In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

August 1, 2011. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 365) entitled 

‘‘An Act to make a technical amendment to the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002.’’, do pass with the following: 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Budget Control Act of 2011’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Severability. 

TITLE I—TEN-YEAR DISCRETIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUESTER 

Sec. 101. Enforcing discretionary spending limits. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Sec. 103. Reports and orders. 

Sec. 104. Expiration. 

Sec. 105. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 

Act of 1974. 

Sec. 106. Senate budget enforcement. 

TITLE II—VOTE ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT 

Sec. 201. Vote on the balanced budget amendment. 

Sec. 202. Consideration by the other House. 

TITLE III—DEBT CEILING DISAPPROVAL PROCESS 

Sec. 301. Debt ceiling disapproval process. 

Sec. 302. Enforcement of budget goal. 
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TITLE IV—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 

Sec. 401. Establishment of Joint Select Committee. 

Sec. 402. Expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations. 

Sec. 403. Funding. 

Sec. 404. Rulemaking. 

TITLE V—PELL GRANT AND STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM CHANGES 

Sec. 501. Federal Pell grants. 

Sec. 502. Termination of authority to make interest subsidized loans to graduate 

and professional students. 

Sec. 503. Termination of direct loan repayment incentives. 

Sec. 504. Inapplicability of title IV negotiated rulemaking and master calendar 

exception. 

1 SEC. 2. SEVERABILITY. 

2 If any provision of this Act, or any application of such 

3 provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be un4 constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica5 tion of this Act to any other person or circumstance shall 

6 not be affected. 

7 TITLE I—TEN-YEAR DISCRE8 TIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUES9 TER 

10 SEC. 101. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

11 Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 251. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

14 ‘‘(a) ENFORCEMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) SEQUESTRATION.—Within 15 calendar days 

16 after Congress adjourns to end a session there shall be 

17 a sequestration to eliminate a budget-year breach, if 

18 any, within any category. 
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1 ‘‘(2) ELIMINATING A BREACH.—Each non-exempt 

2 account within a category shall be reduced by a dollar 

3 amount calculated by multiplying the enacted level of 

4 sequestrable budgetary resources in that account at 

5 that time by the uniform percentage necessary to 

6 eliminate a breach within that category. 

7 ‘‘(3) MILITARY PERSONNEL.—If the President 

8 uses the authority to exempt any personnel account 

9 from sequestration under section 255(f), each account 

10 within subfunctional category 051 (other than those 

11 military personnel accounts for which the authority 

12 provided under section 255(f) has been exercised) shall 

13 be further reduced by a dollar amount calculated by 

14 multiplying the enacted level of non-exempt budgetary 

15 resources in that account at that time by the uniform 

16 percentage necessary to offset the total dollar amount 

17 by which outlays are not reduced in military per18 sonnel accounts by reason of the use of such authority. 

19 ‘‘(4) PART-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS.—If, on the 

20 date specified in paragraph (1), there is in effect an 

21 Act making or continuing appropriations for part of 

22 a fiscal year for any budget account, then the dollar 

23 sequestration calculated for that account under para24 graphs (2) and (3) shall be subtracted from— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the annualized amount otherwise 

2 available by law in that account under that or 

3 a subsequent part-year appropriation; and 

4 ‘‘(B) when a full-year appropriation for 

5 that account is enacted, from the amount other6 wise provided by the full-year appropriation for 

7 that account. 

8 ‘‘(5) LOOK-BACK.—If, after June 30, an appro9 priation for the fiscal year in progress is enacted that 

10 causes a breach within a category for that year (after 

11 taking into account any sequestration of amounts 

12 within that category), the discretionary spending lim13 its for that category for the next fiscal year shall be 

14 reduced by the amount or amounts of that breach. 

15 ‘‘(6) WITHIN-SESSION SEQUESTRATION.—If an 

16 appropriation for a fiscal year in progress is enacted 

17 (after Congress adjourns to end the session for that 

18 budget year and before July 1 of that fiscal year) that 

19 causes a breach within a category for that year (after 

20 taking into account any prior sequestration of 

21 amounts within that category), 15 days later there 

22 shall be a sequestration to eliminate that breach with23 in that category following the procedures set forth in 

24 paragraphs (2) through (4). 

25 ‘‘(7) ESTIMATES.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) CBO ESTIMATES.—As soon as prac2 ticable after Congress completes action on any 

3 discretionary appropriation, CBO, after con4 sultation with the Committees on the Budget of 

5 the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

6 shall provide OMB with an estimate of the 

7 amount of discretionary new budget authority 

8 and outlays for the current year, if any, and the 

9 budget year provided by that legislation. 

10 ‘‘(B) OMB ESTIMATES AND EXPLANATION

11 OF DIFFERENCES.—Not later than 7 calendar 

12 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 

13 holidays) after the date of enactment of any dis14 cretionary appropriation, OMB shall transmit a 

15 report to the House of Representatives and to the 

16 Senate containing the CBO estimate of that leg17 islation, an OMB estimate of the amount of dis18 cretionary new budget authority and outlays for 

19 the current year, if any, and the budget year 

20 provided by that legislation, and an explanation 

21 of any difference between the 2 estimates. If dur22 ing the preparation of the report OMB deter23 mines that there is a significant difference be24 tween OMB and CBO, OMB shall consult with 

25 the Committees on the Budget of the House of 
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1 Representatives and the Senate regarding that 

2 difference and that consultation shall include, to 

3 the extent practicable, written communication to 

4 those committees that affords such committees the 

5 opportunity to comment before the issuance of 

6 the report. 

7 ‘‘(C) ASSUMPTIONS AND GUIDELINES.— 

8 OMB estimates under this paragraph shall be 

9 made using current economic and technical as10 sumptions. OMB shall use the OMB estimates 

11 transmitted to the Congress under this para12 graph. OMB and CBO shall prepare estimates 

13 under this paragraph in conformance with 

14 scorekeeping guidelines determined after con15 sultation among the Committees on the Budget of 

16 the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

17 CBO, and OMB. 

18 ‘‘(D) ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For pur19 poses of this paragraph, amounts provided by 

20 annual appropriations shall include any discre21 tionary appropriations for the current year, if 

22 any, and the budget year in accounts for which 

23 funding is provided in that legislation that re24 sult from previously enacted legislation. 
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1 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

2 LIMITS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.—When the 

4 President submits the budget under section 1105 of 

5 title 31, United States Code, OMB shall calculate and 

6 the budget shall include adjustments to discretionary 

7 spending limits (and those limits as cumulatively ad8 justed) for the budget year and each outyear to reflect 

9 changes in concepts and definitions. Such changes 

10 shall equal the baseline levels of new budget authority 

11 and outlays using up-to-date concepts and definitions, 

12 minus those levels using the concepts and definitions 

13 in effect before such changes. Such changes may only 

14 be made after consultation with the Committees on 

15 Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Senate, and that consultation 

17 shall include written communication to such commit18 tees that affords such committees the opportunity to 

19 comment before official action is taken with respect to 

20 such changes. 

21 ‘‘(2) SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.—When OMB 

22 submits a sequestration report under section 254(e), 

23 (f), or (g) for a fiscal year, OMB shall calculate, and 

24 the sequestration report and subsequent budgets sub25 mitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title 
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1 31, United States Code, shall include adjustments to 

2 discretionary spending limits (and those limits as ad3 justed) for the fiscal year and each succeeding year, 

4 as follows: 

5 ‘‘(A) EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS; OVER6 SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON

7 TERRORISM.—If, for any fiscal year, appropria8 tions for discretionary accounts are enacted 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(i) the Congress designates as emer11 gency requirements in statute on an account 

12 by account basis and the President subse13 quently so designates, or 

14 ‘‘(ii) the Congress designates for Over15 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

16 Terrorism in statute on an account by ac17 count basis and the President subsequently 

18 so designates, 

19 the adjustment shall be the total of such appro20 priations in discretionary accounts designated as 

21 emergency requirements or for Overseas Contin22 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, as 

23 applicable. 

