[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4648 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4648

 To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
  Act of 1985 to establish a pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory 
                               spending.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2004

  Mr. Nussle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
  Act of 1985 to establish a pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory 
                               spending.

    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 ``Mandatory Spending Control Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Purpose.--Section 252(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to assure that any 
legislation that is enacted before October 1, 2009, that causes a net 
increase in direct spending will trigger an offsetting 
sequestration.''.
    (b) Timing.--Section 252(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ``any net deficit 
increase'' and all that follows through ``2002,'' and by inserting 
``any net increase in direct spending enacted before October 1, 
2009,''.
    (c) Calculation of Direct Spending Increase.--Section 252(b)(2) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``deficit'' the first place it appears and 
        inserting ``direct spending'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and receipts'';
            (3) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``and receipts''; and
            (4) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
        ``Calculation of direct spending
        increase.--''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The heading of section 252(c) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended to read as follows: ``Eliminating a Direct Spending Increase.--
''.
    (2) Paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 252(d) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended by 
striking ``or receipts'' each place it appears.
    (3) Section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ``or receipts'' and by 
striking ``, outlays, and receipts'' and inserting ``and outlays''.
    (4) Section 254(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended--
            (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``net deficit increase 
        or decrease'' and by inserting ``net increase or decrease in 
        direct spending'';
            (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``amount of deficit 
        increase or decrease'' and by inserting ``increase or decrease 
        in direct spending''; and
            (C) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``a deficit increase'' 
        and by inserting ``an increase in direct spending''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:
            ``(20)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), the term 
        `emergency requirement' means any provision that provides new 
        budget authority and resulting outlays for a situation that 
        poses a threat to life, property, or national security and is--
                    ``(i) sudden, quickly coming into being, and not 
                building up over time;
                    ``(ii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling need 
                requiring immediate action;
                    ``(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), unforeseen, 
                unpredictable, and unanticipated; and
                    ``(iv) not permanent, temporary in nature.
            ``(B) An emergency that is part of an aggregate level of 
        anticipated emergencies, particularly when normally estimated 
        in advance, is not unforeseen.''.

SEC. 4. EXCEPTION FOR OUTLAY COMPONENTS OF EXPIRING RECEIPTS 
              LEGISLATION.

    Section 252(d)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
subparagraph (A), by striking the period and inserting ``; and'' at the 
end of subparagraph (B), and by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(C) extending provisions in the Economic Growth 
                and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 or provisions 
                in sections 101 through 104, section 202, or sections 
                301 and 302 of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief 
                Reconciliation Act of 2003.''.

SEC. 5. EXPIRATION.

    Section 275(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended by striking ``2006'' and inserting ``2013''.
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