[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 235 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 235

                   To reduce unsustainable spending.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2011

Mr. Brady of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Natural Resources, Oversight and 
 Government Reform, House Administration, Education and the Workforce, 
Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, Space, and 
Technology, Armed Services, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
                   To reduce unsustainable spending.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Cut Unsustainable 
and Top-Heavy Spending Act of 2011'' or the ``CUTS Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this title is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. 15-Percent reduction in appropriations to the Executive Office 
                            of the President and Congress.
Sec. 3. No cost of living adjustment in pay of Members of Congress.
Sec. 4. Freeze on cost of Federal employees (including civilian 
                            employees of the Department of Defense) 
                            salaries.
Sec. 5. Reduction in the number of Federal employees.
Sec. 6. Limitation on Government printing costs.
Sec. 7. Limitation of Government travel costs.
Sec. 8. Reduction in Federal vehicle costs.
Sec. 9. Sale of excess Federal property.
Sec. 10. Prohibition on use of Federal funds to pay unemployment 
                            compensation to millionaires.
Sec. 11. Mandatory elimination of duplicative government programs.
Sec. 12. Collection of unpaid taxes from employees of the Federal 
                            Government.
Sec. 13. Ten percent reduction in voluntary contributions to the United 
                            Nations.
Sec. 14. Low-priority construction projects of Corps of Engineers.
Sec. 15. Ten percent reduction in international development and 
                            humanitarian assistance funding.
Sec. 16. Elimination of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 
                            program.
Sec. 17. Rescission of amounts for Economic Development Administration.
Sec. 18. Department of Justice wasteful activities.
Sec. 19. Rescission of amounts for Hollings Manufacturing Partnership 
                            Program and Baldridge Performance 
                            Excellence Program.
Sec. 20. Fossil fuel applied research.
Sec. 21. Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Sec. 22. Fifteen percent reduction in fiscal year 2011 funding for the 
                            Department of Defense for procurement.
Sec. 23. Ten percent reduction in fiscal year 2011 funding for the 
                            Department of Defense for research, 
                            development, test, and evaluation.
Sec. 24. Reduction in Department of Defense spending in support of 
                            military installations.
Sec. 25. Rescission of Diplomatic and Consular Programs funding.
Sec. 26. Elimination of program to pay institutions of higher education 
                            for administrative expenses relating to 
                            student aid program.
Sec. 27. Elimination of grants to large and medium hub airports under 
                            airport improvement program.
Sec. 28. Consolidate all Federal Fire Management Programs and reducing 
                            funding by 10 percent.
Sec. 29. High-energy cost grant program.
Sec. 30. Resource conservation and development programs.
Sec. 31. Repeal of LEAP.
Sec. 32. Elimination of the B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships program.
Sec. 33. Repeal of Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program.
Sec. 34. Elimination of the Historic Whaling and Trading Partners 
                            program.
Sec. 35. Elimination of the Underground Railroad educational and 
                            cultural program.
Sec. 36. Brownfields economic development initiative.
Sec. 37. Election reform grants.
Sec. 38. Election Assistance Commission.
Sec. 39. Emergency operations center grant program.
Sec. 40. Elimination of health care facilities and construction 
                            program.
Sec. 41. High priority surface transportation projects.
Sec. 42. Save America's Treasures Program; Preserve America Program.
Sec. 43. Targeted water infrastructure grants.
Sec. 44. National Park Service Challenge Cost Share Program.
Sec. 45. Delta health initiative.
Sec. 46. Department of Agriculture health care services grant program.
Sec. 47. Elimination of loan repayment for civil legal assistance 
                            attorneys.
Sec. 48. Targeted air shed grant program.

SEC. 2. 15-PERCENT REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE 
              OF THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.

