Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Administrative PAYGO Act of 2024 or the SAP Act of 2024.
(a) Waiver
Section 265 of the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023 (title III of division B of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118–5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(c) Submission to Budget Committees
The Director shall submit, to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate—
(1) any waiver determination under subsection (a) and a detailed explanation of why such waiver was necessary; and
(2) an estimate of the budgetary effects of the covered discretionary administrative action so waived.
(b) Exemption
Section 266 of such Act is amended to read as follows:
(a) In general
This title shall apply to any administrative action that increases direct spending by at least—
(1) $1,000,000,000 over the 10-year period beginning with the current year; or
(2) $100,000,000 in any year during such 10-year period.
(b) Review
With respect to any covered discretionary administrative action exempted under subsection (a), the Director shall submit, to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General, an estimate of the budgetary effects of the covered discretionary administrative action so exempted.
(c) Statement of purpose with respect to budget neutrality
Section 261 of such Act is amended to read as follows:
(a) Short title
This title may be cited as the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023.
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this title to establish a budget neutral requirement for discretionary administrative actions of the executive branch that affect direct spending.
(d) Termination of sunset
Section 268 of such Act is hereby repealed (and redesignate sections 269 and 270 as sections 268 and 269, respectively).
(e) Budget submission
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(40) the number of waiver determinations under section 265(a) of the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023 (title III of division B of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118–5))—
(A) submitted during the prior fiscal year and the first quarter of the current fiscal year; and
(B) expected to be submitted during the second, third and fourth quarters of the current fiscal year and expected to be submitted in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted.