[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1676 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1676

To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 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

                              May 18, 1995

Mr. Jacobs (for himself and Mr. Cardin) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to 
    the Committees on Rules and Ways and Means, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 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. CLARIFICATION OF STATUS OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES PAID FROM 
              THE OASDI TRUST FUNDS.

    (a) Section 13301(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1990 is amended by inserting ``(including the expenses of administering 
the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs)'' before 
``shall'' and 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.''.
    (b)(1) Section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after 
``appropriations'' 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''.
    (2) Section 253(b) of such Act is amended by striking ``and'' after 
paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting ``; and'' after 
paragraph (3), and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) any spending excluded under section 250(c)(4)(B).''.
    (3) Section 256(h)(4) of such Act is amended by inserting at the 
end the following:
                    ``(J) The old-age, survivors and disability 
                insurance (OASDI) programs.''.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF THE OASDI TRUST FUNDS IN THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Content of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--The last 
sentence of section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by inserting before the period the following: ``, but shall 
separately set forth an estimate of benefit payments under the old-age, 
survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II of the 
Social Security Act for the fiscal year and each of the two ensuing 
fiscal years''.
    (b) Protection of OASDI Trust Funds.--Section 13302 of the Budget 
Enforcement Act of 1990 is amended by inserting at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives to consider any bill or joint resolution, as reported, 
amendment, or conference report the enactment of which would provide an 
appropriation for a fiscal year for the expenses of administering the 
old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II of 
the Social Security Act in excess of 1.5 percent of the estimate of 
benefit payments under those programs for that fiscal year set forth in 
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fiscal year 1996 and 
subsequent fiscal years.
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