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[H.J. Res. 45 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.45

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten


                            Joint Resolution


 
           Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 
3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out the 
dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting in lieu 
thereof $14,294,000,000,000.

              TITLE I--STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT OF 2010

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this title is to reestablish a statutory procedure 
to enforce a rule of budget neutrality on new revenue and direct 
spending legislation.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATIONS.

    As used in this title--
        (1) The term ``BBEDCA'' means the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
    Deficit Control Act of 1985.
        (2) The definitions set forth in section 3 of the Congressional 
    Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and in section 250 of 
    BBEDCA shall apply to this title, except to the extent that they 
    are specifically modified as follows:
            (A) The term ``outyear'' means a fiscal year one or more 
        years after the budget year.
            (B) In section 250(c)(8)(C), the reference to the food 
        stamp program shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
        Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
        (3) The term ``AMT'' means the Alternative Minimum Tax for 
    individuals under sections 55-59 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
    1986, the term ``EGTRRA'' means the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
    Reconciliation Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-16), and the term 
    ``JGTRRA'' means the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation 
    Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-27).
        (4)(A) The term ``budgetary effects'' means the amount by which 
    PAYGO legislation changes outlays flowing from direct spending or 
    revenues relative to the baseline and shall be determined on the 
    basis of estimates prepared under section 4. Budgetary effects that 
    increase outlays flowing from direct spending or decrease revenues 
    are termed ``costs'' and budgetary effects that increase revenues 
    or decrease outlays flowing from direct spending are termed 
    ``savings''. Budgetary effects shall not include any costs 
    associated with debt service.
        (B) For purposes of these definitions, off-budget effects shall 
    not be counted as budgetary effects.
        (C) Solely for purposes of recording entries on a PAYGO 
    scorecard, provisions in appropriation Acts are also considered to 
    be budgetary effects for purposes of this title if such provisions 
    make outyear modifications to substantive law, except that 
    provisions for which the outlay effects net to zero over a period 
    consisting of the current year, the budget year, and the 4 
    subsequent years shall not be considered budgetary effects. For 
    purposes of this paragraph, the term, ``modifications to 
    substantive law'' refers to changes to or restrictions on 
    entitlement law or other mandatory spending contained in 
    appropriations Acts, notwithstanding section 250(c)(8) of BBEDCA. 
    Provisions in appropriations Acts that are neither outyear 
    modifications to substantive law nor changes in revenues have no 
    budgetary effects for purposes of this title.
        (5) The term ``debit'' refers to the net total amount, when 
    positive, by which costs recorded on the PAYGO scorecards for a 
    fiscal year exceed savings recorded on those scorecards for that 
    year.
        (6) The term ``entitlement law'' refers to a section of law 
    which provides entitlement authority.
        (7) The term ``PAYGO legislation'' or a ``PAYGO Act'' refers to 
    a bill or joint resolution that affects direct spending or revenue 
    relative to the baseline. The budgetary effects of changes in 
    revenues and outyear modifications to substantive law included in 
    appropriation Acts as defined in paragraph (4) shall be treated as 
    if they were contained in PAYGO legislation or a PAYGO Act.
        (8) The term ``timing shift'' refers to a delay of the date on 
    which outlays flowing from direct spending would otherwise occur 
    from the ninth outyear to the tenth outyear or an acceleration of 
    the date on which revenues would otherwise occur from the tenth 
    outyear to the ninth outyear.

SEC. 4. PAYGO ESTIMATES AND PAYGO SCORECARDS.

    (a) PAYGO Estimates.--
        (1) Required designation in paygo acts.--
            (A) House of representatives.--To establish the budgetary 
        effects of a PAYGO Act consistent with the determination made 
        by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, a PAYGO Act 
        originated in or amended by the House of Representatives may 
        include the following statement: ``The budgetary effects of 
        this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-
        As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the 
        latest statement titled `Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
        Legislation' for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
        Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget 
        Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted 
        prior to the vote on passage.''.
            (B) Senate.--To establish the budgetary effects of a PAYGO 
        Act consistent with the determination made by the Chairman of 
        the Senate Budget Committee, a PAYGO Act originated in or 
        amended by the Senate shall include the following statement: 
        ``The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
        complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall 
        be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
        `Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation' for this Act, 
        submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
        Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such 
        statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.''.
            (C) Conference reports and amendments between the houses.--
        To establish the budgetary effects of the conference report on 
        a PAYGO Act, or an amendment to an amendment between Houses on 
        a PAYGO Act, which if estimated shall be estimated jointly by 
        the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees, the 
        conference report or amendment between the Houses shall include 
        the following statement: ``The budgetary effects of this Act, 
        for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-
        Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest 
        statement titled `Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation' for 
        this Act, jointly submitted for printing in the Congressional 
        Record by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget 
        Committees, provided that such statement has been submitted 
        prior to the vote on passage in the House acting first on this 
        conference report or amendment between the Houses.''.
        (2) Determination of budgetary effects of paygo acts.--
            (A) Original legislation.--
                (i) Statement and estimate.--Prior to a vote on passage 
            of a PAYGO Act originated or amended by one House, the 
            Chairman of the Budget Committee of that House may submit 
            for printing in the Congressional Record a statement titled 
            ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' which shall 
            include an estimate of the budgetary effects of that Act, 
            if available prior to passage of the Act by that House and 
            shall submit, if applicable, an identification of any 
            current policy adjustments made pursuant to section 7 of 
            this Act. The timely submission of such a statement, in 
            conjunction with the appropriate designation made pursuant 
            to paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B), as applicable, shall 
            establish the budgetary effects of the PAYGO Act for the 
            purposes of this Act.
                (ii) Effect.--The latest statement submitted by the 
            Chairman of the Budget Committee of that House prior to 
            passage shall supersede any prior statements submitted in 
            the Congressional Record and shall be valid only if the 
            PAYGO Act is not further amended by either House.
                (iii) Failure to submit estimate.--If--

