[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 133 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 133

               To require that new war funding be offset.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                April 6 (legislative day, April 5), 2011

 Mr. Franken submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                      the Committee on the Budget

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                               RESOLUTION


 
               To require that new war funding be offset.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Pay for War Resolution''.

SEC. 2. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL WAR SPENDING.

    (a) In General.--For purposes of budget enforcement and except as 
provided in this section, it shall not be in order for the Senate to 
consider budget authority for overseas contingency operations if it 
increases the on-budget deficit over the period of the budget year and 
the ensuing 9 fiscal years following the budget year.
    (b) Offsets.--Budget authority provided for overseas contingency 
operations in a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
report shall be considered deficit neutral for the purpose of this 
section if such authority--
            (1) is considered subsequent to an Act of Congress that 
        raises revenue for the designated purpose of paying for such 
        overseas contingency operations; or
            (2) includes new reductions in spending authority.
    (c) Iraq and Afghanistan.--For purposes of this section, the 
following amounts are not required to be offset with respect to the 
overseas contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan:
            (1) For fiscal year 2012, $118,000,000,000.
            (2) For fiscal years 2013 through 2016, an amount equal to 
        the President's budget request for that fiscal year for 
        overseas contingency operations funds for Iraq and Afghanistan.
    (d) Budget Determinations.--Compliance with this section shall be 
determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Committee on the 
Budget of the Senate.
    (e) Waiver and Appeal.--
            (1) Waiver.--The provisions of this section may be waived 
        or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of 
        three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
            (2) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of 
        the Chair relating to any provision of this section 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 
        three-fifths 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 section.
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