24 ‘‘(B) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS AND

25 REDETERMINATIONS.—(i) If a bill or joint reso-
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1 lution making appropriations for a fiscal year is 

2 enacted that specifies an amount for continuing 

3 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the 

4 Social Security Act and for the cost associated 

5 with conducting redeterminations of eligibility 

6 under title XVI of the Social Security Act, then 

7 the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be the 

8 additional new budget authority provided in 

9 that Act for such expenses for that fiscal year, 

10 but shall not exceed— 

11 ‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2012, $623,000,000 

12 in additional new budget authority; 

13 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2013, 

14 $751,000,000 in additional new budget au15 thority; 

16 ‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2014, 

17 $924,000,000 in additional new budget au18 thority; 

19 ‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2015, 

20 $1,123,000,000 in additional new budget 

21 authority; 

22 ‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2016, 

23 $1,166,000,000 in additional new budget 

24 authority; 
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1 ‘‘(VI) for fiscal year 2017, 

2 $1,309,000,000 in additional new budget 

3 authority; 

4 ‘‘(VII) for fiscal year 2018, 

5 $1,309,000,000 in additional new budget 

6 authority; 

7 ‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2019, 

8 $1,309,000,000 in additional new budget 

9 authority; 

10 ‘‘(IX) for fiscal year 2020, 

11 $1,309,000,000 in additional new budget 

12 authority; and 

13 ‘‘(X) for fiscal year 2021, 

14 $1,309,000,000 in additional new budget 

15 authority. 

16 ‘‘(ii) As used in this subparagraph— 

17 ‘‘(I) the term ‘continuing disability re18 views’ means continuing disability reviews 

19 under sections 221(i) and 1614(a)(4) of the 

20 Social Security Act; 

21 ‘‘(II) the term ‘redetermination’ means 

22 redetermination of eligibility under sections 

23 1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of the Social 

24 Security Act; and 
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1 ‘‘(III) the term ‘additional new budget 

2 authority’ means the amount provided for a 

3 fiscal year, in excess of $273,000,000, in an 

4 appropriation Act and specified to pay for 

5 the costs of continuing disability reviews 

6 and redeterminations under the heading 

7 ‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’ 

8 for the Social Security Administration. 

9 ‘‘(C) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE

10 CONTROL.—(i) If a bill or joint resolution mak11 ing appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted 

12 that specifies an amount for the health care 

13 fraud abuse control program at the Department 

14 of Health and Human Services (75–8393–0–7– 

15 571), then the adjustments for that fiscal year 

16 shall be the amount of additional new budget au17 thority provided in that Act for such program 

18 for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed— 

19 ‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2012, $270,000,000 

20 in additional new budget authority; 

21 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2013, 

22 $299,000,000 in additional new budget au23 thority; 
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1 ‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2014, 

2 $329,000,000 in additional new budget au3 thority; 

4 ‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2015, 

5 $361,000,000 in additional new budget au6 thority; 

7 ‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2016, $395,000,000 

8 in additional new budget authority; 

9 ‘‘(VI) for fiscal year 2017, 

10 $414,000,000 in additional new budget au11 thority; 

12 ‘‘(VII) for fiscal year 2018, 

13 $434,000,000 in additional new budget au14 thority; 

15 ‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2019, 

16 $454,000,000 in additional new budget au17 thority; 

18 ‘‘(IX) for fiscal year 2020, 

19 $475,000,000 in additional new budget au20 thority; and 

21 ‘‘(X) for fiscal year 2021, $496,000,000 

22 in additional new budget authority. 

23 ‘‘(ii) As used in this subparagraph, the 

24 term ‘additional new budget authority’ means 

25 the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess 
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1 of $311,000,000, in an appropriation Act and 

2 specified to pay for the costs of the health care 

3 fraud and abuse control program. 

4 ‘‘(D) DISASTER FUNDING.— 

5 ‘‘(i) If, for fiscal years 2012 through 

6 2021, appropriations for discretionary ac7 counts are enacted that Congress designates 

8 as being for disaster relief in statute, the 

9 adjustment for a fiscal year shall be the 

10 total of such appropriations for the fiscal 

11 year in discretionary accounts designated 

12 as being for disaster relief, but not to exceed 

13 the total of— 

14 ‘‘(I) the average funding provided 

15 for disaster relief over the previous 10 

16 years, excluding the highest and lowest 

17 years; and 

18 ‘‘(II) the amount, for years when 

19 the enacted new discretionary budget 

20 authority designated as being for dis21 aster relief for the preceding fiscal year 

22 was less than the average as calculated 

23 in subclause (I) for that fiscal year, 

24 that is the difference between the en25 acted amount and the allowable adjust-
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1 ment as calculated in such subclause 

2 for that fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(ii) OMB shall report to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations and Budget in each 

5 House the average calculated pursuant to 

6 clause (i)(II), not later than 30 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of the Budget 

8 Control Act of 2011. 

9 ‘‘(iii) For the purposes of this subpara10 graph, the term ‘disaster relief’ means ac11 tivities carried out pursuant to a deter12 mination under section 102(2) of the Robert 

13 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

14 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)). 

15 ‘‘(iv) Appropriations considered dis16 aster relief under this subparagraph in a 

17 fiscal year shall not be eligible for adjust18 ments under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal 

19 year. 

20 ‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT.—As used in 

21 this part, the term ‘discretionary spending limit’ means— 

22 ‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 2012— 

23 ‘‘(A) for the security category, 

24 $684,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) for the nonsecurity category, 

2 $359,000,000,000 in new budget authority; 

3 ‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 2013— 

4 ‘‘(A) for the security category, 

5 $686,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and 

6 ‘‘(B) for the nonsecurity category, 

7 $361,000,000,000 in new budget authority; 

8 ‘‘(3) with respect to fiscal year 2014, for the dis9 cretionary category, $1,066,000,000,000 in new budg10 et authority; 

11 ‘‘(4) with respect to fiscal year 2015, for the dis12 cretionary category, $1,086,000,000,000 in new budg13 et authority; 

14 ‘‘(5) with respect to fiscal year 2016, for the dis15 cretionary category, $1,107,000,000,000 in new budg16 et authority; 

17 ‘‘(6) with respect to fiscal year 2017, for the dis18 cretionary category, $1,131,000,000,000 in new budg19 et authority; 

20 ‘‘(7) with respect to fiscal year 2018, for the dis21 cretionary category, $1,156,000,000,000 in new budg22 et authority; 

23 ‘‘(8) with respect to fiscal year 2019, for the dis24 cretionary category, $1,182,000,000,000 in new budg25 et authority; 
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1 ‘‘(9) with respect to fiscal year 2020, for the dis2 cretionary category, $1,208,000,000,000 in new budg3 et authority; and 

4 ‘‘(10) with respect to fiscal year 2021, for the 

5 discretionary category, $1,234,000,000,000 in new 

6 budget authority; 

7 as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection (b).’’. 

8 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

9 Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows: 

11 (1) Strike paragraph (4) and insert the following 

12 new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(4)(A) The term ‘nonsecurity category’ means 

14 all discretionary appropriations not included in the 

15 security category defined in subparagraph (B). 

16 ‘‘(B) The term ‘security category’ includes discre17 tionary appropriations associated with agency budg18 ets for the Department of Defense, the Department of 

19 Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Af20 fairs, the National Nuclear Security Administration, 

21 the intelligence community management account (95– 

22 0401–0–1–054), and all budget accounts in budget 

23 function 150 (international affairs). 

24 ‘‘(C) The term ‘discretionary category’ includes 

25 all discretionary appropriations.’’. 
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1 (2) In paragraph (8)(C), strike ‘‘the food stamp 

2 program’’ and insert ‘‘the Supplemental Nutrition 

3 Assistance Program’’. 

4 (3) Strike paragraph (14) and insert the fol5 lowing new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(14) The term ‘outyear’ means a fiscal year one 

7 or more years after the budget year.’’. 

8 (4) At the end, add the following new para9 graphs: 

10 ‘‘(20) The term ‘emergency’ means a situation 

11 that— 

12 ‘‘(A) requires new budget authority and 

13 outlays (or new budget authority and the outlays 

14 flowing therefrom) for the prevention or mitiga15 tion of, or response to, loss of life or property, or 

16 a threat to national security; and 

17 ‘‘(B) is unanticipated. 

18 ‘‘(21) The term ‘unanticipated’ means that the 

19 underlying situation is— 

20 ‘‘(A) sudden, which means quickly coming 

21 into being or not building up over time; 

22 ‘‘(B) urgent, which means a pressing and 

23 compelling need requiring immediate action; 

24 ‘‘(C) unforeseen, which means not predicted 

25 or anticipated as an emerging need; and 
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1 ‘‘(D) temporary, which means not of a per2 manent duration.’’. 

3 SEC. 103. REPORTS AND ORDERS. 

4 Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows: 

6 (1) In subsection (c)(2), strike ‘‘2002’’ and insert 

7 ‘‘2021’’. 

8 (2) At the end of subsection (e), insert ‘‘This re9 port shall also contain a preview estimate of the ad10 justment for disaster funding for the upcoming fiscal 

11 year.’’. 

