[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 359 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 359

 To establish procedures to provide for a taxpayer protection lock-box 
 and related downward adjustment of discretionary spending limits, to 
provide for additional deficit reduction with funds resulting from the 
   stimulative effect of revenue reductions, and to provide for the 
 retirement security of current and future retirees through reforms of 
           the Old Age Survivor and Disability Insurance Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 1999

 Mr. Grams (for himself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred jointly pursuant to the order of 
   August 4, 1977, to the Committees on the Budget and Governmental 
  Affairs, with instructions that if one committee reports, the other 
         committee have thirty days to report or be discharged

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish procedures to provide for a taxpayer protection lock-box 
 and related downward adjustment of discretionary spending limits, to 
provide for additional deficit reduction with funds resulting from the 
   stimulative effect of revenue reductions, and to provide for the 
 retirement security of current and future retirees through reforms of 
           the Old Age Survivor and Disability Insurance Act.

    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 ``Taxpayer Protection Lock-box Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. TAXPAYER PROTECTION LOCK-BOX LEDGER.

    (a) Establishment of Ledger.--Title III of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                 ``taxpayer protection lock-box ledger

    ``Sec. 314. (a) Establishment of Ledger.--The Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office (hereinafter in this section referred to as 
the `Director') shall maintain a ledger to be known as the `Taxpayer 
Protection Lock-box Ledger'. The Ledger shall be divided into entries 
corresponding to the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations. 
Each entry shall consist of three parts: the `House Lock-box Balance'; 
the `Senate Lock-box Balance'; and the `Joint House-Senate Lock-box 
Balance'.
    ``(b) Components of Ledger.--Each component in an entry shall 
consist only of amounts credited to it under subsection (c). No entry 
of a negative amount shall be made.
    ``(c) Credit of Amounts to Ledger.--(1) The Director shall, upon 
the engrossment of any appropriation bill by the House of 
Representatives and upon the engrossment of that bill by the Senate, 
credit to the applicable entry balance of that House amounts of new 
budget authority and outlays equal to the net amounts of reductions in 
new budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to 
by that House to that bill.
    ``(2) The Director shall, upon the engrossment of Senate amendments 
to any appropriation bill, credit to the applicable Joint House-Senate 
Lock-box Balance the amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal 
to--
            ``(A) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i) the 
        amount of new budget authority in the House Lock-box Balance 
        plus (ii) the amount of new budget authority in the Senate 
        Lock-box Balance for that bill; and
            ``(B) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i) the 
        amount of outlays in the House Lock-box Balance plus (ii) the 
        amount of outlays in the Senate Lock-box Balance for that bill.
    ``(3) For purposes of calculating under this section the net 
amounts of reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting 
from amendments agreed to by the Senate on an appropriation bill, the 
amendments reported to the Senate by its Committee on Appropriations 
shall be considered to be part of the original text of the bill.
    ``(d) Definition.--As use in this section, the term `appropriation 
bill' means any general or special appropriation bill, and any bill or 
joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing 
appropriations through the end of a fiscal year.''.
    ``(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in 
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 313 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 314. Taxpayer protection lock-box ledger.''.

SEC. 3. TALLY DURING HOUSE OR SENATE CONSIDERATION.

    There shall be available to Members in the House of Representatives 
and the Senate during consideration of any appropriations bill by the 
House and the Senate a running tally of the amendments adopted 
reflecting increases and decreases of budget authority in the bill as 
reported.

SEC. 4. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF 602(A) ALLOCATIONS AND SECTION 602(B) 
              SUBALLOCATIONS.

    (a) Allocations.--Section 602(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(5) Upon the engrossment of House or Senate amendments to any 
appropriation bill (as defined in section 314(d)) for a fiscal year, 
the amounts allocated under paragraph (1) or (2) to the Committee on 
Appropriations of each House upon the adoption of the most recent 
concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year shall be 
adjusted downward by the amounts credited to the applicable Joint 
House-Senate Lock-box Balance under section 314(c)(2). The revised 
levels of budget authority and outlays shall be submitted to each House 
by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of that House and shall 
be printed in the Congressional Record.''.
    (b) Suballocations.--Section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
    ``Whenever an adjustment is made under subsection (a)(5) to an 
allocation under that subsection, the chairman of the Committee on 
Appropriations of each House shall make downward adjustments in the 
most recent suballocations of new budget authority and outlays under 
subparagraph (A) to the appropriate subcommittees of that committee in 
the total amounts of those adjustments under section 314(c)(2). The 
revised suballocations shall be submitted to each House by the chairman 
of the Committee on Appropriations of that House and shall be printed 
in the Congressional Record.''.

