What This Bill Does
This resolution changes the House of Representatives' internal rules to require certain spending bills to include detailed tables showing where money goes. Bills that approve or spend federal funds must now list each program's funding amount and estimate the cost of paying interest on the national debt from that spending.
Who It Affects
Members of the House of Representatives when considering bills about federal spending and appropriations (money set aside by Congress for specific purposes).
Key Provisions
* Bills that authorize or appropriate funds for programs must include a table in machine readable format (a format computers can easily read) showing the amount of money for each program (Sec. 2(a)(1))
* The table must show how much money each program gets for each separate fiscal year (budget year) (Sec. 2(a)(2))
* The table must estimate any costs of servicing the public debt (paying interest on borrowed money) that would result from carrying out each program (Sec. 2(a)(3))
* Rules that would waive or skip this requirement cannot be considered by the House (Sec. 2(b))
What Changes
The House of Representatives cannot consider spending bills or amendments unless they include the required detailed spending table showing program-by-program funding and debt service cost estimates.
Important Definitions
The bill uses the term "program" with the meaning given in section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code. The bill text does not define this further.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 96
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consider-
ation of certain legislation that authorizes or makes appropriations unless
such legislation includes a table that details the amount of appropriations
authorized or appropriated for each program and an estimate of the
costs (if any) of servicing the public debt which would be incurred
in carrying out the measure, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Mr. MOONEY (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr.
BUCK) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
prohibit the consideration of certain legislation that au-
thorizes or makes appropriations unless such legislation
includes a table that details the amount of appropriations
authorized or appropriated for each program and an
estimate of the costs (if any) of servicing the public
debt which would be incurred in carrying out the meas-
ure, and for other purposes.
Resolved,
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•HRES 96 IH
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency
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in Federal Spending Resolution’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN LEGIS-
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LATION WITH RESPECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.
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Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
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tives is amended by adding at the end the following new
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clause:
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‘‘13.(a) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, reso-
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lution, or conference report, or an amendment thereto,
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that authorizes the appropriation of funds or makes ap-
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propriations for one or more programs unless the measure
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includes a table in machine readable format at the end
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of the measure that details—
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‘‘(1) the amount of funds authorized or appro-
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priated for each such program;
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‘‘(2) the amount of funds authorized or appro-
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priated with respect to each fiscal year for each such
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program; and
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‘‘(3) an estimate of the costs (if any) of serv-
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icing the public debt which would be incurred in car-
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rying out each such program.
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‘‘(b) It shall not be in order to consider a rule or
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order that waives the application of this clause.
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‘‘(c) For the purposes of this clause, the term ‘pro-
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gram’ has the meaning given such term in section 1122(a)
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of title 31, United States Code.’’.
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