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(Original Signature of Member)

112TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION H. R.ll

To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to reduce the deficit and restore

the middle class by creating jobs.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. ELLISON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on llllllllllllll

A BILLTo amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to reduce the

deficit and restore the middle class by creating jobs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.3

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Jobs Now4

Act.5

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF6

2011 RELATING TO JOB CREATION.7

(a) RENAMING OF JOINT COMMITTEE.(1) The title8

of title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is amended9

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by striking JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON1

DEFICIT REDUCTION and inserting JOINT2

SELECT COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY JOB3

CREATION AND DEFICIT REDUCTION.4

(2) Subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) of section 401 of5

such Act are amended by striking Joint Select Com-6

mittee on Deficit Reduction and inserting Joint Select7

Committee on Emergency Job Creation and Deficit Re-8

duction each place it appears.9

(3) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of10

such Act is amended by striking the item relating to title11

IV and inserting the following:12

TITLE IVJOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY JOB

CREATION AND DEFICIT REDUCTION.

(b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 401.13

(1) Amend subsection 401(b)(2) of the Budget Control14Act of 2011 to read as follows:15

(2) GOAL.The goal of the joint committee16

shall be to enact emergency jobs legislation that will17

create an additional 3 million jobs during each of18

the calendar years 2012 and 2013, thereby reducing19

unemployment rates over the short-term and long-20

term, and to reduce the deficit by at least21

$1,500,000,000,000 over the period of fiscal years22

2014 through 2021..23



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(2) Subsection (b)(3) of such section is amended to1

read as follows:2

(3) DUTIES.3

(A) EMERGENCY JOBS LEGISLATION.4

(i) ENACTING EMERGENCY JOBS5

LEGISLATION AND REDUCING THE UNEM-6

PLOYMENT RATE.The joint committee7

shall provide recommendations and legisla-8

tive language to enact emergency jobs leg-9

islation that will create an additional 310

million jobs during each of the calendar11

years 2012 and 2013, thereby reducing un-12

employment rates over the short-term and13

long-term.14

(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE15

COMMITTEES.Not later than September16

23, 2011, each committee of the House of17

Representatives and the Senate may trans-18

mit to the joint committee its recommenda-19

tions to enact emergency jobs legislation20

consistent with the goal described in para-21

graph (2) for the joint committees consid-22

eration.23

(B) DEFICIT REDUCTION MEASURES.24



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(i) IMPROVING THE SHORT-TERM1

AND LONG-TERM FISCAL IMBALANCE.2

The joint committee shall provide rec-3

ommendations and legislative language4

that will significantly improve the short-5

term and long-term fiscal imbalance of the6

Federal Government.7

(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT-8

TEES.Not later than October 14, 2011,9

each committee of the House of Represent-10

atives and the Senate may transmit to the11

joint committee its recommendations for12

changes in law to reduce the deficit con-13

sistent with the goal described in para-14

graph (2) for the joint committees consid-15

eration.16

(C) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND17

LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE FOR EMERGENCY JOBS18

LEGISLATION.19

(i) IN GENERAL.Not later than Oc-20

tober 14, 2011, the joint committee shall21

vote on22

(I) a report that contains a de-23

tailed statement of the findings, con-24

clusions, and recommendations of the25



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joint committee on emergency jobs1

legislation and the estimate of the2

Joint Economic Committee required3

by paragraph (5)(D)(ii); and4

(II) proposed legislative lan-5

guage to carry out such recommenda-6

tions as described in subclause (I),7

which shall include a statement of the8

jobs created by the legislation over the9

period of calendar years 2012 and10

2013.11

Any change to the Rules of the House of12

Representatives or the Standing Rules of13

the Senate included in the report or legis-14

lative language shall be considered to be15

merely advisory.16

(ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG-17

ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.The report of the18

joint committee and the proposed legisla-19

tive language described in clause (i) shall20

require the approval of a majority of the21

members of the joint committee.22

(iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.A member23

of the joint committee who gives notice of24

an intention to file supplemental, minority,25



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or additional views at the time of final1

