,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cijh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjai,mr4 
,kinzinger 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cooper1  
and ,mr4 ,yoho7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,budget1 and in       
addition to the ,committee on ,rules1   
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
increase the long-term fiscal           
accountability of direct spending       
legislation4  #a4 ,short title2 purpose 
7a7 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,truth in ,spending ,act of     
#bjai4  7b7 ,purpose ,it is the purpose 
of this ,act to--  7#a7 improve         
congressional control over the ,federal 
budget process2  7#b7 to facilitate the 
determination each year of the          
appropriate level of ,federal revenues  
and expenditures by the ,congress and   

the ,president2 and  7#c7 to provide for
 the furnishing of information that will
 assist the ,congress in controlling    
growth of direct spending programs4  #b4
 ,presidents' budget submissions  7a7   
,,omb report regarding difference       
between actual and estimated costs of   
direct spending legislation ,section    
#aaje7;a7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new paragraph3  7#dj7 the 
most recent reports of the ,director of 
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
under subsections 7a7 and 7b7 of section
 #c of the ,truth in ,spending ,act of  
#bjai regarding the difference between  
the actual costs and the estimated costs
 of direct spending legislation1        
including proposed legislative language1
 if any1 in such reports4  4  7b7       
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply to budget    
submissions made by the ,president      
beginning with the submission for fiscal
 year #bjba4  #c4 ,long-term fiscal     

accountability of direct spending       
legislation  7a7 ,initial five-,year    
report ,not later than ,january #ae1    
#bjbj1 and each subsequent year1 the    
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall submit to the         
,president for inclusion in his annual  
budget submission under section         
#aaje7;a7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 a report setting forth the       
following3  7#a7 ,for all ,acts         
affecting direct spending relative to   
the baseline enacted during the sixth   
calendar year before the calendar year  
in which this report is submitted1 the  
total cost as estimated by the ,director
 of the ,congressional ,budget ,office  
for the then budget year and four       
outyears4  7#b7 ,for all ,acts affecting
 direct spending relative to the        
baseline enacted during the sixth       
calendar year before the calendar year  
in which this report is submitted1 the  
actual total cost as computed by the    
,director of the ,office of ,management 

and ,budget for the then budget year and
 four outyears4  7#c7 ,for such         
#e-;fiscal-year period1 the net amount  
by which the actual cost of all such    
,acts exceeds the estimated cost of all 
such ,acts1 or the net amount by which  
the estimated cost of all such ,acts    
exceeds the actual cost of all such     
,acts1 as the case may be4  7#d7 ,if the
 actual total cost of all such ,acts    
exceeds the estimated total cost1 then  
proposed legislative language to        
eliminate such excess cost4  7#e7 ,if   
the actual total cost of all such ,acts 
exceeds the estimated total cost1 then a
 detailed statement of the most likely  
reasons why that occurred4  7#f7 ,a list
 of each ,act for which the actual total
 cost exceeded the estimated total cost 
for the applicable five-year period     
described in paragraph 7#c7 and the     
dollar amount of such excess4  7b7      
,follow-,up five-,year report ,not later
 than ,january #ae1 #bjbj1 and each     
subsequent year1 the ,director of the   

,office of ,management and ,budget shall
 submit to the ,president for inclusion 
in his annual budget submission under   
section #aaje7;a7 of title #ca1 ,united 
,states ,code1 a report setting forth   
the following3  7#a7 ,for all ,acts     
affecting direct spending relative to   
the baseline enacted during the eleventh
 calendar year before the calendar year 
in which this report is submitted1 the  
total cost as estimated by the ,director
 of the ,congressional ,budget ,office  
for the #e-;fiscal-year period1 the     
first fiscal year of which begins       
immediately after the last fiscal year  
covered by the corresponding initial    
five-year report under subsection 7a74  
7#b7 ,for all ,acts affecting direct    
spending relative to the baseline       
enacted during the eleventh calendar    
year before the calendar year in which  
this report is submitted1 the actual    
total cost as computed by the ,director 
of the ,office of ,management and       
,budget for the #e-;fiscal-year period1 

the first fiscal year of which begins   
immediately after the last fiscal year  
covered by the corresponding initial    
five-year report under subsection 7a74  
7#c7 ,for such #e-;fiscal-year period1  
the net amount by which the actual cost 
of all such ,acts exceeds the estimated 
cost of all such ,acts1 or the net      
amount by which the estimated cost of   
all such ,acts exceeds the actual cost  
of all such ,acts1 as the case may be4  
7#d7 ,if the actual total cost of all   
such ,acts exceeds the estimated total  
cost1 then propose legislative language 
to eliminate such excess cost4  7#e7 ,if
 the actual total cost of all such ,acts
 exceeds the estimated total cost1 then 
a detailed statement of the most likely 
reasons why that occurred4  7#f7 ,a list
 of each ,act for which the actual total
 cost exceeded the estimated total cost 
for the applicable five-year period     
described in paragraph 7#c7 and the     
dollar amount of such excess4  7c7      
,definition ,as used in this section1   

