[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 343 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 343

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the 
reduction of section 302(b) suballocations to reflect floor amendments 
                    to general appropriation bills.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2009

Mr. Conaway (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
Olson, Mr. Herger, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. 
 McClintock, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Barrett of 
 South Carolina, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Price of 
 Georgia, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Souder, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. 
Wittman, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Hall of Texas, 
 and Mr. Davis of Kentucky) submitted the following resolution; which 
                 was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the 
reduction of section 302(b) suballocations to reflect floor amendments 
                    to general appropriation bills.

    Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``11. (a) Whenever any Member offers an amendment to any general 
appropriation bill (or resolution making continuing appropriations to 
the end of a fiscal year) to reduce new budget authority (and outlays 
flowing therefrom), that Member may designate the amount of the 
reduction in new budget authority that should be used to reduce the 
Federal budget deficit (or to increase the Federal budget surplus) if 
such amendment is agreed to.
    ``(b)(1) Upon the engrossment in the House of Representatives of 
any general appropriation bill (or resolution making continuing 
appropriations to the end of a fiscal year), the chairman of the 
Committee on Appropriations shall--
            ``(A) reduce the suballocation of new budget authority to 
        the appropriate subcommittee of that committee made under 
        section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by the 
        net amount of reductions in new budget authority resulting from 
        the amendments agreed to by the House to that bill to the 
        extent that they are designated pursuant to paragraph (a), and
            ``(B) reduce the suballocation of outlays made under 
        section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the 
        appropriate subcommittee of that committee by the net amount of 
        reductions in outlays resulting from amendments described in 
        subdivision (A) by the House to that bill,
and promptly report those revisions to the House.
    ``(2) The reductions in suballocations made under subparagraph (1) 
may not be reallocated by the Committee on Appropriations to any other 
subcommittee.
    ``(3) In the House of Representatives, the revised suballocations 
made under subparagraph (1) shall be deemed to be suballocations made 
under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    ``(c) Upon the reporting of revised suballocations to the House by 
the Committee on Appropriations under paragraph (b), the chairman of 
the Committee on the Budget shall make appropriate revisions in the 
allocations to the Committee on Appropriations to reflect the revised 
suballocations and report those revisions to the House. In the House of 
Representatives, those revised allocations shall be deemed to be 
allocations made under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974.''.
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