joint committee language under clause (ii)2

shall be entitled to 3 calendar days in3

which to file such views in writing with the4

staff director of the joint committee. Such5

views shall then be included in the joint6

committee report and printed in the same7

volume, or part thereof, and their inclusion8

shall be noted on the cover of the report.9

In the absence of timely notice, the joint10

committee report may be printed and11

transmitted immediately without such12

views.13

(iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND14

LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.If the report15

and legislative language are approved by16

the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii),17

then not later than October 17, 2011, the18

joint committee shall submit the joint com-19

mittee report and legislative language to20

the President, the Vice President, the21

Speaker of the House of Representatives,22

and the majority and minority leaders of23

each House of Congress.24



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(v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN-1

GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.Upon the2

approval or disapproval of the joint com-3

mittee report and legislative language pur-4

suant to clause (ii), the joint committee5

shall promptly make the full report and6

legislative language, and a record of the7

vote, available to the public.8

(D) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND9

LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE FOR DEFICIT REDUC-10

TION.11

(i) IN GENERAL.Not later than12

November 23, 2011, the joint committee13

shall vote on14

(I) a report that contains a de-15

tailed statement of the findings, con-16

clusions, and recommendations of the17

joint committee on deficit reduction18

and the estimate of the Congressional19

Budget Office required by paragraph20

(5)(D)(iii); and21

(II) proposed legislative lan-22

guage to carry out such recommenda-23

tions as described in subclause (I),24

which shall include a statement of the25



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deficit reduction achieved by the legis-1

lation over the period of fiscal years2

2014 to 2021.3

Any change to the Rules of the House of4

Representatives or the Standing Rules of5

the Senate included in the report or legis-6

lative language shall be considered to be7

merely advisory.8

(ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG-9

ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.The report of the10

joint committee and the proposed legisla-11

tive language described in clause (i) shall12

require the approval of a majority of the13

members of the joint committee.14

(iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.A member15

of the joint committee who gives notice of16

an intention to file supplemental, minority,17

or additional views at the time of final18

joint committee vote on the approval of the19

report and legislative language under20

clause (ii) shall be entitled to 3 calendar21

days in which to file such views in writing22

with the staff director of the joint com-23

mittee. Such views shall then be included24

in the joint committee report and printed25



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in the same volume, or part thereof, and1

their inclusion shall be noted on the cover2

of the report. In the absence of timely no-3

tice, the joint committee report may be4

printed and transmitted immediately with-5

out such views.6

(iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND7

LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.If the report8

and legislative language are approved by9

the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii),10

then not later than December 2, 2011, the11

joint committee shall submit the joint com-12

mittee report and legislative language de-13

scribed in clause (i) to the President, the14

Vice President, the Speaker of the House15

of Representatives, and the majority and16

minority Leaders of each House of Con-17

gress.18

(v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN-19

GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.Upon the20

approval or disapproval of the joint com-21

mittee report and legislative language pur-22

suant to clause (ii), the joint committee23

shall promptly make the full report and24



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legislative language, and a record of the1

vote, available to the public..2

(3) In subsection (b)(5)(D) of such section, strike3

clause (ii) and insert the following new clauses:4

(ii) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE5

ESTIMATES.The Joint Economic Com-6

mittee shall provide job creation estimates7

of the legislation (as described in para-8

graph (3)(C)) in accordance with the Em-9

ployment Act of 1946 and the unemploy-10

ment rate as determined by the Bureau of11

Labor Statistics. In addition, the Joint12

Economic Committee shall provide infor-13

mation on the employment effect of the14

legislation beyond calendar years 2012 and15

2013 and shall determine the impact of job16

creation measures approved by the Joint17

Committee on growth and deficit projec-18

tions. The joint committee may not vote19

any version of the report, recommenda-20

tions, or legislative language as described21

in paragraph (3)(C) unless such estimates22

are available for consideration by all mem-23

bers of the joint committee at least 4824



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hours prior to the vote as certified by the1