                    (I) the estimate required by clause (i) has not 
                been submitted prior to passage by that House;
                    (II) such estimate has been submitted but is no 
                longer valid due to a subsequent amendment to the PAYGO 
                Act; or
                    (III) the designation required pursuant to this 
                subsection has not been made;

            the budgetary effects of the PAYGO Act shall be determined 
            under subsection (d)(3), provided that this clause shall 
            not apply if a valid designation is subsequently included 
            in that PAYGO Act pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) and a 
            statement is submitted pursuant to subparagraph (B).
            (B) Conference reports and amendments between houses.--
                (i) In general.--Prior to the adoption of a report of a 
            committee of conference on a PAYGO Act in either House, or 
            disposition of an amendment to an amendment between Houses 
            on a PAYGO Act, the Chairmen of the Budget Committees of 
            the House and Senate may jointly submit for printing in the 
            Congressional Record a statement titled ``Budgetary Effects 
            of PAYGO Legislation'' which shall include an estimate of 
            the budgetary effects of that Act if available prior to 
            passage of the Act by the House acting first on the 
            legislation and shall submit, if applicable, an 
            identification of any current policy adjustments made 
            pursuant to section 7 of this title. The timely submission 
            of such a statement, in conjunction with the appropriate 
            designation made pursuant to paragraph (1)(C), shall 
            establish the budgetary effects of the PAYGO Act for the 
            purposes of this Act.
                (ii) Failure to submit estimate.--If such estimate has 
            not been submitted prior to the adoption of a report of a 
            committee of conference by either House, or if the 
            designation required pursuant to this subsection has not 
            been made, the budgetary effects of the PAYGO Act shall be 
            determined under subsection (d)(3).
        (3) Procedure in the senate.--In the Senate, upon submission of 
    a statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' by 
    the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee for printing in the 
    Congressional Record, the Legislative Clerk shall read the 
    statement.
        (4) Jurisdiction of the budget committees.--For the purposes of 
    enforcing section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, a 
    designation made pursuant to paragraph (1)(A), (1)(B), or (1)(C), 
    that includes only the language specifically prescribed therein, 
    shall not be considered a matter within the jurisdiction of either 
    the Senate or House Committees on the Budget.
    (b) CBO PAYGO Estimates.--
        (1) In general.--
            (A) Estimates.--Section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget 
        Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
        ``(3) CBO paygo estimates.--
            ``(A) The Chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the 
        House and Senate, as applicable, shall request from the 
        Director of the Congressional Budget Office an estimate of the 
        budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation.
            ``(B) Estimates shall be prepared using baseline estimates 
        supplied by the Congressional Budget Office, consistent with 
        section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
        Control Act of 1985.
            ``(C) The Director shall not count timing shifts, as that 
        term is defined at section 3(8) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go 
        Act of 2010, in estimates of the budgetary effects of PAYGO 
        Legislation.''.
            (B) Sideheading.--The side heading of section 308(a) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 
        ``Reports on''.
        (2) Guidelines.--Section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
    1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Scorekeeping Guidelines.--Estimates under this section shall 
be provided in accordance with the scorekeeping guidelines determined 
under section 252(d)(5) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.''.
    (c) Current Policy Adjustments for Certain Legislation.--
        (1) In general.--For any provision of legislation that meets 
    the criteria in subsection (c), (d), (e) or (f) of section 7, the 
    Chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the House and Senate, as 
    applicable, shall request that CBO adjust the estimate of budgetary 
    effects of that legislation pursuant to paragraph (2) for the 
    purposes of this title. A single piece of legislation may contain 
    provisions that meet criteria in more than one of the subsections 
    referred to in the preceding sentence. CBO shall adjust estimates 
    for legislation designated under subsection (a) and estimated under 
    subsection (b). OMB shall adjust estimates for legislation 
    estimated under subsection (d)(3).
        (2) Adjustments.--
            (A) Estimates.--CBO or OMB, as applicable, shall exclude 
        from the estimate of budgetary effects any budgetary effects of 
        a provision that meets the criteria in subsection (c), (d), (e) 
        or (f) of section 7, to the extent that those budgetary 
        effects, when combined with all other excluded budgetary 
        effects of any other previously designated provisions of 
        enacted legislation under the same subsection of section 7, do 
        not exceed the maximum applicable current policy adjustment 
        defined under the applicable subsection of section 7 for the 
        applicable 10-year period.
            (B) Baseline.--Any estimate made pursuant to subparagraph 
        (A) shall be prepared using baseline estimates supplied by the 
        Congressional Budget Office, consistent with section 257 of the 
        BBEDCA. CBO estimates of legislation adjusted for current 
        policy shall include a separate presentation of costs excluded 
        from the calculation of budgetary effects for the legislation, 
        as well as an updated total of all excluded costs of provisions 
        within subsection (c), (d), or (e) of section 7, as applicable, 
        and in the case of paragraph (1) of section 7(f), within any of 
        the subparagraphs (A) through (L) of such paragraph, as 
        applicable.
        (3) Limitation on availability of excess savings.--
            (A) Prohibition on use of excess saving for ineligible 
        policies.--To the extent the adjustment for current policy of 
        any provision estimated under this subsection exceeds the 
        estimated budgetary effects of that provision, these excess 
        savings shall not be available to offset the costs of any 
        provisions not otherwise eligible for a current policy 
        adjustment under section 7, and shall not be counted on the 
        PAYGO scorecards established pursuant to subsections (d)(4) and 
        (d)(5).
            (B) Prohibition on use of excess savings across budget 
        areas.--For provisions eligible for a current policy adjustment 
        under subsections (c) through (f) of section 7, to the extent 
        the adjustment for current policy of any provision exceeds the 
        estimated budgetary effects of that same provision, the excess 
        savings shall be available only to offset the costs of other 
        provisions that qualify for a current policy adjustment in that 
        same subsection. Each paragraph in section 7(f)(1) shall be 
        considered a separate subsection for purposes of this section.
        (4) Further guidance on estimating budgetary effects.--
    Estimates of budgetary effects under this subsection shall be 
    consistent with the guidance provided at section 7(h).
        (5) Inclusion of statement.--For PAYGO legislation adjusted 
    pursuant to section 7, the Chairman of the House or Senate Budget 
    Committee, as applicable, shall include in any statement titled 
    ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'', submitted for that 
    legislation pursuant to section 4, an explanation of the current 
    policy designation and adjustments.
    (d) OMB PAYGO Scorecards.--
        (1) In general.--OMB shall maintain and make publicly available 
    a continuously updated document containing two PAYGO scorecards 
    displaying the budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation as determined 
    under section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, applying 
    the look-back requirement in subsection (e) and the averaging 
    requirement in subsection (f), and a separate addendum displaying 
    the estimates of the costs of provisions designated in statute as 
    emergency requirements.
        (2) Estimates in legislation.--Except as provided in paragraph 
    (3), in making the calculations for the PAYGO scorecards, OMB shall 
    use the budgetary effects included by reference in the applicable 
    legislation pursuant to subsection (a).
        (3) OMB paygo estimates.--If a PAYGO Act does not contain a 
    valid reference to its budgetary effects consistent with subsection 
    (a), OMB shall estimate the budgetary effects of that legislation 
    upon its enactment. The OMB estimate shall be based on the 
    approaches to scorekeeping set forth in section 308 of the 
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended by this title, and 
    subsection (g)(4), and shall use the same economic and technical 
    assumptions as used in the most recent budget submitted by the 
    President under section 1105(a) of title 31 of the United States 
    Code.
        (4) 5-year scorecard.--The first scorecard shall display the 
    budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation in each year over the 5-year 
    period beginning in the budget year.
        (5) 10-year scorecard.--The second scorecard shall display the 
    budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation in each year over the 10-
    year period beginning in the budget year.
        (6) Community living assistance services and supports act.--
    Neither scorecard maintained by OMB pursuant to this subsection 
    shall include net savings from any provisions of legislation titled 
    ``Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act'', which 
    establishes a Federal insurance program for long-term care, if such 
    legislation is enacted into law, or amended, subsequent to the date 
    of enactment of this title.
    (e) Look-back To Capture Current-year Effects.--For purposes of 
this section, OMB shall treat the budgetary effects of PAYGO 
legislation enacted during a session of Congress that occur during the 
current year as though they occurred in the budget year.
    (f) Averaging Used To Measure Compliance Over 5-year and 10-year 
Periods.--OMB shall cumulate the budgetary effects of a PAYGO Act over 
the budget year (which includes any look-back effects under subsection 
(e)) and--
        (1) for purposes of the 5-year scorecard referred to in 
    subsection (d)(4), the four subsequent outyears, divide that 
    cumulative total by five, and enter the quotient in the budget-year 
    column and in each subsequent column of the 5-year PAYGO scorecard; 
    and
        (2) for purposes of the 10-year scorecard referred to in 
    subsection (d)(5), the nine subsequent outyears, divide that 
    cumulative total by ten, and enter the quotient in the budget-year 
    column and in each subsequent column of the 10-year PAYGO 
    scorecard.
    (g) Emergency Legislation.--
        (1) Designation in statute.--If a provision of direct spending 
    or revenue legislation in a PAYGO Act is enacted as an emergency 
    requirement that the Congress so designates in statute pursuant to 
    this section, the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and 
    revenue in all fiscal years resulting from that provision shall be 
    treated as an emergency requirement for the purposes of this Act.
        (2) Designation in the house of representatives.--If a PAYGO 
    Act includes a provision expressly designated as an emergency for 
    the purposes of this title, the Chair shall put the question of 
    consideration with respect thereto.
        (3) Point of order in the senate.--
            (A) In general.--When the Senate is considering a PAYGO 
        Act, if a point of order is made by a Senator against an 
        emergency designation in that measure, that provision making 
        such a designation shall be stricken from the measure and may 
        not be offered as an amendment from the floor.
            (B) Supermajority waiver and appeals.--
                (i) Waiver.--Subparagraph (A) may be waived or 
            suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of 
            three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
                (ii) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions 
            of the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection 
            shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, 
            and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the 
            bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An 
            affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the 
            Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 
            an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 
            raised under this subsection.
            (C) Definition of an emergency designation.--For purposes 
        of subparagraph (A), a provision shall be considered an 
        emergency designation if it designates any item as an emergency 
        requirement pursuant to this subsection.
            (D) Form of the point of order.--A point of order under 
        subparagraph (A) may be raised by a Senator as provided in 
        section 313 (e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
            (E) Conference reports.--When the Senate is considering a 
        conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in 
        relation to, a PAYGO Act, upon a point of order being made by 
        any Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order 
        being sustained, such material contained in such conference 
        report shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed 
        to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede 
        from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or 
        concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the 
        case may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that 
        portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the 
        case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate 
        shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order is 
        sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 
        derived from such conference report by operation of this 
        subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.
        (4) Effect of designation on scoring.--If a provision is 
    designated as an emergency requirement under this Act, CBO or OMB, 
    as applicable, shall not include the budgetary effects of such a 
    provision in its estimate of the budgetary effects of that PAYGO 
    legislation.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT AND SEQUESTRATION ORDER.

