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Budget Control Act - Title I: Changes in Rules of House - Establishes in the House of Representatives a Committee on the Budget consisting of 21members.Refers to the Committee matters relating to: (1) the establishment of an overall limitation on budget outlays, and an overall limitation on new budgetauthority; (2) the determination of the overall level of Federal revenues, and the overall level of the public debt of the United States; (3) the determinationof the appropriate level of surplus or deficit in the budget in the light of economic conditions and, (4) the allocation of the overall limitation on budgetoutlays, and the overall limitation on new budgetary authority.Requires the Committee to report during each regular session of Congress concerning matters referred to the Committee and to make continuing studiesof the effect on budget outlays of existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of these studies to the House of Representatives.Declares that annually, on or before May 1, Congress shall complete action on a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for theUnited States Government for the fiscal year beginning July 1.States that the concurrent resolution shall include with respect to budget outlays and with respect to new budget authority: (1) a general contingencyreserve (for allocation only by a subsequent concurrent resolution on the budget) for possible new legislation (including enlargements of existingprograms and activities); and (2) an emergency reserve (in amounts which do not exceed 2 percent of the amount of budget outlays otherwise allocatedto the Committees on Appropriations and 2 percent of the amount of new budget authority otherwise allocated to such committees) which shall beavailable only for allocation by the Committees on Appropriations to specific programs and activities (or to subcommittees) to meet emergencies andother unforeseen contingencies. Provides for other matters which may be dealt with in the concurrent resolution.Sets forth a timetable for the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year.Requires Congress to adopt a final concurrent resolution on the budget before adjourning and provides for consideration of concurrent resolution to beexpedited.States the requirements for amendments to concurrent resolutions.Provides that legislation dealing with the congressional budget must be handled by budget committees and that the concurrent resolution on budget mustbe adopted before appropriations and changes in revenues and public debt limit are made.Sets forth the requirements for legislation and amendments providing new budget authority.Places limitations on new permanent budget authority and on new spending authority.Requires the legislative committees to authorize the enactment of new budget authority before the beginning of the fiscal year.Authorizes the House Committee on Appropriations to consider and to report legislation rescinding budget authority.Provides for technical and conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives, as well as amendments to the LegislativeReorganization Act of 1946 and 1970.Title II: Legislative Budget Director and Staff - Establishes a Joint Legislative Budget Staff headed by a Legislative Budget Director appointed by therecord vote of a majority of the members of the Committee on the Budget of each House, and provides for staffing and compensation.Authorizes the Legislative Budget Director to secure directly from any executive department or instrumentality of the government, information, data,estimates, and statistics relating to the function of the Joint Legislative Budget Staff.Directs the Joint Legislative Budget Staff to develop methods of using computers and other techniques for the analysis of information to improve not onlythe quantative but the qualitative evaluation of budgetary requirements.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 2(5,1973 Mr. REES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Coniniittei

on Rules

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to im- prove congressional control over budgetary outfay and receipt totals, to provide for a Legislative Budget Director and Staff, and for other purposes.

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4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 "Budget Control Act of 1973".

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

TITLE I—CHANGES IN RULES OF HOUSE

PART 1—ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE

Sec. 111. Budget Committee of the House of Representatives.

PART 2—CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

Sec. 121. Adoption of congressional budget. Sec. 122. Revision of congressional budget. Sec. 123. Timetable for first concurrent resolution on the budget for the

fiscal year. See. 124. Congress must adopt final concurrent resolution on the budget

before adjourning. Sec. 12.1. Consideration of concurrent resolutions to be expedited.

PART 3—COMPLIANCE WITH RESPECT TO CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

Sec. 131. Amendments to concurrent resolutions. Sec. 132. Legislation dealing with congressional budget must be handled

by budget committees. Sec. 133. Concurrent resolution on budget must be adopted before appro-

priations, and changes in revenues and public debt limit, are made.

