[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4678 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4678

 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide more program 
   specificity during consideration of concurrent resolutions on the 
                    budget, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 1994

  Mr. Orton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide more program 
   specificity during consideration of concurrent resolutions on the 
                    budget, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Budget Resolution Accountability Act 
of 1994''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.

    Section 301(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended 
by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9), by striking the period 
and inserting ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (10), and by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) each specific deviation from the budget submitted by 
        the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
        States Code, by program and amount.''.

SEC. 3. SPECIFICITY OF AMENDMENTS TO CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE 
              BUDGET.

    (a) Procedure in House of Representatives.--Section 305(a)(5) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the 
first sentence the following new sentence: ``No amendment may be 
offered that increases or decreases spending in any functional 
category, unless a statement has been inserted in the Congressional 
Record not later than the day before the amendment is offered that 
identifies the specific program, project, or activity that is to be 
increased or decreased, as the case may be.''.
    (b) Procedure in Senate.--Section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the second sentence 
the following new sentence: ``No amendment may be offered that 
increases spending in any functional category, unless a statement has 
been inserted in the Congressional Record not later than the day before 
the amendment is offered that identifies the specific program, project, 
or activity that is to be increased or decreased, as the case may 
be.''.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO CONCURRENT 
              RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that, during 
consideration of a concurrent resolution on the budget in the Committee 
of the Whole, the Committee on Rules should allow specific amendments 
to increase or decrease particular functional categories and not only 
amendments in the nature of a substitute.
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