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 PUBLIC LAW 105-33 —AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 697 SEC. 10122. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1026. Section 1026(7)(A)(iv) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking "; and" 2 USC 691e. and inserting "; or". SEC. 10123. SENATE TASK FORCE ON CONSmERATION OF BUDGET MEASURES. (a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS. —The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate shall each appoint 3 Senators to serve on a bipartisan task force to study the floor procedures for the consideration of budget resolutions and reconciliation bills in the Senate as provided in sections 305(b) and 310(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (b) REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE. —The task force shall submit its report to the Senate not later than October 8, 1997. Subtitle B—Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 SEC. 10201. PURPOSE. 2 USC 900 note. The purpose of this subtitle is to extend discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirements. SEC. 10202. GENERAL STATEMENT AND DEFXNITIONS. (a) GENERAL STATEMENT.— Section 250(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended 2 USC 900. by striking the first 2 sentences and inserting the following: "This part provides for budget enforcement as called for in House Concurrent Resolution 84 (105th Congress, 1st session).". (b) DEFINITIONS.— Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking "(but including" through "amount' "; and (B) by striking "section 601 of that Act as adjusted under sections 251 and 253" and inserting "section 251"; (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: "(4) The term 'category' means the subsets of discretionary appropriations in section 251(c). Discretionary appropriations in each of the categories shall be those designated in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. New accounts or activities shall be categorized only after consultation with the committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate and that consultation shall, to the extent practicable, include written communication to such committees that affords such committees the opportunity to comment before official action is taken with respect to new accounts or activities."; (3) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following: "(6) The term 'budgetary resources' means new budget authority, unobligated balances, direct spending authority, and obligation limitations.";

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