H.R.4906: Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 103rd Congress
  • This bill is primarily about congress
  • Introduced Aug. 5, 1994
  • Latest Major Action Aug. 18, 1994

Bill Summary

Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to prohibit the Office of Management and Budget from exempting emergency funding from spending caps if such spending is in a measure with nonemergency spending. Amends the Congressional Budget Act to make it out of order in the House or Senate to consider emergency legislation if it also provides for...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Reported by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 103-687.
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 207.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 513 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4906 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by section. Specified amendments are in order. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in the report accompanying this resolution, if offered in the order and manner specified.
Rule H. Res. 513 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 513.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4906 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by section. Specified amendments are in order. No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in the report accompanying this resolution, if offered in the order and manner specified.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 513 and Rule XXIII.
The Speaker designated the Honorable John P. Murtha to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 513, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Johnson amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 513, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Castle amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 513, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Kasich amendment in the nature of a substitute.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4906.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 406 - 6 (Roll No. 403).
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report of be discharged.
Aug. 5, 1994

Introduced in the House by John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

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