1.Short title and table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Deficit Reduction and Budget
Reform Act of 2011
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
TITLE I—Joint budget resolution
Sec. 101. Purposes.
Sec. 102. Timetable.
Sec. 103. Joint resolution on the budget.
Sec. 104. Budget required before spending bills may be
considered.
Sec. 105. Amendments to joint resolutions on the
budget.
Sec. 106. Continuing appropriations.
TITLE II—Biennial Budget
Sec. 201. Effective date.
Sec. 202. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 203. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Sec. 204. Amendments to Rules of the House of
Representatives.
Sec. 205. Two-year appropriations; title and style of
appropriation Acts.
Sec. 206. Multiyear authorizations.
Sec. 207. Government strategic and performance plans on a
biennial basis.
Sec. 208. Biennial appropriation bills.
Sec. 209. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees
of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
TITLE III—DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS
Subtitle A—Spending Limits
Sec. 301. Discretionary spending limits.
Subtitle B—Reports and Orders
Sec. 311. Reports and orders.
Sec. 312. Spending limits enforcement.
Sec. 313. Spending reduction order.
TITLE IV—Legislative Line-Item Veto
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Legislative line-item veto.
Sec. 403. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 404. Rescission measures considered.
TITLE V—Biennial Budget Deficit Reduction
Sec. 501. Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Sec. 502. Biennial budget deficit reduction
legislation.
Sec. 503. Debt buyback fund.
TITLE VI—Paygo honesty with respect to trust funds and emergency
designations
Sec. 601. PAYGO and trust funds.
Sec. 602. Emergency designations.
TITLE VII—Credit reform
Sec. 701. Credit Reform Act treatment of the purchase of
private stock, equity, or capital.
TITLE VIII—Responsible health care budgeting limits
Subtitle A—Cost containment of the CLASS Program
Sec. 801. CLASS funding warning.
Sec. 802. Presidential submission of legislation.
Sec. 803. Procedures in the House of
Representatives.
Sec. 804. Procedures in the Senate.
Subtitle B—Modification of Medicare cost containment
trigger
Sec. 811. Modification of Medicare cost containment
trigger.
<enum>I</enum><header>Joint
budget resolution</header>
<section id="H223329B076EB4D409C00A3D85DB870F1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H964DEE6FD7ED4588B9FC844AD2648B95" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H79C7453D852D4022BCFDEE25E5563981"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assure
effective control over the budgetary process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3487B92CE5964FFB8B2191AB35F59151"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to facilitate the
determination each year of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and
expenditures by the Congress and the
President;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF6E3E1B0C7484FF9BC40B745083F9132"><enum>102.</enum><header>Timetable</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56E3C00CCF3B45A4A90C8E8A0A475E73" style="traditional">
<section id="H08AA6659AA114AA299A0E7E950D04E13"><enum>300.</enum><header>Timetable</header><text>The timetable
with respect to the Congressional budget process for any fiscal year is as
follows:</text>
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<ttitle>First Session</ttitle>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">First Monday in February</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits his budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget
Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Not
later than 6 weeks after President submits budget</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates
to Budget Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Budget
Committees report joint resolution on the budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> April
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on joint resolution on the
budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
10</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
Appropriations Committee reports last annual appropriation bill.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on reconciliation
legislation.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
30</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
completes action on annual appropriation bills.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">October
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Fiscal
year begins.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
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</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD33BDA517060459D8E69DB86701C731A"><enum>103.</enum><header>Joint
resolution on the budget</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FD64DEAC6964A2093CEE9A5241E32F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Content of Joint
Resolutions on the Budget</header><text>Section 301(a)(4) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA61C5132C1F44AC584FD8ECB2A3087F9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB6196271F96B43A180587CF13FF8ECD7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>subtotals of new
budget authority and outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense
discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid, other direct spending (excluding
interest), and interest; and for emergencies (for the reserve fund in section
317(b) and for military operations in section
317(c));</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H39F79B1E2E0A4AB6B722BBE986510738"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Matters in Joint Resolution</header><text>Section 301(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HD0E446306A524B2E9B24CB5089C66E43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Strike paragraphs
(1), and (6) through (9).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30DC01D9289248A9AFDBB51FF97A791A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Redesignate
paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) accordingly.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB45CEE9B0761492BB706EFD7079AF93A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Amend paragraph
(3), as redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEAF37D0019254F1AA7FFE645FF1E82E9">
<paragraph id="HE19C40193B904B64B7B8CE109219A13E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>set forth such
other matters, and require such other procedures, relating to the budget as may
be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, but shall not include a
suspension or alteration of the application of the motion to strike a provision
as set forth in section 310(d)(2) or
(h)(2)(F).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB6C98BC65324408EAAF808B0C0276D8E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Required
Contents of Report</header><text>Section 301(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HE78E7505485548F1B0DFBF94296E71DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Redesignate
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (E),
(F), (H), and (I), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA45AAEB6ED204ED295B01FFD43CB72EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Before
subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), insert the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD77D290130D145138155722300F88BE6">
<subparagraph id="H0FA1138C09F84A9FAB9AB40EDF79CC32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new budget
authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations
of the total levels set forth pursuant to subsection
(a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44E056D3D0D548A2A11CD48B0404A92A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In subparagraph
(C) (as redesignated), strike <quote>mandatory</quote> and insert <quote>direct
spending</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F8D8BDD6DEF4BA7B8944A63372A16C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>After subparagraph
(C) (as redesignated), insert the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H29D36DB169BF41A89D962CE67EE5CA52" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H42CA5D9CFA964285A73E9B5619A8ACDC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a measure, as a
percentage of gross domestic product, of total outlays, total Federal revenues,
the surplus or deficit, and new outlays for nondefense discretionary spending,
defense spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other direct spending as set forth in
such
resolution;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC11C37C8C7E345BFA4085FED860CB9BC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>After subparagraph
(F) (as redesignated), insert the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAD0B86041F1B4C80A080F46A5A9B138E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE4F24629F9C84C3AAE473CE86FBE26B8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>if the joint
resolution on the budget includes any allocation to a committee other than the
Committee on Appropriations of levels in excess of current law levels, a
justification for not subjecting any program, project, or activity (for which
the allocation is made) to annual discretionary
appropriations;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9BDB5BE4B5EB46069DCFC8E73F659976"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
Contents of Report</header><text>Section 301(e)(3) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H7174EC90E8D44D2F8F0F02FA6C77C305"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Redesignate
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, strike
subparagraphs (C) and (D), and redesignate subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D)
and strike the period and insert <quote>; and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1750A8449A7F4C5FB5C8F44D85670299"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Before
subparagraph (B), insert the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB3B103CA29C54DEF82E0C74E54F3A33A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H819996A9872B4A9EAC7B36E07C3000E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new budget
authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations
of the total levels set forth pursuant to subsection
(a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F933579751D45F98FEB90112F9DD049"><enum>(3)</enum><text>At the end, add
the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5C3F1ADCF6B64EA6863A7ECD17FB4FC9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD174D2993200416788C47AD797944DDF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>set forth, if
required by subsection (f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion of the
Congress, the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of the
Employment Act of 1946 should be
achieved.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HABC13578F1A7474D8128A75958436134"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Budget
Presentation</header><text>After section 301(e)(3) add the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9BD7AE95A854EEA8CB12FABC8AB39B1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H29FA851904404330884F2B1DDD8FF6E1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Budget
Format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the
contents that may be included in the report pursuant to paragraph (3), a
presentation of the functional categories may also be included as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BC71CC7C4E5403D9FEF26FE9D543007"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Principal
Federal Obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities intrinsic to the Federal
Government (including both discretionary and mandatory spending) as
follows:</text>
<clause id="H7D977694AB0840CFB5593E76514B09B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>National
defense;</text>
</clause><clause id="H512DBC519442474C8B279E2BD822341A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>International
affairs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4543A3CCF44C4E44B34F6CC476DC8EB0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Veterans
benefits and services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6AF149ECEFD449A2807CFBF55F66BB6A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Administration of
justice.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD61D0E0412A4CF3964FF8F68109023A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federally
Supported Domestic Priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total domestic discretionary spending
levels as follows:</text>
<clause id="H2F40B21AF90A435EA4D593C56A88D40F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Total domestic
discretionary spending.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF95D8E64D5484560B0554FBDF655D887"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Optional inclusion of additional specific
recommended levels.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05C1CCCCE54C43B180778D33BA365A96"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Major Domestic
Entitlements</header><text>Major domestic direct spending programs as
follows:</text>
<clause id="H5AC36041CA4E4F1CAA01C775D517B87E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Medicare.</text>
</clause><clause id="H373E17B05404433C8F3B9EB39BA039B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Medicaid.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7BC2429462FF4547A535EA4DD8CA070A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Other direct
spending.</text>
</clause><clause id="H31A9A9F87C77444EA2A8E19E3CCE80C2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Optional
inclusion of additional specific recommended levels.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H861D0C83405949738B0423927600E651"><enum>(D)</enum><header>General
Government and Financial Management</header><text>Funding for financing
government operations as follows:</text>
<clause id="HC60FA5F6FC9C4A2CA15C740293E9B213"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">General government.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA6DF1B4A99564B6CACC4F691D004AA0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Net
interest.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DD159CEDD4946F6A5FA5FD131F53674"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Allowances.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA512A0BC17F41518DF236B32E282138"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Offsetting
receipts.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2031DC9C63F0462DBA3C07BCF2185DCC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>President’s
Budget Submission to Congress</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE4AA15270AD94DCE9FEE2BD6DAA6A3A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The first two sentences
of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, are amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6178FD17E90A456C857415FAE30BD832" style="OLC">
<text>On or after the first Monday in
January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year the
President shall submit a budget of the United States Government for the
following fiscal year which shall set forth the following
levels:</text><subparagraph id="H9B231E43EA27414CA0B1265B35D8DF49" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Totals of new budget authority and
outlays.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1624BF863694188AB9AB9F04F698872" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Total Federal revenues and the amount,
if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be increased or
decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported by the appropriate
committees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD99C83EDF479454BBBA5E9EF1160A867" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The surplus or deficit in the
budget.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7170350F9104888A27E26512A8E607D" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtotals of new budget authority and
outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending,
direct spending (excluding interest), and interest, and for emergencies (for
the reserve fund in section 317(b) and for military operations in section
317(c)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27102F07C1424C4BAE2CF64EB177416E" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public debt.</text>
</subparagraph><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">Each
budget submission shall include a budget message and summary and supporting
information and, as a separately delineated statement, the levels requires in
the preceding sentence for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal
years.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71D4B9CDA460436D952DC6360300E53A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The third sentence of section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
<quote>submission</quote> after <quote>budget</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1882AA8DF49845A5B74BB1B99CF2D521"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitation on
the Content of Budget Resolutions</header><text>Section 305 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H49135FA67B3D4453B1BC3135E2E3922D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H00C4D3F3EB11486F8FFD57EC850F006D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on
Contents</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H85817DA1D01D41A9A5226B0E62449D00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>It shall not be in order
in the House of Representatives or in the Senate to consider any joint
resolution on the budget or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon
that contains any matter referred to in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC1698DABF9C45318114D286F2DEE723" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any joint resolution on the budget or
any amendment thereto or conference report thereon that contains any matter not
permitted in section 301 (a) or (b) shall not be treated in the House of
Representatives or the Senate as a budget resolution under subsection (a) or
(b) or as a conference report on a budget resolution under subsection (c) of
this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HE56154D3F3F64EB48BB4B489AE1A52A0"><enum>104.</enum><header>Budget required
before spending bills may be considered</header>
<subsection id="HBD5B8899AA1E4503A84698F4365F45B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments to
Section <enum-in-header>302</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 302 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6F92E33D0494630B825D0BCFB31E27B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking paragraph (5); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H827658147A82409491C330E2CCCC3EA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1)(A), by striking <quote>as reported</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E4294F417B7409295256FED9E219CFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments to
Section <enum-in-header>303</enum-in-header> and Conforming
Amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9068F60852A941FAA936A4456BD6CE02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 303 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking “(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General</header-in-text>.—”,
by striking <quote>has been agreed to</quote> and inserting <quote>takes effect
in subsection (a)</quote>, and by striking subsections (b) and (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9FBD644CEB24CEEB77BCB983919B938" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking its section heading and
inserting the following new section heading: <quote><header-in-text level="section" other-style="hybrid" style="traditional">consideration of
budget-related legislation before budget becomes
law</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0619B44D67149DF88609146C5AACD9C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expedited
Procedures Upon Veto of Joint Resolution on the Budget</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA727E3B26C1F4CF380B7B6503C9B721E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Title III of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 315 the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1452ADF90F6D4018A3AEE0942227A194" style="traditional">
<section id="HA5FFF8FE9E8D4638A8D73296713E3AFF"><enum>316.</enum><header>Expedited Procedures Upon Veto of Joint Resolution on the
Budget</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H88B4B73D38AA4BBA8A42E10E89ED357C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special
Rule</header><text>If the President vetoes a joint resolution on the budget for
a fiscal year, the majority leader of the House of Representatives or Senate
(or his designee) shall introduce a concurrent resolution on the budget or
joint resolution on the budget for such fiscal year. If the Committee on the
Budget of either House fails to report such concurrent or joint resolution
referred to it within five calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or
legal holidays except when that House of Congress is in session) after the date
of such referral, the committee shall be automatically discharged from further
consideration of such resolution and such resolution shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H50C738160F3C4ED59831177CBD3085D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure in the
House of Representatives and the Senate</header>
<paragraph id="H720322675B0C45DCA040EFC4D84F54EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided
in paragraph (2), the provisions of section 305 for the consideration in the
House of Representatives and in the Senate of joint resolutions on the budget
and conference reports thereon shall also apply to the consideration of
concurrent resolutions on the budget introduced under subsection (a) and
conference reports thereon.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1F7331B36D34AC3B3D22CADA6CE68DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Debate in the
Senate on any concurrent resolution on the budget or joint resolution on the
budget introduced under subsection (a), and all amendments thereto and
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not
more than 10 hours and in the House of Representatives such debate shall be
limited to not more than 3 hours.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98472DAD56664E0E83CC1E2EED91BC02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents of
Concurrent Resolutions</header><text>Any concurrent resolution on the budget
introduced under subsection (a) shall be in compliance with section 301.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFCCA1C6B4D6245D9A5EA4FB6CD7F7E09"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect of
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this title, whenever a concurrent resolution on the budget
described in subsection (a) is agreed to, then the aggregates, allocations, and
reconciliation directives (if any) contained in the report accompanying such
concurrent resolution or in such concurrent resolution shall be considered to
be the aggregates, allocations, and reconciliation directives for all purposes
of sections 302, 303, and 311 for the applicable fiscal years and such
concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be a joint resolution for all purposes
of this title and the Rules of the House of Representatives and any reference
to the date of enactment of a joint resolution on the budget shall be deemed to
be a reference to the date agreed to when applied to such concurrent
resolution.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA861258BDD9E47B08581659CA8BABD8F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 315 the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB0445D6FA65A419CB74385F7197EEAED" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 316. Expedited procedures upon veto
of joint resolution on the
budget.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H67A6E8EDF1144931B8E39F3E2D6C5010"><enum>105.</enum><header>Amendments to
joint resolutions on the budget</header>
<subsection id="H1B8297ABF53946A6AC37F84A0A0078B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Paragraph
(4) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H686C7931D66A49DB840E40E4CB3D4BDC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5E05BCAF4D914F0C94DEDDDE9D6F6EF2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>joint resolution on the budget</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84C97CAA96614EA3A30DC4FF283F3EA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a joint resolution
setting forth the budget for the United States Government for a fiscal year as
provided in section 301; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAAACFC785A3341319777291D946D4F3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other joint
resolution revising the budget for the United States Government for a fiscal
year as described in section
304.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5209B4258AB24FA98FAD5E7DA0589FC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9879B7971D4C467C948F55FED1EE6C45"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBCCDE8FCD2024A15ADB82824C972E62F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 301, 302, 303,
305, 308, 310, 311, 312, 314, 405, and 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) are amended by striking <quote>concurrent</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>joint</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3B9BD9B623243B294A862B0BD726E1F" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 301 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is further amended by striking the last sentence.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03E21D4F61AA4FB39268371E93C978E9" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H94E07262F260424687E249ACAF687418"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Sections 302(d), 302(g),
308(a)(1)(A), and 310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are amended
by striking <quote>most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget</quote> each place it occurs and inserting <quote>most recently enacted
joint resolution on the budget or agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget
(as applicable)</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC514323F3A0E408DACF70B73475C0169" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The section heading of section 301
is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">annual adoption of concurrent
resolution</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">joint resolutions</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H919CA5EC8F2343D2AF1395D4B91A920A" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Section 304 of such Act is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H146ED08A262C43B690935E22A822F6F7" style="traditional">
<section id="H114ADD910A3549059EB7E26E7B309D7B"><enum>304.</enum><header>Permissible Revisions of Budget
Resolutions</header><text>At any time after
the joint resolution on the budget for a fiscal year has been enacted pursuant
to section 301, and before the end of such fiscal year, the two Houses and the
President may enact a joint resolution on the budget which revises or reaffirms
the joint resolution on the budget for such fiscal year most recently enacted,
and for purposes of the enforcement of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
the chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives or the
Senate, as applicable, may adjust levels as needed for the enforcement off of
the budget
resolution.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16582240D0BD4936B0271267E94720FC" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Sections 302, 303, 310, and 311, of
such Act are amended by striking <quote>agreed to</quote> each place it appears
and by inserting <quote>enacted</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC19D66098CC24128ACA3AEC8333E0958" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7BE3E5C82397493D98EFF7D8AC4A7CCA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraph (4) of section
3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
striking <quote>concurrent</quote> each place it appears and by inserting
<quote>joint</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3FEF0155CA54CE380F27929C92CD887" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of such Act is amended—</text>
<clause id="H81A2323F7F3E497DA58389CF1850E182"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the item relating to section 301,
by striking <quote>Annual adoption of concurrent resolution</quote> and
inserting <quote>Joint resolutions</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1709BCDCDF9F41F9868039FF65FACE64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to
section 303 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3F62E9902812485F832CC076AC66EE26" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 303. Consideration of budget-related
legislation before budget becomes
law.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause" indent="paragraph">and</continuation-text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02A49633C8F14F939369F75A973FD4A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>concurrent</quote> and inserting <quote>joint</quote> in the item
relating to section 305.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H58C4259100F14D2D8F4894CB413D3B87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives</header><text>Clauses
1(d)(1), 4(a)(4), 4(b)(2), 4(f)(1)(A), and 4(f)(2) of rule X, clause 10 of rule
XVIII, clause 10 of rule XX, and clauses 7 and 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of
the House of Representatives are amended by striking <quote>concurrent</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>joint</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H394990D11F4741EC9001DF007300A0BC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985</header><text>Section 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907d(b)(1)) is amended by striking
