CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974

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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT
CONTROL ACT OF 1974
TUNE 12, 1974.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. ERVIN, from the committee of conference,
submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Mouses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 7130) to
improve congressional control over budgetary outlay and receipt totals,
to provide for a Legislative Budget OtTice, to establish a procedure
providing congressional control over the impoundment of funds by
the executive branch, and for other purposes, having met, after full and
free conference, have agreed to recommend, and do recommend to their
respective Houses as follows :
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of
the Senate to the text of the bill, and agree to the same with an amend-
ment as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amend-
ment insert the following :
SHORT TITLES; TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. (a) SHORT TITLES.-This Act may be cited as the "Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974". Titles I
throuVh IX may be cited as the "Congressional Budget Act of 1974",
and title X may be cited as the "Impoundment Control Act of 1974".
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-
Sec. 1. Short titles; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Declaration of purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I-ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSE AND SENATE
BUDGET COMMITTEES
Sec. 101. Budget Committee of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 102. Budget Committee of the Senate.
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TITLE II-CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Sec. 201. Establishment of Office.
See. 202. Duties and functions.
Sec. 203. Public access to budget data.
Sec. 300. Timetable.
Sec. 301. Adoption of first concurrent resolution.
See. 302. Matters to be included in joint statement of managers; reports by
committees.
Sec. 303. First concurrent resolution on the budget must be adopted before legis-
lation providing new budget authority, new spending authority, or
changes in revenues or public debt limit is considered.
See. 304. Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the budget.
Sec. 305. Provisions relating to the consideration of concurrent resolutions on
the budget.
Sec. 306. Legislation dealing with congressional budget tnust be handled by
budget committees.
Sec. 307. House committee action on all appropriation bills to be completed before
first appropriation bill is reported.
Sec. 308. Reports, summaries, and projections of congressional budget actions.
Sec. 309. Completion of action on bills providing new budget authority and cer-
tain new spending authority.
Sec. 310. Second required concurrent resolution and reconciliation process.
Sec. 811. New budget authority, new spending authority, and revenue legislation
must be within appropriate levels.
TITLE IV-ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO IMPROVE
FISCAL PROCEDURES
Sec. 401. Bills providing new 8pe3tding authority.
Sec. 402. Reporting of authorizing legislation.
Sec. 403. Analyses by Congressional Budget Office.
Sec. 404. Jurisdiction of Appropriations Committees.
Sec. 501. Fiscal year to begin October 1.
Sec. 502. Transition to new fiscal year.
Sec. 503. Accounting procedures.
Sec. 504. Conversion of authorizations of appropriations.
See. 505. Repeals.
Sec. 506. Technical amendment.
TITLE VI-AMENDMENTS TO BUDGET AND
ACCOUNTING ACT, 1921
Sec. 601. Matters to be included in President's budget.
Sec. 602. Midyear review.
Sec. 603. Five-year budget projectiotis.
See. 604. Allowances for supplemental budget authority and uncontrollable
outlays.
Sec. 605. Budget data based on continuation of existing level of services.
Sec. 60G. Study of off-budget agencies.
Sec. 607. Year-ahead requests for authorization of new budget authority.
TITLE VII-PROGRAM REVIEW AND EVALUATION
Sec. 701. Review and evaluation ~5y standing committees.
Sec. 702. Review and evaluation by the Comptroller General.
Sec. 703. Continuing study of additional budget reform proposals.
TITLE VIII-FISCAL AND BUDGETARY INFORMATION
AND CONTROLS
Sec. 801. Amendment to Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970.
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TITLE IX-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS;
EFFECTIVE DATES
Sec. 901. Amendments to rules of the House.
Sec. 902. Conforming amendments to standing rules of the Senate.
Sec. 903. Amendments to Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.
Sec. 904. Exercise of rulemaking powers.
Sec. 905. Effective dates.
Sec. 906. Application of congressional budget process to fiscal year 1976.
TITLE X-IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL
PART A-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1001. Disclaimer.
Sec. 1002. Amendment to Antideficiency Act.
Sec. 1003. Repeal of existing impoundment reporting provision.
PART B-CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCISSIONS,
RESERVATIONS, AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Sec. 1011. Definitions.
Sec. 1012. Rescission of budget authority.
Sec. 1018. Disapproval of proposed deferrals of budget authority.
Sec. 1014. Transmission of messages; publication.
Sec. 1015. Reports by Comptroller General.
Sec. 1016. Suits by Comptroller General.
Sec. 1017. Procedure in House and Senate.
DECLARATION OF PURPOSES
SEC. 2. The Congress declares that it is essential-
(1) to assure effective congressional control over the budgetary
process;
(2) to provide for the congressional determination each year
of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and expenditures;
(3) to provide a system of impoundment control;
(4) to establish national budget priorities; and
(5) to provide for the furnishing of information by the execu-
tive branch in a manner, that will assist the Congress in dis-
charging its duties.
DEFINITIONS
SEc. 3. (a) IN GENERAL. For purposes of this Act-
(1) The terms "budget outlays" and "outlays" mean, with re-
spect to any fiscal year, expenditures and net lending of funds
under budget authority during such year.
(2) The term -"budget authority" means authority provided by
law to enter into obligations which will result in immediate or
future outlays involving Government funds, except that such term
does not include authority to insure or guarantee the repayment
of indebtedness incurred by another person or government.
. (3) The term "tax expenditures" means those revenue losses
attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which allow a
special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or
which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a de-
ferral of tax liability; and, the term "tax expenditures budget"
means an enumeration of such tax expenditures.
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(4) The term "concurrent resolution on the budget" means.-
(A) a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for a fiscal ye6Sr as
provided in section 301,
(B) a concurrent resolution reaffirming or revising the son-
gressional budget for the United States Government for a
fiscal year as provided M section 310; and
(C) any other concurrent resolution revising the congres-
sional budget for the United States Government for a fiscal
year as described in section 304.
(5) The term "appropriation Act" means an Act referred to in
section 105 of title 1, United States Code.
(b) JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY.-For purposes of titles II,
III, and IV of this Act, the Members of the House of Representatives
who are members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy shall be
treated as a standing committee of the House, and the Members of the
Senate who are members of the Joint Committee shall be treated as a
standinq committee of the Senate.