SEC. 5. PERIODIC REPORTING OF LEDGER STATEMENTS.

    Section 308(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such reports 
shall also include an up-to-date tabulation of the amounts contained in 
the ledger and each entry established by section 314(a).''.

SEC. 6. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

    The discretionary spending limits for new budget authority and 
outlays for any fiscal year set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted in strict conformance 
with section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, shall be reduced by the amounts set forth in the final 
regular appropriation bill for that fiscal year or joint resolution 
making continuing appropriations through the end of that fiscal year.
    Those amounts shall be the sums of the Joint House-Senate Lock-box 
Balances for that fiscal year, as calculated under section 602(a)(5) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. That bill or joint resolution 
shall contain the following statement of law: ``As required by section 
6 of the Taxpayer Protection Lock-box Act of 1999, for fiscal year 
[insert appropriate fiscal year] and each outyear, the adjusted 
discretionary spending limit for new budget authority shall be reduced 
by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction] and the adjusted 
discretionary limit for outlays shall be reduced by $ [insert 
appropriate amount of reduction] for the budget year and each 
outyear.'' Notwithstanding section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, section 306 of that Act as it applies to this statement 
shall be waived. This adjustment shall be reflected in reports under 
sections 254(g) and 254(h) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The provisions of sections 1 through 6 of this Act 
shall apply to all appropriation bills making appropriations for fiscal 
year 1999 or any subsequent fiscal year.
    (b) FY99 Application.--In the case of any appropriation bill for 
fiscal year 1999 engrossed by the House of Representatives or the 
Senate after January 28, 1999, and before the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, and the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Committees on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives and of the Senate shall, within 10 calendar days after 
that date of enactment of this Act, carry out the duties required by 
this Act and amendments made by it that occur after the date this Act 
was engrossed by the House of Representatives or the Senate.
    (c) FY99 Allocations.--The duties of the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office and of the Committees on the Budget and on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate pursuant 
to this Act and the amendments made by it regarding appropriation bills 
for fiscal year 1999 shall be based upon the revised section 602(a) 
allocations in effect on January 28, 1999.
    (d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``appropriation 
bill'' means any general or special appropriation bill, and any bill or 
joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing 
appropriations through the end of a fiscal year.

SEC. 8. ADJUSTMENT FOR STIMULATIVE EFFECT OF REVENUE REDUCTIONS.

