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Calendar No. 1 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 162 

To cut $500,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal year 2011. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 2011 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

JANUARY 26, 2011 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To cut $500,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal year 2011. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cut Federal Spending 

5 Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available for fiscal 

8 year 2011 for the legislative branch are reduced by 

9 $1,283,000,000. 


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1 (b) GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.—The Govern2 ment Printing Office is defunded effective on the date of 

3 enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 3. JUDICIAL BRANCH. 

5 Amounts made available to the judicial branch for fis6 cal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata basis by the 

7 amount required to bring total reduction to 

8 $2,434,000,000. 

9 SEC. 4. AGRICULTURE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Including reductions made by 

11 subsection (b), amounts made available to the Department 

12 of Agriculture for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro 

13 rata basis by the amount required to bring total reduction 

14 to $42,542,000,000. 

15 (b) SPECIFIC REDUCTIONS.— 

16 (1) DEFUNDING.—The following agencies are 

17 defunded effective on the date of enactment of this 

18 Act: 

19 (A) The Agriculture Research Service. 

20 (B) The National Institute of Food and 

21 Agriculture. 

22 (C) The Resources Conservation Service. 

23 (D) The Foreign Agricultural Service. 


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1 (2) REDUCTION.—Amounts made available to 

2 the Forest Service for fiscal year 2011 are reduced 

3 by $1,178,000,000. 

4 SEC. 5. COMMERCE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Including reductions made by 

6 subsection (b), amounts made available to the Department 

7 of Commerce for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro 

8 rata basis by the amount required to bring total reduction 

9 to $5,322,000,000. 

10 (b) REDUCTION.—Amounts made available to the 

11 National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration for fis12 cal year 2011 are reduced by $857,000,000. 

13 SEC. 6. DEFENSE. 

14 (a) REDUCTION.— 

15 (1) MILITARY PERSONNEL.—Amounts made 

16 available to military personnel for fiscal year 2011 

17 are reduced by $14,000,000,000. 

18 (2) PROCUREMENT.—Amounts made available 

19 for procurement for fiscal year 2011 are reduced by 

20 $13,300,000,000. 

21 (3) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 

22 Amounts made available to the Operations and 

23 Maintenance for fiscal year 2011 are reduced by 

24 $22,430,000,000. 


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1 (4) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Amounts 

2 made available to the Research and Development for 

3 fiscal year 2011 are reduced by $8,000,000,000. 

4 (5) WAR FUNDING.—Amounts made available 

5 to the War funding/Overseas Contingency for fiscal 

6 year 2011 are reduced by $16,000,000,000. 

7 (b) TRANSFERS.—Transfers are as follows: 

8 (1) Transfer all Department of Energy ac9 counts to the Department of Defense (DOE capped 

10 at $17,120,000,000). 

11 (2) Transfer the United States Coast Guard ac12 counts from the Department of Homeland Security 

13 to the Department of Defense. 

14 SEC. 7. EDUCATION. 

15 All Department of Education programs are defunded 

16 effective on the date of enactment of this Act, except for 

17 the Pell grant program which shall be capped at 

18 $16,256,000,000. 

19 SEC. 8. ENERGY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to the 

21 Department of Energy for fiscal year 2011 are reduced 

22 by $27,270,000,000. 

23 (b) TRANSFER.—Effective on the date of enactment 

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1 ment of Energy are transferred to the Department of De2 fense. 

3 SEC. 9. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Including reductions made by 

5 subsection (b), amounts not otherwise required by law 

6 made available to the Department of Health and Human 

7 Services for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata 

8 basis by the amount required to bring total reduction to 

9 $26,510,000,000. 

10 (b) SPECIFIC REDUCTIONS.— 

11 (1) FDA.—Amounts made available to the 

12 Food and Drug Administration for fiscal year 2011 

13 are reduced by $230,000,000. 

14 (2) HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMIN15 ISTRATION.—Amounts made available to the Health 

16 Resources and Services Administration for fiscal 

17 year 2011 are reduced by $1,410,000,000. 

18 (3) INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.—Amounts made 

19 available to the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 

20 2011 are reduced by $650,000,000. 

21 (4) CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PRE22 VENTION.—Amounts made available to the Center 

23 for Disease Control and Prevention for fiscal year 

24 2011 are reduced by $1,165,000,000. 


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1 (5) NIH.—Amounts made available to the Na2 tional Institute of Health for fiscal year 2011 are re3 duced by $5,825,000,000. 

4 (6) SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH

5 SERVICE ADMINISTRATION.—Amounts made avail6 able to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

7 Service Administration for fiscal year 2011 are re8 duced by $626,000,000. 

9 SEC. 10. HOMELAND SECURITY. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Including reductions made by 

11 subsection (b), amounts made available to the Department 

12 of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on 

13 a pro rata basis by the amount required to bring total 

14 reduction to $23,765,000,000. 

15 (b) REDUCTIONS.— 

16 (1) TRANSFER.—The United States Coast 

17 Guard’s funds and accounts are transferred to the 

18 Department of Defense. 

19 (2) REDUCTION.—Amounts made available to 

20 the Transportation Security Administration for fis21 cal year 2011 are reduced by $901,000,000. 

22 SEC. 11. HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 

23 (a) DEFUNDING.—Except as provided in subsection 

24 (b), all accounts and programs of the Department of 


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1 Housing and Urban Development are defunded effective 

2 on the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 (b) TRANSFER.—Effective on the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, Veteran housing programs administered by the 

5 Department of Housing and Urban Development are 

6 transferred to Department of Veterans’ Affairs. 

