[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2382 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2382

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to change the discretionary spending limits to allow the 4.3 cents per 
gallon Federal gas tax redirected to the Highway Trust Fund to be spent 
                      on other domestic programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 1997

  Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Barcia, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Stupak) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to change the discretionary spending limits to allow the 4.3 cents per 
gallon Federal gas tax redirected to the Highway Trust Fund to be spent 
                      on other domestic programs.

    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 ``Highways and National Defense 
Investment Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

    Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) with respect to fiscal year 1998--
                    ``(A) for the defense category: $269,000,000,000 in 
                new budget authority and $260,623,000,000 in outlays;
                    ``(B) for the nondefense category: $252,357,000,000 
                in new budget authority and $289,053,000,000 in 
                outlays; and
                    ``(C) for the violent crime reduction category: 
                $5,500,000,000 in new budget authority and 
                $3,592,000,000 in outlays;
            ``(3) with respect to fiscal year 1999--
                    ``(A) for the defense category: $271,500,000,000 in 
                new budget authority and $260,318,000,000 in outlays;
                    ``(B) for the nondefense category: $255,699,000,000 
                in new budget authority and $294,050,000,000 in 
                outlays; and
                    ``(C) for the violent crime reduction category: 
                $5,800,000,000 in new budget authority and 
                $4,953,000,000 in outlays;''.
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