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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3482 

To cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 2, 2012 

Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. PAUL, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. COBURN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. 

RISCH, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. VITTER, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. HATCH, Mr. THUNE, Mr. 

BOOZMAN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Budget 

A BILL 

To cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget. 

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, Cap, and Balance 

5 Act of 2012’’. 

6 TITLE I—CUT 

7 SEC. 101. REDUCTION OF 2013 SPENDING. 

8 For purposes of section 302(a) of the Congressional 

9 Budget Act of 1974, the estimated allocation of the approVerDate Mar 15 2010 21:43 Aug 08, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3482.IS S3482

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1 priate levels of budget totals for fiscal year 2013 for the 

2 Senate Committee on Appropriations shall be— 

3 (1) $985,000,000,000 in total new budget au4 thority; and 

5 (2) $1,118,000,000,000 in total budget outlays. 

6 TITLE II—CAP 

7 SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that Congress should 

9 enact comprehensive tax reform that lowers marginal 

10 rates, broadens the base, and simplifies the tax code to 

11 increase economic growth while generating revenues that 

12 are in line with the historical average of 18% of GDP. 

13 SEC. 202. MODIFICATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

14 ACT. 

15 Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

16 is amended by inserting at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 316. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 

19 House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 

20 bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 

21 includes any provision that would cause the discretionary 

22 spending limits as set forth in this section to be exceeded. 

23 ‘‘(b) LIMITS.—In this section, the term ‘discretionary 

24 spending limits’ has the following meaning: 

25 ‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2013— 


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1 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

2 function 050), $546,000,000,000 in budget au3 thority; and 

4 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

5 $439,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

6 ‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2014— 

7 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

8 function 050), $556,000,000,000 in budget au9 thority; and 

10 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

11 $440,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

12 ‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2015— 

13 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

14 function 050), $566,000,000,000 in budget au15 thority; and 

16 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

17 $439,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

18 ‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2016— 

19 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

20 function 050), $577,000,000,000 in budget au21 thority; and 

22 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

23 $439,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

24 ‘‘(5) For fiscal year 2017— 


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1 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

2 function 050), $590,000,000,000 in budget au3 thority; and 

4 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

5 $441,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

6 ‘‘(6) For fiscal year 2018— 

7 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

8 function 050), $603,000,000,000 in budget au9 thority; and 

10 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

11 $440,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

12 ‘‘(7) For fiscal year 2019— 

13 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

14 function 050), $616,000,000,000 in budget au15 thority; and 

16 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

17 $440,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

18 ‘‘(8) For fiscal year 2020— 

19 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

20 function 050), $630,000,000,000 in budget au21 thority; and 

22 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

23 $440,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

24 ‘‘(9) For fiscal year 2021— 


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1 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

2 function 050), $644,000,000,000 in budget au3 thority; and 

4 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

5 $442,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

6 ‘‘(10) For fiscal year 2022— 

7 ‘‘(A) for the defense category (budget 

8 function 050), $654,000,000,000 in budget au9 thority; and 

10 ‘‘(B) for the non-defense category, 

11 $449,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

12 ‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—After the reporting of a bill or 

13 joint resolution relating to oversees deployments described 

14 in subsection (d), or the offering of an amendment thereto 

15 or the submission of a conference report thereon— 

16 ‘‘(1) the Chairman of the Senate Committee on 

17 the budget may adjust the discretionary spending 

18 limits provided in this section, the budgetary aggre19 gates in the concurrent resolution on the budget 

20 most recently adopted by the Senate and the House 

21 of Representatives, and allocations pursuant to sec22 tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974, by the amount of new budget authority in 

24 that measure for that purpose and the outlays flow25 ing therefrom; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) following any adjustment under paragraph 

2 (1), the Senate Committee on Appropriations may 

3 report appropriately revised suballocations pursuant 

4 to section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

5 1974 to carry out this subsection. 

6 ‘‘(d) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS.—If a bill or joint 

7 resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 

8 year 2013 or 2014 that provides funding for overseas de9 ployments and activities undertaken as a result of a dec10 laration of war or Congressional authorization of force, the 

11 allowable adjustments provided for in subsection (c) shall 

12 not exceed the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2013, $90,000,000,000 in 

14 budget authority. 

