    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
    [104th Congress]
    [House Document 103-342]
    [Miscellaneous Provisions Of Congressional Budget Laws]
    [Pages 949-978]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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                BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT

     EXCERPTS FROM THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF
                                   __________

    These excerpts are provided for quick reference. They include the
    provisions of the Act that relate directly to legislative procedure. A
    more thorough understanding of the statutory scheme requires the full
    statutory text (see 2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.).

    SEC. 250. TABLE OF CONTENTS; STATEMENT OF BUDGET ENFORCEMENT THROUGH
                                      1985

            SEQUESTRATION; DEFINITIONS.

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        (c) Definitions.--As used in this part:

      (1) The terms ``budget authority'', ``new budget authority'',
    ``outlays'', and ``deficit'' have the meanings given to such terms in
    section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
    1974 (but including the treatment specified in section 257(b)(3) of the
    Hospital Insurance Trust Fund) and the terms ``maximum deficit amount''
    and ``discretionary spending limit'' shall mean the amounts specified in
    section 601 of that Act as adjusted under sections 251 and 253 of this
    Act.

      (2) The terms ``sequester'' and ``sequestration'' refer to or mean the
    cancellation of budgetary resources provided by discretionary
    appropriations or direct spending law.

      (3) The term ``breach'' means, for any fiscal year, the amount (if
    any) by which new budget authority or outlays for that year (within a
    category of discretionary appropriations) is above that category's
    discretionary spending limit for new budget authority or outlays for
    that year, as the case may be.

      (4) The term ``category'' means:

              (A) For fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993, any of the

            following subsets of discretionary appropriations: defense,

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            international, or domestic. Discretionary appro

            priations in each of the three categories shall be those so designated

            in the joint statement of managers accompanying the conference

            report on the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. New

            accounts or activities shall be categorized in consultation with

            the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of

            Representatives and the Senate.

              (B) For fiscal years 1994 and 1995, all discretionary

            appropriations.
    Contributions to the United States to offset the cost of Operation
    Desert Shield shall not be counted within any category.

      (5) The term ``baseline'' means the projection (described in section
    257) of current-year levels of new budget authority, outlays, receipts,
    and the surplus or deficit into the budget year and the outyears.

      (6) The term ``budgetary resources'' means--

              (A) with respect to budget year 1991, new budget authority;

            unobligated balances; new loan guarantee commitments or

            limitations; new direct loan obligations, commitments, or

            limitations; direct spending authority; and obligation

            limitations; or

              (B) with respect to budget year 1992, 1993, 1994, or 1995, new

            budget authority; unobligated balances; direct spending

            authority; and obligation limitations.

      (7) The term ``discretionary appropriations'' means budgetary
    resources (except to fund direct-spending programs) provided in
    appropriation Acts.

      (8) The term ``direct spending'' means--

              (A) budget authority provided by law other than appropriation

            Acts;

              (B) entitlement authority; and

              (C) the food stamp program.

      (9) The term ``current'' means, with respect to OMB estimates included
    with a budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
    States Code, the estimates consistent with the economic and technical
    assumptions underlying that budget and with respect to estimates made
    after submission of the fiscal year 1992 budget that are not included
    with a budget submission, estimates consistent with the economic and
    technical assumptions underlying the most recently submitted President's
    budget.

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      (10) The term ``real economic growth'', with respect to any fiscal
    year, means the growth in the gross national product during such fiscal
    year, adjusted for inflation, consistent with Department of Commerce
    definitions.

      (11) The term ``account'' means an item for which appropriations are
    made in any appropriation Act and, for items not provided for in
    appropriation Acts, such term means an item for which there is a
    designated budget account identification code number in the President's
    budget.

      (12) The term ``budget year'' means, with respect to a session of
    Congress, the fiscal year of the Government that starts on October 1 of
    the calendar year in which that session begins.

      (13) The term ``current year'' means, with respect to a budget year,
    the fiscal year that immediately precedes that budget year.

      (14) The term ``outyear'' means, with respect to a budget year, any of
    the fiscal years that follow the budget year through fiscal year 1995.

      (15) The term ``OMB'' means the Director of the Office of Management
    and Budget.

      (16) The term ``CBO'' means the Director of the Congressional Budget
    Office.

      (17) For purposes of sections 252 and 253, legislation enacted during
    the second session of the One Hundred First Congress shall be deemed to
    have been enacted before the enactment of this Act.

      (18) As used in this part, all references to entitlement authority
    shall include the list of mandatory appropriations included in the joint
    explanatory statement of managers accompanying the conference report on
    the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.

      (19) The term ``deposit insurance'' refers to the expenses of the
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the funds it incorporates, the
    Resolution Trust Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration
    and the funds it incorporates, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the
    Comptroller of the Currency Assessment Fund, and the RTC Office of
    Inspector General.

      (20) The term ``composite outlay rate'' means the percent of new
    budget authority that is converted to outlays in the fiscal year for
    which the budget authority is provided and subsequent fiscal years, as
    follows:

              (A) For the international category, 46 percent for the first

            year, 20 percent for the second year, 16 percent for the third

            year, and 8 percent for the fourth year.

              (B) For the domestic category, 53 percent for the first year,

            31 percent for the second year, 12 percent for the third year,

            and 2 percent for the fourth year.

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      (21) The sale of an asset means the sale to the public of any asset,
    whether physical or financial, owned in whole or in part by the United
    States. The term ``prepayment of a loan'' means payments to the United
    States made in advance of the schedules set by law or contract when the
    financial asset is first acquired, such as the prepayment to the Federal
    Financing Bank of loans guaranteed by the Rural Electrification
    Administration. If a law or contract allows a flexible payment schedule,
    the term ``in advance'' shall mean in advance of the slowest payment
    schedule allowed under such law or contract.
    SEC. 251. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

      (a) Fiscal Years 1991-1998 Enforcement.--

              (1) Sequestration.--Within 15 calendar days after Congress

            adjourns to end a session and on the same day as a sequestration

            (if any) under section 252 and section 253, there shall be a

            sequestration to eliminate a budget-year breach, if any, within

            any category.

              (2) Eliminating a breach.--Each non-exempt account within a

            category shall be reduced by a dollar amount calculated by

            multiplying the baseline level of sequestrable budgetary

            resources in that account at that time by the uniform percentage

            necessary to eliminate a breach within that category; except

            that the health programs set forth in section 256(e) shall not

            be reduced by more than 2 percent and the uniform percent

            applicable to all other programs under this paragraph shall be

            increased (if necessary) to a level sufficient to eliminate that

            breach. If, within a category, the discretionary spending limits

            for both new budget authority and outlays are breached, the

            uniform percentage shall be calculated by--

                      (A) first, calculating the uniform percentage

                    necessary to eliminate the breach in new budget

                    authority, and

                      (B) second, if any breach in outlays remains,

                    increasing the uniform percentage to a level sufficient

                    to eliminate that breach.

