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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1493 

Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 30, 2010 

Mr. SPRATT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

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

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

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

committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011. 

1 Resolved, 

2 (a) BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.—For the purposes of 

3 budget enforcement: 

4 (1) BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.—The following allo5 cations shall be the allocations made pursuant to 

6 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

7 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations and shall 

8 be enforceable under section 302(f)(1) of that Act: 

9 (A) FISCAL YEAR 2010.—In addition to 

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1 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. 

2 Res. 13), the allocation for new discretionary 

3 budget authority to the Committee on Appro4 priations shall be increased up to $538,000,000 

5 for program integrity initiatives listed in section 

6 422(a) of S. Con. Res. 13. The outlay allocation 

7 for fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 shall 

8 be adjusted accordingly. 

9 (B) FISCAL YEAR 2011.— 

10 (i) New discretionary budget author11 ity, $1,121,000,000,000. 

12 (ii) Discretionary outlays, 

13 $1,314,000,000,000. 

14 (iii) New mandatory budget authority, 

15 $765,584,000,000. 

16 (iv) Mandatory outlays, 

17 $755,502,000,000. 

18 (2) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ENFORCEMENT

19 PROVISIONS.—The provisions of the concurrent reso20 lution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. 

21 Res. 13) shall remain in force and effect in the 

22 House, except that the references in section 424 

23 (point of order against advance appropriations) to 

24 fiscal years 2010 and 2011 shall be references to fis25 cal years 2011 and 2012, respectively. 


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1 (b) ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.—For 

2 the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or 

3 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

4 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13)— 

5 (1) section 421 of S. Con. Res. 13 shall no 

6 longer apply to the consideration of bills, joint reso7 lutions, amendments, or conference reports; 

8 (2) the chairman of the Committee on the 

9 Budget may exclude the effect of any ‘‘current policy 

10 adjustment’’ as provided in section 4(c) of the Stat11 utory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 from a determina12 tion of the budgetary effects of any provision in a 

13 bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference re14 port; and 

15 (3) the terms ‘‘budget year’’, ‘‘current year’’, 

16 and ‘‘direct spending’’ have the meanings given 

17 those terms in section 250 of the Balanced Budget 

18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except 

19 that the term ‘‘direct spending’’ shall include provi20 sions in appropriation Acts that make outyear modi21 fications to substantive law as described under sec22 tion 3(4)(C) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

23 2010. 

24 (c) SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DEFICIT REDUC25 TION.— 


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1 (1) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 

2 (A) passage of the Statutory Pay-As-You3 Go Act of 2010, passage of legislation to reform 

4 the defense acquisition system, and passage of 

5 health care reform legislation reducing the def6 icit represented valuable contributions to fiscal 

7 responsibility; 

8 (B) strengthening the economy and cre9 ating jobs are critical to reducing the long-term 

10 deficit; 

11 (C) fiscally responsible investments in edu12 cation, including the retention of high-quality 

13 teachers in the classroom, help to lay the foun14 dation for a stronger economy; 

15 (D) the discretionary levels for 2011 in16 cluded in this resolution represent a reduction 

17 below the President’s comparable budgetary re18 quest, and further contribute to fiscal discipline; 

19 and 

20 (E) defending our country requires nec21 essary investments and reforms to strengthen 

22 our military—including providing sufficient re23 sources to aggressively pursue implementation 

24 of GAO recommendations to achieve effi25 ciencies, and evaluating defense plans to ensure 


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1 weapons systems that were developed to counter 

2 Cold War-era threats are not redundant and 

3 applicable to 21st century threats. 

4 (2) SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DEFICIT REDUC5 TION.—It is the sense of the House that— 

6 (A) by 2015 the Federal budget should be 

7 in primary balance—meaning that outlays in 

8 the Federal budget shall equal receipts during 

9 a fiscal year, not counting outlays for debt serv10 ice payments; 

11 (B) the debt-to-GDP ratio should be sta12 bilized at an acceptable level once the economy 

13 recovers; 

14 (C) not later than September 15, 2010, the 

15 chairs of committees should submit for printing 

16 in the Congressional Record findings that iden17 tify changes in law that help achieve deficit re18 duction by reducing waste, fraud, abuse, and 

19 mismanagement, promoting efficiency and re20 form of government, and controlling spending 

21 within Government programs those committees 

22 may authorize; 

23 (D) prior to the adjournment of the 111th 

24 Congress, any recommendations made by the 

25 National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility 


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1 and Reform and approved by the Senate should 

2 be brought to a vote in the House of Represent3 atives; and 

4 (E) any deficit reduction achieved by the 

5 enactment of such legislation should be used for 

6 deficit reduction only and should not be avail7 able to offset the costs of future legislation. 

8 (d) RESERVE FUND FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.— 

9 Upon enactment of legislation containing recommenda10 tions in the final report of the National Commission on 

11 Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established by Execu12 tive Order 13531 on February 18, 2010, that decreases 

13 the deficit for either time period provided in clause 10 of 

14 rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 

15 the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall, for 

16 the purposes of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

17 exclude any net deficit reduction from his determination 

18 of the budgetary effects of such legislation, to ensure that 

19 the deficit reduction achieved by that legislation is used 

20 only for deficit reduction and is not available as an offset 

21 for any subsequent legislation. 

22 (e) HOUSE RULE XXVIII.—Nothing in this resolu23 tion shall be construed to engage rule XXVIII of the Rules 

24 of the House of Representatives. 

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