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=== Exceptions to statutory attempts to limit backdoor spending ===
=== Exceptions to statutory attempts to limit backdoor spending ===
There are many exceptions to this procedure. First, although this requirement is a law, the Speaker of the [[US House of Representatives]] ruled in 1975 that limits on backdoor spending can be waived if the House adopts a recommendation to do so from the House Rules Committee.<ref>121 Cong. Rec. 7677, 94th Cong. 1st Sess., Mar. 20, 1975 (ruling by Speaker Carl Albert [Okla.]).</ref> Second, it applies only to consideration of new spending after 1975. Third, broad categories involving gifts and trust funds were exempt.<ref>2 U.S.C. § 651(c)</ref>
There are many exceptions to this procedure. First, although this requirement is a law, the Speaker of the [[US House of Representatives]] ruled in 1975 that limits on backdoor spending can be waived if the House adopts a recommendation to do so from the House Rules Committee.<ref>121 Cong. Rec. 7677, 94th Cong. 1st Sess., Mar. 20, 1975 (ruling by Speaker Carl Albert [Okla.]).</ref> Second, it applies only to consideration of new spending after 1975. Third, broad categories involving gifts and trust funds were exempt.<ref>2 U.S.C. § 651(c)</ref>
===Further efforts to limit backdoor authority==
In 1990, the Congress further attempted to limit backdoor authority by
establishing controls over changes in [[direct spending]]—spending that is
generally the same as backdoor authority. The Budget Enforcement Act of
1990 (BEA) amended both the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. In addition
to establishing dollar limits for total annual appropriations, BEA contains a
“[[pay-as-you-go]]” (PAYGO) provision requiring that legislation enacted be
either [[deficit neutral]] or deficit reducing. In other words, any legislation reducing taxes or expanding direct spending programs must be offset by direct spending cuts or revenue increases.<ref>U.S. General Accounting Office, [http://www.gao.gov/assets/230/222873.pdf Budget Issues: Inventory of Accounts With Spending Authority and Permanent Appropriations], GAO/AIMD-96-79, May 31, 1996.</ref>
==See also==
==See also==