              (3) Military personnel.--If the President uses the authority

            to exempt any military personnel from sequestration under

            section 255(h), each account within subfunctional category 051

            (other than those military personnel accounts for which the

            authority provided under section 255(h) has been exercised)

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            shall be further reduced by a dollar amount calculated by mul

            tiplying the enacted level of non-exempt budgetary resources in that

            account at that time by the uniform percentage necessary to

            offset the total dollar amount by which outlays are not reduced

            in military personnel accounts by reason of the use of such

            authority.

              (4) Part-year appropriations.--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

            paragraphs (2) and (3) 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.

              (5) Look-back.--If, after June 30, an appropriation for the

            fiscal year in progress is enacted that causes a breach within a

            category for that year (after taking into account any

            sequestration of amounts within that category), the

            discretionary spending limits for that category for the next

            fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount or amounts of that

            breach.

              (6) Within-session sequestration.--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 within a category for that

            year (after taking into account any prior sequestration of

            amounts within that category), 15 days later there shall be a

            sequestration to eliminate that breach within that category

            following the procedures set forth in paragraphs (2) through

            (4).

              (7) OMB estimates.--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. Within 5 calendar days after the

            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

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            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. For purposes of this paragraph, amounts provided

            by annual appropriations shall include any new budget authority

            and outlays for those years in accounts for which funding is

            provided in that legislation that result from previously enacted

            legislation. Those OMB estimates shall be made using current

            economic and technical assumptions. OMB shall use the OMB

            estimates transmitted to the Congress under this paragraph for

            the purposes of this subsection. OMB and CBO shall prepare

            estimates under this paragraph in conformance with scorekeeping

            guidelines determined after consultation among the House and

            Senate Committees on the Budget, CBO, and OMB.

      (b) Adjustments to Discretionary Spending Limits.--(1) When the
    President submits the budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
    States Code, for budget year 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998
    (except as otherwise indicated), OMB shall calculate (in the order set
    forth below), and the budget shall include, adjustments to discretionary
    spending limits (and those limits as cumulatively adjusted) for the
    budget year and each outyear through 1998 to reflect the following:

              (A) Changes in concepts and definitions.--The adjustments

            produced by the amendments made by title XIII of the Omnibus

            Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 or by any other changes in

            concepts and definitions shall equal the baseline levels of new

            budget authority and outlays using up-to-date concepts and

            definitions minus those levels using the concepts and

            definitions in effect before such changes. Such other changes in

            concepts and definitions may only be made in consultation with

            the Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, Government Reform

            and Oversight), and Governmental Affairs of the House of

            Representatives and Senate.

              (B) Changes in inflation.--

                      (i) For a budget submitted for budget year 1992, 1993,

                    1994, or 1995, the adjustments produced by changes in

                    inflation shall equal the levels of discretionary new

                    budget authority and outlays in the baseline (calculated

                    using current estimates) subtracted from those levels in

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                    that base

                    line recalculated with the baseline inflators for the budget year only,

                    multiplied by the inflation adjustment factor computed

                    under clause (ii).

                      (ii) For a budget year the inflation adjustment factor

                    shall equal the ratio between the level of year-over-

                    year inflation measured for the fiscal year most

                    recently completed and the applicable estimated level

                    for that year set forth below:

                      For 1990, 1.041

                      For 1991, 1.052

                      For 1992, 1.041

                      For 1993, 1.033

            Inflation shall be measured by the average of the estimated

            gross national product implicit price deflator index for a

            fiscal year divided by the average index for the prior fiscal

            year.

                      (iii) For a budget submitted for budget year 1996,

                    1997, or 1998, the adjustments shall be those necessary

                    to reflect changes in inflation estimates since those of

                    March 31, 1993, set forth on page 46 of House Conference

                    Report 103-48.

              (C) Credit reestimates.--For a budget submitted for fiscal

            year 1993 or 1994, the adjustments produced by reestimates to

            costs of Federal credit programs shall be, for any such program,

            a current estimate of new budget authority and outlays

            associated with a baseline projection of the prior year's gross

            loan level for that program minus the baseline projection of the

            prior year's new budget authority and associated outlays for

            that program.

      (2) When OMB submits a sequestration report under section 254(g) or
    (h) for fiscal year 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998
    (except as otherwise indicated), OMB shall calculate (in the order set
    forth below), and the sequestration report, and subsequent budgets
    submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
    States Code, shall include, adjustments to discretionary spending limits
    (and those limits as adjusted) for the fiscal year and each succeeding
    year through 1998, as follows:

              (A) IRS funding.--To the extent that appropriations are

            enacted that provide additional new budget authority or result

            in additional outlays (as compared with the CBO baseline

            constructed in June 1990) for the Internal Revenue Service

            compliance initiative in any fiscal year, the adjustments for

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            that year shall be

            those amounts, but shall not exceed the amounts set forth below--

                      (i) for fiscal year 1991, $191,000,000 in new budget

                    authority and $183,000,000 in outlays;

                      (ii) for fiscal year 1992, $172,000,000 in new budget

                    authority and $169,000,000 in outlays;

                      (iii) for fiscal year 1993, $183,000,000 in new budget

                    authority and $179,000,000 in outlays;

                      (iv) for fiscal year 1994, $187,000,000 in new budget

                    authority and $183,000,000 in outlays; and

                      (v) for fiscal year 1995, $188,000,000 in new budget

                    authority and $184,000,000 in outlays; and

            the prior-year outlays resulting from these appropriations of

            budget authority.

              (B) Debt forgiveness.--If, in calendar year 1990 or 1991, an

            appropriation is enacted that forgives the Arab Republic of

            Egypt's foreign military sales indebtedness to the United States

            and any part of the Government of Poland's indebtedness to the

            United States, the adjustment shall be the estimated costs (in

            new budget authority and outlays, in all years) of that

            forgiveness.

              (C) IMF funding.--If, in fiscal year 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,

            or 1995 an appropriation is enacted to provide to the

            International Monetary Fund the dollar equivalent, in terms of

            Special Drawing Rights, of the increase in the United States

            quota as part of the International Monetary Fund Ninth General

            Review of Quotas, the adjustment shall be the amount provided by

            that appropriation.

