A bill to provide fiscal discipline through a freeze on spending and budget process reforms.

Summary: Fiscal Freeze Act of 2010 - Congressional Accountability and Line Item Veto Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose the repeal of any congressional earmark or the cancellation (line item veto) of any limited tariff or targeted tax benefit.

Dedicates any such repeal or cancellation solely to deficit reduction or increase of a surplus.

Prescribes procedures for expedited consideration in each chamber for such proposals.

Authorizes the President temporarily to withhold congressional earmarks from obligation or suspend a limited tariff or targeted tax benefit.

Expresses the sense of Congress on abuse of proposed repeals and cancellations.

Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider legislation containing a congressional earmark or an earmark attributable to the President for any fiscal year in which there is or will be a deficit as determined by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

Directs the chairs of the congressional budget committees to each maintain a deficit reduction Discretionary Account and a deficit reduction Mandatory Account.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to define the total level of discretionary spending for all non-security discretionary spending programs, projects, and activities to mean, in any fiscal year through FY2020 in which there is a deficit, an amount of discretionary spending outlays not exceeding the discretionary spending outlays for the preceding fiscal year as adjusted for inflation.

Establishes total spending limits for FY2010-FY2020 and thereafter, as well as total deficit limits for FY2011-FY2020 and thereafter.

Prescribes administrative procedures for: (1) spending reduction orders; and (2) sequestration reports for discretionary spending limits, total spending limits, and deficit limits.

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) with respect to spending and deficit limit enforcement mechanisms.

Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to prescribe administrative and legislative procedures for spending reduction orders for discretionary spending limits, total spending limits, and deficit limits, with specified exceptions.



Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to suspend sequestration procedures for the spending or deficit limits in this Act upon the enactment of a declaration of war or the joint resolution suspending certain provisions of law.

Provides for continuing appropriations if any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year (or, if applicable, for each fiscal year in a biennium) does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal year or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. (Thus prevents federal government shutdown.)

Amends the CBA to require joint budget resolutions signed by the President (currently, concurrent resolutions, which do not have to be signed by the President).

Repeals the requirement for submission to the House of Representatives of an allocation and sub-allocations, consistent with the discretionary spending levels in the most recently agreed to budget resolution, in the event that no new budget resolution becomes law before April 15 of any year.

Requires consideration of budget-related legislation before the budget resolution becomes law.

Prescribes procedures for expedited consideration in each chamber of a presidential veto of a budget resolution.

Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, and Accountability Act - Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to revise procedures for consideration of points of order against consideration of certain general appropriations bills in the Senate.

Amends the Rules to require all conference reports to be searchable online.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a recipient of federal funds to disclose any registered lobbyist to whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of such funding, including the amount of such funds.

s.--Any concurrent 
resolution on the budget introduced under subsection (a) shall be in 
compliance with section 301.
    ``(d) Effect of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, whenever a 
concurrent resolution on the budget described in subsection (a) is 
agreed to, then the aggregates, allocations, and reconciliation 
directives (if any) contained in the report accompanying such 
concurrent resolution or in such concurrent resolution shall be 
considered to be the aggregates, allocations, and reconciliation 
directives for all purposes of sections 302, 303, and 311 for the 
applicable fiscal years and such concurrent resolution shall be deemed 
to be a joint resolution for all purposes of this title and the Rules 
of the House of Representatives and any reference to the date of 
enactment of a joint resolution on the budget shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the date agreed to when applied to such concurrent 
resolution.''.
    (2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 315 the following new 
item:

``Sec. 316. Discretionary Deficit Reduction Account.''.

SEC. 275. AMENDMENTS TO JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.

