[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 113 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 113

 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

                            January 7, 1997

Mr. Condit (for himself and Ms. Granger) 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 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Balanced Budget Requirement Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(32) Beginning with the budget submission for fiscal year 
        1998, a detailed plan to achieve a balanced budget by fiscal 
        year 2002, and, for any budget submission for any fiscal year 
        after 2002, a detailed plan for maintaining a balanced budget 
        in that fiscal year and in each of the 4 fiscal years following 
        that year unless a joint resolution has been enacted declaring 
        war or a national economic or national security emergency, in 
        which case the application of this requirement shall be 
        suspended for any fiscal year during which such declaration is 
        in effect.''.

SEC. 3. 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 Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the 
results of the certification. If the budget is certified as not being 
in balance pursuant to such plan, the Speaker of the House and 
President Pro Tempore shall so notify the President by written, joint 
communication not later than 7 calendar days thereafter. The President 
may, not later than 15 calendar days after receipt of such 
communication, submit to the Congress a revised detailed plan to 
achieve a balanced budget.

SEC. 4. POINT OF ORDER.

    (a) Section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Point of Order.--
            ``(1) Beginning with fiscal year 1998, it shall not be in 
        order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider 
        any concurrent resolution on the budget that does not achieve a 
        balanced budget by fiscal year 2002; and beginning with fiscal 
        year 2002 it shall not be in order to consider any concurrent 
        resolution on the budget that does not maintain a balanced 
        budget for that fiscal year and for each of the 4 fiscal years 
        after that fiscal year.
            ``(2) Paragraph (1) may not be waived by rule or order of 
        either House of Congress unless a joint resolution has been 
        enacted declaring war or a national economic or national 
        security emergency, in which case the application of that 
        paragraph shall be suspended for any fiscal year during which 
        such declaration is in effect.''.

SEC. 5. CONSIDERATION OF PRESIDENTS' BUDGETS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

    (a) House of Representatives.--Section 305(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(8) It shall be in order in the House of Representatives 
        to consider any amendment to a concurrent resolution on the 
        budget for a fiscal year reflecting, without substantive 
        change, the budget submitted by the President for that fiscal 
        year and, if different, a separate amendment reflecting the 
        detailed plan to achieve a balanced budget submitted by the 
        President pursuant to section 1105(a)(32) of title 31, United 
        States Code.''.
    (b) Senate.--Section 305(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) It shall be in order in the Senate to consider any 
        amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal 
        year reflecting, without substantive change, the budget 
        submitted by the President for that fiscal year and, if 
        different, a separate amendment reflecting the detailed plan to 
        achieve a balanced budget submitted by the President pursuant 
        to section 1105(a)(32) of title 31, United States Code.''.
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