[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3091 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3091

 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a two-thirds 
 vote on the passage of legislation that repeals, increases, or waives 
the discretionary spending limit or repeals or waives the pay-as-you-go 
provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
 1985 if the current year budget was not in surplus or the budget for 
  the fiscal year immediately preceding such year was not in surplus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1998

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 a two-thirds 
 vote on the passage of legislation that repeals, increases, or waives 
the discretionary spending limit or repeals or waives the pay-as-you-go 
provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
 1985 if the current year budget was not in surplus or the budget for 
  the fiscal year immediately preceding such year was not in surplus.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 312 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(g) Discretionary Cap or Pay-As-You-Go Modification May Require 
Two-Thirds Vote.--
            ``(1) If--
                    ``(A) the budget for the current year was not in 
                surplus (or, if actual figures are unavailable, then if 
                the Director of the Congressional Budget Office did not 
                project a surplus for that year); or
                    ``(B) the budget for the fiscal year immediately 
                preceding the current year was not in surplus;
then any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 
repeals, increases, or waives any discretionary spending limit set 
forth in section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 or repeals or waives section 252 (pay-as-you-go 
sequestration) of that Act shall not be considered as passed or agreed 
to unless so determined by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the 
Members voting.
            ``(2) Definitions.--As used in paragraph (1), the term 
        `current year' has the meanings given to such term in section 
        250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
        of 1985.''.
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