    (a) Definition.--Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) the term `joint resolution on the budget' means--
                    ``(A) a joint resolution setting forth the budget 
                for the United States Government for a fiscal year as 
                provided in section 301; and
                    ``(B) any other joint resolution revising the 
                budget for the United States Government for a fiscal 
                year as described in section 304.''.
    (b) Additional Amendments to the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974.--(1)(A) Sections 301, 302, 303, 305, 
308, 310, 311, 312, 314, 405, and 904 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) are amended by striking ``concurrent'' 
each place it appears and inserting ``joint''.
    (B) Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is further 
amended by striking the last sentence.
    (C)(i) Sections 302(d), 302(g), 308(a)(1)(A), and 310(d)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are amended by striking ``most 
recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget'' each place it 
occurs and inserting ``most recently enacted joint resolution on the 
budget or agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget (as 
applicable)''.
    (ii) The section heading of section 301 is amended by striking 
``annual adoption of concurrent resolution'' and inserting ``joint 
resolutions''; and
    (iii) Section 304 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

             ``permissible revisions of budget resolutions

    ``Sec. 304. At any time after the joint resolution on the budget 
for a fiscal year has been enacted pursuant to section 301, and before 
the end of such fiscal year, the two Houses and the President may enact 
a joint resolution on the budget which revises or reaffirms the joint 
resolution on the budget for such fiscal year most recently enacted, 
and for purposes of the enforcement of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, the chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate, as applicable, may adjust levels as 
needed for the enforcement off of the budget resolution.''.
    (D) Sections 302, 303, 310, and 311, of such Act are amended by 
striking ``agreed to'' each place it appears and by inserting 
``enacted''.
    (2)(A) Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``concurrent'' 
each place it appears and by inserting ``joint''.
    (B) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is 
amended--
            (i) in the item relating to section 301, by striking 
        ``Annual adoption of concurrent resolution'' and inserting 
        ``Joint resolutions'';
            (ii) by striking the item relating to section 303 and 
        inserting the following:

``Sec. 303. Consideration of budget-related legislation before budget 
                            becomes law.''.
            (iii) by striking ``concurrent'' and inserting ``joint'' in 
        the item relating to section 305.
    (c) Conforming Amendments to the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.--Clauses 1(d)(1), 4(a)(4), 4(b)(2), 4(f)(1)(A), and 
4(f)(2) of rule X, clause 10 of rule XVIII, clause 10 of rule XX, and 
clauses 7 and 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives are amended by striking ``concurrent'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``joint''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.--Section 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907d(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``concurrent'' and inserting ``joint''.
    (e) Conforming Amendments to Section 310 Regarding Reconciliation 
Directives.--(1) The side heading of section 310(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 105(b)) is 
further amended by inserting ``Joint Explanatory Statement Accompanying 
Conference Report on'' before ``Joint''.
    (2) Section 310(a) of such Act is amended by striking ``A'' and 
inserting ``The joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference 
report on a''.
    (3) The first sentence of section 310(b) of such Act is amended by 
striking ``If'' and inserting ``If the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the conference report on''.
    (4) Section 310(c)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting ``the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on'' 
after ``pursuant to''.
    (f) Conforming Amendments to Section 3 Regarding Direct Spending.--
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) The term `direct spending' has the meaning given to 
        such term in section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''.

  TITLE III--FISCAL DISCIPLINE, EARMARK REFORM, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Fiscal Discipline, Earmark Reform, 
and Accountability Act''.

SEC. 302. REFORM OF CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS IN THE 
              SENATE.

