[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4963 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4963

 To clarify that the expenses of administering the Old Age, Survivors 
and Disability Insurance programs are not included in the budget of the 
           United States Government, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 12, 1994

   Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky 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 clarify that the expenses of administering the Old Age, Survivors 
and Disability Insurance programs are not included in the budget of the 
           United States Government, 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 ``Social Security Protection Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the intent of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 was to 
        exclude from the calculations of the Federal budget the entire 
        OASDI program, both the trust funds and the appropriations for 
        their administration;
            (2) the intent of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 was to 
        exempt from the limitations on domestic discretionary spending 
        established by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
        Control Act of 1985 the entire OASDI program, including 
        appropriations for its administration;
            (3) the intent of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 was to 
        exempt from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 the entire OASDI program, 
        including appropriations for its administration; and
            (4) this legislation is necessary to correct the 
        interpretation by the Office of Management and Budget that 
        administrative expenses of the OASDI are not included in the 
        Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF OFF-BUDGET STATUS OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
              PAID FROM OASDI TRUST FUNDS.

    Section 13301(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(including the expenses of administering 
        the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs)'' 
        before ``shall''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``No expenses of administering the old-age, survivors, and disability 
insurance programs shall be subject to sequestration under the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''.

SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR OASDI TRUST FUNDS FROM 
              TREATMENT AS DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Definition of Category.--Section 250(c)(4)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by 
inserting after ``1990'' the following: ``, except that expenses for 
the administration of the social security old-age and survivors 
insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund (20-8006-
0-7-651 and 20-8007-0-7-651) shall not be considered to be within any 
category.''.
    (b) Exclusion From Reduction Under Sequestration Order.--Section 
256(h)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 is amended by inserting at the end the following:
                    ``(J) The old-age, survivors and disability 
                insurance (OASDI) programs.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THIS ACT ON DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 
              LIMITS.

    No amendment made by this Act shall cause any adjustment to be made 
under section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 to any discretionary spending limit (as defined in 
section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974).

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by it shall apply to any fiscal 
year beginning on or after October 1, 1990.
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