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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2693 

To cut spending, maintain existing commitments, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2011 

Mr. DREIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, 

and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 

A BILL 

To cut spending, maintain existing commitments, 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 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Budget Control Act of 2011’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

TITLE I—DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS AND ENFORCEMENT 


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Sec. 101. Discretionary spending limits. 

Sec. 102. Senate budget enforcement. 

TITLE II—OTHER SPENDING CUTS 

Subtitle A—Spectrum Auction Proposals and Public Safety Broadband 

Network 

Sec. 211. Definitions. 

PART I—AUCTIONS OF SPECTRUM AND SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT

Sec. 221. Clarification of authorities to repurpose Federal spectrum for commercial purposes. 

Sec. 222. Incentive auction authority. 

Sec. 223. Incentive auctions to repurpose certain mobile satellite services spectrum for terrestrial broadband use. 

Sec. 224. Permanent extension of auction authority. 

Sec. 225. Authority to auction licenses for domestic satellite services. 

Sec. 226. Auction of spectrum. 

Sec. 227. Report to Congress on improving spectrum management. 

PART II—PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK

Sec. 241. Reallocation of D Block for public safety. 

Sec. 242. Flexible use of narrowband spectrum. 

Sec. 243. Public Safety Trust Fund. 

Sec. 244. Public safety research and development. 

Sec. 245. Incentive auction relocation fund. 

Sec. 246. Federal infrastructure sharing. 

Sec. 247. FCC report on efficient use of public safety spectrum. 

Subtitle B—Federal Pell Grant and Student Loan Program Changes 

Sec. 251. Federal Pell Grant and student loan program changes. 

Subtitle C—Farm Programs 

Sec. 261. Definition of payment acres. 

TITLE III—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION 

Sec. 301. Establishment of Joint Select Committee. 

Sec. 302. Expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations. 

Sec. 303. Funding. 

Sec. 304. Rulemaking. 

TITLE IV—PUBLIC DEBT 

Sec. 401. Public debt. 


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1 TITLE I—DISCRETIONARY 

2 SPENDING CAPS AND EN3 FORCEMENT 

4 SEC. 101. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

5 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in 

6 the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider 

7 any bill, resolution, amendment, motion or conference re8 port that includes any provision that would cause the dis9 cretionary spending limits as set forth in this section to 

10 be exceeded. 

11 (b) LIMITS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 

13 ‘‘discretionary spending limits’’ has the following 

14 meaning subject to adjustments in paragraph (2) 

15 and subsection (c): 

16 (A) For fiscal year 2012— 

17 (i) for the security category 

18 $606,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

19 (ii) for the nonsecurity category 

20 $439,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

21 (B) For fiscal year 2013— 

22 (i) for the security category 

23 $607,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 

24 (ii) for the nonsecurity category 

25 $440,000,000,000 in budget authority. 


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1 (C) For fiscal year 2014, 

2 $1,068,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

3 (D) For fiscal year 2015, 

4 $1,089,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

5 (E) For fiscal year 2016, 

6 $1,111,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

7 (F) For fiscal year 2017, 

8 $1,134,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

9 (G) For fiscal year 2018, 

10 $1,156,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

11 (H) For fiscal year 2019, 

12 $1,180,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

13 (I) For fiscal year 2020, 

14 $1,204,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

15 (J) For fiscal year 2021, 

16 $1,228,000,000,000 in budget authority. 

17 (2) AUTHORIZED ADJUSTMENT TO LIMITS.— 

18 (A) ADJUSTMENTS FOR BUDGET SUBMIS19 SION.—When the President submits a budget 

20 under section 1105 of title 31, United States 

21 Code, OMB shall calculate and the budget shall 

22 include adjustments to discretionary spending 

23 limits (and those limits as cumulatively ad24 justed) for the budget year and each out year 

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1 thority using up-to-date concepts and defini2 tions minus those levels using the concepts and 

3 definitions in effect before such changes. Such 

4 changes may only be made after consultation 

5 with the committees on Appropriations and the 

6 Budget of the House of Representatives and the 

7 Senate and that consultation shall include writ8 ten communication to such committees that af9 fords such committees the opportunity to com10 ment before official action is taken with respect 

11 to such changes. 

12 (B) ADJUSTMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL

13 ENFORCEMENT.—For the purposes of Congres14 sional enforcement of the limits in this section, 

15 the Chairmen of the Committees on the Budget 

16 of the Senate and House may adjust the discre17 tionary spending limits in amounts equal to the 

18 adjustments made pursuant to subparagraph 

19 (A) as contained in the President’s budget. Any 

20 adjustment made pursuant to this subpara21 graph shall not constitute a repeal or change to 

22 the limits contained in this section. 

23 (c) ESTIMATES AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (A) LIMITS AND SUBALLOCATIONS FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL ENFORCEMENT.—After the re3 porting of a bill or joint resolution relating to 

4 any matter described in paragraph (2), (3), or 

5 (4), or the offering of an amendment thereto or 

6 the submission of a conference report thereon— 

7 (i) for the purposes of enforcement of 

8 the discretionary spending limits in the 

9 Senate and the House of Representatives, 

10 the Chairman of the Committee on the 

11 Budget of that House may adjust the dis12 cretionary spending limits in this section, 

13 the budgetary aggregates in the concurrent 

14 resolution on the budget most recently 

15 adopted by the Senate and the House of 

16 Representatives, and allocations pursuant 

17 to section 302(a) of the Congressional 

18 Budget Act of 1974, by the amount of new 

19 budget authority in that measure for that 

20 purpose; and 

21 (ii) following any adjustment under 

22 clause (i), the Committee on Appropria23 tions of that House may report appro24 priately revised suballocations pursuant to 


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1 section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 

2 Act of 1974 to carry out this subsection. 

3 (B) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—For the pur4 poses of determining an end of the year seques5 ter pursuant to subsection (f), when OMB sub6 mits a sequestration report under subsection 

7 (f)(7) for a fiscal year, OMB shall calculate, 

8 and the sequestration report and subsequent 

9 budgets submitted by the President under sec10 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

11 shall include, adjustments to discretionary 

12 spending limits (and those limits as adjusted) 

13 for the fiscal year and each succeeding year 

14 through 2021 upon the enactment of a bill or 

15 resolution relating to any matter described in 

16 paragraphs (2), (3), or (4). 

17 (C) ESTIMATES.— 

18 (i) CBO ESTIMATES.—As soon as 

19 practicable after Congress completes action 

20 on any discretionary appropriation, CBO, 

21 after consultation with the Committees on 

22 the Budget of the House of Representa23 tives and the Senate, shall provide OMB 

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1 rent year (if any) and the budget year pro2 vided by that legislation. 

3 (ii) OMB ESTIMATES AND EXPLA4 NATION OF DIFFERENCES.— 

5 (I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 

6 7 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, 

7 Sundays, and legal holidays) after the 

8 date of enactment of any discretionary 

9 appropriation, OMB shall make pub10 licly available on the day it is issued 

11 and, on the following day, shall be 

12 printed in the Federal Register a re13 port containing the CBO estimate of 

14 that legislation, an OMB estimate of 

15 the amount of discretionary new 

16 budget authority for the current year 

17 (if any) and the budget year provided 

18 by that legislation, and an explanation 

19 of any difference between the 2 esti20 mates. 

21 (II) DIFFERENCES.—If during 

22 the preparation of the report OMB 

23 determines that there is a significant 

24 difference between OMB and CBO, 

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1 tees on the Budget of the House of 

2 Representatives and the Senate re3 garding that difference and that con4 sultation shall include, to the extent 

5 practicable, written communication to 

6 those committees that affords such 

7 committees the opportunity to com8 ment before the issuance of the re9 port. 

10 (D) ASSUMPTIONS AND GUIDELINES.— 

11 OMB estimates under subparagraph (C) shall 

12 be made using current economic and technical 

13 assumptions. In its final sequestration report, 

14 OMB shall use the OMB estimates transmitted 

15 to the Congress under this paragraph. OMB 

16 and CBO shall prepare estimates under this 

17 paragraph in conformance with scorekeeping 

18 guidelines determined after consultation among 

19 the House and Senate Committees on the 

20 Budget, CBO, and OMB. 

21 (E) ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For pur22 poses of this paragraph, amounts provided by 

23 annual appropriations shall include any new 

24 budget authority for the current year (if any) 

25 and the advance appropriations that become 


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1 available in the budget year from previously en2 acted legislation. 

3 (2) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—Other adjustments 

4 referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are as follows: 

5 (A) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS

6 AND SSI REDETERMINATIONS.— 

7 (i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 

8 resolution is reported making appropria9 tions in a fiscal year of the amount speci10 fied in clause (ii) for continuing disability 

11 reviews and Supplemental Security Income 

12 redeterminations under the heading ‘‘Limi13 tation on Administrative Expenses’’ for the 

14 Social Security Administration, and pro15 vides an additional appropriation for con16 tinuing disability reviews and Supple17 mental Security Income redeterminations 

18 for the Social Security Administration, or 

19 one or more initiatives that the Office of 

20 the Chief Actuary determines would be at 

21 least as cost effective as a redetermination 

22 of eligibility under the heading ‘‘Limitation 

23 on Administrative Expenses’’ for the Social 

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1 cretionary spending limits, allocation to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of each 

3 House, and aggregates for that year may 

4 be adjusted by the amount in budget au5 thority not to exceed the additional appro6 priation provided in such legislation for 

7 that purpose for that fiscal year. 

8 (ii) AMOUNTS SPECIFIED.—The 

9 amounts specified are— 

10 (I) for fiscal year 2012, an ap11 propriation of $758,000,000, and an 

12 additional appropriation of 

13 $237,000,000; 

14 (II) for fiscal year 2013, an ap15 propriation of $758,000,000, and an 

16 additional appropriation of 

17 $390,000,000; 

18 (III) for fiscal year 2014, an ap19 propriation of $778,000,000, and an 

20 additional appropriation of 

21 $559,000,000; 

22 (IV) or fiscal year 2015, an ap23 propriation of $799,000,000, and an 

24 additional appropriation of 

25 $774,000,000; 


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1 (V) for fiscal year 2016, an ap2 propriation of $822,000,000, and an 

3 additional appropriation of 

4 $778,000,000; 

5 (VI) for fiscal year 2017, an ap6 propriation of $849,000,000, and an 

7 additional appropriation of 

8 $804,000,000; 

9 (VII) for fiscal year 2018, an ap10 propriation of $877,000,000, and an 

11 additional appropriation of 

12 $831,000,000; 

13 (VIII) for fiscal year 2019, an 

14 appropriation of $906,000,000, and 

15 an additional appropriation of 

16 $860,000,000; 

17 (IX) for fiscal year 2020, an ap18 propriation of $935,000,000, and an 

19 additional appropriation of 

20 $890,000,000; and 

21 (X) for fiscal year 2021, an ap22 propriation of $963,000,000, and an 

23 additional appropriation of 

24 $924,000,000. 


