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In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
August 1, 2011.
Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 365) entitled
An Act to make a technical amendment to the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002., do pass with the following:
AMENDMENT:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.1
(a) SHORT TITLE.This Act may be cited as the2
Budget Control Act of 2011.3
(b) T ABLE OF CONTENTS.The table of contents for4
this Act is as follows:5
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Severability.
TITLE ITEN-YEAR DISCRETIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUESTER
Sec. 101. Enforcing discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Reports and orders.
Sec. 104. Expiration.
Sec. 105. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974.
Sec. 106. Senate budget enforcement.
TITLE IIVOTE ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
Sec. 201. Vote on the balanced budget amendment.
Sec. 202. Consideration by the other House.
TITLE IIIDEBT CEILING DISAPPROVAL PROCESS
Sec. 301. Debt ceiling disapproval process.
Sec. 302. Enforcement of budget goal.
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TITLE IVJOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION
Sec. 401. Establishment of Joint Select Committee.
Sec. 402. Expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations.
Sec. 403. Funding.
Sec. 404. Rulemaking.
TITLE VPELL GRANT AND STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM CHANGES
Sec. 501. Federal Pell grants.
Sec. 502. Termination of authority to make interest subsidized loans to graduate
and professional students.
Sec. 503. Termination of direct loan repayment incentives.
Sec. 504. Inapplicability of title IV negotiated rulemaking and master calendar
exception.
SEC. 2. SEVERABILITY.1
If any provision of this Act, or any application of such2
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be un-3
constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-4
tion of this Act to any other person or circumstance shall5
not be affected.6
TITLE ITEN-YEAR DISCRE-7
TIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUES-8
TER9
SEC. 101. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.10
Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency11
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:12
SEC. 251. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.13
(a) ENFORCEMENT.14
(1) SEQUESTRATION.Within 15 calendar days15
after Congress adjourns to end a session there shall be16
a sequestration to eliminate a budget-year breach, if17
any, within any category.18
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(2) E LIMINATING A BREACH.Each non-exempt1
account within a category shall be reduced by a dollar2
amount calculated by multiplying the enacted level of3
sequestrable budgetary resources in that account at4
that time by the uniform percentage necessary to5
eliminate a breach within that category.6
(3) M ILITARY PERSONNEL.If the President7
uses the authority to exempt any personnel account8
from sequestration under section 255(f), each account9
within subfunctional category 051 (other than those10
military personnel accounts for which the authority11
provided under section 255(f) has been exercised) shall12
be further reduced by a dollar amount calculated by13
multiplying the enacted level of non-exempt budgetary14
resources in that account at that time by the uniform15
percentage necessary to offset the total dollar amount16
by which outlays are not reduced in military per-17
sonnel accounts by reason of the use of such authority.18
(4) PART-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS.If, on the19
date specified in paragraph (1), there is in effect an20
Act making or continuing appropriations for part of21
a fiscal year for any budget account, then the dollar22
sequestration calculated for that account under para-23
graphs (2) and (3) shall be subtracted from24
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(A) the annualized amount otherwise1
available by law in that account under that or2
a subsequent part-year appropriation; and3
(B) when a full-year appropriation for4
that account is enacted, from the amount other-5
wise provided by the full-year appropriation for6
that account.7
(5) LOOK-BACK.If, after June 30, an appro-8
priation for the fiscal year in progress is enacted that9
causes a breach within a category for that year (after10
taking into account any sequestration of amounts11
within that category), the discretionary spending lim-12
its for that category for the next fiscal year shall be13
reduced by the amount or amounts of that breach.14
(6) WITHIN-SESSION SEQUESTRATION.If an15
appropriation for a fiscal year in progress is enacted16
(after Congress adjourns to end the session for that17
budget year and before July 1 of that fiscal year) that18
causes a breach within a category for that year (after19
taking into account any prior sequestration of20
amounts within that category), 15 days later there21
shall be a sequestration to eliminate that breach with-22
in that category following the procedures set forth in23
paragraphs (2) through (4).24
(7) ESTIMATES.25
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(A) CBO ESTIMATES.As soon as prac-1
ticable after Congress completes action on any2
discretionary appropriation, CBO, after con-3
sultation with the Committees on the Budget of4
the House of Representatives and the Senate,5
shall provide OMB with an estimate of the6
amount of discretionary new budget authority7
and outlays for the current year, if any, and the8
budget year provided by that legislation.9
(B) OMB ESTIMATES AND EXPLANATION10
OF DIFFERENCES.Not later than 7 calendar11
days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal12
holidays) after the date of enactment of any dis-13
cretionary appropriation, OMB shall transmit a14
report to the House of Representatives and to the15
Senate containing the CBO estimate of that leg-16
islation, an OMB estimate of the amount of dis-17
cretionary new budget authority and outlays for18
the current year, if any, and the budget year19
provided by that legislation, and an explanation20
of any difference between the 2 estimates. If dur-21
ing the preparation of the report OMB deter-22
mines that there is a significant difference be-23
tween OMB and CBO, OMB shall consult with24
the Committees on the Budget of the House of25
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Representatives and the Senate regarding that1
difference and that consultation shall include, to2
the extent practicable, written communication to3
those committees that affords such committees the4
opportunity to comment before the issuance of5
the report.6
(C) ASSUMPTIONS AND GUIDELINES.7
OMB estimates under this paragraph shall be8
made using current economic and technical as-9
sumptions. OMB shall use the OMB estimates10
transmitted to the Congress under this para-11
graph. OMB and CBO shall prepare estimates12
under this paragraph in conformance with13
scorekeeping guidelines determined after con-14
sultation among the Committees on the Budget of15
the House of Representatives and the Senate,16
CBO, and OMB.17
(D) A NNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.For pur-18
poses of this paragraph, amounts provided by19
annual appropriations shall include any discre-20
tionary appropriations for the current year, if21
any, and the budget year in accounts for which22
funding is provided in that legislation that re-23
sult from previously enacted legislation.24
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(b) A DJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING1
LIMITS.2
(1) CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.When the3
President submits the budget under section 1105 of4
title 31, United States Code, OMB shall calculate and5
the budget shall include adjustments to discretionary6
spending limits (and those limits as cumulatively ad-7
justed) for the budget year and each outyear to reflect8
changes in concepts and definitions. Such changes9
shall equal the baseline levels of new budget authority10
and outlays using up-to-date concepts and definitions,11
minus those levels using the concepts and definitions12
in effect before such changes. Such changes may only13
be made after consultation with the Committees on14
Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Rep-15
resentatives and the Senate, and that consultation16
shall include written communication to such commit-17
tees that affords such committees the opportunity to18
comment before official action is taken with respect to19
such changes.20
(2) S EQUESTRATION REPORTS.When OMB21
submits a sequestration report under section 254(e),22
(f), or (g) for a fiscal year, OMB shall calculate, and23
the sequestration report and subsequent budgets sub-24
mitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title25
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31, United States Code, shall include adjustments to1
discretionary spending limits (and those limits as ad-2
justed) for the fiscal year and each succeeding year,3
as follows:4
(A) E MERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS; OVER-5
SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON6
TERRORISM.If, for any fiscal year, appropria-7
tions for discretionary accounts are enacted8
that9
(i) the Congress designates as emer-10
gency requirements in statute on an account11
by account basis and the President subse-12
quently so designates, or13
(ii) the Congress designates for Over-14
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on15
Terrorism in statute on an account by ac-16
count basis and the President subsequently17
so designates,18
the adjustment shall be the total of such appro-19
priations in discretionary accounts designated as20
emergency requirements or for Overseas Contin-21
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, as22