    (a) Rescissions.--
            (1) In general.--There is rescinded an amount equal to 15 
        percent of the budget authority provided for any discretionary 
        account in appropriations to the Legislative Branch for fiscal 
        year 2011.
            (2) Proportionate application.--Any rescission made by 
        paragraph (1) shall be applied proportionately--
                    (A) to each discretionary account and each item of 
                budget authority described in such paragraph; and
                    (B) within each such account and item, to each 
                program, project, and activity (with programs, 
                projects, and activities as delineated in the 
                appropriation Act or accompanying reports for the 
                relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, or 
                for accounts and items not included in appropriation 
                Acts, as delineated in the most recently submitted 
                President's budget).
            (3) Exception.--This subsection shall not apply to 
        appropriations under the heading ``CAPITOL POLICE''.
            (4) Administration of across-the-board reductions.--In the 
        administration of paragraph (1), with respect to the budget 
        authority provided under the heading ``SENATE'' in--
                    (A) the percentage rescissions under paragraph (1) 
                shall apply to the total amount of all funds 
                appropriated under that heading; and
                    (B) the rescissions may be applied without regard 
                to paragraph (2).
    (b) Appropriations to the Executive Office of the President.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount of funds 
appropriated to the appropriations account under the heading 
``EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT'' for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013 may not exceed the 
total amount of funds appropriated to that account for fiscal year 2011 
after application of the rescission under subsection (a).
    (c) Appropriations to Congress.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the total amount of funds appropriated under the 
headings ``SENATE'' and ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES'' for each of fiscal 
years 2012 and 2013 may not exceed the total amount of funds 
appropriated under those headings for fiscal year 2011 after 
application of the rescission under subsection (a).

SEC. 3. NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IN PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be 
made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of 
Congress) during fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014.

SEC. 4. FREEZE ON COST OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES (INCLUDING CIVILIAN 
              EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) SALARIES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount of 
funds expended on salaries for civilian employees of the Federal 
Government, including civilian employees of the Department of Defense, 
for fiscal year 2011, fiscal year 2012, and fiscal year 2013 shall not 
exceed the total costs for such salaries in fiscal year 2010:  
Provided, That the amounts spent on salaries of members of the armed 
forces are exempt from the provisions of this subsection:  Provided 
further, That nothing in this subsection prohibits an employee from 
receiving an increase in salary or other compensation so long as such 
an increase does not increase an agency's net expenditures for employee 
salaries.

SEC. 5. REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``agency'' means an 
executive agency as defined under section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    (b) Determination of Number of Employees.--Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall determine the number of full-time employees 
employed in each agency. The head of each agency shall cooperate with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in making the 
determinations.
    (c) Reductions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
head of each agency shall take such actions as necessary, including a 
reduction in force under sections 3502 and 3595 of title 5, United 
States Code, to reduce the number of full-time employees employed in 
that agency as determined under subsection (b) by 10 percent not later 
than October 1, 2020.
    (d) Replacement Hire Rate.--In implementing subsection (c), the 
head of each agency may hire no more than 2 employees in that agency 
for every 3 employees who leave employment in that agency during any 
fiscal year.

SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENT PRINTING COSTS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate 
with the heads of Federal departments and independent agencies to--
     (a) determine which Government publications could be available on 
Government websites and no longer printed and to devise a strategy to 
reduce overall Government printing costs over the 10-year period 
beginning with fiscal year 2011, except that the Director shall ensure 
that essential printed documents prepared for social security 
recipients, medicare beneficiaries, and other populations in areas with 
limited internet access or use continue to remain available;
    (b) establish government-wide Federal guidelines on employee 
printing;
    (c) issue on the Office of Management and Budget's public website 
the results of a cost-benefit analysis on implementing a digital 
signature system and on establishing employee printing identification 
systems, such as the use of individual employee cards or codes, to 
monitor the amount of printing done by Federal employees; except that 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure that 
Federal employee printing costs unrelated to national defense, homeland 
security, border security, national disasters, and other emergencies do 
not exceed $860,000,000 annually; and
    (d) issue guidelines requiring every department, agency, commission 
or office to list at a prominent place near the beginning of each 
publication distributed to the public and issued or paid for by the 
Federal Government--
            (1) the name of the issuing agency, department, commission 
        or office;
            (2) the total number of copies of the document printed;
            (3) the collective cost of producing and printing all of 
        the copies of the document; and
            (4) the name of the firm publishing the document.

