                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
         CHAPTER 17A--CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--FISCAL PROCEDURES
 
                        Part B--Federal Mandates
 
Sec. 658g. Clarification of application


(a) In general

    This part applies to any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, 
or conference report that reauthorizes appropriations, or that amends 
existing authorizations of appropriations, to carry out any statute, or 
that otherwise amends any statute, only if enactment of the bill, joint 
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report--
        (1) would result in a net reduction in or elimination of 
    authorization of appropriations for Federal financial assistance 
    that would be provided to State, local, or tribal governments for 
    use for the purpose of complying with any Federal intergovernmental 
    mandate, or to the private sector for use to comply with any Federal 
    private sector mandate, and would not eliminate or reduce duties 
    established by the Federal mandate by a corresponding amount; or
        (2) would result in a net increase in the aggregate amount of 
    direct costs of Federal intergovernmental mandates or Federal 
    private sector mandates other than as described in paragraph (1).

(b) Direct costs

                           (1) In general

        For purposes of this part, the direct cost of the Federal 
    mandates in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
    conference report that reauthorizes appropriations, or that amends 
    existing authorizations of appropriations, to carry out a statute, 
    or that otherwise amends any statute, means the net increase, 
    resulting from enactment of the bill, joint resolution, amendment, 
    motion, or conference report, in the amount described under 
    paragraph (2)(A) over the amount described under paragraph (2)(B).

                             (2) Amounts

        The amounts referred to under paragraph (1) are--
            (A) the aggregate amount of direct costs of Federal mandates 
        that would result under the statute if the bill, joint 
        resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report is enacted; 
        and
            (B) the aggregate amount of direct costs of Federal mandates 
        that would result under the statute if the bill, joint 
        resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report were not 
        enacted.

          (3) Extension of authorization of appropriations

        For purposes of this section, in the case of legislation to 
    extend authorization of appropriations, the authorization level that 
    would be provided by the extension shall be compared to the 
    authorization level for the last year in which authorization of 
    appropriations is already provided.

(Pub. L. 93-344, title IV, Sec. 428, as added Pub. L. 104-4, title I, 
Sec. 101(a)(2), Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 59.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1515 of this title.