applicable.23
(B) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND24
REDETERMINATIONS.(i) If a bill or joint reso-25
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lution making appropriations for a fiscal year is1
enacted that specifies an amount for continuing2
disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the3
Social Security Act and for the cost associated4
with conducting redeterminations of eligibility5
under title XVI of the Social Security Act, then6
the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be the7
additional new budget authority provided in8
that Act for such expenses for that fiscal year,9
but shall not exceed10
(I) for fiscal year 2012, $623,000,00011
in additional new budget authority;12
(II) for fiscal year 2013,13
$751,000,000 in additional new budget au-14
thority;15
(III) for fiscal year 2014,16
$924,000,000 in additional new budget au-17
thority;18
(IV) for fiscal year 2015,19
$1,123,000,000 in additional new budget20
authority;21
(V) for fiscal year 2016,22
$1,166,000,000 in additional new budget23
authority;24
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(VI) for fiscal year 2017,1
$1,309,000,000 in additional new budget2
authority;3
(VII) for fiscal year 2018,4
$1,309,000,000 in additional new budget5
authority;6
(VIII) for fiscal year 2019,7
$1,309,000,000 in additional new budget8
authority;9
(IX) for fiscal year 2020,10
$1,309,000,000 in additional new budget11
authority; and12
(X) for fiscal year 2021,13
$1,309,000,000 in additional new budget14
authority.15
(ii) As used in this subparagraph16
(I) the term continuing disability re-17
views means continuing disability reviews18
under sections 221(i) and 1614(a)(4) of the19
Social Security Act;20
(II) the term redetermination means21
redetermination of eligibility under sections22
1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of the Social23
Security Act; and24
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(III) the term additional new budget1
authority means the amount provided for a2
fiscal year, in excess of $273,000,000, in an3
appropriation Act and specified to pay for4
the costs of continuing disability reviews5
and redeterminations under the heading6
Limitation on Administrative Expenses7
for the Social Security Administration.8
(C) H EALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE9
CONTROL.(i) If a bill or joint resolution mak-10
ing appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted11
that specifies an amount for the health care12
fraud abuse control program at the Department13
of Health and Human Services (7583930714
571), then the adjustments for that fiscal year15
shall be the amount of additional new budget au-16
thority provided in that Act for such program17
for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed18
(I) for fiscal year 2012, $270,000,00019
in additional new budget authority;20
(II) for fiscal year 2013,21
$299,000,000 in additional new budget au-22
thority;23
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(III) for fiscal year 2014,1
$329,000,000 in additional new budget au-2
thority;3
(IV) for fiscal year 2015,4
$361,000,000 in additional new budget au-5
thority;6
(V) for fiscal year 2016, $395,000,0007
in additional new budget authority;8
(VI) for fiscal year 2017,9
$414,000,000 in additional new budget au-10
thority;11
(VII) for fiscal year 2018,12
$434,000,000 in additional new budget au-13
thority;14
(VIII) for fiscal year 2019,15
$454,000,000 in additional new budget au-16
thority;17
(IX) for fiscal year 2020,18
$475,000,000 in additional new budget au-19
thority; and20
(X) for fiscal year 2021, $496,000,00021
in additional new budget authority.22
(ii) As used in this subparagraph, the23
term additional new budget authority means24
the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess25
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of $311,000,000, in an appropriation Act and1
specified to pay for the costs of the health care2
fraud and abuse control program.3
(D) D ISASTER FUNDING.4
(i) If, for fiscal years 2012 through5
2021, appropriations for discretionary ac-6
counts are enacted that Congress designates7
as being for disaster relief in statute, the8
adjustment for a fiscal year shall be the9
total of such appropriations for the fiscal10
year in discretionary accounts designated11
as being for disaster relief, but not to exceed12
the total of13
(I) the average funding provided14
for disaster relief over the previous 1015
years, excluding the highest and lowest16
years; and17
(II) the amount, for years when18
the enacted new discretionary budget19
authority designated as being for dis-20
aster relief for the preceding fiscal year21
was less than the average as calculated22
in subclause (I) for that fiscal year,23
that is the difference between the en-24
acted amount and the allowable adjust-25
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ment as calculated in such subclause1
for that fiscal year.2
(ii) OMB shall report to the Commit-3
tees on Appropriations and Budget in each4
House the average calculated pursuant to5
clause (i)(II), not later than 30 days after6
the date of the enactment of the Budget7
Control Act of 2011.8
(iii) For the purposes of this subpara-9
graph, the term disaster relief means ac-10
tivities carried out pursuant to a deter-11
mination under section 102(2) of the Robert12
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency13
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)).14
(iv) Appropriations considered dis-15
aster relief under this subparagraph in a16
fiscal year shall not be eligible for adjust-17
ments under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal18
year.19
(c) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT.As used in20
this part, the term discretionary spending limit means21
(1) with respect to fiscal year 201222
(A) for the security category,23
$684,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and24
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(B) for the nonsecurity category,1
$359,000,000,000 in new budget authority;2
(2) with respect to fiscal year 20133
(A) for the security category,4
$686,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and5
(B) for the nonsecurity category,6
$361,000,000,000 in new budget authority;7
(3) with respect to fiscal year 2014, for the dis-8
cretionary category, $1,066,000,000,000 in new budg-9
et authority;10
(4) with respect to fiscal year 2015, for the dis-11
cretionary category, $1,086,000,000,000 in new budg-12
et authority;13
(5) with respect to fiscal year 2016, for the dis-14
cretionary category, $1,107,000,000,000 in new budg-15
et authority;16
(6) with respect to fiscal year 2017, for the dis-17
cretionary category, $1,131,000,000,000 in new budg-18
et authority;19
(7) with respect to fiscal year 2018, for the dis-20
cretionary category, $1,156,000,000,000 in new budg-21
et authority;22
(8) with respect to fiscal year 2019, for the dis-23
cretionary category, $1,182,000,000,000 in new budg-24
et authority;25
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(9) with respect to fiscal year 2020, for the dis-1
cretionary category, $1,208,000,000,000 in new budg-2
et authority; and3
(10) with respect to fiscal year 2021, for the4
discretionary category, $1,234,000,000,000 in new5
budget authority;6
as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection (b)..7
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.8
Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency9
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows:10
(1) Strike paragraph (4) and insert the following11
new paragraph:12
(4)(A) The term nonsecurity category means13
all discretionary appropriations not included in the14
security category defined in subparagraph (B).15
(B) The term security category includes discre-16
tionary appropriations associated with agency budg-17
ets for the Department of Defense, the Department of18
Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Af-19
fairs, the National Nuclear Security Administration,20
the intelligence community management account (9521
040101054), and all budget accounts in budget22
function 150 (international affairs).23
(C) The term discretionary category includes24
all discretionary appropriations..25
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(2) In paragraph (8)(C), strike the food stamp1
program and insert the Supplemental Nutrition2
Assistance Program.3
(3) Strike paragraph (14) and insert the fol-4
lowing new paragraph:5
(14) The term outyear means a fiscal year one6
or more years after the budget year..7
(4) At the end, add the following new para-8
graphs:9
(20) The term emergency means a situation10
that11
(A) requires new budget authority and12
outlays (or new budget authority and the outlays13
flowing therefrom) for the prevention or mitiga-14
tion of, or response to, loss of life or property, or15
a threat to national security; and16
(B) is unanticipated.17
(21) The term unanticipated means that the18
underlying situation is19
(A) sudden, which means quickly coming20
into being or not building up over time;21
(B) urgent, which means a pressing and22
compelling need requiring immediate action;23
(C) unforeseen, which means not predicted24
or anticipated as an emerging need; and25
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(D) temporary, which means not of a per-1
manent duration..2
SEC. 103. REPORTS AND ORDERS.3
Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency4
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows:5
(1) In subsection (c)(2), strike 2002 and insert6
2021.7
(2) At the end of subsection (e), insert This re-8
port shall also contain a preview estimate of the ad-9
justment for disaster funding for the upcoming fiscal10
year..11
(3) In subsection (f)(2)(A), strike 2002 and in-12
sert 2021; before the concluding period insert , in-13
cluding a final estimate of the adjustment for disaster14
funding.15