SEC. 7. LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT TRAVEL COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Within 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
consultation with the heads of the Federal departments and agencies, 
shall establish a definition of ``nonessential travel'' and criteria to 
determine if travel-related expenses and requests by Federal employees 
meet the definition of ``nonessential travel''. No travel expenses paid 
for, in whole or in part, with Federal funds shall be paid by the 
Federal Government unless a request is made prior to the travel and the 
requested travel meets the criteria established by this section. Any 
travel request that does not meet the definition and criteria shall be 
disallowed, including reimbursement for air flights, automobile 
rentals, train tickets, lodging, per diem, and other travel-related 
costs. The definition established by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget may include exemptions in the definition, 
including travel related to national defense, homeland security, border 
security, national disasters, and other emergencies. The Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure that all travel costs 
paid for in part or whole by the Federal Government not related to 
national defense, homeland security, border security, national 
disasters, and other emergencies do not exceed $5,000,000,000 annually.
    (b) Rescissions.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    (A) the term ``agency''--
                            (i) means an executive agency as defined 
                        under section 105 of title 5, United States 
                        Code; and
                            (ii) does not include the Department of 
                        Defense; and
                    (B) the term ``travel expense amount'' means, with 
                respect to each agency, an amount equal to 20 percent 
                of all funds expended by that agency on travel expenses 
                during fiscal year 2010.
            (2) In general.--There is rescinded a travel expense amount 
        from appropriations made for fiscal year 2011 in each agency 
        appropriations account providing for travel expenses.
            (3) Freeze.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        the total amount of funds appropriated to the appropriations 
        account providing for travel expenses for each agency for each 
        of fiscal years 2012 and 2013 may not exceed the total amount 
        of funds appropriated to that account for fiscal year 2011 
        after application of the rescission under paragraph (2).

SEC. 8. REDUCTION IN FEDERAL VEHICLE COSTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
     (a) of the amounts made available to the General Services 
Administration for the acquisition of new vehicles for the Federal 
fleet for fiscal year 2011 and remaining unobligated as of the date of 
enactment of this Act, an amount equal to 20 percent of all such 
amounts is rescinded;
    (b) for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter--
            (1) the amount made available to the General Services 
        Administration for the acquisition of new vehicles for the 
        Federal fleet shall not exceed an amount equal to 80 percent of 
        the amount made available for the acquisition of those vehicles 
        for fiscal year 2011 (before application of subsection (a)); 
        and
            (2) the number of new vehicles acquired by the General 
        Services Administration for the Federal fleet shall not exceed 
        a number equal to 50 percent of the vehicles so acquired for 
        fiscal year 2011; and
    (c) any amounts made available under Public Law 111-5 for the 
acquisition of new vehicles for the Federal fleet shall be disregarded 
by for purposes of determining the baseline.

SEC. 9. SALE OF EXCESS FEDERAL PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

         ``SUBCHAPTER VII--EXPEDITED DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY

``Sec. 621. Definitions
    ``In this subchapter:
            ``(1) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.
            ``(2) Landholding agency.--The term `landholding agency' 
        means a landholding agency (as defined in section 501(i) of the 
        McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411(i))).
            ``(3) Real property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `real property' means--
                            ``(i) a parcel of real property under the 
                        administrative jurisdiction of the Federal 
                        Government that is--
                                    ``(I) excess;
                                    ``(II) surplus;
                                    ``(III) underperforming; or
                                    ``(IV) otherwise not meeting the 
                                needs of the Federal Government, as 
                                determined by the Director; and
                            ``(ii) a building or other structure 
                        located on real property described in clause 
                        (i).
                    ``(B) Exclusion.--The term `real property' excludes 
                any parcel of real property, and any building or other 
                structure located on real property, that is to be 
                closed or realigned under the Defense Authorization 
                Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 
                U.S.C. 2687 note; Public Law 100-526).
``Sec. 622. Disposal program
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (e), the 
Director shall, by sale or auction, dispose of a quantity of real 
property with an aggregate value of not less than $15,000,000,000 that, 
as determined by the Director, is not being used, and will not be used, 
to meet the needs of the Federal Government for the period of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2015.
    ``(b) Recommendations.--The head of each landholding agency shall 
recommend to the Director real property for disposal under subsection 
(a).
    ``(c) Selection of Properties.--After receiving recommendations of 
candidate real property under subsection (b), the Director--
            ``(1) with the concurrence of the head of each landholding 
        agency, may select the real property for disposal under 
        subsection (a); and
            ``(2) shall notify the recommending landholding agency head 
        of the selection of the real property.
    ``(d) Website.--The Director shall ensure that all real properties 
selected for disposal under this section are listed on a website that 
shall--
            ``(1) be updated routinely; and
            ``(2) include the functionality to allow any member of the 
        public, at the option of the member, to receive updates of the 
        list through electronic mail.
    ``(e) Transfer of Property.--The Director may transfer real 
property selected for disposal under this section to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development if the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development determines that the real property is suitable for use in 
assisting the homeless.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 611 the following:

          ``subchapter vii--expedited disposal of real property

``Sec. 621. Definitions.
``Sec. 622. Disposal program.''.

SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO PAY UNEMPLOYMENT 
              COMPENSATION TO MILLIONAIRES.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be used to make payments of unemployment compensation 
(including such compensation under the Federal-State Extended 
Compensation Act of 1970 and the emergency unemployment compensation 
program under title IV of the of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2008) in a year to an individual whose resources in the preceding year 
was equal to or greater than $1,000,000. For purposes of the preceding 
sentence, with respect to a year, an individual's resources shall be 
determined in the same manner as a subsidy eligible individual's 
resources are determined for the year for purposes of the Medicare part 
D drug benefit under section 1860D-14(a)(3)(E) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)(3)(E)).
    (b) Effective Date.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall 
apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 2011.

SEC. 11. MANDATORY ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Reducing Duplication.--The Director of the Office of Management 
Budget and the Secretary of each Federal Government agency (and the 
head of each independent agency) shall work with the Chairman and 
ranking member of the relevant congressional appropriations 
subcommittees and the congressional authorizing committees to 
consolidate programs with duplicative goals, missions, and initiatives.
    (b) OMB Report.--Within 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit to Congress a list of programs with duplicative goals, missions, 
and initiatives with recommendations for consolidation or elimination.
    (c) Failure to Act.--If Congress takes no action to address the 
recommendations submitted in subsection (b) within 60 days, Secretary 
of each Federal Government agency and the head of each independent 
agency shall carry out the recommendations as submitted to Congress.

SEC. 12. COLLECTION OF UNPAID TAXES FROM EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL 
              GOVERNMENT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

  ``SUBCHAPTER VIII--COLLECTION OF UNPAID TAXES FROM EMPLOYEES OF THE 
                           FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

``Sec. 7381. Collection of unpaid taxes from employees of the Federal 
              Government
    ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `seriously delinquent tax debt' means an 
        outstanding debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 
        which a notice of lien has been filed in public records 
        pursuant to section 6323 of such Code, except that such term 
        does not include--
                    ``(A) a debt that is being paid in a timely manner 
                pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or section 
                7122 of such Code; and
                    ``(B) a debt with respect to which a collection due 
                process hearing under section 6330 of such Code, or 
                relief under subsection (a), (b), or (f) of section 
                6015 of such Code, is requested or pending; and
            ``(2) the term `Federal employee' means--
                    ``(A) an employee, as defined by section 2105; and
                    ``(B) an employee of the United States Congress, 
                including Members of the House of Representatives and 
                Senators.
    ``(b) Collection of Unpaid Taxes.--The Internal Revenue Service 
shall coordinate with the Department of Treasury and the hiring agency 
of a Federal employee who has a seriously delinquent tax debt to 
collect such taxes by withholding a portion of the employee's salary 
over a period set by the hiring agency to ensure prompt payment.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 73 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

  ``subchapter viii--collection of unpaid taxes from employees of the 
                           federal government

``Sec. 7381. Collection of unpaid taxes from employees of the Federal 
                            Government.''.

SEC. 13. TEN PERCENT REDUCTION IN VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED 
              NATIONS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2011, 
voluntary contributions to the United Nations paid by the United States 
shall not exceed an amount that is 10 percent less than the amount 
provided in fiscal year 2010.

SEC. 14. LOW-PRIORITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The authority to carry out low-
priority construction projects of the Corps of Engineers is terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for low-priority 
        construction projects of the Corps of Engineers that remain 
        unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act are 
        rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the projects referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
        be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects described in 
        paragraph (1), as determined by the Secretary of the Army, in 
        consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 15. TEN PERCENT REDUCTION IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 
              HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FUNDING.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2011, 
international development and humanitarian assistance expenditures of 
the United States shall not exceed an amount that is 10 percent less 
than the amount provided in fiscal year 2010.