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1 (iii) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this 

2 subparagraph, the terms ‘‘continuing dis3 ability reviews’’ and ‘‘Supplemental Secu4 rity Income redeterminations’’ mean con5 tinuing disability reviews under titles II 

6 and XVI of the Social Security Act and re7 determinations of eligibility under title 

8 XVI of the Social Security Act. 

9 (iv) REPORT.—The Commissioner of 

10 Social Security shall provide annually to 

11 the Congress a report on continuing dis12 ability reviews and Supplemental Security 

13 Income redeterminations which includes— 

14 (I) the amount spent on con15 tinuing disability reviews and Supple16 mental Security Income redetermina17 tions in the fiscal year covered by the 

18 report, and the number of reviews and 

19 redeterminations conducted, by cat20 egory of review or redetermination; 

21 (II) the results of the continuing 

22 disability reviews and Supplemental 

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1 terminations of continuing eligibility, 

2 by program; and 

3 (III) the estimated savings over 

4 the short-, medium-, and long-term to 

5 the old-age, survivors, and disability 

6 insurance, supplemental security in7 come, Medicare, and medicaid pro8 grams from continuing disability re9 views and Supplemental Security In10 come redeterminations which result in 

11 cessations of benefits and the esti12 mated present value of such savings. 

13 (B) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX EN14 FORCEMENT.— 

15 (i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 

16 resolution is reported making appropria17 tions in a fiscal year to the Internal Rev18 enue Service of not less than the first 

19 amount specified in clause (ii) for tax com20 pliance activities to address the Federal 

21 tax gap (taxes owed but not paid), and 

22 provides an additional appropriation for 

23 tax compliance activities to address the 

24 Federal tax gap of an amount further 

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1 tionary spending limits, allocation to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of each 

3 House, and aggregates for that year may 

4 be adjusted by the amount in budget au5 thority not to exceed the amount of addi6 tional or enhanced tax enforcement pro7 vided in such legislation for that fiscal 

8 year. 

9 (ii) AMOUNTS SPECIFIED.—The 

10 amounts specified are— 

11 (I) for fiscal year 2012, an ap12 propriation of $5,186,000,000, and an 

13 additional $715,000,000 for addi14 tional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

15 (II) for fiscal year 2013, an ap16 propriation of $5,186,000,000, and an 

17 additional $1,281,000,000 for addi18 tional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

19 (III) for fiscal year 2014, an ap20 propriation of $5,333,000,000, and an 

21 additional $1,639,000,000 for addi22 tional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

23 (IV) for fiscal year 2015, an ap24 propriation of $5,489,000,000, and an 


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1 additional $2,016,000,000 for addi2 tional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

3 (V) for fiscal year 2016, an ap4 propriation of $5,662,000,000, and an 

5 additional$2,465,000,000 for addi6 tional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

7 (VI) for fiscal year 2017, an ap8 propriation of $5,858,000,000, and an 

9 additional $2,447,000,000 for addi10 tional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

11 (VII) for fiscal year 2018, an ap12 propriation of $6,065,000,000, and an 

13 additional $2,421,000,000 for addi14 tional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

15 (VIII) for fiscal year 2019, an 

16 appropriation of $6,284,000,000, and 

17 an additional $2,383,000,000 for ad18 ditional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

19 (IX) for fiscal year 2020, an ap20 propriation of $6,493,000,000, and an 

21 additional $2,371,000,000 for addi22 tional or enhanced tax enforcement; 

23 and 

24 (X) for fiscal year 2021, an ap25 propriation of $6,705,000,000, and an 


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1 additional $2,361,000,000 for addi2 tional or enhanced tax enforcement. 

3 (iii) DEFINITION.—In this subpara4 graph, the term ‘‘additional appropriation 

5 for tax compliance activities’’ means new 

6 and continuing investments in expanding 

7 and improving the effectiveness and effi8 ciency of the overall tax enforcement and 

9 compliance program of the Internal Rev10 enue Service. Such new and continuing in11 vestments include, but are not limited to, 

12 additional resources for implementing new 

13 authorities and for conducting additional 

14 examinations, audits, and enhanced third 

15 party data matching. 

16 (iv) FIRST AMOUNT.—The first 

17 amount specified in clause (ii) is the 

18 amount provided for a fiscal year under 

19 the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’ for the Inter20 nal Revenue Service. 

21 (v) AMOUNT FURTHER SPECIFIED.— 

22 The amount further specified in clause (ii) 

23 is the amount under one or more headings 

24 in an appropriations act for the Internal 

25 Revenue Service that is specified to pay for 


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1 the costs of the additional appropriation 

2 tax compliance activities, but such amount 

3 shall be ‘‘0’’ (zero) unless the appropria4 tions act under the heading ‘‘Operations 

5 Support’’ for the Internal Revenue Service 

6 provides that such sums as are necessary 

7 shall be available, under the ‘‘Operations 

8 Support’’ heading, to fully support tax en9 forcement and compliance activities. 

10 (C) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE

11 CONTROL.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 

13 resolution is reported making appropria14 tions in a fiscal year for program integrity 

15 or fraud and abuse activities under the 

16 heading ‘‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse 

17 Control Account’’ program for the Depart18 ment of Health and Human Services of up 

19 to the amount specified in clause (ii), then 

20 the discretionary spending limits, allocation 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of 

22 each House, and aggregates for that year 

23 may be adjusted in an amount not to ex24 ceed the amount in budget authority pro25 vided for that program for that fiscal year. 


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1 (ii) AMOUNTS SPECIFIED.—The 

2 amounts specified are— 

3 (I) for fiscal year 2012, an ap4 propriation of $581,000,000; 

5 (II) for fiscal year 2013, an ap6 propriation of $610,000,000; 

7 (III) for fiscal year 2014, an ap8 propriation of $640,000,000; 

9 (IV) for fiscal year 2015, an ap10 propriation of $672,000,000; 

11 (V) for fiscal year 2016, an ap12 propriation of $706,000,000; 

13 (VI) for fiscal year 2017, an ap14 propriation of $725,000,000; 

15 (VII) for fiscal year 2018, an ap16 propriation of $745,000,000; 

17 (VIII) for fiscal year 2019, an 

18 appropriation of $765,000,000; 

19 (IX) for fiscal year 2020, an ap20 propriation of $786,000,000; and 

21 (X) for fiscal year 2021, an ap22 propriation of $807,000,000. 

23 (iii) DEFINITION.—As used in this 

24 subparagraph the term ‘‘program integrity 

25 or fraud and abuse activities’’ means— 


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1 (I) those activities authorized by 

2 section 1817(k)(3) of the Social Secu3 rity Act; and 

4 (II) those activities, including ad5 ministrative costs, in the Medicare 

6 Advantage and the Medicare Prescrip7 tion Drug Program authorized in title 

8 XVIII of the Social Security Act, in 

9 section 1893 of the Social Security 

10 Act, in Medicaid authorized in title 

11 XIX of the Social Security Act, and in 

12 the Children’s Health Insurance Pro13 gram (‘‘CHIP’’) authorized in title 

14 XXI of the Social Security Act. 

15 (iv) REPORT.—The report required by 

16 section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security 

17 Act for each fiscal year shall include meas18 ures of the operational efficiency and im19 pact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the 

20 Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs 

21 for the funds provided by this adjustment. 

22 (D) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IM23 PROPER PAYMENT REVIEWS.— 

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1 tions in a fiscal year of the amount speci2 fied in clause (ii) for in-person reemploy3 ment and eligibility assessments and unem4 ployment insurance improper payment re5 views under the heading ‘‘State Unemploy6 ment Insurance and Employment Service 

7 Operations’’ for the Department of Labor, 

8 and provides an additional appropriation 

9 for in-person reemployment and eligibility 

10 assessments and unemployment insurance 

11 improper payment reviews under the head12 ing ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 

13 Employment Service Operations’’ for the 

14 Department of Labor of up to an amount 

15 further specified in clause (ii), then the 

16 discretionary spending limits, allocation to 

17 the Committees on Appropriations of each 

18 House, and aggregates for that year may 

19 be adjusted by an amount in budget au20 thority not to exceed the additional appro21 priation provided in such legislation for 

22 that purpose for that fiscal year. 

23 (ii) AMOUNTS SPECIFIED.—The 

24 amounts specified are— 


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1 (I) for fiscal year 2012, an ap2 propriation of $60,000,000, and an 

3 additional appropriation of 

4 $10,000,000; 

5 (II) for fiscal year 2013, an ap6 propriation of $60,000,000, and an 

7 additional appropriation of 

8 $15,000,000; 

9 (III) for fiscal year 2014, an ap10 propriation of $61,000,000, and an 

11 additional appropriation of 

12 $19,000,000; 

13 (IV) for fiscal year 2015, an ap14 propriation of $61,000,000, and an 

15 additional appropriation of 

16 $24,000,000; 

17 (V) for fiscal year 2016, an ap18 propriation of $62,000,000, and an 

19 additional appropriation of 

20 $28,000,000; 

21 (VI) for fiscal year 2017, an ap22 propriation of $63,000,000, and an 

23 additional appropriation of 

24 $28,000,000; 


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1 (VII) for fiscal year 2018, an ap2 propriation of $64,000,000, and an 

3 additional appropriation of 

4 $29,000,000; 

5 (VIII) for fiscal year 2019, an 

6 appropriation of $64,000,000, and an 

7 additional appropriation of 

8 $30,000,000; 

9 (IX) for fiscal year 2020, an ap10 propriation of $65,000,000, and an 

11 additional appropriation of 

12 $31,000,000; and 

13 (X) for fiscal year 2021, an ap14 propriation of $66,000,000, and an 

15 additional appropriation of 

16 $31,000,000. 

17 (iii) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this 

18 subparagraph, the terms ‘‘in-person reem19 ployment and eligibility assessments’’ and 

20 ‘‘unemployment improper payment re21 views’’ mean reviews or assessments con22 ducted in local workforce offices to deter23 mine the continued eligibility of an unem24 ployment insurance claimant under the 

25 Federal Unemployment Tax Act, Title III 


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1 of the Social Security Act, and applicable 

2 State laws, to ensure they are meeting 

3 their obligation to search for work as a 

4 condition of eligibility, and to speed their 

5 return to work. 

6 (3) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND RELATED

7 ACTIVITIES.— 

8 (A) CAP ADJUSTMENT.—The discretionary 

9 spending limits, allocation to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of each House, and aggregates 

11 for that year may be adjusted by an amount in 

12 budget authority not to exceed the amount pro13 vided in such legislation for that purpose for 

14 that fiscal year, but not to exceed in aggregate 

15 the amounts specified in subparagraph (B) for 

16 any— 

17 (i) bills reported by the Committees 

18 on Appropriations of either House or in 

19 the Senate, passed by the House of Rep20 resentatives; 

21 (ii) joint resolutions or amendments 

22 reported by the Committees on Appropria23 tions of either House; 

24 (iii) amendments between the Houses, 

25 Senate amendments to such amendments 


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1 offered by the authority of the Committee 

2 on Appropriations of the Senate, or House 

3 amendments to such amendments offered 

4 by the authority of the Committee on Ap5 propriations in the House of Representa6 tives; or 

7 (iv) conference reports; making appro8 priations for overseas deployments and re9 lated activities. 