              (D) Emergency appropriations.--

                      (i) If, for any fiscal year, appropriations for

                    discretionary accounts are enacted that the President

                    designates as emergency requirements and that the

                    Congress so designates in statute, the adjustment shall

                    be the total of such appropriations in discretionary

                    accounts designated as emergency requirements and the

                    outlays flowing in all years from such appropriations.

                      (ii) The costs for operation Desert Shield are to be

                    treated as emergency funding requirements not subject to

                    the defense spending limits. Funding for Desert Shield

                    will be provided through the normal legislative process.

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                    Desert Shield costs

                    should be accommodated through Allied burden-sharing,

                    subsequent appropriation Acts, and if the President so

                    chooses, through offsets within other defense accounts.

                    Emergency Desert Shield costs mean those incremental

                    costs associated with the increase in operations in the

                    Middle East and do not include costs that would be

                    experienced by the Department of Defense as part of its

                    normal operations absent Operation Desert Shield.

              (E) Special allowance for discretionary new budget

            authority.--

                      (i) For each of fiscal years 1992 and 1993, the

                    adjustment for the domestic category in each year shall

                    be an amount equal to 0.1 percent of the sum of the

                    adjusted discretionary spending limits on new budget

                    authority for all categories for fiscal years 1991,

                    1992, and 1993 (cumulatively), together with outlays

                    associated therewith (calculated at the composite outlay

                    rate for the domestic category);

                      (ii) for each of fiscal years 1992 and 1993, the

                    adjustment for the international category in each year

                    shall be an amount equal to 0.079 percent of the sum of

                    the adjusted discretionary spending limits on new budget

                    authority for all categories for fiscal years 1991,

                    1992, and 1993 (cumulatively), together with outlays

                    associated therewith (calculated at the composite outlay

                    rate for the international category);

                      (iii) if, for fiscal years 1992 and 1993, the amount

                    of new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts

                    exceeds the discretionary spending limit on new budget

                    authority for any category due to technical estimates

                    made by the Director of the Office of Management and

                    Budget, the adjustment is the amount of the excess, but

                    not to exceed an amount (for 1992 and 1993 together)

                    equal to 0.042 percent of the sum of the adjusted

                    discretionary limits on new budget authority for all

                    categories for fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993

                    (cumulatively); and

                      (iv) if, for fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and

                    1998, the amount of new budget authority provided in

                    appropriation Acts exceeds the discretionary spending

                    limit on new budget authority due to technical estimates

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                    made by the director of

                    the Office of Management and Budget, the adjustment is the amount of

                    the excess, but not to exceed an amount (for any one

                    fiscal year) equal to 0.1 percent of the adjusted

                    discretionary spending limit on new budget authority for

                    that fiscal year.

              (F) Special outlay allowance.--If in any fiscal year outlays

            for a category exceed the discretionary spending limit for that

            category but new budget authority does not exceed its limit for

            that category (after application of the first step of a

            sequestration described in subsection (a)(2), if necessary), the

            adjustment in outlays is the amount of the excess, but not to

            exceed $2,500,000,000 in the defense category, $1,500,000,000 in

            the international category, or $2,500,000,000 in the domestic

            category (as applicable) in fiscal year 1991, 1992, or 1993, and

            not to exceed $6,500,000,000 in fiscal year 1994 or 1995 less

            any of the outlay adjustments made under subparagraph (E) for a

            category for a fiscal year, and not to exceed 0.5 percent of the

            adjusted discretionary spending limit on outlays for the fiscal

            year in fiscal year 1996, 1997, or 1998.
    SEC. 251A. SEQUESTRATION WITH RESPECT TO VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST

            FUND.

      (a) Sequestration.--Within 15 days after Congress adjourns to end a
    session, there shall be a sequestration to eliminate any budgetary
    excess in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund as described in
    subsection (b).

      (b) Eliminating a Budgetary Excess.--

              (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2),

            appropriations from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund shall

            be reduced by a uniform percentage necessary to eliminate any

            amount by which estimated outlays in the budget year from the

            Fund exceed the following levels of outlays:

                      (A) For fiscal year 1995, $703,000,000.

                      (B) For fiscal year 1996, $2,334,000,000.

                      (C) For fiscal year 1997, $3,936,000,000.

                      (D) For fiscal year 1998, $4,904,000,000.

            For fiscal year 1999, the comparable level for budgetary

            purposes shall be deemed to be $5,639,000,000. For fiscal year

            2000, the comparable level for budgetary purposes shall be

            deemed to be $6,225,000,000.

              (2) Special outlay allowance.--If estimated outlays from the

            Fund for a fiscal year exceed the level specified in paragraph

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            (1) for that year, that level

            shall be increased by the lesser of that excess or 0.5 percent of that

            level.

      (c) Look-Back.--If, after June 30, an appropriation for the fiscal
    year in progress is enacted that causes a budgetary excess in the
    Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund as described in subsection (b) for
    that year (after taking into account any sequestration of amounts under
    this section), the level set forth in subsection (b) for the next fiscal
    year shall be reduced by the amount of that excess.

      (d) Within-Session Sequestration.--If an appropriation for a fiscal
    year in progress is enacted (after Congress adjourns to end the session
    for the budget year and before July 1 of that fiscal year) that causes a
    budgetary excess in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund as described
    in subsection (b) for that year (after taking into account any prior
    sequestration of amounts under this section), 15 days later there shall
    be a sequestration to eliminate that excess following the procedures set
    forth in subsection (b).

      (e) Part-Year Appropriations and OMB Estimates.--Paragraphs (4) and
    (7) of section 251(a) shall apply to appropriations from, and
    sequestration of amounts appropriated from, the Violent Crime Reduction
    Trust Fund under this section in the same manner as those paragraphs
    apply to discretionary appropriations and sequestrations under that
    section.
    SEC. 252. ENFORCING PAY-AS-YOU-GO.

      (a) Fiscal Years 1992-1998 Enforcement.--The purpose of this section
    is to assure that any legislation (enacted after the date of enactment
    of this section) affecting direct spending or receipts that increases
    the deficit in any fiscal year covered by this Act will trigger an
    offsetting sequestration.

