[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3409 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3409

To amend the Social Security Act to exclude the Unemployment Trust Fund 
            from the budget of the United States Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 1993

    Ms. Long (for herself, Mr. Barca of Wisconsin, and Mr. Jacobs) 
   introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the 
     Committees on Ways and Means, Government Operations, and Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Social Security Act to exclude the Unemployment Trust Fund 
            from the budget of the United States Government.

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

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND FROM UNIFIED BUDGET.

    (a) General Rule.--Section 904 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1104) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:

                          ``off-budget status

    ``(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts 
and disbursements of the Unemployment Trust Fund (including any account 
thereof) shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, or 
receipts, or including in the calculation of the deficit or surplus, 
for purposes of--
            ``(A) the budget of the United States Government as 
        submitted by the President,
            ``(B) the congressional budget, or
            ``(C) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
        of 1985.
    ``(2) Any disbursement from the Unemployment Trust Fund (including 
any account thereof) shall be exempt from reduction under any order 
issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.''.
    (b) Exclusion from Discretionary Spending Limits.--Section 
251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(G) Administrative expenses funded from unemployment 
        trust fund.--For the budget of the United States Government for 
        budget years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, the expenses for State 
        Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations and 
        Federal administrative expenses that are financed from the 
        Unemployment Trust Fund shall be excluded from the 
        discretionary spending limits.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 301 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ``The concurrent resolution shall not include 
the receipts and outlays of the Unemployment Trust Fund (including any 
account thereof) in the surplus or deficit totals required by this 
subsection or in any other surplus or deficit totals required by this 
title.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to--
            (1) all budgets of the United States Government submitted 
        by the President,
            (2) all budget resolutions, and
            (3) all reports pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;
which are submitted after September 30, 1993.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT UNDER PAY-AS-YOU-GO PROCEDURES.

    Any amount of new budget authority, outlays, or receipts resulting 
from the provisions of this Act or any amendment made by it shall not 
be considered for any purpose under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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