10 (B) LEVELS.— 

11 (i) LEVELS.—The initial levels for 

12 overseas deployments and related activities 

13 specified in this subparagraph are as fol14 lows: 

15 (I) For fiscal year 2012, 

16 $126,544,000,000 in budget author17 ity. 

18 (II) For the total of fiscal years 

19 2013–2021, $450,000,000,000 in 

20 budget authority. 

21 (ii) LEVELS FOR CONGRESSIONAL EN22 FORCEMENT.—For each fiscal year after 

23 fiscal year 2012, Congress shall adopt in 

24 the concurrent resolution on the budget for 

25 that fiscal year an adjustment for overseas 


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1 deployments and related activities, pro2 vided that Congress may not adopt an ad3 justment for any fiscal year that would 

4 cause the total adjustments for fiscal years 

5 2013–2021 to exceed the amount author6 ized in subclause (II). 

7 (iii) ACCOUNTING FOR OVERSEAS DE8 PLOYMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.—In 

9 any report issued under section 7(f), the 

10 Office of Management and Budget shall 

11 state the total amount of spending on over12 seas deployments and related activities for 

13 fiscal years 2013–2021 and the estimated 

14 amount of budget authority adjustment re15 maining for that period. 

16 (C) ADJUSTMENT FOR OFFSET OVERSEAS

17 DEPLOYMENT COSTS.—The levels set in sub18 paragraph (B) may be further adjusted by the 

19 amount of budget authority provided in legisla20 tion for additional costs associated with over21 seas deployments and related activities if the 

22 amount of budget authority above those levels is 

23 offset. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—If, for fiscal years 2011 

2 through 2021, appropriations for discretionary 

3 accounts are enacted that Congress designates 

4 as being for disaster relief in statute, the ad5 justment shall be the total of such appropria6 tions in discretionary accounts designated as 

7 being for disaster relief, but not to exceed the 

8 total of— 

9 (i) the average funding provided for 

10 disasters over the previous ten years, ex11 cluding the highest and lowest years; and 

12 (ii) for years when the enacted new 

13 discretionary budget authority designated 

14 as being for disaster relief for the pre15 ceding fiscal year was less than the aver16 age as calculated in (A) for that year, the 

17 difference between the enacted amount and 

18 the allowable adjustment as calculated in 

19 (A) for that year. 

20 (B) OMB REPORT.—The Office of Man21 agement and Budget shall report to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations in each House the 

23 adjustment for disaster funding for fiscal year 

24 2011, and a preview report of the estimated 


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1 level for fiscal year 2012, not later than 30 

2 days after enactment of this section. 

3 (d) LIMITATIONS ON CHANGES TO THIS SECTION.— 

4 Unless otherwise specifically provided in this section, it 

5 shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Rep6 resentatives to consider any bill, resolution (including a 

7 concurrent resolution on the budget), amendment, motion, 

8 or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change 

9 this section. 

10 (e) WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

11 (1) WAIVER.—In the Senate, subsections (a) 

12 through (d) shall be waived or suspended only— 

13 (A) by the affirmative vote of three-fifths 

14 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn; or 

15 (B) if the provisions of section (f)(8) are 

16 in effect. 

17 (2) APPEAL.—Appeals in the Senate from the 

18 decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of 

19 this section shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally 

20 divided between, and controlled by, the appellant 

21 and the manager of the measure. An affirmative 

22 vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, 

23 duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 

24 an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of 

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1 (f) END-OF-YEAR SEQUESTER FOR EXCEEDING DIS2 CRETIONARY CAPS.— 

3 (1) SEQUESTRATION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 cal5 endar days after Congress adjourns to end a 

6 session, there shall be a sequestration to elimi7 nate a budget-year breach, if any, within the 

8 discretionary categories as set by subsection 

9 (b). 

10 (B) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS.—Any 

11 amount of budget authority for overseas deploy12 ments and related activities for fiscal year 2012 

13 in excess of the levels set in subsection 

14 (c)(3)(B)(i), or for fiscal years 2013–2021 that 

15 would cause the total adjustment for fiscal 

16 years 2013–2021 to exceed the amount author17 ized in section (c)(3)(B)(II), that is not other18 wise offset pursuant subsection (c)(3)(C)(i) 

19 shall be counted in determining whether a 

20 breach has occurred in the security category 

21 (for fiscal years 2012 and 2013) or the discre22 tionary category (thereafter). 

23 (C) EMERGENCY SPENDING.— 

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1 tions for discretionary accounts are en2 acted that Congress designates as emer3 gency requirements in statute pursuant to 

4 this subsection, the total of such budget 

5 authority in discretionary accounts des6 ignated as emergency requirements in all 

7 fiscal years from such appropriations shall 

8 not be counted in determining whether a 

9 breach has occurred, and shall not count 

10 for the purposes of Congressional enforce11 ment. 

12 (ii) DESIGNATION IN THE HOUSE OF

13 REPRESENTATIVES.—If an appropriations 

14 act includes a provision expressly des15 ignated as an emergency for the purposes 

16 of this section, the Chair shall put the 

17 question of consideration with respect 

18 thereto. 

19 (iii) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SEN20 ATE.— 

21 (I) IN GENERAL.—When the 

22 Senate is considering an appropria23 tions act, if a point of order is made 

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1 vision making such a designation shall 

2 be stricken from the measure and may 

3 not be offered as an amendment from 

4 the floor. 

5 (II) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER

6 AND APPEALS.— 

7 (aa) WAIVER.—Subclause 

8 (I) may be waived or suspended 

9 in the Senate only by an affirma10 tive vote of three-fifths of the 

11 Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

12 (bb) APPEALS.—Appeals in 

13 the Senate from the decisions of 

14 the Chair relating to any provi15 sion of this subsection shall be 

16 limited to 1 hour, to be equally 

17 divided between, and controlled 

18 by, the appellant and the man19 ager of the bill or joint resolu20 tion, as the case may be. An af21 firmative vote of three-fifths of 

22 the Members of the Senate, duly 

23 chosen and sworn, shall be re24 quired to sustain an appeal of 

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1 of order raised under this sub2 section. 

3 (III) DEFINITION OF AN EMER4 GENCY DESIGNATION.—For purposes 

5 of subclause (I), a provision shall be 

6 considered an emergency designation 

7 if it designates any item as an emer8 gency requirement pursuant to this 

9 subsection. 

10 (IV) FORM OF THE POINT OF

11 ORDER.—A point of order under sub12 clause (I) may be raised by a Senator 

13 as provided in section 313(e) of the 

14 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

15 (V) CONFERENCE REPORTS.— 

16 When the Senate is considering a con17 ference report on, or an amendment 

18 between the Houses in relation to, an 

19 appropriations act, upon a point of 

20 order being made by any Senator pur21 suant to this section, and such point 

22 of order being sustained, such mate23 rial contained in such conference re24 port shall be deemed stricken, and the 

25 Senate shall proceed to consider the 


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1 question of whether the Senate shall 

2 recede from its amendment and con3 cur with a further amendment, or 

4 concur in the House amendment with 

5 a further amendment, as the case may 

6 be, which further amendment shall 

7 consist of only that portion of the con8 ference report or House amendment, 

9 as the case may be, not so stricken. 

10 Any such motion in the Senate shall 

11 be debatable under the same condi12 tions as was the conference report. In 

13 any case in which such point of order 

14 is sustained against a conference re15 port (or Senate amendment derived 

16 from such conference report by oper17 ation of this subsection), no further 

18 amendment shall be in order. 

19 (2) ELIMINATING A BREACH.—Each non-ex20 empt account within a category shall be reduced by 

21 a dollar amount calculated by multiplying the base22 line level of sequesterable budgetary resources in 

23 that account at that time by the uniform percentage 

24 necessary to eliminate a breach within that category. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President may, 

2 with respect to any military personnel account, 

3 exempt that account from sequestration or pro4 vide for a lower uniform percentage reduction 

5 than would otherwise apply, provided that the 

6 President has notified Congress of the manner 

7 in which such authority will be exercised pursu8 ant to paragraph (7)(A)(ii). 

9 (B) REDUCTIONS.—If the President uses 

10 the authority to exempt any military personnel 

11 from sequestration under paragraph (7)(A)(ii), 

12 each account within subfunctional category 051 

13 (other than those military personnel accounts 

14 for which the authority provided under clause 

15 (i) has been exercised) shall be further reduced 

16 by a dollar amount calculated by multiplying 

17 the enacted level of non-exempt budgetary re18 sources in that account at that time by the uni19 form percentage necessary to offset the total 

20 dollar amount by which budget authority is not 

21 reduced in military personnel accounts by rea22 son of the use of such authority. 

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

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

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

2 sequestration calculated for that account under 

3 paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be subtracted from— 

4 (A) the annualized amount otherwise avail5 able by law in that account under that or a sub6 sequent part-year appropriation; and 

7 (B) when a full-year appropriation for that 

8 account is enacted, from the amount otherwise 

9 provided by the full-year appropriation. 

10 (5) LOOK-BACK.—If, after June 30, an appro11 priation for the fiscal year in progress is enacted 

12 that causes a breach within a category for that year 

13 (after taking into account any sequestration of 

14 amounts within that category), the discretionary 

15 spending limits for that category for the next fiscal 

16 year shall be reduced by the amount or amounts of 

17 that breach. 

18 (6) WITHIN-SESSION SEQUESTRATION.—If an 

19 appropriation for a fiscal year in progress is enacted 

20 (after Congress adjourns to end the session for that 

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

22 that causes a breach within a category for that year 

23 (after taking into account any prior sequestration of 

24 amounts within that category), 15 days after such 

25 enactment there shall be a sequestration to eliminate 


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1 that breach within that category following the proce2 dures set forth in paragraphs (2) through (4). 

3 (7) REPORTS.— 

4 (A) SEQUESTRATION PREVIEW REPORT.— 

5 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 

6 days before the date of the President’s 

7 budget submission for CBO, and the date 

8 of the President’s budget submissions for 

9 OMB, OMB and CBO shall issue a pre10 view report regarding discretionary spend11 ing based on laws enacted through those 

12 dates. The preview report shall set forth 

13 estimates for the current year and each 

14 subsequent year through 2021 of the appli15 cable discretionary spending limits for each 

16 category and an explanation of any adjust17 ments in such limits under this section. 

