1.This Act may be cited as the
Common Sense Budgeting
Act
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Discretionary
spending limits</header>
<section id="HCFF0D20343944F9EB8CB499608C4BAFD"><enum>101.</enum><header>Discretionary
spending limits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting at the end the
following:</text>
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<section id="H81D11A7195384C43B735CF4929EFC5F6"><enum>316.</enum><header>Discretionary spending limits</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE10B397963BA492E819C63F679889796"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Discretionary
spending limits</header><text>It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that includes any provision that would cause
the discretionary spending limits as set forth in subsection (b) to be
exceeded.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4FF5172E3A74476492BDE4B460AFDC45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limits</header><text>The
discretionary spending limits are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="id81647B65EA6C4564A07C02A2579987F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2010—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB00D223FDE9346E5B6D2F0343B4D5035"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for defense,
$556,128,000,000 in budget authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51C76917E46D4E18B8779E412C03F606"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for nondefense,
$670,108,000,000 in budget authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6EDB40EF1FBB4A918058EFEBB6CF5821"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2011—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA326AD38AEC24F4BB2D40B5460A86C7D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for defense,
$564,293,000,000 in budget authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC16C188E4014DC3B2D2EDE10A30139A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for nondefense,
$593,769,000,000 in budget authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7F59A64A0B3A4F8498ADB435D75E000E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2012—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6F5A8134F6CE4FAEAB8E98FE96F9C9A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for defense,
$573,612,000,000 in budget authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id525948FF75F24D52880E929E3FC9D64C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for nondefense,
$597,461,000,000 in budget authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7B6F75D559C4D80AC26961064DFC570"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2013—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC7EC328B288F45898B598EAA4A4B9B09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for defense,
$584,421,000,000 in budget authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70337310AFC041DEAB7CAC4294413D57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for nondefense,
$605,156,000,000 in budget authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCCE4EDD5025F4952BDA19EF68E921703"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2014—</text>
<subparagraph id="id997BD5E321134296B3BB18A469B9A779"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for defense,
$598,249,000,000 in budget authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC8D410FDF1194A54B034A0F411D2EFBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for nondefense,
$615,110,000,000 in budget authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id794CC66BB7F540DDA847E88F927EFE22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Point of order
in the Senate</header>
<paragraph id="idB9E78B5AE84B4B799F8108452474579B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
provisions of this section shall be waived or suspended in the Senate
only—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7303DE07103C440DA44273020E8FEF32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id379FBF7C52E04FAA93E9FB6718B22EA1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of
the defense budget authority, if Congress declares war.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC47B7379A92E4231878BFCE29E41A71D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appeal</header><text>Appeals
in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this
section shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the measure. An affirmative
vote of two-thirds 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
section.</text>
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</section><enum>II</enum><header>Pay-as-you-go</header>
<section id="id05BA6F3FAE4647DBB1F0870DF0BD8853"><enum>201.</enum><header>Pay-as-you-go
point of order in the Senate</header>
<subsection id="id82922ABEDF2B49E1BC6BCAC79EFE4F1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended by section 101, is amended by
inserting at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="idE536D98EF5954945BB72F8490B6E5B6B"><enum>317.</enum><header>Pay-as-you-go</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6D9DF47546FD458D8D4DA113E27B123C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Point of
order</header>
<paragraph id="ID2fb22c83389d486e87018b3dc9609b7d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any
direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget
deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for either of the applicable time periods
as measured in paragraphs (5) and (6).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6d7c7ba2220046e6a1b683a05ebe7eaf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable time
periods</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
<term>applicable time period</term> means any 1 of the 4 following
periods—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe0c4f79be1d14921b9ce772ab82fb348"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the period of the
current fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID941b59b0591f41228b19afc892cc80cb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the budget
year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID43cd87dd83ad4ee495e2b77a16333fb1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the period of the
5 fiscal years following the current fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDffe824eb3dee4fc2b055b7c985a61669"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the period of the
5 fiscal years following the 5 fiscal years referred to in subparagraph
(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6eee22aed3cd41a6a4e3005c6e1d3c60"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Direct spending
legislation</header><text>For purposes of this subsection and except as
provided in paragraph (4), the term <term>direct spending legislation</term>
means any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that
affects direct spending as that term is defined by, and interpreted for
purposes of, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID309287235ad84d39ae8df04aaae69238"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>For
purposes of this subsection, the terms <term>direct spending legislation</term>
and <term>revenue legislation</term> do not include—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9c7e8cf6ab0f4a888e7b07f98ed443b2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any concurrent
resolution on the budget; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1d6d88be0bdc45fca6c99e61bb0d5d65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any provision of
legislation that affects the full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit
insurance guarantee commitment in effect on the date of enactment of the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdabf9f86bf2049959ccb205353e13d32"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Methods for
estimation</header><text>Estimates prepared pursuant to this subsection
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDfbef5f8b65644af8bf8917b03562882e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use the baseline
surplus or deficit used for the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on
the budget;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3e89290440bb4f74bf2f3afbd6946a57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>except as
provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D), be calculated under the requirements of
subsections (b) through (d) of section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September 30, 2002) for
fiscal years beyond those covered by that concurrent resolution on the budget;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFC8341FF1EDF4C80967E2FE08ECF26A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assume the
continuation of all expiring direct spending programs, revenue reductions,
excise taxes and customs duties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID96cf3b8fb9be41b7a0faa7ed30303a5b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Supermajority
waiver and appeals</header>
<paragraph id="IDb26b60ce9ee74f289c9948858efe82c1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>This
section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote
of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID443e006ae6e34178800cfa5a71b4e864"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>Appeals
in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this
section 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 two-thirds 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 section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa6326a8908cd459eb64bbc53503d7280"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination
of budget levels</header><text>For purposes of this section, the levels of new
budget authority, outlays, and revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined
on the basis of estimates made by the Senate Committee on the Budget.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2e7d97df6ec94d25aa400d4c7a4ff746"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>In
the Senate, section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the fiscal year
2008 concurrent resolution on the budget, shall no longer
apply.</text>
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</subsection><subsection id="H10077941F5E5433096E5854F87DC95E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
315 the following new item:</text>
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spending limits.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 317.
Pay-as-you-go.</toc-entry>
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