<quote>concurrent</quote> and inserting <quote>joint</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H289F7E23F5E544169293702E586B240F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to Section <enum-in-header>310</enum-in-header> Regarding
Reconciliation Directives</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7AEEEB5DBFEF4F989A2FBC61832BFB83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The side heading of
section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section
105(b)) is further amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="traditional">Joint Explanatory Statement Accompanying
Conference Report on</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="traditional">Joint</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H220CE01D87A941FB89438B700FE37493" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 310(a) of such Act is amended
by striking <quote>A</quote> and inserting <quote>The joint explanatory
statement accompanying the conference report on a</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F49B0D8BCD241F39BDA698A32CDA65F" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The first sentence of section 310(b)
of such Act is amended by striking <quote>If</quote> and inserting <quote>If
the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report
on</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D50B55C09EE47289495D8C37AB5013C" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 310(c)(1) of such Act is
amended by inserting <quote>the joint explanatory statement accompanying the
conference report on</quote> after <quote>pursuant to</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91E5D7FABCE14CD6A8DA45C5A3A5858A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to Section <enum-in-header>3</enum-in-header> Regarding Direct
Spending</header><text>Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB08A1C615EEC4E5F91C155AD702E7D54" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4227FA692CB044E4A10F7BF86B94A209"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The term
<term>direct spending</term> has the meaning given to such term in section
250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H3C37C7DA1CD242CDA410CB8A1D9341BA"><enum>106.</enum><header>Continuing
appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H12EB4C76A00345EEA5A2C5B9B252BB66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 1310 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H300BA146D00D452EAE8944E2671EB6AD" style="USC">
<section id="H03A72D37920446C4AB4518620329043F"><enum>1311.</enum><header>Continuing
appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H0E124AF0A333453AB4E2FD54C1CF1FF1"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H30D525C6837D475BB567C8C785512C64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If any regular
appropriation bill for each fiscal year in a biennium does not become law
before the beginning of such biennium or a joint resolution making continuing
appropriations is not in effect, there are appropriated for the 2 years of the
biennium, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out
of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, excluding any
budget authority designated as an emergency or temporary funding for projects
or activities that are not part of ongoing operations, such sums as may be
necessary to continue any project or activity for which funds were provided in
the preceding fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="id627004F6F33C48D9B60333783B468B6D" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for defense, veterans, and homeland
security spending—</text>
<clause id="H5D53D53283B148B48F4703CAD2A5C5CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the corresponding regular
appropriation Act for such preceding fiscal year; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A60E82B432B40C580559BD9481BAC97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the corresponding regular
appropriation bill for such preceding fiscal year did not become law, then in a
joint resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal
year; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34086AD275F44E08AF61306A364A4BCB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for spending not described in
subparagraph (A), total level allowable for the appropriate accounts under
section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control of Act of 1985
in the same proportion of funding that such accounts received the preceding
fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE86BC984D0F94310AF9821D8888BD1BD" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Appropriations and funds made
available, and authority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year
pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of operations not in excess of the
lower of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3DAA272B7804AF5A698745D9B860D8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the rate of operations provided for in
the regular appropriation Act providing for such project or activity for the
preceding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6A252899A094ADD9450347A1E5B248A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the absence of such an Act, the
rate of operations provided for such project or activity pursuant to a joint
resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal
year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DDA75AFB55B44899C8D2AE0E591A779"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the rate of operations provided for in
the regular appropriation bill as passed by the House of Representatives or the
Senate for the fiscal year in question, except that the lower of these two
versions shall be ignored for any project or activity for which there is a
budget request if no funding is provided for that project or activity in either
version; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EBEB808882D48DE969941831E3C69AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the annualized rate of operations
provided for in the most recently enacted joint resolution making continuing
appropriations for part of that fiscal year or any funding levels established
under the provisions of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6208DBDE82E441FC9552A8F5B04132BD" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Appropriations and funds made
available, and authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section
for a project or activity shall be available for the period beginning with the
first day of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the earlier of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE141BFFF17454283963360653FF51D5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date on which the applicable
regular appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law (whether or not
such law provides for such project or activity) or a continuing resolution
making appropriations becomes law, as the case may be; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80B31E6E3F004256BAD4A1F4ED7223A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the last day of such fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA9046DA03C54FF8A96950DBC2579307"><enum>(b)</enum><text>An appropriation
or funds made available, or authority granted, for a project or activity for
any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and
conditions imposed with respect to the appropriation made or funds made
available for the preceding fiscal year, or authority granted for such project
or activity under current law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H69820930AB2A46DAAD4399AE24B99775"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Appropriations and
funds made available, and authority granted, for any project or activity for
any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall cover all obligations or
expenditures incurred for such project or activity during the portion of such
fiscal year for which this section applies to such project or activity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H990EEF1AD81949A8AABE58B0FC7B63E8"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Expenditures made
for a project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a
regular appropriation bill or a joint resolution making continuing
appropriations until the end of a fiscal year providing for such project or
activity for such period becomes law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H16735B6840E34CC8B7617ED908FFB7DE"><enum>(e)</enum><text>This section shall
not apply to a project or activity during a fiscal year if any other provision
of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA01EAB6BE0549A894D9CD29481631D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>makes an
appropriation, makes funds available, or grants authority for such project or
activity to continue for such period; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68D70D4B76CE4BC7BBE68172E5F71326"><enum>(2)</enum><text>specifically
provides that no appropriation shall be made, no funds shall be made available,
or no authority shall be granted for such project or activity to continue for
such period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF543A4651F643AC87627C55F19E495F"><enum>(f)</enum><text>For purposes of
this section, the term <term>regular appropriation bill</term> means any annual
appropriation bill making appropriations, otherwise making funds available, or
granting authority, for any of the following categories of projects and
activities:</text>
<paragraph id="H4F5D2663201B43099B2A8DF3D5970B20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Agriculture, rural
development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies
programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDCB843EE0E74102B75288EB0C313278"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Department of
Defense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H226650C3E42F46C7B2EF33A212E8B0AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Energy and water
development, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6439ED22596D41C9A19EF93CA4905488"><enum>(4)</enum><text>State, foreign
operations, and related programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52E3C800C41F4256836B059181F591E3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Department of
Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8F94096BEE14524A50A9191B980F6D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Department of
the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53FB34E71C1C4623843000E42431D7CA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECD287679AED44749884CC74C280A3E8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Military
construction, veterans affairs, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79486AC6718B486C85CC5CFB55BAE2B1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Science, the
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70565BAE7FE041DDB48B235206A76843"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Departments
of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCD3826A0C244BC7BEA1E0AF4200474C"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Legislative
Branch.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD186F63431A74F24B31389B28255B8F9"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Financial
services and general
government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H117449D32E2C490A8259D7BD7177FBD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The analysis of chapter 13 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1310 the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB814A2D8983F4F5A9A0F65BD956E0CEB" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">1311. Continuing
appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Biennial
Budget</header>
<section id="H3994EFA3761C48CC89F6E0900A04F4AE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The provisions of this
subtitle shall take effect on January 1 of the calendar year after the year of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="HC6B6EFA5923A439E8627801154EB613A"><enum>202.</enum><header>Revision of
timetable</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 300 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8B7246F09F8A4950B415076393478C03" style="traditional">
<section id="H2D6EF4C8EF764FDC96E8201B3EB7E42E"><enum>300.</enum><header>Timetable</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0FBCD305BFF94CE28DCFD78619496F96"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Except as provided by subsection (b), the timetable with
respect to the congressional budget process for any Congress (beginning with
the One Hundred Twelfth Congress or a subsequent Congress, as applicable) is as
follows:</text>
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<ttitle>First Session</ttitle>
<tgroup cols="2" grid-typeface="1.1" no-carding="1" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="10"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="298.50pt" min-data-value="125"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column2" colwidth="384.00pt" min-data-value="175"></colspec>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">First Monday in February</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget
recommendations.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget
Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Not
later than 6 weeks after budget submission</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates
to Budget Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Budget
Committees report joint resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">May
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on joint resolution on the
biennial budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">May
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the
House of Representatives.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
10</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
30</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
completes action on biennial appropriation bills.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">October
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennium
begins.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
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<ttitle>Second Session</ttitle>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget review.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Not
later than 6 weeks after President submits budget review</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget
Office submits report to Budget Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">The last
day of the session</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on bills and resolutions
authorizing new budget authority for the succeeding biennium.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subsection><subsection id="H81BA0A151FC74C88AD4751DBC585BFC9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
Rule</header><text>In the case of any first session of Congress that begins in
any year during which the term of a President (except a President who succeeds
himself) begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth in
subsection (a):</text>
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<ttitle>First Session</ttitle>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">First
Monday in April</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget recommendations.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
20</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates to Budget
Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">May
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Budget
Committees report joint resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress
completes action on joint resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennial
appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">July
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">July
20</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
completes action on biennial appropriation bills.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">October
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennium
begins.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup></table>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H4F052C12310247F4BAA0C9C94420D194"><enum>203.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974</header>
<subsection id="HE386DD1CDED74F3193BE83EC34BAEB3E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of
Purpose</header><text>Section 2(2) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking <quote>each
year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennially</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAAC5A0FFADD94B198137C7F0BAB28F6A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="HBD0F2B2373534BA6BB54FFB6E103D631"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Budget
resolution</header><text>Section 3(4) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended
by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8998E2823269478693CCE76781E6107C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biennium</header><text>Section
3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) (as amended by section 113(a)) is further amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8FBD756744BE4D3C93B25C03A24E6ACC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6F89C81044F7413CB57A4880FE617AC7"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The term
<term>biennium</term> means the period of 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning
on October 1 of any odd-numbered
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC66B33787BB4B5F96C563667083EDF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biennial Joint
Resolution on the Budget</header>
<paragraph id="H1011700B9D5942168DF81515C481F8A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contents of
resolution</header><text>Section 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6379B01D6FA542088FA378BA21031FBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) by—</text>
<clause id="HED20A45FC5DA4FF6974E0AF858CBC935"><enum>(i)</enum><text>striking
<quote>April 15 of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>May 15 of each
odd-numbered year</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA60E64C8A970414EB046FF1A792CEBD0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>striking
<quote>the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year</quote> the first
place it appears and inserting <quote>the biennium beginning on October 1 of
such year</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H670CBD310E1942908A59166ED4DDB668"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>striking
<quote>the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year</quote> the second
place it appears and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in such period</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A640B023F194B3EA2AA270896A38FB5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>striking
<quote>each of the four ensuing fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>each
fiscal year in the next 2 bienniums</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8646D2A27F9C43FA9BD5747F3CB9BEC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>for the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each
fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF98EC422ADC4397B31B9E135796C3D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking <quote>for the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each
fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4B56CF12F4B9491D95CA78C3FFA5B594"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
matters</header><text>Section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B9B6CD41AC14B8AA4C3839D5785921E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>for such fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for either
fiscal year in such biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FE0C3770A0D49648FE3ABCE05E74296"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking <quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for
each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86846E963E7E46A8A557EC1CE21C1640"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Views of other
committees</header><text>Section 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is
amended by inserting <quote>(or, if applicable, as provided by section
300(b))</quote> after <quote>United States Code</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4F2E7AC08DF4719AF404534F5AC42A7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>Section
301(e)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11E3FD155033465592126C80348BE5A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B446CC924734570817F9BEE16892850"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inserting after
the second sentence the following: <quote>On or before April 1 of each
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b)), the
Committee on the Budget of each House shall report to its House the joint
resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) for the biennium
beginning on October 1 of that year.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H91AB3A8B2C4544AE9F1CD39F000B22D2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Goals for
reducing unemployment</header><text>Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
632(f)) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> each place it appears
and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA0BF588C0A94CF693C8C1746EA1396F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Economic
assumptions</header><text>Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is
amended by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B4BB20DE47A4AC985DCD6BF3D92085E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Section
heading</header><text>The section heading of section 301 of such Act is amended
by striking <quote><header-in-text style="traditional">annual</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text style="traditional">biennial</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D2472BD7C654EEC8E2721F3A2B2C04B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The item relating to section 301 in the table of
contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking
<quote>Annual</quote> and inserting <quote>Biennial</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD0317CA21E7D40C08CDE10F11D7432B9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Committee
Allocations</header><text>Section 302 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H758FEA4BCB1B40CFAC1ADEE4DEE983C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1) by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5FE6E290531842AFA98069674C22F9CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>for the first fiscal year of the resolution,</quote> and inserting
<quote>for each fiscal year in the biennium,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C8EAFF3EACB40EE88FC6563951E95C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>for that period of fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>for all
fiscal years covered by the resolution</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92A5FE51C3694636844EDBF32BC091A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking
<quote>for the fiscal year of that resolution</quote> and inserting <quote>for
each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6ED7BA9D407145A49F6ED8F0BB8AE5E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1), by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6C48841CF084EA2B0E654E41ED982AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1), by striking <quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A62F4BD1DAC4C4DA49F399BADE06507"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(2)(A), by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC077865F10944F1AB05E50D7AB5BE1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of the
biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECCAC6C2822F44A990A2C7CA7F4DBBCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>the total of fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>the total of all
fiscal years covered by the resolution</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D50428DCAF44BD8BA735B72B3B86336"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(1)(A), by striking <quote>April</quote> and inserting
<quote>May</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7EC32073808544AFB1F5CBECFC5636B4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>303</enum-in-header> Point of Order</header><text>Section 303
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking <quote>for a fiscal
year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a biennium</quote> and by striking
<quote>the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of
the biennium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEA67911931B4F7782D3911B8C21C356"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Permissible
Revisions of Joint Resolutions on the Budget</header><text>Section 304 of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB055F79C86247128F97AB8711C2EDE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> the first two places it appears and inserting
<quote>biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CE5396E7E004F28B65EE8472DF6C5EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for such fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE9343498D424B28B049AFCD05E7247F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period <quote>for such biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76005828C4F44918B963CEBCFB2DA84F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Procedures for
Consideration of Budget Resolutions</header><text>Section 305(a)(3) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and
inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2C9EBE7B8F794EAF83ADFB234A491308"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Completion of
House Committee Action on Appropriation Bills</header><text>Section 307 of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H071853A8B79D4FE4B7321AB0735246D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>each year</quote> and inserting <quote>each odd-numbered year (or, if
applicable, as provided by section 300(b), July 1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84FC504066D549EAB2854A211C7CA474"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41D5DC6C7A4A4EDAB1CDE0BB4C80E816"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E0872E9D1874516A2A247C35D08ECA8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>that year</quote> and inserting <quote>each odd-numbered
year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D590A2554C04A68B29748075D3EB581"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Completion of
House Action on Regular Appropriation Bills</header><text>Section 309 of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B19941405964E9CBB7735D5721F34D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>It</quote> and inserting <quote>Except whenever section 300(b) is
applicable, it</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E6FA12B15044D138898A6F42BEE519A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>of any odd-numbered calendar year</quote> after
<quote>July</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99D11B24B3084BD2A8E27D4EA8207F44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C129F651F654395827A42D2826CAA92"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F27145FB4674BA68144E49BB800D56D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reconciliation
Process</header><text>Section 310 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2573057F1C95450587D995E9647E2A1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>any fiscal
year</quote> and inserting <quote>any biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8312F8FCA91D4D5CAEFAEEB3BE1DB5D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>such fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>any fiscal year covered by such resolution</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD11F839C2BA34B7F92A8EB62B7F70AD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7ACFC735A7D4A6AA0104770FFA85DFB"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>311</enum-in-header> Point of Order</header>
<paragraph id="H27602B90AACA4EBD8A8C48E348048108"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In the House of
Representatives</header><text>Section 311(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a))
is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H127FB919ADE6468499B5AA02E4C3BBE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
biennium</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2648141B074B4E02A97746D519213BCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C47AC7EAAAE4377B80C375CC042AFE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>that first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in
the biennium</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9031ACE4FFA14C279B3A80205D3B8249"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In the
senate</header><text>Section 311(a)(2) of such Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7FF43D8046FC4EC390CDEBCD1001EF3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>for either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B3D4D9F1598416A99D0172E25D4BE84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="H5BD8AC222ADB490B9E00E42DB241FEE0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>that first fiscal year</quote> the first place it appears and
inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD800CF3BA6C449A99B4DD9D65264B4D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years</quote> and
inserting <quote>all fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34E447F3C6FA473184FE445AF85A4EFA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Social security
levels</header><text>Section 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDFB4BAA10A18424FB11BC95883FC3A8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year
in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3408458BFF7B4A81B66DE84ED558A6A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years</quote> and inserting
<quote>all fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H03CAC7CE5C9B4A6AB5FC22447E769349"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Maximum Deficit
