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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4966 

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act of 2011. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2012 

Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on 

Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established 

by the Budget Control Act of 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 ‘‘Sequester Replacement 

5 Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. 

7 This Act and the amendments made by it shall take 

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1 tion 201 of H. Con. Res. 112 (112th Congress) and this 

2 Act and the amendments made by it shall have no force 

3 or effect if such Act provided for in such section is not 

4 enacted. 

5 SEC. 3. PROTECTING VETERANS PROGRAMS FROM SEQUES6 TER. 

7 Section 256(e)(2)(E) of the Balanced Budget and 

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed. 

9 SEC. 4. ACHIEVING $19 BILLION IN DISCRETIONARY SAV10 INGS. 

11 (a) REVISED 2013 DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

12 LIMIT.—Paragraph (2) of section 251(c) of the Balanced 

13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 2013, for the 

16 discretionary category, $1,047,000,000,000 in new 

17 budget authority;’’. 

18 (b) DISCRETIONARY SAVINGS.—Section 251A(7)(A) 

19 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

20 Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(A) FISCAL YEAR 2013.— 

22 ‘‘(i) FISCAL YEAR 2013 ADJUST23 MENT.—On January 2, 2013, the discre24 tionary category set forth in section 


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1 251(c)(2)(A) shall be decreased by 

2 $19,104,000,000 in budget authority. 

3 ‘‘(ii) SUPPLEMENTAL SEQUESTRATION

4 ORDER.—On January 15, 2013, OMB 

5 shall issue a supplemental sequestration 

6 report for fiscal year 2013 and take the 

7 form of a final sequestration report as set 

8 forth in section 254(f)(2) and using the 

9 procedures set forth in section 253(f), to 

10 eliminate any discretionary spending 

11 breach of the spending limit set forth in 

12 section 251(c)(2)(A) as adjusted by clause 

13 (i), and the President shall order a seques14 tration, if any, as required by such re15 port.’’. 

16 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 314 OF 

17 THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IM18 POUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 

19 Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

20 1974 is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(a) ADJUSTMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The chair of the Committee 

23 on the Budget of the House of Representatives or 

24 the Senate may make adjustments as set forth in 

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1 ment thereto or conference report thereon, by the 

2 amount of new budget authority and outlays flowing 

3 therefrom in the same amount as required by section 

4 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def5 icit Control Act of 1985. 

6 ‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The chair of 

7 the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep8 resentatives or the Senate may make the adjust9 ments referred to in paragraph (1) to— 

10 ‘‘(A) the allocations made pursuant to the 

11 appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 

12 pursuant to section 302(a); 

13 ‘‘(B) the budgetary aggregates as set forth 

14 in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the 

15 budget; and 

16 ‘‘(C) the discretionary spending limits, if 

17 any, set forth in the appropriate concurrent res18 olution on the budget.’’. 

19 SEC. 6. TREATMENT FOR PAYGO PURPOSES. 

20 The budgetary effects of this Act and any amendment 

21 made by it, and the budgetary effects of the Act provided 

22 for by section 201 of H. Con. Res. 112 (112th Congress), 

23 shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard main24 tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As25 You-Go Act of 2010. 


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1 SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 SEQUES2 TRATION FOR DEFENSE DIRECT SPENDING. 

3 Any sequestration order issued by the President 

4 under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con5 trol Act of 1985 to carry out reductions to direct spending 

6 for the defense function (050) for fiscal year 2013 pursu7 ant to section 251A of such Act shall have no force or 

8 effect. 

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