Sec. 134. Requirement for legislation and amendments providing new budget authority.

Sec. 135. Budget authority legislation may be required to contain outlay limitations.

PART IMPROVEMENTS IN FISCAL PROCEDURES

Sec. 141. Limitations on new permanent budget authority. Sec. 142. Limitations on new spending authority. Sec. 143. Requirement of authorizations by legislative committees before

beginning of fiscal year. Sec. 144. Jurisdiction to consider and report legislation rescinding budget

authority.

PART 5—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Sec. 151. Amendments to House Rules. Sec. 152. Amendments toLegislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Sec. 153. Amendments to Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970.

PART G—RULEMAKING POWER OF HOUSE; EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 161. Rulemaking power of the House. Sec. 162. Two-thirds vote required to waive rules or overrule decisions

sustaining points of order. Sec. 16.3. Effective date.

TITLE IT—LEGISLATIVE BUDGET DIRECTOR AND STAFF

Sec. 201. Legislative Budget Director; staff. Sec. 202. Additional power to obtain data. Sec. 203. Projections of budget outlays. Sec. 204. Evaluation of budgetary requirements through thr use of com-

puters and other techniques.

1 TITLE I—CHANGES IN RULES OF HOUSE

2 PAJRT 1—ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSE BUDGET

3 COMMITTEE

4 SEC. 111. BUDGET COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REP-

5 RESENTATIVES.

6 (a) Clause 1 of Rule X of the Rules of the House of

7 Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs

8 (e) through (u), inclusive, as paragraphs (f) through

9 (v), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (d)

10 the following new paragraph:

11 " (e) Committee on the Budget, to consist of twcnty-

12 one Members as follows:

" (1) seven Members who are members of the Com-

mittee on Appropriations, to be chosen by the Speaker

of the House;

"(2) three Members who are members of the

Committee on Ways and Means, to be chosen by the

Speaker of the House; and

"(3) eleven additional Members to be appointed

by the Speaker of the House.

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22 filled in the manner in which the original appointment was

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tives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following

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"(5. (a) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget

shall be selected by the Speaker of the House.

" (b) The chairmanship of the Committee on the Budget

shall not be taken into account in applying any rule or

policy which prohibits a Member from holding more than

one chairmanship; and membership on the committee shall

not be taken into account in applying any rule or policy

prohibiting a Member from serving on more than one major

committee.

" (c) For carrying out the purposes set forth in clause

f> of rule XI, the Committee on the Budget or any sub-

committee thereof is authorized 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 such

hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and

the production of such books or paper or documents or

vouchers by subpena or otherwise, and to take such testi-

mony and records, as it deems necessary. Suhpenas may be

issued over the signature of the chairman of the committee

or of any member of the committee designated by him,

and maty be served by any person designated by such chair-

man or member. The chairman of the committee, or any

member thereof, may administer oaths to witnesses."

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2 tives is amended by redesignating clauses 5 through 33, in-

3 elusive, as clauses 6 through 34, respectively, and by insert-

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" (a) The recommendation of an overall limitation on

budget outlays, and an overall limitation on new budget au-

thority, of the United States Government.

"(I)) The determination of the overall level of Federal

revenues, and the overall level of the public debt of the

United States, to be associated with the budget outlay limita-

tion referred to in paragraph (a).

"(c) The determination of the appropriate level of sur-

plus or deficit in the budget in the light of economic condi-

tions and such other factors as may be relevant to that

determination.

" (d) The recommendation of the allocation of the over-

all limitation on budget outlays, and the overall limitation on

new budget authority, among the committees of the House,

and the further subdividing of such allocations by subcom-

mittees or by programs and activities.

"(e) The committee shall have the duty—

" (1) to report during each regular session of Con-

gress dealing with the matters specified in paragraphs

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"(2) to make continuing studies of the effect on

budget outlays of existing and proposed legislation and

to report the results oi such studies to the House on a

recurring basis."

PART 2—CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

SEC. 121. ADOPTION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET.

