Budget Control Act of 1994

Summary

Budget Control Act of 1994 - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit a report to the Congress setting forth projected direct spending targets for FY 1994 through 1997. Makes the initial targets equal to the total outlays for all direct spending (except net interest and deposit insurance) as determined above by OMB, subject to annual adjustment for increases in numbers of direct spending program beneficiaries, and for revenue and emergency legislation. Requires an annual review of direct spending and receipts by the President as part of the budget process. Specifies the information to be included in the President's budget, such as information on target adjustments, and, in appropriate cases such as where direct spending outlays for the current year are projected to exceed applicable targets, a special direct spending message that includes a draft resolution recommending reduced outlays or increased revenues by specified amounts. Sets forth procedures governing congressional consideration of such recommendations, including: (1) requirements for a separate vote in the House of Representatives to increase direct spending targets; and (2) special rules regarding the applicability of budget process and enforcement provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) whenever budget resolutions or reconciliation legislation proposing target changes, outlay reductions, or revenue increases are reported. States that: (1) the procedures set forth in this Act shall not apply when the overage for any fiscal year is less than one-half of one percent of the direct spending target for that year; and (2) the President and the Congress should seriously consider all other alternatives before recommending reductions in means-tested programs. Declares it shall not be in order in the House to consider any general appropriation bill if the President has submitted a special direct spending message until the Congress has adopted a concurrent budget resolution meeting the requirements of this Act.

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Timeline

1. 21 June 1994

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 June 1994

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 June 1994

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 24 June 1994

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

   Source: Committee

5. 14 July 1994

   Reported

   Reported by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 103-602, Part I.

   Source: Committee

6. 14 July 1994

   Reported

   Reported by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 103-602, Part I.

   Source: Committee

7. 14 July 1994

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported.

   Source: Committee

8. 14 July 1994

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 20 July 1994

   Reported

   Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 484 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4604 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the bill modified by the amendment printed in Part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

   Source: Floor

10. 21 July 1994

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

11. 21 July 1994

    Vote

    On passage Passed by recorded vote: 316 - 107 (Roll no. 346).

    Source: Floor

12. 21 July 1994

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 316 - 107 (Roll no. 346).

    Source: Floor

13. 21 July 1994

    Vote

    On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 424 - 0 (Roll No. 345). (consideration: CR H6004-6005)

    Source: Floor

14. 21 July 1994

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

15. 21 July 1994

    Floor

    Mr. Goss moved to recommit with instructions to Rules.

    Source: Floor

16. 21 July 1994

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Source: Floor

17. 21 July 1994

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4604.

    Source: Floor

18. 21 July 1994

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4604 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the bill modified by the amendment printed in Part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

    Source: Floor

19. 21 July 1994

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Peter J. Visclosky to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

20. 21 July 1994

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 484 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

21. 21 July 1994

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 484. (consideration: CR H5969-6006)

    Source: Floor

22. 21 July 1994

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 484 passed House.

    Source: Floor

23. 22 July 1994

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Referral Instructions Senate · 22 July 1994 · Download file
• Engrossed in House · 21 July 1994 · Download file
• Introduced in House · 21 June 1994 · Download file

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Sponsors

• Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] · D · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4604) to establish direct spending targets, and for other purposes.
• amends ← An amendment to delete the bill's prohibition on proposing reductions in Social Security benefits to achieve additional spending cuts, in the event that entitlement outlays exceed the caps agreed to in the budget resolution.
• amends ← An amendment in the nature of a substitute which would transform the current budget resolution from a concurrent resolution to a joint resolution, subjecting the budget resolution to a presidential signature or veto. The amendment would require passage of an annual budget establishing caps on entitlement spending, with the exception of Social Security and interest on debt. The authorizing committees would be required to report legislative recommendations to meet the entitlement caps on programs within their jurisdiction, without recommending spending increases. Any entitlement program which exceeded the caps would be subject to sequestration.
• amends ← An amendment in the nature of a substitute identical to the original text of the bill, with the exception that Social Security would be exempted from the entitlement-capping provisions of the bill. The amendment creates an entitlement control mechanism to monitor the total costs of direct spending programs and, in the event that actual or anticipated costs were projected to exceed target levels, the President and Congress would be required to act by either enacting cuts, increasing revenue, or raising the target levels.
• amends ← An amendment to set annual caps on entitlement spending for FY 1996 through FY 2000. It would require cuts in spending of $150 billion over the next five years. It would require automatic, across-the-board cuts for all programs if reconciliation legislation fails to meet the established caps. It would also prohibit tax increases or discretionary spending cuts as a means of offsetting excess entitlement spending.