SEC. 104. EXPIRATION.16
(a) REPEALER.Section 275 of the Balanced Budget17
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.18
(b) CONFORMING CHANGE.Sections 252(d)(1),19
254(c), 254(f)(3), and 254(i) of the Balanced Budget and20
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall not apply to21
the Congressional Budget Office.22
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SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET1
AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.2
(a) ADJUSTMENTS.Section 314 of the Congressional3
Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows:4
(1) Strike subsection (a) and insert the following:5
(a) ADJUSTMENTS.After the reporting of a bill or6
joint resolution or the offering of an amendment thereto or7
the submission of a conference report thereon, the chairman8
of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-9
tives or the Senate may make appropriate budgetary ad-10
justments of new budget authority and the outlays flowing11
therefrom in the same amount as required by section 251(b)12
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act13
of 1985..14
(2) Strike subsections (b) and (e) and redesignate15
subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), re-16
spectively.17
(3) At the end, add the following new sub-18
sections:19
(d) E MERGENCIES IN THEHOUSE OFREPRESENTA-20
TIVES. (1) In the House of Representatives, if a reported21
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference22
report thereon, contains a provision providing new budget23
authority and outlays or reducing revenue, and a designa-24
tion of such provision as an emergency requirement pursu-25
ant to 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency26
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Deficit Control Act of 1985, the chair of the Committee on1
the Budget of the House of Representatives shall not count2
the budgetary effects of such provision for purposes of title3
III and title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 19744
and the Rules of the House of Representatives.5
(2)(A) In the House of Representatives, if a reported6
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference7
report thereon, contains a provision providing new budget8
authority and outlays or reducing revenue, and a designa-9
tion of such provision as an emergency pursuant to para-10
graph (1), the chair of the Committee on the Budget shall11
not count the budgetary effects of such provision for pur-12
poses of this title and title IV and the Rules of the House13
of Representatives.14
(B) In the House of Representatives, a proposal to15
strike a designation under subparagraph (A) shall be ex-16
cluded from an evaluation of budgetary effects for purposes17
of this title and title IV and the Rules of the House of Rep-18
resentatives.19
(C) An amendment offered under subparagraph (B)20
that also proposes to reduce each amount appropriated or21
otherwise made available by the pending measure that is22
not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available23
shall be in order at any point in the reading of the pending24
measure.25
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(e) E NFORCEMENT OFDISCRETIONARY SPENDING1
CAPS.It shall not be in order in the House of Representa-2
tives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,3
amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause4
the discretionary spending limits as set forth in section 2515
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act6
to be exceeded..7
(b) DEFINITIONS.Section 3 of the Congressional8
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended9
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:10
(11) The terms emergency and unanticipated11
have the meanings given to such terms in section12
250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit13
Control Act of 1985..14
(c) A PPEALS FOR DISCRETIONARY CAPS.Section15
904(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend-16
ed by striking and 312(c) and inserting 312(c), and17
314(e).18
SEC. 106. SENATE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.19
(a) IN GENERAL.20
(1) For the purpose of enforcing the Congres-21
sional Budget Act of 1974 through April 15, 2012, in-22
cluding section 300 of that Act, and enforcing budg-23
etary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions24
on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels25
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set in subsection (b)(1) shall apply in the Senate in1
the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the2
budget for fiscal year 2012 with appropriate budg-3
etary levels for fiscal years 2011 and 2013 through4
2021.5
(2) For the purpose of enforcing the Congres-6
sional Budget Act of 1974 after April 15, 2012, in-7
cluding section 300 of that Act, and enforcing budg-8
etary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions9
on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels10
set in subsection (b)(2) shall apply in the Senate in11
the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the12
budget for fiscal year 2013 with appropriate budg-13
etary levels for fiscal years 2012 and 2014 through14
2022.15
(b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND16
LEVELS.17
(1) As soon as practicable after the date of enact-18
ment of this section, the Chairman of the Committee19
on the Budget shall file20
(A) for the Committee on Appropriations,21
committee allocations for fiscal years 2011 and22
2012 consistent with the discretionary spending23
limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of en-24
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forcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget1
Act of 1974;2
(B) for all committees other than the Com-3
mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations4
for fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012 through 2016,5
and 2012 through 2021 consistent with the Con-6
gressional Budget Offices March 2011 baseline7
adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of8
this Act and legislation enacted prior to this Act9
but not included in the Congressional Budget Of-10
fices March 2011 baseline, for the purpose of en-11
forcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget12
Act of 1974;13
(C) aggregate spending levels for fiscal years14
2011 and 2012 and aggregate revenue levels for15
fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012 through 2016, 201216
through 2021 consistent with the Congressional17
Budget Offices March 2011 baseline adjusted to18
account for the budgetary effects of this Act and19
legislation enacted prior to this Act but not in-20
cluded in the Congressional Budget Offices21
March 2011 baseline, and the discretionary22
spending limits set forth in this Act for the pur-23
pose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional24
Budget Act of 1974; and25
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(D) levels of Social Security revenues and1
outlays for fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012 through2
2016, and 2012 through 2021 consistent with the3
Congressional Budget Offices March 2011 base-4
line adjusted to account for the budgetary effects5
of this Act and legislation enacted prior to this6
Act but not included in the Congressional Budget7
Offices March 2011 baseline, for the purpose of8
enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congres-9
sional Budget Act of 1974.10
(2) Not later than April 15, 2012, the Chairman11
of the Committee on the Budget shall file12
(A) for the Committee on Appropriations,13
committee allocations for fiscal years 2012 and14
2013 consistent with the discretionary spending15
limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of en-16
forcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget17
Act of 1974;18
(B) for all committees other than the Com-19
mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations20
for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2013 through 2017,21
and 2013 through 2022 consistent with the Con-22
gressional Budget Offices March 2012 baseline23
for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the24
Congressional Budget Act of 1974;25
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(C) aggregate spending levels for fiscal years1
2012 and 2013 and aggregate revenue levels for2
fiscal years 2012, 2013, 20132017, and 20133
2022 consistent with the Congressional Budget4
Offices March 2012 baseline and the discre-5
tionary spending limits set forth in this Act for6
the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Con-7
gressional Budget Act of 1974; and8
(D) levels of Social Security revenues and9
outlays for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, 201310
2017, and 20132022 consistent with the Con-11
gressional Budget Offices March 2012 baseline12
budget for the purpose of enforcing sections 30213
and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of14
1974.15
(c) SENATEPAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD.16
(1) Effective on the date of enactment of this sec-17
tion, for the purpose of enforcing section 201 of S.18
Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the19
Senate Committee on the Budget shall reduce any bal-20
ances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal21
year to 0 (zero).22
(2) Not later than April 15, 2012, for the pur-23
pose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. Res. 2124
(110th Congress), the Chairman of the Senate Com-25
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mittee on the Budget shall reduce any balances of di-1
rect spending and revenues for any fiscal year to 02
(zero).3
(3) Upon resetting the Senate paygo scorecard4
pursuant to paragraph (2), the Chairman shall pub-5
lish a notification of such action in the Congressional6
Record.7
(d) FURTHERADJUSTMENTS.8
(1) The Chairman of the Committee on the9
