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[H.R. 5872 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5872

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
  To require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester 
     required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013.

    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 ``Sequestration Transparency Act of 
2012''.
SEC. 2. SEQUESTER PREVIEW.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a detailed report 
on the sequestration required to be ordered by paragraphs (7)(A) and 
(8) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a) for fiscal year 2013 on January 2, 
2013.
    (b) Contents of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include--
        (1) for discretionary appropriations--
            (A) an estimate for each category of the sequestration 
        percentages and amounts necessary to achieve the required 
        reduction; and
            (B)(i) for accounts that are funded pursuant to an enacted 
        regular appropriation bill for fiscal year 2013, an 
        identification of each account to be sequestered and estimates 
        of the level of sequestrable budgetary resources and resulting 
        reductions at the program, project, and activity level based 
        upon the enacted level of appropriations; and
            (ii) for accounts that have not been funded pursuant to an 
        enacted regular appropriation bill for fiscal year 2013, an 
        identification of each account to be sequestered and estimates 
        pursuant to a continuing resolution at a rate of operations as 
        provided in the applicable appropriation Act for fiscal year 
        2012 of the level of sequestrable budgetary resources and 
        resulting reductions at the program, project, and activity 
        level;
        (2) for direct spending--
            (A) an estimate for the defense and nondefense functions 
        based on current law of the sequestration percentages and 
        amount necessary to achieve the required reduction; and
            (B) an identification of the reductions required for each 
        nonexempt direct spending account at the program, project, and 
        activity level;
        (3) an identification of all exempt discretionary accounts and 
    of all exempt direct spending accounts; and
        (4) any other data and explanations that enhance public 
    understanding of the sequester and actions to be taken under it.
    (c) Agency Assistance.--(1) Upon the request of the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget (in assisting the President in the 
preparation of the report under subsection (a)), the head of each 
agency, after consultation with the chairs and ranking members of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, shall promptly provide to the Director information at the 
program, project, and activity level necessary for the Director to 
prepare the report under subsection (a).
    (2) As used in this subsection, the term ``agency'' means any 
executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.