,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iejf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ac1       
#bjbb,mr4 ,donalds 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,grothman7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
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     
prohibit the consideration in the ,house
 of ,representatives and ,senate of     
legislation which includes a provision  
authorizing the appropriation of an     
amount of funds for a program which does
 not include a provision reducing by at 
least the same amount the amount        
otherwise authorized to be appropriated 
for the same program or for any other   
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,budgetary ,quid ,pro ,quo ,act4    

#b4 ,prohibition against consideration  
of legislation authorizing funding for  
programs not offset by reductions in    
other funding  7a7 ,prohibition ,it     
shall not be in order in the ,house of  
,representatives or ,senate to consider 
any bill1 joint resolution1 conference  
report1 or an amendment thereto1 that   
authorizes the appropriation of an      
amount of funds for a program unless the
 measure includes a provision reducing  
by at least the same amount the amount  
otherwise authorized to be appropriated 
for the program or for any other        
program4  7b7 ,special rules ,in        
carrying out subsection 7a71 the        
following rules shall apply3 7#a7       
,subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect
 to the ,national ,defense              
,authorization ,act for a fiscal year   
only to the extent that the aggregate   
amount authorized to be appropriated    
under the ,act for programs described   
within the same defense function under  
the budget resolution for that fiscal   

year exceeds the aggregate amount of    
budget authority for such function under
 the budget resolution4  7#b7 ,a        
provision of a measure that directs1    
requires1 or permits an agency to       
undertake a particular activity that can
 reasonably be carried out with funds   
available from the agency's regular     
administrative budget1 and for which the
 measure does not provide a specific    
authorization of appropriations for such
 activity1 may be included in the       
measure without violating subsection    
7a74  7#c7 ,a provision of a measure    
that expands the permissible use of an  
existing authorization of appropriation 
of funds1 but does not itself require or
 authorize an increase in the amount    
authorized to be appropriated1 may be   
included in the measure without         
violating subsection 7a74  7#d7 ,a      
provision of a measure that extends the 
period during which funds may be        
provided under an existing authorization
 of appropriations1 but does not        

increase the amount authorized to be    
appropriated1 may be included in the    
measure without violating subsection    
7a74  7#e7 ,a provision of a measure    
that provides an authorization of       
appropriations for a program for a      
fiscal year in the same amount as the   
amount appropriated for the most recent 
fiscal year for which funds were        
appropriated for the program may be     
included in the measure without         
violating subsection 7a74  7c7 ,program 
defined ,in this section1 the term      
program has the meaning given such term 
in section #aabb7;a7 of title #ca1      
,united ,states ,code4  7d7 ,rules of   
the ,house and ,senate ,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 as  
such is deemed a part of the rules of   
each ,house1 respectively1 but          
applicable only with respect to the     
procedure to be followed in the ,house  

in the case of joint resolutions        
described in this section1 and          
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 other rules2 and  7#b7 with full       
recognition of the constitutional right 
of either ,house to change the rules 7so
 far as relating 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 
#c4 ,online portal for laws enacted to  
authorize appropriations  7a7           
,establishment and operation of online  
portal ,the ,director of the ,government
 ,publishing ,office 7hereafter in this 
section referred to as the ,director7   
shall establish and operate on the      
official public website of the          
,government ,publishing ,office a       
dedicated online portal through which   
members of the public may find in       
electronic form-- 7#a7 each of the laws 
enacted during a ,congress which        
authorize appropriations of funds1      

together with the information described 
in subsection 7b72 and  7#b7 a statement
 of the total amount of funds authorized
 to be appropriated during the          
,congress4  7b7 ,additional information 
,to be included ,the information        
described in this subsection is1 with   
respect to a law which authorizes the   
appropriation of funds1 the following3  
7#a7 ,a statement of the amount of funds
 authorized to be appropriated for each 
program or activity for which funds are 
authorized to be appropriated by the    
law4  7#b7 ,a statement of the amount of
 funds1 if any1 subsequently            
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for each such program or activity4     
7#c7 ,a citation to the provision of    
law1 rule1 or regulation which provides 
the authority for appropriating funds   
for each such program or activity4  7#d7
 ,such other information as the         
,director considers appropriate for     
inclusion in the online portal4  7c7    
,consultation ,the ,director shall carry

 out this section in consultation with  
the ,clerk of the ,house of             
,representatives1 the ,secretary of the 
,senate1 and the ,librarian of          
,congress4  7d7 ,effective date  7#a7   
,establishment of portal ,the ,director 
shall establish and operate the online  
portal under this section not later than
 #a year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act4  7#b7 ,congresses covered
 ,the online portal shall include       
information on laws enacted during the  
most recent ,congress which ends before 
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
and each subsequent ,congress4