II 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3026 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 23, 2010 Mr. Bayh (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To provide fiscal discipline through a freeze on spending and budget process reforms.

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This Act may be cited as the Fiscal Freeze Act of 2010. (b)

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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. TITLE I—Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act of 2010 Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Legislative line-item veto. Sec. 103. Technical and conforming amendments. Sec. 104. Sense of Congress on abuse of proposed repeals and cancellations. TITLE II—Budget Reforms Subtitle A—Earmarks Sec. 211. Earmarks prohibited in years in which there is a deficit. Subtitle B—Deficit reduction accounts Sec. 221. Establishment of Discretionary Deficit Reduction Account. Sec. 222. Establishment of Mandatory Deficit Reduction Account. Sec. 223. Conforming amendment. Subtitle C—Statutory Budget Limits and Enforcement PART I—Spending Limits and Deficit Control Sec. 231. Discretionary spending limits. Sec. 232. Total spending limits. Sec. 233. Deficit limits. PART II—Reports and Orders Sec. 241. Reports and orders. Sec. 242. Spending and deficit limits enforcement. Sec. 243. Spending reduction orders. Subtitle D—Prevention of Government Shutdown Sec. 251. Amendment to title 31. Subtitle E—Joint Budget Resolution Sec. 271. Purposes. Sec. 272. Timetable. Sec. 273. Joint resolution on the budget. Sec. 274. Budget required before spending bills may be considered. Sec. 275. Amendments to joint resolutions on the budget. TITLE III—Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Reform of consideration of appropriations bills in the Senate. Sec. 303. Lobbying on behalf of recipients of Federal funds.