      (b) Sequestration; Look-Back.--Within 15 calendar days after Congress
    adjourns to end a session (other than of the One Hundred First Congress)
    and on the same day as a sequestration (if any) under section 251 and
    section 253, there shall be a sequestration to offset the amount of any
    net deficit increase in that fiscal year and the prior fiscal year
    caused by all direct spending and receipts legislation enacted after the
    date of enactment of this section (after adjusting for any prior
    sequestration as provided by paragraph (2)). OMB shall calculate the
    amount of deficit increase, if any, in those fiscal years by adding--

              (1) all applicable estimates of direct spending and receipts

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            legislation transmitted under subsection (d)

            applicable to those fiscal years, other than any amounts included in

            such estimates resulting from--

                      (A) full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit

                    insurance guarantee commitment in effect on the date of

                    enactment of this section, and

                      (B) emergency provisions as designated under

                    subsection (e); and

              (2) the estimated amount of savings in direct spending

            programs applicable to those fiscal years resulting from the

            prior year's sequestration under this section or section 253, if

            any (except for any amounts sequestered as a result of a net

            deficit increase in the fiscal year immediately preceding the

            prior fiscal year), as published in OMB's end-of-session

            sequestration report for that prior year.

      (c) Eliminating a Deficit Increase.--(1) The amount required to be
    sequestered in a fiscal year under subsection (b) shall be obtained from
    non-exempt direct spending accounts from actions taken in the following
    order:

              (A) First.--All reductions in automatic spending increases

            specified in section 256(a) shall be made.

              (B) Second.--If additional reductions in direct spending

            accounts are required to be made, the maximum reductions

            permissible under sections 256(b) (guaranteed student loans) and

            256(c) (foster care and adoption assistance) shall be made.

              (C) Third.--(i) If additional reductions in direct spending

            accounts are required to be made, each remaining non-exempt

            direct spending account shall be reduced by the uniform

            percentage necessary to make the reductions in direct spending

            required by paragraph (1); except that the medicare programs

            specified in section 256(d) shall not be reduced by more than 4

            percent and the uniform percentage applicable to all other

            direct spending programs under this paragraph shall be increased

            (if necessary) to a level sufficient to achieve the required

            reduction in direct spending.

              (ii) For purposes of determining reductions under clause (i),

            outlay reductions (as a result of sequestration of Commodity

            Credit Corporation commodity price support contracts in the

            fiscal year of a sequestration) that would occur in the

            following fiscal year shall be credited as outlay reductions in

            the fiscal year of the sequestration.

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        (2) For purposes of this subsection, accounts shall be assumed to be

        at the level in the baseline.

      (d) OMB Estimates.--As soon as practicable after Congress completes
    action on any direct spending or receipts legislation enacted after the
    date of enactment of this section, after consultation with the
    Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
    CBO shall provide OMB with an estimate of the amount of change in
    outlays or receipts, as the case may be, in each fiscal year through
    fiscal year 1998 resulting from that legislation. Within 5 calendar days
    after the enactment of any direct spending or receipts legislation
    enacted after the date of enactment of this section, OMB shall transmit
    a report to the House of Representatives and to the Senate containing
    such CBO estimate of that legislation, an OMB estimate of the amount of
    change in outlays or receipts, as the case may be, in each fiscal year
    through fiscal year 1998 resulting from that legislation, and an
    explanation of any difference between the two estimates. Those OMB
    estimates shall be made using current economic and technical
    assumptions. OMB and CBO shall prepare estimates under this paragraph in
    conformance with scorekeeping guidelines determined after consultation
    among the House and Senate Committees on the Budget, CBO, and OMB.

      (e) Emergency Legislation.--If, for any fiscal year from 1991 through
    1998, a provision of direct spending or receipts legislation is enacted
    that the President designates as an emergency requirement and that the
    Congress so designates in statute, the amounts of new budget authority,
    outlays, and receipts in all fiscal years through 1995 resulting from
    that provision shall be designated as an emergency requirement in the
    reports required under subsection (d).
    SEC. 253. ENFORCING DEFICIT TARGETS.

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      (a) Sequestration.--Within 15 calendar days after Congress adjourns to
    end a session (other than of the One Hundred First Congress) and on the
    same day as a sequestration (if any) under section 251 and section 252,
    but after any sequestration required by section 251 (enforcing
    discretionary spending limits) or section 252 (enforcing pay-as-you-go),
    there shall be a sequestration to eliminate the excess deficit (if any
    remains) if it exceeds the margin.

      (b) Excess Deficit; Margin.--The excess deficit is, if greater than
    zero, the estimated deficit for the budget year, minus--

              (1) the maximum deficit amount for that year;

              (2) the amounts for that year designated as emergency direct

            spending or receipts legislation under section 252(e); and

              (3) for any fiscal year in which there is not a full

            adjustment for technical and economic reestimates, the deposit

            insurance reestimate for that year, if any, calculated under

            subsection (h).
    The ``margin'' for fiscal year 1992 or 1993 is zero and for fiscal year
    1994 or 1995 is $15,000,000,000.

      (c) Dividing the Sequestration.--To eliminate the excess deficit in a
    budget year, half of the required outlay reductions shall be obtained
    from non-exempt defense accounts (accounts designated as function 050 in
    the President's fiscal year 1991 budget submission) and half from non-
    exempt, non-defense accounts (all other non-exempt accounts).

      (d) Defense.--Each non-exempt defense account shall be reduced by a
    dollar amount calculated by multiplying the level of sequestrable
    budgetary resources in that account at that time by the uniform
    percentage necessary to carry out subsection (c), except that, if any
    military personnel are exempt, adjustments shall be made under the
    procedure set forth in section 251(a)(3).

      (e) Non-Defense.--Actions to reduce non-defense accounts shall be
    taken in the following order:

              (1) First.--All reductions in automatic spending increases

            under section 256(a) shall be made.

              (2) Second.--If additional reductions in non-defense accounts

            are required to be made, the maximum reduction permissible under

            sections 256(b) (guaranteed student loans) and 256(c) (foster

            care and adoption assistance) shall be made.

              (3) Third.--(A) If additional reductions in non-defense

            accounts are required to be made, each remaining non-exempt,

            non-defense account shall be reduced by the uniform percentage

            necessary to make the reductions in non-defense outlays required

            by subsection (c), except that--

                      (i) the medicare program specified in section 256(d)

                    shall not be reduced by more than 2 percent in total

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                    including any reduction of less than

                    2 percent made under section 252 or, if it has been

                    reduced by 2 percent or more under section 252, it may

                    not be further reduced under this section; and

                      (ii) the health programs set forth in section 256(e)

                    shall not be reduced by more than 2 percent in total

                    (including any reduction made under section 251),

            and the uniform percent applicable to all other programs under

            this subsection shall be increased (if necessary) to a level

            sufficient to achieve the required reduction in non-defense

            outlays.

              (B) For purposes of determining reductions under subparagraph

            (A), outlay reduction (as a result of sequestration of Commodity

            Credit Corporation commodity price support contracts in the

            fiscal year of a sequestration) that would occur in the

            following fiscal year shall be credited as outlay reductions in

            the fiscal year of the sequestration.