18 (ii) NOTIFICATION REGARDING MILI19 TARY PERSONNEL.—On or before the date 

20 of the sequestration preview report, the 

21 President shall notify the Congress of the 

22 manner in which he intends to exercise 

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1 (iii) EXPLANATION OF DIF2 FERENCES.—The OMB reports shall ex3 plain the differences between OMB and 

4 CBO estimates for each item set forth in 

5 this subsection. 

6 (B) SEQUESTRATION UPDATE REPORT.— 

7 Not later than August 15 for CBO, and August 

8 20 for OMB, OMB and CBO shall issue a se9 questration update report, reflecting laws en10 acted through those dates, containing all of the 

11 information required in the sequestration pre12 view reports. This report shall also contain a 

13 preview estimate of the adjustment for disaster 

14 funding for the upcoming fiscal year. 

15 (C) FINAL SEQUESTRATION REPORT.—Not 

16 later than 10 days after the end of session for 

17 CBO, and 14 days after the end of session for 

18 OMB (excluding weekends and holidays), OMB 

19 and CBO shall issue a final sequestration re20 port, updated to reflect laws enacted through 

21 those dates, with estimates for each of the fol22 lowing: 

23 (i) For the current year and each sub24 sequent year through 2021 the applicable 

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1 egory and an explanation of any adjust2 ments in such limits under this section, in3 cluding a final estimate of the disaster 

4 funding adjustment. 

5 (ii) For the current year and the 

6 budget year the estimated new budget au7 thority for each category and the breach, if 

8 any, in each category. 

9 (iii) For each category for which a se10 questration is required, the sequestration 

11 percentages necessary to achieve the re12 quired reduction. 

13 (iv) For the budget year, for each ac14 count to be sequestered, estimates of the 

15 baseline level of sequesterable budgetary 

16 resources and the amount of budgetary re17 sources to be sequestered. 

18 (8) SUSPENSION IN THE EVENT OF LOW

19 GROWTH.—Section 254(i) and subsections (a), 

20 (b)(1), and (c) of section 258 of the Balanced Budg21 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 with 

22 respect to suspension of this section for low growth 

23 only shall apply to this section, provided that those 

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1 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 

2 1103 of title 31, United States Code. 

3 (g) DEFINITIONS.— 

4 (1) NONSECURITY CATEGORY.—The term ‘‘non5 security category’’ means all discretionary appropria6 tions, as that term is defined in section 250(c)(7) of 

7 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

8 Act of 1985, not included in the security category 

9 defined in this Act, but does not include any appro10 priations designated for overseas deployments and 

11 related activities pursuant to section (c)(3), or ap12 propriations designated as an emergency pursuant to 

13 this Act. 

14 (2) SECURITY CATEGORY.—The term ‘‘security 

15 category’’ includes discretionary appropriations, as 

16 that term is defined in section 250(c)(7) of the Bal17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

18 1985, in budget functions 050 and 700, but does not 

19 include any appropriations designated for overseas 

20 deployments and related activities pursuant to sec21 tion (c)(3), or appropriations designated as an emer22 gency pursuant to this Act. 

23 (3) DISCRETIONARY CATEGORY.—The term 

24 ‘‘discretionary category’’ includes all discretionary 

25 appropriations designated as an emergency pursuant 


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1 to this Act, as that term is defined in section 

2 250(c)(7) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985, but does not include 

4 any appropriations designated for overseas deploy5 ments and related activities pursuant to section 

6 (c)(3), or appropriations designated as an emergency 

7 pursuant to this Act. 

8 (4) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION.—The term ‘‘ad9 vance appropriation’’ means appropriations of new 

10 budget authority that become available one or more 

11 fiscal years beyond the fiscal year for which the ap12 propriation act was passed. 

13 (5) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—The 

14 term ‘‘discretionary spending limits’’ means the 

15 amounts specified in section 101 of this Act. 

16 (6) DEFINITIONS.—To the extent they are not 

17 defined in this section, the terms used in this section 

18 shall have the same meaning as the terms defined in 

19 section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

21 (h) SEQUESTRATION RULES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (g) and (k) of 

23 section 256 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall apply to sequestra25 tion under this Act. 


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1 (2) INTERGOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.—For pur2 poses of sequestration under this section, budgetary 

3 resources shall not include activities financed by vol4 untary payments to the Government for goods and 

5 services to be provided for such payments, 

6 intragovernmental funds paid in from other Govern7 ment accounts, and unobligated balances of prior 

8 year appropriations. 

9 SEC. 102. SENATE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

11 (1) For the purpose of enforcing the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974 through April 15, 2012, 

13 including section 300 of that Act, and enforcing 

14 budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolu15 tions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and 

16 levels set in subsection (b)(1) shall apply in the Sen17 ate in the same manner as a concurrent resolution 

18 on the budget for fiscal year 2012 with appropriate 

19 budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 and 2013 

20 through 2021. 

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

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

2 the same manner as a concurrent resolution on the 

3 budget for fiscal year 2013 with appropriate budg4 etary levels for fiscal years 2012 and 2014 through 

5 2022. 

6 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES AND

7 LEVELS.— 

8 (1) As soon as practicable after the date of en9 actment of this section, the Chairman of the Com10 mittee on the Budget shall file— 

11 (A) for the Committee on Appropriations, 

12 committee allocations for fiscal years 2011 and 

13 2012 consistent with the discretionary spending 

14 limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of 

15 enforcing section 302 of the Congressional 

16 Budget Act of 1974; 

17 (B) for all committees other than the Com18 mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations 

19 for fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012–2016, and 

20 2012–2021 consistent with the Congressional 

21 Budget Office’s March 2011 baseline adjusted 

22 to account for the budgetary effects of this Act 

23 and legislation enacted prior to this Act but not 

24 included in the Congressional Budget Office’s 

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1 ing section 302 of the Congressional Budget 

2 Act of 1974; 

3 (C) aggregate spending levels for fiscal 

4 years 2011 and 2012 and aggregate revenue 

5 levels fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012–2016, 

6 2012–2021 consistent with the Congressional 

7 Budget Office’s March 2011 baseline adjusted 

8 to account for the budgetary effects of this Act 

9 and legislation enacted prior to this Act but not 

10 included in the Congressional Budget Office’s 

11 March 2011 baseline, and the discretionary 

12 spending limits set forth in this Act for the pur13 pose of enforcing section 311 of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974; and 

15 (D) levels of Social Security revenues and 

16 outlays for fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2012–2016, 

17 and 2012–2021 consistent with the Congres18 sional Budget Office’s March 2011 baseline ad19 justed to account for the budgetary effects of 

20 this Act and legislation enacted prior to this 

21 Act but not included in the Congressional 

22 Budget Office’s March 2011 baseline, for the 

23 purpose of enforcing sections 302 and 311 of 

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1 (2) Not later than April 15, 2012, the Chair2 man of the Committee on the Budget shall file— 

3 (A) for the Committee on Appropriations, 

4 committee allocations for fiscal years 2012 and 

5 2013 consistent with the discretionary spending 

6 limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of 

7 enforcing section 302 of the Congressional 

8 Budget Act of 1974; 

9 (B) for all committees other than the Com10 mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations 

11 for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2013–2017, and 

12 2013–2022 consistent with the Congressional 

13 Budget Office’s March 2012 baseline for the 

14 purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974; 

16 (C) aggregate spending levels for fiscal 

17 years 2012 and 2013 and aggregate revenue 

18 levels fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2013–2017, and 

19 2013–2022 consistent with the Congressional 

20 Budget Office’s March 2012 baseline and the 

21 discretionary spending limits set forth in this 

22 Act for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of 

23 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 

24 (D) levels of Social Security revenues and 

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1 2017, and 2013–2022 consistent with the Con2 gressional Budget Office’s March 2012 baseline 

3 budget for the purpose of enforcing sections 

4 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 

5 of 1974. 

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

7 (1) Upon the date of enactment of this section, 

8 for the purpose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. 

9 Res. 21 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the Sen10 ate Committee on the Budget shall reduce any bal11 ances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal 

12 year to zero. 

13 (2) Not later than April 15, 2012, for the pur14 pose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 

15 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the Senate Com16 mittee on the Budget shall reduce any balances of 

17 direct spending and revenues for any fiscal year to 

18 zero. 

19 (3) Upon resetting the Senate paygo scorecard 

20 pursuant to paragraph (2), the Chairman shall pub21 lish a notification of such action in the Congres22 sional Record. 

23 (d) FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS.— 

24 (1) The Chairman of the Committee on the 

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1 levels set pursuant to this section to account for any 

2 subsequent adjustments to discretionary spending 

3 limits made pursuant to this Act. 

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

5 or levels set or adjustments made pursuant to this 

6 section, sections 412 through 414 of S. Con. Res. 13 

7 (111th Congress) shall remain in effect. 

8 (e) EXPIRATION.— 

9 (1) Sections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (c)(1) shall ex10 pire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fis11 cal year 2012 is agreed to by the Senate and House 

12 of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the 

13 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

14 (2) Sections (a)(2), (b)(2), and (c)(2) shall ex15 pire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fis16 cal year 2013 is agreed to by the Senate and House 

17 of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the 

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

19 TITLE II—OTHER SPENDING 

20 CUTS 

21 Subtitle A—Spectrum Auction Pro22 posals and Public Safety 

23 Broadband Network 

24 SEC. 211. DEFINITIONS. 

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1 (1) 700 MHZ BAND.—The term ‘‘700 MHz 

2 band’’ means the portion of the electromagnetic 

3 spectrum between the frequencies from 698 mega4 hertz to 806 megahertz. 

5 (2) 700 MHZ D BLOCK SPECTRUM.—The term 

6 ‘‘700 MHz D block spectrum’’ means the portion of 

7 the electromagnetic spectrum between the fre8 quencies from 758 megahertz to 763 megahertz and 

9 between the frequencies from 788 megahertz to 793 

10 megahertz. 

11 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON12 GRESS.—Except as otherwise specifically provided, 

13 the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

14 means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

16 and Transportation of the Senate; and 

17 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com18 merce of the House of Representatives. 

19 (4) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist20 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

21 Commerce for Communications and Information. 

22 (5) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

23 means the Federal Communications Commission. 


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1 (6) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ 

2 means the Public Safety Broadband Corporation es3 tablished under section 244. 

4 (7) EXISTING PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND

5 SPECTRUM.—The term ‘‘existing public safety 

6 broadband spectrum’’ means the portion of the elec7 tromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies— 

8 (A) from 763 megahertz to 768 megahertz; 

9 (B) from 793 megahertz to 798 mega10 hertz; 

11 (C) from 768 megahertz to 769 megahertz; 

12 and 

13 (D) from 798 megahertz to 799 mega14 hertz. 

15 (8) FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Federal en16 tity’’ has the same meaning as in section 113(i) of 

17 the National Telecommunications and Information 

18 Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(i)). 

