[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1396 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1396

  To amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal 
    children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the 
                          President's budget.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 21, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal 
    children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the 
                          President's budget.

    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 ``Children's Budget Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by--
            (1) redesignating paragraph (37), as added by Public Law 
        111-352, as paragraph (39); and
            (2) adding at the end the following:
            ``(40)(A) A detailed, separate analysis for the prior 
        fiscal year, the current fiscal year, the fiscal year for which 
        the budget is submitted, and the ensuing fiscal year 
        identifying the amounts of gross and net appropriations or 
        obligational authority and outlays that are directed to 
        children within the United States and territories including--
                    ``(i) summaries of the total amount of such 
                appropriations or new obligational authority and 
                outlays requested for children and children's programs;
                    ``(ii) an estimate of current levels of spending on 
                children and children's programs; and
                    ``(iii) a detailed breakdown of spending on 
                children and children's programs by agency, department, 
                and initiative.
            ``(B) In this paragraph, the term `children' means 
        individuals under the age of 19.
            ``(C) In this paragraph, spending on children includes--
                    ``(i) Federal entitlement spending that goes 
                directly to children;
                    ``(ii) outlays for programs and initiatives that, 
                consistent with their mission, deliver services 
                exclusively to children;
                    ``(iii) outlays for programs and initiatives that, 
                while not serving children directly, have as a core 
                mission goal, the improvement of children's health, 
                education, welfare, and general well-being; and
                    ``(iv) a share of funding for Federal programs and 
                initiatives that deliver services to both children and 
                adults that is consistent with the share of program 
                benefits for children based on the best available data.
            ``(D) In implementing this paragraph, including determining 
        what Federal activities or accounts constitutes spending on 
        children or children's programs, the Office of Management and 
        Budget shall consult periodically with the Committees on the 
        Budget of the Senate and the House, the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the Senate and the House, and the 
        Congressional Budget Office.''.
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