      (f) Baseline Assumptions; Part-Year Appropriations.--(1) Budget
    assumptions.--For purposes of subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e),
    accounts shall be assumed to be at the level in the baseline minus any
    reductions required to be made under sections 251 and 252.

      (2) Part-year appropriations.--If, on the date specified in subsection
    (a), there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for
    part of a fiscal year for any non-exempt budget account, then the dollar
    sequestration calculated for that account under subsection (d) or (e),
    as applicable, 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; except that the amount to be sequestered from

            that account shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the

            savings achieved by that appropriation when the enacted amount

            is less than the baseline for that account.

      (g) Adjustments to Maximum Deficit Amounts.--(1) Adjustments.--

              (A) When the President submits the budget for fiscal year

            1992, the maximum deficit amounts for fiscal years 1992, 1993,

            1994, and 1995 shall be adjusted to reflect up-to-date

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            reestimates of economic and tech

            nical assumptions and any changes in concepts or definitions. When the

            President submits the budget for fiscal year 1993, the maximum

            deficit amounts for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 shall be

            further adjusted to reflect up-to-date reestimates of economic

            and technical assumptions and any changes in concepts or

            definitions.

              (B) When submitting the budget for fiscal year 1994, the

            President may choose to adjust the maximum deficit amounts for

            fiscal years 1994 and 1995 to reflect up-to-date reestimates for

            economic and technical assumptions. If the President chooses to

            adjust the maximum deficit amount when submitting the fiscal

            year 1994 budget, the President may choose to invoke the same

            adjustment procedure when submitting the budget for fiscal year

            1995. In each case, the President must choose between making no

            adjustment or the full adjustment described in paragraph (2). If

            the President chooses to make that full adjustment, then those

            procedures for adjusting discretionary spending limits described

            in sections 251(b)(1)(C) and 251(b)(2)(E), otherwise applicable

            through fiscal year 1993 or 1994 (as the case may be), shall be

            deemed to apply for fiscal year 1994 (and 1995 if applicable).

              (C) When the budget for fiscal year 1994 or 1995 is submitted

            and the sequestration reports for those years under section 254

            are made (as applicable), if the President does not choose to

            make the adjustments set forth in subparagraph (B), the maximum

            deficit amount for that fiscal year shall be adjusted by the

            amount of the adjustment to discretionary spending limits first

            applicable for that year (if any) under section 251(b).

              (D) For each fiscal year the adjustments required to be made

            with the submission of the President's budget for that year

            shall also be made when OMB submits the sequestration update

            report and the final sequestration report for that year, but OMB

            shall continue to use the economic and technical assumptions in

            the President's budget for that year.
    Each adjustment shall be made by increasing or decreasing the maximum
    deficit amounts set forth in section 601 of the Congressional Budget Act
    of 1974.

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      (2) Calculations of adjustments.--The required increase or decrease
    shall be calculated as follows:

              (A) The baseline deficit or surplus shall be calculated using

            up-to-date economic and technical assumptions, using up-to-date

            concepts and definitions, and, in lieu of the baseline levels of

            discretionary appropriations, using the discretionary spending

            limits sets forth in section 601 of the Congressional Budget Act

            of 1974 as adjusted under section 251.

              (B) The net deficit increase or decrease caused by all direct

            spending and receipts legislation enacted after the date of

            enactment of this section (after adjusting for any sequestration

            of direct spending accounts) shall be calculated for each fiscal

            year by adding--

                      (i) the estimates of direct spending and receipts

                    legislation transmitted under section 252(d) applicable

                    to each such fiscal year; and

                      (ii) the estimated amount of savings in direct

                    spending programs applicable to each such fiscal year

                    resulting from the prior year's sequestration under this

                    section or section 252 of direct spending, if any, as

                    contained in OMB's final sequestration report for that

                    year.

              (C) The amount calculated under subparagraph (B) shall be

            subtracted from the amount calculated under subparagraph (A).

              (D) The maximum deficit amount set forth in section 601 of the

            Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be subtracted from the

            amount calculated under subparagraph (C).

              (E) The amount calculated under subparagraph (D) shall be the

            amount of the adjustment required by paragraph (1).

      (h) Treatment of Deposit Insurance.--(1) Initial estimates.--The
    initial estimates of the net costs of federal deposit insurance for
    fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995 (assuming full funding of, and
    continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect on
    the date of the submission of the budget for fiscal year 1993) shall be
    set forth in that budget.

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    guarantee commitment in effect on the date of submission of the budget
    for fiscal year 1993).

      (2) Reestimates.--For fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995, the
    amount of the reestimate of deposit insurance costs shall be calculated
    by subtracting the amount set forth under paragraph (1) for that year
    from the current estimate of deposit insurance costs (but assuming full
    funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance

    SEC. 254. REPORTS AND ORDERS.

             *            *            *            *            *

             *            *            *            *            *

      (j) Low-Growth Report.--At any time, CBO shall notify the Congress
    if--

              (1) during the period consisting of the quarter during which

            such notification is given, the quarter proceeding such

            notification and the 4 quarters following such notification, CBO

            or OMB had 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

              (2) 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.

      In response to a ``low-growth report'' under section 254(j), the
    Majority Leader of the Senate introduced pursuant to section 258, infra,
    a joint resolution suspending certain budget enforcement laws (S. J.
    Res. 44, Jan. 23, 1991, p. ----).

    SEC. 258. SUSPENSION IN THE EVENT OF WAR OR LOW GROWTH.
             *            *            *            *            *

      (a) Procedures in the Event of a Low-Growth Report.--

              (1) Trigger.--Whenever CBO issues a low-growth report under

            section 254(j), the Majority Leader of the House of

            Representatives may, and the Majority Leader of the Senate

            shall, introduce a joint resolution (in the form set forth in

            paragraph (2)) declaring that the conditions specified in

            section 254(j) are met and suspending the relevant provisions of

            this title, titles III and VI of the Congressional Budget Act of

            1974, and section 1103 of title 31, United States Code.

              (2) Form of joint resolution.--

                      (A) The matter after the resolving clause in any joint

                    resolution introduced pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be

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                    as follows: ``That the Congress de

                    clares that the conditions specified in section 254(j) of the Balanced

                    Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are

                    met, and the implementation of the Congressional Budget

                    and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, chapter 11 of title

                    31, United States Code, and part C of the Balanced

                    Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are

                    modified as described in section 258(b) of the Balanced

                    Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''.

                      (B) The title of the joint resolution shall be ``Joint

                    resolution suspending certain provisions of law pursuant

                    to section 258(a)(2) of the Balanced Budget and

                    Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''; and the joint

                    resolution shall not contain any preamble.

