To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish that reconciliation directives in a budget resolution may not cause a net increase in the deficit for the period of fiscal years covered by that resolution.

This bill prohibits congressional budget resolutions from including reconciliation instructions that would cause a net increase in the deficit for the period of fiscal years covered by the resolution.

(Reconciliation instructions generally direct congressional committees to report legislation to achieve certain budgetary goals by changing laws that affect spending, revenue, or the debt limit. The legislation is then considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures, which limit debate and amendments.)

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4988 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4988

    To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish that 
 reconciliation directives in a budget resolution may not cause a net 
increase in the deficit for the period of fiscal years covered by that 
                              resolution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 10, 2021

   Mr. Case 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 establish that 
 reconciliation directives in a budget resolution may not cause a net 
increase in the deficit for the period of fiscal years covered by that 
                              resolution.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN DEFICIT PROHIBITED UNDER RECONCILIATION 
              DIRECTIVES.

    Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding the following new paragraph at the end:
            ``(5) not specify in paragraphs (1) and (2), when taken 
        together, amounts that would have the effect of increasing the 
        deficit for the period of fiscal years covered by such 
        resolution.''.
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