(a) ACTION TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY 1.—On or

before Mny 1 of each year, the Congress shall complete ac-

tion on a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional

budget for the United States Government for the fiscal

year beginning on July 1 of that year.

(b) MATTERS REQUIRED TO BE SET FORTH IN CON-

CURRENT RESOLUTION.—The concurrent resolution referred

to in subsection (a) shall set forth, for the fiscal year

concerned—

(1) the overall limitation on budget outlays and

the overall limitation on new budget authority,

(2) the overall level of Federal revenues, and the

overall level of the public debt of the United States, to

be associated with the overall limitation on budget out-

lavs for the fiscal vear,

(3) the amount of the surplus or the amount of the

deficit in the budget which is appropriate in the light of

economic conditions and such other factors as may be

relevant,

(4) the amount of budget outlays, and the amount

of new budget authorit}T, allocated to each committee of

the House and Senate for matters within the jurisdiction

of that committee, and

(;>) w^h respect to budget outlays and with re-

spect to new budget authority—

(A) a general contingency reserve (for allo-

cation only by a subsequent concurrent resolution

on the budget) for possible new legislation (includ-

ing enlargements of existing programs and activi-

ties) ; and

(B) an emergency reserve (in amounts which

do not exceed 2 percent of the amount of budget

outlays otherwise allocated to the Committees on

Appropriations and 2 percent of the amount of new7

budget authority otherwise allocated to such com-

mittees) which shall be available only for allocation

by the Committees on Appropriations to specific

programs and activities (or to subcommittees) to

meet emergencies and other unforeseen con-

tingencies. 22 The amount allocated under paragraph (4) to any conmiit- 2^ tee shall be further subdivided in the concurrent resolution 24 either (A) on the basis of programs and activities within

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the jurisdiction of that committee, or (B) among the sub-

committees of that committee.

(c) OTHER MATTERS WHICH MAY BE DEALT WITH

IN CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.—The concurrent resolution

referred to in subsection (a) may also—

(1) recommend that legislation be reported out

raising or lowering the aggregate level of Federal rev-

enues, raising or lowering the limit on the public debt,

or both;

(2) provide the extent (if any) to which section

135 (relating to requirement that budget authority legis-

lation contain limitations on outlays) shall apply for the

fiscal year;

(?>) recommend limitations with respect to amounts

guaranteed or insured during lie fiscal year by the

United States (or with respect to categories of such

amounts) on loans by other persons; and

(4) contain such other matters relating to the budget

as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this

Act.

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MITTEES.—Before March 1 of each year, the Committees on

Appropriations and Ways and Means of the House of Repre-

sentatives shall submit their views and recommendations to

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on Appropriations and Finance of the Senate shall submit

their views and recommendations to the appropriate Com-

mittee of the Senate, and the Joint Economic Committee

and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall i

submit their views and recommendations to the Committee

on the Budget of the House and to the corresponding com-

mittee of the Senate, with respect to all matters set forth

in subsection (b) which relate to matters within the re-

spective jurisdictions or functions of such committees and

joint committees.

(e) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO IYDOPT CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION BY MAY 1.—

(1) FlCiURES ix PRESIDENT'S BUDGET TO BE

USED.—If the Congress fails to complete action on the

concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in sub-

section (a) on or before May 1 of any year, then, until

such action is completed, the figures for the matters set

forth in subsection (b) for the fiscal year shall be deemed

to be the respective figures therefor (as determined by

the Legislative Budget Director) set forth in the budget

submitted for the fiscal year pursuant to section 201 of

the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (;M U.S.C. 11).

(2) USE OF BUDGET ENSURES FOR APPROPRIA-

TION BILLS AND OTHER PURPOSES.—For any period for

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2 133, and 134, there shall he deemed to have hecn

3 adopted a concurrent resolution on the hudget referred

4 to in this section which contains the figures referred to

5 in paragraph (1).