              (3) Committee action.--Each joint resolution introduced

            pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be referred to the appropriate

            committees of the House of Representatives or the Committee on

            the Budget of the Senate, as the case may be; and such Committee

            shall report the joint resolution to its House without amendment

            on or before the fifth day on which such House is in session

            after the date on which the joint resolution is introduced. If

            the Committee fails to report the joint resolution within the

            five-day period referred to in the preceding sentence, it shall

            be automatically discharged from further consideration of the

            joint resolution, and the joint resolution shall be placed on

            the appropriate calendar.

              (4) Consideration of joint resolution.--(A) A vote on final

            passage of a joint resolution reported to the Senate or

            discharged pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be taken on or before

            the close of the fifth calendar day of session after the date on

            which the joint resolution is reported or after the Committee

            has been discharged from further consideration of the joint

            resolution. If prior to the passage by one House of a joint

            resolution of that House, that House receives the same joint

            resolution from the other House, then--

                      (i) the procedure in that House shall be the same as

                    if no such joint resolution had been received from the

                    other House, but

                      (ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint

                    resolution of the other House.

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            When the joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the House

            of Representatives (in the case of a House joint resolution

            agreed to in the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of

            the Senate (in the case of a Senate joint resolution agreed to

            in the Senate) shall cause the joint resolution to be engrossed,

            certified, and transmitted to the other House of the Congress as

            soon as practicable.

              (B)(i) In the Senate, a joint resolution under this paragraph

            shall be privileged. It shall not be in order to move to

            reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or

            disagreed to.

              (ii) Debate in the Senate on a joint resolution under this

            paragraph, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection

            therewith, shall be limited to not more than five hours. The

            time shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the

            majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.

              (iii) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal

            in connection with a joint resolution under this paragraph shall

            be limited to not more than one hour, to be equally divided

            between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the

            joint resolution, except that in the event the manager of the

            joint resolution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the

            time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the minority

            leader or his designee.

              (iv) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a joint

            resolution under this paragraph is not debatable. A motion to

            table or to recommit a joint resolution under this paragraph is

            not in order.

              (C) No amendment to a joint resolution considered under this

            paragraph shall be in order in the Senate.

      (b) Suspension of Sequestration Procedures.--Upon the enactment of a
    declaration of war or a joint resolution described in subsection (a)--

              (1) the subsequent issuance of any sequestration report or any

            sequestration order is precluded;

              (2) sections 302(f), 310(d), 311(a), and title VI of the

            Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are suspended; and

              (3) section 1103 of title 31, United States Code, is

            suspended.

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    is concluded by Senate ratification of the necessary treaties, the
    provisions of subsection (b) triggered by that declaration of war are no
    longer effective.
      (c) Restoration of Sequestration Procedures.--(1) In the event of a
    suspension of sequestration procedures due to a declaration of war,
    then, effective with the first fiscal year that begins in the session
    after the state of war

      (2) In the event of a suspension of sequestration procedures due to
    the enactment of a joint resolution described in subsection (a), then,
    effective with regard to the first fiscal year beginning at least 12
    months after the enactment of that resolution, the provisions of
    subsection (b) triggered by that resolution are no longer effective.
    SEC. 258A. MODIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.

      (a) Introduction of Joint Resolution.--At any time after the Director
    of OMB issues a final sequestration report under section 254 for a
    fiscal year, but before the close of the twentieth calendar day of the
    session of Congress beginning after the date of issuance of such report,
    the majority leader of either House of Congress may introduce a joint
    resolution which contains provisions directing the President to modify
    the most recent order issued under section 254 or provide an alternative
    to reduce the deficit for such fiscal year. After the introduction of
    the first such joint resolution in either House of Congress in any
    calendar year, then no other joint resolution introduced in such House
    in such calendar year shall be subject to the procedures set forth in
    this section.

      (b) Procedures for Consideration of Joint Resolutions.--

              (1) Referral to committee.--A joint resolution introduced in

            the Senate under subsection (a) shall not be referred to a

            commitee of the Senate and shall be placed on the calendar

            pending disposition of such joint resolution in accordance with

            this subsection.

              (2) Consideration in the senate.--On or after the third

            calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)

            beginning after a joint resolution is introduced under

            subsection (a), notwithstanding any rule or precedent of the

            Senate, including Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate,

            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 the joint resolution. The motion

            is not in order after the eighth calendar day (excluding

            Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) beginning after a joint

            resolution (to which the motion applies) is introduced. The

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            joint resolution is privileged in the Senate. A motion to re

            consider 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 the joint resolution is agreed to, the Senate

            shall immediately proceed to consideration of the joint

            resolution without intervening motion, order, or other business,

            and the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of

            the Senate until disposed of.

              (3) Debate in the senate.--(A) In the Senate, debate on a

            joint resolution introduced under subsection (a), amendments

            thereto, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection

            therewith shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which

            shall be divided equally between the majority leader and the

            minority leader (or their designees).

              (B) A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the

            consideration of other business is not in order. A motion to

            reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution is agreed to

            or disagreed to is not in order, and a motion to recommit the

            joint resolution is not in order.

              (C)(i) No amendment that is not germane to the provisions of

            the joint resolution or to the order issued under section 254

            shall be in order in the Senate. In the Senate, an amendment,

            any amendment to an amendment, or any debatable motion or appeal

            is debatable for not to exceed 30 minutes to be equally divided

            between, and controlled by, the mover and the majority leader

            (or their designees), except that in the event that the majority

            leader favors the amendment, motion, or appeal, the minority

            leader (or the minority leader's designee) shall control the

            time in opposition to the amendment, motion, or appeal.

              (ii) In the Senate, an amendment that is otherwise in order

            shall be in order notwithstanding the fact that it amends the

            joint resolution in more than one place or amends language

            previously amended. It shall not be in order in the Senate to

            vote on the question of agreeing to such a joint resolution or

            any amendment thereto unless the figures then contained in such

            joint resolution or amendment are mathematically consistent.

              (4) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the

            conclusion of the debate on a joint resolution introduced under

            subsection (a), a single quorum call at the conclusion of the

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            debate if requested in accordance

            with the rules of the Senate, and the disposition of any pending

            amendments under paragraph (3), the vote on final passage of the

            joint resolution shall occur.

              (5) Appeals.--Appeals from the decisions of the Chair shall be

            decided without debate.

              (6) Conference reports.--In the Senate, points of order under

            titles III, IV, and VI of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

            are applicable to a conference report on the joint resolution or

            any amendments in disagreement thereto.

