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Union Calendar No. 329 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4966 

[Report No. 112–469, Part I] 

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 

MAY 9, 2012 

Reported from the Committee on the Budget with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

MAY 9, 2012 

The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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 

8 effect upon the enactment of the Act provided for in sec9 tion 201 of H. Con. Res. 112 (112th Congress) and this 

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

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

12 enacted. 

13 SEC. 3. PROTECTING VETERANS PROGRAMS FROM SEQUES14 TER. 

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

16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed. 

17 SEC. 4. ACHIEVING $19 BILLION IN DISCRETIONARY SAV18 INGS. 

19 (a) REVISED 2013 DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

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

21 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 

22 amended to read as follows: 

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

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

25 budget authority;’’. 


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

2 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

3 Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(A) FISCAL YEAR 2013.— 

5 ‘‘(i) FISCAL YEAR 2013 ADJUST6 MENT.—On January 2, 2013, the discre7 tionary category set forth in section 

8 251(c)(2)(A) 251(c)(2) shall be decreased 

9 by $19,104,000,000 in budget authority. 

10 ‘‘(ii) SUPPLEMENTAL SEQUESTRATION

11 ORDER.—On January 15, 2013, OMB 

12 shall issue a supplemental sequestration 

13 report for fiscal year 2013 and take the 

14 form of a final sequestration report as set 

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

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

17 eliminate any discretionary spending 

18 breach of the spending limit set forth in 

19 section 251(c)(2)(A) 251(c)(2) as adjusted 

20 by clause (i), and the President shall order 

21 a sequestration, if any, as required by such 

22 report.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 314 OF 

2 THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IM3 POUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 

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

5 1974 is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(a) ADJUSTMENTS.— 

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

8 on the Budget of the House of Representatives or 

9 the Senate may make adjustments as set forth in 

10 paragraph (2) for a bill or joint resolution, amend11 ment thereto or conference report thereon, by the 

12 amount of new budget authority and outlays flowing 

13 therefrom in the same amount as required by section 

14 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def15 icit Control Act of 1985. 

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

17 the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep18 resentatives or the Senate may make the adjust19 ments referred to in paragraph (1) to— 

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

21 appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 

22 pursuant to section 302(a); 

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

24 in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the 

25 budget; and 


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

2 any, set forth in the appropriate concurrent res3 olution on the budget.’’. 

4 SEC. 6. TREATMENT FOR PAYGO PURPOSES. 

5 The budgetary effects of this Act and any amendment 

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

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

8 shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard main9 tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As10 You-Go Act of 2010. 

11 SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 SEQUES12 TRATION FOR DEFENSE DIRECT SPENDING. 

13 Any sequestration order issued by the President 

14 under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con15 trol Act of 1985 to carry out reductions to direct spending 

16 for the defense function (050) for fiscal year 2013 pursu17 ant to section 251A of such Act shall have no force or 

18 effect. 


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Union Calendar No. 329 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4966 

[Report No. 112–469, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2011. quester established by the Budget Control Act of Deficit Control Act of 1985 to replace the seMAY 9, 2012 

Reported from the Committee on the Budget with an 

M

amendment 

AY 9, 2012 

The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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