12 (3) In subsection (f)(2)(A), strike ‘‘2002’’ and in13 sert ‘‘2021’’; before the concluding period insert ‘‘, in14 cluding a final estimate of the adjustment for disaster 

15 funding’’. 

16 SEC. 104. EXPIRATION. 

17 (a) REPEALER.—Section 275 of the Balanced Budget 

18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed. 

19 (b) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Sections 252(d)(1), 

20 254(c), 254(f)(3), and 254(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall not apply to 

22 the Congressional Budget Office. 
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1 SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

2 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 

3 (a) ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 314 of the Congressional 

4 Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows: 

5 (1) Strike subsection (a) and insert the following: 

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

7 joint resolution or the offering of an amendment thereto or 

8 the submission of a conference report thereon, the chairman 

9 of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa10 tives or the Senate may make appropriate budgetary ad11 justments of new budget authority and the outlays flowing 

12 therefrom in the same amount as required by section 251(b) 

13 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

14 of 1985.’’. 

15 (2) Strike subsections (b) and (e) and redesignate 

16 subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), re17 spectively. 

18 (3) At the end, add the following new sub19 sections: 

20 ‘‘(d) EMERGENCIES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA21 TIVES.— (1) In the House of Representatives, if a reported 

22 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 

23 report thereon, contains a provision providing new budget 

24 authority and outlays or reducing revenue, and a designa25 tion of such provision as an emergency requirement pursu26 ant to 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985, the chair of the Committee on 

2 the Budget of the House of Representatives shall not count 

3 the budgetary effects of such provision for purposes of title 

4 III and title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

5 and the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

6 ‘‘(2)(A) In the House of Representatives, if a reported 

7 bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference 

8 report thereon, contains a provision providing new budget 

9 authority and outlays or reducing revenue, and a designa10 tion of such provision as an emergency pursuant to para11 graph (1), the chair of the Committee on the Budget shall 

12 not count the budgetary effects of such provision for pur13 poses of this title and title IV and the Rules of the House 

14 of Representatives. 

15 ‘‘(B) In the House of Representatives, a proposal to 

16 strike a designation under subparagraph (A) shall be ex17 cluded from an evaluation of budgetary effects for purposes 

18 of this title and title IV and the Rules of the House of Rep19 resentatives. 

20 ‘‘(C) An amendment offered under subparagraph (B) 

21 that also proposes to reduce each amount appropriated or 

22 otherwise made available by the pending measure that is 

23 not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available 

24 shall be in order at any point in the reading of the pending 

25 measure. 
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1 ‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

2 CAPS.—It shall not be in order in the House of Representa3 tives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, 

4 amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause 

5 the discretionary spending limits as set forth in section 251 

6 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

7 to be exceeded.’’. 

8 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 

9 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(11) The terms ‘emergency’ and ‘unanticipated’ 

12 have the meanings given to such terms in section 

13 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

14 Control Act of 1985.’’. 

15 (c) APPEALS FOR DISCRETIONARY CAPS.—Section 

16 904(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend17 ed by striking ‘‘and 312(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘312(c), and 

18 314(e)’’. 

19 SEC. 106. SENATE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

21 (1) For the purpose of enforcing the Congres22 sional Budget Act of 1974 through April 15, 2012, in23 cluding section 300 of that Act, and enforcing budg24 etary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions 

25 on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels 
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1 set in subsection (b)(1) shall apply in the Senate in 

2 the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the 

3 budget for fiscal year 2012 with appropriate budg4 etary levels for fiscal years 2011 and 2013 through 

5 2021. 

6 (2) For the purpose of enforcing the Congres7 sional Budget Act of 1974 after April 15, 2012, in8 cluding section 300 of that Act, and enforcing budg9 etary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions 

10 on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels 

11 set in subsection (b)(2) shall apply in the Senate in 

12 the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the 

13 budget for fiscal year 2013 with appropriate budg14 etary levels for fiscal years 2012 and 2014 through 

15 2022. 

16 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND

17 LEVELS.— 

18 (1) As soon as practicable after the date of enact19 ment of this section, the Chairman of the Committee 

20 on the Budget shall file— 

21 (A) for the Committee on Appropriations, 

22 committee allocations for fiscal years 2011 and 

23 2012 consistent with the discretionary spending 

24 limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of en-
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1 forcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget 

2 Act of 1974; 

3 (B) for all committees other than the Com4 mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations 

5 for fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012 through 2016, 

6 and 2012 through 2021 consistent with the Con7 gressional Budget Office’s March 2011 baseline 

8 adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of 

9 this Act and legislation enacted prior to this Act 

10 but not included in the Congressional Budget Of11 fice’s March 2011 baseline, for the purpose of en12 forcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget 

13 Act of 1974; 

14 (C) aggregate spending levels for fiscal years 

15 2011 and 2012 and aggregate revenue levels for 

16 fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012 through 2016, 2012 

17 through 2021 consistent with the Congressional 

18 Budget Office’s March 2011 baseline adjusted to 

19 account for the budgetary effects of this Act and 

20 legislation enacted prior to this Act but not in21 cluded in the Congressional Budget Office’s 

22 March 2011 baseline, and the discretionary 

23 spending limits set forth in this Act for the pur24 pose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional 

25 Budget Act of 1974; and 
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1 (D) levels of Social Security revenues and 

2 outlays for fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012 through 

3 2016, and 2012 through 2021 consistent with the 

4 Congressional Budget Office’s March 2011 base5 line adjusted to account for the budgetary effects 

6 of this Act and legislation enacted prior to this 

7 Act but not included in the Congressional Budget 

8 Office’s March 2011 baseline, for the purpose of 

9 enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

11 (2) Not later than April 15, 2012, the Chairman 

12 of the Committee on the Budget shall file— 

13 (A) for the Committee on Appropriations, 

14 committee allocations for fiscal years 2012 and 

15 2013 consistent with the discretionary spending 

16 limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of en17 forcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget 

18 Act of 1974; 

19 (B) for all committees other than the Com20 mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations 

21 for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2013 through 2017, 

22 and 2013 through 2022 consistent with the Con23 gressional Budget Office’s March 2012 baseline 

24 for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the 

25 Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 
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1 (C) aggregate spending levels for fiscal years 

2 2012 and 2013 and aggregate revenue levels for 

3 fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2013–2017, and 2013– 

4 2022 consistent with the Congressional Budget 

5 Office’s March 2012 baseline and the discre6 tionary spending limits set forth in this Act for 

7 the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Con8 gressional Budget Act of 1974; and 

9 (D) levels of Social Security revenues and 

10 outlays for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, 2013– 

11 2017, and 2013–2022 consistent with the Con12 gressional Budget Office’s March 2012 baseline 

13 budget for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 

14 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

15 1974. 

16 (c) SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD.— 

17 (1) Effective on the date of enactment of this sec18 tion, for the purpose of enforcing section 201 of S. 

19 Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the 

20 Senate Committee on the Budget shall reduce any bal21 ances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal 

22 year to 0 (zero). 

23 (2) Not later than April 15, 2012, for the pur24 pose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 

25 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the Senate Com-
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1 mittee on the Budget shall reduce any balances of di2 rect spending and revenues for any fiscal year to 0 

3 (zero). 

4 (3) Upon resetting the Senate paygo scorecard 

5 pursuant to paragraph (2), the Chairman shall pub6 lish a notification of such action in the Congressional 

7 Record. 

8 (d) FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS.— 

9 (1) The Chairman of the Committee on the 

10 Budget of the Senate may revise any allocations, ag11 gregates, or levels set pursuant to this section to ac12 count for any subsequent adjustments to discretionary 

13 spending limits made pursuant to this Act. 

14 (2) With respect to any allocations, aggregates, 

15 or levels set or adjustments made pursuant to this sec16 tion, sections 412 through 414 of S. Con. Res. 13 

17 (111th Congress) shall remain in effect. 

18 (e) EXPIRATION.— 

19 (1) Subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (c)(1) shall 

20 expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fis21 cal year 2012 is agreed to by the Senate and House 

22 of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Con23 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

24 (2) Subsections (a)(2), (b)(2), and (c)(2) shall 

25 expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
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1 cal year 2013 is agreed to by the Senate and House 

2 of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Con3 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

4 TITLE II—VOTE ON THE BAL5 ANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT 

6 SEC. 201. VOTE ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT. 

7 After September 30, 2011, and not later than December 

8 31, 2011, the House of Representatives and Senate, respec9 tively, shall vote on passage of a joint resolution, the title 

10 of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint resolution proposing a bal11 anced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United 

12 States.’’. 

13 SEC. 202. CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE. 

14 (a) HOUSE CONSIDERATION.— 

15 (1) REFERRAL.—If the House receives a joint 

16 resolution described in section 201 from the Senate, 

17 such joint resolution shall be referred to the Com18 mittee on the Judiciary. If the committee fails to re19 port the joint resolution within five legislative days, 

20 it shall be in order to move that the House discharge 

21 the committee from further consideration of the joint 

22 resolution. Such a motion shall not be in order after 

23 the House has disposed of a motion to discharge the 

24 joint resolution. The previous question shall be consid25 ered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without 
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1 intervening motion except twenty minutes of debate 

2 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

3 an opponent. If such a motion is adopted, the House 

4 shall proceed immediately to consider the joint resolu5 tion in accordance with paragraph (3). A motion to 

6 reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 

7 shall not be in order. 