    (a) In General.--Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``9. (a) On a point of order made by any Senator:
            ``(1) No new or general legislation nor any unauthorized 
        appropriation may be included in any general appropriation 
        bill.
            ``(2) No amendment may be received to any general 
        appropriation bill the effect of which will be to add an 
        unauthorized appropriation to the bill.
            ``(3) No unauthorized appropriation may be included in any 
        amendment between the Houses, or any amendment thereto, in 
        relation to a general appropriation bill.
    ``(b)(1) If a point of order under subparagraph (a)(1) against a 
Senate bill or amendment is sustained--
            ``(A) the new or general legislation or unauthorized 
        appropriation shall be struck from the bill or amendment; and
            ``(B) any modification of total amounts appropriated 
        necessary to reflect the deletion of the matter struck from the 
        bill or amendment shall be made.
    ``(2) If a point of order under subparagraph (a)(1) against an Act 
of the House of Representatives is sustained when the Senate is not 
considering an amendment in the nature of a substitute, an amendment to 
the House bill is deemed to have been adopted that--
            ``(A) strikes the new or general legislation or 
        unauthorized appropriation from the bill; and
            ``(B) modifies, if necessary, the total amounts 
        appropriated by the bill to reflect the deletion of the matter 
        struck from the bill;
    ``(c) If the point of order against an amendment under subparagraph 
(a)(2) is sustained, the amendment shall be out of order and may not be 
considered.
    ``(d)(1) If a point of order under subparagraph (a)(3) against a 
Senate amendment is sustained--
            ``(A) the unauthorized appropriation shall be struck from 
        the amendment;
            ``(B) any modification of total amounts appropriated 
        necessary to reflect the deletion of the matter struck from the 
        amendment shall be made; and
            ``(C) after all other points of order under this paragraph 
        have been disposed of, the Senate shall proceed to consider the 
        amendment as so modified.
    ``(2) If a point of order under subparagraph (a)(3) against a House 
of Representatives amendment is sustained--
            ``(A) an amendment to the House amendment is deemed to have 
        been adopted that--
                    ``(i) strikes the new or general legislation or 
                unauthorized appropriation from the House amendment; 
                and
                    ``(ii) modifies, if necessary, the total amounts 
                appropriated by the bill to reflect the deletion of the 
                matter struck from the House amendment; and
            ``(B) after all other points of order under this paragraph 
        have been disposed of, the Senate shall proceed to consider the 
        question of whether to concur with further amendment.
    ``(e) The disposition of a point of order made under any other 
paragraph of this rule, or under any other Standing Rule of the Senate, 
that is not sustained, or is waived, does not preclude, or affect, a 
point of order made under subparagraph (a) with respect to the same 
matter.
    ``(f) A point of order under subparagraph (a) may be waived only by 
a motion agreed to by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
Senators duly chosen and sworn. If an appeal is taken from the ruling 
of the Presiding Officer with respect to such a point of order, the 
ruling of the Presiding Officer shall be sustained absent an 
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.
    ``(g) Notwithstanding any other rule of the Senate, it shall be in 
order for a Senator to raise a single point of order that several 
provisions of a general appropriation bill or an amendment between the 
Houses on a general appropriation bill violate subparagraph (a). The 
Presiding Officer may sustain the point of order as to some or all of 
the provisions against which the Senator raised the point of order. If 
the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of order as to some or all 
of the provisions against which the Senator raised the point of order, 
then only those provisions against which the Presiding Officer sustains 
the point of order shall be deemed stricken pursuant to this paragraph. 
Before the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of order, any 
Senator may move to waive such a point of order, in accordance with 
subparagraph (f), as it applies to some or all of the provisions 
against which the point of order was raised. Such a motion to waive is 
amendable in accordance with the rules and precedents of the Senate. 
After the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of order, any Senator 
may appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer on such a point of order 
as it applies to some or all of the provisions on which the Presiding 
Officer ruled.
    ``(h) For purposes of this paragraph:
            ``(1) The term `new or general legislation' has the meaning 
        given that term when it is used in paragraph 2 of this rule.
            ``(2) The term `new matter' means matter not committed to 
        conference by either House of Congress.
            ``(3)(A) The term `unauthorized appropriation' means a 
        `congressionally directed spending item' as defined in rule 
        XLIV--
                    ``(i) that is not specifically authorized by law or 
                Treaty stipulation (unless the appropriation has been 
                specifically authorized by an Act or resolution 
                previously passed by the Senate during the same session 
                or proposed in pursuance of an estimate submitted in 
                accordance with law); or
                    ``(ii) the amount of which exceeds the amount 
                specifically authorized by law or Treaty stipulation 
                (or specifically authorized by an Act or resolution 
                previously passed by the Senate during the same session 
