[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 14 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S446-S447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 6. Mr. PORTMAN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 325, to 
ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United 
States Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       At the end of the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR REQUIREMENT.

       (a) Debt Limit Control.--
       (1) In general.--Subchapter I of chapter 31 of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     3101A the following:

     ``Sec. 3101B. Debt limit control

       ``(a) Declaration of a Debt Limit Warning.--
       ``(1) In general.--In the event of a near breach of the 
     public debt limit established by section 3101, the Secretary 
     of the Treasury shall issue a debt limit warning to the 
     Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways 
     and Means of the House of Representatives that shall include 
     a determination as to when extraordinary measures may be 
     necessary in order to prolong the funding of the United 
     States Government.
       ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Extraordinary measures.--The term `extraordinary 
     measures' means measures that may be taken by the Secretary 
     of the Treasury in the event of a breach of the debt limit by 
     the United States to prolong the function of United States 
     Government in the absence of a debt limit increase.
       ``(B) Near breach.--The term `near breach' means the point 
     at which the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the 
     United States Government will reach the statutorily 
     prescribed debt limit within 60 calendar days notwithstanding 
     the implementation of extraordinary measures.
       ``(b) Presidential Submission of Debt Limit Legislation.--
       ``(1) Savings recommendations from the president.--Any 
     formal Presidential request to increase the debt limit under 
     this section shall include the amount of the proposed debt 
     limit increase and be accompanied by proposed legislation to 
     reduce spending over the sum of the current and following 10 
     years by an amount equal to or greater than the amount of the 
     requested debt limit increase. Net interest savings may not 
     be counted towards spending reductions required by this 
     paragraph.
       ``(2) Calculation.--The spending savings under paragraph 
     (1) shall be calculated against a budget baseline consistent 
     with section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985. This baseline shall exclude the 
     extrapolation of any spending that had been enacted under an 
     emergency designation.''.
       (2) Subchapter analysis.--The table of sections for chapter 
     31 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     after the item for section 3101A the following:

``3101B. Debt limit control.''.

       (b) Congressional Requirement to Restrain Spending While 
     Raising the Debt Limit.--
       (1) In general.--Title III of the Congress and Budget Act 
     of 1974 is amended by inserting at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 316. DEBT LIMIT INCREASE POINT OF ORDER.

       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) Point of order.--Except as provided in subsection 
     (b), it shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of 
     Representatives to consider any bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that increases the 
     statutory debt limit unless the bill contains net spending 
     reductions of an equal or greater amount over the sum of the 
     current and next 10 fiscal years. Net interest savings may 
     not be counted towards spending reductions required by this 
     paragraph.
       ``(2) Components of net spending reduction.--
       ``(A) Calculation.--The savings resulting from the proposed 
     spending reductions under paragraph (1) shall be calculated 
     by the Congressional Budget Office against a budget baseline 
     consistent with section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. This baseline shall 
     exclude the extrapolation of any spending that had been 
     enacted under an emergency designation.
       ``(B) Availability.--The Senate and the House of 
     Representatives may not vote on any bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that increases the 
     public debt limit unless the cost estimate of that measure 
     prepared by the Congressional Budget Office has been publicly 
     available on the website of the Congressional Budget Office 
     for at least 24 hours.
       ``(C) Prohibit timing shifts.--Any provision that shifts 
     outlays or revenues from within the 10-year window to outside 
     the window shall not count towards the budget savings target 
     for purposes of this subsection.
       ``(b) Senate Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
       ``(1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a)(1) may be 
     waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       ``(2) Appeal.--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 subsection (a)(1).''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--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 section 315 
     the following new item:

``Sec. 316. Debt limit increase point of order.''.
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  SA 7. Mr. PORTMAN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 325, to 
ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United 
States Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       At the end of the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. END GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``End 
     Government Shutdowns Act''.
       (b) Automatic Continuing Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 13 of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 1310 the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 1311. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``(a)(1) If any appropriation measure for a fiscal year is 
     not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year or a 
     joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in 
     effect, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
     to continue any program, project, or activity for which funds 
     were provided in the preceding fiscal year--
       ``(A) in the corresponding appropriation Act for such 
     preceding fiscal year; or
       ``(B) if the corresponding appropriation bill for such 
     preceding fiscal year did not become