SEC. 16. ELIMINATION OF THE SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Recision of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
all unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Education for the 
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program under part A of 
title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act, are rescinded and no funds appropriated 
hereafter for such activities shall be expended, except as determined 
necessary or essential by such Secretary, in consultation with the 
appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 17. RESCISSION OF AMOUNTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for programs, activities, 
        and grants of the Economic Development Administration that 
        remain unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act are 
        rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the programs, activities, and grants referred 
        to in paragraph (1) shall be expended, other than such amounts 
        as are necessary to cover costs incurred in terminating such 
        programs, activities, and grants, as determined by the 
        Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with other appropriate 
        Federal agencies.

SEC. 18. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASTEFUL ACTIVITIES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 5 percent of all 
unobligated balances held by the Attorney General as of the date of 
enactment of this Act are rescinded to eliminate wasteful activities of 
the Department of Justice.

SEC. 19. RESCISSION OF AMOUNTS FOR HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING PARTNERSHIP 
              PROGRAM AND BALDRIDGE PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for the Hollings 
        Manufacturing Partnership Program and the Baldridge Performance 
        Excellence Program that remain unobligated as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the programs referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
        be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects and activities 
        under such programs, as determined by the Secretary of 
        Commerce, in consultation with other appropriate Federal 
        agencies.

SEC. 20. FOSSIL FUEL APPLIED RESEARCH.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The authority of the Secretary of 
Energy to carry out fossil fuel applied research is terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for fossil fuel applied 
        research described in subsection (a) that remain unobligated as 
        of the date of enactment of this Act are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for research referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
        expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating ongoing research described in 
        paragraph (1), as determined by the Secretary of Energy, in 
        consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 21. CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the portion of all 
unobligated balances held by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
that consists of Federal funds are rescinded and no Federal funds 
appropriated hereafter for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
shall be obligated or expended by such Corporation.

SEC. 22. FIFTEEN PERCENT REDUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2011 FUNDING FOR THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR PROCUREMENT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount available to 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2011 for procurement is the 
amount equal to the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department for that fiscal year for procurement 
minus an amount equal to 15 percent of such aggregate amount.

SEC. 23. TEN PERCENT REDUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2011 FUNDING FOR THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 
              AND EVALUATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount available to 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2011 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation is the amount equal to the aggregate 
amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the Department for 
that fiscal year for research, development, test, and evaluation minus 
an amount equal to 10 percent of such aggregate amount.

SEC. 24. REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING IN SUPPORT OF 
              MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    The Secretary of Defense shall reduce the amount obligated or 
expended in support of military installations through the reduction or 
elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse attributable to programs and 
activities related to such support.

SEC. 25. RESCISSION OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS FUNDING.

    Ten percent of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Secretary of State for diplomatic and consular programs and 
available for obligation as of the date of the enactment of this Act is 
hereby rescinded.

SEC. 26. ELIMINATION OF PROGRAM TO PAY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION 
              FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES RELATING TO STUDENT AID 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 489 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1096) is repealed.
    (b) Recession.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Education for payments to 
institutions of higher education under section 489 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1096), as in effect on the day before 
the date of enactment of this Act, are rescinded and no funds 
appropriated hereafter for such payments shall be expended, except as 
determined necessary or essential by such Secretary, in consultation 
with the appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 27. ELIMINATION OF GRANTS TO LARGE AND MEDIUM HUB AIRPORTS UNDER 
              AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any provision of subchapter I of chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code, or any other provision of law--
            (1) no large hub airport or medium hub airport (as those 
        terms are defined in section 47102 of such title) may receive a 
        grant under the airport improvement program under such 
        subchapter;
            (2) all amounts made available for grants to large hub 
        airports or medium hub airports under the airport improvement 
        program that remain unobligated as of the date of the enactment 
        of this Act are rescinded; and
            (3) no amounts made available after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act for grants to large hub airports or 
        medium hub airports under the airport improvement program shall 
        be obligated or expended, other than such amounts as are 
        necessary to cover costs incurred in terminating ongoing 
        projects and activities under that program, as determined by 
        the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with other 
        appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 28. CONSOLIDATE ALL FEDERAL FIRE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND REDUCING 
              FUNDING BY 10 PERCENT.