0 SEC. 122. REVISION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET.

7 Before the close of each session of Congress, the Congress

8 shall complete action on a concurrent resolution which reaf-

9 firms or revises tic '•essional budge ;'or the Tinted Slates

10 Government adopteu pursuant to section 121 for the fiscal

11 year in which the close of such session falls.

1_ SEC. 123. TIMETABLE FOR FIRST CONCURRENT RESOLU-

13 TION ON THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

^4 (a) TIMETABLE.—The timetable with respect to the

1° concurrent resolution for any fiscal year referred to in section 1(5 121 shall l)e as follows:

Action on concurrent resolution to be On or before— completed—

March 1 House committee reports. March 15 House acts. March -Jit Senate committee reports. April 112 Senate acts. May 1 Congress acts.

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18 ever after any March If) the Senate is not in session hecause

19 of any adjournment or recess of more than 3 days to a

20 day certain, then in applying subsection (a) there shall he

21 substituted for March 29 and April 12 that date which fol-

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2 exceeding 7 in the aggregate) as the number of days after

3 March 15 and before March 30, or after March 15 and be-

4 fore April 1 ?>, as the case may be, on which the Senate was

5 not in session Ijecausc of any such adjournment or recess.

6 (c) EXTENSION WHERE SPECIFIED DATE FALLS ON

7 SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR HOLIDAY.—When any date speei-

8 fied in subsection (a) (as modified by subsection (b) ) falls

9 :>n a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the District of

10 Columbia in any year, there shall be substituted for that date

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12 or legal holiday in the District of Columbia.

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JOURNING.

It shall not be in order in either the House of Repre-

sentatives or the Senate to consider any resolution provid-

inir for the sine die adjournment of any regular session of

the Congress unless the Congress has theretofore during

such session adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget

described in section 122.

SEC. 125. CONSIDERATION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

TO BE EXPEDITED.

(a) REFERENCE OF RESOLUTIONS TO COMMITTEE.—

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the Committee on the Budget of the lloi.se of Representa-

tives by the Speaker, or shall be referred to the correspond-

ing committee of the Senate by the President of the Senate,

as the case may be.

(b) PROCEDURE AFTER REPORT OF COMMITTEE;

DEBATE.—

(1) When the Committee on the Budget of the

House or the corresponding committee of the Senate

has reported any concurrent resolution on the budget,

it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a

previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed

to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the con-

current resolution. The motion is highly privileged and

is not debatable. An amendment 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 dis-

agreed to.

(2) Debate on any concurrent resolution on the

budget, and all amendments thereto, shall be limited to

not more than 20 hours, which shall be divided equally

between the majority and minority parties. A motion

further to limit debate is not debatable. A motion to

recommit the concurrent resolution is not in order, and

it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by

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to. An amendment to the concurrent resolution shall be

in order only if it meets the requirements of section 131.

(3) Debate in either House on the conference re-

port on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall

be limited to not more than 5 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 conference report is not

in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the

vote by which the conference report is agreed to or

disagreed to.

(c) DECISIONS WITHOUT DEBATE ON MOTION TO

POSTPONE OE PROCEED.—

(1) Motions to postpone, made with respect to the

consideration of any concurrent resolution on the budget,

and motions to proceed to the consideration of other busi-

ness, shall be decided without debate.

(2) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-

lating to the application of the Eules of the House of

Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be, to

the procedure relating to any concurrent resolution on

the budget shall be decided without debate.

(d) CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET—For

purposes of this title, the term "concurrent resolution on

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(1) a concurrent resolution setting forth the con-

gressional budget for the United States Government for

a fiscal year, as provided in section 121,

(2) a concurrent resolution reaffirming or revis-

ing the congressional budget for the United States

Government for a fiscal year, as provided in section

122, and

(3) any other concurrent resolution reaffirming or

revising the congressional budget for the United States

Government for a fiscal year.