19 (9) NARROWBAND SPECTRUM.—The term 

20 ‘‘narrowband spectrum’’ means the portion of the 

21 electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies 

22 from 769 megahertz to 775 megahertz and between 

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1 (10) NIST.—The term ‘‘NIST’’ means the Na2 tional Institute of Standards and Technology. 

3 (11) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na4 tional Telecommunications and Information Admin5 istration. 

6 (12) PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITY.—The term ‘‘pub7 lic safety entity’’ means an entity that provides pub8 lic safety services. 

9 (13) PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.—The term 

10 ‘‘public safety services’’— 

11 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec12 tion 337(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 

13 (47 U.S.C. 337(f)); and 

14 (B) includes services provided by emer15 gency response providers, as that term is de16 fined in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act 

17 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101). 

18 PART I—AUCTIONS OF SPECTRUM AND 

19 SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 

20 SEC. 221. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES TO REPURPOSE 

21 FEDERAL SPECTRUM FOR COMMERCIAL PUR22 POSES. 

23 (a) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Section 

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1 mation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 

2 923(g)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Any Fed4 eral entity that operates a Federal Government sta5 tion authorized to use a band of frequencies speci6 fied in paragraph (2) and that incurs relocation 

7 costs because of planning for a potential auction of 

8 spectrum frequencies, a planned auction of spectrum 

9 frequencies, or the reallocation of spectrum fre10 quencies from Federal use to exclusive non-Federal 

11 use, or shared Federal and non-Federal use shall re12 ceive payment for such costs from the Spectrum Re13 location Fund, in accordance with section 118 of 

14 this Act. For purposes of this paragraph, Federal 

15 power agencies exempted under subsection (c)(4) 

16 that choose to relocate from the frequencies identi17 fied for reallocation pursuant to subsection (a), are 

18 eligible to receive payment under this paragraph.’’. 

19 (b) ELIGIBLE FREQUENCIES.—Section 113(g)(2)(B) 

20 of the National Telecommunications and Information Ad21 ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(2)(B)) 

22 is amended to read as follows: 

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1 shared use, whether for licensed or unlicensed 

2 use, after January 1, 2003, that is assigned— 

3 ‘‘(i) by competitive bidding pursuant 

4 to section 309(j) of the Communications 

5 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)); or 

6 ‘‘(ii) as a result of an Act of Congress 

7 or any other administrative or executive di8 rection.’’. 

9 (c) DEFINITION OF RELOCATION AND SHARING

10 COSTS.—Section 113(g)(3) of the National Telecommuni11 cations and Information Administration Organization Act 

12 (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF RELOCATION AND SHAR14 ING COSTS.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

15 terms ‘relocation costs’ and ‘sharing costs’ mean the 

16 costs incurred by a Federal entity to plan for a po17 tential or planned auction or sharing of spectrum 

18 frequencies and to achieve comparable capability of 

19 systems, regardless of whether that capability is 

20 achieved by relocating to a new frequency assign21 ment, relocating a Federal Government station to a 

22 different geographic location, modifying Federal 

23 Government equipment to mitigate interference or 

24 use less spectrum, in terms of bandwidth, geog25 raphy, or time, and thereby permitting spectrum 


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1 sharing (including sharing among relocated Federal 

2 entities and incumbents to make spectrum available 

3 for non-Federal use) or relocation, or by utilizing an 

4 alternative technology. Comparable capability of sys5 tems includes the acquisition of state-of-the art re6 placement systems intended to meet comparable 

7 operational scope, which may include incidental in8 creases in functionality. Such costs include— 

9 ‘‘(A) the costs of any modification or re10 placement of equipment, spares, associated an11 cillary equipment, software, facilities, operating 

12 manuals, training costs, or regulations that are 

13 attributable to relocation or sharing; 

14 ‘‘(B) the costs of all engineering, equip15 ment, software, site acquisition, and construc16 tion costs, as well as any legitimate and pru17 dent transaction expense, including term-limited 

18 Federal civil servant and contractor staff nec19 essary to carry out the relocation activities of 

20 an eligible Federal entity, and reasonable addi21 tional costs incurred by the Federal entity that 

22 are attributable to relocation or sharing, includ23 ing increased recurring costs above recurring 

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1 maining estimated life of the system being relo2 cated; 

3 ‘‘(C) the costs of research, engineering 

4 studies, economic analyses, or other expenses 

5 reasonably incurred in connection with— 

6 ‘‘(i) calculating the estimated reloca7 tion costs that are provided to the Com8 mission pursuant to paragraph (4) of this 

9 subsection, or in calculating the estimated 

10 sharing costs; 

11 ‘‘(ii) determining the technical or 

12 operational feasibility of relocation to 1 or 

13 more potential relocation bands; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) planning for or managing a relo15 cation or sharing project (including spec16 trum coordination with auction winners) or 

17 potential relocation or sharing project; 

18 ‘‘(D) the one-time costs of any modifica19 tion of equipment reasonably necessary to ac20 commodate commercial use of shared fre21 quencies or, in the case of frequencies reallo22 cated to exclusive commercial use, prior to the 

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1 subsection are made available for private sector 

2 uses by competitive bidding and a Federal enti3 ty retains primary allocation or protected status 

4 in those frequencies for a period of time after 

5 the completion of the competitive bidding proc6 ess; 

7 ‘‘(E) the costs associated with the acceler8 ated replacement of systems and equipment if 

9 such acceleration is necessary to ensure the 

10 timely relocation of systems to a new frequency 

11 assignment or the timely accommodation of 

12 sharing of Federal frequencies; and 

13 ‘‘(F) the costs of the use of commercial 

14 systems (including systems not utilizing spec15 trum) to replace Federal systems discontinued 

16 or relocated pursuant to this Act, including 

17 lease, subscription, and equipment costs over an 

18 appropriate period, such as the anticipated life 

19 of an equivalent Federal system or other period 

20 determined by the Director of the Office of 

21 Management and Budget.’’. 

22 (d) SPECTRUM SHARING.—Section 113(g) of the Na23 tional Telecommunications and Information Administra24 tion Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)) is amended by 

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1 ‘‘(7) SPECTRUM SHARING.—A Federal entity is 

2 permitted to allow access to its frequency assign3 ments by a non-Federal entity upon approval of 

4 NTIA, in consultation with the Director of the Of5 fice of Management and Budget. Such non-Federal 

6 entities shall comply with all applicable rules of the 

7 Commission and the NTIA, including any regula8 tions promulgated pursuant to this section. Any re9 muneration associated with such access shall be de10 posited into the Spectrum Relocation Fund estab11 lished under section 118. A Federal entity that in12 curs costs as a result of such access is eligible for 

13 payment from the Fund for the purposes specified in 

14 paragraph (3) of this section. The revenue associ15 ated with such access shall be at least 110 percent 

16 of the estimated Federal costs.’’. 

17 (e) SPECTRUM RELOCATION FUND.—Section 118 of 

18 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad19 ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928) is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting before the pe22 riod at the end the following: ‘‘and any payments 

23 made by non-Federal entities for access to Federal 

24 spectrum pursuant to section 113(g)(7) (47 U.S.C. 

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1 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) FUNDS FROM AUCTIONS.—The amounts in 

5 the Fund from auctions of eligible frequencies are 

6 authorized to be used to pay relocation costs, as 

7 such costs are defined in section 113(g)(3), of an eli8 gible Federal entity incurring such costs with re9 spect to relocation from any eligible frequency. 

10 ‘‘(2) FUNDS FROM PAYMENTS BY NON-FED11 ERAL ENTITIES.—The amounts in the Fund from 

12 payments by non-Federal entities for access to Fed13 eral spectrum are authorized to be used to pay the 

14 sharing costs, as such costs are defined in section 

15 113(g)(3), of an eligible Federal entity incurring 

16 such costs. 

17 ‘‘(3) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara19 graph (B), the Director of OMB may transfer 

20 at any time (including prior to any auction or 

21 contemplated auction, or sharing initiative) 

22 such sums as may be available in the Fund to 

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1 mates or research, as such costs are described 

2 in section 113(g)(3)(C). 

3 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Director of OMB 

4 may not transfer more than $100,000,000 asso5 ciated with authorize pre-auction activities be6 fore an auction is completed and proceeds are 

7 deposited in the Spectrum Relocation Fund. 

8 ‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—The Director of 

9 OMB may transfer up to $10,000,000 to eligi10 ble Federal entities for eligible relocation or 

11 sharing costs related to pre-auction estimates or 

12 research, as such costs are described in section 

13 113(g)(3)(C), for costs incurred prior to the 

14 date of the enactment of the Budget Control 

15 Act of 2011, but after June 28th, 2010.’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (d)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 

18 sharing’’ before ‘‘costs’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

20 (i) by inserting ‘‘and sharing’’ before 

21 ‘‘costs’’; and 

22 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and sharing’’ before 

23 the period at the end; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) REVERSION OF UNUSED FUNDS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts in the 

3 Fund that are remaining after the payment of 

4 the relocation and sharing costs that are pay5 able from the Fund shall revert to and be de6 posited in the General Fund of the Treasury 

7 not later than 15 years after the date of the de8 posit of such proceeds to the Fund, unless with9 in 60 days in advance of the reversion of such 

10 funds, the Director of OMB, in consultation 

11 with the Assistant Secretary for Communica12 tions and Information, notifies the appropriate 

13 committees of Congress that such funds are 

14 needed to complete or to implement current or 

15 future relocations or sharing initiatives. 

16 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

17 term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ 

18 means— 

19 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Appropriations 

20 of the Senate; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Commerce, 

22 Science, and Transportation of the Senate; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) the Committee on Energy and 

2 Commerce of the House of Representa3 tives.’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (e)(2)— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘and sharing’’ before 

6 ‘‘costs’’; 

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘or sharing’’ before ‘‘is 

8 complete’’; and 

9 (C) by inserting ‘‘or sharing’’ before ‘‘in 

10 accordance’’; and 

11 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND.— 

13 Notwithstanding subsections (c) through (e), after the 

14 date of the enactment of the Budget Control Act of 2011, 

15 and following the credit of any amounts specified in sub16 section (b), there are hereby appropriated from the Fund 

17 and available to the Director of the OMB up to 10 percent 

18 of the amounts deposited in the Fund from the auction 

19 of licenses for frequencies of spectrum vacated by Federal 

20 entities, or up to 10 percent of the amounts deposited in 

21 the Fund by non-Federal entities for sharing of Federal 

22 spectrum. The Director of OMB, in consultation with the 

23 Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, 

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1 the purpose of encouraging timely access to such spec2 trum, provided that— 

3 ‘‘(1) any such payment by the Director of OMB 

4 is based on the market value of the spectrum, the 

5 timeliness of clearing, and needs for essential mis6 sions of agencies; 

7 ‘‘(2) any such payment by the Director of OMB 

8 is used to carry out the purposes specified in sub9 paragraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (3) of 

10 subsection 113(g) to enhance other communications, 

11 radar, and spectrum-using investments not directly 

12 affected by such reallocation or sharing but essential 

13 for the missions of the Federal entity that is relo14 cating its systems or sharing frequencies; 

15 ‘‘(3) the amount remaining in the Fund after 

16 any such payment by the Director is not less than 

17 10 percent of the winning bids in the relevant auc18 tion, or is not less than 10 percent of the payments 

19 from non-Federal entities in the relevant sharing 

20 agreement; and 

21 ‘‘(4) any such payment by the Director shall 

22 not be made until 30 days after the Director has no23 tified the Committees on Appropriations and Com24 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 


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1 and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy 

2 and Commerce of the House of Representatives.’’. 