8 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After the 

9 joint resolution has been referred to the appropriate 

10 calendar or the committee has been discharged (other 

11 than by motion) from its consideration, it shall be in 

12 order to move to proceed to consider the joint resolu13 tion in the House. Such a motion shall not be in 

14 order after the House has disposed of a motion to pro15 ceed with respect to the joint resolution. The previous 

16 question shall be considered as ordered on the motion 

17 to its adoption without intervening motion. A motion 

18 to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disposed 

19 of shall not be in order. 

20 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution shall 

21 be considered as read. All points of order against the 

22 joint resolution and against its consideration are 

23 waived. The previous question shall be considered as 

24 ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without 

25 intervening motion except two hours of debate equally 
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1 divided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo2 nent and one motion to limit debate on the joint reso3 lution. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 

4 the joint resolution shall not be in order. 

5 (b) SENATE CONSIDERATION.—(1) If the Senate re6 ceives a joint resolution described in section 201 from the 

7 House of Representatives, such joint resolution shall be re8 ferred to the appropriate committee of the Senate. If such 

9 committee has not reported the joint resolution at the close 

10 of the fifth session day after its receipt by the Senate, such 

11 committee shall be automatically discharged from further 

12 consideration of the joint resolution and it shall be placed 

13 on the appropriate calendar. 

14 (2) Consideration of the joint resolution and on all de15 batable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 

16 be limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall be divided 

17 equally between the majority and minority leaders or their 

18 designees. A motion further to limit debate is in order and 

19 not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, 

20 or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi21 ness, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution is not 

22 in order. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable for 

23 not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally between those 

24 favoring and those opposing the motion or appeal. All time 

25 used for consideration of the joint resolution, including time 
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1 used for quorum calls and voting, shall be counted against 

2 the total 20 hours of consideration. 

3 (3) If the Senate has voted to proceed to a joint resolu4 tion, the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall be 

5 taken on or before the close of the seventh session day after 

6 such joint resolution has been reported or discharged or im7 mediately following the conclusion of consideration of the 

8 joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the conclusion 

9 of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of 

10 the Senate. 

11 TITLE III—DEBT CEILING 

12 DISAPPROVAL PROCESS 

13 SEC. 301. DEBT CEILING DISAPPROVAL PROCESS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 31 of sub15 title III of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in section 3101(b), by striking ‘‘or otherwise’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘or as provided by section 3101A or 

18 otherwise’’; and 

19 (2) by inserting after section 3101 the following: 

20 ‘‘§ 3101A. Presidential modification of the debt ceiling 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

22 ‘‘(1) $900 BILLION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) CERTIFICATION.—If, not later than 

24 December 31, 2011, the President submits a 

25 written certification to Congress that the Presi-
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1 dent has determined that the debt subject to limit 

2 is within $100,000,000,000 of the limit in sec3 tion 3101(b) and that further borrowing is re4 quired to meet existing commitments, the Sec5 retary of the Treasury may exercise authority to 

6 borrow an additional $900,000,000,000, subject 

7 to the enactment of a joint resolution of dis8 approval enacted pursuant to this section. Upon 

9 submission of such certification, the limit on debt 

10 provided in section 3101(b) (referred to in this 

11 section as the ‘debt limit’) is increased by 

12 $400,000,000,000. 

13 ‘‘(B) RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Con14 gress may consider a joint resolution of dis15 approval of the authority under subparagraph 

16 (A) as provided in subsections (b) through (f). 

17 The joint resolution of disapproval considered 

18 under this section shall contain only the lan19 guage provided in subsection (b)(2). If the time 

20 for disapproval has lapsed without enactment of 

21 a joint resolution of disapproval under this sec22 tion, the debt limit is increased by an additional 

23 $500,000,000,000. 

24 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) CERTIFICATION.—If, after the debt 

2 limit is increased by $900,000,000,000 under 

3 paragraph (1), the President submits a written 

4 certification to Congress that the President has 

5 determined that the debt subject to limit is with6 in $100,000,000,000 of the limit in section 

7 3101(b) and that further borrowing is required 

8 to meet existing commitments, the Secretary of 

9 the Treasury may, subject to the enactment of a 

10 joint resolution of disapproval enacted pursuant 

11 to this section, exercise authority to borrow an 

12 additional amount equal to— 

13 ‘‘(i) $1,200,000,000,000, unless clause 

14 (ii) or (iii) applies; 

15 ‘‘(ii) $1,500,000,000,000 if the Archi16 vist of the United States has submitted to 

17 the States for their ratification a proposed 

18 amendment to the Constitution of the 

19 United States pursuant to a joint resolution 

20 entitled ‘Joint resolution proposing a bal21 anced budget amendment to the Constitu22 tion of the United States’; or 

23 ‘‘(iii) if a joint committee bill to 

24 achieve an amount greater than 

25 $1,200,000,000,000 in deficit reduction as 
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1 provided in section 401(b)(3)(B)(i)(II) of 

2 the Budget Control Act of 2011 is enacted, 

3 an amount equal to the amount of that def4 icit reduction, but not greater than 

5 $1,500,000,000,000, unless clause (ii) ap6 plies. 

7 ‘‘(B) RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—Con8 gress may consider a joint resolution of dis9 approval of the authority under subparagraph 

10 (A) as provided in subsections (b) through (f). 

11 The joint resolution of disapproval considered 

12 under this section shall contain only the lan13 guage provided in subsection (b)(2). If the time 

14 for disapproval has lapsed without enactment of 

15 a joint resolution of disapproval under this sec16 tion, the debt limit is increased by the amount 

17 authorized under subparagraph (A). 

18 ‘‘(b) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except for the 

20 $400,000,000,000 increase in the debt limit provided 

21 by subsection (a)(1)(A), the debt limit may not be 

22 raised under this section if, within 50 calendar days 

23 after the date on which Congress receives a certifi24 cation described in subsection (a)(1) or within 15 cal25 endar days after Congress receives the certification de-
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1 scribed in subsection (a)(2) (regardless of whether 

2 Congress is in session), there is enacted into law a 

3 joint resolution disapproving the President’s exercise 

4 of authority with respect to such additional amount. 

5 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—For the 

6 purpose of this section, the term ‘joint resolution’ 

7 means only a joint resolution— 

8 ‘‘(A)(i) for the certification described in 

9 subsection (a)(1), that is introduced on Sep10 tember 6, 7, 8, or 9, 2011 (or, if the Senate was 

11 not in session, the next calendar day on which 

12 the Senate is in session); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) for the certification described in sub14 section (a)(2), that is introduced between the 

15 date the certification is received and 3 calendar 

16 days after that date; 

17 ‘‘(B) which does not have a preamble; 

18 ‘‘(C) the title of which is only as follows: 

19 ‘Joint resolution relating to the disapproval of 

20 the President’s exercise of authority to increase 

21 the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A 

22 of title 31, United States Code, on 

23 llllll’ (with the blank containing the 

24 date of such submission); and 
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1 ‘‘(D) the matter after the resolving clause of 

2 which is only as follows: ‘That Congress dis3 approves of the President’s exercise of authority 

4 to increase the debt limit, as exercised pursuant 

5 to the certification under section 3101A(a) of 

6 title 31, United States Code.’. 

7 ‘‘(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP8 RESENTATIVES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a certifi10 cation described in subsection (a)(2), the Speaker, if 

11 the House would otherwise be adjourned, shall notify 

12 the Members of the House that, pursuant to this sec13 tion, the House shall convene not later than the sec14 ond calendar day after receipt of such certification. 

