Stop The Ever-growing Wasteful And Reckless Deficits Act or the STEWARD Act
This bill establishes expedited legislative procedures for congressional consideration of legislation that establishes limits on discretionary spending (i.e., spending provided by the annual appropriations bills).
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3982 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3982
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for procedures
for establishing discretionary spending limits, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 2019
Mr. Flores (for himself and Mr. Womack) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the
Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for procedures
for establishing discretionary spending limits, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop The Ever-growing Wasteful And
Reckless Deficits Act'' or the ``STEWARD Act''.
SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
(a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``procedures to establish limits on discretionary spending
``Sec. 316. (a) In General.--Upon adoption by Congress of a
concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year under section 301
or 304 that sets forth a discretionary spending limit for that fiscal
year, the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives shall introduce the joint resolution described in
subsection (b) and it shall be in order to consider such joint
resolution in the House anytime after introduction without intervening
motion.
``(b) Title and Text of Joint Resolution.--The joint resolution
described in subsection (a)--
``(1) shall have the following title: `A joint resolution
amending section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish the discretionary
spending limit for fiscal year ___.', for the fiscal year of
the applicable concurrent resolution on the budget for the
discretionary spending limit;
``(2) may establish a discretionary spending limit for any
of the 9 fiscal years following the fiscal year described in
paragraph (1); and
``(3) shall have in the matter after the resolving clause
solely the text contained in the separate section described in
subsection (c).
``(c) Text for Discretionary Spending Limit.--A concurrent
resolution on the budget for a fiscal year shall include, as a separate
section, text setting forth an amendment to section 251(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish
a discretionary spending limit for that fiscal year or any of the 9
ensuing fiscal years.
``(d) Expedited Consideration in House of Representatives.--
``(1) Proceeding to consideration.--
``(A) In general.--It shall be in order at any time
to move to proceed to consider the joint resolution in
the House of Representatives.
``(B) Procedure.--For a motion to proceed to
consider the joint resolution--
``(i) all points of order against the
motion are waived;
``(ii) such a motion shall not be in order
after the House of Representatives has disposed
of a motion to proceed on the joint resolution;
``(iii) the previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the motion to its
adoption without intervening motion;
``(iv) the motion shall not be debatable;
and
``(v) a motion to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is disposed of shall not be in
order.
``(2) Consideration.--When the House of Representatives
proceeds to consideration of the joint resolution--
``(A) the joint resolution shall be considered as
read;
``(B) all points of order against the joint
resolution and against its consideration are waived;
``(C) the previous question shall be considered as
ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without
intervening motion except 10 hours of debate equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an
opponent;
``(D) an amendment to the joint resolution shall
not be in order; and
``(E) a motion to reconsider the vote on passage of
the joint resolution shall not be in order.
``(3) Vote on passage.--In the House of Representatives,
the joint resolution shall be agreed to upon a vote of a
majority of the Members present and voting, a quorum being
present.
``(e) Expedited Consideration in Senate.--
``(1) Placement on calendar.--Upon receipt in the Senate,
the joint resolution shall be placed immediately on the
calendar.
``(2) Proceeding to consideration.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding rule XXII of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order to move to
proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution.
``(B) Procedure.--For a motion to proceed to the
consideration of the joint resolution--
``(i) all points of order against the
motion are waived;
``(ii) the motion is not debatable;
``(iii) the motion is not subject to a
motion to postpone;
``(iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to
shall not be in order; and
``(v) if the motion is agreed to, the joint
resolution shall remain the unfinished business
until disposed of.
``(3) Floor consideration.--
``(A) In general.--If the Senate proceeds to
consideration of the joint resolution--
``(i) all points of order against the joint
resolution (and against consideration of the
joint resolution) are waived;
``(ii) consideration of the joint
resolution, and all debatable motions and
appeals in connection therewith, shall be
limited to not more than 30 hours, which shall
be divided equally between the majority and
minority leaders or their designees;
``(iii) a motion further to limit debate is
in order and not debatable;
``(iv) an amendment to, a motion to
postpone, or a motion to commit the joint
resolution is not in order; and
``(v) a motion to proceed to the
consideration of other business is not in
order.
``(B) Vote on passage.--In the Senate--
``(i) the vote on passage shall occur
immediately following the conclusion of the
consideration of the joint resolution, and a
single quorum call at the conclusion of the
debate if requested in accordance with the
rules of the Senate; and
``(ii) the joint resolution shall be agreed
to upon a vote of a majority of the Members
present and voting, a quorum being present.
``(C) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals
from the decisions of the Chair relating to the
application of this subsection or the rules of the
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating
to the joint resolution shall be decided without
debate.
``(f) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that if a
discretionary spending limit for a fiscal year established by any joint
resolution pursuant to this section is greater than the baseline level
for that fiscal year, as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office,
an amount equal to the difference should be offset.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 301(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended--
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting
``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(8) include the matter described in section 316.''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in section
1(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 315 the following new item:
``Sec. 316. Procedures to establish limits on discretionary
spending.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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