7 SEC. 12. INTERIOR. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Including reductions made by 

9 subsection (b), amounts made available to the Department 

10 of Interior for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata 

11 basis by the amount required to bring total reduction to 

12 $10,934,000,000. 

13 (b) REDUCTIONS.— 

14 (1) LAND AND MINERAL MANAGEMENT.— 

15 Amounts made available to the Land and Mineral 

16 Management for fiscal year 2011 are reduced by 

17 $2,311,000,000. 

18 (2) BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.—The Bureau 

19 of Reclamation is defunded effective on the date of 

20 enactment of this Act. 

21 (3) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.— 

22 Amounts made available to the United States Geo23 logical Survey for fiscal year 2011 are reduced by 

24 $198,000,000. 


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1 (4) PARK SERVICE REDUCTION.—Amounts 

2 made available to the national Park Service for fiscal 

3 year 2011 are reduced by $849,000,000. 

4 (5) REPEAL.—All accounts and programs of the 

5 Bureau of Indian Affairs are defunded effective on 

6 the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 13. JUSTICE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Including reductions made by 

9 subsection (b), amounts made available to the Department 

10 of Justice for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata 

11 basis by the amount required to bring total reduction to 

12 $9,057,000,000. 

13 (b) REPEAL.—All accounts and programs of the Of14 fice of Justice Programs are defunded effective on the date 

15 of enactment of this Act. 

16 SEC. 14. LABOR. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

18 (b), amounts made available to the Department of Labor 

19 for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata basis by 

20 the amount required to bring total reduction to 

21 $2,803,000,000. 

22 (b) EXEMPTIONS.—The following are exempt from 

23 the reductions required by subsection (a): 

24 (1) The Occupational Safety and Health Ad25 ministration. 


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1 (2) The Mine Safety and Health Administra2 tion. 

3 (3) The Employment and Training Administra4 tion (including all unemployment compensation). 

5 SEC. 15. STATE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Including reductions made by 

7 subsection (b), amounts made available to the Department 

8 of State for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata 

9 basis by the amount required to bring total reduction to 

10 $20,321,000,000. 

11 (b) SPECIFIC REDUCTIONS.—The following agencies 

12 are defunded effective on the date of enactment of this 

13 Act: 

14 (1) International Organizations and Con15 ferences. 

16 (2) International Commissions. 

17 SEC. 16. TRANSPORTATION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Including reductions made by 

19 subsection (b), amounts made available to the Department 

20 of Transportation for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a 

21 pro rata basis by the amount required to bring total reduc22 tion to $42,810,000,000. 

23 (b) REPEAL.—Effective on the date of enactment of 

24 this Act all Amtrak Federal subsidies are terminated. 


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1 SEC. 17. VETERANS’ AFFAIRS. 

2 The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall not be 

3 subject to funding cuts in fiscal year 2011. 

4 SEC. 18. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 

5 Amounts made available to the Corps of Engineers 

6 for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata basis by 

7 the amount required to bring total reduction to 

8 $1,854,000,000. 

9 SEC. 19. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. 

10 Amounts made available to the Environmental Pro11 tection Agency for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro 

12 rata basis by the amount required to bring total reduction 

13 to $3,238,000,000. 

14 SEC. 20. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. 

15 Amounts made available to the General Service Ad16 ministration for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata 

17 basis by the amount required to bring total reduction to 

18 $1,936,000,000. 

19 SEC. 21. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS20 TRATION. 

21 Amounts made available to the National Aeronautics 

22 and Space Administration for fiscal year 2011 are reduced 

23 on a pro rata basis by the amount required to bring total 

24 reduction to $4,488,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 22. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 

2 Amounts made available to the National Science 

3 Foundation for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata 

4 basis by the amount required to bring total reduction to 

5 $4,723,000,000. 

6 SEC. 23. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 

7 Amounts made available to the Office of Personnel 

8 Management for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro 

9 rata basis by the amount required to bring total reduction 

10 to $9,070,000,000. 

11 SEC. 24. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 

12 The Social Security Administration shall not be sub13 ject to funding cuts in fiscal year 2011. 

14 SEC. 25. REPEAL OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. 

15 The following agencies are defunded effective on the 

16 date of enactment of this Act: 

17 (1) Affordable Housing Program. 

18 (2) Commission on Fine Arts. 

19 (3) Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

20 (4) Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

21 (5) National Endowment for the Arts. 

22 (6) National Endowment for the Humanities. 

23 (7) State Justice Institute. 

24 SEC. 26. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION. 

25 Amounts made available to the Federal Communica26 tion Commission for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a 


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1 pro rata basis by the amount required to bring total reduc2 tion to $2,150,000,000. 

3 SEC. 27. MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET SAVINGS. 

4 The following programs shall be implemented or re5 pealed in fiscal year 2011 with the savings provided: 

6 (1) Collect delinquent taxes from Federal Em7 ployees, $3,000,000,000. 

8 (2) Freeze Federal Government employee pay, 

9 $2,000,000,000. 

10 (3) Reduce Federal Government travel, 

11 $7,500,000,000. 

12 (4) Davis- Bacon is repealed, $6,000,000,000. 

13 (5) Prohibit union labor project agreements, 

14 $2,000,000,000. 

15 (6) The Troubled Assets Relief Program is re16 pealed, $4,481,000,000. 

17 (7) Unused Federal assets shall be sold, 

18 $19,000,000,000. 

19 (8) Reduce Federal vehicle budget, 

20 $600,000,000. 


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Calendar No. 1 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 162 

A BILL 

To cut $500,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal year 

2011. 

JANUARY 26, 2011 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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