[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 502 Referral Instructions Senate (RIS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 502

                      To protect social security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 1999

 Mr. Ashcroft (for himself and Mr. Domenici) 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 protect social security.

    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 ``Protect Social Security Benefits Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. BALANCED BUDGET REQUIREMENT WITHOUT THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST 
              FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

 ``balanced budget requirement without the social security trust funds

    ``Sec. 316. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives or Senate to consider any concurrent 
resolution on the budget (or amendment, motion, or conference report on 
that resolution) that would set forth or cause a Federal budget deficit 
excluding the receipts and disbursements of the social security trust 
funds.
    ``(b) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply if a declaration of 
war by the Congress is in effect or if a joint resolution pursuant to 
section 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 has been enacted.
    ``(c) Applicability If No Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--If 
no concurrent resolution on the budget (or amendment, motion, or 
conference report on that resolution) is adopted by the House of 
Representatives and Senate by September 1 of any year, this section 
shall apply to any appropriation bill or joint resolution (and any 
amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill or resolution) for 
that year or any subsequent year.
    ``(d) Definition of Social Security Trust Funds.--In this section 
the term `social security trust funds' means the Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund established under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 401).''.
    (b) Supermajority for Waiver.--Subsections (c)(1) and (d)(1) of 
section 901 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) 
are amended by inserting ``316,'' after ``313,''.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 315 the following new 
item:

``Sec. 316. Balanced budget requirement without the social security 
                            trust funds.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on October 1, 2000.
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