TITLE I-ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSE AND
SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEES
BUDGET COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
SEc. 101. (a) Clause 1 of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs (e) through (u)
as paragraphs (f) through (v), respectively, and by inserting after
paragraph (d) the following new paragraph:
"(e) Committee on the Budget, to consist of twenty-three Members
as follo-ws:
"(1) five Members who are members of the Committee on
Appropriations ;
"(2) five Members who are members of the Committee on Ways
and Means;
"(3) eleven Members who are members of other standing com-
mittees;
(4) one Member from the leadership of the majority party;
and
"(5) one Member from the leadership of the minority party.
No Member shall serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget
during more than two Congresses in any period of five successive Con-
gresses beginning after 1974 (disregarding for this purpose any serv-
ice per as a member of such committee for less than a full session
,in any Congress). All selections of Members to serve on the committee
shall be made without regard to seniority."
(b) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new clause :
"6. For carry/ing out the purposes set forth in clause 5 of Rule XI,
,`he Committee on the Budget or any subcommittee thereof is author-
ized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States,
whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold
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such hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the pro-
duction of such books or papers or documents or vouchers by subpena
or otherwise, and to take such testimony and records, as it deems nec-
essary. Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the chairman of
the committee or of any member of the committee designated by him;
and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or
member. The chairman of the committee, or any member thereof, may
administer oaths to witnesses."
(c) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amend-
ed by redesignating clauses 5 through 33 as clauses 6 through 34, re-
spectively, and by inserting after clause 4 the following new clause:
"5. Committee on the Budget
"(a) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in sec-
tion 3(a) (4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and other
matters required to be referred to the committee under titles III and
IV of that Act.
"(b) The committee shall have the duty-
"(1) to report the matters required to be reported by it under
titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
"(2) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays
of relevant existing and proposed legislation and to report the
results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis;
"(3) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expendi-
tures, to devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies,
and programs with direct budget outlays, and to report the re-
sults of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; and
"(4) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Con-
gressional Budget Office of its functions and duties."
BUDGET COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE
SEC. 102. (a) Paragraph 1 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of
the Senate is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
subparagraph.-
44 (r) (1) Committee on the Budget, to which committee shall be re-
ferred all concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section
3(a) (4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and all other mat-
ters required to be ref erred to that committee under titles III and IV
O f that Act, and messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters re-
latinq thereto.
"(L) Such committee shall have the duty-
"(A) to report the matters required to be reported by it under
titles III and IV o f the Congessional Budget Act of 1974;
(B), to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays
of relevant existing and proposed legislation and to report the re-
cults of such studies to the Senate on a recurring basis;
"(C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expendi-
tures, to devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies,
and programs with direct budget outlays, and to report the results
Of such studies to the Senate on a recurring basis; and
"(D) . to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Con-
gressional Budget Office of its functions and duties."
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(b) The table contained in paragraph 2 of rule XXV of the Stand-
ing Rules of the Senate is amended by inserting after-
"Banking, Sousing and Urban Affairs--------------------------------- 15"
the following:
"Budget ------------------------------------------------------------
(c) Paragraph 6 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
subparagraph:
"(h) For purposes of the first sentence of subparagraph (a),
membership on the Committee on the Budget shall not be taken into
account until that date occurring during the first session of the
Ninety-fifth Congress, upon which the appointment of the majority
and minority party members of the standing committees of the Senate
is initially completed."
(d) Each meeting of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate,
or any subcommittee thereof, including meetings to conduct hearings,
shall be open to the public, except that a portion or portions of any
such meeting may be closed to the public if the committee or subcom-
mittee, as the case may be, determines by record vote of a majority of
the members of the committee or subcommittee present that the matters
to be discussed or the testimony to be taken at such portion .or
portions--
(1) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret in the in-
terests of national defense or the confidential conduct of the
foreign relations of the United States;
(2) will relate solely to matters of committee staff personnel or
internal staff management or procedure;
(3) will tend to charge an individual with crime or misconduct,
to disgrace or injure the professional standing of an individual,
or otherwise to expose an individual to public contempt or ob-
loquy, or will represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of the
privacy of an individual;
(4) will disclose the identity of any informer or law enforce-
ment agent or will disclose any information relating to the in-
vestigation or prosecution of a criminal offense that is required to
be kept secret in the interests of effective law enforcement; or
(5) will disclose information relating to the trade secrets or
financial or commercial information pertaining specifically to a
given person if-
(A) an Act of Congress requires the information to be
kept confidential by Government officers and employees; or
(B) the information has been obtained by the Government
on a. confidential basis, other than through an application by
such, person for a specific Government financial or other bene-
fit, and is required to be kept secret in order to prevent undue
injury to the competitive position of such person.
(e) Paragraph 7(b) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the
Senate and section 133A (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 shall not apply to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
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TITLE II-CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE
SEC. 201. (a) IN GENERAL.-
(1) There is established an office of the Congress to be known
as the Congressional Budget Office (hereinafter in this title re-
ferred to as the "Office"). The Office shall be headed by a Direc-
tor; and there shall be a Deputy Director who shall perform such
duties as may be assigned to him by the Director and, during the
absence or incapacity of the Director or during a vacancy in
that office, shall act as Director.
(2) The Director shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the
Senate a f ter considering recommendations received from the
Committees on the Budget o l the House and the Senate, without
regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of his fitness
to perform his duties. The Deputy Director shall be appointed by
the Director.
(3) The term of office of the Director first appointed shall ex-
pire at noon on January 3, 197.9, and the terms of office of Direc-
tors subsequently appointed shall expire at noon on January 3 of
each fourth year thereafter. Any individual appointed as Direc-
tor to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of a term shall serve
only for the unexpired portion of that term. An individual serv-
ing as Director at the expiration of a term may continue to serve
until his successor is appointed. Any Deputy Director shall serve
until the expiration of the term of office of the Director who ap-
pointed him (and until his successor is appointed), unless sooner
removed by the Director.
(4) The Director may be removed by either House by resolu-
tion.
(5) The Director shall receive compensation at a per annum
gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect from time
to time, for level III of the Executive Schedule in section 5314
of title 5, United States Code. The Deputy Director shall receive
compensation at a per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic
pay, as so in effect, for level IV of the Executive Schedule in
section 5315 of such title.