    (a) Annual Report.--Not later than 14 days (excluding weekends and 
holidays) after Congress adjourns to end a session, OMB shall make 
publicly available and cause to be printed in the Federal Register an 
annual PAYGO report. The report shall include an up-to-date document 
containing the PAYGO scorecards, a description of any current policy 
adjustments made under section 4(c), information about emergency 
legislation (if any) designated under section 4(g), information about 
any sequestration if required by subsection (b), and other data and 
explanations that enhance public understanding of this title and 
actions taken under it.
    (b) Sequestration Order.--If the annual report issued at the end of 
a session of Congress under subsection (a) shows a debit on either 
PAYGO scorecard for the budget year, OMB shall prepare and the 
President shall issue and include in that report a sequestration order 
that, upon issuance, shall reduce budgetary resources of direct 
spending programs by enough to offset that debit as prescribed in 
section 6. If there is a debit on both scorecards, the order shall 
fully offset the larger of the two debits. OMB shall transmit the order 
and the report to the House of Representatives and the Senate. If the 
President issues a sequestration order, the annual report shall 
contain, for each budget account to be sequestered, estimates of the 
baseline level of budgetary resources subject to sequestration, the 
amount of budgetary resources to be sequestered, and the outlay 
reductions that will occur in the budget year and the subsequent fiscal 
year because of that sequestration.

SEC. 6. CALCULATING A SEQUESTRATION.

    (a) Reducing Nonexempt Budgetary Resources by a Uniform 
Percentage.--
        (1) In general.--OMB shall calculate the uniform percentage by 
    which the budgetary resources of nonexempt direct spending programs 
    are to be sequestered such that the outlay savings resulting from 
    that sequestration, as calculated under subsection (b), shall 
    offset the budget-year debit, if any, on the applicable PAYGO 
    scorecard. If the uniform percentage calculated under the prior 
    sentence exceeds 4 percent, the Medicare programs described in 
    section 256(d) of BBEDCA shall be reduced by 4 percent and the 
    uniform percentage by which the budgetary resources of all other 
    nonexempt direct spending programs are to be sequestered shall be 
    increased, as necessary, so that the sequestration of Medicare and 
    of all other nonexempt direct spending programs together produce 
    the required outlay savings.
        (2) Programs and activities in unified budget only.--Subject to 
    the exemptions set forth in section 11, OMB shall determine the 
    uniform percentage required under paragraph (1) with respect to 
    programs and activities contained in the unified budget only.
    (b) Outlay Savings.--In determining the amount by which a 
sequestration offsets a budget-year debit, OMB shall count--
        (1) the amount by which the sequestration in a crop year of 
    crop support payments, pursuant to section 256(j) of BBEDCA, 
    reduces outlays in the budget year and the subsequent fiscal year;
        (2) the amount by which the sequestration of Medicare payments 
    in the 12-month period following the sequestration order, pursuant 
    to section 256(d) of BBEDCA, reduces outlays in the budget year and 
    the subsequent fiscal year; and
        (3) the amount by which the sequestration in the budget year of 
    the budgetary resources of other nonexempt mandatory programs 
    reduces outlays in the budget year and in the subsequent fiscal 
    year.

SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT FOR CURRENT POLICIES.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide for 
adjustments of estimates of budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation for 
legislation affecting 4 areas of the budget--
        (1) payments made under section 1848 of the Social Security Act 
    (referred to in this section as ``Payment for Physicians' 
    Services'');
        (2) the Estate and Gift Tax under subtitle B of the Internal 
    Revenue Code of 1986;
        (3) the AMT; and
        (4) provisions of EGTRRA or JGTRRA that amended the Internal 
    Revenue Code of 1986 (or provisions in later statutes further 
    amending the amendments made by EGTRRA or JGTRRA), other than--
            (A) the provisions of those 2 Acts that were made permanent 
        by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-280);
            (B) amendments to the Estate and Gift Tax referred to in 
        paragraph (2);
            (C) the AMT referred to in paragraph (3); and
            (D) the income tax rates on ordinary income that apply to 
        individuals with adjusted gross incomes greater than $200,000 
        for a single filer and $250,000 for joint filers.
    (b) Duration.--This section shall remain in effect through December 
31, 2011.
    (c) Medicare Payments to Physicians.--
        (1) Criteria.--Legislation that includes provisions amending or 
    superseding the system for updating payments under subsections (d) 
    and (f) of section 1848 of the Social Security Act shall trigger 
    the current policy adjustment required by this title.
        (2) Adjustment.--The amount of the maximum current policy 
    adjustment shall be the difference between--
            (A) estimated net outlays attributable to the payment rates 
        and related parameters in accordance with subsections (d) and 
        (f) of section 1848 of the Social Security Act (as scheduled on 
        December 31, 2009, to be in effect); and
            (B) what those net outlays would have been if--
                (i) the nominal payment rates and related parameters in 
            effect for 2009 had been in effect through December 31, 
            2014, without change; and
                (ii) thereafter, the nominal payment rates and related 
            parameters described in subparagraph (A) had applied and 
            the assumption described in clause (i) had never applied.
        (3) Limitation.--If the provisions in the legislation that 
    cause it to meet the criteria in paragraph (1) cover a time period 
    that ends before December 31, 2014, subject to the maximum 
    adjustment provided for under paragraph (2), the amount of each 
    current policy adjustment made pursuant to this section shall be 
    limited to the difference between--
            (A) estimated net outlays attributable to the payment rates 
        and related parameters specified in that section of the Social 
        Security Act (as scheduled on December 31, 2009, to be in 
        effect for the period of time covered by the relevant 
        provisions of the eligible legislation); and
            (B) what those net outlays would have been if the nominal 
        payment rates and related parameters in effect for 2009 had 
        been in effect, without change, for the same period of time 
        covered by the relevant provisions of the eligible legislation 
        as under subparagraph (A).
    (d) Estate and Gift Tax.--
        (1) Criteria.--Legislation that includes provisions amending 
    the Estate and Gift Tax under subtitle B of the Internal Revenue 
    Code of 1986 shall trigger the current policy adjustment required 
    by this title.
        (2) Adjustment.--The amount of the maximum current policy 
    adjustment shall be the difference between--
            (A) total revenues projected to be collected under the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as scheduled on December 31, 
        2009, to be in effect); and
            (B) what those revenue collections would have been if, on 
        the date of enactment of the legislation meeting the criteria 
        in paragraph (1), estate and gift tax law had instead been 
        amended so that the tax rates, nominal exemption amounts, and 
        related parameters in effect for tax year 2009 had remained in 
        effect through December 31, 2011, with nominal exemption 
        amounts indexed for inflation after 2009 consistent with 
        subsection (g).
        (3) Limitation.--If the provisions in the legislation that 
    cause it to meet the criteria in paragraph (1) cover a time period 
    that ends before December 31, 2011, subject to the maximum 
    adjustment provided for under paragraph (2), the amount of each 
    current policy adjustment made pursuant to this section shall be 
    limited to the difference between--
            (A) total revenues projected to be collected under the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as scheduled on December 31, 
        2009, to be in effect for the period of time covered by the 
        relevant provisions of the eligible legislation); and
            (B) what those revenues would have been if the estate and 
        gift tax law rates, nominal exemption amounts, and related 
        parameters in effect for 2009, with nominal exemption amounts 
        indexed for inflation after 2009 consistent with subsection 
        (g), had been in effect for the same period of time covered by 
        the relevant provisions of the eligible legislation as under 
        subparagraph (A).
        (4) Duration of policy adjustment.--Adjustments made pursuant 
    to this subsection are available for policies affecting the estate 
    and gift tax through only December 31, 2011. Any adjustments shall 
    include budgetary effects in all years from these policy changes.
    (e) AMT Relief.--
        (1) Criteria.--Legislation that includes provisions extending 
    AMT relief shall trigger the current policy adjustment required by 
    this title.
        (2) Adjustment.--The amount of the maximum current policy 
    adjustment shall be the difference between--
            (A) total revenues projected to be collected under the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as scheduled on December 31, 
        2009, to be in effect); and
            (B) what those revenue collections would have been if, on 
        the date of enactment of legislation meeting the criteria in 
        paragraph (1), AMT law had instead been amended by making 
        commensurate adjustments in the exemption amounts for joint and 
        single filers in such a manner that the number of taxpayers 
        with AMT liability or lost credits that occur as a result of 
        the AMT would not be estimated to exceed the number of 
        taxpayers affected by the AMT in tax year 2008 in any year for 
        which relief is provided, through December 31, 2011.
        (3) Limitation.--If the provisions in the legislation that 
    cause it to meet the criteria in paragraph (1) cover a time period 
    that ends before December 31, 2011, subject to the maximum 
    adjustment provided for under paragraph (2), the amount of each 
    current policy adjustment made pursuant to this section shall be 
    limited to the difference between--
            (A) total revenues projected to be collected under the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as scheduled on December 31, 