Budget of the Senate may revise any allocations, ag-10
gregates, or levels set pursuant to this section to ac-11
count for any subsequent adjustments to discretionary12
spending limits made pursuant to this Act.13
(2) With respect to any allocations, aggregates,14
or levels set or adjustments made pursuant to this sec-15
tion, sections 412 through 414 of S. Con. Res. 1316
(111th Congress) shall remain in effect.17
(e) EXPIRATION.18
(1) Subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (c)(1) shall19
expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-20
cal year 2012 is agreed to by the Senate and House21
of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Con-22
gressional Budget Act of 1974.23
(2) Subsections (a)(2), (b)(2), and (c)(2) shall24
expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-25
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cal year 2013 is agreed to by the Senate and House1
of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Con-2
gressional Budget Act of 1974.3
TITLE IIVOTE ON THE BAL-4
ANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT5
SEC. 201. VOTE ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT.6
After September 30, 2011, and not later than December7
31, 2011, the House of Representatives and Senate, respec-8
tively, shall vote on passage of a joint resolution, the title9
of which is as follows: Joint resolution proposing a bal-10
anced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United11
States..12
SEC. 202. CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.13
(a) HOUSE CONSIDERATION.14
(1) REFERRAL.If the House receives a joint15
resolution described in section 201 from the Senate,16
such joint resolution shall be referred to the Com-17
mittee on the Judiciary. If the committee fails to re-18
port the joint resolution within five legislative days,19
it shall be in order to move that the House discharge20
the committee from further consideration of the joint21
resolution. Such a motion shall not be in order after22
the House has disposed of a motion to discharge the23
joint resolution. The previous question shall be consid-24
ered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without25
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intervening motion except twenty minutes of debate1
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and2
an opponent. If such a motion is adopted, the House3
shall proceed immediately to consider the joint resolu-4
tion in accordance with paragraph (3). A motion to5
reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of6
shall not be in order.7
(2) P ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.After the8
joint resolution has been referred to the appropriate9
calendar or the committee has been discharged (other10
than by motion) from its consideration, it shall be in11
order to move to proceed to consider the joint resolu-12
tion in the House. Such a motion shall not be in13
order after the House has disposed of a motion to pro-14
ceed with respect to the joint resolution. The previous15
question shall be considered as ordered on the motion16
to its adoption without intervening motion. A motion17
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed18
of shall not be in order.19
(3) CONSIDERATION.The joint resolution shall20
be considered as read. All points of order against the21
joint resolution and against its consideration are22
waived. The previous question shall be considered as23
ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without24
intervening motion except two hours of debate equally25
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divided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo-1
nent and one motion to limit debate on the joint reso-2
lution. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of3
the joint resolution shall not be in order.4
(b) SENATE CONSIDERATION.(1) If the Senate re-5
ceives a joint resolution described in section 201 from the6
House of Representatives, such joint resolution shall be re-7
ferred to the appropriate committee of the Senate. If such8
committee has not reported the joint resolution at the close9
of the fifth session day after its receipt by the Senate, such10
committee shall be automatically discharged from further11
consideration of the joint resolution and it shall be placed12
on the appropriate calendar.13
(2) Consideration of the joint resolution and on all de-14
batable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall15
be limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall be divided16
equally between the majority and minority leaders or their17
designees. A motion further to limit debate is in order and18
not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone,19
or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-20
ness, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not21
in order. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for22
not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally between those23
favoring and those opposing the motion or appeal. All time24
used for consideration of the joint resolution, including time25
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used for quorum calls and voting, shall be counted against1
the total 20 hours of consideration.2
(3) If the Senate has voted to proceed to a joint resolu-3
tion, the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall be4
taken on or before the close of the seventh session day after5
such joint resolution has been reported or discharged or im-6
mediately following the conclusion of consideration of the7
joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the conclusion8
of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of9
the Senate.10
TITLE IIIDEBT CEILING11
DISAPPROVAL PROCESS12
SEC. 301. DEBT CEILING DISAPPROVAL PROCESS.13
(a) IN GENERAL.Subchapter I of chapter 31 of sub-14
title III of title 31, United States Code, is amended15
(1) in section 3101(b), by striking or otherwise16
and inserting or as provided by section 3101A or17
otherwise; and18
(2) by inserting after section 3101 the following:19
3101A. Presidential modification of the debt ceiling20
(a) IN GENERAL.21
(1) $900 BILLION.22
(A) CERTIFICATION.If, not later than23
December 31, 2011, the President submits a24
written certification to Congress that the Presi-25
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dent has determined that the debt subject to limit1
is within $100,000,000,000 of the limit in sec-2
tion 3101(b) and that further borrowing is re-3
quired to meet existing commitments, the Sec-4
retary of the Treasury may exercise authority to5
borrow an additional $900,000,000,000, subject6
to the enactment of a joint resolution of dis-7
approval enacted pursuant to this section. Upon8
submission of such certification, the limit on debt9
provided in section 3101(b) (referred to in this10
section as the debt limit) is increased by11
$400,000,000,000.12
(B) R ESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.Con-13
gress may consider a joint resolution of dis-14
approval of the authority under subparagraph15
(A) as provided in subsections (b) through (f).16
The joint resolution of disapproval considered17
under this section shall contain only the lan-18
guage provided in subsection (b)(2). If the time19
for disapproval has lapsed without enactment of20
a joint resolution of disapproval under this sec-21
tion, the debt limit is increased by an additional22
$500,000,000,000.23
(2) A DDITIONAL AMOUNT.24
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(A) CERTIFICATION.If, after the debt1
limit is increased by $900,000,000,000 under2
paragraph (1), the President submits a written3
certification to Congress that the President has4
determined that the debt subject to limit is with-5
in $100,000,000,000 of the limit in section6
3101(b) and that further borrowing is required7
to meet existing commitments, the Secretary of8
the Treasury may, subject to the enactment of a9
joint resolution of disapproval enacted pursuant10
to this section, exercise authority to borrow an11
additional amount equal to12
(i) $1,200,000,000,000, unless clause13
(ii) or (iii) applies;14
(ii) $1,500,000,000,000 if the Archi-15
vist of the United States has submitted to16
the States for their ratification a proposed17
amendment to the Constitution of the18
United States pursuant to a joint resolution19
entitled Joint resolution proposing a bal-20
anced budget amendment to the Constitu-21
tion of the United States; or22
(iii) if a joint committee bill to23
achieve an amount greater than24
$1,200,000,000,000 in deficit reduction as25
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provided in section 401(b)(3)(B)(i)(II) of1
the Budget Control Act of 2011 is enacted,2
an amount equal to the amount of that def-3
icit reduction, but not greater than4
$1,500,000,000,000, unless clause (ii) ap-5
plies.6
(B) R ESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.Con-7
gress may consider a joint resolution of dis-8
approval of the authority under subparagraph9
(A) as provided in subsections (b) through (f).10
The joint resolution of disapproval considered11
under this section shall contain only the lan-12
guage provided in subsection (b)(2). If the time13
for disapproval has lapsed without enactment of14
a joint resolution of disapproval under this sec-15
tion, the debt limit is increased by the amount16
authorized under subparagraph (A).17
(b) JOINTR ESOLUTION OFDISAPPROVAL.18
(1) I N GENERAL.Except for the19
$400,000,000,000 increase in the debt limit provided20
by subsection (a)(1)(A), the debt limit may not be21
raised under this section if, within 50 calendar days22
after the date on which Congress receives a certifi-23
cation described in subsection (a)(1) or within 15 cal-24
endar days after Congress receives the certification de-25
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scribed in subsection (a)(2) (regardless of whether1