              (7) Resolution from other house.--If, before the passage by

            the Senate of a joint resolution of the Senate introduced under

            subsection (a), the Senate receives from the House of

            Representatives a joint resolution introduced under subsection

            (a), then the following procedures shall apply:

              (A) The joint resolution of the House of Representatives shall

            not be referred to a committee and shall be placed on the

            calendar.

              (B) With respect to a joint resolution introduced under

            subsection (a) in the Senate--

                      (i) the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as

                    if no joint resolution had been received from the House;

                    but

                      (ii)(I) the vote on final passage shall be on the

                    joint resolution of the House if it is identical to the

                    joint resolution then pending for passage in the Senate;

                    or

                      (II) if the joint resolution from the House is not

                    identical to the joint resolution then pending for

                    passage in the Senate and the Senate then passes the

                    Senate joint resolution, the Senate shall be considered

                    to have passed the House joint resolution as amended by

                    the text of the Senate joint resolution.

              (C) Upon disposition of the joint resolution received from the

            House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the resolution

            originated in the Senate.

              (8) Senate action on house resolution.--If the Senate receives

            from the House of Representatives a joint resolution introduced

            under subsection (a) after the Senate has disposed of a Senate

            originated resolution which is identical to the House passed

            joint resolution, the action of the Senate with regard to the

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            disposition of the Senate originated joint resolution shall

            be deemed to be the action of the Senate with regard to the House

            originated joint resolution. If it is not identical to the House

            passed joint resolution, then the Senate shall be considered to

            have passed the joint resolution of the House as amended by the

            text of the Senate joint resolution.
    SEC.  258B. FLEXIBILITY AMONG DEFENSE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND

            ACTIVITIES.

      (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), new budget authority and
    unobligated balances for any programs, projects, or activities within
    major functional category 050 (other than a military personnel account)
    may be further reduced beyond the amount specified in an order issued by
    the President under section 254 for such fiscal year. To the extent such
    additional reductions are made and result in additional outlay
    reductions, the President may provide for lesser reductions in new
    budget authority and unobligated balances for other programs, projects,
    or activities within major functional category 050 for such fiscal year,
    but only to the extent that the resulting outlay increases do not exceed
    the additional outlay reductions, and no such program, project, or
    activity may be increased above the level actually made available by law
    in appropriation Acts (before taking sequestration into account). In
    making calculations under this subsection, the President shall use
    account outlay rates that are identical to those used in the report by
    the Director of OMB under section 254.

      (b) No actions taken by the President under subsection (a) for a
    fiscal year may result in a domestic base closure or realignment that
    would otherwise be subject to section 2687 of title 10, United States
    Code.

      (c) The President may not exercise the authority provided by this
    paragraph for a fiscal year unless--

              (1) the President submits a single report to Congress

            specifying, for each account, the detailed changes proposed to

            be made for such fiscal year pursuant to this section;

              (2) that report is submitted within 5 calendar days of the

            start of the next session of Congress; and

              (3) a joint resolution affirming or modifying the changes

            proposed by the President pursuant to this paragraph becomes

            law.

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    shall (by request) introduce a joint resolution which contains
    provisions affirming the changes proposed by the President pursuant to
    this paragraph.

      (d) Within 5 calendar days of session after the President submits a
    report to Congress under subsection (c)(1) for a fiscal year, the
    majority leader of each House of Congress

      (e)(1) The matter after the resolving clause in any joint resolution
    introduced pursuant to subsection (d) shall be as follows: ``That the
    report of the President as submitted on [Insert Date] under section 258B
    is hereby approved.''.

      (2) The title of the joint resolution shall be ``Joint resolution
    approving the report of the President submitted under section 258B of
    the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''.

      (3) Such joint resolution shall not contain any preamble.

      (f)(1) A joint resolution introduced in the Senate under subsection
    (d) shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and if not
    reported within 5 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal
    holidays) from the date of introduction shall be considered as having
    been discharged therefrom and shall be placed on the appropriate
    calendar pending disposition of such joint resolution in accordance with
    this subsection. In the Senate, no amendment proposed in the Committee
    on Appropriations shall be in order other than an amendment (in the
    nature of a substitute) that is germane or relevant to the provisions of
    the joint resolution or to the order issued under section 254. For
    purposes of this paragraph, an amendment shall be considered to be
    relevant if it relates to function 050 (national defense).

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    the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate
    until disposed of.

      (2) On or after the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays,
    and legal holidays) beginning after a joint resolution is placed on the
    Senate calendar, notwithstanding any rule or precedent of the Senate,
    including Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 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
    the joint resolution. The motion is not in order after the eighth
    calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)
    beginning after such joint resolution is placed on the appropriate
    calendar. The motion is not debatable. The joint resolution is
    privileged in the Senate. 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 the joint resolution is agreed to,
    the Senate shall immediately proceed to consideration of the joint
    resolution without intervening motion, order, or other business, and

      (g)(1) In the Senate, debate on a joint resolution introduced under
    subsection (d), amendments thereto, and all debatable motions and
    appeals in connection therewith shall be limited to not more than 10
    hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority leader and
    the minority leader (or their designees).

      (2) A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration
    of other business is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by
    which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order.
    In the Senate, a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not in
    order.

      (h)(1) No amendment that is not germane or relevant to the provisions
    of the joint resolution or to the order issued under section 254 shall
    be in order in the Senate. For purposes of this paragraph, an amendment
    shall be considered to be relevant if it relates to function 050
    (national defense). In the Senate, an amendment, any amendment to an
    amendment, or any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for not to
    exceed 30 minutes to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
    mover and the majority leader (or their designees), except that in the
    event that the majority leader favors the amendment, motion, or appeal,
    the minority leader (or the minority leader's designee) shall control
    the time in opposition to the amendment, motion, or appeal.

      (2) In the Senate, an amendment that is otherwise in order shall be in
    order notwithstanding the fact that it amends the joint resolution in
    more than one place or amends language previously amended, so long as
    the amendment makes or maintains mathematical consistency. It shall not
    be in order in the Senate to vote on the question of agreeing to such a
    joint resolution or any amendment thereto unless the figures then
    contained in such joint resolution or amendment are mathematically
    consistent.

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    alent to any increase in outlays provided by such amendment or
    conference report.
      (3) It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any amendment
    to any joint resolution introduced under subsection (d) or any
    conference report thereon if such amendment or conference report would
    have the effect of decreasing any specific budget outlay reductions
    below the level of such outlay reductions provided in such joint
    resolution unless such amendment or conference report makes a reduction
    in other specific budget outlays at least equiv

      (4) For purposes of the application of paragraph (3), the level of
    outlays and specific budget outlay reductions provided in an amendment
    shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on
    the Budget of the Senate.