Co-Chairs.2

(iii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OF-3

FICE ESTIMATES.The Congressional4

Budget Office shall provide estimates of5

the legislation (as described in paragraph6

(3)(D)) in accordance with sections 308(a)7

and 201(f) of the Congressional Budget8

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a) and 601(f)9

(including estimates of the effect of inter-10

est payment on the debt). In addition, the11

Congressional Budget Office shall provide12

information on the budgetary effect of the13

legislation beyond year 2021. The joint14

committee may not vote any version of the15

report, recommendations, or legislative lan-16

guage as described in paragraph (3)(D)17

unless such estimates are available for con-18

sideration by all members of the joint com-19

mittee at least 48 hours prior to the vote20

as certified by the Co-Chair.21

(iv) TIMING.The joint committee22

may not vote on any version of the report,23

recommendations, or legislative language24

unless such estimates (as described in25



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clauses (ii) and (iii)) are available for con-1

sideration by all members of the joint com-2

mittee at least 48 hours prior to the vote3

as certified by the Co-Chairs..4

(4) In subsection (b)(5)(F)(i) of such section is5

amended to read as follows:6

(i) IN GENERAL.The joint com-7

mittee shall, for the purpose of carrying8

out this section, hold hearings on emer-9

gency jobs legislation and deficit reduction.10

In doing so, the joint committee shall sit11

and act at such times and places, require12

attendance of witnesses and production of13

books, papers, and documents, take such14

testimony, receive such evidence, and ad-15

minister such oaths as the joint committee16

considers advisable..17

SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE18

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMERGENCY JOBS19

LEGISLATION.20

(a) IN GENERAL.Section 402 of the Budget Con-21

trol Act of 2011 is amended22

(1) in subsection (a), by striking23

401(b)(3)(B)(ii) and inserting 401(b)(3)(C)(ii)24



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and by striking 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) and inserting1

401(b)(3)(C)(iv);2

(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking December3

9, 2011 and inserting October 24, 2011;4

(3) in subsection (b)(4), by striking December5


(4) in subsection (c)(1), by striking December7


(5) in subsection (c)(5), by striking December9


(6) in subsection (g)(1), by striking November11

23, 2011 and inserting October 14, 2011 and by12

striking 401(b)(3)(B)(i) and inserting13

401(b)(3)(C)(i) ; and14

(7) in subsection (g)(2), by striking December15

23, 2011 and inserting October 31, 2011.16

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.The section head-17

ing of section 402 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is18

amended by adding at the end FOR EMERGENCY JOBS19

LEGISLATION.20

SEC. 4. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE21

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEFICIT REDUC-22

TION.23

Title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is amend-24

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and 405, respectively, and by inserting after section 4021

the following new section:2

SEC. 403. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COM-3

MITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEFICIT4

REDUCTION.5

(a) INTRODUCTION.If approved by the majority6

required by section 401(b)(3)(D)(ii), the proposed legisla-7

tive language submitted pursuant to section8

401(b)(3)(D)(iv) shall be introduced in the Senate (by re-9

quest) on the next day on which the Senate is in session10

by the majority leader of the Senate or by a Member of11

the Senate designated by the majority leader of the Senate12

and shall be introduced in the House of Representatives13

(by request) on the next legislative day by the majority14

leader of the House or by a Member of the House des-15

ignated by the majority leader of the House.16

(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP-17

RESENTATIVES.18

(1) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.Any com-19

mittee of the House of Representatives to which the20

joint committee bill is referred shall report it to the21

House without amendment not later than December22

9, 2011. If a committee fails to report the joint com-23

mittee bill within that period, it shall be in order to24

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further consideration of the bill. Such a motion shall1