(b) PERSONNEL.-The Director shall appoint and fix the compensa
tin of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the duties and
functions of the Office. All personnel of the Office shall be appointed
without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of their
fitness to perform their duties. The Director may prescribe the duties
and responsibilities of the personnel of the O ice, and delegate to them
authority to perform any of the duties, powers, and functions imposed
on the 6 fee or on the Director. For purposes of pay (other than pay
of the Director and Deputy Director) and employment benefits, rights,
and privileges, all personnel of the Office shall be treated as if they
were employees of the House of Representatives.
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(c) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.-In carrying out the duties and
functions of the Office, the Director may procure the temporary (not
to exceed one year) or intermittent services of experts or consultants
or organizations thereof by contract as independent contractors, or,
in the case of individual experts or consultants, by employment at rates
of pay not in excess of the daily equivalent of the highest rate of basic
pay payable under the General Schedule of section 533$ of titre 5,
United States Code.
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH.-The Director is authorized
to secure information, data, estimates, and statistics directly from the
various departments, agencies, and establishments of the executive
branch of Government and the regulatory agencies and commissions
of the Government. All such departments, agencies, establishments,
and regulatory agencies and commissions shall furnish the Director
any available material which he determines to be necessary in the
performance of his duties and functions (other than material the
disclosure of which would be a violation of law). The, Director is
also authorized, upon agreement with the head of any such depart-
ment, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission., to
utilize its services, facilities, and personnel with or without reimburse-
ment; and the head of each such department, agency, establishment,
or regulatory agency or commission is authorized to provide the Office
such services, facilities, and personnel.
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AGENCIES OF CONGRESS.-In carrying out
the duties and functions of the Office, and for the purpose of coordi-
nating the operations of the Office with those of other congressional
agencies urith a view to utilizing most effectively the information,
services, and capabilities of all such agencies in carrying out the var-
ious responsibilities assigned to each, the Director is authorized to ob-
tain, information, data, estimates, and statistics developed by the Gen-
era! Accounting Office, the Library of Congress, and the O fflce of
Technology Assessment, and (upon agreement with them) to utilize
their services, facilities, and personnel with or 'without reirnbu.rse-
rnent. The Comptroller General, the Librarian o f Congress, and the
Technoloay Assessment Board are authorized to provide the Office
with the information, data, estimates. and statistics, and the services,
facilities, and personnel, referred to in the preceding sentence.
(f) APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Office for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to enable
it to carry out its duties and functions. Until sums are first appropri-
ated pursuant to the preceding sentence, but for a period not exceeding
1f? months following the effective date of this subsection, the expenses
of the Office shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, in
iri;cordance with the paragraph relating to the contingent fund of the
Senate under the heading "UNDER LEGISLATIVE" in the Act of
October 1, 1888 (28 Stat. 546; 2 U.S.C. 68), and upon vouchers ap-
proved by the Director.
1)TITIES AND FUNCTIONS
SEc. 202. (a) ASSISTANCE TO BUDGET COMMITTF,E'S.---It shall be ,the
duty and function of the Office to provide to the Committees on the
Budget of both Houses in formation. r.ahich, will, assist such committees
in the discharge of all matters within their Jurisdictions, including
(1) information with respect to th. bud, r
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other bills authorizing or providing budget autho~ity or tax expendi-
tures, (2) information with respect to revenues, receipts, estimated
future revenues and receipts, and changin~_ revenue conditions, and
(3) such. related information as such Committees may request.
'(b) ASSISTANCE TO COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS, WAYS AND
MEANS, AND FINANCE.-At the request of the Committee on Ap ropr2a-
tions of either House, the Committee on WWTay$ and Means of the House of
Representatives, or the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Office
shall provide to such Committee any in f ormation which will assist it
in the discharge of matters within its jurisdiction, including informa-
tion described in clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and such re-
lated information as the Committee may request.
(e) ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS.-
(1) At the request of any other committee of the House Of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate or any joint committee of the Congress,
the O fce shall provide to such committee or joint committee any
information compiled in carrying out clauses (1) and (?L) of sub-
section (a), and, to the extent practicable, such additional infor-
mation related to the foregoing as may be requested.
(2) At the request of any Member of the House or Senate, the
Office shall provide to such Member any information compiled in
carrying out clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a), and, to the
extent available, such additional inrmation related to the fore-
going as may be requested.
(d) ASSIGNMENT OF-OFFICE PERSONNEL TO COMMITTEES AND JOINT
COMMITTEES.-At the request of the Committee on the Budget of either
Douse, personnel of the Office shall be assigned, on a temporary basis,
to assist such committee. At the request of any other committee of
either House or any joint committee of the Congress, personnel of the
Office may be assigned, on a temporary basis, to assist such committee
or joint committee with respect to matters directly related to the appli-
cable provisions of subsection (b) or (e).
(e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OF JOINT COMMIT EE ON REDUCTION OF
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES.-
(1) The duties, functions, and personnel of the Joint Commit-
tee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures are transferred to the
Office, and the Joint Committee is abolished.
(2) Section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 796) is
repealed.
(f) REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.-
(1) On or before April 1 of each year, the Director shall sub-
mit to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report, for the fiscal year commencing on
October 1 of that year, with respect to fiscal policy, including (A)
alternative levels of total revenues, total new budget authority
and total outlays (including related surpluses and deficits), a;U
(B) the levels of tax expenditures under. existing law, taking into
account projected economic factors and any changes in' such
levels based on proposals.in the budget submitted by the Presi-
dent for such fiscal year. Such report shall also include a discus-
sion of national budget priorities, including alternative ways of
allocating budget authority and budget outlays for such fiscal year
among major programs or functional categories, taking into ac-
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coumt how such alternative allocations will meet major national
needs and affect balanced growth and development of the United
States.
(2) The Director shall from time to time submit to the Com-
mittees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Senate such further reports (inwZuding reports revising the re-
port required by paragraph (1)) as may be necessary or appro-
priate to provide such Committees with information, data, and
analyses for the performance of their duties and functions.
