[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 19 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 19

     To reduce budget deficits by restoring budget enforcement and 
                  strengthening fiscal responsibility.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2005

  Mr. Conrad (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Feingold, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
  Stabenow, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
   Schumer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Dodd, and Mrs. Clinton) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                        Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
     To reduce budget deficits by restoring budget enforcement and 
                  strengthening fiscal responsibility.

    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 ``Fiscal Responsibility for a Sound 
Future Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS.

    (a) In General.--Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(c) Discretionary Spending Limit.--As used in this part, the term 
`discretionary spending limit' means, with respect to fiscal year 
2005--
            ``(1) for the discretionary category: $836,268,000,000 in 
        new budget authority and $895,966,000,000 in outlays;
            ``(2) for the highway category: $31,761,000,000 in outlays; 
        and
            ``(3) for the mass transit category: $956,000,000 in new 
        budget authority and $6,748,000,000 in outlays;
as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection (b).''.
    (b)  Commitment of the Senate.--Congress should enact a limit on 
total discretionary spending for fiscal year 2006.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENT.

    Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``enacted before October 
        1, 2002''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``enacted before October 
        1, 2002,''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF BUDGET ENFORCEMENT THROUGH 2015.

    Section 275 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Reenactment.--Part C of this title is reenacted into law 
effective for fiscal year 2005. Part C shall expire at the end of 
fiscal year 2015.''.

SEC. 5. RECONCILIATION FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION IN THE SENATE.

    (a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider 
under the expedited procedures applicable to reconciliation in sections 
305 and 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 any bill, 
resolution, amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference 
report that increases the deficit in the first fiscal year covered by 
the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget, the 
period of the first 5 fiscal years covered by the most recently adopted 
concurrent resolution on the budget, or the period of the 5 fiscal 
years following the first 5 fiscal years covered by the most recently 
adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
    (b) Budget Resolution.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
consider pursuant to sections 301, 305, or 310 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 pertaining to concurrent resolutions on the budget 
any resolution, concurrent resolution, amendment, amendment between the 
Houses, motion, or conference report that contains any reconciliation 
directive that would increase the deficit in the first fiscal year 
covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the 
budget, the period of the first 5 fiscal years covered by the most 
recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget, or the period of 
the 5 fiscal years following the first 5 fiscal years covered by the 
most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
    (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or 
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of \ 3/5\ of the 
Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the 
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the 
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of 
order raised under this section.

SEC. 6. SENATE PAYGO RULE.

    (a) In General.--Section 505(a)(5)(A) of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th 
Congress) is amended by striking ``as adjusted for any changes in 
revenues or direct spending assumed by such resolution''.
    (b) Expiration Date.--Section 505(e) of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th 
Congress) is amended by striking ``2008'' and inserting ``2015''.
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