15 ‘‘(2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—Any com16 mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 

17 joint resolution is referred shall report it to the House 

18 without amendment not later than 5 calendar days 

19 after the date of introduction of a joint resolution de20 scribed in subsection (a). If a committee fails to re21 port the joint resolution within that period, the com22 mittee shall be discharged from further consideration 

23 of the joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 

24 referred to the appropriate calendar. 
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1 ‘‘(3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

2 each committee authorized to consider a joint resolu3 tion reports it to the House or has been discharged 

4 from its consideration, it shall be in order, not later 

5 than the sixth day after introduction of a joint resolu6 tion under subsection (a), to move to proceed to con7 sider the joint resolution in the House. All points of 

8 order against the motion are waived. Such a motion 

9 shall not be in order after the House has disposed of 

10 a motion to proceed on a joint resolution addressing 

11 a particular submission. The previous question shall 

12 be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 

13 without intervening motion. The motion shall not be 

14 debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

15 the motion is disposed of shall not be in order. 

16 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution shall 

17 be considered as read. All points of order against the 

18 joint resolution and against its consideration are 

19 waived. The previous question shall be considered as 

20 ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without 

21 intervening motion except two hours of debate equally 

22 divided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo23 nent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 

24 the joint resolution shall not be in order. 

25 ‘‘(d) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN SENATE.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a certifi2 cation under subsection (a)(2), if the Senate has ad3 journed or recessed for more than 2 days, the majority 

4 leader of the Senate, after consultation with the mi5 nority leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members 

6 of the Senate that, pursuant to this section, the Sen7 ate shall convene not later than the second calendar 

8 day after receipt of such message. 

9 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro10 duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be im11 mediately placed on the calendar. 

12 ‘‘(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule 

14 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 

15 in order at any time during the period begin16 ning on the day after the date on which Congress 

17 receives a certification under subsection (a) and, 

18 for the certification described in subsection 

19 (a)(1), ending on September 14, 2011, and for 

20 the certification described in subsection (a)(2), 

21 on the 6th day after the date on which Congress 

22 receives a certification under subsection (a) (even 

23 though a previous motion to the same effect has 

24 been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the con25 sideration of the joint resolution, and all points 
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1 of order against the joint resolution (and against 

2 consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. 

3 The motion to proceed is not debatable. The mo4 tion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A 

5 motion to reconsider the vote by which the mo6 tion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 

7 order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 

8 of the resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 

9 shall remain the unfinished business until dis10 posed of. 

11 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration of 

12 the joint resolution, and on all debatable motions 

13 and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 

14 limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall 

15 be divided equally between the majority and mi16 nority leaders or their designees. A motion fur17 ther to limit debate is in order and not debat18 able. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, 

19 or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

20 other business, or a motion to recommit the joint 

21 resolution is not in order. 

22 ‘‘(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate has 

23 voted to proceed to a joint resolution, the vote on 

24 passage of the joint resolution shall occur imme25 diately following the conclusion of consideration 
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1 of the joint resolution, and a single quorum call 

2 at the conclusion of the debate if requested in ac3 cordance with the rules of the Senate. 

4 ‘‘(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE5 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

6 relating to the application of the rules of the 

7 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re8 lating to a joint resolution shall be decided with9 out debate. 

10 ‘‘(e) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.—A joint resolution 

11 of disapproval considered pursuant to this section shall not 

12 be subject to amendment in either the House of Representa13 tives or the Senate. 

14 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

15 HOUSE.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the joint 

17 resolution, one House receives from the other a joint 

18 resolution— 

19 ‘‘(A) the joint resolution of the other House 

20 shall not be referred to a committee; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the procedure in the receiving House 

22 shall be the same as if no joint resolution had 

23 been received from the other House until the vote 

24 on passage, when the joint resolution received 
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1 from the other House shall supplant the joint res2 olution of the receiving House. 

3 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF

4 OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce or 

5 consider a joint resolution under this section, the joint 

6 resolution of the House shall be entitled to expedited 

7 floor procedures under this section. 

8 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.—If, 

9 following passage of the joint resolution in the Senate, 

10 the Senate then receives the companion measure from 

11 the House of Representatives, the companion measure 

12 shall not be debatable. 

13 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.—(A) If 

14 Congress passes a joint resolution, the period begin15 ning on the date the President is presented with the 

16 joint resolution and ending on the date the President 

17 signs, allows to become law without his signature, or 

18 vetoes and returns the joint resolution (but excluding 

19 days when either House is not in session) shall be dis20 regarded in computing the appropriate calendar day 

21 period described in subsection (b)(1). 

22 ‘‘(B) Debate on a veto message in the Senate 

23 under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided be24 tween the majority and minority leaders or their des25 ignees. 
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1 ‘‘(5) VETO OVERRIDE.—If within the appro2 priate calendar day period described in subsection 

3 (b)(1), Congress overrides a veto of the joint resolution 

4 with respect to authority exercised pursuant to para5 graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the limit on debt 

6 provided in section 3101(b) shall not be raised, except 

7 for the $400,000,000,000 increase in the limit pro8 vided by subsection (a)(1)(A). 

9 ‘‘(6) SEQUESTRATION.—(A) If within the 50-cal10 endar day period described in subsection (b)(1), the 

11 President signs the joint resolution, the President al12 lows the joint resolution to become law without his 

13 signature, or Congress overrides a veto of the joint 

14 resolution with respect to authority exercised pursu15 ant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a), there shall be 

16 a sequestration to reduce spending by 

17 $400,000,000,000. OMB shall implement the seques18 tration forthwith. 

19 ‘‘(B) OMB shall implement each half of such se20 questration in accordance with section 255, section 

21 256, and subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 

22 253 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

23 Control Act of 1985, and for the purpose of such im24 plementation the term ‘excess deficit’ means the 

25 amount specified in subparagraph (A). 
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1 ‘‘(g) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND

2 SENATE.—This subsection and subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), 

3 and (f) (other than paragraph (6)) are enacted by Con4 gress— 

5 ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

6 the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, 

7 and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each 

8 House, respectively, but applicable only with respect 

9 to the procedure to be followed in that House in the 

10 case of a joint resolution, and it supersedes other rules 

11 only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such 

12 rules; and 

13 ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

14 right of either House to change the rules (so far as re15 lating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 

16 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 

17 case of any other rule of that House.’’. 

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

19 for chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

20 by inserting after the item relating to section 3101 the fol21 lowing new item: 

‘‘3101A. Presidential modification of the debt ceiling.’’. 

22 SEC. 302. ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGET GOAL. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting 

25 after section 251 the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 251A. ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGET GOAL. 

2 ‘‘Unless a joint committee bill achieving an amount 

3 greater than $1,200,000,000,000 in deficit reduction as pro4 vided in section 401(b)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Budget Control 

5 Act of 2011 is enacted by January 15, 2012, the discre6 tionary spending limits listed in section 251(c) shall be re7 vised, and discretionary appropriations and direct spend8 ing shall be reduced, as follows: 

9 ‘‘(1) REVISED SECURITY CATEGORY; REVISED

10 NONSECURITY CATEGORY.—(A) The term ‘revised se11 curity category’ means discretionary appropriations 

12 in budget function 050. 

13 ‘‘(B) The term ‘revised nonsecurity category’ 

14 means discretionary appropriations other than in 

15 budget function 050. 

16 ‘‘(2) REVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM17 ITS.—The discretionary spending limits for fiscal 

18 years 2013 through 2021 under section 251(c) shall be 

19 replaced with the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) For fiscal year 2013— 

21 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

22 $546,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

24 $501,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

25 ‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2014— 
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1 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

2 $556,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

4 $510,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

5 ‘‘(C) For fiscal year 2015— 

6 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

7 $566,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

9 $520,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

10 ‘‘(D) For fiscal year 2016— 

11 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

12 $577,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

14 $530,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

15 ‘‘(E) For fiscal year 2017— 

16 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

17 $590,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

19 $541,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

20 ‘‘(F) For fiscal year 2018— 

21 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

22 $603,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

24 $553,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

25 ‘‘(G) For fiscal year 2019— 
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1 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

2 $616,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

4 $566,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

5 ‘‘(H) For fiscal year 2020— 

6 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

7 $630,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

9 $578,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

10 ‘‘(I) For fiscal year 2021— 

11 ‘‘(i) for the security category, 

12 $644,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) for the nonsecurity category, 

14 $590,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

15 ‘‘(3) CALCULATION OF TOTAL DEFICIT REDUC16 TION.—OMB shall calculate the amount of the deficit 

17 reduction required by this section for each of fiscal 

18 years 2013 through 2021 by— 

19 ‘‘(A) starting with $1,200,000,000,000; 

20 ‘‘(B) subtracting the amount of deficit re21 duction achieved by the enactment of a joint 

22 committee bill, as provided in section 

23 401(b)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Budget Control Act of 

24 2011; 
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1 ‘‘(C) reducing the difference by 18 percent 

2 to account for debt service; and 

3 ‘‘(D) dividing the result by 9. 