(g) USE OF COMPUTERS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES.-The Director may
equip the Office with up-to-date computer capability (upon approval
of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Re pre-
senta.tr'ves and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate), obtain the services of experts and consultants in computer
technology? and develop techniques for the evaluation of budgetary
requirements.
PUBT,IC ACCESS TO BUDGET DATA
Sec. 203.. (a) RIGHT To CoPY.-Except as provided in subsections
(c) and, (d), the Director shah make all information, data, estimc.;tes,
and statistics obtained under sections 901(d) and 201(e) available
for public copying during normal business hours, subject to reavon-
able rules and regulations, and shall to the extent practicable, at the
request of any person, furnish a copy of any such information, data,
estimates, or statistics upon payment by such person of -the cost of
making and furnishing such copy.
(6) INDFx.--The Director shall develop and maintain, filing, codin g
and indexing systems that identify the information, data, estimates,
and statistics to which subsection (a) applies and shall make svseh
systems available for public use during normal business hours.
(c) ExCFPTIONS.-Subsection (a) shall not apply to information,
data, estimates, and statistics-
(1) which are specifically exempted from disclosure by law; or
(2) which the Director determines will disclose-
(A) matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of
national defense or the confidential conduct of the foreign
relations of the United States;
(E) information relating to trade secrets or financial or
.^,omgnercial information pertaining specifically to a given
person if the information has been obtained by the Govern-
ment on, a confcdential basis, other than through an applicz-
tion by such person for a specific financial or other bene~.t,
and is rewired to be kept secret in order to prevent unCLIte
injury to the competitive position of such person; or
(C) personnel or medical data or similar data the disclosure
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion 6f
personal, privacy;
unless the portions containing such matters, information, or data
have been excised.
(d) INFORMATION OBTAINED FOR COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS.-Sub-
section (a) shall apply to any information, data, estimates, and statistics
obtained at the request of any committee, joint committee, or Member
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unless such committee, joint committee, or Member has instructed the
Director not to make such information, data, estimates, or statistics
available for public copying.
TITLE III-CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS
TIMETABLE
SEc. 300. The timetable with respect to the congressional budget
process for any fiscal year is as follows :
On or before:
November 10________________
15th day after Congress meets_
March 15--------------------
April 1----------------------
April15---------------------
May 15---------------------
May 15---------------------
7th day after Labor Day_-___
September 15________________
September 25----------------
Action to be completed:
President submits current services budget.
President submits his budget.
Committees and joint committees submit re-
ports to Budget Committees.
Congressional Budget Office submits report to
Budget Committees.
Budget Committees report first concurrent reso-
lution on the budget to their Houses.
Committees report bills and resolutions author-
izing new budget authority.
Congress completes action on first concurrent
resolution on the budget.
Congress. completes action on bills and resolu-
tions providing new budget authority and
new spending authority.
Congress completes action on second required
concurrent resolution on the budget.
Congress completes action on reconciliation bill
or resolution, or both, implementing second
required concurrent resolution.
Fiscal year begins.
ADOPTION OF FIRST CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
SEC. 301. (a) ACTION To BE COMPLETED BY MAY 15.-On or before
May 15 of each year, the Congress shall complete action on the first
concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on
October 1 of such year. The concurrent resolution shall set forth-
(1) the appropriate level of total budget outlays and of total
new budget authority;
(2) an estimate of budget outlays and an appropriate level of
new budget authority for each major functional category, for
contingencies, and for undistributed intragovernmental transac-
tions. based on allocations of the appropriate level of total budget
outlays and of total new budget authority;
(3) the amount, if any, of the surplus or the deficit in the budget
which is appropriate in light of economic conditions and all other
relevant factors;
(I) the recommended level of Federal revenues and the amount,
if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should
be increased or decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported
by, the appropriate committees;
(5) the appropriate level of the public debt, and the amount, if
any, by which the statutory limit on the public debt should be
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increased or decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported by
the appropriate committees; and
(6) such other matters relating to the budget as may be appro-
priate to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(h) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.-The first
concurrent resolution on the budget may also require-
(1) a procedure under which all or certain bills and resolutions
providing new budget authority or providing new spending au-
thority described in section 401 (c) (2) (C) for such. fiscal year
shall not be enrolled -until the concurrent resolution required to be
reported under section 310 (a) has been. agreed to, and, if a recon-
ciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, or both, are required to
be reported under section 310(c), until Congress has completed
action on that bill or resolution, or both; and
(2) any other procedure which is considered appropriate to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
Not later than the close of the Yinety-fifth Congress, the Committee on
the Budget of each House shall report to its House on the implementa-
tion of procedures described in this subsection.
(C) VIEWS AND ESTIMATES OF OTHER COMMITTEES.-On or before
March 15 of each year, each standing committee of the House of
Representatives shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the
House, each standing committee of the Senate shall submit to the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate, and the Joint Economic Co,na-
mittee and Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall sub-
mit to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses-.
(1) its views and estimates with respect to all matters set forth
in subsection (a) which relate to matters within the respective
jurisdiction or functions of such committee or joint committee;
and
(2) except in the case of such joint committees, the estimate
of the total amounts of new budget authority; and budget outlays
resulting therefrom, to be provided or authorized in all bills and
resolutions within the jurisdiction of such committee which such
committee intends to be effective during the fiscal year beginning
on October 1 o f such, year.
The Joint Economic Committee shall also submit to the Committees
on the Budget of both. Houses, its recommendations as to the fiscal
policy appropriate to the goals of the Employment Act of 1946. Any
other committee of the House or Senate may submit to the Committee
on the Budget of its House, and any other joint committee of the
Congress may submit to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses,
its views and estimates with respect to all matters set forth in sub-
section (a) which relate to matters 'within, its jurisdiction or functions.