3 (f) COMPETITIVE BIDDING; TREATMENT OF REVE4 NUES.—Subparagraph (D) of section 309(j)(8) of the 

5 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)) is 

6 amended by inserting ‘‘excluding frequencies identified by 

7 the Federal Communications Commission to be auctioned 

8 in conjunction with eligible frequencies described in sec9 tion 113(g)(2)’’ before ‘‘shall be deposited’’. 

10 (g) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND NONDISCLOSURE.—If 

11 the head of an executive agency of the Federal Govern12 ment determines that public disclosure of any information 

13 contained in notifications and reports required by section 

14 113 or 118 of the National Telecommunications and In15 formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 

16 923 and 928) would reveal classified national security in17 formation or other information for which there is a legal 

18 basis for nondisclosure and such public disclosure would 

19 be detrimental to national security, homeland security, 

20 public safety, or jeopardize law enforcement investiga21 tions, the head of the executive agency shall notify the 

22 NTIA of that determination prior to release of such infor23 mation. In that event, such classified information shall be 

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1 cordance with appropriate national security stipulations, 

2 but shall not be disclosed to the public or provided to any 

3 unauthorized person through any other means. 

4 SEC. 222. INCENTIVE AUCTION AUTHORITY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (8) of section 309(j) 

6 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(B), (D), 

9 and (E),’’ and inserting ‘‘(B), (D), (E), and (F),’’; 

10 and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(F) INCENTIVE AUCTION AUTHORITY.— 

13 ‘‘(i) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 

14 any other provision of law, if the Commis15 sion determines that it is consistent with 

16 the public interest in utilization of the 

17 spectrum for a licensee to relinquish volun18 tarily some or all of its licensed spectrum 

19 usage rights in order to permit the assign20 ment of new initial licenses through a com21 petitive bidding process subject to new 

22 service rules, or the designation of new 

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1 mission determines, in its discretion, are 

2 attributable to the licensee’s relinquished 

3 spectrum usage rights. 

4 ‘‘(ii) REPACKING.—When assigning 

5 spectrum to television broadcast station li6 censees pursuant to clause (i), if the Com7 mission determines that it is in the public 

8 interest to modify the spectrum usage 

9 rights of any incumbent licensee in order 

10 to facilitate the assignment of such new 

11 initial licenses subject to new service rules, 

12 or the designation of spectrum for an unli13 censed use, the Commission may disburse 

14 to such licensee a portion of the auction 

15 proceeds for the purpose of relocating to 

16 any alternative frequency or location that 

17 the Commission may designate. 

18 ‘‘(iii) UNLICENSED SPECTRUM.— 

19 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—With respect 

20 to frequency bands between 54 and 72 

21 MHz, 76 and 88 MHz, 174 and 216 

22 MHz, 470 and 698 MHz, 84 MHz 

23 (referred to in this clause as the ‘spec24 ified bands’) shall be assigned via a 

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1 winning bidders for licenses covering 

2 90 megahertz from the specified 

3 bands deposit the full amount of their 

4 bids in accordance with the instruc5 tions of the Commission. In addition, 

6 if more than 90 megahertz of spec7 trum from the specified bands is made 

8 available for alternative use utilizing 

9 payments under this subsection, and 

10 such spectrum is assigned via com11 petitive bidding, a portion of the pro12 ceeds may be disbursed to licensees of 

13 other frequency bands for the purpose 

14 of making additional spectrum avail15 able. 

16 ‘‘(II) NOTICE.—The Chairman of 

17 the Commission, in consultation with 

18 the Director of OMB, shall notify the 

19 Committees on Appropriations and 

20 Commerce, Science, and Transpor21 tation of the Senate, and the Commit22 tees on Appropriations and Energy 

23 and Commerce of the House of Rep24 resentatives of the methodology for 

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1 at least 3 months in advance of the 

2 relevant auction, and that such meth3 odology consider the value of spec4 trum vacated in its current use and 

5 the timeliness of clearing. 

6 ‘‘(iv) TREATMENT OF REVENUES.— 

7 Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), and 

8 except as provided in subparagraphs (B), 

9 (C), and (D), all proceeds (including de10 posits and up front payments from suc11 cessful bidders) from the auction of spec12 trum under this subparagraph shall be de13 posited with the Public Safety Trust Fund 

14 established under section 243 of the Budg15 et Control Act of 2011. 

16 ‘‘(G) ESTABLISHMENT OF INCENTIVE AUC17 TION RELOCATION FUND.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—There is estab19 lished in the Treasury of the United States 

20 a fund to be known as the ‘Incentive Auc21 tion Relocation Fund’. 

22 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—The Assist23 ant Secretary shall administer the Incen24 tive Auction Relocation Fund using the 


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1 amounts deposited pursuant to this sec2 tion. 

3 ‘‘(iii) CREDITING OF RECEIPTS.— 

4 There shall be deposited into or credited to 

5 the Incentive Auction Relocation Fund any 

6 amounts specified in section 243 of the 

7 Budget Control Act of 2011. 

8 ‘‘(iv) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the 

9 Incentive Auction Relocation Fund shall be 

10 available to the NTIA for use— 

11 ‘‘(I) without fiscal year limita12 tion; 

13 ‘‘(II) for a period not to exceed 

14 18 months following the later of— 

15 ‘‘(aa) the completion of in16 centive auction from which such 

17 amounts were derived; or 

18 ‘‘(bb) the date on which the 

19 Commission issues all the new 

20 channel assignments pursuant to 

21 any repacking required under 

22 subparagraph (F)(ii); and 

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1 ‘‘(v) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the 

2 Incentive Auction Relocation Fund may 

3 only be used by the NTIA, in consultation 

4 with the Commission, to cover— 

5 ‘‘(I) the reasonable costs of li6 censees that are relocated to a dif7 ferent spectrum channel or geographic 

8 location following an incentive auction 

9 under subparagraph (F), or that are 

10 impacted by such relocations, includ11 ing to cover the cost of new equip12 ment, installation, and construction; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(II) the costs incurred by multi15 channel video programming distribu16 tors for new equipment, installation, 

17 and construction related to the car18 riage of such relocated stations or the 

19 carriage of stations that voluntarily 

20 elect to share a channel, but retain 

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1 SEC. 223. INCENTIVE AUCTIONS TO REPURPOSE CERTAIN 

2 MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICES SPECTRUM 

3 FOR TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND USE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that the Commis5 sion makes available spectrum licenses on some or all of 

6 the frequencies between 2000 and 2020 MHz and 2180 

7 and 2200 MHz for terrestrial broadband use, such licenses 

8 shall be assigned pursuant to the authority provided in 

9 section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

10 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)), including, as appropriate, subpara11 graph (F) of such section. 

12 (b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

13 granted under subsection (a) shall terminate on Sep14 tember 30, 2021. 

15 SEC. 224. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF AUCTION AUTHOR16 ITY. 

17 Section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 

18 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is repealed. 

19 SEC. 225. AUTHORITY TO AUCTION LICENSES FOR DOMES20 TIC SATELLITE SERVICES. 

21 Section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 

22 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) is amended by adding the following: 

23 ‘‘(17) AUTHORITY TO AUCTION LICENSES FOR

24 DOMESTIC SATELLITE SERVICES.— 

25 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

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1 competitive bidding under this subsection to as2 sign any license, construction permit, reserva3 tion, or similar authorization or modification 

4 thereof, that may be used solely or predomi5 nantly for domestic satellite communications 

6 services, including satellite-based television or 

7 radio services. The Commission may, however, 

8 use an alternative approach to assignment of 

9 such licenses or similar authorities if it finds 

10 that such an alternative to competitive bidding 

11 would serve the public interest, convenience, 

12 and necessity. 

13 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

14 term ‘predominantly for domestic satellite com15 munications services’ means a service provided 

16 in which the majority of customers that may be 

17 served are located within the geographic bound18 aries of the United States. 

19 ‘‘(C) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICA20 TION.—This paragraph shall take effect on the 

21 date of enactment of this paragraph and shall 

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1 evision or radio services as of the effective 

2 date.’’. 

3 SEC. 226. AUCTION OF SPECTRUM. 

4 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF SPECTRUM.—Not later than 

5 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assist6 ant Secretary shall identify and make available for imme7 diate reallocation or sharing with incumbent Government 

8 operations, at a minimum, 15 megahertz of contiguous 

9 spectrum at frequencies located between 1675 megahertz 

10 and 1710 megahertz, inclusive, minus the geographic ex11 clusion zones, or any amendment thereof, identified in 

12 NTIA’s October 2010 report entitled ‘‘An Assessment of 

13 Near-Term Viability of Accommodating Wireless 

14 Broadband Systems in 1675–1710 MHz, 1755–1780 

15 MHz, 3500–3650 MHz, and 4200–4220 MHz, 4380– 

16 4400 MHz Bands’’. 

17 (b) AUCTION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 

19 2016, the Commission shall conduct the auctions of 

20 the following licenses, by commencing the bidding 

21 for: 

22 (A) The spectrum between the frequencies 

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1 (B) The spectrum between the frequencies 

2 of 1995 megahertz and 2000 megahertz, inclu3 sive. 

4 (C) The spectrum between the frequencies 

5 of 2020 megahertz and 2025 megahertz, inclu6 sive. 

7 (D) The spectrum between the frequencies 

8 of 2155 megahertz and 2175 megahertz, inclu9 sive. 

10 (E) The spectrum between the frequencies 

11 of 2175 megahertz and 2180 megahertz, inclu12 sive. 

13 (F) Subject to paragraph (2), 25 mega14 hertz of spectrum between the frequencies of 

15 1755 megahertz, minus appropriate geographic 

16 exclusion zones. 

17 (G) The spectrum identified pursuant to 

18 subsection (a). 

19 (2) LIMITATION.—The Commission may con20 duct the auctions of the licenses described in para21 graph (1) unless the President determines that— 

22 (A)(i) such spectrum should not be reallo23 cated due to the need to protect incumbent 

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1 (ii) reallocation must be delayed or pro2 gressed in phases to ensure protection or con3 tinuity of Federal operations; and 

4 (B) allocation of other spectrum— 

5 (i) better serves the public interest, 

6 convenience, and necessity; and 

7 (ii) can reasonably be expected to 

8 produce receipts comparable to auction of 

9 spectrum frequencies identified in this 

10 paragraph. 