Congress is in session), there is enacted into law a2
joint resolution disapproving the Presidents exercise3
of authority with respect to such additional amount.4
(2) CONTENTS OF JOINT RESOLUTION.For the5
purpose of this section, the term joint resolution6
means only a joint resolution7
(A)(i) for the certification described in8
subsection (a)(1), that is introduced on Sep-9
tember 6, 7, 8, or 9, 2011 (or, if the Senate was10
not in session, the next calendar day on which11
the Senate is in session); and12
(ii) for the certification described in sub-13
section (a)(2), that is introduced between the14
date the certification is received and 3 calendar15
days after that date;16
(B) which does not have a preamble;17
(C) the title of which is only as follows:18
Joint resolution relating to the disapproval of19
the Presidents exercise of authority to increase20
the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A21
of title 31, United States Code, on22
llllll (with the blank containing the23
date of such submission); and24
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(D) the matter after the resolving clause of1
which is only as follows: That Congress dis-2
approves of the Presidents exercise of authority3
to increase the debt limit, as exercised pursuant4
to the certification under section 3101A(a) of5
title 31, United States Code..6
(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION INHOUSE OFREP-7
RESENTATIVES.8
(1) RECONVENING.Upon receipt of a certifi-9
cation described in subsection (a)(2), the Speaker, if10
the House would otherwise be adjourned, shall notify11
the Members of the House that, pursuant to this sec-12
tion, the House shall convene not later than the sec-13
ond calendar day after receipt of such certification.14
(2) R EPORTING AND DISCHARGE.Any com-15
mittee of the House of Representatives to which a16
joint resolution is referred shall report it to the House17
without amendment not later than 5 calendar days18
after the date of introduction of a joint resolution de-19
scribed in subsection (a). If a committee fails to re-20
port the joint resolution within that period, the com-21
mittee shall be discharged from further consideration22
of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be23
referred to the appropriate calendar.24
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(1) RECONVENING.Upon receipt of a certifi-1
cation under subsection (a)(2), if the Senate has ad-2
journed or recessed for more than 2 days, the majority3
leader of the Senate, after consultation with the mi-4
nority leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members5
of the Senate that, pursuant to this section, the Sen-6
ate shall convene not later than the second calendar7
day after receipt of such message.8
(2) P LACEMENT ON CALENDAR.Upon intro-9
duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be im-10
mediately placed on the calendar.11
(3) F LOOR CONSIDERATION.12
(A) I N GENERAL.Notwithstanding Rule13
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is14
in order at any time during the period begin-15
ning on the day after the date on which Congress16
receives a certification under subsection (a) and,17
for the certification described in subsection18
(a)(1), ending on September 14, 2011, and for19
the certification described in subsection (a)(2),20
on the 6th day after the date on which Congress21
receives a certification under subsection (a) (even22
though a previous motion to the same effect has23
been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the con-24
sideration of the joint resolution, and all points25
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of order against the joint resolution (and against1
consideration of the joint resolution) are waived.2
The motion to proceed is not debatable. The mo-3
tion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A4
motion to reconsider the vote by which the mo-5
tion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in6
order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration7
of the resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution8
shall remain the unfinished business until dis-9
posed of.10
(B) CONSIDERATION.Consideration of11
the joint resolution, and on all debatable motions12
and appeals in connection therewith, shall be13
limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall14
be divided equally between the majority and mi-15
nority leaders or their designees. A motion fur-16
ther to limit debate is in order and not debat-17
able. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone,18
or a motion to proceed to the consideration of19
other business, or a motion to recommit the joint20
resolution is not in order.21
(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.If the Senate has22
voted to proceed to a joint resolution, the vote on23
passage of the joint resolution shall occur imme-24
diately following the conclusion of consideration25
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of the joint resolution, and a single quorum call1
at the conclusion of the debate if requested in ac-2
cordance with the rules of the Senate.3
(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-4
DURE.Appeals from the decisions of the Chair5
relating to the application of the rules of the6
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-7
lating to a joint resolution shall be decided with-8
out debate.9
(e) AMENDMENTNOT IN ORDER.A joint resolution10
of disapproval considered pursuant to this section shall not11
be subject to amendment in either the House of Representa-12
tives or the Senate.13
(f) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER14
HOUSE.15
(1) I N GENERAL.If, before passing the joint16
resolution, one House receives from the other a joint17
resolution18
(A) the joint resolution of the other House19
shall not be referred to a committee; and20
(B) the procedure in the receiving House21
shall be the same as if no joint resolution had22
been received from the other House until the vote23
on passage, when the joint resolution received24
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from the other House shall supplant the joint res-1
olution of the receiving House.2
(2) T REATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF3
OTHER HOUSE.If the Senate fails to introduce or4
consider a joint resolution under this section, the joint5
resolution of the House shall be entitled to expedited6
floor procedures under this section.7
(3) T REATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.If,8
following passage of the joint resolution in the Senate,9
the Senate then receives the companion measure from10
the House of Representatives, the companion measure11
shall not be debatable.12
(4) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.(A) If13
Congress passes a joint resolution, the period begin-14
ning on the date the President is presented with the15
joint resolution and ending on the date the President16
signs, allows to become law without his signature, or17
vetoes and returns the joint resolution (but excluding18
days when either House is not in session) shall be dis-19
regarded in computing the appropriate calendar day20
period described in subsection (b)(1).21
(B) Debate on a veto message in the Senate22
under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided be-23
tween the majority and minority leaders or their des-24
ignees.25
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(5) V ETO OVERRIDE.If within the appro-1
priate calendar day period described in subsection2
(b)(1), Congress overrides a veto of the joint resolution3
with respect to authority exercised pursuant to para-4
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the limit on debt5
provided in section 3101(b) shall not be raised, except6
for the $400,000,000,000 increase in the limit pro-7
vided by subsection (a)(1)(A).8
(6) SEQUESTRATION.(A) If within the 50-cal-9
endar day period described in subsection (b)(1), the10
President signs the joint resolution, the President al-11
lows the joint resolution to become law without his12
signature, or Congress overrides a veto of the joint13
resolution with respect to authority exercised pursu-14
ant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a), there shall be15
a sequestration to reduce spending by16
$400,000,000,000. OMB shall implement the seques-17
tration forthwith.18
(B) OMB shall implement each half of such se-19
questration in accordance with section 255, section20
256, and subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section21
253 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit22
Control Act of 1985, and for the purpose of such im-23
plementation the term excess deficit means the24
amount specified in subparagraph (A).25
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(g) RULES OF HOUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES AND1
SENATE.This subsection and subsections (b), (c), (d), (e),2
and (f) (other than paragraph (6)) are enacted by Con-3
gress4
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of5
the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively,6
and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each7
House, respectively, but applicable only with respect8
to the procedure to be followed in that House in the9
case of a joint resolution, and it supersedes other rules10
only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such11
rules; and12
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional13
right of either House to change the rules (so far as re-14
lating to the procedure of that House) at any time,15
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the16
case of any other rule of that House..17
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.The table of sections18
for chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, is amended19
by inserting after the item relating to section 3101 the fol-20
lowing new item:21
3101A. Presidential modification of the debt ceiling..
