[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2197 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2197

 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of 
             order against certain continuing resolutions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1995

 Mr. Allard (for himself, Mr. Knollenberg, and Mr. Ensign) 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 establish a point of 
             order against certain continuing resolutions.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) title III of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section:

        ``point of order against certain continuing resolutions

    ``Sec. 314. It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution 
making continuing appropriations for all or part of a fiscal year 
unless it provides that the amount which would be made available or the 
authority which would be granted respecting any pertinent project or 
activity (except appropriated mandatory spending) shall be continued at 
a rate of operations not exceeding the lower of--
            ``(1) ninety-five percent of the current rate; or
            ``(2) if the applicable regular appropriation Act has 
        passed both Houses, then the lowest rate permitted by either 
        version of that Act, except that if the project or activity is 
        funded in only one such version, that project or activity shall 
        be continued under the authority granted by the one 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 inserting after the item relating to section 313 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 314. Point of order against certain continuing resolutions.''.
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