[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4062 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4062

To freeze non-defense discretionary spending at fiscal year 2007 levels 
                     effective in fiscal year 2008.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2006

  Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL



To freeze non-defense discretionary spending at fiscal year 2007 levels 
                     effective in fiscal year 2008.

    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 Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Enforcement.--Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Excess Non-Defense Discretionary Federal Spending Reduction 
Point of Order.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
        Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or 
        resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference report on that 
        bill or resolution) that would cause spending for non-defense, 
        non-trust-fund, discretionary spending for the budget year to 
        exceed the amount of spending for such activities in fiscal 
        year 2007.
            ``(2) Allocations.--The allocations under section 302(a) 
        shall include allocations for the amount described in paragraph 
        (1).
            ``(3) Super majority waiver or appeal.--This subsection may 
        be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative 
        vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An 
        affirmative vote of two-thirds 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 subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply beginning with fiscal 
year 2008.
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