SEC. 302. ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGET GOAL.22
(a) IN GENERAL.The Balanced Budget and Emer-23
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting24
after section 251 the following new section:25
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SEC. 251A. ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGET GOAL.1
Unless a joint committee bill achieving an amount2
greater than $1,200,000,000,000 in deficit reduction as pro-3
vided in section 401(b)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Budget Control4
Act of 2011 is enacted by January 15, 2012, the discre-5
tionary spending limits listed in section 251(c) shall be re-6
vised, and discretionary appropriations and direct spend-7
ing shall be reduced, as follows:8
(1) R EVISED SECURITY CATEGORY; REVISED9
NONSECURITY CATEGORY.(A) The term revised se-10
curity category means discretionary appropriations11
in budget function 050.12
(B) The term revised nonsecurity category13
means discretionary appropriations other than in14
budget function 050.15
(2) R EVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM-16
ITS.The discretionary spending limits for fiscal17
years 2013 through 2021 under section 251(c) shall be18
replaced with the following:19
(A) For fiscal year 201320
(i) for the security category,21
$546,000,000,000 in budget authority; and22
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,23
$501,000,000,000 in budget authority.24
(B) For fiscal year 201425
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(i) for the security category,1
$556,000,000,000 in budget authority; and2
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,3
$510,000,000,000 in budget authority.4
(C) For fiscal year 20155
(i) for the security category,6
$566,000,000,000 in budget authority; and7
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,8
$520,000,000,000 in budget authority.9
(D) For fiscal year 201610
(i) for the security category,11
$577,000,000,000 in budget authority; and12
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,13
$530,000,000,000 in budget authority.14
(E) For fiscal year 201715
(i) for the security category,16
$590,000,000,000 in budget authority; and17
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,18
$541,000,000,000 in budget authority.19
(F) For fiscal year 201820
(i) for the security category,21
$603,000,000,000 in budget authority; and22
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,23
$553,000,000,000 in budget authority.24
(G) For fiscal year 201925
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(i) for the security category,1
$616,000,000,000 in budget authority; and2
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,3
$566,000,000,000 in budget authority.4
(H) For fiscal year 20205
(i) for the security category,6
$630,000,000,000 in budget authority; and7
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,8
$578,000,000,000 in budget authority.9
(I) For fiscal year 202110
(i) for the security category,11
$644,000,000,000 in budget authority; and12
(ii) for the nonsecurity category,13
$590,000,000,000 in budget authority.14
(3) C ALCULATION OF TOTAL DEFICIT REDUC-15
TION.OMB shall calculate the amount of the deficit16
reduction required by this section for each of fiscal17
years 2013 through 2021 by18
(A) starting with $1,200,000,000,000;19
(B) subtracting the amount of deficit re-20
duction achieved by the enactment of a joint21
committee bill, as provided in section22
401(b)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Budget Control Act of23
2011;24
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(C) reducing the difference by 18 percent1
to account for debt service; and2
(D) dividing the result by 9.3
(4) A LLOCATION TO FUNCTIONS.On January4
2, 2013, for fiscal year 2013, and in its sequestration5
preview report for fiscal years 2014 through 20216
pursuant to section 254(c), OMB shall allocate half of7
the total reduction calculated pursuant to paragraph8
(3) for that year to discretionary appropriations and9
direct spending accounts within function 050 (defense10
function) and half to accounts in all other functions11
(nondefense functions).12
(5) D EFENSE FUNCTION REDUCTION.OMB13
shall calculate the reductions to discretionary appro-14
priations and direct spending for each of fiscal years15
2013 through 2021 for defense function spending as16
follows:17
(A) DISCRETIONARY.OMB shall cal-18
culate the reduction to discretionary appropria-19
tions by20
(i) taking the total reduction for the21
defense function allocated for that year22
under paragraph (4);23
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(ii) multiplying by the discretionary1
spending limit for the revised security cat-2
egory for that year; and3
(iii) dividing by the sum of the dis-4
cretionary spending limit for the security5
category and OMBs baseline estimate of6
nonexempt outlays for direct spending pro-7
grams within the defense function for that8
year.9
(B) D IRECT SPENDING.OMB shall cal-10
culate the reduction to direct spending by taking11
the total reduction for the defense function re-12
quired for that year under paragraph (4) and13
subtracting the discretionary reduction cal-14
culated pursuant to subparagraph (A).15
(6) NONDEFENSE FUNCTION REDUCTION.16
OMB shall calculate the reduction to discretionary17
appropriations and to direct spending for each of fis-18
cal years 2013 through 2021 for programs in non-19
defense functions as follows:20
(A) DISCRETIONARY.OMB shall cal-21
culate the reduction to discretionary appropria-22
tions by23
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(i) taking the total reduction for non-1
defense functions allocated for that year2
under paragraph (4);3
(ii) multiplying by the discretionary4
spending limit for the revised nonsecurity5
category for that year; and6
(iii) dividing by the sum of the dis-7
cretionary spending limit for the revised8
nonsecurity category and OMBs baseline9
estimate of nonexempt outlays for direct10
spending programs in nondefense functions11
for that year.12
(B) D IRECT SPENDING.OMB shall cal-13
culate the reduction to direct spending programs14
by taking the total reduction for nondefense func-15
tions required for that year under paragraph (4)16
and subtracting the discretionary reduction cal-17
culated pursuant to subparagraph (A).18
(7) I MPLEMENTING DISCRETIONARY REDUC-19
TIONS.20
(A) F ISCAL YEAR 2013.On January 2,21
2013, for fiscal year 2013, OMB shall calculate22
and the President shall order a sequestration, ef-23
fective upon issuance and under the procedures24
set forth in section 253(f), to reduce each account25
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within the security category or nonsecurity cat-1
egory by a dollar amount calculated by multi-2
plying the baseline level of budgetary resources3
in that account at that time by a uniform per-4
centage necessary to achieve5
(i) for the revised security category,6
an amount equal to the defense function dis-7
cretionary reduction calculated pursuant to8
paragraph (5); and9
(ii) for the revised nonsecurity cat-10
egory, an amount equal to the nondefense11
function discretionary reduction calculated12
pursuant to paragraph (6).13
(B) F ISCAL YEARS 20142021.On the date14
of the submission of its sequestration preview re-15
port for fiscal years 2014 through 2021 pursuant16
to section 254(c) for each of fiscal years 201417
through 2021, OMB shall reduce the discre-18
tionary spending limit19
(i) for the revised security category by20
the amount of the defense function discre-21
tionary reduction calculated pursuant to22
paragraph (5); and23
(ii) for the revised nonsecurity cat-24
egory by the amount of the nondefense func-25
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tion discretionary reduction calculated pur-1
suant to paragraph (6).2
(8) I MPLEMENTING DIRECT SPENDING REDUC-3
TIONS.On the date specified in paragraph (4) dur-4
ing each applicable year, OMB shall prepare and the5
President shall order a sequestration, effective upon6
issuance, of nonexempt direct spending to achieve the7
direct spending reduction calculated pursuant to8
paragraphs (5) and (6). When implementing the se-9
questration of direct spending pursuant to this para-10
graph, OMB shall follow the procedures specified in11
section 6 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010,12
the exemptions specified in section 255, and the spe-13
cial rules specified in section 256, except that the per-14
centage reduction for the Medicare programs specified15
in section 256(d) shall not be more than 2 percent for16
a fiscal year.17
(9) A DJUSTMENT FOR MEDICARE.If the per-18
centage reduction for the Medicare programs would19
exceed 2 percent for a fiscal year in the absence of20
paragraph (8), OMB shall increase the reduction for21
all other discretionary appropriations and direct22
spending under paragraph (6) by a uniform percent-23
age to a level sufficient to achieve the reduction re-24
quired by paragraph (6) in the non-defense function.25
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(10) I MPLEMENTATION OF REDUCTIONS.Any1
reductions imposed under this section shall be imple-2
mented in accordance with section 256(k).3
(11) REPORT.On the dates specified in para-4
graph (4), OMB shall submit a report to Congress5
containing information about the calculations re-6
quired under this section, the adjusted discretionary7
spending limits, a listing of the reductions required8
for each nonexempt direct spending account, and any9
other data and explanations that enhance public un-10
derstanding of this title and actions taken under it..11
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.The table of contents12
set forth in section 250(a) of the Balanced Budget and13
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by in-14
serting after the item relating to section 251 the following:15
Sec. 251A. Enforcement of budget goal..