not be in order after the last committee authorized2

to consider the bill reports it to the House or after3

the House has disposed of a motion to discharge the4

bill. The previous question shall be considered as or-5

dered on the motion to its adoption without inter-6

vening motion except 20 minutes of debate equally7

divided and controlled by the proponent and an op-8

ponent. If such a motion is adopted, the House shall9

proceed immediately to consider the joint committee10

bill in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). A11

motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion12

is disposed of shall not be in order.13

(2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.After14

the last committee authorized to consider a joint15

committee bill reports it to the House or has been16

discharged (other than by motion) from its consider-17

ation, it shall be in order to move to proceed to con-18

sider the joint committee bill in the House. Such a19

motion shall not be in order after the House has dis-20

posed of a motion to proceed with respect to the21

joint committee bill. The previous question shall be22

considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption23

without intervening motion. A motion to reconsider24



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the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not1

be in order.2

(3) CONSIDERATION.The joint committee3

bill shall be considered as read. All points of order4

against the joint committee bill and against its con-5

sideration are waived. The previous question shall be6

considered as ordered on the joint committee bill to7

its passage without intervening motion except 28

hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the9

proponent and an opponent and one motion to limit10

debate on the joint committee bill. A motion to re-11

consider the vote on passage of the joint committee12

bill shall not be in order.13

(4) VOTE ON PASSAGE.The vote on passage14

of the joint committee bill shall occur not later than15

December 23, 2011.16

(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.17

(1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.A joint18

committee bill introduced in the Senate under sub-19

section (a) shall be jointly referred to the committee20

or committees of jurisdiction, which committees shall21

report the bill without any revision and with a favor-22

able recommendation, an unfavorable recommenda-23

tion, or without recommendation, not later than De-24

cember 9, 2011. If any committee fails to report the25



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bill within that period, that committee shall be auto-1

matically discharged from consideration of the bill,2

and the bill shall be placed on the appropriate cal-3

endar.4

(2) MOTION TO PROCEED.Notwithstanding5

Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it6

is in order, not later than 2 days of session after the7

date on which a joint committee bill is reported or8

discharged from all committees to which it was re-9

ferred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the10

majority leaders designee to move to proceed to the11

consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also12

be in order for any Member of the Senate to move13

to proceed to the consideration of the joint com-14

mittee bill at any time after the conclusion of such15

2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even16

though a previous motion to the same effect has17

been disagreed to. All points of order against the18

motion to proceed to the joint committee bill are19

waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The20

motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo-21

tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is22

agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If23

a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint24

committee bill is agreed to, the joint committee bill25



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shall remain the unfinished business until disposed1

of.2

(3) CONSIDERATION.All points of order3

against the joint committee bill and against consid-4

eration of the joint committee bill are waived. Con-5

sideration of the joint committee bill and of all de-6

batable motions and appeals in connection therewith7

shall not exceed a total of 30 hours which shall be8

divided equally between the Majority and Minority9

Leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit10

debate on the joint committee bill is in order, shall11

require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the12

Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not debat-13

able. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable14

for not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally be-15

tween those favoring and those opposing the motion16

or appeal. All time used for consideration of the17

joint committee bill, including time used for quorum18

calls and voting, shall be counted against the total19

30 hours of consideration.20

(4) NO AMENDMENTS.An amendment to the21

joint committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or a22

motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-23

ness, or a motion to recommit the joint committee24

bill, is not in order.25



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(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.If the Senate has1

voted to proceed to the joint committee bill, the vote2

on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur im-3

mediately following the conclusion of the debate on4

a joint committee bill, and a single quorum call at5

the conclusion of the debate if requested. The vote6

on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur not7

later than December 23, 2011.8

(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-9

DURE.Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-10

lating to the application of the rules of the Senate,11

as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a12

joint committee bill shall be decided without debate.13

(d) AMENDMENT.The joint committee bill shall14

not be subject to amendment in either the House of Rep-15

resentatives or the Senate.16

(e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.17

(1) IN GENERAL.If, before passing the joint18

committee bill, one House receives from the other a19

joint committee bill20

(A) the joint committee bill of the other21

House shall not be referred to a committee; and22

(B) the procedure in the receiving House23

shall be the same as if no joint committee bill24

had been received from the other House until25



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the vote on passage, when the joint committee1