        2009, to be in effect for the period of time covered by the 
        relevant provisions of the eligible legislation); and
            (B) what those revenues would have been if, on the date of 
        enactment of legislation meeting the criteria in paragraph (1), 
        AMT law had instead been amended by making commensurate 
        adjustments in the exemption amounts for joint and single 
        filers in such a manner that the number of taxpayers with AMT 
        liability or lost credits that occur as a result of the AMT 
        would not be estimated to exceed the number of AMT taxpayers in 
        tax year 2008 for the same period of time covered by the 
        relevant provisions of the eligible legislation as under 
        subparagraph (A).
        (4) Duration of policy adjustment.--Adjustments made pursuant 
    to this subsection are available for policies affecting the AMT 
    through only December 31, 2011. Any adjustments shall include 
    budgetary effects in all years from these policy changes.
    (f) Permanent Extension of Middle-class Tax Cuts.--
        (1) Criteria.--Legislation that includes provisions extending 
    middle-class tax cuts shall trigger the current policy adjustment 
    required by this title if those provisions extend 1 or more of the 
    following provisions:
            (A) The 10 percent bracket as in effect for tax year 2010, 
        as provided for under section 101(a) of EGTRRA and any later 
        amendments through December 31, 2009.
            (B) The child tax credit as in effect for tax year 2010, as 
        provided for under section 201 of EGTRRA and any later 
        amendments through December 31, 2009.
            (C) Tax benefits for married couples as in effect for tax 
        year 2010, as provided for under title III of EGTRRA and any 
        later amendments through December 31, 2009.
            (D) The adoption credit as in effect in tax year 2010, as 
        provided for under section 202 of EGTRRA and any later 
        amendments through December 31, 2009.
            (E) The dependent care credit as in effect in tax year 
        2010, as provided for under section 204 of EGTRRA and any later 
        amendments through December 31, 2009.
            (F) The employer-provided child care credit as in effect in 
        tax year 2010, as provided for under section 205 of EGTRRA and 
        any later amendments through December 31, 2009.
            (G) The education tax benefits as in effect in tax year 
        2010, as provided for under title IV of EGTRRA and any later 
        amendments through December 31, 2009.
            (H) The 25 and 28 percent brackets as in effect for tax 
        year 2010, as provided for under section 101(a) of EGTRRA and 
        any later amendments through December 31, 2009.
            (I) The 33 percent bracket as in effect for tax year 2010, 
        as provided for under section 101(a) of EGTRRA and any later 
        amendment through December 31, 2009, affecting taxpayers with 
        adjusted gross income of $200,000 or less for single filers and 
        $250,000 or less for joint filers in tax year 2010, with these 
        income levels indexed for inflation in each subsequent year 
        consistent with subsection (g).
            (J) The rates on income derived from capital gains and 
        qualified dividends as in effect for tax year 2010, as provided 
        for under sections 301 and 302 of JGTRRA and any later 
        amendment through December 31, 2009, affecting taxpayers with 
        adjusted gross income of $200,000 or less for single filers and 
        $250,000 for joint filers with these income levels indexed for 
        inflation in each subsequent year consistent with subsection 
        (g).
            (K) The phaseout of personal exemptions and the overall 
        limitation on itemized deductions as in effect for tax year 
        2010, as provided for under sections 102 and 103 of EGTRRA of 
        2001, respectively, and any later amendment through December 
        31, 2009, affecting taxpayer with adjusted gross income of 
        $200,000 or less for single filers and $250,000 for joint 
        filers, with these income levels indexed for inflation in each 
        subsequent year consistent with subsection (g).
            (L) The increase in the limitations on expensing 
        depreciable business assets for small businesses under section 
        179(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as in effect in tax 
        year 2010, as provided under section 202 of JGTRRA and any 
        later amendment through December 31, 2009.
        (2) Adjustment.--The amount of the maximum current policy 
    adjustment shall be the difference between--
            (A) total revenues projected to be collected and outlays to 
        be paid under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as scheduled 
        on December 31, 2009, to be in effect); and
            (B) what those revenue collections and outlay payments 
        would have been if, on the date of enactment of legislation 
        meeting the criteria in paragraph (1), the provisions 
        identified in paragraph (1) were made permanent.
        (3) Limitation.--If the provisions in the legislation that 
    cause it to meet the criteria in paragraph (1) are not permanent, 
    subject to the maximum adjustment provided for under paragraph (2), 
    the amount of each current policy adjustment made pursuant to this 
    section shall be limited to the difference between--
            (A) total revenues projected to be collected and outlays to 
        be paid under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as scheduled 
        on December 31, 2009, to be in effect for the period of time 
        covered by the relevant provisions of the eligible 
        legislation); and
            (B) what those revenue collections and outlay payments 
        would have been if, on the date of enactment of legislation 
        meeting the criteria in paragraph (1), the provisions 
        identified in paragraph (1) had been in effect, without change, 
        for the same period of time covered by the relevant provisions 
        of the eligible legislation as under subparagraph (A).
    (g) Indexing for Inflation.--Indexed amounts are assumed to 
increase in each year by an amount equal to the cost-of-living 
adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, 
determined by substituting ``calendar year 2008'' for ``calendar year 
1992'' in subparagraph (B) of such section.
    (h) Guidance on Estimates and Current Policy Adjustments.--
        (1) Middle class tax cuts.--For purposes of estimates made 
    pursuant to subsection (f)--
            (A) each of the income tax provisions shall be estimated as 
        though the AMT had remained at current law as scheduled on 
        December 31, 2009 to be in effect; and
            (B) if more than 1 of the income tax provisions is included 
        in a single piece of legislation, those provisions shall be 
        estimated in the order in which they appear.
        (2) AMT.--For purposes of estimates made pursuant to subsection 
    (e), changes to the AMT shall be estimated as if, on the date of 
    enactment of legislation meeting the criteria in subsection (e)(1), 
    all of the income tax provisions identified in subsection (f)(1) 
    were made permanent.