Amount Point of Order</header><text>Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H03145A01BA9240CCABC5AB578A6BABC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C40A77E701E42F794011E3E2F0E9388"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal
year in the biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A9264C2432843A8BC2F6A4C8FC40FF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal
year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA10085358DA8422FA836CED857004AEE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the matter
following paragraph (2), by striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and
inserting <quote>the applicable fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H45A09D0CE598481996F8ED3EC4DE6021"><enum>204.</enum><header>Amendments to
Rules of the House of Representatives</header>
<subsection id="H2F83DD3C87AC4953B794271534F6E9DF"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Clause 4(a)(1)(A)
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting
<quote>odd-numbered</quote> after <quote>each</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2ADF8506351945D0B581C9A212069CD9"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Clause 4(a)(4) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9B69CE76D1814AEC83003587D20BAAF9"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Clause 4(b)(2) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>each fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>the
biennium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H554570D701FB4C33BD23832DEB8FFC58"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Clause 4(b) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and
inserting <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H05A3CE1FB812419AB92717D809ADADBF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5A49CA21566C401DA76C6EC3B76FB05B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>use the second
session of each Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic
implications, including holding hearings to receive testimony from committees
of jurisdiction to identify problem areas and to report on the results of
oversight; and by January 1 of each odd-number year, issuing a report to the
Speaker which identifies the key issues facing the Congress in the next
biennium.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA30D9B8C5A8B43C6B990BBAC73D98FF6"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Clause 4(e) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>annually</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>biennially</quote> and by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting
<quote>biennial</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43D8F7CC6FA043F1BFADBF19FCCC5446"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Clause 4(f) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D76552F37F947AF8CA9F42E87ABD5F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>during each odd-numbered year</quote> after <quote>submits his
budget</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5B78C01FEE64724887AC4DC7D990622"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
<quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A11FC5D17AF4D2C8F8BE6A07A4D4C47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>that fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in such
ensuing biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8EE193F5955B42F6871956B389126A64"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Clause 11(i) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>during the same or preceding fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB8376FF7C01D4ECB81DD22497577474B"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Clause 3(d)(2)(A)
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by
striking <quote>five</quote> both places it appears and inserting
<quote>six</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3DF824D3D69C41A992C5BDC768365737"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Clause 5(a)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>fiscal year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year</quote> and
inserting <quote>biennium after September 15 of the calendar year in which such
biennium begins</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF431C93C9C3C49BDB9E1474C90BB33C5"><enum>205.</enum><header>Two-year
appropriations; title and style of appropriation Acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105 of title 1, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDF9BF91722B54397AC1154F572D633DD" style="USC">
<section id="H4CDA3D36B4504F34AA3755D4AF513D28"><enum>105.</enum><header>Title and style
of appropriations Acts</header>
<subsection id="HB74EAF2EDE0B4EE89E0858D6210079F5"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The style and
title of all Acts making appropriations for the support of the Government shall
be as follows: <quote>An Act making appropriations (here insert the object) for
each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years (here insert the fiscal years
of the biennium).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9FB6B435BA7D4CA2AF8C52EF9678B24B"><enum>(b)</enum><text>All Acts making
regular appropriations for the support of the Government shall be enacted for a
biennium and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided for each
fiscal year in such period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFA0C3224A57543DA9888B7E0C0E3741D"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of
this section, the term <term>biennium</term> has the same meaning as in section
3(13) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
622(13)).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H915682EA7EB14EA2BBF24D5793848143"><enum>206.</enum><header>Multiyear
authorizations</header>
<subsection id="H09A5B0B472974E7FAF93185280CADD92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as
amended by section 115(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H14991FE8BCD04D5DA646381AACAEC48A" style="traditional">
<section id="H28D482825BC24C79A6DF121848DCEEF5"><enum>318.</enum><header>Multiyear authorizations of
appropriations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFF6BA2168C714358B601BD2B9A3B1DC9"><enum>(a)</enum><text>It shall not be in order
in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure that
contains a specific authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the
measure includes such a specific authorization of appropriations for that
purpose for not less than each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB9299955D10C44748D47679C7645A14D"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1B62EAB726454838A67E273A23BAB5C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of this
section, a specific authorization of appropriations is an authorization for the
enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed an amount of
appropriations (whether stated as a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as
may be necessary) for any purpose for a fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89854F5DA8C947E1BEECCB1EE6C5967F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (a) does not apply with
respect to an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year for any
program, project, or activity if the measure containing that authorization
includes a provision expressly stating the following: <quote>Congress finds
that no authorization of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of
applicable program, project, or activity] for any subsequent fiscal
year.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4ED99380AEBB4FECBF91C5D49EB12204"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of
this section, the term <term>measure</term> means a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference
report.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H21E899D0DE454F779441F174AEE9E9D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to
Table of Contents</header><text>The table of contents set forth in section 1(b)
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
adding after the item relating to section 317 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE43A7EAF538A4149A26D2434F5493489" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 318. Multiyear authorizations of
appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H1FDDA8C12D414FDFB7D99F46E863D4E9"><enum>207.</enum><header>Government
strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis</header>
<subsection id="H069E006BD7344F02932D2BAD772A2AE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategic
Plans</header><text>Section 306 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H58C1024D2BF04E159859B13A07DF20F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>September 30, 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>September
30, 2010</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB11225CCA0194A71ABBBEDAC2DABC500"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72DAA9AD70204EE8B2A9BF17A4407C91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>at least every three years</quote> and all that follows thereafter and
inserting <quote>at least every 4 years, except that strategic plans submitted
by September 30, 2010, shall be updated and revised by September 30,
2012</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF1420A10CB1485AA9671101EE8EA4DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>five years forward</quote> and inserting <quote>six years
forward</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3780D51CD4174EC1AF4FE3682E4A8C44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by inserting a comma after <quote>section</quote> the second place it appears
and adding <quote>including a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2010,
meeting the requirements of subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB6B778B113E945F9AFFAEED4C3AAB4FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Budget Contents
and Submission to Congress</header><text>Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>beginning with
fiscal year 1999, a</quote> and inserting <quote>beginning with fiscal year
2012, a biennial</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0C08DD25F4CE41E79FF0E858338382F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Performance
Plans</header><text>Section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3989AF0DFA248949BD7129DE6B71B71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H109F41B076BD4010968554BE7F614964"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
before paragraph (1) by striking <quote>an annual</quote> and inserting
<quote>a biennial</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC2C1F65C70942E1B3A12FCA37553F81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by inserting after <quote>program activity</quote> the following: <quote>for
both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8533840CBD3649ACBE4F01806D7E2488"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF40043F38BDD495B81F1ED435588E041"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the inserted semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AE9606B163548469050AE1AD360C77E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H354FBBF189714D858C29B454F24A8984" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCDE195C8DA374A08A30797999678520F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>cover each fiscal
year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial
budget
cycle.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB66EA8B3A3094C6AB7457C13A0B4899A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55F33CCB73A94E2D8212D3AF717C312E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
of subsection (g) by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting
<quote>biennial</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H38D2DBB2CCF846E09E40E5F637A21FE7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Managerial
Accountability and Flexibility</header><text>Section 9703 of title 31, United
States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D7965AEE3994F029FFFC7BC52D2B06E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3ADFA53D9E924B7EB9EADC367C1E0D63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>annual</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA156D3397D4F462F8202F773B072A2F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 1105(a)(29)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
1105(a)(28)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C172085DBFE439CB89911EF53B06D07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3926554BFA6D49E79D648B429AB7F5BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>one or</quote> before <quote>two
years</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA2C120B3DA64FD992F3FF860C6EA2C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence by striking <quote>a subsequent year</quote> and inserting <quote>for
a subsequent 2-year period</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2948508376B54C7AA6747C6EBA53681F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the third
sentence by striking <quote>three</quote> and inserting
<quote>four</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76B33EFA8D0E4B429D1BFAE42228DBE8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Strategic
Plans</header><text>Section 2802 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H20437C9E106945F9AC1B385EC928FD7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>September 30, 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>September
30, 2010</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0BFA35E90B64376B0BEBA3C23CC7B23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>at least every three years</quote> and inserting <quote>at
least every 4 years except that strategic plans submitted by September 30,
2010, shall be updated and revised by September 30, 2013</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H123CEB2A35C94E7382C097678786A503"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>five years forward</quote> and inserting <quote>six years
forward</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE548DE4765EE4E91A12E86C59BA49E93"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by inserting a comma after <quote>section</quote> the second place it appears
and inserting <quote>including a strategic plan submitted by September 30,
2010, meeting the requirements of subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H65155EE9B87A4EBA970C9F18A9662533"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Performance
Plans</header><text>Section 2803(a) of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAEFE3EF788714F5CB1081FAEEE1298CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>an annual</quote> and inserting
<quote>a biennial</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9768875B9FA349089992986A33A36238"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting after <quote>program activity</quote> the following: <quote>for
both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01E5BFC249E442B7BC2C33E1F29F81F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD52376FC656E4834B05EA02BE1AFC78B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H279E1B022D8447E9A70770A1DA2710EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBD4520E2658D4728BEB23C72FCF3DB1B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0A28C8D5D30E4F5482AC9EF3F1008E76"><enum>(7)</enum><text>cover each fiscal
year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial
budget
cycle.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H977F89D517D94DB189656264637657C0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Committee Views
of Plans and Reports</header><text>Section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget
Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end <quote>Each committee of
the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans,
performance plans, and performance reports, required under section 306 of title
5, United States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States
Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each committee
may provide its views on such plans or reports to the Committee on the Budget
of the applicable House.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id11FDFABE066E4D8CAB5C280D8E281B77"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Program
formulas in performance plans</header><text>Section 1115(b) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB9CCAC2CFB4A4AB4A8CFCD205363C6D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB2A90B3225BF480C9E3BDF5EF83BED6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(10), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA90348C2D3624C80B4E31E2350F209A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73CA55821F5146BEB87590A60D923135" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idE8762AA3F1D94B159AF7A761D6589B44"><enum>(11)</enum><text>a description of
the formulas used for the program and program funding decisions including the
criteria and factors used and the weight given to each of these
factors.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4E01E13BFF6C4178B602567418FE9511"><enum>208.</enum><header>Biennial
appropriation bills</header>
<subsection id="H164A8FD2AB604D789BBCBE36F1B878B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In the House of
Representatives</header><text>Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H20224BB1E534434089941DE4CC7652E6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H50D9BE83DD834D559273760E54B02AE7" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA492576DF84147F0BA1EC41118523184"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided by
subdivision (B), an appropriation may not be reported in a general
appropriation bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and may not
be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it provides new budget authority or
establishes a level of obligations under contract authority for each fiscal
year of a biennium.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FC993A4E01B41FBB89415CF91F02461" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subdivision (A) does not apply with
respect to an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, project,
or activity if the bill or amendment thereto containing that appropriation
includes a provision expressly stating the following: <quote>Congress finds
that no additional funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the
[Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity] will be completed or
terminated after the amount provided has been expended.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F3E3D9DD5F24EA7A0AC7CEDAFA36D4D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (b), the
statement set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropriation for a
single fiscal year for any program, project, or activity may be included in a
general appropriation bill or amendment
thereto.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDE7336B332643EFA39C1C55E2DD6285"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking <quote>or (C)</quote> and inserting
<quote>or (3) or 2(C)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3816E4B1E5464B6ABC709679E4616A3E"><enum>209.</enum><header>Assistance by
Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate and the House of
Representatives</header>
<subsection id="H7E14A4AD43E04E508B2BE5E32E301425"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information
Regarding Agency Appropriations Requests</header><text>To assist each standing
committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its
responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency which administers the laws or
parts of laws under the jurisdiction of such committee shall provide to such
committee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and assistance as may
be requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF1355AFF2BD4232B5723AEE947DC6C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information
Regarding Agency Program Administration</header><text>To assist each standing
committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its
responsibilities, the head of any agency shall furnish to such committee
documentation, containing information received, compiled, or maintained by the
agency as part of the operation or administration of a program, or specifically
compiled pursuant to a request in support of a review of a program, as may be
requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of such committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H78C42B9367414744905DA554FCAFDECF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Summaries by
Comptroller General</header><text>Within 30 days after the receipt of a request
from a chairman and ranking minority member of a standing committee having
jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and studied by such committee under
this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish to
such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such program which the
Comptroller General has completed during the preceding 6 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED5F65A465A640CB93BF6328317866A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Congressional
Assistance</header><text>Consistent with their duties and functions under law,
the Comptroller General of the United States, the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office, and the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall
continue to furnish (consistent with established protocols) to each standing
committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such information,
studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and ranking minority member may
request to assist the committee in conducting reviews and studies of programs
under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING LIMITS</header>
<subtitle id="H2610AB4B0D9548F9B3B42CB950C5213F"><enum>A</enum><header>Spending
Limits</header>
<section id="H1B4659A938634EBD8A397C23A7968B17"><enum>301.</enum><header>Discretionary
spending limits</header>
<subsection id="H2C1FB4AEF6994D759FFF562F20B2C285"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Discretionary
Spending Limits</header><text>Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control of Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H94871CBC969048D197301DEA7D90566E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBAB2031D772244B98189C8375BD17573"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Discretionary
Spending Limits</header><text>The total level of discretionary spending for all
non-security discretionary spending programs, projects, and activities means,
in any fiscal year in which there is a deficit through fiscal year 2021, an
amount of non-security discretionary spending outlays not exceeding the levels
for fiscal year 2008 as adjusted for inflation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0C9C74A0EC0145FFBB7EA01B053A0AD9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-Security
spending</header><text>In this section, the term non-security discretionary
spending means discretionary spending other than spending for the Department of
Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, homeland security activities, and
intelligence related activities within the Department of State.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99410D8DCAB34D16A818454B0AF47D4A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing of
Sequestration Report</header><text>Within 15 calendar days after Congress
adjourns to end a session OMB shall issue a final spending reduction report to
reduce an excess spending amount.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0578B86CF03843EC81E1CC8F7110F33D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Spending
Reduction Order</header><text>A spending reduction ordered pursuant to
subsection (b) shall be implemented using the procedures set forth in section
256.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H841409E5D6CD4108A53A0D3195C9A30E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 251 in the table of
contents set forth in 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0DC97858B87B42D4946E8044B848904C" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 251. Discretionary spending
limits.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H36A7309DBDC2403A89DAF0CEDD7EDBCC"><enum>B</enum><header>Reports and Orders
</header>
<section id="H4EFA8D3E37CE429DAB2B97512D29CD9F"><enum>311.</enum><header>Reports and
orders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 254 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F5AEA207944467DAC2A3FF942F6E073" style="OLC">
<section id="HD6BC70E97535470B837CC47A3023ED09"><enum>254.</enum><header>Reports and
Orders</header>
<subsection id="HF940369DD0694CA491038C22266010A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Timetable</header>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" rowsep-modify="bold" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>Date:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" rowsep-modify="bold"><bold>Action to be completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">5 days
before the President’s budget submission</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">CBO sequestration preview
report.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">President’s budget submission</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">OMB sequestration preview
report.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">August
10</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">CBO
sequestration update report.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">August
20</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">OMB
sequestration update report.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">10 days
after end of session</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">CBO sequestration final
report.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">15 days
after end of session</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">OMB sequestration final report;
Presidential order.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
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</table>
</subsection><subsection id="HCB16957DF1BC427B8D7BCC09069CEFA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission and
Availability of Reports</header><text>Each report required by this section
shall be submitted to the Budget Committees of the House of Representatives and
the Senate. On the following day a notice of the report shall be printed in the
Federal Register.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H036EA77BAC6C4F7BBF6991E6B3BC21ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sequestration
Preview Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H385DBD509D1247DCB49A7E264F0F9F6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>On the dates specified in subsection (a), OMB and CBO
shall issue a preview report regarding discretionary sequestration based on
laws enacted through those dates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CD8A772BB214CB39C8F4420A0FF8AD9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary
spending limit sequestration report</header><text>The preview reports shall set
forth estimates for the current year and each subsequent year through 2021 of
the applicable discretionary spending limits and an explanation of any
adjustments in such limits under section 251.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85D7597425514858993988AA83B175EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Explanation of
differences</header><text>The OMB reports shall explain the differences between
OMB and CBO estimates for each item set forth in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H79B76707F7D24DC8883D642803C1BCA0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sequestration
Update Reports</header><text>On the dates specified in subsection (a), OMB and
CBO shall issue a sequestration update report, reflecting laws enacted through
those dates, containing all of the information required in the sequestration
preview reports.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC564CD51F29F48E495224EF5717817F8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Final
Sequestration Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HAEC9EF9229EE4EE3AC32EF2012B632D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>On the dates specified in subsection (a), OMB and CBO
shall issue a final sequestration report, updated to reflect laws enacted
through those dates.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A000AB3D3574AD59A22060D398A3312"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discretionary
spending sequestration reports</header><text>The final reports shall set forth
estimates for each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F34E866F3C54AAB944E59F13D1884B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For the current
year and each subsequent year the applicable discretionary spending limits for
each category and an explanation of any adjustments in such limits under
section 251.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H166FBB68EA544F5083D907C6C34EFE95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For the current
year and the budget year the estimated new budget authority and outlays for
each category and the breach, if any, in each category.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1BD81B5E7114D23A23DFF82B6EA1EFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For each category
for which a sequestration is required, the sequestration percentages necessary
to achieve the required reduction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FE6642C6BD444AF93987E17379426F1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For the budget
year, for each account to be sequestered, estimates of the baseline level of
budgetary resources subject to sequestration and resulting outlays and the
amount of budgetary resources to be sequestered and resulting outlay
reductions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H11EE628BB0694E97B5E7F8CACDC51ACA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Explanation of
differences</header><text>The OMB report shall explain any differences between
OMB and CBO estimates of the amount of any required sequestration percentage.
