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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 444 

To require that, if the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget does not achieve 

balance in a fiscal year covered by such budget, the President shall 

submit a supplemental unified budget by April 1, 2013, which identifies 

a fiscal year in which balance is achieved, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2013 

Mr. PRICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Ms. JENKINS, and 

Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To require that, if the President’s fiscal year 2014 budget 

does not achieve balance in a fiscal year covered by 

such budget, the President shall submit a supplemental 

unified budget by April 1, 2013, which identifies a fiscal 

year in which balance is achieved, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Require Presidential 

5 Leadership and No Deficit Act’’ or the ‘‘Require a PLAN 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. 

2 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to require 

3 the President to submit to Congress a supplemental uni4 fied budget if the President’s budget for fiscal year 2014 

5 does not achieve balance in a fiscal year covered by such 

6 budget. 

7 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) With this year’s expected failure to meet the 

9 statutory deadline for submission of his budget, as 

10 stated by the Office of Management and Budget, the 

11 President will have only met the statutory deadline 

12 in one of his five budget submissions. 

13 (2) Despite a promise to cut the deficit in half, 

14 the deficit doubled during the President’s first year 

15 in office and has exceeded $1 trillion for four years 

16 now. 

17 (3) Since taking office, the President has al18 lowed the Federal debt to grow by nearly $6 trillion 

19 and total debt now exceeds the size of the entire 

20 economy of the United States. 

21 (4) Under the President’s most recent budget 

22 submission, the budget never achieves balance. 

23 (5) The President’s fiscal year 2013 budget 

24 submission includes the admission that under his 

25 own policies the Federal Government’s ‘‘fiscal posi26 tion gradually deteriorates’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. SUBMISSION OF A SUPPLEMENTAL UNIFIED BUDG2 ET. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—If the President’s budget for fis4 cal year 2014, submitted to Congress pursuant to section 

5 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, results in a pro6 jected deficit in every fiscal year for which estimates are 

7 provided in such budget, then the President shall submit 

8 a supplemental unified budget pursuant to subsection (b). 

9 (b) CONTENTS OF SUPPLEMENTAL UNIFIED BUDG10 ET.—Not later than April 1, 2013, the President shall 

11 submit to Congress a supplemental unified budget that in12 cludes— 

13 (1) the information required under section 

14 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code; 

15 (2) an estimate of the earliest fiscal year in 

16 which the supplemental budget is not projected to 

17 result in a deficit; 

18 (3) a detailed description of additional policies 

19 to be implemented in order to achieve such result; 

20 and 

21 (4) an explanation of the differences between 

22 the President’s budget for fiscal year 2014 and the 

23 supplemental unified budget referred to in this sub24 section. 

25 (c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘unified budget’’ means 

26 the total level of outlays, total level of receipts, and the 


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1 resulting deficit or surplus of the United States Govern2 ment for a fiscal year. 

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