15 ‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2014, $20,000,000,000 in 

16 budget authority. 

17 ‘‘(e) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

18 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The provisions of this section 

19 shall be waived or suspended in the Senate only— 

20 ‘‘(A) by the affirmative vote of two-thirds 

21 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn; or 

22 ‘‘(B) in the case of defense budget author23 ity, if Congress declares war or authorizes the 

24 use of force. 


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1 ‘‘(2) APPEAL.—Appeals in the Senate from de2 cisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this 

3 section shall be limited to one hour, to be equally di4 vided between, and controlled by, the appellant and 

5 the manager of the measure. An affirmative vote of 

6 two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly cho7 sen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an ap8 peal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 

9 raised under this section. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 317. CERTAIN MANDATORY SPENDING LIMITS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 

12 House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 

13 bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 

14 includes any provision that would cause total on-budget 

15 mandatory spending, except as excluded in subsection (b), 

16 to exceed the limits specified in subsection (c). 

17 ‘‘(b) EXEMPT FROM SPECIFIED LIMITS.—The man18 datory components of the following functions are exempt 

19 from the limits specified in subsection (c): 

20 ‘‘(1) Social Security, function 650. 

21 ‘‘(2) Medicare, function 570. 

22 ‘‘(3) Veterans Benefits and Services, function 

23 700. 

24 ‘‘(4) Net Interest, function 900. 


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1 ‘‘(c) LIMITS ON REMAINING MANDATORY SPEND2 ING.—The total combined budget authority for all manda3 tory spending not exempted in subsection (b) shall not ex4 ceed the following limits: 

5 ‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2013, $759,000,000,000 in 

6 budget authority. 

7 ‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2014, $697,000,000,000 in 

8 budget authority. 

9 ‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2015, $662,000,000,000 in 

10 budget authority. 

11 ‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2016, $641,000,000,000 in 

12 budget authority. 

13 ‘‘(5) For fiscal year 2017, $628,000,000,000 in 

14 budget authority. 

15 ‘‘(6) For fiscal year 2018, $629,000,000,000 in 

16 budget authority. 

17 ‘‘(7) For fiscal year 2019, $642,000,000,000 in 

18 budget authority. 

19 ‘‘(8) For fiscal year 2020, $653,000,000,000 in 

20 budget authority. 

21 ‘‘(9) For fiscal year 2021, $661,000,000,000 in 

22 budget authority. 

23 ‘‘(10) For fiscal year 2022, $688,000,000,000 

24 in budget authority. 

25 ‘‘(d) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The provisions of this section 

2 shall be waived or suspended in the Senate only by 

3 the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

4 duly chosen and sworn. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPEAL.—Appeals in the Senate from de6 cisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this 

7 section shall be limited to one hour, to be equally di8 vided between, and controlled by, the appellant and 

9 the manager of the measure. An affirmative vote of 

10 two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly cho11 sen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an ap12 peal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 

13 raised under this section. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 318. LIMITS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 

16 House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 

17 bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 

18 includes any provision that would cause total mandatory 

19 spending for Social Security (function 650) to exceed the 

20 limits specified in subsection (b). 

21 ‘‘(b) LIMITS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec23 tion the limits are as follows: 

24 ‘‘(A) For fiscal year 2013, total outlays 

25 shall be $812,950,000,000. 


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1 ‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2014, total outlays 

2 shall be $855,960,000,000. 

3 ‘‘(C) For fiscal year 2015, total outlays 

4 shall be $900,380,000,000. 

5 ‘‘(D) For fiscal year 2016, total outlays 

6 shall be $948,300,000,000. 

7 ‘‘(E) For fiscal year 2017, total outlays 

8 shall be $1,002,220,000,000. 

9 ‘‘(F) For fiscal year 2018, total outlays 

10 shall be $1,060,820,000,000. 

11 ‘‘(G) For fiscal year 2019, total outlays 

12 shall be $1,124,720,000,000. 

13 ‘‘(H) For fiscal year 2020, total outlays 

14 shall be $1,193,610,000,000. 