bill received from the other House shall sup-2

plant the joint committee bill of the receiving3

House.4

(2) REVENUE MEASURE.This subsection5

shall not apply to the House of Representatives if6

the joint committee bill received from the Senate is7

a revenue measure.8

(f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER9

HOUSE.10

(1) TREATMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL11

OF OTHER HOUSE.If the Senate fails to introduce12

or consider a joint committee bill under this section,13

the joint committee bill of the House shall be enti-14

tled to expedited floor procedures under this section.15

(2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN16

THE SENATE.If following passage of the joint com-17

mittee bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives18

the joint committee bill from the House of Rep-19

resentatives, the House-passed joint committee bill20

shall not be debatable. The vote on passage of the21

joint committee bill in the Senate shall be considered22

to be the vote on passage of the joint committee bill23

received from the House of Representatives.24



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(3) VETOES.If the President vetoes the joint1

committee bill, debate on a veto message in the Sen-2

ate under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided3

between the majority and minority leaders or their4

designees.5

(g) LOSS OF PRIVILEGE.The provisions of this6

section shall cease to apply to the joint committee bill if7

(1) the joint committee fails to vote on the re-8

port or proposed legislative language required under9

section 401(b)(3)(D)(i) not later than November 23,10

2011; or11

(2) the joint committee bill does not pass both12

Houses not later than December 23, 2011..13

SEC. 5. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.14

(a) IN GENERAL.Section 251(c) of the Balanced15

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is16

amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and redesig-17

nating paragraphs (3) through (10) as paragraphs (1)18

through (8), respectively.19

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ADJUST-20

MENTS.Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and21

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended22

(1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking sub-23

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(III) through (X) as subclauses (I) through (VIII),1

respectively;2

(2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking sub-3

clauses (I) and (II) and by redesignating subclauses4

(III) through (X) as subclauses (I) through (VIII),5

respectively; and6

(3) in subparagraph (D), by striking 20127

and inserting 2014.8

(c) REVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.9

Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency10

Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended11

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking for fiscal12

years 2013 through 2021 and inserting for fiscal13

years 2014 through 2021 and by striking subpara-14

graph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs (B)15

through (I) as (A) through (H), respectively;16

(2) in paragraph (3), by striking 2013 and17

inserting 2014;18

(3) in paragraph (4), by striking 2013 each19

place it appears and inserting 2014 and by strik-20

ing 2014 through 2021 and inserting 201521

through 2021;22

(4) in paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), by striking23

2013 each place it appears and inserting 2014;24

and25



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(5) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking 20141

each place it appears and inserting 2015.2

SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENT TO STATUTORY DEBT LIMIT FOR3

EMERGENCY JOBS LEGISLATION.4

Title III of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is amend-5

ed by adding at the end the following new section:6

SEC. 303. ADJUSTMENT TO STATUTORY DEBT LIMIT FOR7

EMERGENCY JOBS LEGISLATION.8

If emergency jobs legislation is approved by the joint9

committee pursuant to section 401(b)(3)(C)(ii) and is en-10

acted into law, then the limit on debt provided in section11

3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, is increased by12

an amount equal to the amount of new budget authority13

provided in such emergency jobs legislation..14

SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.15

The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the16

Budget Control Act of 2011 is amended17

(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-18

tion 302 the following new item:19

Sec. 303. Adjustment to statutory debt limit for emergency jobs legislation.;

and

(2) by striking the items relating to sections20

402 through 404 and inserting the following new21

items:22

Sec. 402. Expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations for

emergency jobs legislation.

Sec. 403. Expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations for

deficit reduction.



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Sec. 404. Funding.

Sec. 405. Rulemaking..


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