[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5872 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 471
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5872
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 19, 2012
Received; read the first time
July 23, 2012
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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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.
Passed the House of Representatives July 18, 2012.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 471
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5872
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 23, 2012
Read the second time and placed on the calendar