The OMB report shall also explain differences in the amount of sequesterable
resources for any budget account to be reduced if such difference is greater
than $5,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9EE0E0978F64A4A846A70E3513C0ED8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Presidential
order</header><text>On the date specified in subsection (a), if in its final
sequestration report OMB estimates that any sequestration is required, the
President shall issue an order fully implementing without change all
sequestrations required by the OMB calculations set forth in that report. This
order shall be effective on issuance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE392740D64684FE1AD663680D13EB3F9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Within-Session
Sequestration Reports</header><text>If an appropriation for a fiscal year in
progress is enacted (after Congress adjourns to end the session for that budget
year and before July 1 of that fiscal year) that causes a breach, 10 days later
CBO shall issue a report containing the information required in subsection
(e)(2). Fifteen days after enactment, OMB shall issue a report containing the
information required in subsections (e)(2) and (e)(4). On the same day as the
OMB report, the President shall issue an order fully implementing without
change all sequestrations required by the OMB calculations set forth in that
report. This order shall be effective on issuance.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HEBCBB8D9C2844323ACABC71A01FA0F37"><enum>(g)</enum><header>GAO Compliance
Report</header><text>Upon request of the Committee on the Budget of the House
of Representatives or the Senate, the Comptroller General shall submit to the
Congress and the President a report on—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H58E8397D39504FD990D65CE885830402"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to
which each order issued by the President under this section complies with all
of the requirements contained in this part, either certifying that the order
fully and accurately complies with such requirements or indicating the respects
in which it does not; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H47967981574A452CA1D84CEC4C7944D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to
which each report issued by OMB or CBO under this section complies with all of
the requirements contained in this part, either certifying that the report
fully and accurately complies with such requirements or indicating the respects
in which it does not.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H83EBF1C000ED43F9B4C7059BB11F0517"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Low-Growth
Report</header><text>At any time, CBO shall notify the Congress if—</text>
<paragraph id="H326BBC3810FA4C9FB22106CC55D7B25B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>during the period
consisting of the quarter during which such notification is given, the quarter
preceding such notification, and the 4 quarters following such notification,
CBO or OMB has determined that real economic growth is projected or estimated
to be less than zero with respect to each of any 2 consecutive quarters within
such period; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0D3CE72EBF4423F8C4D8536B9D659DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the most recent of
the Department of Commerce’s advance preliminary or final reports of actual
real economic growth indicate that the rate of real economic growth for each of
the most recently reported quarter and the immediately preceding quarter is
less than one percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H15661989ED7D483AB7608ECF027B01E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Economic and
Technical Assumptions</header><text>In all reports required by this section,
OMB shall use the same economic and technical assumptions as used in the most
recent budget submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States
Code</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD2F70E39AFD441B2BDAF640D33368084"><enum>312.</enum><header>Spending limits
enforcement</header>
<subsection id="H42C692AEF2BA4C39AD15427E437AD3AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to Section 312</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H20E91AD5466646F9B07A3C3EF5A1AA26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E433FC749A04A428D26450D68DAADEB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H22EC06235F1D4D598F03F4A43476EE92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Budget Committee
Determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes
of this title, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending,
deficits, revenues, and debt, or the increases or decreases of such levels for
purpose of section 303, shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as
applicable.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A3CDF568ACD40EAB3687FCB2186620B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (b) and (c) and redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as (h),
(i), and (j).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9ADD91A36C824276BD93AFB7BFE4EB55"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement
Amendments to Section 312</header><text>Section 312 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsections after subsection (a):</text>
<quoted-block id="H7E7A058E9B55444995C8CE751C8EA71D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA4028098D4E8465AA8BDC08091D6B943"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Discretionary
Spending Limit Point of Order</header><text>It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, concurrent resolution, or conference report that—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2A20EE520AA43329A6E579490482E66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>causes the
discretionary spending limits for the budget year to be breached;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD52FF098F6743E8837F91FBEFFD50D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increases the
discretionary spending limits for the budget year or any ensuing fiscal year;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6232F7BB092F42F7845F3BD59EEA6762"><enum>(3)</enum><text>includes any
provision that has the effect of modifying the application of section 251 of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE54FC7734BD47338F2EA21859D91102"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sequestration
Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall not be
in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill,
joint resolution, amendment, concurrent resolution, or conference report
that—</text>
<paragraph id="H3F23E8B4A9874EF98F1B0665C673990C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes any
provision that has the effect of modifying the application of section 256 of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to any program
subject to sequestration or exempt from sequestration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74B39E21B17440B9974AE146C872C2DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes any
provision that has the effect of modifying the application of section 251 to
any program subject to sequestration or exempt from sequestration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFB817E1E71F54039888E631D8A5D6C5A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver or
Suspension</header><text>The provisions of this section may be waived or
suspended:</text>
<paragraph id="H75A6E2C814AE44919E0F83CC0B49B8B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In the
Senate</header><text>In the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths
of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC25429711D624F4DB7617186E816F8F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In the House of
Representatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the House
of Representatives:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2CBDACD170B746FFBE9A48EC3B8E2B8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Only by a rule or
order proposing only to waive such provisions by an affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB3D19D7EF51446E9AA7B565C38BCCDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>It shall not be in
order to consider a rule or order that waives the application of subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H29D822D64D6E44F3B0F7D003D218EB0B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>It shall not be in
order for the Speaker to entertain a motion to suspend the application of this
section under clause 1 of rule XV of the Rules of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HBDD2E8CDC3924F888E8C6E2305FB5C97"><enum>313.</enum><header>Spending
reduction order</header>
<subsection id="H546B899F977E493B839E8B2CB66A9191"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Section 256 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1C20B53570C44AAF828E02F556D1664D" style="OLC">
<section id="H33D793DA9B854C549E6665F827709341"><enum>256.</enum><header>Spending
Reduction Order</header>
<subsection id="HCAF6C123D9AE4CF5B0BE6587FDE6D019"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A spending reduction order issued pursuant
to this part shall apply to eliminate breaches of the limits set forth in
sections 251 (discretionary spending limits).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H48C5A3DE5C654976BA5BB4FF4D815686"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General
Rules</header><text>OMB shall include in its final spending sequestration
report a requirement that each nonexempt spending account shall be reduced by
an amount of budget authority calculated by multiplying the baseline level of
budgetary resources in that account at that time by the uniform percentage
necessary to reduce outlays sufficient to eliminate an excess spending
amount.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE830D3A4C8DA411998156EB84BC6306E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Discretionary
Spending Sequestration</header>
<paragraph id="HDF414AFA39B94C2BB83FDC3ABC1369D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eliminating a
breach</header><text>Each nonexempt account shall be reduced by an amount of
budget authority calculated by multiplying the baseline level of budgetary
resources subject to sequestration in that account at that time by the uniform
percentage necessary to eliminate a breach by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H04522FC9B6964CB29B09754D0C9C32EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>first, calculating
the uniform percentage necessary to eliminate a breach in new budget authority,
if any, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B53E0D870E44C30B1433B972CB832EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>second, if any
breach in outlays remains, increasing the uniform percentage to a level
sufficient to eliminate that breach.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H017FBE009F44479E89EA9BF7C656DF54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Emergency
spending above the reserve fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An amount of budget authority and the
outlays flowing therefrom designated in statute as an emergency that is above
level in the emergency reserve fund as calculated in Section 317(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall count toward the discretionary spending
limits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77589102989E4A77A05F8F37B372A305"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Part-year
appropriations</header><text>If, on the date specified in paragraph (1), there
is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal
year for any budget account, then the dollar sequestration calculated for that
account under paragraph (2) shall be subtracted from—(A) the annualized amount
otherwise available by law in that account under that or a subsequent part-year
appropriation; and (B) when a full-year appropriation for that account is
enacted, from the amount otherwise provided by the full year
appropriation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H747590CC7FF04EE5AD66BF8AFF825ED2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Look-back</header><text>If,
after June 30, an appropriation for the fiscal year in progress is enacted that
causes a breach for that year, the discretionary spending limits for the next
fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of the breach.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B407C1A3C704B5F8520329CE05CA5BB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Within-session
sequestration</header><text>If an appropriation for a fiscal year in progress
is enacted (after Congress adjourns to end the session for that budget year and
before July 1 of that fiscal year) that causes a breach for that year (after
taking into account any prior sequestration of amounts), 15 days later there
shall be a sequestration to eliminate that breach following the procedures set
forth in paragraphs (2) through (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E1B2597B9EF4CCAA8C78B9B93BD79C5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Estimates</header>
<subparagraph id="H44C299E9E17A4A91AC1729D06BC6E1DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>CBO
estimates</header><text>As soon as practicable after Congress completes action
on any discretionary appropriation, CBO, after consultation with the Committees
on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall provide OMB
with an estimate of the amount of discretionary new budget authority and
outlays for the current year (if any) and the budget year provided by that
legislation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DBD668EEE0445D9AAA603A6043A821A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>OMB
estimates</header><text>Not later than seven calendar days (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the date of enactment of any
discretionary appropriation, OMB shall transmit a report to the House of
Representatives and to the Senate containing the CBO estimate of that
legislation, an OMB estimate of the amount of discretionary new budget
authority and outlays for the current year (if any) and the budget year
provided by that legislation, and an explanation of any difference between the
two estimates.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59DCAD2807384DE7ABE8F40D00910740"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Explanation of
differences between OMB and CBO estimates</header><text>If OMB determines that
there is a significant difference between OMB and CBO reports prepared pursuant
to subparagraph (A) and (B), OMB shall consult with the Committees on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate regarding that difference
and that consultation shall include, to extent practicable, written
communication to those committees that affords such committees the opportunity
to comment before the issuance of the report.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36F8E67421734F75A69525F93273F6FB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Assumptions and
guidelines</header><text>OMB estimates under this paragraph shall be made using
current economic and technical assumptions. OMB shall use the OMB estimates
transmitted to the Congress under this paragraph. OMB and CBO shall prepare
estimates under this paragraph in conformance with scorekeeping guidelines
determined after consultation among the House of Representatives and Senate
Committees on the Budget, CBO, and OMB.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0732DA7347FD4168AD0DC0CA76CB3E49"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Annual
appropriations</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, amounts provided
by annual appropriations shall include any new budget authority and outlays for
the current year (if any) and the budget year in accounts for which funding is
provided in that legislation that result from previously enacted
legislation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd3ac2e63a5af48abacdebf41eba1bef5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Discretionary
sequestration limitation</header><text>If appropriations for a fiscal year do
not require a sequester pursuant to the discretionary spending limits set forth
in this Act, discretionary accounts shall not be subject to sequestration under
sections 252A, 252B, or 253.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4D5CFF8DF52F4A3E929E98E880866074"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Expedited
consideration of spending reduction bill</header>
<paragraph id="IDa0242e7caaf548169f9e0f18aeceebc5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Introduction</header>
<subparagraph id="ID1ec8ea86f28f416195aa6eca77cd7594"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Reconvening</header>
<clause id="ID1404da06c1624c30a542417d6e98a96a"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In the House of
Representatives</header><text>Upon receipt of a spending reduction bill
(referred to in this section as a <quote>spending reduction bill</quote>) under
section 252A(b), the Speaker, if the House would otherwise be adjourned, shall
notify the Members of the House that, pursuant to this subsection, the House
shall convene not later than two weeks after the receipt of the spending
reduction bill.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4d6e7687e8004eb7a56a13a976446633"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>In the
Senate</header>
<subclause id="IDbf1838dc7d1647fb82a68326cef47619"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Convening</header><text>Upon
receipt of a spending reduction bill, if the Senate has adjourned or recessed
for more than 2 days, the majority leader of the Senate, after consultation
with the minority leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the Senate
that, pursuant to this section, the Senate shall convene not later two weeks
after receipt of the spending reduction bill.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID7ff9f25c41e44394885f587dcc6d93ef"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Adjourning</header><text>No
concurrent resolution adjourning the Senate for more than 3 days shall be in
order until the Senate votes on passage of the spending reduction bill.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID00c0079ea41a4c7494f8604846bd5739"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Introduction of
spending reduction bill</header><text>The spending reduction bill, upon receipt
by the Congress, shall be introduced not later two weeks after the receipt of
the spending reduction bill, in the Senate and in the House of Representatives
by the majority leader of each House of Congress, for himself, the minority
leader of each House of Congress, for himself, or any member of the House
designated by the majority leader or minority leader. If the spending reduction
bill is not introduced in accordance with the preceding sentence in either
House of Congress, then any Member of that House may introduce the spending
reduction bill on any day thereafter. Upon introduction, the spending reduction
bill shall be referred to the appropriate committees under subparagraph
(C).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID96282b45ef3448da80e4372121be9818"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Committee
consideration</header><text>A spending reduction bill introduced in either
House of Congress shall be jointly referred to the committee or committees of
jurisdiction and the Committee on the Budget of that House, which committees
shall report the bill without any revision and with a favorable recommendation,
an unfavorable recommendation, or without recommendation, not later than 7
calendar days after the date of introduction of the bill in that House, or the
first day thereafter on which that House is in session. If any committee fails
to report the bill within that period, that committee shall be automatically
discharged from consideration of the bill, and the bill shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4f03c06007684687a085d05bb07ba155"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expedited
procedures</header>
<subparagraph id="IDe543d2a239c84169a896b71e6b464912"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fast track
consideration in House of Representatives</header>
<clause id="IDcca7ff2a036248f1bf7a1e1570435777"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Proceeding to
consideration</header><text>It shall be in order, not later than 2 days of
session after the date on which a spending reduction bill is reported or
discharged from all committees to which it was referred, for the majority
leader of the House of Representatives or the majority leader's designee, to
move to proceed to the consideration of the spending reduction bills. It shall
also be in order for any Member of the House of Representatives to move to
proceed to the consideration of the spending reduction bills at any time after
the conclusion of such 2-day period. All points of order against the motion are
waived. Such a motion shall not be in order after the House has disposed of a
motion to proceed on the spending reduction bills. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening
motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb7942d9cbd3e47d8814f613b4d7564ae"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>A
spending reduction bill shall be considered as read. All points of order
against a spending reduction bill and against its consideration are waived. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on a spending reduction bill
to its passage without intervening motion except 100 hours of debate equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and any motion to
limit debate. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of a spending
reduction bill shall not be in order.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID95c150bb22524f5e845721887ede4595"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>Appeals
from decisions of the chair relating to the application of the Rules of the
House of Representatives to the procedure relating to a spending reduction bill
shall be decided without debate.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbdc4ed61e53145159ccd39118f984c98"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Application of
house rules</header><text>Except to the extent specifically provided in
paragraph (2)(A), consideration of a spending reduction bill shall be governed
by the Rules of the House of Representatives. It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives to consider any spending reduction bill introduced
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection under a suspension of the rules
pursuant to Clause 1 of House Rule XV, or under a special rule reported by the
House Committee on Rules.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2765c2ba360543d6976225956a9c841f"><enum>(v)</enum><header>No
amendments</header><text>No amendment to a spending reduction bill shall be in
order in the House of Representatives.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa9d298d6e2a748d6b81384a6158d8b8e"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Vote on
passage</header><text>Immediately following the conclusion of consideration of
a spending reduction bill, the vote on passage of a spending reduction bill
shall occur without any intervening action or motion, requiring an affirmative
vote of the majority of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. If the spending
reduction bill is passed, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall cause
the bill to be transmitted to the Senate before the close of the next day of
session of the House. The vote on passage on both spending reduction bills
shall occur not later than 1 month after the date on which a spending reduction
bill is reported or discharged from all committees to which it was
referred.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID895afb6800d442d3a125a12ce9899c4a"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Vote</header><text>The
House Committee on Rules may not report a rule or order that would have the
effect of causing a spending reduction bill to be approved by a vote of less
than the majority of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDabce2d3fb4424da285bef1b6b0763bc2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fast track
consideration in Senate</header>
<clause id="IDbd618fdd37ce4b68810f617300982ea3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the
Senate, it is in order, not later than 2 days of session after the date on
which a spending reduction bill is reported or discharged from all committees
to which it was referred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the majority
leader's designee to move to proceed to the consideration of a spending
reduction bill. It shall also be in order for any Member of the Senate to move
to proceed to the consideration of a spending reduction bill at any time after
the conclusion of such 2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even
though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. All points
of order against the motion to proceed to a spending reduction bill are waived.
The motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a motion
to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to
or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the
consideration of a spending reduction bill is agreed to, the spending reduction
bill shall remain the unfinished business until disposed of.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDaceb8c8724b4406b8c3d8807a45cfa58"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Debate</header><text>All
points of order against a spending reduction bill and against consideration of
a spending reduction bill are waived. Consideration of a spending reduction
bill and of all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith shall not
exceed a total of 100 hours. Debate shall be divided equally between the
majority and minority leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit
debate on a spending reduction bill is in order, shall require an affirmative
vote of the majority of the Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not
debatable. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for not to exceed 1
hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the
motion or appeal. All time used for consideration of a spending reduction bill,
including time used for quorum calls and voting, shall be counted against the
total 100 hours of consideration.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID21c038ceb6aa45f1bcc9dc54e8a4ef15"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>No
amendments</header><text>An amendment to a spending reduction bill, or a motion
to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or
a motion to recommit the spending reduction bill, is not in order.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6e6c2e48a62c42a5a7e31002c186ce2b"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Vote on
passage</header><text>The vote on passage shall occur immediately following the
conclusion of the debate on a spending reduction bill, and a single quorum call
at the conclusion of the debate if requested. Passage shall require an
affirmative vote of the majority of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. The
vote on passage shall of both spending reduction bills shall occur not later
than 1 month after the date on which a spending reduction bill is reported or
discharged from all committees to which it was referred.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID790ad88ce9a74d9e958f22c73546d381"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Adjournment</header><text>If,
after 1 month from the date on which a spending reduction bill is reported or
discharged from all committees to which it was referred, either House has
failed to adopt a motion to proceed to the spending reduction bill, paragraph
(1)(A)(ii)(II) shall not apply.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1c6ac210e2e9401289caad9f945683b7"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Rulings of the
chair on procedure</header><text>Appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to
the procedure relating to a spending reduction bill shall be decided without
debate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe96071f8415d4a278aaa1d5f1aa107c1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rules to
coordinate action with other house</header>
<clause id="IDceb9dd71577d4898acdebe8d23566fb2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>If,
before the passage by 1 House of a spending reduction bill of that House, that
House receives from the other House a spending reduction bill, then the
spending reduction bill of the other House shall not be referred to a committee
and shall immediately be placed on the calendar.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID517b37adb8cc4bebad2a3c1522572c93"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>If
the Senate receives the spending reduction bill passed by the House of
Representatives before the Senate has voted on passage of the spending
reduction bill—</text>
<subclause id="ID723483575a4d46229d3cec44eaae14e5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the procedure in
the Senate shall be the same as if no spending reduction bill had been received
from House of Representatives; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0e17c7491755452aa4c8c1ac334997e7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the vote on
passage in the Senate shall be on the spending reduction bill of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID16c279693d4748d7a50319570cf78510"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Treatment of
spending reduction bill of other house</header><text>If 1 House fails to
introduce or consider a spending reduction bill under this section, the
spending reduction bill of the other House shall be entitled to expedited floor
procedures under this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID18830ae1c2e645cb90cb847fcf7ef196"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Treatment of
companion measures in the Senate</header><text>If following passage of the
spending reduction bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives the spending
reduction bill from the House of Representatives, the House-passed spending
reduction bill shall not be debatable. The vote on passage of the spending
reduction bill in the Senate shall be considered to be the vote on passage of
the spending reduction bill received from the House of Representatives.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb56a9c22308b498b803e2e4409590a4b"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Vetoes</header><text>If
the President vetoes the spending reduction bill, debate on a veto message in
the Senate under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided between the
majority and minority leaders or their designees.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4d7af82b53d44f1b94f0c5f0a57deddb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text>No
motion to suspend the application of this subsection shall be in order in the
Senate or in the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F82637BF7744D5FBA725D9E1DCA1735"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Low-Growth
Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amend section
258(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50BB70E7B1174AF2AAF5692D09D969B4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H207EF4470D534D6EA662CBCB25AE9B8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Suspension of
Sequestration Procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon
the enactment of a declaration of war or a joint resolution described in
subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H09AB3F4CC9AC49128335AD341BF5D9CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the subsequent
issuance of any sequestration report to enforce the spending limits in section
252B or the Deficit Limits in section 253 order is precluded;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BD25E7595464B57B6E029C3E26FB010"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sections 302(f),
310(d), 311(a), of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are suspended;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EE63346E20D4CBAAE34A54740314720"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 1103 of
title 31, United States Code, is
suspended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A7378706D5A46FF8D1655B8B4BF496C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and
Conforming Amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H87F469734DB04A68B8E7CDED8450195C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 255 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3704E4FAECF54492A9E804F858E1640C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 256 in the table of
contents set forth in section 250(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8068C91139D745899B2DB998C4F6AB3F" style="traditional">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 256. Spending reduction
order.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Legislative
Line-Item Veto</header>
<section id="idF1745187BEF748339D24B095293D8696"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Legislative Line-Item
Veto Act of 2011</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idBD31EDEF6BCD4FAD9CD0D46DE3584140"><enum>402.</enum><header>Legislative
line-item veto</header>
<subsection id="id414AB0C3BEAF4341A1733CDA1CEB16DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amended by striking all of part B
(except for sections 1016 and 1013, which are redesignated as sections 1020 and
1021, respectively) and part C and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id270EDA1C60904FF0ADCAE3D641E1FB2E" style="traditional">
<part id="H84F6628587264FCA9670E38B0E39DF9C"><enum>B</enum><header>Legislative
Line-Item Veto</header>
<section id="H480E63CE315E49B5A5F823CC4D9FE6DB"><enum>1011.</enum><header>Line-item veto authority</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEC80A40C2A0747ACA6D63256EB269160"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Proposed
Cancellations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 45
calendar days after the enactment of any bill or joint resolution providing any
discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, limited tariff
benefit, or targeted tax benefit, the President may propose, in the manner
provided in subsection (b), the cancellation of any dollar amount of such
discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax
benefit. If the 45 calendar-day period expires during a period where either
House of Congress stands adjourned sine die at the end of a Congress or for a
period greater than 45 calendar days, the President may propose a cancellation
under this section and transmit a special message under subsection (b) on the
first calendar day of session following such a period of adjournment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4E9DEF2283C546F9A1772E7EB20E715E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transmittal of
Special Message</header>
<paragraph id="HA9FF08FED89A400B9DEE1BE3857D2AE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special
message</header>
<subparagraph id="H0E51DB64FE2E494F932AC181D8757473"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President may transmit to the Congress a special
message proposing to cancel any dollar amounts of discretionary budget
authority, items of direct spending, limited tariff benefits, or targeted tax
benefits.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D7402BB0F49470E8B63504909A415A3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents of
special message</header><text>Each special message shall specify, with respect
to the discretionary budget authority, items of direct spending proposed,
limited tariff benefits, or targeted tax benefits to be canceled—</text>
<clause id="HCCDDB4349CD34AE29C9F341CDE07FB59"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the dollar amount
of discretionary budget authority, the specific item of direct spending (that
OMB, after consultation with CBO, estimates to increase budget authority or
outlays as required by section 1017(9)), the limited tariff benefit, or the
targeted tax benefit that the President proposes be canceled;</text>
</clause><clause id="H20E06EE99035447EB96F58072AC3E7E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any account,
department, or establishment of the Government to which such discretionary
budget authority is available for obligation, and the specific project or
governmental functions involved;</text>
</clause><clause id="H27DE4BD0FF07452DB7E87520BAE0C120"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the reasons why
such discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, limited tariff
benefit, or targeted tax benefit should be canceled;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD6D1E00286404D85B850C1261D337212"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to the maximum
extent practicable, the estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary effect
(including the effect on outlays and receipts in each fiscal year) of the
proposed cancellation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H00CB917F70234B7D9D054E888BD34E60"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to
the maximum extent practicable, all facts, circumstances, and considerations
relating to or bearing upon the proposed cancellation and the decision to
propose the cancellation, and the estimated effect of the proposed cancellation
upon the objects, purposes, or programs for which the discretionary budget
authority, item of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, or the targeted tax
benefit is provided;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF6CD4318F5EC4ADA97D0B34AC07C9AEB"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a
numbered list of cancellations to be included in an approval bill that, if
enacted, cancels discretionary budget authority, items of direct spending,
limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefits proposed in that special
message; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H784A97E9A3F648F690BAAEE7EC61EECC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>if the special
message is transmitted subsequent to or at the same time as another special
message, a detailed explanation why the proposed cancellations are not
substantially similar to any other proposed cancellation in such other
message.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H171B6CB096E54C1AA5FA2D3F88767A99"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duplicative
proposals prohibited</header><text>The President may not propose to cancel the
same or substantially similar discretionary budget authority, item of direct
spending, limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefit more than one time
under this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC088C068DDF48A5AE26BA94BCEA9CEA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Maximum number
of special messages</header><text>The President may not transmit to the
Congress more than 5 special messages under this subsection related to any bill
or joint resolution described in subsection (a), but may transmit not more than
10 special messages for any omnibus budget reconciliation or appropriation
measure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H418C7EFE323747FCA2824F72CDA48522"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enactment of
approval bill</header>
<subparagraph id="HAE5C90B3704A4E078D440D1C7CFDE68D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deficit
reduction</header><text>Amounts of budget authority, items of direct spending,
limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefits which are canceled pursuant to
enactment of a bill as provided under this section shall be dedicated only to
reducing the deficit or increasing the surplus.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19B4FCFF7D83487186F083DC43F1B063"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adjustment of
levels in the joint resolution on the budget</header><text>Not later than 5
days after the date of enactment of an approval bill as provided under this
section, the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the House
of Representatives shall revise allocations and aggregates and other
appropriate levels under the appropriate joint resolution on the budget to
reflect the cancellation, and the applicable committees shall report revised
suballocations pursuant to section 302(b), as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B10637799E046CC93BD19717F94BED4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Adjustments to
statutory limits</header><text>After enactment of an approval bill as provided
under this section, the Office of Management and Budget shall revise applicable
limits under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H756E629802034478A1AC1C9B6DF6E2EE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Trust funds and
special funds</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), nothing in this
part shall be construed to require or allow the deposit of amounts derived from
a trust fund or special fund which are canceled pursuant to enactment of a bill
as provided under this section to any other fund.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDC814D0502F347469B2943152F46B687"><enum>1012.</enum><header>Procedures for expedited
consideration</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD0E0EFEF0C1344DEB3E778B8B2DD147A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expedited
Consideration</header>
<paragraph id="H60C94BA9B1DE4C2495D0E54FF76DC966"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The majority leader or minority leader of each House or
his designee shall (by request) introduce an approval bill as defined in
section 1017 not later than the third day of session of that House after the
date of receipt of a special message transmitted to the Congress under section
1011(b). If the bill is not introduced as provided in the preceding sentence in
either House, then, on the fourth day of session of that House after the date
of receipt of the special message, any Member of that House may introduce the
bill.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8554ADB3D94648268D9C5C53E810C981"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consideration in
the House of Representatives</header>
<subparagraph id="H2AAFDC09D70F42B5AAB2FDDED2D45737"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Referral and
reporting</header><text>Any committee of the House of Representatives to which
an approval bill is referred shall report it to the House of Representatives
without amendment not later than the seventh legislative day after the date of
its introduction. If a committee fails to report the bill within that period or
the House of Representatives has adopted a joint resolution providing for
adjournment sine die at the end of a Congress, such committee shall be
automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill and it shall be
placed on the appropriate calendar.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9051FF0068B64D5DADA6E4984F790C79"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Proceeding to
consideration</header><text>After an approval bill is reported by or discharged
from committee or the House of Representatives has adopted a joint resolution
providing for adjournment sine die at the end of a Congress, it shall be in
order to move to proceed to consider the approval bill in the House of
Representatives within two legislative days after the day on which the
proponent announces his intention to offer the motion. Such a motion shall not
be in order after the House of Representatives has disposed of a motion to
proceed with respect to that special message. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion.
