[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5955 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5955

To limit the amount of funds which may be made available to Government 
     agencies if Federal taxes are raised, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

    Mr. Graves of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To limit the amount of funds which may be made available to Government 
     agencies if Federal taxes are raised, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Stopping the Excessive Growth of the 
Federal Government Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN SPENDING AND HIRING AT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (d), whenever 
there is enacted into law a bill or joint resolution that increases 
Federal taxes (as determined under subsection (c)), the following 
restrictions shall apply for the period of time specified in subsection 
(b):
            (1) No new appropriations may be made to a Government 
        agency.
            (2) No new positions may be created within a Government 
        agency.
            (3) A Government agency must abide by a 5-to-3 ratio of 
        involuntary-separations-to-appointments.
    (b) Duration of Restrictions.--The restrictions under subsection 
(a) shall apply during the period--
            (1) beginning on the date as of which the bill or joint 
        resolution referred to in subsection (a) becomes law; and
            (2) ending at the close of the Congress during which such 
        bill or joint resolution becomes law.
    (c) Determinations.--For purposes of this Act, determinations 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be made by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.
    (d) Exceptions.--The restrictions under subsection (a) shall not 
apply--
            (1) to positions within a small Government agency or the 
        Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, or 
        the Department of Veterans Affairs; or
            (2) during a period of national emergency declared by the 
        President.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``Government agency'' means an Executive 
        agency, as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States 
        Code;
            (2) the term ``employee'' has the meaning given such term 
        by section 2105 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (3) the term ``small Government agency'' means a Government 
        agency which, for the fiscal year last ending before the start 
        of the Congress during which the bill or joint resolution (as 
        described in subsection a)) becomes law, employs an average of 
        not more than 500 employees (as determined by the Office of 
        Personnel Management).
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