text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Credit Cost Reduction Act of 
  1994''.
  
  SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS REGARDING DIRECT AND 
                GUARANTEED LOANS.
  
      Paragraph (5)(A) of section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
  1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(A)) is amended by striking ``excluding'' and 
  inserting ``including''.
  
  SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL 
                BUDGET SUBMISSION.
  
      Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
  adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
              ``(29) a separate listing of administrative costs for 
          direct loans and loan guarantees computed on a cash accounting 
          basis for any such loans and guarantees originating before 
          enactment of this paragraph.
              ``(30) an appendix setting forth on a cash accounting basis 
          the administrative costs of all loans and loan guarantees by 
          program, by agency, and for the Government.''.
  
  SEC. 4. FEDERAL CREDIT SUBSIDY RATES.
  
      (a) Definition of Subsidy Rate.--Section 502 of the Federal Credit 
  Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a) is amended by adding at the end the 
  following new paragraph:
              ``(10) The term `subsidy rate' for a fiscal year means--
                      ``(A) in the case of a direct loan, the cost of all 
                  loans made for a covered program during that year 
                  divided by the total direct loan obligations for that 
                  same covered program; and
                      ``(B) in the case of a loan guarantee commitment, 
                  the cost of all loan guarantees incurred for a covered 
                  program during that year divided by the total amount of 
                  the loan guarantee commitments for that same covered 
                  program.''.
      (b) Maximum Subsidy Rates.--(1) The Federal Credit Reform Act of 
  1990 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
  
  ``SEC. 508. MAXIMUM FEDERAL CREDIT SUBSIDY RATES.
  
      ``(a) Maximum Subsidy Rates.--The maximum permissible subsidy rate 
  for each covered program for a fiscal year is the following: 40 percent 
  for fiscal year 1995, 30 percent for fiscal year 1996, 20 percent for 
  fiscal year 1997, 10 percent for fiscal year 1998, and 5 percent for 
  fiscal year 1999.
      ``(b) Covered Programs.--The covered programs to which subsection 
  (a) applies are the credit reform program accounts covered by the 
  Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
      ``(c) Estimates.--The subsidy rates for a fiscal year shall be 
  determined on the basis of estimates made by the Director of the 
  Congressional Budget Office.''.
      (2) Section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
  Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
  section 507 the following new item:
  
  ``Sec. 508. Maximum Federal credit subsidy rates.''.
      (c) Point of Order.--Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
  1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
      ``(j) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or 
  the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget for any 
  fiscal year that would allow the maximum permissible subsidy rate (as 
  set forth in section 508) for any covered program for that fiscal year 
  to be breached.''.
      (d) Allocations.--(1) Section 602(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional 
  Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of clause 
  (ii), by striking the comma and inserting ``; and'' at the end of 
  clause (iii), and by inserting after clause (iii) the following new 
  clause:
                              ``(iv) total credit authority (that does 
                          not cause the maximum permissible subsidy rate 
                          (as set forth in section 508) for any covered 
                          program to be breached);''.
      (2) Section 602(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
  amended by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B), by 
  inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C), and by inserting 
  after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:
                      ``(D) total credit authority (that does not cause 
                  the maximum permissible subsidy rate (as set forth in 
                  section 508) for any program to be breached);''.
      (e) Contents of Budget Resolutions.--Section 301(a) of the 
  Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``and'' at the 
  end of paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting ``; and'' at 
  the end of paragraph (7), and by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
  following new paragraph:
              ``(8) for purposes of enforcement of section 508, the total 
          credit authority for each covered program, but which total 
          shall not cause the maximum permissible subsidy rate (as set 
          forth in that section) for that program to be breached.''.
  
  SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  
      This Act and the amendments made by it shall apply with respect to 
  fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
target: Federal Credit Cost Reduction Act of 1994 - Amends the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 to include administrative costs (which, currently, are expressly excluded) in the estimated long-term costs to the Government of direct loans and loan guarantees. 
  Amends Federal law to require the President's annual budget to contain a separate listing of administrative costs for direct loans and loan guarantees on a cash accounting basis and an appendix of such costs by program, by agency, and for the Government. 
  Establishes maximum permissible subsidy rates for each credit reform program account.  Reduces such rates from 40 percent for FY 1995 to five percent by FY 1999.
feat_title: Federal Credit Cost Reduction Act of 1994