[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 90 Referral Instructions Senate (RIS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 90
To extend certain budgetary enforcement to maintain fiscal
accountability and responsibility.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 7, 2003
Mr. Gregg (for himself and Mr. Feingold) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred jointly pursuant to the order of
August 4, 1977, to the Committees on the Budget and Governmental
Affairs, with instructions that if one committee reports, the other
committee have thirty days to report or be discharged
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A BILL
To extend certain budgetary enforcement to maintain fiscal
accountability and responsibility.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) is amended--
(1) in subsections (a) and (b)(1), by striking ``enacted
before October 1, 2002,'' and inserting ``enacted before
October 1, 2007''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting at the end thereof the
following:
``(3) Exception.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, there shall be no sequestration under this section for any
fiscal year in which a surplus exists (as measured in
conformance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of
1990).''.
(b) Enforcement.--The second sentence of section 275(b) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900
note) is amended by striking ``2006'' and inserting ``2007''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BUDGET POINTS OF ORDER AND RULES IN THE SENATE.
(a) Extension of Supermajority Enforcement.--Notwithstanding any
provision of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, subsections (c)(2)
and (d)(3) of section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall
remain in effect for purposes of Senate enforcement through October 1,
2007.
(b) Pay-As-You-Go Rule in the Senate.--
(1) In general.--Section 207 of H. Con. Res. 68 (106th
Congress, 1st Session) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)(6), by inserting after
``paragraph (5)(A)'' the following: ``, except that
direct spending or revenue effects resulting in net
deficit reduction enacted pursuant to reconciliation
instructions since the beginning of that same calendar
year shall not be available''; and
(B) in subsection (g), by striking ``April 15,
2003'' and inserting ``October 1, 2007''.
(2) Application to Appropriations.--For the purposes of
enforcing this section, notwithstanding rule 3 of the Budget
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory
statement of the committee of conference accompanying
Conference Report 105-217, during the consideration of any
appropriations Act, provisions of an amendment (other than an
amendment reported by the Committee on Appropriations including
routine and ongoing direct spending or receipts), a motion, or
a conference report thereon (only to the extent that such
provision was not committed to conference), that would have
been estimated as changing direct spending or receipts under
section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002)
were they included in an Act other than an appropriations Act
shall be treated as direct spending or receipts legislation, as
appropriate, under section 207 of H. Con. Res. 68 (106th
Congress, 1st Session) as amended by this section.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON EXTENSION OF STATUTORY DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING CAPS.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress and the President
should negotiate and agree on the appropriate discretionary spending
levels and extend the statutory discretionary spending caps for 2003
and beyond as early as possible during the 108th Congress in a manner
consistent with fiscal disciplines and accountability.
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