SEC. 8. APPLICATION OF BBEDCA.

    For purposes of this title--
        (1) notwithstanding section 275 of BBEDCA, the provisions of 
    sections 255, 256, 257, and 274 of BBEDCA, as amended by this 
    title, shall apply to the provisions of this title;
        (2) references in sections 255, 256, 257, and 274 to ``this 
    part'' or ``this title'' shall be interpreted as applying to this 
    title;
        (3) references in sections 255, 256, 257, and 274 of BBEDCA to 
    ``section 254'' shall be interpreted as referencing section 5 of 
    this title;
        (4) the reference in section 256(b) of BBEDCA to ``section 252 
    or 253'' shall be interpreted as referencing section 5 of this 
    title;
        (5) the reference in section 256(d)(1) of BBEDCA to ``section 
    252 or 253'' shall be interpreted as referencing section 6 of this 
    title;
        (6) the reference in section 256(d)(4) of BBEDCA to ``section 
    252 or 253'' shall be interpreted as referencing section 5 of this 
    title;
        (7) section 256(k) of BBEDCA shall apply to a sequestration, if 
    any, under this title; and
        (8) references in section 257(e) of BBEDCA to ``section 251, 
    252, or 253'' shall be interpreted as referencing section 4 of this 
    title.

SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    (a) Section 250(c)(18) of BBEDCA is amended by striking ``the 
expenses the Federal deposit insurance agencies'' and inserting ``the 
expenses of the Federal deposit insurance agencies''.
    (b) Section 256(k)(1) of BBEDCA is amended by striking ``in 
paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``in paragraph (6)''.

SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Section 256(a) of BBEDCA is repealed.
    (b) Section 256(b) of BBEDCA is amended by striking ``origination 
fees under sections 438(c)(2) and 455(c) of that Act shall each be 
increased by 0.50 percentage point.'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``origination fees under sections 438(c)(2) and (6) and 455(c) and loan 
processing and issuance fees under section 428(f)(1)(A)(ii) of that Act 
shall each be increased by the uniform percentage specified in that 
sequestration order, and, for student loans originated during the 
period of the sequestration, special allowance payments under section 
438(b) of that Act accruing during the period of the sequestration 
shall be reduced by the uniform percentage specified in that 
sequestration order.''.
    (c) Section 256(c) of BBEDCA is repealed.
    (d) Section 256(d) of BBEDCA is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs 
    (3), (5), and (6);
        (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
        ``(1) Calculation of reduction in payment amounts.--To achieve 
    the total percentage reduction in those programs required by 
    section 252 or 253, subject to paragraph (2), and notwithstanding 
    section 710 of the Social Security Act, OMB shall determine, and 
    the applicable Presidential order under section 254 shall 
    implement, the percentage reduction that shall apply, with respect 
    to the health insurance programs under title XVIII of the Social 
    Security Act--
            ``(A) in the case of parts A and B of such title, to 
        individual payments for services furnished during the one-year 
        period beginning on the first day of the first month beginning 
        after the date the order is issued (or, if later, the date 
        specified in paragraph (4)); and
            ``(B) in the case of parts C and D, to monthly payments 
        under contracts under such parts for the same one-year period;
    such that the reduction made in payments under that order shall 
    achieve the required total percentage reduction in those payments 
    for that period.''.
        (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
        ``(2) Uniform reduction rate; maximum permissible reduction.--
    Reductions in payments for programs and activities under such title 
    XVIII pursuant to a sequestration order under section 254 shall be 
    at a uniform rate, which shall not exceed 4 percent, across all 
    such programs and activities subject to such order.'';
        (4) by inserting after paragraph (3), as redesignated, the 
    following:
        ``(4) Timing of subsequent sequestration order.--A 
    sequestration order required by section 252 or 253 with respect to 
    programs under such title XVIII shall not take effect until the 
    first month beginning after the end of the effective period of any 
    prior sequestration order with respect to such programs, as 
    determined in accordance with paragraph (1).'';
        (5) in paragraph (6), as redesignated, to read as follows:
        ``(6) Sequestration disregarded in computing payment amounts.--
    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not take into 
    account any reductions in payment amounts which have been or may be 
    effected under this part, for purposes of computing any adjustments 
    to payment rates under such title XVIII, specifically including--
            ``(A) the part C growth percentage under section 
        1853(c)(6);
            ``(B) the part D annual growth rate under section 1860D-
        2(b)(6); and
            ``(C) application of risk corridors to part D payment rates 
        under section 1860D-15(e).''; and
        (6) by adding after paragraph (6), as redesignated, the 
    following:
        ``(7) Exemptions from sequestration.--In addition to the 
    programs and activities specified in section 255, the following 
    shall be exempt from sequestration under this part:
            ``(A) Part d low-income subsidies.--Premium and cost-
        sharing subsidies under section 1860D-14 of the Social Security 
        Act.
            ``(B) Part d catastrophic subsidy.--Payments under section 
        1860D-15(b) and (e)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act.
            ``(C) Qualified individual (qi) premiums.--Payments to 
        States for coverage of Medicare cost-sharing for certain low-
        income Medicare beneficiaries under section 1933 of the Social 
        Security Act.''.