      (i) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a joint
    resolution introduced under subsection (d), a single quorum call at the
    conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of
    the Senate, and the disposition of any pending amendments under
    subsection (h), the vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall
    occur.

      (j) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the
    application of the rules of the Senate to the procedure relating to a
    joint resolution described in subsection (d) shall be decided without
    debate.

      (k) In the Senate, points of order under titles III and IV of the
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (including points of order under
    sections 302(c), 303(a), 306, and 401(b)(1)) are applicable to a
    conference report on the joint resolution or any amendments in
    disagreement thereto.

      (l) If, before the passage by the Senate of a joint resolution of the
    Senate introduced under subsection (d), the Senate receives from the
    House of Representatives a joint resolution introduced under subsection
    (d), then the following procedures shall apply:

              (1) The joint resolution of the House of Representatives shall

            not be referred to a committee.

              (2) With respect to a joint resolution introduced under

            subsection (d) in the Senate--

                      (A) the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as

                    if no joint resolution had been received from the House;

                    but

                      (B)(i) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint

                    resolution of the House if it is identical to the joint

                    resolution then pending for passage in the Senate; or

                      (ii) if the joint resolution from the House is not

                    identical to the joint resolution then pending for

                    passage in the Senate and the Senate then passes the

                    Senate joint resolution, the Senate shall be considered

                    to have passed the House joint resolution as amended by

                    the text of the Senate joint resolution.

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              (3) Upon disposition of the joint resolution received from the

            House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the joint

            resolution originated in the Senate.

      (m) If the Senate receives from the House of Representatives a joint
    resolution introduced under subsection (d) after the Senate has disposed
    of a Senate originated joint resolution which is identical to the House
    passed joint resolution, the action of the Senate with regard to the
    disposition of the Senate originated joint resolution shall be deemed to
    be the action of the Senate with regard to the House originated joint
    resolution. If it is not identical to the House passed joint resolution,
    then the Senate shall be considered to have passed the joint resolution
    of the House as amended by the text of the Senate joint resolution.
    SEC. 258C. SPECIAL RECONCILIATION PROCESS.

      (a) Reporting of Resolutions and Reconciliation Bills and Resolutions,
    in the Senate.--(1) Committee alternatives to presidential order.--After
    the submission of an OMB sequestration update report under section 254
    that envisions a sequestration under section 252 or 253, each standing
    committee of the Senate may, not later than October 10, submit to the
    Committee on the Budget of the Senate information of the type described
    in section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect
    to alternatives to the order envisioned by such report insofar as such
    order affects laws within the jurisdiction of the committee.

      (2) Initial budget committee action.--After the submission of such a
    report, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may, not later than
    October 15, report to the Senate a resolution. The resolution may affirm
    the impact of the order envisioned by such report, in whole or in part.
    To the extent that any part is not affirmed, the resolution shall state
    which parts are not affirmed and shall contain instructions to
    committees of the Senate of the type referred to in section 310(a) of
    the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, sufficient to achieve at least the
    total level of deficit reduction contained in those sections which are
    not affirmed.

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    so instructed such Committee shall, by the same date, report to the
    Senate a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution containing its
    recommendations in response to such instructions. A committee shall be
    considered to have complied with all instructions to it pursuant to a
    resolution adopted under paragraph (2) if it has made recommendations
    with respect to matters within its jurisdiction which would result in a
    reduction in the deficit at least equal to the total reduction directed
    by such instructions.
      (3) Response of committees.--Committees instructed pursuant to
    paragraph (2), or affected thereby, shall submit their responses to the
    Budget Committee no later than 10 days after the resolution referred to
    in paragraph (2) is agreed to, except that if only one such Committee is

      (4) Budget committee action.--Upon receipt of the recommendations
    received in response to a resolution referred to in paragraph (2), the
    Budget Committee shall report to the Senate a reconciliation bill or
    reconciliation resolution, or both, carrying out all such
    recommendations without any substantive revisions. In the event that a
    committee instructed in a resolution referred to in paragraph (2) fails
    to submit any recommendation (or, when only one committee is instructed,
    fails to report a reconciliation bill or resolution) in response to such
    instructions, the Budget Committee shall include in the reconciliation
    bill or reconciliation resolution reported pursuant to this subparagraph
    legislative language within the jursidiction of the noncomplying
    committee to achieve the amount of deficit reduction directed in such
    instructions.

      (5) Point of order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
    consider any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported
    under paragraph (4) with respect to a fiscal year, any amendment
    thereto, or any conference report thereon if--

              (A) the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported;

              (B) the adoption and enactment of such amendment; or

              (C) the enactment of such bill or resolution in the form

            recommended in such conference report,
    would cause the amount of the deficit for such fiscal year to exceed the
    maximum deficit amount for such fiscal year, unless the low-growth
    report submitted under section 254 projects negative real economic
    growth for such fiscal year, or for each of any two consecutive quarters
    during such fiscal year.

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    ation of such resolution if such amendment would be in order but for
    the fact that it would be held to be non-germane on the basis that the
    instruction constitutes new matter.
      (6) Treatment of certain amendments.--In the Senate, an amendment
    which adds to a resolution reported under paragraph (2) an instruction
    of the type referred to in such paragraph shall be in order during the
    consider

      (7) Definition.--For purposes of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the
    term ``day'' shall mean any calendar day on which the Senate is in
    session.

      (b) Procedures.--(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
    in the Senate the provisions of sections 305 and 310 of the
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the consideration of concurrent
    resolutions on the budget and conference reports thereon shall also
    apply to the consideration of resolutions, and reconciliation bills and
    reconciliation resolutions reported under this paragraph and conference
    reports thereon.

      (2) Limit on debate.--Debate in the Senate on any resolution reported
    pursuant to subsection (a)(2), and all amendments thereto and debatable
    motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to 10
    hours.

      (3) Limitation on amendments.--Section 310(d)(2) of the Congressional
    Budget Act shall apply to reconciliation bills and reconciliation
    resolutions reported under this subsection.

      (4) Bills and resolutions received from the house.--Any bill or
    resolution received in the Senate from the House, which is a companion
    to a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution of the Senate for
    the purposes of this subsection, shall be considered in the Senate
    pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.

      (5) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term
    ``resolution'' means a simple, joint, or concurrent resolution.

      Sections 258, 258A, 258B, and 258C provide for reporting and
    consideration in the Senate but not in the House, where special rules
    might be adopted for the purpose.

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