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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3228 

To require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required 

by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23, 2012 

Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MCCONNELL, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. 

ROBERTS, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. COATS, Mr. 

INHOFE, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, 

Mr. VITTER, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. ISAKSON, 

Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. BURR, Mr. COBURN, 

Mr. RISCH, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. PAUL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

HATCH, and Mr. ENZI) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To require the President to provide a report detailing the 

sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 

on January 2, 2013. 

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 ‘‘Sequestration Trans5 parency Act of 2012’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SEQUESTER PREVIEW. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—On July 9, 2012, the President 

3 shall submit to Congress a detailed report on the seques4 tration required to be ordered by paragraphs (7)(A) and 

5 (8) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emer6 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a) for 

7 fiscal year 2013 on January 2, 2013. 

8 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 

9 subsection (a) shall include— 

10 (1) for discretionary appropriations— 

11 (A) an estimate for each category of the 

12 sequestration percentages and amounts nec13 essary to achieve the required reduction; and 

14 (B)(i) for accounts that are funded pursu15 ant to an enacted regular appropriation bill for 

16 fiscal year 2013, an identification of each ac17 count to be sequestered and estimates of the 

18 level of sequestrable budgetary resources and 

19 resulting outlay reductions at the program, 

20 project and activity level based upon the en21 acted level of appropriations; and 

22 (ii) for accounts that have not been funded 

23 pursuant to an enacted regular appropriation 

24 bill for fiscal year 2013, an identification of 

25 each account to be sequestered and estimates of 

26 the level of sequestrable budgetary resources 


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1 and resulting outlay reductions at the program, 

2 project and activity level based upon the level of 

3 appropriations that would be available under a 

4 current rate continuing resolution; 

5 (2) for direct spending— 

6 (A) an estimate for the defense and non7 defense functions based on current law of the 

8 sequestration percentages and amount nec9 essary to achieve the required reduction; 

10 (B) an identification of the reductions re11 quired for each nonexempt direct spending ac12 count at the program, project, and activity 

13 level; and 

14 (C) an identification of exempt direct 

15 spending accounts at the program, project, and 

16 activity level; and 

17 (3) any other data and explanations that en18 hance public understanding of the sequester and ac19 tions to be taken under it. 

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