SEC. 11. EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Designations.--Section 255 of BBEDCA is amended by 
redesignating subsection (i) as (j) and striking ``1998'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``2010''.
    (b) Social Security, Veterans Programs, Net Interest, and Tax 
Credits.--Subsections (a) through (d) of section 255 of BBEDCA are 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Social Security Benefits and Tier I Railroad Retirement 
Benefits.--Benefits payable under the old-age, survivors, and 
disability insurance program established under title II of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and benefits payable under 
section 231b(a), 231b(f)(2), 231c(a), and 231c(f) of title 45 United 
States Code, shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued 
under this part.
    ``(b) Veterans Programs.--The following programs shall be exempt 
from reduction under any order issued under this part:
        ``All programs administered by the Department of Veterans 
    Affairs.
        ``Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans (28-0401-
    0-1-701).
    ``(c) Net Interest.--No reduction of payments for net interest (all 
of major functional category 900) shall be made under any order issued 
under this part.
    ``(d) Refundable Income Tax Credits.--Payments to individuals made 
pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
establishing refundable tax credits shall be exempt from reduction 
under any order issued under this part.''.
    (c) Other Programs and Activities, Low-income Programs, and 
Economic Recovery Programs.--Subsections (g) and (h) of section 255 of 
BBEDCA are amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Other Programs and Activities.--
        ``(1)(A) The following budget accounts and activities shall be 
    exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part:
            ``Activities resulting from private donations, bequests, or 
        voluntary contributions to the Government.
            ``Activities financed by voluntary payments to the 
        Government for goods or services to be provided for such 
        payments.
            ``Administration of Territories, Northern Mariana Islands 
        Covenant grants (14-0412-0-1-808).
            ``Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds 
        (16-0327-0-1-600).
            ``Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Refinancing (16-0329-0-
        1-601).
            ``Bonneville Power Administration Fund and borrowing 
        authority established pursuant to section 13 of Public Law 93-
        454 (1974), as amended (89-4045-0-3-271).
            ``Claims, Judgments, and Relief Acts (20-1895-0-1-808).
            ``Compact of Free Association (14-0415-0-1-808).
            ``Compensation of the President (11-0209-01-1-802).
            ``Comptroller of the Currency, Assessment Funds (20-8413-0-
        8-373).
            ``Continuing Fund, Southeastern Power Administration (89-
        5653-0-2-271).
            ``Continuing Fund, Southwestern Power Administration (89-
        5649-0-2-271).
            ``Dual Benefits Payments Account (60-0111-0-1-601).
            ``Emergency Fund, Western Area Power Administration (89-
        5069-0-2-271).
            ``Exchange Stabilization Fund (20-4444-0-3-155).
            ``Farm Credit Administration Operating Expenses Fund (78-
        4131-0-3-351).
            ``Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, Farm Credit 
        Insurance Fund (78-4171-0-3-351).
            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Deposit Insurance 
        Fund (51-4596-0-4-373).
            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FSLIC Resolution 
        Fund (51-4065-0-3-373).
            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Noninterest 
        Bearing Transaction Account Guarantee (51-4458-0-3-373).
            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Senior Unsecured 
        Debt Guarantee (51-4457-0-3-373).
            ``Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).
            ``Federal Housing Finance Agency, Administrative Expenses 
        (95-5532-0-2-371).
            ``Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae).
            ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Judicial 
        Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund (20-1713-0-1-752).
            ``Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Pension Fund 
        (20-1714-0-1-601).
            ``Federal Payments to the Railroad Retirement Accounts (60-
        0113-0-1-601).
            ``Federal Reserve Bank Reimbursement Fund (20-1884-0-1-
        803).
            ``Financial Agent Services (20-1802-0-1-803).
            ``Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund (11-8242-0-7-155).
            ``Hazardous Waste Management, Conservation Reserve Program 
        (12-4336-0-3-999).
            ``Host Nation Support Fund for Relocation (97-8337-0-7-
        051).
            ``Internal Revenue Collections for Puerto Rico (20-5737-0-
        2-806).
            ``Intragovernmental funds, including those from which the 
        outlays are derived primarily from resources paid in from other 
        government accounts, except to the extent such funds are 
        augmented by direct appropriations for the fiscal year during 
        which an order is in effect.
            ``Medical Facilities Guarantee and Loan Fund (75-9931-0-3-
        551).
            ``National Credit Union Administration, Central Liquidity 
        Facility (25-4470-0-3-373).
            ``National Credit Union Administration, Corporate Credit 
        Union Share Guarantee Program (25-4476-0-3-376).
            ``National Credit Union Administration, Credit Union 
        Homeowners Affordability Relief Program (25-4473-0-3-371).
            ``National Credit Union Administration, Credit Union Share 
        Insurance Fund (25-4468-0-3-373).
            ``National Credit Union Administration, Credit Union System 
        Investment Program (25-4474-0-3-376).
            ``National Credit Union Administration, Operating fund (25-
        4056-0-3-373).
            ``National Credit Union Administration, Share Insurance 
        Fund Corporate Debt Guarantee Program (25-4469-0-3-376).
            ``National Credit Union Administration, U.S. Central 
        Federal Credit Union Capital Program (25-4475-0-3-376).
            ``Office of Thrift Supervision (20-4108-0-3-373).
            ``Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund (16-5155-0-2-
        602).
            ``Payment of Vietnam and USS Pueblo prisoner-of-war claims 
        within the Salaries and Expenses, Foreign Claims Settlement 
        account (15-0100-0-1-153).
            ``Payment to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
        (24-0200-0-1-805).
            ``Payment to Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible 
        Retiree Health Care Fund (97-0850-0-1-054).
            ``Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds (10-0941-0-1-752).
            ``Payment to Military Retirement Fund (97-0040-0-1-054).
            ``Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
        Fund (19-0540-0-1-153).
            ``Payments to Copyright Owners (03-5175-0-2-376).
            ``Payments to Health Care Trust Funds (75-0580-0-1-571).
            ``Payment to Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund 
        (15-0333-0-1-054).
            ``Payments to Social Security Trust Funds (28-0404-0-1-
        651).
            ``Payments to the United States Territories, Fiscal 
        Assistance (14-0418-0-1-806).
            ``Payments to trust funds from excise taxes or other 
        receipts properly creditable to such trust funds.
            ``Payments to widows and heirs of deceased Members of 
        Congress (00-0215-0-1-801).
            ``Postal Service Fund (18-4020-0-3-372).
            ``Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund (15-8116-0-1-
        054).
            ``Reimbursement to Federal Reserve Banks (20-0562-0-1-803).
            ``Salaries of Article III judges.
            ``Soldiers and Airmen's Home, payment of claims (84-8930-0-
        7-705).
            ``Tennessee Valley Authority Fund, except nonpower programs 
        and activities (64-4110-0-3-999).
            ``Tribal and Indian trust accounts within the Department of 
        the Interior which fund prior legal obligations of the 
        Government or which are established pursuant to Acts of 
        Congress regarding Federal management of tribal real property 
        or other fiduciary responsibilities, including but not limited 
        to Tribal Special Fund (14-5265-0-2-452), Tribal Trust Fund 
        (14-8030-0-7-452), White Earth Settlement (14-2204-0-1-452), 
        and Indian Water Rights and Habitat Acquisition (14-5505-0-2-
        303).
            ``United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan (95-
        8260-0-7-551).
            ``United Mine Workers of America 1993 Benefit Plan (95-
        8535-0-7-551).
            ``United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund (95-
        8295-0-7-551).
            ``United States Enrichment Corporation Fund (95-4054-0-3-
        271).
            ``Universal Service Fund (27-5183-0-2-376).
            ``Vaccine Injury Compensation (75-0320-0-1-551).
