Trust Fund, from amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of such shortfall, or (ii) in the case of an excess in the amount paid to either Trust Fund determined pursuant to subparagraph (A), pay to the general fund of the Treasury, from such Trust Fund, the amount of such excess (but not to exceed the amount paid to such Trust Fund pursuant to paragraph (1)). SEC. 273. REVENUE ESTIMATES 1620 1620 Section 13202(b) of the Budget Enforcement Act (see infra p. 632) transferred the text of what used to be section 273 of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings to section 201 of the Congressional Budget Act. See supra p. 32. Before enactment of the Budget Enforcement Act, the text of section 273 read as follows: For the purposes of revenue legislation which is income, estate and gift, excise, and payroll taxes (i.e., Social Security), considered or enacted in any session of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office shall use exclusively during that session of Congress revenue estimates provided to it by the Joint Committee on Taxation. During that session of Congress such revenue estimates shall be transmitted by the Congressional Budget Office to any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate requesting such estimates, and shall be used by such Committees in determining such estimates. The Budget Committees of the Senate and House shall determine all estimates with respect to scoring points of order and with respect to the (1) Any Member of Congress may bring an action, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief on the ground that any order that might be issued pursuant to section 252 violates the Constitution. (2) Any Member of Congress, or any other person adversely affected by any action taken under this title, may bring an action, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief concerning the constitutionality of this title. (3) Any Member of Congress may bring an action, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for declaratory and injunctive relief on the ground that the terms of an order issued under section 252 do not comply with the requirements of this title. (4) A copy of any complaint in an action brought under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) shall be promptly delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and each House of Congress shall have the right to intervene in such action. (5) Any action brought under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) shall be heard and determined by a three-judge court in accordance with section 2284 of title 28, United States Code. Nothing in this section or in any other law shall infringe upon the right of the House of Representatives to intervene in an action brought under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) without the necessity of adopting a resolution to authorize such intervention. (b) APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT. -- Notwithstanding any other provision of law,any order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1), (2), or(3) of subsection (a) shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United States. Any such appeal shall be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 days after such order is entered; and the jurisdictional statement shall be filed within 30 days after such order is entered. No stay of an order issued pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) shall be issued by a single Justice of the Supreme Court. (c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION. -- It shall be the duty of the District Court for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent the disposition of any matter brought under subsection (a). (1) If it is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that an order issued by the President under section 252(b) for any fiscal year - (A) does not reduce automatic spending increases under any program specified in section 257(1) to the extent that such increases are required to be reduced by part C of this title (or reduces such increases by a greater extent than is so required), 1621 1621 budget authority,' new loan guarantee commitments, new direct loan obligations, or spending authority1622 which is required to be sequestered by such part (or sequesters more than that amount) with respect to any program, project, activity, or account, or (C) does not reduce obligation limitations by the amount by which such limitations are required to be reduced under such part (or reduces such limitations by more than that amount) with respect to any program, project, activity, or account, the President shall, within 20 days after such determination is made, revise the order in accordance with such determination. (2) If the order issued by the President under section 252(b) for any fiscal year - (A) does not reduce any automatic spending increase to the extent that such increase is required to be reduced by part C of this title, 1623 (B) does not sequester any amount of new budget authority, new loan guarantee commitments, new direct loan obligations, or spending authority1624 which is required to be sequestered by such part, or Section 250(c)(1) (see supra p. 372) defines "budget authority" and "new budget authority" at least in part by reference to the definitions of section 3(2) of the Congressional Budget Act. See supra pp. 11-13. 1622 Section 401(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act defines "spending authority." See supra pp. 203-206. 1623 Section 250(c)(1) (see supra p. 372) defines "budget authority" and "new budget authority" at least in part by reference to the definitions of section 3(2) of the Congressional Budget Act. See supra pp. 11-13. 1624 Section 401(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act defines "spending authority." |