[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 523 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 523

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the 
Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget 
          authority and outlays for each category of spending.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2021

Mr. Emmer submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the 
Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget 
          authority and outlays for each category of spending.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this resolution is to provide Government spending 
transparency to the American people.

SEC. 2. RULES AMENDMENT.

    (a) Clause 4(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
    ``(5)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall maintain proposed 
and historical budget authority and outlays for each category of 
spending. Such data shall--
            ``(i) cover a period comprising the 10 fiscal years 
        immediately preceding the budget year; and
            ``(ii) be kept up-to-date and provided on the public 
        website of the committee in a downloadable, searchable, and 
        sortable format.
    ``(B) As used in this subparagraph, the term `category of spending' 
includes--
            ``(i) section 302(a) allocations and section 302(b) 
        suballocations and discretionary and direct spending authority 
        for each department, agency, program, or other line item in any 
        appropriation Act; and
            ``(ii) discretionary and direct spending authority for each 
        department, agency, and program as set forth in budget 
        proposals of the Presidents submitted under section 1105(a) of 
        title 31, United States Code.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
immediately before noon on January 3, 2022.
                                 <all>