the term direct spending has the meaning
 given such term in section #bej7;c77#h7
 of the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency
 ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe4  #d4  
,fast track procedure  7a7 ,presidential
 submission to ,congress ,upon receiving
 any report from the ,director of the   
,office of ,management and ,budget      
pursuant to subsection 7a7 or 7b7 of    
section #c1 the ,president shall1 within
 #g days1 submit any proposed           
legislative language set forth in such  
report to the ,house of ,representatives
 and to the ,senate4  7b7 ,congressional
 consideration  7#a7 ,introduction  7,a7
 ,in general ,on the day on which the   
proposed legislative language is        
submitted by the ,president to the      
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate under subsection 7a71 it shall  
be introduced 7by request7 in the       
,senate by the majority leader of the   
,senate or by ,members of the ,senate   
designated by the majority leader of the
 ,senate and shall be introduced 7by    

request7 in the ,house by the majority  
leader of the ,house or by ,members of  
the ,house designated by the majority   
leader of the ,house4  7,b7 ,not in     
session ,if either ,house is not in     
session on the day on which such        
legislative proposal is submitted1 the  
legislative proposal shall be introduced
 in that ,house1 as provided in         
subparagraph 7,a71 on the first day     
thereafter on which that ,house is in   
session4  7,c7 ,any ,member ,if the     
legislative proposal is not introduced  
in either ,house within #e days on which
 that ,house is in session after the day
 on which the legislative proposal is   
submitted1 then any ,member of that     
,house may introduce the legislative    
proposal4  7,d7 ,referral ,the          
legislation introduced under this       
paragraph shall be referred by the      
,presiding ,officers of the respective  
,houses to the appropriate committees4  
7#b7 ,committee consideration of        
proposal  7,a7 ,reporting bill ,not     

later than ,april #a of any year in     
which a proposal is submitted by the    
,president to ,congress under this      
section1 the applicable committees of   
the ,house of ,representatives and of   
the ,senate may report the bill referred
 to them under paragraph 7#a77;,d7 with 
committee amendments1 such that the     
bill1 as amended1 achieves the cost     
savings in the original submission4     
7,b7 ,discharge ,if1 with respect to the
 ,house involved1 the committee has not 
reported the bill by the date required  
by subparagraph 7,a71 the committee     
shall be discharged from further        
consideration of the proposal4  7#c7    
,limitation on changes to               
recommendations  7,a7 ,in general ,it   
shall not be in order in the ,senate or 
the ,house of ,representatives to       
consider any bill1 resolution1 or       
amendment pursuant to this subsection or
 conference report thereon that fails to
 achieve the cost savings set forth in  
the original submission by the          

,president from among the ,acts set     
forth on the list compiled under section
 #c7;a77#f74  7,b7 ,waiver ,this        
paragraph may be waived or suspended in 
the ,senate only by the affirmative vote
 of three-fifths of the ,members1 duly  
chosen and sworn4  7,c7 ,appeals ,an    
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
,members of the ,senate1 duly chosen and
 sworn1 shall be required in the ,senate
 to sustain an appeal of the ruling of  
the ,chair on a point of order raised   
under this paragraph4  7#d7 ,expedited  
procedure  7,a7 ,consideration ,a motion
 to proceed to the consideration of the 
bill in the ,senate is not debatable4   
7,b7 ,amendment  7i7 ,time limitation   
,debate in the ,senate on any amendment 
to a bill under this section shall be   
limited to #a hour1 to be equally       
divided between1 and controlled by1 the 
mover and the manager of the bill1 and  
debate on any amendment to an amendment1
 debatable motion1 or appeal shall be   
limited to #cj minutes1 to be equally   

divided between1 and controlled by1 the 
mover and the manager of the bill1      
except that in the event the manager of 
the bill is in favor of any such        
amendment1 motion1 or appeal1 the time  
in opposition thereto shall be          
controlled by the minority leader or    
such leader's designee4  7ii7 ,germane  
,no amendment that is not germane to the
 provisions of such bill shall be       
received4  7iii7 ,additional time ,the  
leaders1 or either of them1 may1 from   
the time under their control on the     
passage of the bill1 allot additional   
time to any ,senator during the         
consideration of any amendment1         
debatable motion1 or appeal4  7iv7      
,amendment not in order ,it shall not be
 in order to consider an amendment that 
would cause the bill to have cost       
savings that are less than the cost     
savings set forth in the original       
submission by the ,president4  7v7      
,waiver and appeals ,this paragraph may 
be waived or suspended in the ,senate   

only by the affirmative vote of         
three-fifths of the ,members1 duly      
chosen and sworn4 ,an affirmative vote  
of three-fifths of the ,members of the  
,senate1 duly chosen and sworn1 shall be
 required in the ,senate to sustain an  
appeal of the ruling of the ,chair on a 
point of order raised under this        
section4  7,c7 ,consideration by the    
other ,house  7i7 ,in general ,the      
expedited procedures provided in this   
subsection for the consideration of a   
bill introduced pursuant to paragraph   
7#a7 shall not apply to such a bill that
 is received by one ,house from the     
other ,house if such a bill was not     
introduced in the receiving ,house4     
7ii7 ,before passage ,if a bill that is 
introduced pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 is
 received by one ,house from the other  
,house1 after introduction but before   
disposition of such a bill in the       
receiving ,house1 then the following    
shall apply3  7,i7 ,the receiving ,house
 shall consider the bill introduced in  

that ,house through all stages of       
consideration up to1 but not including1 
passage4  7,,ii7 ,the question on       
passage shall be put on the bill of the 
other ,house as amended by the language 
of the receiving ,house4  7iii7 ,after  
passage ,if a bill introduced pursuant  
to paragraph 7#a7 is received by one    
,house from the other ,house1 after such
 a bill is passed by the receiving      
,house1 then the vote on passage of the 
bill that originates in the receiving   
,house shall be considered to be the    
vote on passage of the bill received    
from the other ,house as amended by the 
language of the receiving ,house4  7iv7 
,disposition ,upon disposition of a bill
 introduced pursuant to paragraph 7#a7  
that is received by one ,house from the 
other ,house1 it shall no longer be in  
order to consider the bill that         
originates in the receiving ,house4  7v7
 ,limitation ,clauses 7ii71 7iii71 and  
7iv7 shall apply only to a bill received
 by one ,house from the other ,house if 

the bill would have cost savings that   
are not less than the cost savings set  
forth in the original submission by the 
,president4  7,d7 ,senate limits on     
debate  7i7 ,in general ,in the ,senate1
 consideration of the bill and on all   
debatable motions and appeals in        
connection therewith shall not exceed a 
total of #bj hours1 which shall be      
divided equally between the majority and
 minority leaders or their designees4   
7ii7 ,motion to further limit debate ,a 
motion to further limit debate on the   
bill is in order and is not debatable4  
7iii7 ,motion or appeal ,any debatable  
motion or appeal is debatable for not to
 exceed #a hour1 to be divided equally  
between those favoring and those        
opposing the motion or appeal4  7iv7    
,final disposition ,after #bj hours of  
consideration1 the ,senate shall        
proceed1 without any further debate on  
any question1 to vote on the final      
disposition thereof to the exclusion of 
all amendments not then pending before  

the ,senate at that time and to the     
exclusion of all motions1 except a      
motion to table1 or to reconsider and   
one quorum call on demand to establish  
the presence of a quorum 7and motions   
required to establish a quorum7         
immediately before the final vote       
begins4  7,e7 ,consideration in         
conference  7i7 ,in general             
,consideration in the ,senate and the   
,house of ,representatives on the       
conference report or any messages       
between ,houses shall be limited to #aj 
hours1 equally divided and controlled by
 the majority and minority leaders of   
the ,senate or their designees and the  
,speaker of the ,house of               
,representatives and the minority leader
 of the ,house of ,representatives or   
their designees4  7ii7 ,time limitation 
,debate in the ,senate on any amendment 
under this subparagraph shall be limited
 to #a hour1 to be equally divided      
between1 and controlled by1 the mover   
and the manager of the bill1 and debate 

on any amendment to an amendment1       
debatable motion1 or appeal shall be    
limited to #cj minutes1 to be equally   
divided between1 and controlled by1 the 
mover and the manager of the bill1      
except that in the event the manager of 
the bill is in favor of any such        
amendment1 motion1 or appeal1 the time  
in opposition thereto shall be          
controlled by the minority leader or    
such leader's designee4  7iii7 ,final   
disposition ,after #aj hours of         
consideration1 the ,senate shall        
proceed1 without any further debate on  
any question1 to vote on the final      
disposition thereof to the exclusion of 
all motions not then pending before the 
,senate at that time or necessary to    
resolve the differences between the     
,houses and to the exclusion of all     
other motions1 except a motion to table1
 or to reconsider and one quorum call on
 demand to establish the presence of a  
quorum 7and motions required to         
establish a quorum7 immediately before  

the final vote begins4  7iv7 ,limitation
 ,clauses 7i7 through 7iii7 shall only  
apply to a conference report1 message or
 the amendments thereto if the          
conference report1 message1 or an       
amendment thereto--  7,i7 is related    
only to the program under this title2   
and  7,,ii7 satisfies the requirements  
of subparagraphs 7,a77i7 and 7,c7 of    
subsection 7c77#b74  7,f7 ,veto ,if the 
,president vetoes the bill1 debate on a 
veto message in the ,senate under this  
subsection shall be #a hour equally     
divided between the majority and        
minority leaders or their designees4    
7#e7 ,rules of the ,senate and ,house of
 ,representatives ,this section is      
enacted by ,congress-- 7,a7 as an       
exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives1 respectively1 and is  
deemed to be part of the rules of each  
,house1 respectively1 but applicable    
only with respect to the procedure to be
 followed in that ,house in the case of 

a bill under this section1 and it       
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 rules2 and  7,b7 with full recognition 
of the constitutional right of either   
,house to change the rules 7so far as   
they relate to the procedure of that    
,house7 at any time1 in the same manner1
 and to the same extent as in the case  
of any other rule of that ,house4  7c7  
,no entry on ,,paygo scorecards ,the    
budgetary effects of any legislation    
under this section shall not be entered 
on either ,,paygo scorecard under the   
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj4