[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 3576 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3576

  To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the inclusion of 
     legislative provisions and nonemergency spending in emergency 
                          appropriation laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 1998

   Mr. Kind introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the inclusion of 
     legislative provisions and nonemergency spending in emergency 
                          appropriation laws.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS AND NONEMERGENCY 
              SPENDING IN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION LAWS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1354. Prohibition of legislative provisions and nonemergency 
              spending in emergency appropriation laws
    ``(a) In General.--If any legislative provision or nonemergency 
discretionary appropriation is included in an emergency supplemental 
appropriation law--
            ``(1) the legislative provision shall not take effect, and 
        none of the funds appropriated by any law may be expended or 
        obligated to carry out such provision;
            ``(2) the nonemergency discretionary appropriation shall 
        not become available for expenditure or obligation; and
            ``(3) any expenditure or obligation prohibited by paragraph 
        (1) or (2) shall be considered to be a violation of section 
        1341(a).
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Emergency supplemental appropriation law.--The term 
        `emergency supplemental appropriation law' means a law making 
        supplemental appropriations for a fiscal year, if one or more 
        of such appropriations is designated by the Congress as an 
        emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
        Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
            ``(2) Legislative provision.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `legislative provision' 
                means any proviso or other provision changing existing 
                law.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Such term shall not include any 
                proviso or other provision that--
                            ``(i) designates an amount as an emergency 
                        requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
                        the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
                        Control Act of 1985; or
                            ``(ii) restricts the availability of 
                        amounts to the extent designated as such an 
                        emergency requirement by the President in an 
                        official budget request or otherwise.
            ``(3) Nonemergency discretionary appropriation.--The term 
        `nonemergency discretionary appropriation' means any 
        discretionary appropriation (within the meaning of section 
        250(c)(7) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
        Act of 1985) that is not designated by the Congress as an 
        emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such 
        Act.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 13 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1353 the following new item:

``1354. Prohibition of legislative provisions and nonemergency spending 
                            in emergency appropriation laws.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to any appropriation law enacted after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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