11 (c) AUCTION ORGANIZATION.—The Commission may, 

12 if technically feasible and consistent with the public inter13 est, combine the spectrum identified in paragraphs (4), 

14 (5), and the portion of paragraph (6) between the fre15 quencies of 1755 megahertz and 1780 megahertz, inclu16 sive, of subsection (b) in an auction of licenses for paired 

17 spectrum blocks. 

18 (d) FURTHER REALLOCATION OF CERTAIN OTHER

19 SPECTRUM.— 

20 (1) COVERED SPECTRUM.—For purposes of this 

21 subsection, the term ‘‘covered spectrum’’ means the 

22 portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between the 

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1 port entitled ‘‘An Assessment of Near-Term Viabil2 ity of Accommodating Wireless Broadband Systems 

3 in 1675–1710 MHz, 1755–1780 MHz, 3550–3650 

4 MHz, and 4200–4220 MHz, 4380–4400 MHz 

5 Bands’’. 

6 (2) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with require7 ments of section 309(j) of the Communications Act 

8 of 1934, the Commission shall reallocate covered 

9 spectrum for assignment by competitive bidding un10 less the President of the United States determines 

11 that— 

12 (A) such spectrum cannot be reallocated 

13 due to the need to protect incumbent Federal 

14 systems from interference; or 

15 (B) allocation of other spectrum— 

16 (i) better serves the public interest, 

17 convenience, and necessity; and 

18 (ii) can reasonably be expected to 

19 produce receipts comparable to what the 

20 covered spectrum might auction for with21 out the geographic exclusion zones. 

22 (3) ACTIONS REQUIRED IF COVERED SPECTRUM

23 CANNOT BE REALLOCATED.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the President makes 

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1 covered spectrum cannot be reallocated, then 

2 the President shall, within 1 year after the date 

3 of such determination— 

4 (i) identify alternative bands of fre5 quencies totaling more than 20 megahertz 

6 and no more than 100 megahertz of spec7 trum used primarily by Federal agencies 

8 that satisfy the requirements of clauses (i) 

9 and (ii) of paragraph (2)(B); 

10 (ii) report to the President and appro11 priate committees of Congress and the 

12 Commission an identification of such alter13 native spectrum for assignment by com14 petitive bidding; and 

15 (iii) make such alternative spectrum 

16 for assignment immediately available for 

17 reallocation. 

18 (B) AUCTION.—If the President makes a 

19 determination under paragraph (2) that the 

20 covered spectrum cannot be reallocated, the 

21 Commission shall commence the bidding of the 

22 alternative spectrum identified pursuant to sub23 paragraph (A) within 3 years of the date of en24 actment of this Act. 


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1 (4) ACTIONS REQUIRED IF COVERED SPECTRUM

2 CAN BE REALLOCATED.—If the President does not 

3 make a determination under paragraph (1) that the 

4 covered spectrum cannot be reallocated, the Commis5 sion shall commence the competitive bidding for the 

6 covered spectrum within 3 years of the date of en7 actment of this Act. 

8 (e) AMENDMENTS TO DESIGN REQUIREMENTS RE9 LATED TO COMPETITIVE BIDDING.—Section 309(j) of the 

10 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 

14 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

15 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 

16 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

17 and 

18 (2) by amending clause (i) of the second sen19 tence of paragraph (8)(C) to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(i) the deposits— 

21 ‘‘(I) of successful bidders of any 

22 auction conducted pursuant to sub23 paragraph (F) or to section 226 of 

24 the Budget Control Act of 2011 shall 

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1 Fund established under section 243 of 

2 the Budget Control Act of 2011; and 

3 ‘‘(II) of successful bidders of any 

4 other auction shall be paid to the 

5 Treasury;’’. 

6 SEC. 227. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON IMPROVING SPEC7 TRUM MANAGEMENT. 

8 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this part, the NTIA shall submit to the appropriate 

10 committees of Congress a report on the status of the 

11 NTIA’s plan to implement the recommendations contained 

12 in the ‘‘President’s Memorandum on Improving Spectrum 

13 Management for the 21st Century’’, 49 Weekly Comp. 

14 Pres. Doc. 2875, Nov. 29, 2004. 

15 PART II—PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK 

16 SEC. 241. REALLOCATION OF D BLOCK FOR PUBLIC SAFE17 TY. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall reallocate 

19 the 700 MHz D block spectrum for use by public safety 

20 entities in accordance with the provisions of this Act. 

21 (b) SPECTRUM ALLOCATION.—Section 337(a) of the 

22 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 337(a)) is 

23 amended— 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘36’’ in paragraph (2) and in2 serting ‘‘26’’. 

3 SEC. 242. FLEXIBLE USE OF NARROWBAND SPECTRUM. 

4 The Commission may allow the narrowband spectrum 

5 to be used in a flexible manner, including usage for public 

6 safety broadband communications, subject to such tech7 nical and interference protection measures as the Commis8 sion may require and subject to interoperability require9 ments of the Commission and the Corporation (to be es10 tablished in subsequent legislation, to provide governance 

11 of the network, development of standards to promote sys12 tem-wide interoperability and security, and implementa13 tion grants, where necessary, to state, local and Tribal en14 tities). 

15 SEC. 243. PUBLIC SAFETY TRUST FUND. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRUST

17 FUND.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

19 Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be 

20 known as the ‘‘Public Safety Trust Fund’’. 

21 (2) CREDITING OF RECEIPTS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be depos23 ited into or credited to the Public Safety Trust 

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1 (i) section 102 of this Act; and 

2 (ii) section 309(j)(8)(F) of the Com3 munications Act of 1934, as added by sec4 tion 102 of this Act. 

5 (B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited 

6 into or credited to the Public Safety Trust 

7 Fund in accordance with subparagraph (A) 

8 shall remain available until the end of fiscal 

9 year 2017. Upon the expiration of the period 

10 described in the prior sentence such amounts 

11 shall be deposited in the General Fund of the 

12 Treasury, where such amounts shall be dedi13 cated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction. 

14 (b) APPROPRIATION.—There is hereby appropriated 

15 from the Public Safety Trust Fund to the Secretary of 

16 Commerce $7,000,000,000, to remain available through 

17 fiscal year 2017, for the establishment of a national net18 work to support secure and interoperable public-safety 

19 broadband communications: Provided, That the Secretary 

20 may make shall make these amounts available to a Public 

21 Safety Broadband Corporation, to be established in a sub22 sequent statute, to support the Corporation’s activities in 

23 providing governance of such network; in developing 

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1 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 

2 for NIST to provide services to the Corporation; and in 

3 making grants, as necessary, to State, local, and tribal en4 tities for their activities in support of such network: Pro5 vided further, That the Secretary shall make these 

6 amounts available to such Corporation after submission 

7 of a spend plan by the Corporation and approval by the 

8 Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary 

9 of Homeland Security, Director of the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget, and Attorney General of the United 

11 States. 

12 SEC. 244. PUBLIC SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

13 After approval by the Office of Management and 

14 Budget of a spend plan developed by the Director of 

15 NIST, up to $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 shall be 

16 made available for use by the Director of NIST to carry 

17 out a research program on public safety wireless commu18 nications. If less than $300,000,000 is approved by the 

19 Office of Management and Budget, the remainder shall 

20 be transferred to the Public Safety Broadband Corpora21 tion, to be established in subsequent statute, and be avail22 able to support the Corporation’s activities in providing 

23 governance of a national network to support secure and 

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1 ability and security of such network; and in making 

2 grants, as necessary, to State, local, and tribal entities for 

3 their activities in support of such network. 

4 SEC. 245. INCENTIVE AUCTION RELOCATION FUND. 

5 Not more than $1,000,000,000 shall be deposited in 

6 the Incentive Auction Relocation Fund established under 

7 section 309(j)(8)(G) of the Communications Act of 1934. 

8 SEC. 246. FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General 

10 Services shall establish rules to allow public safety entities 

11 licensed or otherwise permitted to use spectrum allocated 

12 to the Public Safety Broadband Corporation and other 

13 non-Federal users of spectrum to have access to those 

14 components of Federal infrastructure appropriate for the 

15 construction and maintenance of the nationwide public 

16 safety interoperable broadband network to be established 

17 under this part or operation of a commercial or other non18 Federal wireless networks. 

19 (b) REQUIRED PAYMENT.—Rules established by the 

20 Administrator shall require payments from public safety 

21 entities or other non-Federal users to cover at least the 

22 full incremental costs of using Federal infrastructure. 

23 (c) PAYMENT ABOVE FULL INCREMENTAL COST.— 

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1 ture if demand for use of a component of Federal infra2 structure by non-Federal entities is greater than can be 

3 accommodated, as determined by the Administrator. How4 ever, the rules established by the Administrator shall 

5 prioritize use by Federal agencies over public safety enti6 ties and prioritize use by public safety entities over com7 mercial or other non-Federal entities. 

8 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Remuneration received for use 

9 of Federal infrastructure is available to the Administrator 

10 without further appropriation to pay for the full incre11 mental costs of using the infrastructure. Any amounts re12 ceived above the full incremental cost shall be deposited 

13 in the general fund of the Treasury. 

14 SEC. 247. FCC REPORT ON EFFICIENT USE OF PUBLIC 

15 SAFETY SPECTRUM. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act and every 2 years thereafter, 

18 the Commission shall, in consultation with the Assistant 

19 Secretary and the Director of NIST, conduct a study and 

20 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

21 on the spectrum allocated for public safety use. 

22 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 

23 (a) shall include— 

24 (1) an examination of how such spectrum is 

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1 (2) recommendations on how such spectrum 

2 may be used more efficiently; 

3 (3) an assessment of the feasibility of public 

4 safety entities relocating from other bands to the 

5 public safety broadband spectrum; and 

6 (4) an assessment of whether any spectrum 

7 made available by the relocation described in para8 graph (3) could be returned to the Commission for 

9 reassignment through auction, including through use 

10 of incentive auction authority under subparagraph 

11 (G) of section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act 

12 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)), as added by section 

13 222. 

14 Subtitle B—Federal Pell Grant and 

15 Student Loan Program Changes 

16 SEC. 251. FEDERAL PELL GRANT AND STUDENT LOAN PRO17 GRAM CHANGES. 

18 (a) FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.—Section 

19 401(b)(7)(A)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

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 ‘‘$13,683,000,000’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘$0’’ and in25 serting ‘‘$7,500,000,000’’. 