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     law, then in a joint resolution making continuing 
     appropriations for such preceding fiscal year.
       ``(2) Appropriations and funds made available, and 
     authority granted, for a program, 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--
       ``(A) 100 percent of the rate of operations provided for in 
     the regular appropriation Act providing for such program, 
     project, or activity for the preceding fiscal year;
       ``(B) in the absence of such an Act, 100 percent of the 
     rate of operations provided for such program, project, or 
     activity pursuant to a joint resolution making continuing 
     appropriations for such preceding fiscal year; or
       ``(C) 100 percent of 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;

     for the period of 120 days. After the first 120 day period 
     during which this subsection is in effect for that fiscal 
     year, the applicable rate of operations shall be reduced by 1 
     percentage point. For each subsequent 90 day period during 
     which this subsection is in effect for that fiscal year, the 
     applicable rate of operations shall be reduced by 1 
     percentage point. The 90-day period reductions shall continue 
     beyond the last day of that fiscal year until the new 
     appropriation has been enacted.
       ``(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and 
     authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this 
     section for a program, project, or activity shall be 
     available for the period beginning with the first day of a 
     lapse in appropriations and ending with the date on which the 
     applicable regular appropriation bill for such fiscal year 
     becomes law (whether or not such law provides for such 
     program, project, or activity) or a continuing resolution 
     making appropriations becomes law, as the case may be.
       ``(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or 
     authority granted, for a program, 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 program, project, 
     or activity under current law.
       ``(c) Expenditures made for a program, 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 program, project, or activity for 
     such period becomes law.
       ``(d) This section shall not apply to a program, project, 
     or activity during a fiscal year if any other provision of 
     law (other than an authorization of appropriations)--
       ``(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
     grants authority for such program, project, or activity to 
     continue for such period; or
       ``(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
     made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
     be granted for such program, project, or activity to continue 
     for such period.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections of chapter 
     13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 1310 the following new 
     item:

       ``1311. Continuing appropriations.''.
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  SA 8. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 325, to ensure the complete and timely payment of 
the obligations of the United States Government until May 19, 2013, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. ENSURING THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES AND PROTECTING AMERICA'S SOLDIERS AND 
                   SENIORS ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and 
     Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act''.
       (b) Prioritize Obligations on the Debt Held by the Public, 
     Social Security Benefits, and Military Pay.--In the event 
     that the debt of the United States Government reaches the 
     statutory limit as defined in section 3101 of title 31, 
     United States Code, the following shall take equal priority 
     over all other obligations incurred by the Government of the 
     United States:
       (1) The authority of the Department of the Treasury 
     contained in section 3123 of title 31, United States Code, to 
     pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held 
     by the public.
       (2) The authority of the Commissioner of Social Security to 
     pay monthly old-age, survivors' and disability insurance 
     benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
       (3) The payment of pay and allowances for members of the 
     Armed Forces on active duty.
       (c) Limited Debt Limit Authority.--
       (1) In general.--If the Secretary of the Treasury 
     determines, after consultation with the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget, that incoming revenue will 
     not be sufficient to finance the priorities listed in 
     subsection (b) over the following 2 weeks, the Secretary, in 
     coordination with the Director of the Office of Management 
     and Budget, shall--
       (A) notify Congress of the expected revenue shortfall; and
       (B) raise the debt limit by the amount necessary to cover 
     the difference between incoming revenue and the revenue 
     needed to finance the priorities listed in subsection (b) on 
     a 2 week basis.
       (2) Limit.--The debt limit increase provided by paragraph 
     (1)(B) may not exceed the difference between expected outlays 
     for the listed priorities and expected revenue.
       (3) Excess revenue.--If incoming revenue exceeds the amount 
     projected by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
     with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
     needed to finance the priorities listed in subsection (b) 
     over the 2-week period, any amount in excess shall be held in 
     reserve and applied to the following 2-week period.
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  SA 9. Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 325, to ensure the 
complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States 
Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MILITARY SALES TO EGYPT.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the United States Government shall not license, approve, 
     facilitate, or otherwise allow the sale, lease, transfer, 
     retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or other 
     defense articles or services listed in Category VI, VII, or 
     VIII of the United States Munitions List to the Government of 
     Egypt.
       (b) United States Munitions List Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``United States Munitions List'' means the list 
     referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)), as in effect on January 1, 2013.

     

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