PART 3—COMPLIANCE WITH RESPECT TO

COXCREISSIONAL BUDGET

SEC. 131. AMENDMENTS TO CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS.

(a) REQUIREMENTS.—During the consideration in

either House of any concurrent resolution on the budget

(within the meaning of section 125(d)), an amendment

shall not be in order unless—

(1) it increases or decreases specific amounts set

forth in the concurrent resolution, and

(2) it meets the requirements of subsections (e)

and (f).

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(1) the text of such amendment, and

(2) an analysis prepared by the Legislative Budget

Director which sets forth the effect (if any) which such

amendment would have on both budget outlays and new

budget authority.

(c) SEKIEK OF AMENDMENTS T<> BE VOTED OX Ex

BLOC—Eur purposes of this section, all amendments con-

tained in a series of amendments shall be treated as a single

amendment and shall be voted on en bloc.

SEC. 132. LEGISLATION DEALING WITH CONGRESSIONAL

BUDGET MUST BE HANDLED BY BUDGET

COMMITTEES.

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 Budget of the House

or of the corresponding committee of the Senate shall be con-

sidered in the House unless it is a concurrent resolution on the

budget (within the meaning of section 125(d) ) which has

been reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House

or bv the1 corresponding committee of the Senate (or from the

consideration of which such committee has been discharged)

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4 LIMIT, ARE MADE.

5 It shall not be in order in either the House of Repre-

sentatives or the Senate to consider any hill or resolution

(or amendment thereto) which provides—

(1) new budget authority for a fiscal year,

(2) an increase or decrease in revenues to become

effective during a fiscal year, or

(3) an increase or decrease in the public debt limit

to become effective during- a fiscal year,

until the concurrent resolution for such year referred to in

section 121 has been adopted by the Congress.

SEC. 134. REQUIREMENTS FOR LEGISLATION AND AMEND-

MENTS PROVIDING NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.

(a) COMMITTEE REPORTS MUST CONTAIN STATE-

MENTS.—The committee report accompanying each bill or

resolution providing new budget authority or limiting out-

lays for any fiscal year shall contain—

(1) a statement of the effect of the new budget au-

thority provided by the bill or resolution as reported, and

the outlays resulting therefrom, or the outlays authorized

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pursuant to paragraph (1).,

It shall not be in order to consider in either the House of

Representatives or the Senate any bill or resolution if the

committee report accompanying such bill or resolution docs

not comply with this subsection.

(b) FLOOR AMENDMENTS MUST BE PRINTED AND

ANALYZED IN ADVANCE.—It shall not be in order in either

the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any

amendment providing new budget authority or increasing

outlays, unless, at least one day before such amendment is

proposed, there is printed in the Congressional Eecord—

(1) the text of such amendment, and

(2) a statement prepared by the Legislative Budget

Director indicating whether the new budget authority

provided by the amendment, or the outlays resulting

therefrom, or the increased outlays, would cause any lim-

itation, effective under the couenrrent resolution on the

budget for the fiscal year most recently adopted, to be

exceeded.

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2 LAYS.—Each bill or resolution (other than a concurrent

3 resolution on the budget) which provides new budget au-

4 thority or limits outlays, or both, for any fiscal year which

5 is being considered in the House of Representatives shall,

(j after general debate, be read for amendment; but no amend-

7 ment shall be debated or voted on until the bill or resolu-

8 lion has been completely read and all amendments have

9 been offered.

10 PART 4—IMPROYEMENTS JN FISCAL PROCEDUHES

11 SEC. 141. LIMITATIONS ON NEW PERMANENT BUDGET

12 AUTHORITY.

13 (a) GENERAL HULE.—Beginning with the second scs-

14 sion of the 93d Congress, it shall not be in order in either

15 House to consider any bill, resolution, or amendment which

16 provides new permanent budget authority or new budget

17 authority of indefinite duration, unless—

18 (1) in the case of a bill or resolution, such bill or

19 resolution has been reported by the Committee on Ap-

^0 propriations of that House, or

21 (2) in the case of an amendment, such amend-

22 ment is proposed by the Committee on Appropriations

23 of that House.

