1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the People’s Act of
2011
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. No Social Security or SSI cuts.
Sec. 3. No Medicare cuts.
Sec. 4. No Medicaid cuts.
Sec. 5. No education cuts.
2.No
Social Security or SSI cuts
(a)Title IV of the
Budget Control Act of 2011 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
405.No Social
Security or SSI cuts
(a)The joint committee
shall not include in its proposed legislative language submitted pursuant to
section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) any provision that—
(1)reduces
eligibility, payments, or benefits, or otherwise reduces outlays, under title
II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) (including eligibility,
payments, benefits, or outlays with respect to annuities under subsection (a),
(c), or (d) of section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C.
231a(a), (c), (d)) or lump sum payments under section 6(b) of such Act (45
U.S.C. 231e(b))); or
(2)reduces eligibility, payments, or benefits,
or otherwise reduces outlays, under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).
(b)No application
of expedited proceduresIf the joint committee bill includes a
provision that violates subsection (a), the expedited procedures in section 402
shall not apply to such
bill.
.
(b)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:
405. No Social Security or SSI
cuts.
.
3.
(a)No cuts through
legislative language of the joint select committee
(1)Title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended by
section 2(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
406.
(a)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, increases premiums or other cost-sharing, or otherwise reduces
outlays under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security
Act.
(b)No application
of expedited proceduresIf the joint committee bill includes a
provision that violates subsection (a), the expedited procedures in section 402
shall not apply to such
bill.
.
(2)The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act, as
amended by section 2(b), is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 405 the following new item:
Sec. 406. No Medicare
cuts.
.
(b)No cuts through
fallback sequestration processSection 251A(8) 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 striking except that the
percentage reduction for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d)
shall not be more than 2 percent for a fiscal year
and inserting
except that there shall be no percentage reduction for the Medicare
programs specified in section 256(d) for any fiscal year and in no case shall
there be a reduction under such programs pursuant to a sequestration under
section 3101A(f)(6) of title 31, United States Code
.
4.
(a)Title IV of the
Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended by sections 2(a) and 3(a)(1), is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
407.
(a)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, increases premiums or other cost-sharing, or otherwise reduces
outlays under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act.
(b)No application
of expedited proceduresIf
the joint committee bill includes a provision that violates
subsection (a), the expedited procedures
in section 402 shall not apply to such
bill.
.
(b)The table of
contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 406 the following:
Sec. 407. No Medicaid
cuts.
.
5.
(a)No cuts through
legislative language of the joint select committee
(1)Title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011, as amended by
sections 2(a), 3(a)(1), and (4)(a), is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
408.
(a)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 proceduresIf the joint committee bill includes a
provision that violates subsection (a), the expedited procedures in section 402
shall not apply to such
bill.
.
(2)The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act, as
amended by sections 2(b), 3(a)(2), and 4(b), is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 407 the following new item:
Sec. 408. No education
cuts.
.
(b)No cuts through
fallback sequestration processSection 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)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.
.