(d) HEARINGS AND REPORT.--In developing the first concurrent reso-
lution. on the budget referred to in subsection (a) for each fiscal year.
the Committee on the Budget of each House shall hold hearings and
shall receive testimony from Members of Congress and such appro-
priate representatives of Federal departments and agencies, the gen-
eral public, and national organizations as the committee deems de-
sirable. On or before April 15 of each year, the Committee on the
Budget of each House shall report to its House the first concurrent
resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) for the fiscal
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year beginning on October 1 of such year. The report accompanying
such concurrent resolution shall include, but not be limited to-
(1) a comparison of revenues estimated by the committee with
those estimated in the budget submitted by the President;
(2) a comparison of the appropriate levels of total budget out-
lays and total new budget authority, as set forth in such con-
current resolution, with total budget outlays estimated and total
new budget authority requested in the budget submitted by the
President;
(3) with respect to each major functional category, an estimate
of budget outlays and an appropriate level of new budget author-
ity for all proposed pro rams and for all existing programs (in-
cluding renewals thereof ), with the estimate and level for existing
programs being divided between permanent authority and funds
provided in appropriation Acts, and each such division being sub-
divided between controllable amounts and all other amounts;
(4) an allocation of the level of Federal revenues recommended
in t e concurrent resolution among the major sources of such
revenues;
(5) the economic assumptions and objectives which underlie
each of the matters set forth in such concurrent resolution and
alternative economic assumptions and objectives which the com-
mittee considered;
(6) projections, not limited to the following, for the period of
five fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year of the estimated
levels of total budget outlays, total new budget outlays, total new
budget authority, the estimated revenues to be received, and the
estimated surplus or deficit, if any, for 'each fiscal year in such
period, and the estimated levels of tax expenditures (the tax
expenditures budget) by major functional categories;
(7) a statement of any significant changes in the proposed levels
of Federal assistance to State and local governments; and
(8). information, data, and comparisons indicating the manner
in which, and the basis on which, the committee determined each
of the matters set forth in the concurrent resolution, and the rela-
tionship of such matters to other budget categories.
MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN JOINT STATEMENT OF
MANAGERS; REPORTS BY COMMITTEES
SEC. 302. (a) ALLOCATION of TOTALS.-The joint explanatory statement
accompanying a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the
budget shall include an estimated allocation, based upon such concur-
rent resolution as recommended in such conference report, of the
appropriate levels of total budget outlays and total new budget
authority among each committee of the House of Representatives and
the Senate which has 'urisdiction over bills and resolutions providing
such new budget authority.
(b) REPORTS BY COMMITTEES.-As soon as practicable after a concur-
rent resolution on the budget is agreed to-
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of each House shall,
after consulting with the Committee on Appropriations of the
other House, (A) subdivide among its subcommittees the alloca-
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tion of budget outlays and new budget authority allocated to it
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference
report on such concurrent resolution, and (B) further subdivide
the amount with respect to each such subcommittee between. con-
trollable amounts and all other amounts; and
(2) every other committee of the House and Senate to which
an allocation was made in such joint explanatory statement shall,
a3 ter consulting with the committee or committees of the other
House to which all or part of its allocation was made, (A) sub-
divide such allocation among its subcommittees or among pro-
grams over which it has jurisdiction, mind (B) further subdivide
the amount with respect to each subcommittee or program between
controllable amounts and all other amounts.
Each such committee shall promptly report to its House the sub divi-
sions made by it pursuant to this subsection.
(c) Subsequent Concurrent Resolutions. In the case of a concur-
rent resolution on the budget referred to in section 304 or 310., the
allocation under subsection (a) and the subdivisions under subsection
(b) shall be required only to the extent necessary to take into account
revisions made in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution
on the budget.
FIRST CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET
MUST BE ADOPTED BEFORE LEGISLATION PROVID-
ING NEW RUDGF,T AUTHORITY, NEW SPENDING
AUTHORITY, OR CHANGES IN REVENUES OR PUBLIC
DEBT LIMIT IS CONSIDF,RED
&SEc. 303. (a) IN GENERAL.-It shall not be in order in either the
House o f Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolu-
tion (or amendment thereto) which provides-
(1) new budget authority for a fiscal year;
(2) an increase or decrease in revenues to become effective dur-
ing a fiscal year;
(3) an increase or decrease in the public debt limit to become
effective during a fiscal year; or
(4) new spending authority described in section 401 (c) (Q) (C)
to become effective during a fiscal year;
until the first concurrent resolution on the budget for such year has
been agreed to pursuant to section 301.
(b) E xCE.PTIONS.-Subsection (a) does not apply to any bill or
resolution
(1) providing new budget authority which first becomes avail-
able in a fiscal year following the fiscal year to which the con-
current resolution applies; or
(2) increasing or decreasing revenues which first become effec-
tive in a fiscal year following the fiscal year to which the con-
current resolution applies.
(C) WAIVER IN THE SENATE.-
(1) The committee of the Senate which reports any bill or res-
olution to which subsection (a) applies may at or after the time it
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reports such bill or resolution, report a resolution to the Senate
(A) providing for the waiver of subsection (a) with respect to
such bill or resolution, and (B) stating the reasons why the
waiver is necessary. The resolution shall then be referred to the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate. That committee shall
report the resolution to the Senate within 10 days after the res-
olution is referred to it (not counting any day on which the
Senate is not in session) beginning with the day following the day
on which it is so referred, accompanied by that committee's rec-
ommendations and reasons for such recommendations with re-
spect to the resolution. If the committee does not report the res-
olution within such 10-day period, it shall automatically be dis-
charged from further consideration of the resolution and the res-
olution shall be placed on the calendar.
(2) During the consideration of any such resolution, debate
shall be limited to one hour, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the majority leader and minority leader or their
designees, and the time on any debatable motion or appeal shall
be limited to twenty minutes, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the mover and the manager of the resolution. In the
event the manager of the resolution is in favor of any such motion
or appeal, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the
minority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either of them,
may, from the time under their control on the passage of such
resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the con-
sideration of any debatable motion or appeal. No amendment to
the resolution is in order.
(3) If, after the Committee on the Budget has reported (or
been discharged from further consideration of) the resolution,
the Senate agrees to the resolution, then subsection (a) of this
section shall not apply with respect to the bill or resolution to
which the resolution so agreed to applies.
PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT
RESOLUTIONS OF THE BUDGET
SEC. 304. At any time after the first concurrent resolution on the
budget for a fiscal year has been agreed to pursuant to section 301, and
before the end of such fiscal year, the two Houses may adopt a con-
current resolution on the budget which revises the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for such fiscal year most recently agreed to.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CONSIDERATION OF
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET
SEC. 305. (a) PROCEDURE IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER
REPORT OF COMMITTEE; DEBATE.-
(1) When the Committee on the Budget of the House has re-
ported any concurrent resolution on the budget, it is in order at
any time after the tenth day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal holidays) following the day on which the report upon such
resolution has been available to Members of the House (even
though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed
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to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the concurrent reso-
lution. The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable. An
a-rnendrnent to the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to
move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to.
