Sec. 304. Allocations of means-tested welfare spending
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Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 633 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For any concurrent resolution on the budget in which levels for aggregate means-tested welfare spending are set forth under section 301(j), in the House of Representatives and the Senate, the amounts allocated under subsection
(a)shall be further divided to establish an allocation of— total new budget authority and total outlays for discretionary means-tested welfare spending in appropriation measures for the first fiscal year of that concurrent resolution; and total new budget authority and total outlays for mandatory means-tested welfare spending for the first fiscal year of that concurrent resolution and at least each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years to all other committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate that have jurisdiction over legislation providing mandatory means-tested welfare spending. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or amendment between the Houses if— the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported; the adoption and enactment of such amendment; the enactment of such bill or resolution in the form recommended in such conference report; or the enactment of such amendment between the Houses, would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays made under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of paragraph
(1)for a fiscal year to be exceeded. The limits on the allocation of new budget authority or outlays made under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of paragraph
(1)shall not be in effect for a fiscal year if the average monthly unemployment rate in the preceding fiscal year exceeded 7.5 percent. . Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking under subsection
(a)and inserting under subsections
(a)and
(h).
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