15 ‘‘(I) For fiscal year 2021, total outlays 

16 shall be $1,264,910,000,000. 

17 ‘‘(J) For fiscal year 2022, total outlays 

18 shall be $1,339,660,000,000. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—If the Congressional Budget 

20 Office determines that projected outlays are expected 

21 to exceed the limits specified above due to changes 

22 in cost-of-living adjustments contained in present 

23 law subsection (c) shall not apply. 

24 ‘‘(c) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The provisions of this section 

2 shall be waived or suspended in the Senate only by 

3 the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

4 duly chosen and sworn. 

5 ‘‘(2) APPEAL.—Appeals in the Senate from de6 cisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this 

7 section shall be limited to one hour, to be equally di8 vided between, and controlled by, the appellant and 

9 the manager of the measure. An affirmative vote of 

10 two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly cho11 sen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an ap12 peal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 

13 raised under this section. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 319. LIMITS FOR MEDICARE. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 

16 House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 

17 bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 

18 includes any provision that would cause total mandatory 

19 spending for Medicare (function 570) to exceed the limits 

20 specified in subsection (b). 

21 ‘‘(b) LIMITS.—For purposes of this section the limits 

22 are as follows: 

23 ‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2013, total outlays shall be 

24 $515,440,000,000. 


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1 ‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2014, total outlays shall be 

2 $539,840,000,000. 

3 ‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2015, total outlays shall be 

4 $564,400,000,000. 

5 ‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2016, total outlays shall be 

6 $613,340,000,000. 

7 ‘‘(5) For fiscal year 2017, total outlays shall be 

8 $630,980,000,000. 

9 ‘‘(6) For fiscal year 2018, total outlays shall be 

10 $654,100,000,000. 

11 ‘‘(7) For fiscal year 2019, total outlays shall be 

12 $717,110,000,000. 

13 ‘‘(8) For fiscal year 2020, total outlays shall be 

14 $769,480,000,000. 

15 ‘‘(9) For fiscal year 2021, total outlays shall be 

16 $822,530,000,000. 

17 ‘‘(10) For fiscal year 2022, total outlays shall 

18 be $910,200,000,000. 

19 ‘‘(c) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The provisions of this section 

21 shall be waived or suspended in the Senate only by 

22 the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

23 duly chosen and sworn. 

24 ‘‘(2) APPEAL.—Appeals in the Senate from de25 cisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this 


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1 section shall be limited to one hour, to be equally di2 vided between, and controlled by, the appellant and 

3 the manager of the measure. An affirmative vote of 

4 two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly cho5 sen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an ap6 peal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 

7 raised under this section. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 320. LIMITS FOR MANDATORY FUNCTION 700 SPEND9 ING. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 

11 House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 

12 bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 

13 includes any provision that would cause total mandatory 

14 spending for Veterans Benefits and Services (function 

15 700) to exceed the limits specified in subsection (b). 

16 ‘‘(b) LIMITS.—For purposes of this section the limits 

17 are as follows: 

18 ‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2013, total outlays shall 

19 not exceed $73,160,000,000. 

20 ‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2014, total outlays shall 

21 not exceed $73,620,000,000. 

22 ‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2015, total outlays shall 

23 not exceed $75,320,000,000. 

24 ‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2016, total outlays shall 

25 not exceed $82,300,000,000. 


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1 ‘‘(5) For fiscal year 2017, total outlays shall 

2 not exceed $79,360,000,000. 

3 ‘‘(6) For fiscal year 2018, total outlays shall 

4 not exceed $76,070,000,000. 

5 ‘‘(7) For fiscal year 2019, total outlays shall 

6 not exceed $83,530,000,000. 

7 ‘‘(8) For fiscal year 2020, total outlays shall 

8 not exceed $85,760,000,000. 

9 ‘‘(9) For fiscal year 2021, total outlays shall 

10 not exceed $88,000,000,000. 

11 ‘‘(10) For fiscal year 2022, total outlays shall 

12 not exceed $95,940,000,000. 

