[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H. Res. 191 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 191

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the 
    reduction of section 602(b)(1) suballocations to reflect floor 
   amendments to general appropriation bills, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 1995

Mr. Brewster submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the 
    reduction of section 602(b)(1) suballocations to reflect floor 
   amendments to general appropriation bills, and for other purposes.
    Resolved, That (a) clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
    ``(4)(A) Upon the engrossment in the House of any general 
appropriation bill (or resolution making continuing appropriations (if 
applicable)), the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations shall--
            ``(i) reduce the suballocation of new budget authority to 
        the appropriate subcommittee of that committee made under 
        section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by 
        the net amount of reductions in new budget authority resulting 
        from amendments agreed to by the House to that bill, and
            ``(ii) reduce the suballocation of outlays made under 
        section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 
        the appropriate subcommittee of that committee by the net 
        amount of reductions in outlays resulting from amendments 
        agreed to by the House to that bill,
and promptly report those revisions to the House.
    ``(B) The reductions in suballocations made under subdivision (A) 
may not be reallocated by the Committee on Appropriations to any other 
subcommittee.
    ``(C) In the House of Representatives, the revised suballocations 
made under subdivision (A) shall be deemed to be suballocations made 
under section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.''.
    (b) Clause 4(b) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``Upon the reporting of revised suballocations to the House 
by the Committee on Appropriations under paragraph (a), the chairman of 
the Committee on the Budget shall make appropriate revisions in the 
allocations to the Committee on Appropriations to reflect the revised 
suballocations and report those revisions to the House. In the House of 
Representatives, those revised allocations shall be deemed to be 
allocations made under section 602(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974.''.
    (c) Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``9. (a) Any appropriation bill that is being marked up by the 
Committee on Appropriations (or a subcommittee thereof) of either House 
shall contain a line item entitled `Deficit Reduction Lock-box'. The 
dollar amount set forth under that heading shall be an amount not to 
exceed the amount by which the appropriate 602(b) allocation of new 
budget authority exceeds the amount of new budget authority provided by 
that bill as reported by that committee.
    ``(b) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations of either House 
reports an appropriation bill, that bill shall contain a line item 
entitled `Deficit Reduction Account' comprised of the following:
            ``(1) Only in the case of the first appropriation bill 
        considered following enactment of this resolution, an amount 
        equal to the amounts by which the discretionary spending limit 
        for new budget authority and outlays set forth in the most 
        recent Office of Management and Budget sequestration preview 
        Report pursuant to section 601(a)(2) exceed the section 602(a) 
        allocation for the fiscal year covered by that bill and the 
        amount by which the appropriate 602(b) allocation of new budget 
        authority for appropriations bills adopted by the House prior 
        to enactment of this resolution exceeded the amount of new 
        budget authority provided by such bill.
            ``(2) Only in the case of any general appropriation bill 
        (or resolution making continuing appropriations (if 
        applicable)), an amount not to exceed the amount by which the 
        appropriate section 602(b) allocation of new budget authority 
        exceeds the amount of new budget authority provided by that 
        bill (as reported by that committee).
            ``(3) Only in the case of any bill making supplemental 
        appropriations following enactment of all general appropriation 
        bills for the same fiscal year, an amount not to exceed the 
        amount by which the section 602(a) allocation of new budget 
        authority exceeds the sum of all new budget authority provided 
        by appropriation bills enacted for that fiscal year plus that 
        supplemental appropriation bill (as reported by that 
        committee).
    ``(c) Whenever a Member of either House of Congress offers an 
amendment (whether in subcommittee, committee, or on the floor) to an 
appropriation bill to reduce spending, that reduction shall be placed 
in the deficit reduction lock-box unless that Member indicates that it 
is to be utilized for another program, project, or activity covered by 
that bill. If the amendment is agreed to and the reduction was placed 
in the deficit reduction lock-box, then the line item entitled `Deficit 
Reduction Lock-box' shall be increased by the amount of that 
reduction.''.
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