TITLE IVJOINT SELECT COM-16
MITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUC-17
TION18
SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.19
(a) DEFINITIONS.In this title:20
(1) JOINT COMMITTEE.The term joint com-21
mittee means the Joint Select Committee on Deficit22
Reduction established under subsection (b)(1).23
(2) JOINT COMMITTEE BILL.The term joint24
committee bill means a bill consisting of the pro-25
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posed legislative language of the joint committee rec-1
ommended under subsection (b)(3)(B) and introduced2
under section 402(a).3
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.4
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.There is established a5
joint select committee of Congress to be known as the6
Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.7
(2) GOAL.The goal of the joint committee shall8
be to reduce the deficit by at least $1,500,000,000,0009
over the period of fiscal years 2012 to 2021.10
(3) DUTIES.11
(A) I N GENERAL.12
(i) I MPROVING THE SHORT-TERM AND13
LONG-TERM FISCAL IMBALANCE.The joint14
committee shall provide recommendations15
and legislative language that will signifi-16
cantly improve the short-term and long-17
term fiscal imbalance of the Federal Gov-18
ernment.19
(ii) R ECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT-20
TEES.Not later than October 14, 2011,21
each committee of the House of Representa-22
tives and the Senate may transmit to the23
joint committee its recommendations for24
changes in law to reduce the deficit con-25
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sistent with the goal described in paragraph1
(2) for the joint committees consideration.2
(B) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND LEG-3
ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.4
(i) I N GENERAL.Not later than No-5
vember 23, 2011, the joint committee shall6
vote on7
(I) a report that contains a de-8
tailed statement of the findings, conclu-9
sions, and recommendations of the10
joint committee and the estimate of the11
Congressional Budget Office required12
by paragraph (5)(D)(ii); and13
(II) proposed legislative language14
to carry out such recommendations as15
described in subclause (I), which shall16
include a statement of the deficit re-17
duction achieved by the legislation over18
the period of fiscal years 2012 to 2021.19
Any change to the Rules of the House of20
Representatives or the Standing Rules of the21
Senate included in the report or legislative22
language shall be considered to be merely23
advisory.24
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(ii) A PPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEGIS-1
LATIVE LANGUAGE.The report of the joint2
committee and the proposed legislative lan-3
guage described in clause (i) shall require4
the approval of a majority of the members5
of the joint committee.6
(iii) A DDITIONAL VIEWS.A member7
of the joint committee who gives notice of an8
intention to file supplemental, minority, or9
additional views at the time of final joint10
committee vote on the approval of the report11
and legislative language under clause (ii)12
shall be entitled to 3 calendar days in13
which to file such views in writing with the14
staff director of the joint committee. Such15
views shall then be included in the joint16
committee report and printed in the same17
volume, or part thereof, and their inclusion18
shall be noted on the cover of the report. In19
the absence of timely notice, the joint com-20
mittee report may be printed and trans-21
mitted immediately without such views.22
(iv) T RANSMISSION OF REPORT AND23
LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.If the report and24
legislative language are approved by the25
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joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), then1
not later than December 2, 2011, the joint2
committee shall submit the joint committee3
report and legislative language described in4
clause (i) to the President, the Vice Presi-5
dent, the Speaker of the House of Represent-6
atives, and the majority and minority7
Leaders of each House of Congress.8
(v) R EPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN-9
GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.Upon the ap-10
proval or disapproval of the joint committee11
report and legislative language pursuant to12
clause (ii), the joint committee shall13
promptly make the full report and legisla-14
tive language, and a record of the vote,15
available to the public.16
(4) MEMBERSHIP.17
(A) I N GENERAL.The joint committee18
shall be composed of 12 members appointed pur-19
suant to subparagraph (B).20
(B) APPOINTMENT.Members of the joint21
committee shall be appointed as follows:22
(i) The majority leader of the Senate23
shall appoint three members from among24
Members of the Senate.25
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(ii) The minority leader of the Senate1
shall appoint three members from among2
Members of the Senate.3
(iii) The Speaker of the House of Rep-4
resentatives shall appoint three members5
from among Members of the House of Rep-6
resentatives.7
(iv) The minority leader of the House8
of Representatives shall appoint three mem-9
bers from among Members of the House of10
Representatives.11
(C) CO-CHAIRS.12
(i) I N GENERAL.There shall be two13
Co-Chairs of the joint committee. The ma-14
jority leader of the Senate shall appoint one15
Co-Chair from among the members of the16
joint committee. The Speaker of the House17
of Representatives shall appoint the second18
Co-Chair from among the members of the19
joint committee. The Co-Chairs shall be ap-20
pointed not later than 14 calendar days21
after the date of enactment of this Act.22
(ii) STAFF DIRECTOR.The Co-Chairs,23
acting jointly, shall hire the staff director of24
the joint committee.25
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(D) DATE.Members of the joint committee1
shall be appointed not later than 14 calendar2
days after the date of enactment of this Act.3
(E) P ERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.Members4
shall be appointed for the life of the joint com-5
mittee. Any vacancy in the joint committee shall6
not affect its powers, but shall be filled not later7
than 14 calendar days after the date on which8
the vacancy occurs, in the same manner as the9
original designation was made. If a member of10
the joint committee ceases to be a Member of the11
House of Representatives or the Senate, as the12
case may be, the member is no longer a member13
of the joint committee and a vacancy shall exist.14
(5) ADMINISTRATION.15
(A) I N GENERAL.To enable the joint com-16
mittee to exercise its powers, functions, and du-17
ties, there are authorized to be disbursed by the18
Senate the actual and necessary expenses of the19
joint committee approved by the co-chairs, sub-20
ject to the rules and regulations of the Senate.21
(B) EXPENSES.In carrying out its func-22
tions, the joint committee is authorized to incur23
expenses in the same manner and under the24
same conditions as the Joint Economic Com-25
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mittee is authorized by section 11 of Public Law1
79304 (15 U.S.C. 1024 (d)).2
(C) QUORUM.Seven members of the joint3
committee shall constitute a quorum for purposes4
of voting, meeting, and holding hearings.5
(D) VOTING.6
(i) P ROXY VOTING.No proxy voting7
shall be allowed on behalf of the members of8
the joint committee.9
(ii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE10
ESTIMATES.The Congressional Budget Of-11
fice shall provide estimates of the legislation12
(as described in paragraph (3)(B)) in ac-13
cordance with sections 308(a) and 201(f) of14
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (215
U.S.C. 639(a) and 601(f))(including esti-16
mates of the effect of interest payment on17
the debt). In addition, the Congressional18
Budget Office shall provide information on19
the budgetary effect of the legislation beyond20
the year 2021. The joint committee may not21
vote on any version of the report, rec-22
ommendations, or legislative language un-23
less such estimates are available for consid-24
eration by all members of the joint com-25
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mittee at least 48 hours prior to the vote as1
certified by the Co-Chairs.2
(E) MEETINGS.3
(i) I NITIAL MEETING.Not later than4
45 calendar days after the date of enact-5
ment of this Act, the joint committee shall6
hold its first meeting.7
(ii) AGENDA.The Co-Chairs of the8
joint committee shall provide an agenda to9
the joint committee members not less than10
48 hours in advance of any meeting.11
(F) HEARINGS.12
(i) I N GENERAL.The joint committee13
may, for the purpose of carrying out this14
section, hold such hearings, sit and act at15
such times and places, require attendance of16
witnesses and production of books, papers,17
and documents, take such testimony, receive18
such evidence, and administer such oaths as19
the joint committee considers advisable.20
(ii) H EARING PROCEDURES AND RE-21
SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.22
(I) ANNOUNCEMENT.The Co-23
Chairs of the joint committee shall24
make a public announcement of the25
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date, place, time, and subject matter of1
any hearing to be conducted, not less2
than 7 days in advance of such hear-3
ing, unless the Co-Chairs determine4
that there is good cause to begin such5
hearing at an earlier date.6
(II) W RITTEN STATEMENT.A7
witness appearing before the joint com-8
mittee shall file a written statement of9
proposed testimony at least 2 calendar10
days before the appearance of the wit-11
ness, unless the requirement is waived12
by the Co-Chairs, following their deter-13
mination that there is good cause for14
failure to comply with such require-15
ment.16
(G) T ECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.Upon writ-17
ten request of the Co-Chairs, a Federal agency18
