[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4457 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4457

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
 to provide special look-back treatment for emergency appropriations, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 1994

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred jointly to the Committees on Government Operations and Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
 to provide special look-back treatment for emergency appropriations, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF EMERGENCY RULE.

    Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is repealed.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL LOOK-BACK TREATMENT FOR EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 251(a)(5) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting ``(A)'' before ``If'' and 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(B) If an appropriation that the President designates as 
        emergency requirements and the Congress so designates in 
        statute is enacted for the fiscal year in progress and that 
        causes a breach within a category for that year (after taking 
        into account any sequestration of amounts within that 
        category), the discretionary spending limits for the next 
        fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount or amounts of that 
        breach.''.

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