4 ‘‘(4) ALLOCATION TO FUNCTIONS.—On January 

5 2, 2013, for fiscal year 2013, and in its sequestration 

6 preview report for fiscal years 2014 through 2021 

7 pursuant to section 254(c), OMB shall allocate half of 

8 the total reduction calculated pursuant to paragraph 

9 (3) for that year to discretionary appropriations and 

10 direct spending accounts within function 050 (defense 

11 function) and half to accounts in all other functions 

12 (nondefense functions). 

13 ‘‘(5) DEFENSE FUNCTION REDUCTION.—OMB 

14 shall calculate the reductions to discretionary appro15 priations and direct spending for each of fiscal years 

16 2013 through 2021 for defense function spending as 

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(A) DISCRETIONARY.—OMB shall cal19 culate the reduction to discretionary appropria20 tions by— 

21 ‘‘(i) taking the total reduction for the 

22 defense function allocated for that year 

23 under paragraph (4); 
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1 ‘‘(ii) multiplying by the discretionary 

2 spending limit for the revised security cat3 egory for that year; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) dividing by the sum of the dis5 cretionary spending limit for the security 

6 category and OMB’s baseline estimate of 

7 nonexempt outlays for direct spending pro8 grams within the defense function for that 

9 year. 

10 ‘‘(B) DIRECT SPENDING.—OMB shall cal11 culate the reduction to direct spending by taking 

12 the total reduction for the defense function re13 quired for that year under paragraph (4) and 

14 subtracting the discretionary reduction cal15 culated pursuant to subparagraph (A). 

16 ‘‘(6) NONDEFENSE FUNCTION REDUCTION.— 

17 OMB shall calculate the reduction to discretionary 

18 appropriations and to direct spending for each of fis19 cal years 2013 through 2021 for programs in non20 defense functions as follows: 

21 ‘‘(A) DISCRETIONARY.—OMB shall cal22 culate the reduction to discretionary appropria23 tions by— 
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1 ‘‘(i) taking the total reduction for non2 defense functions allocated for that year 

3 under paragraph (4); 

4 ‘‘(ii) multiplying by the discretionary 

5 spending limit for the revised nonsecurity 

6 category for that year; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) dividing by the sum of the dis8 cretionary spending limit for the revised 

9 nonsecurity category and OMB’s baseline 

10 estimate of nonexempt outlays for direct 

11 spending programs in nondefense functions 

12 for that year. 

13 ‘‘(B) DIRECT SPENDING.—OMB shall cal14 culate the reduction to direct spending programs 

15 by taking the total reduction for nondefense func16 tions required for that year under paragraph (4) 

17 and subtracting the discretionary reduction cal18 culated pursuant to subparagraph (A). 

19 ‘‘(7) IMPLEMENTING DISCRETIONARY REDUC20 TIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) FISCAL YEAR 2013.—On January 2, 

22 2013, for fiscal year 2013, OMB shall calculate 

23 and the President shall order a sequestration, ef24 fective upon issuance and under the procedures 

25 set forth in section 253(f), to reduce each account 
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1 within the security category or nonsecurity cat2 egory by a dollar amount calculated by multi3 plying the baseline level of budgetary resources 

4 in that account at that time by a uniform per5 centage necessary to achieve— 

6 ‘‘(i) for the revised security category, 

7 an amount equal to the defense function dis8 cretionary reduction calculated pursuant to 

9 paragraph (5); and 

10 ‘‘(ii) for the revised nonsecurity cat11 egory, an amount equal to the nondefense 

12 function discretionary reduction calculated 

13 pursuant to paragraph (6). 

14 ‘‘(B) FISCAL YEARS 2014–2021.—On the date 

15 of the submission of its sequestration preview re16 port for fiscal years 2014 through 2021 pursuant 

17 to section 254(c) for each of fiscal years 2014 

18 through 2021, OMB shall reduce the discre19 tionary spending limit— 

20 ‘‘(i) for the revised security category by 

21 the amount of the defense function discre22 tionary reduction calculated pursuant to 

23 paragraph (5); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) for the revised nonsecurity cat25 egory by the amount of the nondefense func-
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1 tion discretionary reduction calculated pur2 suant to paragraph (6). 

3 ‘‘(8) IMPLEMENTING DIRECT SPENDING REDUC4 TIONS.—On the date specified in paragraph (4) dur5 ing each applicable year, OMB shall prepare and the 

6 President shall order a sequestration, effective upon 

7 issuance, of nonexempt direct spending to achieve the 

8 direct spending reduction calculated pursuant to 

9 paragraphs (5) and (6). When implementing the se10 questration of direct spending pursuant to this para11 graph, OMB shall follow the procedures specified in 

12 section 6 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

13 the exemptions specified in section 255, and the spe14 cial rules specified in section 256, except that the per15 centage reduction for the Medicare programs specified 

16 in section 256(d) shall not be more than 2 percent for 

17 a fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(9) ADJUSTMENT FOR MEDICARE.—If the per19 centage reduction for the Medicare programs would 

20 exceed 2 percent for a fiscal year in the absence of 

21 paragraph (8), OMB shall increase the reduction for 

22 all other discretionary appropriations and direct 

23 spending under paragraph (6) by a uniform percent24 age to a level sufficient to achieve the reduction re25 quired by paragraph (6) in the non-defense function. 
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1 ‘‘(10) IMPLEMENTATION OF REDUCTIONS.—Any 

2 reductions imposed under this section shall be imple3 mented in accordance with section 256(k). 

4 ‘‘(11) REPORT.—On the dates specified in para5 graph (4), OMB shall submit a report to Congress 

6 containing information about the calculations re7 quired under this section, the adjusted discretionary 

8 spending limits, a listing of the reductions required 

9 for each nonexempt direct spending account, and any 

10 other data and explanations that enhance public un11 derstanding of this title and actions taken under it.’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

13 set forth in section 250(a) of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by in15 serting after the item relating to section 251 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 251A. Enforcement of budget goal.’’. 

16 TITLE IV—JOINT SELECT COM17 MITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUC18 TION 

19 SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 

21 (1) JOINT COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘joint com22 mittee’’ means the Joint Select Committee on Deficit 

23 Reduction established under subsection (b)(1). 

24 (2) JOINT COMMITTEE BILL.—The term ‘‘joint 

25 committee bill’’ means a bill consisting of the pro-
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1 posed legislative language of the joint committee rec2 ommended under subsection (b)(3)(B) and introduced 

3 under section 402(a). 

4 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.— 

5 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

6 joint select committee of Congress to be known as the 

7 ‘‘Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction’’. 

8 (2) GOAL.—The goal of the joint committee shall 

9 be to reduce the deficit by at least $1,500,000,000,000 

10 over the period of fiscal years 2012 to 2021. 

11 (3) DUTIES.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.— 

13 (i) IMPROVING THE SHORT-TERM AND

14 LONG-TERM FISCAL IMBALANCE.—The joint 

15 committee shall provide recommendations 

16 and legislative language that will signifi17 cantly improve the short-term and long18 term fiscal imbalance of the Federal Gov19 ernment. 

20 (ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT21 TEES.—Not later than October 14, 2011, 

22 each committee of the House of Representa23 tives and the Senate may transmit to the 

24 joint committee its recommendations for 

25 changes in law to reduce the deficit con-
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1 sistent with the goal described in paragraph 

2 (2) for the joint committee’s consideration. 

3 (B) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND LEG4 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 

5 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than No6 vember 23, 2011, the joint committee shall 

7 vote on— 

8 (I) a report that contains a de9 tailed statement of the findings, conclu10 sions, and recommendations of the 

11 joint committee and the estimate of the 

12 Congressional Budget Office required 

13 by paragraph (5)(D)(ii); and 

14 (II) proposed legislative language 

15 to carry out such recommendations as 

16 described in subclause (I), which shall 

17 include a statement of the deficit re18 duction achieved by the legislation over 

19 the period of fiscal years 2012 to 2021. 

20 Any change to the Rules of the House of 

21 Representatives or the Standing Rules of the 

22 Senate included in the report or legislative 

23 language shall be considered to be merely 

24 advisory. 
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1 (ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEGIS2 LATIVE LANGUAGE.—The report of the joint 

3 committee and the proposed legislative lan4 guage described in clause (i) shall require 

5 the approval of a majority of the members 

6 of the joint committee. 

