[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2726 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2726

 To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to protect education programs 
                    from budget cuts under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2011

Ms. Wilson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
  to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Budget, 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 amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to protect education programs 
                    from budget cuts under such Act.

    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 ``Education Protection Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. NO EDUCATION CUTS.

    (a) No Cuts Through Legislative Language of the Joint Select 
Committee.--
            (1) In general.--Title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 405. NO EDUCATION CUTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The joint committee shall not include in its 
proposed legislative language submitted pursuant to section 
401(b)(3)(B)(iv) any provision that reduces eligibility, payments, or 
benefits, or otherwise reduces outlays or budget authority under--
            ``(1) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.); or
            ``(2) any program administered by the Secretary of 
        Education, including any program under--
                    ``(A) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
                    ``(B) the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
                Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.);
                    ``(C) the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                1001 et seq.); or
                    ``(D) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 
                et seq.).
    ``(b) No Application of Expedited Procedures.--If the joint 
committee bill includes a provision that violates subsection (a), the 
expedited procedures in section 402 shall not apply to such bill.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 
        1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item 
        relating to section 404 the following new item:

``Sec. 405. No education cuts.''.
    (b) No Cuts Through Fallback Sequestration Process.--Section 251A 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
inserted by section 302(a) of the Budget Control Act of 2011, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(12) No cuts for education.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, no sequestration order issued under this 
        section or section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, or 
        discretionary spending limit made under this section shall 
        reduce eligibility, payments, or benefits under any Act or 
        program referred to in section 405(a) of the Budget Control Act 
        of 2011.''.
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