[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 706 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 706

   To provide off-budget treatment for one-half of the receipts and 
         disbursements of the land and water conservation fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 1997

  Mr. Campbell (for himself and Mr. Lewis of Georgia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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 provide off-budget treatment for one-half of the receipts and 
         disbursements of the land and water conservation fund.

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

SECTION 1. OFF-BUDGET TREATMENT FOR ONE-HALF OF THE RECEIPTS AND 
              DISBURSEMENTS OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law except the Line Item 
Veto Act of 1996, one-half of the receipts and disbursements of the 
receipts and disbursements of the land and water conservation fund--
            (1) shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, 
        receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of--
                    (A) the budget of the United States Government as 
                submitted by the President,
                    (B) the congressional budget (including allocations 
                of budget authority and outlays provided therein), or
                    (C) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
                Control Act of 1985; and
            (2) shall be exempt from any general budget limitation 
        imposed by statute on expenditures and net lending (budget 
        outlays) of the United States Government.
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