    (a) Amount of Adjustment.--
            (1) OMB.--Effective in 1999 and not later than October 15 
        of each year, the Director of OMB shall calculate stimulative 
        effect by determining the amount by which actual revenues 
        exceed the projected level of revenues set forth in paragraph 
        (2) and then estimating the amount of the excess (fiscal 
        dividend excess) attributable to provisions of the Balanced 
        Budget Act of 1997 reducing revenues.
            (2) Projected level of revenues.--The projected level of 
        revenues referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
                    (A) For fiscal year 1999, $1,815,000,000,000.
                    (B) For fiscal year 2000, $1,870,000,000,000.
                    (C) For fiscal year 2001, $1,930,000,000,000.
                    (D) For fiscal year 2002, $2,015,000,000,000.
                    (E) For fiscal year 2003, $2,091,000,000,000.
                    (F) For fiscal year 2004, $2,184,000,000,000.
                    (G) For fiscal year 2005, $2,288,000,000,000.
                    (H) For fiscal year 2006, $2,393,000,000,000.
                    (I) For fiscal year 2007, $2,500,000,000,000.
                    (J) For fiscal year 2008, $2,611,000,000,000.
                    (K) For fiscal year 2009, $2,727,000,000,000.
            (3) CBO certification.--Not later than October 20, the 
        Director of the CBO shall certify the estimates and projections 
        of the Director of OMB made under this subsection. If the 
        Director of CBO cannot certify the estimates and projections, 
        the Director shall notify Congress and the President of the 
        disagreement and submit revised estimates.
    (b) Reduction of Deficit.--If the Director of OMB determines that a 
fiscal dividend excess exists under subsection (a) and on November 1, 
the President may--
            (1) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay an amount 
        not to exceed the levels of excess to retire debt obligations 
        of the United States; or
            (2) submit a legislative proposal to Congress for reducing 
        taxes by the amount of excess not dedicated to deficit 
        reduction to be considered by Congress as provided in 
        subsection (c); or
            (3) submit a legislative proposal to Congress for saving 
        social security by the amount of excess not dedicated to 
        deficit reduction and/or tax relief.
    (c) Expedited Procedure.--
            (1) Introduction.--Not later than 3 days after the 
        President submits a legislative proposal under subsection 
        (b)(2) or (b)(3), the Majority Leaders of the Senate and the 
        House of Representatives shall introduce the proposal in their 
        respective Houses as a bill. If the bill described in the 
        preceding sentence is not introduced as provided in the 
        preceding sentence, then, on the 4th day after the submission 
        of the legislative proposal by the President, any Member of the 
        House may introduce the bill.
            (2) Referral to committee.--A bill described in paragraph 
        (1) introduced in the House of Representatives shall be 
        referred to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives.
            A bill described in paragraph (1) introduced in the Senate 
        shall be referred to the Committee on Finance of the Senate. If 
        more than 1 bill is introduced as provided in paragraph (1), 
        the committee shall consider and report the first bill 
        introduced.
            Amendments to the bill in committee may not reduce revenues 
        in the bill below the amount proposed by the President. Such a 
        bill may not be reported before the 8th day after its 
        introduction.
            (3) Discharge of committee.--If the committee to which is 
        referred a bill described in paragraph (1) has not reported 
        such bill at the end of 15 calendar days after its 
        introduction, such committee shall be deemed to be discharged 
        from further consideration of such bill and such bill shall be 
        placed on the appropriate calendar of the House involved.
            (4) Floor consideration.--
                    (A) In general.--When the committee to which a bill 
                is referred has reported, or has been deemed to be 
                discharged (under paragraph (3)) from further 
                consideration of, a bill described in paragraph (1), it 
                is at any time thereafter in order (even though a 
                previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed 
                to) for any Member of the respective House to move to 
                proceed to the consideration of the bill, and all 
                points of order against the bill (and against 
                consideration of the bill) are waived. The motion is 
                highly privileged in the House of Representatives and 
                is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 
                motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to 
                postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 
                consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider 
                the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 
                to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the 
                consideration of the bill is agreed to, the bill shall 
                remain the unfinished business of the respective House 
                until disposed of.
                    (B) Debate.--Consideration of the bill, and on all 
                debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, 
                shall be limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall 
                be divided equally between those favoring and those 
                opposing the bill. A motion further to limit debate is 
                in order and not debatable. A motion to postpone, or a 
                motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
                business, or a motion to recommit the bill is not in 
                order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
                bill is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. 
                Debate on amendments to the bill shall be limited to 30 
                minutes equally divided. Amendments to the bill may not 
                reduce revenues in the bill below the amount proposed 
                by the President.
                    (C) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following 
                the conclusion of the debate on a bill described in 
                paragraph (1), and a single quorum call at the 
                conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance 
                with the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on 
                final passage of the bill shall occur.
                    (D) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals 
                from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
                application of the rules of the Senate or the House of 
                Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure 
                relating to a bill described in paragraph (1) shall be 
                decided without debate.
            (5) Coordination with action by other house.--If, before 
        the passage by one House of a bill of that House described in 
        paragraph (1), that House receives from the other House a bill 
        described in paragraph (1), then the following procedures shall 
        apply:
                    (A) The bill of the other House shall not be 
                referred to a committee.
                    (B) With respect to a bill described in paragraph 
                (1) of the House receiving the bill--
                            (i) the procedure in that House shall be 
                        the same as if no bill had been received from 
                        the other House; but
                            (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on 
                        the bill of the other House.
            (6) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
        subsection is enacted by Congress--
                    (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
                Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and 
                as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 
                respectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
                procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a 
                bill described in paragraph (1), and it supersedes 
                other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 
                with such rules; and
                    (B) with full recognition of the constitutional 
                right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
                relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
                in the same manner and to the same extent as in the 
                case of any other rule of that House.
    (d) Deficit Reduction if Tax Reductions or Social Security Reforms 
Are Not Enacted.--If tax reductions or social security reforms are not 
enacted by December 31 of the year of the submission of a legislative 
proposal under subsection (b)(2), the President shall pay an amount 
equal to the amount by which revenues are not reduced to deficit 
reduction as provided in subsection (b)(1).
    (e) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``stimulative economic effect of any laws reducing revenues'' refers to 
laws that have the effect of stimulating savings, investment, job 
creation, and economic growth.
    (f) MDA Point of Order.--Section 605(b) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Maximum deficit point of order.--
                    ``(A) In general.--It shall not be in order in the 
                House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
                bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report 
                that includes any provision that would result in a 
                deficit for a fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Waiver or suspension.--This subsection may be 
                waived or suspended in the House of Representatives or 
                the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths 
                of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.''.
    (g) Sixty Vote Point of Order.--Section 904 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of subsection (c) by inserting 
        ``605(b),'' after ``601(b),''; and
            (2) in the third sentence of subsection (d) by inserting 
        ``605(b),'' after ``601(b),''.
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