13 ‘‘(c) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The provisions of this section 

15 shall be waived or suspended in the Senate only by 

16 the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

17 duly chosen and sworn. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPEAL.—Appeals in the Senate from de19 cisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this 

20 section shall be limited to one hour, to be equally di21 vided between, and controlled by, the appellant and 

22 the manager of the measure. An affirmative vote of 

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1 peal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order 

2 raised under this section.’’. 

3 SEC. 203. STATUTORY ENFORCEMENT OF SPENDING CAPS 

4 THROUGH SEQUESTRATION. 

5 The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

6 Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after section 253 the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 253A. ENFORCEMENT OF DISCRETIONARY AND MAN9 DATORY CAPS. 

10 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT AND SEQUESTRATION

11 ORDER.— 

12 ‘‘(1) REPORT.—Not later than 30 calendar 

13 days following the start of each fiscal year, the Of14 fice of Management and Budget shall make publicly 

15 available and cause to be printed in the Federal 

16 Register an annual report containing expected budg17 et authority and outlays for the categories and limits 

18 established in sections 316 through 320 of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974. The limits estab20 lished in such sections shall be enforced without re21 gard to the waiver of such limits by either House. 

22 ‘‘(2) ORDER.—If the annual report issued by 

23 OMB, as required by paragraph (1), shows any cat24 egory exceeding specified spending caps, OMB shall 

25 prepare and the President shall issue and include in 


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1 that report a sequestration order that, upon 

2 issuance, shall reduce budgetary resources by an 

3 amount sufficient to bring spending in line with that 

4 category’s statutory cap. 

5 ‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The sequestration 

6 order shall take effect no later than 60 days after 

7 completion by the OMB. 

8 ‘‘(b) CALCULATING A SEQUESTRATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—OMB shall calculate the 

10 uniform percentage each program within a category 

11 that has exceeded its spending cap shall be reduced 

12 to bring that category’s budget authority and/or out13 lays in line with the limits referred to in subsection 

14 (a)(1). 

15 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The sequesters shall 

16 be implemented as follows: 

17 ‘‘(A) For the discretionary limits in section 

18 316 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

19 pursuant to section 251 with each category se20 questered separately. 

21 ‘‘(B) For the mandatory limits in section 

22 317 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

23 pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 

24 of 2010, except that section 7 of such Act shall 

25 not apply. 


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1 ‘‘(C) For the Social Security limits in sec2 tion 318 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

3 1974, the Social Security Administration shall 

4 modify the program so that all benefits and ad5 ministrative expenses are reduced in a uniform 

6 fashion by a percentage sufficient to allow the 

7 program to operate under its cap. 

8 ‘‘(D) For the Medicare limit in section 319 

9 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 

10 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 

11 (CMS) shall modify the program so that all 

12 outlays are reduced by a uniform percentage 

13 sufficient to bring the program under its cap. 

14 ‘‘(E) For the Veterans Benefits and Serv15 ices limit in section 320 of the Congressional 

16 Budget Act of 1974, the Secretary of Defense 

17 and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

18 modify the program so that the program oper19 ates under its spending cap. 

20 ‘‘(c) MODIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At any time after the Di22 rector of OMB issues a sequestration report, Con23 gress may override the order through the passage of 

24 a law that either waves or supersedes the spending 


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1 limitations for that category of Federal spending for 

2 that fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(2) SENATE.—In the Senate, any motion to 

4 move to consideration of a bill to waive, modify, or 

5 in any way alter a sequestration order shall be sub6 ject to a point of order that can only be waived 

7 through an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 

8 Members, duly chosen and sworn. This point of 

9 order shall not apply to defense spending while the 

10 nation is engaged in a conflict which has been justi11 fied through a declaration of war or a Congressional 

12 authorization of force.’’. 

13 SEC. 204. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— 

16 (1) in section 250(c)(1) (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(1)), 

17 by striking ‘‘shall mean the amounts specified in sec18 tion 251 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘shall mean the 

19 amounts specified in section 316 of the Congres20 sional Budget Act of 1974’’; 

21 (2) in section 251 (2 U.S.C. 901), by striking 

22 subsections (b) and (c); 

23 (3) by striking section 251A (2 U.S.C. 901a); 

24 (4) in section 254 (2 U.S.C. 904)— 


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1 (A) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘under 

2 section 251’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 316 

3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974’’; and 

4 (B) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking 

5 ‘‘under section 251’’ and inserting ‘‘under sec6 tion 316 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

7 1974’’; and 

8 (5) in the table of contents, by striking the item 

9 relating to section 251A. 