            ``Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund (20-8175-
        0-7-551).
        ``(B) The following Federal retirement and disability accounts 
    and activities shall be exempt from reduction under any order 
    issued under this part:
            ``Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (20-8144-0-7-601).
            ``Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
        System Fund (56-3400-0-1-054).
            ``Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (24-8135-0-
        7-602).
            ``Comptrollers general retirement system (05-0107-0-1-801).
            ``Contributions to U.S. Park Police annuity benefits, Other 
        Permanent Appropriations (14-9924-0-2-303).
            ``Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Retirement Fund (95-
        8290-0-7-705).
            ``Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health 
        Care Fund (97-5472-0-2-551).
            ``District of Columbia Federal Pension Fund (20-5511-0-2-
        601).
            ``District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors 
        Annuity Fund (20-8212-0-7-602).
            ``Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund 
        (16-1523-0-1-053).
            ``Foreign National Employees Separation Pay (97-8165-0-7-
        051).
            ``Foreign Service National Defined Contributions Retirement 
        Fund (19-5497-0-2-602).
            ``Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund 
        (19-8340-0-7-602).
            ``Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund (19-8186-
        0-7-602).
            ``Government Payment for Annuitants, Employees Health 
        Benefits (24-0206-0-1-551).
            ``Government Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life 
        Insurance (24-0500-0-1-602).
            ``Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund (10-8122-0-7-602).
            ``Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund (10-8110-0-7-602).
            ``Military Retirement Fund (97-8097-0-7-602).
            ``National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust (60-8118-0-
        7-601).
            ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
        retirement (13-1450-0-1-306).
            ``Pensions for former Presidents (47-0105-0-1-802).
            ``Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (24-5391-0-2-
        551).
            ``Public Safety Officer Benefits (15-0403-0-1-754).
            ``Rail Industry Pension Fund (60-8011-0-7-601).
            ``Retired Pay, Coast Guard (70-0602-0-1-403).
            ``Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned 
        Officers, Public Health Service (75-0379-0-1-551).
            ``Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners (16-0169-0-1-
        601).
            ``Special Benefits, Federal Employees' Compensation Act 
        (16-1521-0-1-600).
            ``Special Workers Compensation Expenses (16-9971-0-7-601).
            ``Tax Court Judges Survivors Annuity Fund (23-8115-0-7-
        602).
            ``United States Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement 
        Fund (10-8124-0-7-602).
            ``United States Secret Service, DC Annuity (70-0400-0-1-
        751).
            ``Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund (97-8335-0-7-051).
        ``(2) Prior legal obligations of the Government in the 
    following budget accounts and activities shall be exempt from any 
    order issued under this part:
            ``Biomass Energy Development (20-0114-0-1-271).
            ``Check Forgery Insurance Fund (20-4109-0-3-803).
            ``Credit liquidating accounts.
            ``Credit reestimates.
            ``Employees Life Insurance Fund (24-8424-0-8-602).
            ``Federal Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund (69-4120-0-3-
        402).
            ``Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund (12-4085-0-3-
        351).
            ``Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Flood 
        Insurance Fund (58-4236-0-3-453).
            ``Geothermal resources development fund (89-0206-0-1-271).
            ``Low-Rent Public Housing--Loans and Other Expenses (86-
        4098-0-3-604).
            ``Maritime Administration, War Risk Insurance Revolving 
        Fund (69-4302-0-3-403).
            ``Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund (14-1618-0-1-
        302).
            ``Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Noncredit 
        Account (71-4184-0-3-151).
            ``Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fund (16-4204-0-3-
        601).
            ``San Joaquin Restoration Fund (14-5537-0-2-301).
            ``Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Fund (36-4009-0-3-
        701).
            ``Terrorism Insurance Program (20-0123-0-1-376).
    ``(h) Low-income Programs.--The following programs shall be exempt 
from reduction under any order issued under this part:
        ``Academic Competitiveness/Smart Grant Program (91-0205-0-1-
    502).
        ``Child Care Entitlement to States (75-1550-0-1-609).
        ``Child Enrollment Contingency Fund (75-5551-0-2-551).
        ``Child Nutrition Programs (with the exception of special milk 
    programs) (12-3539-0-1-605).
        ``Children's Health Insurance Fund (75-0515-0-1-551).
        ``Commodity Supplemental Food Program (12-3507-0-1-605).
        ``Contingency Fund (75-1522-0-1-609).
        ``Family Support Programs (75-1501-0-1-609).
        ``Federal Pell Grants under section 401 Title IV of the Higher 
    Education Act.
        ``Grants to States for Medicaid (75-0512-0-1-551).
        ``Payments for Foster Care and Permanency (75-1545-0-1-609).
        ``Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (12-3505-0-1-605).
        ``Supplemental Security Income Program (28-0406-0-1-609).
        ``Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (75-1552-0-1-609).''.
    (d) Additional Excluded Programs.--Section 255 of BBEDCA is amended 
by adding the following after subsection (h):
    ``(i) Economic Recovery Programs.--The following programs shall be 
exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part:
        ``GSE Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements (20-0125-0-1-371).
        ``Office of Financial Stability (20-0128-0-1-376).
        ``Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief 
    Program (20-0133-0-1-376).
    ``(j) Split Treatment Programs.--Each of the following programs 
shall be exempt from any order under this part to the extent that the 
budgetary resources of such programs are subject to obligation 
limitations in appropriations bills:
    ``Federal-Aid Highways (69-8083-0-7-401).
    ``Highway Traffic Safety Grants (69-8020-0-7-401).
    ``Operations and Research NHTSA and National Driver Register (69-
8016-0-7-401).
    ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs (69-8159-0-7-401).
    ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants (69-8158-0-7-401).
    ``Formula and Bus Grants (69-8350-0-7-401).
    ``Grants-In-Aid for Airports (69-8106-0-7-402).''.

SEC. 12. DETERMINATIONS AND POINTS OF ORDER.

    Nothing in this title shall be construed as limiting the authority 
of the chairmen of the Committees on the Budget of the House and Senate 
under section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. CBO may 
consult with the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees to 
resolve any ambiguities in this title.

SEC. 13. LIMITATION ON CHANGES TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    (a) Limitation on Changes to the Social Security Act.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall not be in order in 
the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill or 
resolution pursuant to any expedited procedure to consider the 
recommendations of a Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action or other 
commission that contains recommendations with respect to the old-age, 
survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II 
of the Social Security Act, or the taxes received under subchapter A of 
chapter 9; the taxes imposed by subchapter E of chapter 1; and the 
taxes collected under section 86 of part II of subchapter B of chapter 
1 of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (b) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate 
only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 
chosen and sworn.
    (c) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of 
the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to 
sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 
under this section.

       TITLE II--ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE AND WASTEFUL SPENDING

SEC. 21. IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE 
              GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

    The Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office 
shall conduct routine investigations to identify programs, agencies, 
offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities within 
Departments and governmentwide and report annually to Congress on the 
findings, including the cost of such duplication and with 
recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication 
identifying specific rescissions.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.