[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 102 (Monday, July 11, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4488-S4489]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 527. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1323, to express the sense of the Senate on shared 
sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Congressional Budget Responsibility Act of 2011''.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Member of 
     Congress''--
       (1) has the meaning given under section 2106 of title 5, 
     United States Code; and

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       (2) does not include the Vice President.
       (c) Timely Approval of Concurrent Resolution on the 
     Budget.--If both Houses of Congress have not approved a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget as described under 
     section 301 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
     Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) for a fiscal year before 
     October 1 of that fiscal year, the pay of each Member of 
     Congress may not be paid for each day following that October 
     1 until the date on which both Houses of Congress approve a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year.
       (d) No Pay Without Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no funds may be appropriated or otherwise be made 
     available from the United States Treasury for the pay of any 
     Member of Congress during any period determined by the 
     Chairperson of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or 
     the Chairperson of the Committee on the Budget of the House 
     of Representatives under subsection (e).
       (2) No retroactive pay.--A Member of Congress may not 
     receive pay for any period determined by the Chairperson of 
     the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the Chairperson 
     of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
     Representatives under subsection (e), at any time after the 
     end of that period.
       (e) Determinations.--
       (1) Senate.--
       (A) Request for certifications.--On October 1 of each year, 
     the Secretary of the Senate shall submit a request to the 
     Chairperson of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate for 
     certification of determinations made under subparagraph 
     (B)(i) and (ii).
       (B) Determinations.--The Chairperson of the Committee on 
     the Budget of the Senate shall--
       (i) on October 1 of each year, make a determination of 
     whether Congress is in compliance with subsection (d) and 
     whether Senators may not be paid under that subsection; and
       (ii) determine the period of days following each October 1 
     that Senators may not be paid under subsection (d); and
       (iii) provide timely certification of the determinations 
     under clauses (i) and (ii) upon the request of the Secretary 
     of the Senate.
       (2) House of representatives.--
       (A) Request for certifications.--On October 1 of each year, 
     the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives shall submit a request to the Chairperson of 
     the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives 
     for certification of determinations made under subparagraph 
     (B)(i) and (ii).
       (B) Determinations.--The Chairperson of the Committee on 
     the Budget of the House of Representatives shall--
       (i) on October 1 of each year, make a determination of 
     whether Congress is in compliance with subsection (d) and 
     whether Senators may not be paid under that subsection; and
       (ii) determine the period of days following each October 1 
     that Senators may not be paid under subsection (d); and
       (iii) provide timely certification of the determinations 
     under clauses (i) and (ii) upon the request of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
       (f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
     February 1, 2013.
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  SA 528. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1323, to express the sense of the Senate on shared 
sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF APPLICATION TO INDEPENDENT REGULATORY 
                   AGENCIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 421(1) of the Congressional Budget 
     and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658(1)) is 
     amended by striking ``, but does not include independent 
     regulatory agencies''.
       (b) Exemption for Monetary Policy.--The Unfunded Mandates 
     Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is amended by 
     inserting after section 5 the following:

     ``SEC. 6. EXEMPTION FOR MONETARY POLICY.

       ``Nothing in title II, III, or IV shall apply to rules that 
     concern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board 
     of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal 
     Open Market Committee.''.
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  SA 529. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1323, to 
express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the 
budget deficit; as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:

     SEC 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The provisions of this Act shall become effective 3 days 
     after enactment.
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  SA 530. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 529 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 1323, to express the sense of the Senate on 
shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit; as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``3'', insert ``2''.
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  SA 531. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1323, to 
express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the 
budget deficit; as follows:

       On page 2, line 10, after ``deficit'' strike all that 
     follows and insert the following:
       ``(1) should require that those earning $1,000,000 or more 
     per year make a more meaningful contribution to the deficit 
     reduction effort; and
       (2) should not end Medicare as we know it.''
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  SA 532. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 531 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 1323, to express the sense of the Senate on 
shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit; as follows:

       After ``Medicare'', strike all that follows and insert 
     ``and Medicaid as we know it.''.
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  SA 533. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 532 proposed 
by Mr. Reid to the amendment SA 531 proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 
1323, to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in 
resolving the budget deficit; as follows:

       Strike ``we'' and insert ``all Americans''.

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