shall provide technical assistance to the joint19
committee in order for the joint committee to20
carry out its duties.21
(c) STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE.22
(1) I N GENERAL.The Co-Chairs of the joint23
committee may jointly appoint and fix the compensa-24
tion of staff as they deem necessary, within the guide-25
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lines for employees of the Senate and following all ap-1
plicable rules and employment requirements of the2
Senate.3
(2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.Members on the joint4
committee who serve in the House of Representatives5
shall be governed by the ethics rules and requirements6
of the House. Members of the Senate who serve on the7
joint committee and staff of the joint committee shall8
comply with the ethics rules of the Senate.9
(d) TERMINATION.The joint committee shall termi-10
nate on January 31, 2012.11
SEC. 402. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COM-12
MITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.13
(a) INTRODUCTION.If approved by the majority re-14
quired by section 401(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed legislative15
language submitted pursuant to section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv)16
shall be introduced in the Senate (by request) on the next17
day on which the Senate is in session by the majority leader18
of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by19
the majority leader of the Senate and shall be introduced20
in the House of Representatives (by request) on the next21
legislative day by the majority leader of the House or by22
a Member of the House designated by the majority leader23
of the House.24
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(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OFREPRESENTA-1
TIVES.2
(1) R EFERRAL AND REPORTING.Any committee3
of the House of Representatives to which the joint4
committee bill is referred shall report it to the House5
without amendment not later than December 9, 2011.6
If a committee fails to report the joint committee bill7
within that period, it shall be in order to move that8
the House discharge the committee from further con-9
sideration of the bill. Such a motion shall not be in10
order after the last committee authorized to consider11
the bill reports it to the House or after the House has12
disposed of a motion to discharge the bill. The pre-13
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the14
motion to its adoption without intervening motion ex-15
cept 20 minutes of debate equally divided and con-16
trolled by the proponent and an opponent. If such a17
motion is adopted, the House shall proceed imme-18
diately to consider the joint committee bill in accord-19
ance with paragraphs (2) and (3). A motion to recon-20
sider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall21
not be in order.22
(2) P ROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.After the23
last committee authorized to consider a joint com-24
mittee bill reports it to the House or has been dis-25
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charged (other than by motion) from its consider-1
ation, it shall be in order to move to proceed to con-2
sider the joint committee bill in the House. Such a3
motion shall not be in order after the House has dis-4
posed of a motion to proceed with respect to the joint5
committee bill. The previous question shall be consid-6
ered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without7
intervening motion. A motion to reconsider the vote8
by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in9
order.10
(3) CONSIDERATION.The joint committee bill11
shall be considered as read. All points of order12
against the joint committee bill and against its con-13
sideration are waived. The previous question shall be14
considered as ordered on the joint committee bill to its15
passage without intervening motion except 2 hours of16
debate equally divided and controlled by the pro-17
ponent and an opponent and one motion to limit de-18
bate on the joint committee bill. A motion to recon-19
sider the vote on passage of the joint committee bill20
shall not be in order.21
(4) VOTE ON PASSAGE.The vote on passage of22
the joint committee bill shall occur not later than De-23
cember 23, 2011.24
(c) EXPEDITEDPROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.25
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(1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.A joint com-1
mittee bill introduced in the Senate under subsection2
(a) shall be jointly referred to the committee or com-3
mittees of jurisdiction, which committees shall report4
the bill without any revision and with a favorable5
recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or6
without recommendation, not later than December 9,7
2011. If any committee fails to report the bill within8
that period, that committee shall be automatically9
discharged from consideration of the bill, and the bill10
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.11
(2) MOTION TO PROCEED.Notwithstanding12
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is13
in order, not later than 2 days of session after the14
date on which a joint committee bill is reported or15
discharged from all committees to which it was re-16
ferred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the17
majority leaders designee to move to proceed to the18
consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also19
be in order for any Member of the Senate to move to20
proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill21
at any time after the conclusion of such 2-day period.22
A motion to proceed is in order even though a pre-23
vious motion to the same effect has been disagreed to.24
All points of order against the motion to proceed to25
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the joint committee bill are waived. The motion to1
proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject to2
a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote3
by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall4
not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consid-5
eration of the joint committee bill is agreed to, the6
joint committee bill shall remain the unfinished busi-7
ness until disposed of.8
(3) CONSIDERATION.All points of order against9
the joint committee bill and against consideration of10
the joint committee bill are waived. Consideration of11
the joint committee bill and of all debatable motions12
and appeals in connection therewith shall not exceed13
a total of 30 hours which shall be divided equally be-14
tween the Majority and Minority Leaders or their15
designees. A motion further to limit debate on the16
joint committee bill is in order, shall require an af-17
firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members duly cho-18
sen and sworn, and is not debatable. Any debatable19
motion or appeal is debatable for not to exceed 120
hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and21
those opposing the motion or appeal. All time used for22
consideration of the joint committee bill, including23
time used for quorum calls and voting, shall be count-24
ed against the total 30 hours of consideration.25
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(4) NO AMENDMENTS.An amendment to the1
joint committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or a2
motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-3
ness, or a motion to recommit the joint committee4
bill, is not in order.5
(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.If the Senate has voted6
to proceed to the joint committee bill, the vote on pas-7
sage of the joint committee bill shall occur imme-8
diately following the conclusion of the debate on a9
joint committee bill, and a single quorum call at the10
conclusion of the debate if requested. The vote on pas-11
sage of the joint committee bill shall occur not later12
than December 23, 2011.13
(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.14
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the15
application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may16
be, to the procedure relating to a joint committee bill17
shall be decided without debate.18
(d) AMENDMENT.The joint committee bill shall not19
be subject to amendment in either the House of Representa-20
tives or the Senate.21
(e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHERHOUSE.22
(1) I N GENERAL.If, before passing the joint23
committee bill, one House receives from the other a24
joint committee bill25
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(A) the joint committee bill of the other1
House shall not be referred to a committee; and2
(B) the procedure in the receiving House3
shall be the same as if no joint committee bill4
had been received from the other House until the5
vote on passage, when the joint committee bill re-6
ceived from the other House shall supplant the7
joint committee bill of the receiving House.8
(2) R EVENUE MEASURE.This subsection shall9
not apply to the House of Representatives if the joint10
committee bill received from the Senate is a revenue11
measure.12
(f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER13
HOUSE.14
(1) T REATMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL OF15
OTHER HOUSE.If the Senate fails to introduce or16
consider a joint committee bill under this section, the17
joint committee bill of the House shall be entitled to18
expedited floor procedures under this section.19
(2) T REATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN20
THE SENATE.If following passage of the joint com-21
mittee bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives the22
joint committee bill from the House of Representa-23
tives, the House-passed joint committee bill shall not24
be debatable. The vote on passage of the joint com-25
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m