24 (b) EXCEPTION.—(Subsection (a) shall not apply to

2>"> anv bill, resolution, or amendment to the extent that the

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2 section 142(b) (3).

3 SEC. 142. LIMITATIONS ON NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY.

4 (a) LEGISLATION SUBJECT TO POINT OF OEDEK—It

5 shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives

H or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution which pro-

7 vides new spending authority (or any amendment which

8 provides new spending authority) unless such bill or reso-

9 lution, or such amendment, also provides that the new spend-

10 ing authority is to be effective for any fiscal year only to

11 such extent or in such amounts as are provided for such

12 fiscal year in appropriation Acts enacted after the enactment

13 of such bill or resolution.

!4 (b) NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY DEFINED.—For

15 purposes of subsection (a) —

16 (1) NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY—The term "new

spending authority" means spending authority provided

by law enacted after December 81, 1973, including any

increase in, or. addition to, any spending authority pro-

vided by law in effect on December 31, 197:5.

(>2\ KPKXDIXG AUTHORITY.—Excent as nrovided

in paragraph (3), the term "spending authority" means

authority provided by law, whether on a temporary or

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United States is obligated to make outlays, which

have not been provided for in advance by appro-

priation Acts,

(B) to incur indebtedness, lor the repayment

of which the United States is liable (other than in-

debtedness incurred under the Second Liberty Bond

Act), which has not been provided for in advance

by appropriation Acts,

(C) to make payments (including* loans and

grants), which have not been provided for in ad-

vance by appropriation Acts, to any person or gov-

ernment if, under the provisions of the law contain-

ing such authority, the United States is obligated to

make such payments to persons or governments who

meet the requirements established by such law, and

(D) to obligate the United States to make out-

lays by any other means which has not been pro-

vided for in advance by appropriation Acts.

(3) EXCEPTION FOE CERTAIN TBUST FUNDS.—

The term "spending authority" does not include any

authority described in paragraph (2) to the extent that

the budget authority made available for obligations, and

outlays resulting therefrom, incurred under the law con-

taining such authority is derived from a trust fund con-

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2 lated to the purposes for which such outlays are made)

3 received in the Treasury under specified provisions of

4 the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

5 SEC. 143. REQUIREMENT OF AUTHORIZATION BY LEGIS-

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(a) LEGISLATION KSUBJECT TO POINT OF ORDER.—Ex-

c. pt as provided in subsection (b), it shall not be in order

to consider any 1 >ill or resolution (or conference report there-

on) authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for

any fiscal year after such fiscal year has begun.

(I)) EMERGENCY WAIVER.—If the Committee on Rules

of the House of Representatives determines that emergency

conditions require a waiver of subsection (a) with respect to

any bill, resolution, or conference report, such committee may

report out, and the House may consider and adopt, a resolu-

tion waiving the application of subsection (a) in the case of

such hill, resolution, or conference report.

SEC. 144. JURISDICTION TO CONSIDER AND REPORT LEG-

ISLATION RESCINDING BUDGET AUTHORITY.

AMENDMENT OF HOUSE RULES.—Paragraph (a) of

clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representa-

tives is amended by inserting immediately before the period

at the end thereof "and the rescission of appropriations".

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1 PAKT 5—TECHNICAL VND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

2 SEC. 151. AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE RULES.

3 (a) Clause 1 of Rule X of the Kules of the House of

4 Representatives is amended by striking out "There shall be

5 elected by the House," and inserting in lieu thereof ^Except

6 as otherwise provided by paragraph (e) of this clause, there

7 SIMII be elected by the House,".

8 (1)) Clause 4 of Rule X of the Kules of the House of

9 Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the

10 following new sentence: "This clause shall not apply to the

11 Committee on the Budget."

12 (c) Clause 5 of Eule X of the Kules of the House of

13 Representatives is amended by inserting " (other than the

14 Committee on the Budget) " immediately after "vacancies

IT) in standing committees in the House".

