[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1345 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1345

To rescind any unobligated discretionary appropriations returned to the 
 Federal Government by a State or locality and require that such funds 
 be retained in the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2011

  Mr. Chabot introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
To rescind any unobligated discretionary appropriations returned to the 
 Federal Government by a State or locality and require that such funds 
 be retained in the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Wasting American Tax Dollars 
Act'' or the ``SWAT Act''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF FUNDS RETURNED BY A STATE OR LOCALITY TO THE 
              FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND USE FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.

    (a) Rescission of Returned Federal Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), there 
        are rescinded any unobligated discretionary appropriations 
        awarded to a State or locality by the Federal Government that 
        are voluntarily returned by the State or locality to the 
        Federal Government.
            (2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to funds 
        made available for an account, program, project, or activity 
        of--
                    (A) the Department of Defense; or
                    (B) the Department of Homeland Security.
    (b) Retention of Funds for Deficit Reduction.--Funds rescinded 
under subsection (a) shall be retained in the general fund of the 
Treasury for Federal budget deficit reduction.
    (c) No Redistribution of Returned Funds.--This section shall apply 
in lieu of any provision of law that provides for the redistribution of 
funds awarded to a State or locality that remain unobligated by such 
State or locality.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``State or locality'' means a State, unit of 
        local government, or Indian tribe.
            (2) The term ``State'' means each of the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 
        possession of the United States.
    (e) Application.--This section shall apply to funds returned on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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