A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be
in order.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE67C46D24349478692758FD2FD7407D5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The
approval bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against an
approval bill and against its consideration are waived. The previous question
shall be considered as ordered on an approval bill to its passage without
intervening motion except five hours of debate equally divided and controlled
by the proponent and an opponent and one motion to limit debate on the bill. A
motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the bill shall not be in
order.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4EA62948059489B899C62170B412C45"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Senate
bill</header><text>An approval bill received from the Senate shall not be
referred to committee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF0DEF4B35AA3446BAD879B0FA33778F6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consideration in
the Senate</header>
<subparagraph id="HC6FBA407DC574C678CB60794A0F308DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Motion to
proceed to consideration</header><text>A motion to proceed to the consideration
of a bill under this subsection in the Senate shall not be debatable. It shall
not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion to proceed
is agreed to or disagreed to.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD093336748F94D1C9B895B80245BC7A7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limits on
debate</header><text>Debate in the Senate on a bill under this subsection, and
all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith (including debate
pursuant to subparagraph (D)), shall not exceed 10 hours, equally divided and
controlled in the usual form.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEA4AF3107F74A31963945FE35E6E09C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>Debate
in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in connection with a bill under
this subsection shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided
and controlled in the usual form.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50E861D53ADF4A8CADD9CF454A47ADCE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Motion to limit
debate</header><text>A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a bill
under this subsection is not debatable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9394141823A94BDE8B8144920BD31AEE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Motion to
recommit</header><text>A motion to recommit a bill under this subsection is not
in order.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74C661DBA96545EAA6C4AE868CEE9781"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Consideration of
the House of Representatives bill</header>
<clause id="H1E31C92AEB21461B8FF41BA13D043332"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Senate has received the House of Representatives
companion bill to the bill introduced in the Senate prior to the vote required
under paragraph (1)(C), then the Senate may consider, and the vote under
paragraph (1)(c) may occur on, the House of Representatives companion
bill.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5728BF02ADD64DD5A80DF382DD261F13"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Procedure after
vote on senate bill</header><text>If the Senate votes, pursuant to paragraph
(1)(C), on the bill introduced in the Senate, then immediately following that
vote, or upon receipt of the House of Representatives companion bill, the House
of Representatives bill shall be deemed to be considered, read the third time,
and the vote on passage of the Senate bill shall be considered to be the vote
on the bill received from the House of Representatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED3A4410A25F468FA4575C1A877BACA7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments
Prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No amendment to,
or motion to strike a provision from, a bill considered under this section
shall be in order in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D0D0695DBBB4103A41EC7A825401442" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1013.</enum><header>Presidential deferral
authority</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H551A68FC8D5C4A05981AF5C2ACDC8129"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Temporary Presidential
Authority To Withhold Discretionary Budget Authority</header>
<paragraph id="HC1EAC53A12C8414E87F4242ED8C793EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the same time as the President transmits to the
Congress a special message pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may
direct that any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority to be canceled
in that special message shall not be made available for obligation for a period
not to exceed 45 calendar days from the date the President transmits the
special message to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6879B3B55F854F91B60C2356997A5222"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Early
availability</header><text>The President shall make any dollar amount of
discretionary budget authority deferred pursuant to paragraph (1) available at
a time earlier than the time specified if he determines that continuation of
the deferral not further the purposes of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H73B2A92DF4314887962EF572E94313C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Temporary
Presidential Authority To Suspend Direct Spending</header>
<paragraph id="H43446145ED5943F8B5266CE0F8AED8AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the same time as the President transmits to the
Congress a special message pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may
suspend the implementation of any item of direct spending proposed to be
canceled in that special message for a period not to exceed 45 calendar days
from the date the President transmits the special message to the
Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67B1A41A61094E41A66308185104BE3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Early
availability</header><text>The President shall terminate the suspension of any
item of direct spending at a time earlier than the time specified if he
determines that continuation of the suspension will not further the purposes of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A409AFCA65D43688581D3EE2917B7DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Temporary
Presidential Authority To Suspend a Limited Tariff Benefit</header>
<paragraph id="H172ACB94FED849C28E6C0D108AAFBB34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the same time as the President transmits to the
Congress a special message pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may
suspend the implementation of any limited tariff benefit proposed to be
canceled in that special message for a period not to exceed 45 calendar days
from the date the President transmits the special message to the
Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE55A5AD717374430A81792C628FAF259"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Early
availability</header><text>The President shall terminate the suspension of any
limited tariff benefit at a time earlier than the time specified if he
determines that continuation of the suspension will not further the purposes of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC28A05CBF2774DB3A957E238F2A3C045"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Temporary
Presidential Authority To Suspend a Targeted Tax Benefit</header>
<paragraph id="H757C19BAB9A14E9ABD624C65DF48FEF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>At the same time as the President transmits to the
Congress a special message pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may
suspend the implementation of any targeted tax benefit proposed to be repealed
in that special message for a period not to exceed 45 calendar days from the
date the President transmits the special message to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A4AF239F0934D37869F126764410397"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Early
availability</header><text>The President shall terminate the suspension of any
targeted tax benefit at a time earlier than the time specified if he determines
that continuation of the suspension will not further the purposes of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE09A83F4036460097AF92A914311C89"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Extension of
45-Day Period</header><text>The President may transmit to the Congress not more
than one supplemental special message to extend the period to suspend the
implementation of any discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending,
limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefit, as applicable, by an
additional 45 calendar days. Any such supplemental message may not be
transmitted to the Congress before the 40th day of the 45-day period set forth
in the preceding message or later than the last day of such period.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H731B760F22B94809A3544578A7BC0904" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1014.</enum><header>Identification of targeted tax
benefits</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD51615123CED4306A1C040EFCDFE858A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on
Finance of the Senate acting jointly (hereafter in this subsection referred to
as the <term>chairmen</term>) shall review any revenue or reconciliation bill
or joint resolution which includes any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 that is being prepared for filing by a committee of conference of the
two Houses, and shall identify whether such bill or joint resolution contains
any targeted tax benefits. The chairmen shall provide to the committee of
conference a statement identifying any such targeted tax benefits or declaring
that the bill or joint resolution does not contain any targeted tax benefits.
Any such statement shall be made available to any Member of Congress by the
chairmen immediately upon request.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H46A986EB6BF14E0CB877A67EFE3E5F4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement
Included in Legislation</header>
<paragraph id="H37E4C2CE991640D884E389625475D308"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other rule of the House of
Representatives or any rule or precedent of the Senate, any revenue or
reconciliation bill or joint resolution which includes any amendment to the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 reported by a committee of conference of the two
Houses may include, as a separate section of such bill or joint resolution, the
information contained in the statement of the chairmen, but only in the manner
set forth in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H727117101481405CB42DBE14B283D792"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
separate section permitted under subparagraph (A) shall read as follows:
<quote>Section 1021 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 shall ______ apply to ________.</quote>, with the blank spaces being
filled in with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C6BC5FA7CE24A68A29517D07606ACE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in any case in
which the chairmen identify targeted tax benefits in the statement required
under subsection (a), the word <quote>only</quote> in the first blank space and
a list of all of the specific provisions of the bill or joint resolution in the
second blank space; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC7A9CCD7B264BD18AF4A63CC8B4AD3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in any case in
which the chairmen declare that there are no targeted tax benefits in the
statement required under subsection (a), the word <quote>not</quote> in the
first blank space and the phrase <quote>any provision of this Act</quote> in
the second blank space.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H96F8373337F344358EDF9771DB7FC0BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification
in Revenue Estimate</header><text>With respect to any revenue or reconciliation
bill or joint resolution with respect to which the chairmen provide a statement
under subsection (a), the Joint Committee on Taxation shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H062F5932B6A14B57A50BDD6DB9655B89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a
statement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), list the targeted tax benefits in
any revenue estimate prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation for any
conference report which accompanies such bill or joint resolution, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F659298F51B420FB362B683E964C403"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a
statement described in 13 subsection (b)(2)(B), indicate in such revenue
estimate that no provision in such bill or joint resolution has been identified
as a targeted tax benefit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8DA75EEAE5324DB982FF28D1C8627935"><enum>(d)</enum><header>President’s
Authority</header><text>If any revenue or reconciliation bill or joint
resolution is signed into law—</text>
<paragraph id="HA9D7DA849EB1427FBADB43AE4B08E530"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with a separate
section described in subsection (b)(2), then the President may use the
authority granted in this section only with respect to any targeted tax benefit
in that law, if any, identified in such separate section; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC96B34C41CED48D6B18A062ADD132E50"><enum>(2)</enum><text>without a separate
section described in subsection (b)(2), then the President may use the
authority granted in this section with respect to any targeted tax benefit in
that law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0AA254E2808442DB8F5FBD7D10246BC6"><enum>1015.</enum><header>Treatment of
cancellations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cancellation of any dollar amount of
discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, limited tariff
benefit, or targeted tax benefit shall take effect only upon enactment of the
applicable approval bill. If an approval bill is not enacted into law before
the end of the applicable period under section 1013, then all proposed
cancellations contained in that bill shall be null and void and any such dollar
amount of discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, limited
tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefit shall be effective as of the original
date provided in the law to which the proposed cancellations applied.</text>
</section><section id="HAFAE49DFFD1743F9BDE7668CCDDC87A9"><enum>1016.</enum><header>Reports by Comptroller
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to each special message under
this part, the Comptroller General shall issue to the Congress a report
determining whether any discretionary budget authority is not made available
for obligation or item of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, or targeted
tax benefit continues to be suspended after the deferral authority set forth in
section 1013 of the President has expired.</text>
</section><section id="H0ACD4B8F47224D14A51D0F80C9B98024"><enum>1017.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this part:</text>
<paragraph id="H7675D25F672B4B608A5A745BE5F7762E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriation
law</header><text>The term <term>appropriation law</term> means an Act referred
to in section 105 of title 1, United States Code, including any general or
special appropriation Act, or any Act making supplemental, deficiency, or
continuing appropriations, that has been signed into law pursuant to article I,
section 7, of the Constitution of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7472761A1E7408BA9D83CE8E4103733"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval
bill</header><text>The term <term>approval bill</term> means a bill or joint
resolution which only approves proposed cancellations of dollar amounts of
discretionary budget authority, items of new direct spending, limited tariff
benefits, or targeted tax benefits in a special message transmitted by the
President under this part and—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3EFD5CFAFE334069998FBF61810E35D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the title of which
is as follows: <quote>A bill approving the proposed cancellations transmitted
by the President on ___</quote>, the blank space being filled in with the date
of transmission of the relevant special message and the public law number to
which the message relates;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F2E9607E33C49F68159AE4EC0DD1B01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which does not
have a preamble; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A73B3A982D14CE2943375DCC694F4B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>which provides
only the following after the enacting clause: <quote>That the Congress approves
of proposed cancellations ___</quote>, the blank space being filled in with a
list of the cancellations contained in the President’s special message,
<quote>as transmitted by the President in a special message on ____</quote>,
the blank space being filled in with the appropriate date, <quote>regarding
____.</quote>, the blank space being filled in with the public law number to
which the special message relates;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C5838CC92E44410B989023FCD4EFC99"><enum>(D)</enum><text>which only
includes proposed cancellations that are estimated by CBO to meet the
definition of discretionary budgetary authority or items of direct spending, or
limited tariff benefits, or that are identified as targeted tax benefits
pursuant to section 1014;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6760FDC96016486B995764236328DFD3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if any proposed cancellation other than
discretionary budget authority or targeted tax benefits is estimated by CBO to
not meet the definition of item of direct spending, then the approval bill
shall include at the end: <quote>The President shall cease the suspension of
the implementation of the following under section 1013 of the Impoundment
Control Act of 1974: _____</quote>, the blank space being filled in with the
list of such proposed cancellations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA51FFEE2BCC45D2AAB66A02B5B48517"><enum>(F)</enum><text>if no CBO estimate
is available, then the entire list of legislative provisions proposed by the
President is inserted in the second blank space in subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5A76952888B441CE848DB9312B3944AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Calendar
day</header><text>The term <term>calendar day</term> means a standard 24-hour
period beginning at midnight.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89B0D132C15B41538FBB9B24C766C1AA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cancel or
cancellation</header><text>The terms <term>cancel</term> or
<term>cancellation</term> means to prevent—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBEC3219FEE0D4F4F8CC81DE273C1643C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>budget authority
from having legal force or effect;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4546DAE58F18472382052A9D940269D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of
entitlement authority, to prevent the specific legal obligation of the United
States from having legal force or effect;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9757BB0E03A14EDD99CDCCCF3834C1A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of the
food stamp program, to prevent the specific provision of law that provides such
benefit from having legal force or effect; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF04F38A0E2FE454786977215C8FDC52D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a limited tariff
benefit from having legal force or effect, and to make any necessary,
conforming statutory change to ensure that such limited tariff benefit is not
implemented; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9816B4342DB44C63B6AB79FE85A195D4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a targeted tax
benefit from having legal force or effect, and to make any necessary,
conforming statutory change to ensure that such targeted tax benefit is not
implemented and that any budgetary resources are appropriately canceled.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10415F5EF4BA4A7DB30C00C625FD7311"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Congressional
Budget Office</header><text>The term <term>CBO</term> means the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4602A519E584465AC9B38637B8EE6B7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Direct
spending</header><text>The term <term>direct spending</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF41CA8A8405746FBAD80602666AF1327"><enum>(A)</enum><text>budget authority
provided by law (other than an appropriation law);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6EAF516D29E74C73B084C53BA1297E78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>entitlement
authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCBB8EB0401347E3B633867BB8F6D046"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the food stamp
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4184CB7516C4E23B6871149C73F49D5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Amount of
discretionary budget authority</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF3D6AF46BCE9436384D57329BEA1D5F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term <term>dollar amount of discretionary budget
authority</term> means the entire dollar amount of budget authority—</text>
<clause id="HC8304C5FB5F44CE9B523B9A13F22672B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>specified in an
appropriation law, or the entire dollar amount of budget authority or
obligation limitation required to be allocated by a specific proviso in an
appropriation law for which a specific dollar figure was not included;</text>
</clause><clause id="H59766AB4564446DBA1AEEF400EFD6923"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>represented
separately in any table, chart, or explanatory text included in the statement
of managers or the governing committee report accompanying such law;</text>
</clause><clause id="H72A48747A5434079A729130A6E8FC258"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>required to be
allocated for a specific program, project, or activity in a law (other than an
appropriation law) that mandates the expenditure of budget authority from
accounts, programs, projects, or activities for which budget authority is
provided in an appropriation law;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5C2816DB84494745B6CA6E7B6C6C4D84"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>represented by
the product of the estimated procurement cost and the total quantity of items
specified in an appropriation law or included in the statement of managers or
the governing committee report accompanying such law; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H7813E13AC5FD4C3892F123E1D7217CCB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>represented by the
product of the estimated procurement cost and the total quantity of items
required to be provided in a law (other than an appropriation law) that
mandates the expenditure of budget authority from accounts, programs, projects,
or activities for which budget authority is provided in an appropriation
law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7EE3D3436A3E460184CBEE3ACBD60729"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term
<term>dollar amount of discretionary budget authority</term> does not
include—</text>
<clause id="HE73B244588D24C7CBEFAADF09033CA34"><enum>(i)</enum><text>direct
spending;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4B5DB9035EE14E50B8F79021EC7F8562"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>budget authority
in an appropriation law which funds direct spending provided for in other
law;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFEF80437EB2741FA9D3093ED4A5B5672"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any existing
budget authority canceled in an appropriation law; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H6B3662297BAA47DE9049F7A485CD87CC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any restriction,
condition, or limitation in an appropriation law or the accompanying statement
of managers or committee reports on the expenditure of budget authority for an
account, program, project, or activity, or on activities involving such
expenditure.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B099DFE98BC4DC98428B5692EE93E5E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Item of direct
spending</header><text>The term <term>item of direct spending</term> means any
provision of law that results in an increase in budget authority or outlays for
direct spending relative to the most recent levels calculated consistent with
the methodology used to calculate a baseline under section 257 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and included with a budget
submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, in the first
year or the 5-year period for which the item is effective. However, such item
does not include an extension or reauthorization of existing direct spending,
but instead only refers to provisions of law that increase such direct
spending.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF78B779608E4E888B86B75BB1916E78"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Limited tariff
benefit</header><text>The term <term>limited tariff benefit</term> means any
provision of law that modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities (as defined in paragraph
(12)(B)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9ABE6CA567964D169C8D2F44EA68CBF9"><enum>(10)</enum><header>OMB</header><text>The
term <term>OMB</term> means the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8A8B55BC885453E9765879CD30E6ED2"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Omnibus
reconciliation or appropriation measure</header><text>The term <term>omnibus
reconciliation or appropriation measure</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H96D0F244EC514F9AB9C01E1DF72D9DE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a