    (a) Consolidation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall consolidate all fire management 
programs carried out under laws administered by the Secretary.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) of amounts made available for programs consolidated 
        under subsection (a), the lesser of 10 percent of such amounts, 
        on the one hand, and the amount of such amounts that remain 
        unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act, on the 
        other hand, are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the programs referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
        be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating or reducing ongoing projects and 
        activities under such programs, as determined by the Secretary 
        of the Interior, in consultation with other appropriate Federal 
        agencies.

SEC. 29. HIGH-ENERGY COST GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 918a) is repealed.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for the program carried out 
        under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
        U.S.C. 918a) (as in existence on the day before the date of 
        enactment of this Act) that remain unobligated as of the date 
        of enactment of this Act are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the program referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
        be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating the program described in 
        paragraph (1), as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
        in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 30. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The authority to carry out the 
resource conservation and development program of the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture is terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for the resource 
        conservation and development program of the Natural Resources 
        Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture (as in 
        existence on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) 
        that remain unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act 
        are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the program referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
        be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects and activities 
        under that program, as determined by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, in consultation with other appropriate Federal 
        agencies.

SEC. 31. REPEAL OF LEAP.

    (a) Repeal of LEAP.--Subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c) is repealed.
    (b) Recession.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Education for the 
Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program under subpart 4 
of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070c), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, are rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for such program 
shall be expended, except as determined necessary or essential by such 
Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 32. ELIMINATION OF THE B.J. STUPAK OLYMPIC SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 
1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note) is repealed.
    (b) Elimination of Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Education for 
the B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships program under section 1543 of the 
Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note), as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, are rescinded and 
no funds appropriated hereafter for such activities shall be expended, 
except as determined necessary or essential by such Secretary, in 
consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 33. REPEAL OF ROBERT C. BYRD HONORS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal of LEAP.--Subpart 6 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c) is repealed.
    (b) Recession.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Education for the Robert 
C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program under subpart 6 of part A of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c), as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, are rescinded and 
no funds appropriated hereafter for such program shall be expended, 
except as determined necessary or essential by such Secretary, in 
consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 34. ELIMINATION OF THE HISTORIC WHALING AND TRADING PARTNERS 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Subpart 12 of part D of title V of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7265 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Recision of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
all unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Education for the 
Educational, Cultural, Apprenticeship, and Exchange Programs for Alaska 
Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Their Historical Whaling and Trading 
Partners in Massachusetts under subpart 12 of part D of title V of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7265 et 
seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, are rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for such 
activities shall be expended, except as determined necessary or 
essential by such Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate 
Federal agencies.

SEC. 35. ELIMINATION OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EDUCATIONAL AND 
              CULTURAL PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 841 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 
(20 U.S.C. 1153) is repealed.
    (b) Elimination of Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Education for 
the Underground Railroad educational and cultural program under section 
841 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1153), as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, are 
rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for such activities shall 
be expended, except as determined necessary or essential by such 
Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 36. BROWNFIELDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 108(q) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5309(q)) or any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
not make any competitive economic development grants, as otherwise 
authorized by section 108(q) of that Act, for Brownfields redevelopment 
projects.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for grants described in 
        subsection (a) that remain unobligated as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for grants described in subsection (a) shall be 
        expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects and activities 
        under those grants, as determined by the Secretary of Housing 
        and Urban Development, in consultation with other appropriate 
        Federal agencies.

SEC. 37. ELECTION REFORM GRANTS.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The authority to make requirements 
payments to States under part 1 of subtitle D of title II of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.) is terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for such requirements 
        payments (as of the day before the date of enactment of this 
        Act) that remain unobligated as of the date of enactment of 
        this Act are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for such requirements payments shall be expended, 
        other than such amounts as are necessary to cover costs 
        incurred in terminating ongoing projects and activities using 
        such requirements payments, as determined by the Administrator 
        of General Services, in consultation with other appropriate 
        Federal agencies.

SEC. 38. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The Election Assistance Commission 
established under section 201 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 
U.S.C. 15321) is terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for the Election Assistance 
        Commission (as in existence on the day before the date of 
        enactment of this Act) that remain unobligated as of the date 
        of enactment of this Act are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the Commission described in paragraph (1) shall 
        be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects and activities 
        of the Commission, as determined by the Administrator of 
        General Services, in consultation with other appropriate 
        Federal agencies.