7 (iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.—A member 

8 of the joint committee who gives notice of an 

9 intention to file supplemental, minority, or 

10 additional views at the time of final joint 

11 committee vote on the approval of the report 

12 and legislative language under clause (ii) 

13 shall be entitled to 3 calendar days in 

14 which to file such views in writing with the 

15 staff director of the joint committee. Such 

16 views shall then be included in the joint 

17 committee report and printed in the same 

18 volume, or part thereof, and their inclusion 

19 shall be noted on the cover of the report. In 

20 the absence of timely notice, the joint com21 mittee report may be printed and trans22 mitted immediately without such views. 

23 (iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND

24 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—If the report and 

25 legislative language are approved by the 
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1 joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), then 

2 not later than December 2, 2011, the joint 

3 committee shall submit the joint committee 

4 report and legislative language described in 

5 clause (i) to the President, the Vice Presi6 dent, the Speaker of the House of Represent7 atives, and the majority and minority 

8 Leaders of each House of Congress. 

9 (v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN10 GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the ap11 proval or disapproval of the joint committee 

12 report and legislative language pursuant to 

13 clause (ii), the joint committee shall 

14 promptly make the full report and legisla15 tive language, and a record of the vote, 

16 available to the public. 

17 (4) MEMBERSHIP.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The joint committee 

19 shall be composed of 12 members appointed pur20 suant to subparagraph (B). 

21 (B) APPOINTMENT.—Members of the joint 

22 committee shall be appointed as follows: 

23 (i) The majority leader of the Senate 

24 shall appoint three members from among 

25 Members of the Senate. 
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1 (ii) The minority leader of the Senate 

2 shall appoint three members from among 

3 Members of the Senate. 

4 (iii) The Speaker of the House of Rep5 resentatives shall appoint three members 

6 from among Members of the House of Rep7 resentatives. 

8 (iv) The minority leader of the House 

9 of Representatives shall appoint three mem10 bers from among Members of the House of 

11 Representatives. 

12 (C) CO-CHAIRS.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—There shall be two 

14 Co-Chairs of the joint committee. The ma15 jority leader of the Senate shall appoint one 

16 Co-Chair from among the members of the 

17 joint committee. The Speaker of the House 

18 of Representatives shall appoint the second 

19 Co-Chair from among the members of the 

20 joint committee. The Co-Chairs shall be ap21 pointed not later than 14 calendar days 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

23 (ii) STAFF DIRECTOR.—The Co-Chairs, 

24 acting jointly, shall hire the staff director of 

25 the joint committee. 
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1 (D) DATE.—Members of the joint committee 

2 shall be appointed not later than 14 calendar 

3 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 (E) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.—Members 

5 shall be appointed for the life of the joint com6 mittee. Any vacancy in the joint committee shall 

7 not affect its powers, but shall be filled not later 

8 than 14 calendar days after the date on which 

9 the vacancy occurs, in the same manner as the 

10 original designation was made. If a member of 

11 the joint committee ceases to be a Member of the 

12 House of Representatives or the Senate, as the 

13 case may be, the member is no longer a member 

14 of the joint committee and a vacancy shall exist. 

15 (5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—To enable the joint com17 mittee to exercise its powers, functions, and du18 ties, there are authorized to be disbursed by the 

19 Senate the actual and necessary expenses of the 

20 joint committee approved by the co-chairs, sub21 ject to the rules and regulations of the Senate. 

22 (B) EXPENSES.—In carrying out its func23 tions, the joint committee is authorized to incur 

24 expenses in the same manner and under the 

25 same conditions as the Joint Economic Com-
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1 mittee is authorized by section 11 of Public Law 

2 79–304 (15 U.S.C. 1024 (d)). 

3 (C) QUORUM.—Seven members of the joint 

4 committee shall constitute a quorum for purposes 

5 of voting, meeting, and holding hearings. 

6 (D) VOTING.— 

7 (i) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 

8 shall be allowed on behalf of the members of 

9 the joint committee. 

10 (ii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

11 ESTIMATES.—The Congressional Budget Of12 fice shall provide estimates of the legislation 

13 (as described in paragraph (3)(B)) in ac14 cordance with sections 308(a) and 201(f) of 

15 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

16 U.S.C. 639(a) and 601(f))(including esti17 mates of the effect of interest payment on 

18 the debt). In addition, the Congressional 

19 Budget Office shall provide information on 

20 the budgetary effect of the legislation beyond 

21 the year 2021. The joint committee may not 

22 vote on any version of the report, rec23 ommendations, or legislative language un24 less such estimates are available for consid25 eration by all members of the joint com-
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1 mittee at least 48 hours prior to the vote as 

2 certified by the Co-Chairs. 

3 (E) MEETINGS.— 

4 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 

5 45 calendar days after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, the joint committee shall 

7 hold its first meeting. 

8 (ii) AGENDA.—The Co-Chairs of the 

9 joint committee shall provide an agenda to 

10 the joint committee members not less than 

11 48 hours in advance of any meeting. 

12 (F) HEARINGS.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—The joint committee 

14 may, for the purpose of carrying out this 

15 section, hold such hearings, sit and act at 

16 such times and places, require attendance of 

17 witnesses and production of books, papers, 

18 and documents, take such testimony, receive 

19 such evidence, and administer such oaths as 

20 the joint committee considers advisable. 

21 (ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE22 SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 

23 (I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The Co24 Chairs of the joint committee shall 

25 make a public announcement of the 
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1 date, place, time, and subject matter of 

2 any hearing to be conducted, not less 

3 than 7 days in advance of such hear4 ing, unless the Co-Chairs determine 

5 that there is good cause to begin such 

6 hearing at an earlier date. 

7 (II) WRITTEN STATEMENT.—A 

8 witness appearing before the joint com9 mittee shall file a written statement of 

10 proposed testimony at least 2 calendar 

11 days before the appearance of the wit12 ness, unless the requirement is waived 

13 by the Co-Chairs, following their deter14 mination that there is good cause for 

15 failure to comply with such require16 ment. 

17 (G) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ18 ten request of the Co-Chairs, a Federal agency 

19 shall provide technical assistance to the joint 

20 committee in order for the joint committee to 

21 carry out its duties. 

22 (c) STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Co-Chairs of the joint 

24 committee may jointly appoint and fix the compensa25 tion of staff as they deem necessary, within the guide-
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1 lines for employees of the Senate and following all ap2 plicable rules and employment requirements of the 

3 Senate. 

4 (2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.—Members on the joint 

5 committee who serve in the House of Representatives 

6 shall be governed by the ethics rules and requirements 

7 of the House. Members of the Senate who serve on the 

8 joint committee and staff of the joint committee shall 

9 comply with the ethics rules of the Senate. 

10 (d) TERMINATION.—The joint committee shall termi11 nate on January 31, 2012. 

12 SEC. 402. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COM13 MITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. 

14 (a) INTRODUCTION.—If approved by the majority re15 quired by section 401(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed legislative 

16 language submitted pursuant to section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) 

17 shall be introduced in the Senate (by request) on the next 

18 day on which the Senate is in session by the majority leader 

19 of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by 

20 the majority leader of the Senate and shall be introduced 

21 in the House of Representatives (by request) on the next 

22 legislative day by the majority leader of the House or by 

23 a Member of the House designated by the majority leader 

24 of the House. 
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1 (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA2 TIVES.— 

3 (1) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any committee 

4 of the House of Representatives to which the joint 

5 committee bill is referred shall report it to the House 

6 without amendment not later than December 9, 2011. 

7 If a committee fails to report the joint committee bill 

8 within that period, it shall be in order to move that 

9 the House discharge the committee from further con10 sideration of the bill. Such a motion shall not be in 

11 order after the last committee authorized to consider 

12 the bill reports it to the House or after the House has 

13 disposed of a motion to discharge the bill. The pre14 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the 

15 motion to its adoption without intervening motion ex16 cept 20 minutes of debate equally divided and con17 trolled by the proponent and an opponent. If such a 

18 motion is adopted, the House shall proceed imme19 diately to consider the joint committee bill in accord20 ance with paragraphs (2) and (3). A motion to recon21 sider the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall 

22 not be in order. 

23 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After the 

24 last committee authorized to consider a joint com25 mittee bill reports it to the House or has been dis-
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1 charged (other than by motion) from its consider2 ation, it shall be in order to move to proceed to con3 sider the joint committee bill in the House. Such a 

4 motion shall not be in order after the House has dis5 posed of a motion to proceed with respect to the joint 

6 committee bill. The previous question shall be consid7 ered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without 

8 intervening motion. A motion to reconsider the vote 

9 by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in 

10 order. 

11 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The joint committee bill 

12 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

13 against the joint committee bill and against its con14 sideration are waived. The previous question shall be 

15 considered as ordered on the joint committee bill to its 

16 passage without intervening motion except 2 hours of 

17 debate equally divided and controlled by the pro18 ponent and an opponent and one motion to limit de19 bate on the joint committee bill. A motion to recon20 sider the vote on passage of the joint committee bill 

21 shall not be in order. 