reconciliation bill, any such bill that is reported to its House by the
Committee on the Budget; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86CA69AC827B4BD8809868CD1F9C4811"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an
appropriation measure, any such measure that provides appropriations for
programs, projects, or activities falling within 2 or more section 302(b)
suballocations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EEE1E69597C42C6B58AF17A0F7E863C"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Targeted tax
benefit</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7A25B5D0D41348E98CD62B34BF57D48B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>targeted
tax benefit</term> means any revenue-losing provision that provides a Federal
tax deduction, credit, exclusion, or preference to ten or fewer beneficiaries
(determined with respect to either present law or any provision of which the
provision is a part) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in any year for
which the provision is in effect;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F46F133EF7E411E819D9890A5C60212"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purposes of
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HDCB391B3F17E45B6AFAF5777BFA474C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all businesses and
associations that are members of the same controlled group of corporations (as
defined in section 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) shall be
treated as a single beneficiary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9B4FF1CF788645AF816D3794EB9D87E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all shareholders,
partners, members, or beneficiaries of a corporation, partnership, association,
or trust or estate, respectively, shall be treated as a single
beneficiary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8C488D64E31F4BC886D42552DE828865"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>all employees of
an employer shall be treated as a single beneficiary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1FB62A9A07094A32ABC8D2C2A946E6C9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>all qualified
plans of an employer shall be treated as a single beneficiary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H09B5FA4587A74AC894D9D88E8ECA78E8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>all beneficiaries
of a qualified plan shall be treated as a single beneficiary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5CD3410D776D487FA5267A69623B6A89"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>all contributors
to a charitable organization shall be treated as a single beneficiary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H056190CFE61641DF8348AFB8E6A3AC2C"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>all holders of
the same bond issue shall be treated as a single beneficiary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA1F637C3AF0C49C7B4F9F6F678A7A568"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>if a
corporation, partnership, association, trust or estate is the beneficiary of a
provision, the shareholders of the corporation, the partners of the
partnership, the members of the association, or the beneficiaries of the trust
or estate shall not also be treated as beneficiaries of such provision;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB00FAFC460D24C40BF87B68FA1C8F08A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the purpose of
this paragraph, the term <term>revenue-losing provision</term> means any
provision that is estimated to result in a reduction in Federal tax revenues
(determined with respect to either present law or any provision of which the
provision is a part) for any one of the two following periods—</text>
<clause id="H83DBF6FC7A374699B0B7723C96E8851F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the first fiscal
year for which the provision is effective; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H78D19A8C37FD45268FECB0C5DDFE3418"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the period of the
five fiscal years beginning with the first fiscal year for which the provision
is effective;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF336126B3F4F460281F7509D617D26C8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the term
<term>targeted tax benefit</term> does not include any provision which applies
uniformly to an entire industry; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A022BDAEB164EB6A45196F0EC4EB337"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the terms used in
this paragraph shall have the same meaning as those terms have generally in the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, unless otherwise expressly provided.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HC1BD59394757470FBEEE572A9CF12A3F"><enum>1018.</enum><header>Expiration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title shall have no force or effect on
or after October 1, 2021.</text>
</section><section id="H90AE700BC3EB452A9C9464F969E74686"><enum>1019.</enum><header>Deficit reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All spending reductions related to this
title shall be for deficit
reduction.</text>
</section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H90672869EC9044209E1D230BDEF67ECB"><enum>403.</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<subsection id="H03AB6BD45ED94C0C8F471A6312BA5EB1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exercise of
rulemaking powers</header><text>Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0691C5F348234AF1B815AEF0BAC2936D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>1017</quote> and inserting <quote>1012</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4A3ADCF4D974384BD9A7A4BCDA5CD12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d),
by striking <quote>section 1017</quote> and inserting <quote>section
1012</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12CD71CCAD734B2CA161F15D60E0AED8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis by
Congressional Budget Office</header><text>Section 402 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting <quote>(a)</quote> after
<quote>402.</quote> and by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H700129158EA1482A8DD68A2E710EB71A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB2F2641AD475428C8D53445CB3CE59E8"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Upon the receipt
of a special message under section 1011 proposing to cancel any item of direct
spending, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall prepare an
estimate of the savings in budget authority or outlays resulting from such
proposed cancellation relative to the most recent levels calculated consistent
with the methodology used to calculate a baseline under section 257 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and included with a
budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, and
transmit such estimate to the chairmen of the Committees on the Budget of the
House of Representatives and
Senate.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H166FE03D91034F48AF05C301D071EF05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H57A149854715473284734587A8FF695C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1(a) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking
the last sentence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB538C4863924374A27E87D45A239BFA" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1021(c) of such Act (as
redesignated) is amended is amended by striking <quote>rescinded or that is to
be reserved</quote> and insert <quote>canceled</quote> and by striking
<quote>1012</quote> and inserting <quote>1011</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3AD7C7CF00784126957665F87D2706E7" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Table of Contents</header><text>The
table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by deleting the contents for parts B
and C of title X and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C6CA5BAA9234A3F931F84C18A11C07D" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H84F6628587264FCA9670E38B0E39DF9C" level="part">Part B—Legislative Line-Item Veto</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H480E63CE315E49B5A5F823CC4D9FE6DB" level="section">Sec. 1011. Line-item veto authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HDC814D0502F347469B2943152F46B687" level="section">Sec. 1012. Procedures for expedited consideration.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H7D0D0695DBBB4103A41EC7A825401442" level="section">Sec. 1013. Presidential deferral authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H731B760F22B94809A3544578A7BC0904" level="section">Sec. 1014. Identification of targeted tax benefits.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H0AA254E2808442DB8F5FBD7D10246BC6" level="section">Sec. 1015. Treatment of cancellations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HAFAE49DFFD1743F9BDE7668CCDDC87A9" level="section">Sec. 1016. Reports by Comptroller General.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H0ACD4B8F47224D14A51D0F80C9B98024" level="section">Sec. 1017. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HC1BD59394757470FBEEE572A9CF12A3F" level="section">Sec. 1018. Expiration.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H90AE700BC3EB452A9C9464F969E74686" level="section">Sec. 1019. Deficit reduction.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1020. Suits by Comptroller
General.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1021. Proposed deferrals of budget
authority.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF213E869B1804CC9A260C014C562D46C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on
the date of its enactment and apply only to any dollar amount of discretionary
budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit provided in
an Act enacted on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF66E73EB5D13449DBC2A595B47FF9822"><enum>404.</enum><header>Rescission
measures considered</header>
<subsection id="H88F796AE68C54E97958AA073E8FD91B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rules
Amendment</header><text>Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by inserting before the period <quote>, or a rule or
order that limits any amendment otherwise in order to a rescission
bill</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H126791EFAADE4E0188174375B20A35C3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Automatic
Allocations Reductions</header><text>Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after
<quote>(b)</quote>, by redesignating subparagraphs (1) through (6) as
subdivisions (A) through (F), respectively, and by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB9181D8098B744F1AE81CA9521A4132B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H47220B25B3544819B0961E99C8009221" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0268D0B54D1A43228CBF3F6A79D95C4A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Whenever a rescission
bill passes the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Budget shall
immediately reduce the applicable allocations under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by the total amount of reductions in budget
authority and in outlays resulting from such rescission bill.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1AE6F9FF2CD437A9DFAD6AEEF61F56D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>As used in this subparagraph, the
term <term>rescission bill</term> means a bill or joint resolution which only
rescinds, in whole or in part, budget authority and which includes only titles
corresponding to the most recently enacted appropriation bills that continue to
include unobligated
balances.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA787855EDB724D34B424701DA43BCABB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Privileged
Discharge Resolutions</header><text>Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new
clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB0895A53B0CC4358AA52DB200DB5D393" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9803979CE382439E9F9F6A3C372474B6"><enum>8. (a)
</enum><text>By February 1, May 1, July 30, and November 11 of each session,
the majority leader shall introduce a rescission bill. If such bill is not
introduced by that date, then whenever a rescission bill is introduced during a
session on or after that date, a motion to discharge the committee from its
consideration shall be privileged after the 10-legislative day period beginning
on that date for the first 5 such bills.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1CB74C6843064F9D9555170718326E1E"><enum>(b)</enum><text>It shall not be in
order to offer any amendment to a rescission bill except an amendment that
increases the amount of budget authority that such bill rescinds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A3D2E600B1E4CE4A260EA870F406C94"><enum>(c)</enum><text>As used in this
clause and in clause 6, the term <term>rescission bill</term> has the meaning
given such term in clause 4(b)(2)(B) of rule
X.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB79E3618245E47578E56B0ECE4C87D8D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Point of
Order</header><text>Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives (as
amended by subsection (d)) is further amended by adding at the end the
following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="H178A173B919441609DD01F04CDF0D554" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1B88C7D1257D458E8B294EFA6BD63080"><enum></enum><text>9. It shall
not be in order to consider any rescission bill, or conference report thereon
or amendment thereto, unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H30186A3F2ED54AC1AFCC36DC01013A2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of
such bill or conference report thereon, it is made available to Members and the
general public on the Internet for at least 48 hours before its consideration;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B3583972F2840DE828394D0B390C885"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1298FA619D064F46A895E04AAF6FF9F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of an
amendment to such rescission bill made in order by a rule, it is made available
to Members and the general public on the Internet within one hour after the
rule is filed; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE26D9BB2674D4C03BA3FA0BDC1FCA95B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an amendment under an
open rule, it is made available to Members and the general public on the
Internet immediately after being offered; in a format that is searchable and
sortable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H85FC53F211BB4F5D8194869B94CC5E0F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>No amendment to an
amendment to a rescission bill shall be in order unless germane to the
amendment to which it is
offered.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Biennial Budget
Deficit Reduction </header>
<section id="id11899D7B27B54EB4A6EDAA5F33291FB7"><enum>501.</enum><header>Joint
Committee on Deficit Reduction</header>
<subsection id="ID1590422c057940899c08744a815ae507"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
and composition</header>
<paragraph id="idE11E3478A8C044CEAF3280E66247C6F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established a Joint Committee on Deficit
Reduction (referred to in this Act as the <quote>joint committee</quote>) to be
composed of 20 members as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7b5d979c82cc4f5aba2d94dc1577adbe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ten members of
the House of Representatives, including 5 members appointed from the majority
party by the Speaker of the House and 5 members from the minority party to be
appointed by the minority leader.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6fb3812a9df4400faeec1af14c43cf2e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Ten members of
the Senate, including 5 members appointed from the majority party by the
majority leader of the Senate and 5 members from the minority party to be
appointed by the minority leader.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfc1c652fffe141319fe5994d4968cdad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vacancy</header><text>A
vacancy in the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining
members to execute the functions of the joint committee, and shall be filled in
the same manner as the original selection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5846786E5BE249FC8A4FA646CDAD00A5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>No
recommendation shall be made by the joint committee except upon the majority
vote of the members from each House, respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeb91e40fb5e0443b9d62d607ccc3cbd0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public
meetings</header><text>The joint committee shall hold not fewer than 5 public
hearings in preparing legislation as required under section 502.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe0d8aed906684ab88bb14ce2761f68d1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
joint committee shall be responsible for reporting biennial legislation as
provided in section 502.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDff25c61ae71c47fc857e9ac564971b76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Resources</header><text>The
joint committee may utilize the resources of the House and Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idB3F6A07FE3504DB9B78C7EF3EB679A4C"><enum>502.</enum><header>Biennial
budget deficit reduction legislation</header>
<subsection id="id1A86B63B73BC4F8D94239137C80DC7E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agency
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than June
1st of each odd numbered year, the Government Accountability Office and
Congressional Budget Office shall report to the joint committee—</text>
<paragraph id="idEC92514D9C7C49DD89E29206079EB396"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for eliminating waste,
fraud, abuse, and ineffective, duplicative, or outdated Government programs and
recommendations for streamlining, consolidating, or eliminating wasteful
Government programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF98FFD2A361D4D23AFD49896FE195279"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the projected savings of the
recommendations over the 2-year period of the current budget cycle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id88326F7CA557430E89A0834D9F55CA0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deficit
reduction target</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <quote>deficit reduction target</quote> means savings over
the 2-year period of the current budget cycle of 10 percent of the 2 preceding
years' budget deficit but not exceeding 10 percent of the preceding year’s
outlays and not less than 1 percent of the preceding year’s outlays.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id94BA6E2F1AED44E59730BC3C2F361562"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Legislation</header>
<paragraph id="id242D98EC8B1F4D078C2098537875A833"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Introduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than July 15th of each odd
numbered year, the chairman or ranking member of the joint committee or their
designees shall introduce legislation (referred to in this Act as the
<quote>legislation</quote>) which shall be referred to the joint
committee—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE2E19E47C25847B49B9B5153B1906E3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to eliminate or reduce spending on
wasteful, fraudulent, abusive, ineffective, duplicative, or outdated Government
programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26C672A28D8D4A3B9AA991F2B2FCB7BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that achieves a savings equal to or greater
than the deficit reduction target.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCFD2431115F942C799691AA626222549"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Discharge</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the legislation is introduced and
made public for at least 72 hours, the joint committee shall discharge the
legislation not later than 2 weeks after introduction to the House and the
Senate and report the legislation with a favorable recommendation, unfavorable
recommendation, or no recommendation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id31FDB73695F948DCBB08661CB89FCDC0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Once the legislation is discharged from the
joint committee, it shall be in order in the House or the Senate, as
appropriate, to move to the legislation not later than September 15th of the
year of introduction. The legislation shall not be subject to amendment or
points of order. Debate on the legislation shall be limited to 20 hours in the
Senate and 3 hours in the House.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8E75B63164944FDDBA66583127A6210B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other
House</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon passage of
legislation in the House or the Senate under paragraph (3), it shall be in
order for the other house to move to the respective bill not later than
September 25th with the same rules of debate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0A9C4EA569C940F2BED7384F37FCC486"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Veto</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the legislation is vetoed, both the
House and the Senate shall vote on whether override the veto not later than 1
week after the veto.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA6594896B9B6493BB6C51F1F99E3B183"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustment of
budget caps</header><text>If legislation is enacted pursuant to this title, the
Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on the Budget shall reduce the
appropriate budgetary allocations and levels in the most recently enacted
budget resolution to reflect the reductions achieved by such legislation,
including the discretionary spending caps established in title III.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idBFB9566FF9B8495CB8B3EA8C0618E1DB"><enum>503.</enum><header>Debt buyback
fund</header>
<subsection id="id29CDC0CAD8C54D69AFA03F742922A3E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as
the <quote>Debt Buyback Fund</quote> (in this section referred to as the
<quote>Trust Fund</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID75b390297c6d4bd8a614acc802db485e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings</header><text>There
is appropriated to the Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the reductions in
Federal spending, as estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury from time to
time, as a result of the laws enacted pursuant to this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID732539a44d4448c0a43bffe921621efa"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall use the moneys in the
Trust Fund solely to pay at maturity, or to redeem or buy before maturity, an
obligation of the Government included in the public debt.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID709f34053956485e883ce187aaa84741"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on
reissuing debt</header><text>Any obligation of the Government which is paid,
redeemed, or bought with money from the Trust Fund shall be canceled and
retired and may not be reissued.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Paygo honesty
with respect to trust funds and emergency designations</header>
<section id="id150C4F40E7954A6E9CF641331641A670"><enum>601.</enum><header>PAYGO and
trust funds</header>
<subsection id="id20706B577AF54693890AD5242AFBBA65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any increase in
revenues or reduced spending in a Federal trust fund resulting from a bill,
amendment, resolution, motion, or conference report shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id274289C9C23B4A108B221289D6A4F110"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not be counted for purposes of offsetting
revenues, receipts, or discretionary spending under the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 or the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id833E6E08D04644C9A4DCE4125999468E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">only be used for the purposes of the
Federal trust as provided by law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id173CABE6CE0C4E4AACB4B7089A9D0B6E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Intergovernmental
transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section shall impact intergovernmental lending from a Federal trust fund to
annual government operations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idEB79125EE99A4970A957467594FD6337"><enum>602.</enum><header>Emergency
designations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(g)(3)
of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–139) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D34317EC3E3462FB5CE0873ED822667" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id2106AF8D62EF4D25B395EF064B2BA362"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Procedure in
the Senate and vote requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="idEEDC3EEF204B49A2981DEDD1EBE468C4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When the Senate is
considering a PAYGO Act, any provision making an emergency designation shall be
stricken from the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor
unless a waiver is offered and agreed to.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9EEFECD7B65B4D5D887FA384239C237D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Supermajority
waiver and appeals</header>
<clause id="id3C557F0217F1455C9DF469E598D6A745"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) may be waived or suspended
in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly
chosen and sworn.</text>
</clause><clause id="idDF9F8E07989B4901B8A23CC56F06C0C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of
the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall be limited to 1
hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and the
manager of the bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order
raised under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4407249E5287433E8304B58D1ECC3915"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Waiver
