal 
                                 year.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Common Sense Budget Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. THE 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;''.

SEC. 3. 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).

SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT TO 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.''.

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