22 (4) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage of 

23 the joint committee bill shall occur not later than De24 cember 23, 2011. 

25 (c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 
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1 (1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A joint com2 mittee bill introduced in the Senate under subsection 

3 (a) shall be jointly referred to the committee or com4 mittees of jurisdiction, which committees shall report 

5 the bill without any revision and with a favorable 

6 recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or 

7 without recommendation, not later than December 9, 

8 2011. If any committee fails to report the bill within 

9 that period, that committee shall be automatically 

10 discharged from consideration of the bill, and the bill 

11 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

12 (2) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwithstanding 

13 Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 

14 in order, not later than 2 days of session after the 

15 date on which a joint committee bill is reported or 

16 discharged from all committees to which it was re17 ferred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the 

18 majority leader’s designee to move to proceed to the 

19 consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also 

20 be in order for any Member of the Senate to move to 

21 proceed to the consideration of the joint committee bill 

22 at any time after the conclusion of such 2-day period. 

23 A motion to proceed is in order even though a pre24 vious motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. 

25 All points of order against the motion to proceed to 
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1 the joint committee bill are waived. The motion to 

2 proceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject to 

3 a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote 

4 by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall 

5 not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consid6 eration of the joint committee bill is agreed to, the 

7 joint committee bill shall remain the unfinished busi8 ness until disposed of. 

9 (3) CONSIDERATION.—All points of order against 

10 the joint committee bill and against consideration of 

11 the joint committee bill are waived. Consideration of 

12 the joint committee bill and of all debatable motions 

13 and appeals in connection therewith shall not exceed 

14 a total of 30 hours which shall be divided equally be15 tween the Majority and Minority Leaders or their 

16 designees. A motion further to limit debate on the 

17 joint committee bill is in order, shall require an af18 firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members duly cho19 sen and sworn, and is not debatable. Any debatable 

20 motion or appeal is debatable for not to exceed 1 

21 hour, to be divided equally between those favoring and 

22 those opposing the motion or appeal. All time used for 

23 consideration of the joint committee bill, including 

24 time used for quorum calls and voting, shall be count25 ed against the total 30 hours of consideration. 
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1 (4) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to the 

2 joint committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or a 

3 motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi4 ness, or a motion to recommit the joint committee 

5 bill, is not in order. 

6 (5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate has voted 

7 to proceed to the joint committee bill, the vote on pas8 sage of the joint committee bill shall occur imme9 diately following the conclusion of the debate on a 

10 joint committee bill, and a single quorum call at the 

11 conclusion of the debate if requested. The vote on pas12 sage of the joint committee bill shall occur not later 

13 than December 23, 2011. 

14 (6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

15 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 

16 application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may 

17 be, to the procedure relating to a joint committee bill 

18 shall be decided without debate. 

19 (d) AMENDMENT.—The joint committee bill shall not 

20 be subject to amendment in either the House of Representa21 tives or the Senate. 

22 (e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the joint 

24 committee bill, one House receives from the other a 

25 joint committee bill— 
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1 (A) the joint committee bill of the other 

2 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

3 (B) the procedure in the receiving House 

4 shall be the same as if no joint committee bill 

5 had been received from the other House until the 

6 vote on passage, when the joint committee bill re7 ceived from the other House shall supplant the 

8 joint committee bill of the receiving House. 

9 (2) REVENUE MEASURE.—This subsection shall 

10 not apply to the House of Representatives if the joint 

11 committee bill received from the Senate is a revenue 

12 measure. 

13 (f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER

14 HOUSE.— 

15 (1) TREATMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL OF

16 OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce or 

17 consider a joint committee bill under this section, the 

18 joint committee bill of the House shall be entitled to 

19 expedited floor procedures under this section. 

20 (2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN

21 THE SENATE.—If following passage of the joint com22 mittee bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives the 

23 joint committee bill from the House of Representa24 tives, the House-passed joint committee bill shall not 

25 be debatable. The vote on passage of the joint com-
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1 mittee bill in the Senate shall be considered to be the 

2 vote on passage of the joint committee bill received 

3 from the House of Representatives. 

4 (3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes the joint 

5 committee bill, debate on a veto message in the Senate 

6 under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided be7 tween the majority and minority leaders or their des8 ignees. 

9 (g) LOSS OF PRIVILEGE.—The provisions of this sec10 tion shall cease to apply to the joint committee bill if— 

11 (1) the joint committee fails to vote on the report 

12 or proposed legislative language required under sec13 tion 401(b)(3)(B)(i) not later than November 23, 

14 2011; or 

15 (2) the joint committee bill does not pass both 

16 Houses not later than December 23, 2011. 

17 SEC. 403. FUNDING. 

18 Funding for the joint committee shall be derived in 

19 equal portions from— 

20 (1) the applicable accounts of the House of Rep21 resentatives; and 

22 (2) the contingent fund of the Senate from the 

23 appropriations account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, subject 

24 to the rules and regulations of the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 404. RULEMAKING. 

2 The provisions of this title are enacted by Congress— 

3 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, 

5 and as such they shall be considered as part of the 

6 rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to 

7 which they specifically apply, and such rules shall su8 persede other rules only to the extent that they are in9 consistent therewith; and 

10 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

11 right of either House to change such rules (so far as 

12 relating to such House) at any time, in the same 

13 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 

14 other rule of such House. 

15 TITLE V—PELL GRANT AND STU16 DENT LOAN PROGRAM 

17 CHANGES 

18 SEC. 501. FEDERAL PELL GRANTS. 

19 Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv) of the Higher Education Act 

20 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)) is amended— 

21 (1) in subclause (II), by striking 

22 ‘‘$3,183,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,183,000,000’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘$0’’ and in25 serting ‘‘$7,000,000,000’’. 
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1 SEC. 502. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE INTEREST 

2 SUBSIDIZED LOANS TO GRADUATE AND PRO3 FESSIONAL STUDENTS. 

4 Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE IN8 TEREST SUBSIDIZED LOANS TO GRADUATE AND PRO9 FESSIONAL STUDENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara11 graph (B) and notwithstanding any provision of 

12 this part or part B, for any period of instruction 

13 beginning on or after July 1, 2012— 

14 ‘‘(i) a graduate or professional student 

15 shall not be eligible to receive a Federal Di16 rect Stafford loan under this part; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) the maximum annual amount of 

18 Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford loans 

19 such a student may borrow in any aca20 demic year (as defined in section 481(a)(2)) 

21 or its equivalent shall be the maximum an22 nual amount for such student determined 

23 under section 428H, plus an amount equal 

24 to the amount of Federal Direct Stafford 

25 loans the student would have received in the 

26 absence of this subparagraph. 
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1 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 

2 not apply to an individual enrolled in course 

3 work specified in paragraph (3)(B) or (4)(B) of 

4 section 484(b).’’. 

5 SEC. 503. TERMINATION OF DIRECT LOAN REPAYMENT IN6 CENTIVES. 

7 Section 455(b)(8) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(8)) is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

10 (A) by amending the header to read as fol11 lows: ‘‘(A) INCENTIVES FOR LOANS DISBURSED

12 BEFORE JULY 1, 2012.—’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘with respect to loans for 

14 which the first disbursement of principal is made 

15 before July 1, 2012,’’ after ‘‘of this part’’; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘with re17 spect to loans for which the first disbursement of 

18 principal is made before July 1, 2012’’ after ‘‘repay19 ment incentives’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(C) NO REPAYMENT INCENTIVES FOR NEW

23 LOANS DISBURSED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2012.— 

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

25 part, the Secretary is prohibited from author-
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1 izing or providing any repayment incentive not 

2 otherwise authorized under this part to encour3 age on-time repayment of a loan under this part 

4 for which the first disbursement of principal is 

5 made on or after July 1, 2012, including any re6 duction in the interest or origination fee rate 

7 paid by a borrower of such a loan, except that 

8 the Secretary may provide for an interest rate 

9 reduction for a borrower who agrees to have pay10 ments on such a loan automatically electroni11 cally debited from a bank account.’’. 

12 SEC. 504. INAPPLICABILITY OF TITLE IV NEGOTIATED 

13 RULEMAKING AND MASTER CALENDAR EX14 CEPTION. 

15 Sections 482(c) and 492 of the Higher Education Act 

16 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(c), 1098a) shall not apply to the 

17 amendments made by this title, or to any regulations pro18 mulgated under those amendments. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 365 

AMENDMENT