[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3379 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3379

 To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that 
each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan 
     to achieve a balanced Federal budget, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 1996

  Mr. Condit introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, 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 chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that 
each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan 
     to achieve a balanced Federal budget, 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. PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(32) A detailed plan to achieve a balanced Federal budget 
        by the close of the sixth fiscal year beginning after the 
        current fiscal year.''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL TREATMENT OF BUDGET SUBMISSIONS.

    Upon the submission by the President of a budget for the United 
States Government to the Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
shall determine and certify whether the balanced budget plan submitted 
pursuant to section 1105(a)(32) of that title does achieve a balanced 
budget. The Director shall inform the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate of the results of the 
certification. If the budget is certified as not being in balance 
pursuant to such plan, the Clerk and the Secretary shall return the 
budget submission to the President.

SEC. 3. POINT OF ORDER.

    (a) The Rules of the House of Representatives are amended by adding 
at the end the following new rule:

                              ``rule liii

                     ``balanced budget enforcement

    ``1. It shall not be in order in the House to consider any 
concurrent resolution on the budget unless it provides for a balanced 
budget for the United States Government.
    ``2. The House may waive the provisions of clause 1 if a 
declaration of war is in effect or if the United States faces an 
imminent and serious military threat to national security and is so 
declared by a joint resolution (adopted by a majority of the whole 
number of each House) which becomes law.
    (b) The second sentence of clause 4(b) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ``; nor shall it report any rule or order 
waiving clause 1 of rule LIII''.
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