1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023 . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term administrative action includes the issuance of a rule, demonstration, program notice, or guidance by an agency; (2) the term agency — (A) means— (i) an Executive agency , as defined under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; or (ii) a military department , as defined under section 102 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) does not include the Government Accountability Office; (3) the term covered discretionary administrative action means a discretionary administrative action that would effect direct spending; (4) the term direct spending has the meaning given that term in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 900(c) ); (5) the term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; (6) the term discretionary administrative action — (A) means any administrative action that is not required by statute; and (B) includes an administrative action required by statute for which an agency has discretion in the manner in which to implement the administrative action; and (7) the term increase direct spending means that the amount of direct spending would increase relative to— (A) the most recently submitted projection of the amount of direct spending under current law under— (i) the budget of the President submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code; or (ii) the supplemental summary of the budget submitted under section 1106, of title 31, United States Code; (B) with respect to a discretionary administrative action that is incorporated into the applicable projection described in subparagraph (A) and for which a proposal has not been submitted under section 4(a)(2)(A), a projection of the amount of direct spending if no administrative action were taken