(2) General debate on any concurrent resolution on the budget
in the House of Representatives shall be limited to not more than
10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and
minority parties. A motion further to limit debate is not debat-
able. A motion to recommit the concurrent resolution is not in
order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by
which the concurrent resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
(3) Consideration of any concurrent resolution on the budget
her the House of Representatives shall be in the Committee of the
Whole, and the resolution shall be read for amendment under' the
five-minute rule in accordance with the applicable provisions of
rule X XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. After
the Committee rises and reports the resolution back to the House,
the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the reso-
lution and any amendments thereto to final passage without' in-
tervening motion; except that it shall be in order at any time prior
to final passage (notwithstanding any other rule or provision, of
law) to adopt an amendment (or a series of amendments) chang-
ing any figure or figures in the resolution as so reported to the ex-
tent necessary to achieve mathematical consistency.
(4) Debate in the House of Representatives on the conference
report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be lim-
ited to not more than 5 hours, which shall be divided equally be-
tween the majority and minority parties. A motion further to
limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit the confer-
ence report is not in order, and it is not in order to move to recon-
sider the vote by which the conference report is agreed to or dis-
agreed to.
(5) Motions to postpone, made with respect to the considera-
tiorz, of any concurrent resolution on the budget, and motions to
proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be derided
without debate.
(ii) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the
applicat,?ion of the Rules of the Ilonse of Representatives to the
procedure relating to any concurrent resolution on the budget
shall be decided without debate.
(b) PROCEDURE IN SENATE AFTER REPORT OF COMMITTEE; DEBATE;
AMP, NDMF.NT sr-
(?) Debate. in. the Senate on any concurrent resolution on the
the budget. and all amendments thereto and debatable motions
and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more
than 50 hours, except that, with respect to the second required
concurrent resolution referred to in section 310(a). all such de-
bate shall be limited to not more than. 15 hours. The time shell
he equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader
and the minority leader or their designees.
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(2) Debate in the Senate on any amendment to a concurrent
resolution on the budget shall be'limited to'2 hours, to be equally
divided between, and controlled by, the- mover and the manager
of the concurrent resolution, and debate on any amendment to an
amendment, debatable motion, or appeal shall be limited to 1
hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover
and the manager of the concurrent resolution, except that in the
event the manager of the concurrent resolution is in favor of any
such amendment, motion, or appeal, 'the time in opposition there-
to shall be controlled by the minority leader or his designee.
No amendment that is not germane to the provisions Of such
concurrent resolution shall be received. Such leaders, or either
of them, may, from the time under their control on the passage of
the concurrent resolution, allot additional time to any Senator
during the consideration of any amendment, debatable motion,'
or appeal.
(3) A motion to further limit debate is not debatable. A mo-
tion to recommit (except a motion to recommit with instructions
to report back within a specified number of days, not to exceed
3, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in. session)
is not in order. Debate on any such motion to recommit shall be
limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution.
(4) Notwithstanding any other rule, an amendment, or series
of amendments, to a concurrent resolution on the budget proposed
in the Senate shall always be in order if such amendment or series
of amendments proposes to change any figure or figures then
contained in such concurrent resolution so as to mate such con-
current resolution mathematically consistent or so as to maintain
such consistency.
(c) ACTION ON CONFERENCE REPORTS IN THE SENATE.-
(1) The conference report on any concurrent resolution on the
budget shall be in order in the Senate at any time after the third
day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) follow-
ing the day on which such a conference report is reported and is
available to Members of the Senate. A motion to proceed to the
consideration of the conference report may be made even though a
previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to.
(2) During the consideration in the Senate of the conference
report on any concurrent resolution on the budget, debate shall be
limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the majority leader and minority leader or their designees.
Debate on any debatable motion or appeal related to the confer-
ence report shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided be-
tween, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the
conference report.
(3) Should the conference report be defeated, debate on any
request for a new conference and the appointment of conferees
shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the manager of the conference report and the mi-
nority leader or his designee, and should any motion be made to
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instrucii the conferees be fare the conferees are ?am,-d, debate on
,y,r,,A motion shall be ii rto one-half hcv , t'+ be squall y~ di-
vu.ed between, and contie/ ed by, the mover and the manager of
the conference report. D,'bate on any amendment to any such
nstr~~ct ons shall be limited to 20 minutes, to be equally iti,oided
between and controlled by tine mover and the manager of the con-
ference report. In all ea='cs when the manager of the conference
report is in favor of any motion, appeal, or amendment, the time
in opposition shall be under the control of the minority leader or
his designee.
(4) In any ease in which there are amendments in disagree-
ment, time on each amendment shall be limited to 30 minutes, to
be a ually divided between, and controlled by, the manager of the
conference report and the minority leader or his designee. No
amendment that is not germane to the provisions of such amend-
ments shall be received.
(d) REQUIRED ACTION BY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.-If, at the end of
7 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the
conferees of both Houses have been appointed to a committee of con-
ference on a concurrent resolution on the budget, the conferees are
unable to reach agreement with respect to all matters in disagreement
between the two Houses, then the conferees shall submit to their re-
spective Houses, on the first day thereafter on which their House is
in session--
1) a conference report recommending those matters on which
they have agreed and reporting in disagreement those matter? on
which they have not agreed; or
(2) a conference report in disagreement, if the matter in dis-
agreement is an amendment which strikes out the entire text of
the concurrent resolution and inserts a substitute text.
(e) CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MUST BE CONSISTENT IN THE SEN-
ATE.-It shall not be in order in the Senate to vote on the question of
agreeing to--
(1) a concurrent resolution on the budget unless the figures then
contained in such resolution are mathematically consistent; or
(2) a conference report an a concurrent resolution on the budget
unless the figures contained in such. resolution, as recommended in
such conference report, are mathematically consistent.
LEGISLATION DEALING WITH CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET MUST BE HANDLED BY BUDGET COMMIT-
TEES
SEc. 306. No bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or
resolution, dealing with any matter which is within the jurisdiction
of the Committee* on the Bu get of either House shall be considered
in that House unless it is a bill or resolution which has been reported
by the Committee on the Budget of that House (or from the considera-
tion of which such committee has been discharged) or unless it is an
amendment to such a bill or resolution.
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON ALL APPROPRIATION
BILLS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE FIRST APPROPRI-
ATION BILL IS REPORTED
SEc. 307. Prior to repporting the first regular appropriation bill for
each fiscal year, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives shall, to the extent practicable, complete subcommit-
tee markup and full committee action on all regular appropriation
bills for that year and submit to the House a summary report compar-
ing the committee's recommendations with the appropriate levels of
budget outlays and new budget authority as set forth in the most re-
cently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for that year.
REPORTS, SUMMARIES, AND PROJECTIONS OF CON-
GRESSIONAL BUDGET ACTIONS
SEC. 308. (a) REPORTS ON LEGISLATION PROVIDING NEW BUDGET
AUTHORITY OR TAX EXPENDITURES.-Whenever a committee of either
House reports a bill or resolution to its House providing new budget
authority (other than continuing appropriations) or new or increased
tax expenditures for a fiscal year, the report accompanying that bill
or resolution shall contain a statement, prepared after consultation
with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, detailing-
(1) in the case of a bill or resolution providing new budget
authority)-
(A how the new budget authority provided in that bill
or resolution compares with the new budget authority set
forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution
on the budget for such fiscal year and the reports submitted
under section 302;
(B) a projection for the period of 5 fiscal years begin-
ning with such fseal year of budget outlays, associated with
the budget authority provided in that bill or resolution, in
each fiscal year in such period; and
(C) the new budget authority, and budget outla s result-
ing therefrom, provided by that bill or resolution for finan-
cial assistance to State and local governments; and
(2) in the case of a bill or resolution providing new or in-
creased tax expenditures-
(A) how the new or increased tax expenditures provided in
that bill or resolution will affect the levels of tax expenditures
under existing law as set forth in the report accompanying
the first concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal
year, or, if a report accompanying a subsequently agreed to
concurrent resolution for such year sets forth such levels,
then as set forth in that report; and
(B) a projection for the period of 5 fiscal years begin-
Wing with such fiscal year of the tax expenditures which will
result from that bill or resolution in each, fiscal year in such
period.
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No projection shall be required for a fiscal year under paragraph (1)
(B) or (2) (B) if the committee determines that a projection for that
fiscal year is impracticable and states in its report the reason for such
impracticability.
(b) OF-TO-DATE TABULATION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACTIONS.-
The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall issue periodic re-
ports detailing and tabulating the progress of congressional action on
bills and resolutions providing new budget authority and changing
revenues and the public debt limit for a fiscal year. Such reports shall
include, but are not limited to-
(1) an. up-to-date tabulation comparing the new budget author-
ity for such, fiscal year in bills and resolutions on which Congress
has completed action and estimated outlays, associated with such
new budget authority, during such fiscal year to the new budget
authority and estimated outlays set forth in the most recently
agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year
and the reports submitted under section 302;
(2) an up-to-date status report on all bills and resolutions pro-
vnidina new budget authority and changing revenues and the pub-
lic debt limit for such fiscal year in both. Houses;
(-?) an up-to-date comparison of the appropriate level of reve-
nues contained in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolv-
tion on the budget for such fiscal year with the latest estimate of
revenues for such year (including new revenues anticipated dur-
ing such year under bills and resolutions on which the Congress
has completed action) ; and
(!) an up-to-date comparison of the appropriate level of the
public debt contained in the, most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution, on the budget for such fiscal year with the latest esti-
mate of the public debt during such fiscal year.
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soon as practicable after the beginning of each fiscal year, the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office shall issue a report projecting for the
period of 5 fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year-
(1) total new budget authority and total budget outlays fer
each fiscal year in such period;
(:3) revenues to be received and the major sources thereof, ani
the surplus or deficit, if any, for each fiscal year in such period;
and
() tax expenditures for each fiscal year in such period.
COMPLETION OF ACTION ON RILLS PROVIIIING NETI7
BUDGET AUTHORITY AND CERTAIN NIVIV SPENDING
A Ii THOR'IT:Y
Seer. 309. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to this title, not
later than the seventh, day after Labor Day of each year, the Congress
shall complete action on all bills and resolutions-
(1) providing new budget authority for the fe,iscal year begin-
ning on October 1 of such year, other than supplemental, def-
ci.ency, and continuing appropriation bills and resolutions, and
other than the reconciliation bill, for such year, if required to be
reported under section 310(e) ; and
(a) providing new spending authority described in section 401
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Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any bill or resolution if legislation
authorizing the enactment of new budget authority to be provided in
such bill or resolution has not been timely enacted.
SECOND REQUIRED CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS
SEC. 310. (a) REPORTING OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.--The Com-
mittee on the Budget of each House shall report to its House a concurrent
resolution on the budget which reaffirms or revises the concurrent
resolution on the budget most recently agreed to with respect to the
fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. Any such concurrent
resolution on the budget shall also, to the extent necessary-
(1) specify the total amount by which-
(A) new budget authority for such fiscal year;
(B) budget authority initially provided for prior fiscal
years; and
(C) new spending authority described in section 401(0) (2)
(C) which is to become effective during such fiscal year,
contained in laws, bills, and resolutions within the jurisdiction
of a committee, is to be changed and direct that committee to de-
termine and recommend changes to accomplish a change Of such
total amount;
(2) specify the total amount by which revenues are to be
changed and direct that the committees. having jurisdiction to de-
termine and recommend changes in the revenue laws, bills, and
resolutions to accomplish a change of such total amount;
(3) specify the amount by which the statutory limit on the
public debt is to be changed and direct the committees having
jurisdiction to recommend such change; or
(4) specify and direct any combination of the matters described
in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
Any such concurrent resolution may be reported, and the report ac-
companying it may be filed, in either House notwithstanding that that
House is not in session on the day on which such concurrent resolution
is reported.
(b) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.-NOt later
than September 15 of each year, the Congress shall complete action on the
concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a).