                or proposed in pursuance of an estimate submitted in 
                accordance with law) to be appropriated.
            ``(B) An appropriation is not specifically authorized if it 
        is restricted or directed to, or authorized to be obligated or 
        expended for the benefit of, an identifiable person, program, 
        project, entity, or jurisdiction by earmarking or other 
        specification, whether by name or description, in a manner that 
        is so restricted, directed, or authorized that it applies only 
        to a single identifiable person, program, project, entity, or 
        jurisdiction, unless the identifiable person, program, project, 
        entity, or jurisdiction to which the restriction, direction, or 
        authorization applies is described or otherwise clearly 
        identified in a law or Treaty stipulation (or an Act or 
        resolution previously passed by the Senate during the same 
        session or in the estimate submitted in accordance with law) 
        that specifically provides for the restriction, direction, or 
        authorization of appropriation for such person, program, 
        project, entity, or jurisdiction.
    ``10. (a) On a point of order made by any Senator, no new or 
general legislation, nor any unauthorized appropriation, new matter, or 
nongermane matter may be included in any conference report on a general 
appropriation bill.
    ``(b) If the point of order against a conference report under 
subparagraph (a) is sustained--
            ``(1) the new or general legislation, unauthorized 
        appropriation, new matter, or nongermane matter in such 
        conference report shall be deemed to have been struck;
            ``(2) any modification of total amounts appropriated 
        necessary to reflect the deletion of the matter struck shall be 
        deemed to have been made;
            ``(3) when all other points of order under this paragraph 
        have been disposed of--
                    ``(A) the Senate shall proceed to consider the 
                question of whether the Senate should recede from its 
                amendment to the House bill, or its disagreement to the 
                amendment of the House, and concur with a further 
                amendment, which further amendment shall consist of 
                only that portion of the conference report not deemed 
                to have been struck (together with any modification of 
                total amounts appropriated);
                    ``(B) the question shall be debatable; and
                    ``(C) no further amendment shall be in order; and
            ``(4) if the Senate agrees to the amendment, then the bill 
        and the Senate amendment thereto shall be returned to the House 
        for its concurrence in the amendment of the Senate.
    ``(c) The disposition of a point of order made under any other 
paragraph of this rule, or under any other Standing Rule of the Senate, 
that is not sustained, or is waived, does not preclude, or affect, a 
point of order made under subparagraph (a) with respect to the same 
matter.
    ``(d) A point of order under subparagraph (a) may be waived only by 
a motion agreed to by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
Senators duly chosen and sworn. If an appeal is taken from the ruling 
of the Presiding Officer with respect to such a point of order, the 
ruling of the Presiding Officer shall be sustained absent an 
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.
    ``(e) Notwithstanding any other rule of the Senate, it shall be in 
order for a Senator to raise a single point of order that several 
provisions of a conference report on a general appropriation bill 
violate subparagraph (a). The Presiding Officer may sustain the point 
of order as to some or all of the provisions against which the Senator 
raised the point of order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the 
point of order as to some or all of the provisions against which the 
Senator raised the point of order, then only those provisions against 
which the Presiding Officer sustains the point of order shall be deemed 
stricken pursuant to this paragraph. Before the Presiding Officer rules 
on such a point of order, any Senator may move to waive such a point of 
order, in accordance with subparagraph (d), as it applies to some or 
all of the provisions against which the point of order was raised. Such 
a motion to waive is amendable in accordance with the rules and 
precedents of the Senate. After the Presiding Officer rules on such a 
point of order, any Senator may appeal the ruling of the Presiding 
Officer on such a point of order as it applies to some or all of the 
provisions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.
    ``(f) For purposes of this paragraph:
            ``(1) The terms `new or general legislation', `new matter', 
        and `unauthorized appropriation' have the same meaning as in 
        paragraph 9.
            ``(2) The term `nongermane matter' has the same meaning as 
        in rule XXII and under the precedents attendant thereto, as of 
        the beginning of the 110th Congress.''.
    (b) Requiring Conference Reports To Be Searchable Online.--
Paragraph 3(a)(2) of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by inserting ``in an searchable format'' after ``available''.

SEC. 303. LOBBYING ON BEHALF OF RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 is amended by adding after 
section 5 the following:

``SEC. 5A. REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--A recipient of Federal funds shall file a report 
as required by section 5(a) containing--
            ``(1) the name of any lobbyist registered under this Act to 
        whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of the Federal 
        funding received by the recipient; and
            ``(2) the amount of money paid as described in paragraph 
        (1).
    ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `recipient of Federal 
funds' means the recipient of Federal funds constituting an award, 
grant, or loan.''.