10 (d) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representa-

17 tives is amended by inserting immediately below clause 21

18 thereof the following new clause:

19 "21A. The respective areas of legislative jurisdiction

20 under this rule are modified by title I of the Budget Control

21 Act of 1973."

22 (<') Subparagraph (<>) of paragraph (f) of clause 27

23 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is

24 amended by inserting immediately before the period at the

25 oud thereof the following: "or to hearings bv the Committee

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in this rule under such committee, or the operation of the

Budget Control Act of 1973".

(f) Paragraph (g) of clause 27 of Rule XI of the Rules

of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at

the end thereof the following ne'v subparagraph:

"(f>) The preceding provisions of this paragraph con-

cerning hearings on (lie budget by the Committee on Ap-

propriations shall have similar application, insofar as rele-

vant and practicable, to hearings of the Committee on the

Budget described in paragraph (f) ((>) of this clause.".

(g) Paragraph (c) of clause 28 of Rule XI of the

Rules of the House of Representatives is an.ended by insert-

ing "the Committee on (he Budget," innnediaMy after

"the Committee on Appropriations,".

(h) Subparagraph (5) of paragraph (a) of clause 25)

of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is

amended by inserting "and the Committee on the Budget"

immediately before the period at the end thereof.

(i) Subparagraph (4) of paragraph (1)) of clause 29

of Rule XI of the Rnle^ of the Honse of Representatives is

amended by inserting "and (he Committee on the Budget"

immediately before the period at the end thereof.

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(k) Paragraph (a) of clause 32 of Rule XI of the Rules

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"and the Committee on the Budget" immediately after "the

Committee on Appropriations".

SEC. 152. AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZA-

TION ACT OF 1946.

AMENDMENT.—Section 202 of such Act (2 U.8.C. 72a)

is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

subsection:

" (k) The preceding subsections of this section shall not

apply U> the Committee on the Budget of the House of

Representatives."

SEC. 153. AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZA-

TION ACT OF 1970.

(a) Section 232 of the Legislative Reorganization Act

of 11)70 (31 F.S.C. 1172) is amended by renumbering para-

graphs (2) and (3) as (3) and (4), respectively, and by

inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:

" (2) the Committee on the Budget of the House,".

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amended by inserting "and the Budget" after "Appropria-

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1 PART 6—RULEMAKING POWER OF HOUSE; EFFECTIVE

2 DATE

3 SEC. 161. RULEMAKING POWER OF THE HOUSE.

4 The provisions of this title are enacted by the Congress:

(1) As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the

House of Representatives, and as such they shall be

considered as part of the rules of the House; and such

rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that

they are inconsistent therewith; and

(2) With full recognition of the constitutional right

of the House to change such rules (so far as relating

to the procedure in the House) at any time, in the same

marner and to the same extent as in the case of any

other rule of the House.

15 SEC. 162. TWO-THIRDS VOTE REQUIRED TO WAIVE RULES

1G OR OVERRIDE DECISIONS SUSTAINING POINTS

17 OF ORDER.

18 (a) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION OF RULES —Any rule

19 provided in part 2, 3, 4, or 5 (other than section 153) of

20 this title may be waived or suspended by the House of Rep-

21 resentatives only by a vote of two-thirds of the Members

22 voting, a quorum being present.

23 (b) DECISIONS SUSTAINING POINTS OF ORDER.—If a

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1 and sustained by the Presiding Officer of the House, that

2 any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or other matter

3 is not in order by reason of any rule provided in this title,

4 the decision of the Presiding Officer may be overruled only

5 by a vote of two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum

6 being present.

