consolidating this program with similar or duplicative programs. (7) The growth in cost per beneficiary or persons served by the program. (8) The extent to which any trends, developments, and emerging conditions may affect the problems or needs that the program is intended to address. (9) The extent it imposes mandates on State and local governments. (10) The extent it impedes sustainable economic growth. (11) The extent to which the program is a constitutionally authorized activity of the Government. II Deficit reduction accounts 201. Establishment of discretionary deficit reduction account (a) Discretionary deficit reduction Account Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 316. Discretionary deficit reduction account (a) Establishment of account The chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall each maintain an account to be known as the deficit reduction discretionary account . The Account shall be divided into entries corresponding to the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations of that House and each entry shall consist of the deficit reduction balance . (b) Components Each entry shall consist only of amounts credited to it under subsection (c). (c) Crediting of amounts to account (1) Whenever a Member of Congress offers an amendment to an appropriation bill to reduce new budget authority in any account or has the effect of reducing direct spending, that Member may state the portion of such reduction that shall be credited to— (A) the deficit reduction balance