petition</header><text>Prior to making a motion to waive under this paragraph,
a Senator shall file a petition—</text>
<clause id="id58099FCC53404A3188F1AC4867E89106"><enum>(i)</enum><text>signed by 16
members requesting the waiver;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID89e5d18b186147359291da266bbe086f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with a Member of
both the majority and minority signing; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID57b6a62996ab40eba29dfed347035ce0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>stating that
the spending is an emergency as described in subparagraph (D).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE7286412A15244ACB1E462D48AFBD81E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Emergency
spending</header>
<clause id="id092866F83C8B4104AD01E22369E4590F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, spending is emergency
spending if the spending is—</text>
<subclause id="id799B8BE9C7C44B658D63EE50B50543A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>necessary,
essential, or vital (not merely useful or beneficial);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF627A382EC5544D39B0CE38A3883099F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>sudden, quickly
coming into being, and not building up over time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id29473C93C8E94B4FBE8CA1BE36D46A92"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an urgent,
pressing, and compelling need requiring immediate action;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idDB200704381847E2888591DEEA26E100"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subject to
clause (ii), unforeseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8E78C94EDC434290B776CA37BA6B5A69"><enum>(V)</enum><text>not permanent,
temporary in nature.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idF965BD0D59404912A64A2F26400C7397"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Unforseen</header><text>An
emergency that is part of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies,
particularly when normally estimated in advance, is not
unforeseen.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Credit
reform</header>
<section id="id0F567A01A45248EEA6C246785C70E3BA"><enum>701.</enum><header>Credit Reform
Act treatment of the purchase of private stock, equity, or
capital</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502(5) of the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)) is amended by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7561F4D44D374355BA27B46C4C2828DC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id931F7F9FD16748A88FE5F0AA8AB340B6" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The cost of the purchase of stock,
equity, capital, or debt instruments, or the option to purchase any such
assets, of a private or publicly-traded company or any enterprise under the
conservatorship of the Federal Government shall be determined on a fair value
basis according to Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 of the Financial
Accounting Standards
Board.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Responsible
health care budgeting limits</header>
<subtitle id="ID0529B684BB2D42CAA9D46624EFE7E5BA"><enum>A</enum><header>Cost containment
of the CLASS Program</header>
<section id="ID8C637613DA1049BDB5F32E41BE1B4C34"><enum>801.</enum><header>CLASS funding
warning</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of
section 1105(i) of title 31, United States Code, and this subtitle, a
determination in 2 consecutive annual reports of the Board of Trustees of the
CLASS Independence Fund established under section 3206 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ll–5) that the CLASS Independence Fund is not
projected to be actuarially sound over the 75-year period addressed in each
such report shall be treated as a CLASS funding warning in the year in which
the second such report is made.</text>
</section><section id="ID96CE129175694D3C9B7B6115A23107E5"><enum>802.</enum><header>Presidential
submission of legislation</header>
<subsection id="ID52AF9BD9002E4BDFAD56DD3C050020F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87A8A9FA103B4097ABB141427A4B1B5D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID1ac4414858464ec58572641c19a4319f"><enum>(i)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD3B6D5DC334E4AFCA190EC5331513A0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If a CLASS funding
warning under section 801 of the Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of
2011 is made in a year, the President shall submit to Congress, within the
15-day period beginning on the date of the budget submission to Congress under
subsection (a) for the succeeding year, proposed legislation to respond to such
warning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id781AB4364E2344B99DE5B903039848D3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) does not apply if,
during the year in which the warning is made, legislation is enacted which
makes the CLASS Independence Fund established under section 3206 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ll–5) actuarially sound for the 75-year period
that begins in such year not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment
of such
legislation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC8A6D3FA2C164336A9BD42E3F6C3E044"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that legislation submitted
pursuant to section 1105(i) of title 31, United States Code, in a year should
be designed to make the CLASS Independence Fund established under section 3206
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ll–5) actuarially sound for the
75-year period that begins in such year.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID70DAF4E6BBAA4E3595B4DB3F1FA7D944"><enum>803.</enum><header>Procedures in
the House of Representatives</header>
<subsection id="IDDF7E4356CF084F978F50E28E958FFB73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Introduction
and referral of President’s legislative proposal</header>
<paragraph id="IDF70B117D71C6495EB99D01152E714F78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Introduction</header><text>In
the case of a legislative proposal submitted by the President pursuant to
section 1105(i) of title 31, United States Code, within the 15-day period
specified in paragraph (1) of such section, the majority leader of the House of
Representatives (or his designee) and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives (or his designee) shall introduce such proposal (by request),
the title of which is as follows: <quote>A bill to respond to a CLASS funding
warning.</quote> Such bill shall be introduced within 3 legislative days after
Congress receives such proposal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF8449413EA474E15BB439930F69CD6DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>Any
legislation introduced pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be referred to the
appropriate committees of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID09DAE45ED0EB466C8B00C4155EA7F745"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Direction to
the appropriate House committees</header>
<paragraph id="IDC6AE7EEF91FE4EB4B8C8897DBAB71DDF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the House, in any year during which the President is
required to submit proposed legislation to Congress under section 1105(i) of
title 31, United States Code, the appropriate committees shall report CLASS
funding legislation by not later than June 30 of such year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0A0CE00BD32947DCBA8DD4061F42AEFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>CLASS funding
legislation</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>CLASS
funding legislation</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDA0FA6EBC091A402AAAC0A206655D209C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>legislation
introduced pursuant to subsection (a)(1), but only if the legislative proposal
upon which the legislation is based was submitted within the 15-day period
referred to in such subsection; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA00F4D9BCA6347D3A572573057E1E0FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any bill the
title of which is as follows: <quote>A bill to respond to a CLASS funding
warning.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID47267BAA32B64EE4B2050678791E44C5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>With
respect to any CLASS funding legislation or any amendment to such legislation
to respond to a CLASS funding warning, the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the House shall certify—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID03B12F7805E644AB9CB8A8624D289E3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether or not
such legislation makes the CLASS Independence Fund established under section
3206 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ll–5) actuarially sound for
the 75-year period that begins with the year in which the legislation is
introduced; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID708ECFE11669402D9FEB781DBE01ABFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
such an amendment, whether the legislation, as amended, would make the CLASS
Independence Fund established under section 3206 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 300ll–5) actuarially sound for the 75-year period that begins
with the year in which the amendment is offered.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1C0F95B28B8244818C72F0F9CDB6FF8D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>During
any committee consideration of any CLASS funding legislation, only an amendment
to such legislation that is germane and for which there is an affirmative
certification under paragraph (3)(B) shall be in order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3E4062930BAC4A14967665C43E34E6DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fallback
procedure for floor consideration if the House fails To vote on final passage
by July 30</header>
<paragraph id="IDB9A30B469E944E4B84EC7548ECE8CD06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>After July 30 of
any year during which the President is required to submit proposed legislation
to Congress under section 1105(i) of title 31, United States Code, unless the
House of Representatives has voted on final passage of any CLASS funding
legislation for which there is an affirmative certification under subsection
(b)(3)(A), then, after the expiration of not less than 30 calendar days (and
concurrently 5 legislative days), it is in order to move to discharge any
committee to which CLASS funding legislation which has such a certification and
which has been referred to such committee for 30 calendar days from further
consideration of the legislation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5C4AE42E083846D8A7EEF7372852063B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A motion to
discharge may be made only by an individual favoring the legislation, may be
made only if supported by one-fifth of the total membership of the House (a
quorum being present), and is highly privileged in the House. Debate thereon
shall be limited to not more than one hour, the time to be divided in the House
equally between those favoring and those opposing the motion. An amendment to
the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the
vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3E45E74EF13949AD94E650F86BE2616E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), it shall not be in order to move to discharge a committee from
further consideration of CLASS funding legislation pursuant to this subsection
during a session of a Congress if, during the previous session of the Congress,
the House passed CLASS funding legislation for which there is an affirmative
certification under subsection (b)(3)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1E17D1E4181C43C8B0B95F8FEFDCE0A9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Floor
consideration in the House of discharged legislation</header>
<paragraph id="ID04D5B80BB9B5479BBAAB9860BFB1FAF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In the House, not
later than 3 legislative days after any committee has been discharged from
further consideration of legislation under subsection (c), the Speaker shall
resolve the House into the Committee of the Whole for consideration of the
legislation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7D4ACF7E10D2455E9982CD00E5A0D1EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The first reading
of the legislation shall be dispensed with. All points of order against
consideration of the legislation are waived. General debate shall be confined
to the legislation and shall not exceed five hours, which shall be divided
equally between those favoring and those opposing the legislation. After
general debate the legislation shall be considered for amendment under the
five-minute rule. During consideration of the legislation, no amendments shall
be in order in the House or in the Committee of the Whole except those which
are germane and for which there has been an affirmative certification under
subsection (b)(3)(B). All points of order against consideration of any such
amendment in the Committee of the Whole are waived. The legislation, together
with any amendments which shall be in order, shall be considered as read.
During the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the
Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of
whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the
portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of
Rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Debate on any
amendment shall not exceed one hour, which shall be divided equally between
those favoring and those opposing the amendment, and no pro forma amendments
shall be offered during the debate. The total time for debate on all amendments
shall not exceed 10 hours. At the conclusion of consideration of the
legislation for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the legislation
to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the legislation and amendments
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to
recommit with or without instructions. If the Committee of the Whole rises and
reports that it has come to no resolution on the bill, then on the next
legislative day the House shall, immediately after the third daily order of
business under clause 1 of Rule XIV of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, resolve into the Committee of the Whole for further
consideration of the bill.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD6322D9F1059497DAA39B7F954193055"><enum>(3)</enum><text>All appeals from
the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the
House of Representatives to the procedure relating to any such legislation
shall be decided without debate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID01F244619B12496B8C62009D64D60087"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Except to the
extent specifically provided in the preceding provisions of this subsection,
consideration of any such legislation and amendments thereto (or any conference
report thereon) shall be governed by the Rules of the House of Representatives
applicable to other bills and resolutions, amendments, and conference reports
in similar circumstances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0D933B35A72C496D8F317EE4C28C58AA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Legislative day
defined</header><text>As used in this section, the term <term>legislative
day</term> means a day on which the House of Representatives is in
session.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDAD7A80FB1FF74FFCA0E4D9D4CC394EA3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Restriction on
waiver</header><text>In the House, the provisions of this section may be waived
only by a rule or order proposing only to waive such provisions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID22A478F9965A4479B05D331627FC3620"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rulemaking
power</header><text>The provisions of this section are enacted by the
Congress—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE4BD5F039B89461A9137643F5B90F796"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as an exercise of
the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and, as such, shall be
considered as part of the rules of that House and shall supersede other rules
only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2CD5B6EF93E04CF18C80BDDD8E077FAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with full
recognition of the constitutional right of that House to change the rules (so
far as they relate to the procedures of that House) at any time, in the same
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID2F8D815FAC3942B09D3C8DC236003F69"><enum>804.</enum><header>Procedures in
the Senate</header>
<subsection id="ID34048A51910C43339075C1487526BF44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Introduction
and referral of President’s legislative proposal</header>
<paragraph id="ID135A096D8B1B45C5A3268D7523AA8C59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Introduction</header><text>In
the case of a legislative proposal submitted by the President pursuant to
section 1105(i) of title 31, United States Code, within the 15-day period
specified in paragraph (1) of such section, the majority leader and minority
leader of the Senate (or their designees) shall introduce such proposal (by
request), the title of which is as follows: <quote>A bill to respond to a CLASS
funding warning.</quote> Such bill shall be introduced within 3 days of session
after Congress receives such proposal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD3F91E0424BF41349EDEB4D0DE4955EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>Any
legislation introduced pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be referred to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID628313FD60EA4CBABCF93986B651155B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>CLASS funding
legislation</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>CLASS
funding legislation</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCA5CD29D8C264688871E4FA025BEAAB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>legislation
introduced pursuant to subsection (a)(1), but only if the legislative proposal
upon which the legislation is based was submitted within the 15-day period
referred to in such subsection; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3326C7A94C2745F1A19B5B008B6630DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any bill the
title of which is as follows: <quote>A bill to respond to a CLASS funding
warning.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC72AF4A55A41489DB19464DB4371FFDD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualification
for special procedures</header>
<paragraph id="ID4621BC5D7CA54298A2D4C9FAD74E65F0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The special procedures set forth in subsections (d), (e),
and (f) shall apply to CLASS funding legislation, as described in subsection
(b), only if the legislation—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID280EE6FC9ABD4C58AD101090D5E87E36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is CLASS funding
legislation that is passed by the House of Representatives; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID671C5D22848046CF8FE4C6D2C4AF1D69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contains matter
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions in the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID61F82A930DF74210007695D269717F16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to
qualify for special procedures</header><text>If the CLASS funding legislation
does not satisfy paragraph (1), then the legislation shall be considered under
the ordinary procedures of the Standing Rules of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8A6C4EC1C1B344CF9BA2E745545BB251"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Discharge</header>
<paragraph id="ID9EF7D1056D96481DBD62F45742A65B71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions has not reported CLASS funding legislation described in subsection
(c)(1) by June 30 of a year in which the President is required to submit CLASS
funding legislation to Congress under section 1105(i) of title 31, United
States Code, then any Senator may move to discharge the Committee of any single
CLASS funding legislation measure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFAF572787C7D43F5812000B91CEC777D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Debate
limits</header><text>Debate in the Senate on any such motion to discharge, and
all appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours.
The time shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the maker of the
motion and the majority leader, or their designees, except that in the event
the majority leader is in favor of such motion, the time in opposition thereto
shall be controlled by the minority leader or the minority leader’s designee. A
point of order under this subsection may be made at any time. It is not in
order to move to proceed to another measure or matter while such motion (or the
motion to reconsider such motion) is pending.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6CCA8748278640D5A7931CEB8E166B60"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>No
amendment to the motion to discharge shall be in order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEDAC7C7E70184C5992006855C26D8C8D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exception if
certified legislation enacted</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), it
shall not be in order to discharge the Committee from further consideration of
CLASS funding legislation pursuant to this subsection during a session of a
Congress if the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate certifies
that CLASS funding legislation has been enacted that makes the CLASS
Independence Fund established under section 3206 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 300ll–5) actuarially sound for the 75-year period that begins
with the year in which the legislation is enacted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID31D5EB2E03694DD1956522C982B101B9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consideration</header>
<paragraph id="id141BAEFBB61D45798A96C6BD50AE6A65"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Motion to
proceed</header><text>After the date on which the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions has reported CLASS funding legislation described
in subsection (c)(1), or has been discharged (under subsection (d)) from
further consideration of, such legislation, it is in order (even though a
previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the
Senate to move to proceed to the consideration of such legislation. Adoption of
the motion shall require an affirmative vote of the majority of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86c1a3493564493db2431bc41ed2faa3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Debate</header><text>All
points of order against a CLASS funding legislation and against consideration
of a CLASS funding legislation are waived. Consideration of a spending
reduction bill and of all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith
shall not exceed a total of 30 hours. Debate shall be divided equally between
the majority and minority leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit
debate on a CLASS funding legislation is in order, shall require an affirmative
vote of the majority of the Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not
debatable. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for not to exceed 1
hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the
motion or appeal. All time used for consideration of a CLASS funding
legislation, including time used for quorum calls and voting, shall be counted
against the total 30 hours of consideration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7DF6C3DC552B4D1CBF3F8B8804F13696"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Only germane,
actuarially sound amendments permitted</header><text>During any committee or
floor consideration of any CLASS funding legislation, only an amendment to such
legislation that is germane and for which there has been an affirmative
certification under subsection (d)(4) shall be in order.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6E60318F7EDD49F18FB5C3475C2CD826"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rules of the
Senate</header><text>This section is enacted by the Senate—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC4886E92645240A48FA969FC6F96BB00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as an exercise of
the rulemaking power of the Senate and as such it is deemed a part of the rules
of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed
in the Senate in the case of a bill described in this paragraph, and it
supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such
rules; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID41DD4EEAC62E466FAC97C8E223A58E96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with full
recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change the rules (so
far as relating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the
Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id265B05CF86BE42D393D6D685BEB80D25"><enum>B</enum><header>Modification of
Medicare cost containment trigger</header>
<section id="id523B22851E964B008EAD61D7BDEEB252"><enum>811.</enum><header>Modification
of Medicare cost containment trigger</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 801(a) of the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 1395i note) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id891ACFF38ABE4246AC515BAE4229A55F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id74A01ED736AA4298BB29072EB2D139DA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Disregard of
PPACA</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this paragraph,
any determination under subparagraph (A) (with respect to compiling
information) or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall be made as if the
provisions of, and amendments made by, the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Public Law 111–148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation
Act of 2010 (Public Law 11–152), had not been
enacted.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle>