Direct Spending and Entitlement Program Accountability Act of 1992

Direct Spending and Entitlement Program Accountability Act of 1992 - Requires, effective for FY 1994, funding for direct spending, including entitlement authority, to be: (1) subject to annual appropriations for each fiscal year; and (2) included in annual appropriations Acts.

Prohibits, effective for FY 1994, direct spending authority, including entitlement authority, from being provided by law for more than two consecutive fiscal years.

Provides that direct spending does not include Social Security.

 
S 2845 IS
102d CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2845
To require annual appropriations for all direct spending, including entitlement
programs and excepting Social Security, and biannual authorizations for
direct spending authority.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 12 (legislative day, MARCH 26), 1992
Mrs. KASSEBAUM introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred jointly pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, to the Committee on
the Budget and Governmental Affairs, with instructions that if one Committee
reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged
A BILL
To require annual appropriations for all direct spending, including entitlement
programs and excepting Social Security, and biannual authorizations for
direct spending authority.
  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 `Direct Spending and Entitlement Program
  Accountability Act of 1992'.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.
  Effective for fiscal year 1994 and notwithstanding any other provision of
  law, funding for direct spending, including entitlement authority, shall be--
  (1) subject to annual appropriations for each fiscal year; and
  (2) included in annual appropriations Acts.
SEC. 3. BIANNUAL AUTHORIZATIONS.
  Effective for fiscal year 1994 and notwithstanding any other provision of
  law, direct spending authority, including entitlement authority, may not
  be provided by law for more than 2 consecutive fiscal years.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION.
  For the purposes of this Act, the term `direct spending' has the meaning
  given such term in section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
  Deficit Control Act of 1985 except that such term shall not include Social
  Security.