10 (b) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974.—The 

11 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 

12 (1) in section 302(a)(3)(A) (2 U.S.C. 

13 633(a)(3)(A)), by striking ‘‘section 251(c) of that 

14 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 316’’; 

15 (2) in section 312(b)(1) (2 U.S.C. 643(b)(1)), 

16 by striking ‘‘section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget 

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985’’ and in18 serting ‘‘section 316’’; 

19 (3) in section 314 (2 U.S.C. 645)— 

20 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 

21 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘section 316’’; and 

24 (B) by striking subsections (d), (e), and 

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1 (4) in section 904(c)(2) (2 U.S.C. 621 note) by 

2 striking ‘‘312(c), and 314(e)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘312(c)’’. 

4 (c) BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 2011.—Section 106 

5 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (2 U.S.C. 631 note) 

6 is repealed. 

7 (d) OTHER LAWS.— 

8 (1) The matter under the heading ‘‘EMER9 GENCY FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTING FUND’’ 

10 under the heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ under the 

11 heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’’ 

12 under title II of the Department of the Interior and 

13 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public 

14 Law 102–154; 105 Stat. 1015; 16 U.S.C. 556e) by 

15 striking ‘‘: Provided further, That hereafter’’ and all 

16 that follows and inserting a period. 

17 (2) Section 5006(d) of the Oil Pollution Act of 

18 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2736(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘: 

19 Provided, That’’ and all that follows and inserting a 

20 period. 

21 (3) The matter under the heading ‘‘DISASTER

22 RELIEF’’ under the heading ‘‘FEDERAL EMER23 GENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY’’ under chap24 ter II of title I of the Dire Emergency Supplemental 

25 Appropriations and Transfers for Relief From the 


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1 Effects of Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent 

2 Needs, and for Incremental Cost of ‘‘Operation 

3 Desert Shield/Desert Storm’’ Act of 1992 (Public 

4 Law 102–229; 105 Stat. 1711; 42 U.S.C. 5203) is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘: Provided further, That here6 after’’ and all that follows and inserting a period. 

7 (4) Section 2602(e) of the Low-Income Home 

8 Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)) 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘Funds appropriated pursu10 ant to this subsection’’ and all that follows and in11 serting a period. 

12 (5) The matter under the heading ‘‘EMER13 GENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FIRE14 FIGHTING FUND’’ under the heading ‘‘BUREAU OF

15 LAND MANAGEMENT’’ under title I of the Depart16 ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro17 priations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–154; 105 Stat. 

18 991; 43 U.S.C. 1474a) is amended by striking ‘‘: 

19 Provided further, That’’ and all that follows and in20 serting a period. 

21 TITLE III—BALANCE 

22 SEC. 301. REQUIREMENT THAT BBA BE SUBMITTED TO 

23 STATES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

25 shall not exercise the additional borrowing authority under 


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1 subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States 

2 Code until the date that the Archivist of the United States 

3 transmits to the States S.J. Res. 10 as introduced on 

4 March 31, 2011, a balanced budget amendment to the 

5 Constitution, or a similar amendment provided it requires 

6 that total outlays not exceed total receipts, that contains 

7 a spending limitation as a percentage of GDP, and re8 quires that tax increases be approved by a super-majority 

9 vote in both houses of Congress, for their ratification. 

10 (b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.—Effective on the 

11 date that the Archivist of the United States transmits to 

12 the States S.J. Res. 10, a balanced budget amendment 

13 to the Constitution, or a similar amendment provided it 

14 requires that total outlays not exceed total receipts, that 

15 contains a spending limitation as a percentage of GDP, 

16 and requires that tax increases be approved by a super17 majority vote in both houses of Congress, for their ratifi18 cation, subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United 

19 States Code, is amended by striking the dollar limitation 

20 contained in such subsection and inserting 

21 $17,400,000,000,000. 

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