(c) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.-If a concurrent resolution is agreed to
in accordance with subsection (a) containing directions to one or more
committees to determine and recommend changes in laws, bills, or
resolutions, and-
(1) only one committee of the House or the Senate is directed
to determine and recommend changes, that committee shall
promptly make such determination and recommendations and re-
port to its House a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution,
or both, containing such recommendations; or`
(2) more than one committee of the House or the Senate is di-
rected to determine and recommend changes, each such committee
so directed shall promptly make such determination and recom-
mendations, whether such changes are to be contained in a recon-
ciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, and submit such recom-
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.nerada#iorM to the Committee on the Budget of its House, whwb
upon receiryinq all such, recommendations, shall i eport to its House
a reconciliation hill, or reconciliation resolution, or both, carrying
out (Yll such reconarnendations without any substantive revision.
For purposes of this subsection, a, reconciliation resolution is a (,o,,2-
current resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives
of the Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be, to mike speci filed
c,ianges in bills and re7s7olutions ~~.rhich have not been enrolled.
(d) COMPLETION OF RECONCILIATION PROCESS.-Congress shall com-
plete action on avy reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution re-
ported under subsection (c) not later than September 0,16 of each,
;ear.
(e) PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.-
(1) Except as provided in paragraph. (2), the provisions of
section 305 for the consideration in the Senate of concurrent reu-
olutie>i.x on the budget and conference reports thereon shall also
apply to the consideration in the Senate of reconciliation bills antl
reconciliation resolutions reported under subsection (c) and coti
ference reports thereon.
(2) Debate in the Senate on any reconciliation bill or resolr,-
tion reported under subsection (c), and all amendments thereto
and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall
be limited to not more than 2D hours.
(f) GONOREss MAY NOT ADJOURN TINTIL ACTION IS COMPLETED.-1t
shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the
enatc to consider any resolution providing for the adjournment sine
'fie of either House unless action has been completed on the concurrent
resolution. on the budget rewired to be reported under subsection (a)
for the fiscal year beginning on, October 1 of such year, and, if a
reconciliation bill or resolution, or both, is required to be reported
under subsection (c) for such fiscal year, unless the Congress has cona-
pleted action on that bill or resolution, or both.
NEW BTJDGE7' ATITHORITY, NE, W SPENDING AUTHORITY
AND REVENUF, LEGISLATION MUST BE WITHIN AI'-
P10OPRIATE LEVELS
SEC. 311'. (a) LEGISLATION SUBJECT TO POINT OF ORDER.--After the
Congress has completed action on the concurrent resolution on the
budget required to be reported under section 310(a) for a fiscal year,
and, if a reconciliation bill or resolution, or both, for such fiscal year
are required to be reported under section 310(c), after that bill hw-
been enacted into lair, or that resolution has been agreed to, it shah'
,not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate tc
consider any bill, resolution, or amendment providing additional neu;
budget authority for such, fiscal year, providing new spending author-
ity described in section 401 (c) (2) (C) to become effective during suck
fiscal year, or reducinq revenues for such fiscal year, or any confer-
ence report on any suck bill or resolution, if--
(1) the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported;
(2) the adoption and enactment of such amendment; or
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(3) the enactment of such, bill or resolution in the form recom-
mended in such conference report;
would cause the appropriate level of total new budget authority or
total budget outlays set forth in the most recently agreed to concur-
rent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year to be exceeded, or
would cause revenues to be less than the appropriate level of revenues
set forth in such concurrent resolution.
(b) DETERMINATION OF, OUTLAYS AND REVENUES.---For purposes of
subsection (a), the budget outlays to be made during ?a fiscal year and rev-
enues to be received during a fiscal year shall be determined on the
basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the House
of Representatives or the Senate, as the case my be.
TITLE IV-ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO
IMPROVE FISCAL PROCEDURES
BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY
SEC. 401. (a) LEGISLATION PROVIDING CONTRACT DR BORROWING
AUTHORITY.-It shall not be in order in either the House of Repre-
sentatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution which pro-
vides new spending authority described in subsection (c) (2) (A) or
(B) (or any amendment which provides such new spending author-
ity), unless that bill, resolution, or amendment also provides that such.
new spending authority is to be effective for any fiscal year only to such
extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts.
(b) LEGISLATION PROVIDING ENTITLEMENT AUTHORITY.-
(1) It shall not be in order in either the House of Representa-
tives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution which pro,
vides new spending authority described in subsection (c) (2) (C)
(or .any amendment which provides such new spending authority)
which is to become effective before the flr8t day of the fiscal year
which begins during the calendar year in which such bill or resolu-
tion is reported.
(2) If any committee of the House of Representatives or the
Senate reports any bill or resolution which provides new spending
authority described in subsection (c) (2) (C) which is to become
effective, during a fiscal year and the amount of new budget author-
ity which will be required for such fiscal year if such bill or resolu-
tion is enacted as so reported exceeds the appropriate allocation of
new budget authority reported under section 300 (b) in connection
with the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget for such. fiscal year, such bill or resolution shall then be
referred to the Committee on Appropriations of that House with
instructions to report it, with the committee's recommendations,
within 15 calendar days (,not counting any day on which that
House is not in session) beginning with the day following the day
on which it's so referred. If the Committee on Appropriations of
either House fails to report a bill or resolution, referred to it. under
this paragraph within such 15-day period, the -eom?mittec shall
automatically be discharged from further consideration of such
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b,:ll or resolution and such bill or resolution shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar.
3 The Committee on Appropriations of each, House shall have
jurisdiction to report any bill or resolution referred to it under
paragraph (Q) with an amendment which limits the total amount
of new spending authority provided in such bill or resolution.
(c) DEFINITIONS.--
(1) For purposes of Chic section, the term "new spending
authority" means spending authority not provided by law on the
effective date of this section, including any increase in or addition
to spending authority provided by law on such, date.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "spending auth.or-
ity" means authority (whether temporary or permanent)-
(A) to enter into contracts under which the United States
is obligated to make outlays, the budget authority for which
is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts;
(B) to incur indebtedness (other than indebtedness in-
r;urrred under the Second Liberty Bond Act) for the repay-
rnent of which, the United States is liable, the budget author?-
i:ty for which is not provided in advance by appropriation
.