[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4906 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4906

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
      to limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency 
                              legislation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
      to limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency 
                              legislation.

    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 ``Emergency Spending Control Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to restrict the inclusion of 
nonemergency spending proposals in emergency spending bills.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING.

    (a) Motion to Strike.--Title VI of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by redesignating section 607 as section 608 and by 
adding after section 606 the following new section:

``SEC. 607. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING.

    ``Whenever the House of Representatives considers a bill or joint 
resolution containing an emergency designation for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, any Member of the House may move to strike 
any appropriation in that bill or joint resolution or any provision 
providing direct spending in that bill or joint resolution that is not 
so designated as an emergency, and a recorded vote shall be considered 
as ordered if demanded by any Member and supported by 9 other Members 
of the House.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in 
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 607 and by 
inserting after the item relating to section 606 the following new 
items:

``Sec. 607. Treatment of emergency spending.
``Sec. 608. Effective date.''.
    (c) Limitation on Non-Emergency Spending in Emergency 
Legislation.--If any bill or joint resolution contains an emergency 
designation for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) or section 252(e) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and it 
also contains an appropriation or any provision providing direct 
spending for any matter, event, or occurrence that is not so designated 
as an emergency, then that non-emergency appropriation or other 
provision providing direct spending must fall within the most recently 
applicable allocations under sections 602(a) and (b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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