7 SEC. 163. EFFECTIVE DATE.

8 Parts 2, 3, and 4 and section 143 of this title shall apply

9 only with respect to the fiscal yea]- beginning July 1, 1974,

10 and succeeding fiscal years.

11 TITLE II—LEGISLATIVE BUDGET DIRECTOR

12 AND STAEF

13 SEC. 201. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET DIRECTOR; STAFF.

14 (a) The Committee on the Budget of the House of

15 Representatives and the corresponding committee of the

,16 Senate shall have a Joint Legislative Budget Staff, headed

17 by a Legislative Budget Director. The Legislative Budget

18 Director shall be appointed by the record vote of a majority

19 of the members of the Committee on the Budget of the

20 House and the corresponding committee of the Senate. He

21 shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation and

22 solely on the basis of fitness to perform his duties. He may

23 be removed only by a record vote of a majority of the meni-

24 hers of the Committee on the Budget of the House ond the

25 corresponding committee of the Senate. He shall be paid at a

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1 per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect

2 from time to time, for level III of the Executive Schedule of

3 section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.

4 (b) With the approval of the chairman of the Com-

5 mittee on the Budget of the House and the chairman of the

6 corresponding committee of the Senate, the Legislative

7 Budget Director may—

8 (1) appoint, without reg-irrt to political affiliation

9 and solely on the basis of fitness to perform their

10 duties, such professional, technical, clerical, and other

11 personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes

12 of this Act,

13 (2) prescribe their duties and responsibilities,

14 (3) fix their pay; and

15 (4) terminate their employment.

16 (c) In carrying out its functions under this Act, the

17 Joint Legislative Budget Stall' may utilize the services, in-

18 formation, facilities, and personnel of the departments and

19 establishments of the Government, and may procure the

20 temporary (not to exceed one year) or intermittent serv-

21 ices of experts or consultants or organizations thereof by

22 contract as independent contractors, or in the case of indi-

23 vidual experts or consultants by employment at rates of pay

24 not in excess of the daily-equ;^ ;*,nt of the highest rate of

25 basic pay set forth in the General Schedule of section 5332

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2 rate" for necessary traveltime. •

3 (d) The expenses of the Joint Legislative Budget Staff

4 shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Rep-

5 resentatives from funds appropriated for such Staff, upon

g vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on

7 the Budget of either House; and for purposes of pay and

g employment benefits, rights, and privileges, the employees

9 of the Joint Staff shall be deemed to be employees of the

10 House of Representatives.

H SEC. 9S02. ADDITIONAL POWERS TO OBTAIN DATA.

12 (a) SECURING OF DATA.—The Legislative Budget Di-

13 rector, with the approval of the chairman of the Committee

14 on the Budget of the House of Representatives or of the

15 corresponding committee of the Senate, is authorized to

16 secure directly fro 141 any executive department, office,

17 board, bureau, agency, independent establishment, or in-

18 strumentality of the Government, information, data, esti-

19 mates, and statistics relating to the functions of the Joint

20 Legislative Budget Staff.

21 (b) FURNISHING OF DATA.—Executive departments,

22 offices, boards, bureaus, agencies, independent establishments,

23 and instrumentalities are authorized and directed to furnish

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2 to this section.

3 SEC. 203. PROJECTIONS OF BUDGET OUTLAYS.

4 The Joint Legislative Budget Staff shall develop for the

5 Committee on the Budget of the House and for the cor-

6 responding committee of the Senate information with respect

7 to existing and proposed legislation (whether authorizing or

8 appropriation or similar legislation) which will form the

9 basis of estimating the effect on budget outlays of such

10 legislation not only on the current fiscal year hut also for the

11 next three to five fiscal years.

12 SEC. 204. EVALUATION OF BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS

13 THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTERS AND 14 OTHER TECHNIQUES.

10 The Joint Legislative Budget Staff shall develop methods 16 of using computers and other techniques for the analysis of 11 information to improve not only the quantitative but the 18 qualitative evaluation of budgetary requirements.

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