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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Restoring America's Faith and Trust Act - Makes rescissions in the discretionary&nbsp;budget authority for FY2012-FY2014.&nbsp; Limits increases in total new budget authority after FY2013 to the percentage by which the U.S. gross domestic product increases from the previous year.</p> <p>Directs the Office of&nbsp;Management and Budget (OMB)&nbsp;to take appropriate measures to ensure that the total number of federal employees does not exceed the total number of such employees as of October 1, 2007.&nbsp; Requires such reduction to be achieved through voluntary separation of employees.&nbsp; Allows the President to waive requirements for the reduction of the federal workforce upon a determination that the existence of a state of war or other national security concern or the existence of an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, public safety, property, or the environment so requires.&nbsp;</p> <p>Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to conduct a Federal Real Property Disposal Program for the disposal of surplus real property.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary of the Interior to offer for sale at fair market value&nbsp;certain lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that are located in states where more than 50% of the total land area is federally-owned.&nbsp;Requires the net proceeds from the sale of such lands to be used for the reduction of the public debt.</p> <p>Requires the Director of OMB to submit a plan to Congress for the phased-in expiration of all federal programs every three years.&nbsp; Requires any federal program scheduled to expire to be reauthorized by an act of Congress.</p>]]></text>
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