[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2622 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2622

 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that budget 
  resolutions be joint resolutions and that those resolutions contain 
  extensions of the statutory limit on the public debt, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 1995

  Mr. Cardin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that budget 
  resolutions be joint resolutions and that those resolutions contain 
  extensions of the statutory limit on the public debt, 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. JOINT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.

    (a) Sections 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 310, and 311 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) are amended by 
striking ``concurrent'' each place it appears and by inserting 
``joint''.
    (b) Sections 401 and 406 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
are amended by striking ``concurrent'' each place it appears and by 
inserting ``joint''.
    (c)(1) Sections 601(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
are amended by striking ``concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998'' and inserting ``concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1995 or 1996 or joint 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997 or 1998''.
    (2) Sections 602 (except subsection (d)), 603, 604, 605, and 606(b) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are amended by striking 
``concurrent'' each place it appears and by inserting ``joint''.
    (d)(1) Paragraph (4) of sections 3 of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``concurrent'' 
each place it appears and by inserting ``joint''.
    (2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is 
amended by striking ``Concurrent'' in the item relating to section 303 
and inserting ``Joint'' and by striking ``concurrent'' in the items 
relating to sections 301 and 304 and inserting ``joint''.

SEC. 2. CHANGES IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    (a) Contents of Budget Resolutions.--Section 301 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(j) Changes in the Statutory Limit on the Public Debt.--The joint 
resolution on the budget shall contain a provision that amends section 
3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, to provide for an up-to-date 
temporary statutory limit on the public debt.''.
    (b) Conforming Change.--Rule XLIX of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives (relating to the establishment of statutory limit on 
the public debt) is repealed.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES.

    Clauses 1(d)(2), 4(a)(2), 4(b)(2), 4(g), 4(h), and 4(i) of rule X, 
clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI, clause 7 of rule XV, and clause 8 of rule 
XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended by 
striking ``concurrent'' and by inserting in its place ``joint''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY 
              DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.

    Section 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ``concurrent'' and by 
inserting ``joint''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fiscal year 1997 and 
subsequent fiscal years.
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