SEC. 39. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination.--Section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c) is repealed.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Homeland Security for the 
emergency operations center grant program under section 614 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5196c), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
this Act, are rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for such 
activities shall be expended, except as determined necessary or 
essential by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 
the appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 40. ELIMINATION OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION 
              PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unobligated 
balances held by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for health 
care facilities and construction are rescinded and no funds 
appropriated hereafter for such activities shall be expended, except as 
determined necessary or essential by such Secretary, in consultation 
with the appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 41. HIGH PRIORITY SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 
109-59; 119 Stat. 1256) is repealed.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for high priority projects 
        under section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
        Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public 
        Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1256) (before the amendment made by 
        subsection (a)) that remain unobligated as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for high priority projects described in paragraph 
        (1) shall be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary 
        to cover costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects and 
        activities under those projects, as determined by the Secretary 
        of Transportation, in consultation with other appropriate 
        Federal agencies.

SEC. 42. SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES PROGRAM; PRESERVE AMERICA PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeals.--Sections 7302 and 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 469n, 469o) are repealed.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for the Save America's 
        Treasures Program or Preserve America Program that remain 
        unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act are 
        rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the programs referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
        be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects and activities 
        under those programs, as determined by the Secretary of the 
        Interior in consultation with other appropriate Federal 
        agencies.

SEC. 43. TARGETED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The Targeted Watershed Grants 
Program and the U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program of the 
Environmental Protection Agency are terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for the Targeted Watershed 
        Grants Program and the U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure 
        Program of the Environmental Protection Agency (as in existence 
        on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) that 
        remain unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act are 
        rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the programs referred to in paragraph (1) (as 
        so in existence) shall be expended, other than such amounts as 
        are necessary to cover costs incurred in terminating ongoing 
        projects and activities under those programs, as determined by 
        the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
        consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 44. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CHALLENGE COST SHARE PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The authority to provide Department 
of the Interior Challenge Cost Share Program grants is terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for the Department of the 
        Interior Challenge Cost Share Program (as in existence on the 
        day before the date of enactment of this Act) that remain 
        unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act are 
        rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the Department of the Interior Challenge Cost 
        Share Program shall be expended, other than such amounts as are 
        necessary to cover costs incurred in terminating ongoing 
        projects and activities under the program, as determined by the 
        Secretary of the Interior in consultation with other 
        appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 45. DELTA HEALTH INITIATIVE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unobligated 
balances held by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry 
out the Delta Health Initiative are rescinded and no funds appropriated 
hereafter for such Initiative shall be expended, except as determined 
necessary or essential by such Secretary, in consultation with the 
appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 46. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HEALTH CARE SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The authority to carry out any 
health care services grant program of the Department of Agriculture is 
terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for any health care services 
        grant program of the Department of Agriculture (as in existence 
        on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) that 
        remain unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act are 
        rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the program referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
        be expended, other than such amounts as are necessary to cover 
        costs incurred in terminating ongoing projects and activities 
        under that program, as determined by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, in consultation with other appropriate Federal 
        agencies.

SEC. 47. ELIMINATION OF LOAN REPAYMENT FOR CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 
              ATTORNEYS.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 428L of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1078-12) is repealed.
    (b) Elimination of Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, all unobligated balances held by the Secretary of Education for 
the Repayment for Civil Legal Assistance Attorneys program under 
section 428L of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-12), 
as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, are 
rescinded and no funds appropriated hereafter for such activities shall 
be expended, except as determined necessary or essential by such 
Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies.

SEC. 48. TARGETED AIR SHED GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Termination of Authority.--The Targeted Air Shed Grant Program 
of the Environmental Protection Agency is terminated.
    (b) Rescission.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) all amounts made available for the Targeted Air Shed 
        Grant Program of the Environmental Protection Agency (as in 
        existence on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) 
        that remain unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act 
        are rescinded; and
            (2) no amounts made available after the date of enactment 
        of this Act for the program referred to in paragraph (1) (as so 
        in existence) shall be expended, other than such amounts as are 
        necessary to cover costs incurred in terminating ongoing 
        projects and activities under that program, as determined by 
        the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
        consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies.
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