3.0.0 2065 2019-02-20T23:25:22Z 2019-02-23T21:33:27Z Senate S S 2012-02-02 112 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-02-02T19:29:33Z Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2011 112 3662 HR 2011-12-14 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Temporary Tax Holiday and Government Reduction Act 112 1931 S 2011-12-08 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure, under the order of 12/8/2011, not having achieved the required 60 votes in the affirmative, was rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 22 - 76. Record Vote Number: 225. (consideration: CR S8445) Related bill CRS 2012-02-02 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S324) IntroReferral 2012-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2012-02-02 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2012-02-02 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2012-02-02 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2012-02-02 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2012-02-02 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2012-02-02 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2012-02-14 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2012-02-28 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2012-03-29 False M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2012-06-27 False Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Inflation and prices Members of Congress Economics and Public Finance 00 2012-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-15T14:41:34Z Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2012 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine the number of full-time employees employed in each federal agency. Prohibits a federal agency head from hiring more than 2 employee for every 3 full-time employees who leave employment in such agency until the OMB Director makes a determination that the number of full-time federal employees is 5% less than the initial level as determined by OMB. Allows a waiver of such workforce limitation by the President for national security reasons or in the case of an extraordinary emergency.

Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 to extend the freeze on the pay of federal employees, including Members of Congress, until June 30, 2014.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to offset mandatory sequestration in security and nonsecurity categories in FY2013-FY2021 with revenues resulting from the reduction in the federal workforce and the pay freeze under this Act.

]]> Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2012 Display Title Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and extending the pay freeze for Federal employees. Introduced in Senate 2012-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2065is/xml/BILLS-112s2065is.xml 2012-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S324) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.