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1 (b) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE INTER2 EST SUBSIDIZED LOANS TO GRADUATE AND PROFES3 SIONAL STUDENTS.—Section 455(a) of the Higher Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(3) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE

7 INTEREST SUBSIDIZED LOANS TO GRADUATE AND

8 PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS.—Notwithstanding any 

9 provision of this part or part B, for any period of 

10 instruction beginning on or after July 1, 2012— 

11 ‘‘(A) a graduate or professional student 

12 shall not be eligible to receive a subsidized Fed13 eral Direct Stafford Loan under this part; 

14 ‘‘(B) the maximum annual amount of Fed15 eral Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans such a 

16 student may borrow in any academic year (as 

17 defined in section 481(a)(2)) or its equivalent 

18 shall be the maximum annual amount for such 

19 student determined under section 428H, plus 

20 an amount equal to the amount of Federal Di21 rect Subsidized Loans the student would have 

22 received in the absence of this paragraph; and 

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1 imum aggregate amount for such student deter2 mined under section 428H, adjusted to reflect 

3 the increased annual limits described in sub4 paragraph (B), as prescribed by the Secretary 

5 by regulation.’’. 

6 (c) INAPPLICABILITY OF TITLE IV NEGOTIATED

7 RULEMAKING AND MASTER CALENDAR EXCEPTION.— 

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

9 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1089(c), 1098a) shall not apply to the 

10 amendments made by this section, or to any regulations 

11 promulgated under those amendments. 

12 Subtitle C—Farm Programs 

13 SEC. 261. DEFINITION OF PAYMENT ACRES. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001(11) of the Food, 

15 Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

16 8702(11)) is amended— 

17 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

22 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) in the case of direct payments for the 

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1 the covered commodity on a farm on which di2 rect payments are made.’’. 

3 (b) PAYMENT ACRES FOR PEANUTS.—Section 

4 1301(5) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

5 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8751(5)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

11 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) in the case of direct payments for the 

14 2012 crop year, 59 percent of the base acres for 

15 peanuts on a farm on which direct payments 

16 are made.’’. 

17 TITLE III—JOINT SELECT COM18 MITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUC19 TION 

20 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE. 

21 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 

22 (1) JOINT COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘joint com23 mittee’’ means the Joint Select Committee on Def24 icit Reduction established under subsection (b)(1). 


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

2 committee bill’’ means a bill consisting of the pro3 posed legislative language of the joint committee rec4 ommended under subsection (b)(3)(B) and intro5 duced under section 302(a). 

6 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COM7 MITTEE.— 

8 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

9 joint select committee of Congress to be known as 

10 the ‘‘Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction’’. 

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

12 shall be to reduce the deficit to 3 percent or less of 

13 GDP. 

14 (3) DUTIES.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.— 

16 (i) IMPROVING THE SHORT-TERM AND

17 LONG-TERM FISCAL IMBALANCE.—The 

18 joint committee shall provide recommenda19 tions and legislative language that will sig20 nificantly improve the short-term and long21 term fiscal imbalance of the Federal Gov22 ernment and may include recommendations 

23 and legislative language on tax reform. 

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1 the joint committee’s recommendations and 

2 legislation, the joint committee shall con3 sider existing bipartisan plans to reduce 

4 the deficit, including plans developed joint5 ly by Senators or Members of the House. 

6 (iii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOUSE

7 AND SENATE COMMITTEES.—Not later 

8 than October 14, 2011, each committee of 

9 the House and Senate may transmit to the 

10 joint committee its recommendations for 

11 changes in law to reduce the deficit con12 sistent with the goals described in para13 graph (2) for the joint committee’s consid14 eration. 

15 (B) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND

16 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than No18 vember 23, 2011, the joint committee shall 

19 vote on— 

20 (I) a report that contains a de21 tailed statement of the findings, con22 clusions, and recommendations of the 

23 joint committee and CBO and the 

24 Joint Committee on Taxation estimate 

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1 (II) proposed legislative language 

2 to carry out such recommendations as 

3 described in subclause (I). 

4 (ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG5 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—The report of the 

6 joint committee and the proposed legisla7 tive language described in clause (i) shall 

8 require the approval of not fewer than 7 of 

9 the 12 members of the joint committee. 

10 (iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.—A member 

11 of the joint committee who gives notice of 

12 an intention to file supplemental, minority, 

13 or additional views at the time of final 

14 joint committee vote on the approval of the 

15 report and legislative language under 

16 clause (ii), shall be entitled to 3 calendar 

17 days in which to file such views in writing 

18 with the staff director of the joint com19 mittee. Such views shall then be included 

20 in the joint committee report and printed 

21 in the same volume, or part thereof, and 

22 their inclusion shall be noted on the cover 

23 of the report. In the absence of timely no24 tice, the joint committee report may be 


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1 printed and transmitted immediately with2 out such views. 

3 (iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND

4 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—If the report 

5 and legislative language are approved by 

6 the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), 

7 then not later than December 2, 2011, the 

8 joint committee shall submit the joint com9 mittee report and legislative language de10 scribed in clause (i) to the President, the 

11 Vice President, the Speaker of the House, 

12 and the majority and minority leaders of 

13 both Houses. 

14 (v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN15 GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the 

16 approval or disapproval of the joint com17 mittee report and legislative language pur18 suant to clause (ii), the joint committee 

19 shall promptly make the full report and 

20 legislative language, and a record of the 

21 vote, available to the public. 

22 (4) MEMBERSHIP.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The joint committee 

24 shall be composed of 12 members appointment 

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1 (B) APPOINTMENT.—Members of the joint 

2 committee shall be appointed as follows: 

3 (i) The majority leader of the Senate 

4 shall appoint 3 members from among 

5 Members of the Senate. 

6 (ii) The minority leader of the Senate 

7 shall appoint 3 members from among 

8 Members of the Senate. 

9 (iii) The Speaker of the House of 

10 Representatives shall appoint 3 members 

11 from among Members of the House of 

12 Representatives. 

13 (iv) The minority leader of the House 

14 of Representatives shall appoint 3 mem15 bers from among Members of the House of 

16 Representatives. 

17 (C) CO-CHAIRS.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—There shall be 2 

19 Co-Chairs of the joint committee. The ma20 jority leader of the Senate shall appoint 

21 one Co-Chair from among the members of 

22 the joint committee. The Speaker of the 

23 House of Representatives shall appoint the 

24 second Co-Chair from among the members 

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1 be appointed not later than 14 calendar 

2 days after the date of enactment of this 

3 section. 

4 (ii) STAFF DIRECTOR.—The Co5 Chairs, acting jointly, shall hire the staff 

6 director of the joint committee. 

7 (D) DATE.—Members of the joint com8 mittee shall be appointed not later than 14 cal9 endar days after the date of enactment of this 

10 section. 

11 (E) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.—Members 

12 shall be appointed for the life of the joint com13 mittee. Any vacancy in the joint committee 

14 shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled 

15 not later than 14 calendar days after the date 

16 on which the vacancy occurs in the same man17 ner as the original appointment. If a member of 

18 the committee leaves Congress, the member is 

19 no longer a member of the joint committee and 

20 a vacancy shall exist. 

21 (5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—To enable the joint 

23 committee to exercise its powers, functions and 

24 duties, there are authorized to be disbursed by 

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1 the joint committee approved by the co-chairs, 

2 subject to Senate rules and regulations. 

3 (B) EXPENSES.—In carrying out its func4 tions, the joint committee is authorized to incur 

5 expenses in the same manner and under the 

6 same conditions as the Joint Economic Com7 mittee as authorized by section 11 of Public 

8 Law 79–304 (15 U.S.C. 1024(d)). 

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

10 committee shall constitute a quorum for pur11 poses of voting, meeting, and holding hearings. 

12 (D) VOTING.— 

13 (i) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 

14 shall be allowed on behalf of the members 

15 of the joint committee. 

16 (ii) CBO AND JOINT COMMITTEE ON

17 TAXATION ESTIMATES.—CBO and Joint 

18 Committee on Taxation shall provide esti19 mates of the legislation (as described in 

20 paragraph (3)(B)) in accordance with sec21 tions 201(f) and 308(a) of the Congres22 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

23 601(f) and 639(a)), including estimates of 

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1 mation on the budgetary effect of the legis2 lation beyond fiscal year 2021. The joint 

3 committee may not vote on any version of 

4 the report, recommendations, or legislative 

5 language unless an estimate described in 

6 ths clause is available for consideration by 

7 all the members at least 48 hours prior to 

8 the vote as certified by the Co-Chairs. 

9 (E) MEETINGS.— 

10 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 

11 45 calendar days after the date of enact12 ment of this section, the joint committee 

13 shall hold its first meeting. 

14 (ii) AGENDA.—The Co-Chairs shall 

15 provide an agenda to the joint committee 

16 members not less than 48 hours in advance 

17 of any meeting. 

18 (F) HEARINGS.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—The joint com20 mittee may, for the purpose of carrying 

21 out this section, hold such hearings, sit 

22 and act at such times and places, require 

23 attendance of witnesses and production of 

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1 minister such oaths the joint committee 

2 considers advisable. 

3 (ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE4 SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 

5 (I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The joint 

6 committee Co-Chairs shall make a 

7 public announcement of the date, 

8 place, time, and subject matter of any 

9 hearing to be conducted not less than 

10 7 days in advance of such hearing, 

11 unless the Co-Chairs determine that 

12 there is good cause to begin such 

13 hearing at an earlier date. 

14 (II) WRITTEN STATEMENT.—A 

15 witness appearing before the joint 

16 committee shall file a written state17 ment of proposed testimony at least 2 

18 calendar days prior to appearance, un19 less the requirement is waived by the 

20 Co-Chairs, following their determina21 tion that there is good cause for fail22 ure of compliance. 

23 (G) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ24 ten request of the Co-Chairs, a Federal agency 

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1 committee in order for the joint committee to 

2 carry out its duties. 

3 (c) STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE.— 

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

5 committee may jointly appoint and fix the compensa6 tion of staff as they deem necessary, within the 

7 guidelines for Senate employees and following all ap8 plicable Senate rules and employment requirements. 

9 (2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.—Members on the 

10 joint committee who serve in the House of Rep11 resentatives shall be governed by the House ethics 

12 rules and requirements. Members of the Senate who 

13 serve on the joint committee and staff of the joint 

14 committee shall comply with Senate ethics rules. 

15 (d) TERMINATION.—The joint committee shall termi16 nate on January 13, 2012. 

17 SEC. 302. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COM18 MITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. 

19 (a) INTRODUCTION.—If approved by the majority re20 quired by section 301(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed legislative 

21 language submitted pursuant to section 301(b)(3)(B)(iv) 

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

23 day on which the Senate is in session by the majority lead24 er of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated 

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1 duced in the House of Representatives (by request) on the 

2 next legislative day by the majority leader of the House 

3 or by a Member of the House designated by the majority 

4 leader of the House. 

5 (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT6 ATIVES.— 

7 (1) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any com8 mittee of the House of Representatives to which the 

9 joint committee bill is referred shall report it to the 

10 House without amendment not later than December 

11 9, 2011. If a committee fails to report the joint com12 mittee bill within that period, it shall be in order to 

13 move that the House discharge the committee from 

14 further consideration of the bill. Such a motion shall 

15 not be in order after the last committee authorized 

16 to consider the bill reports it to the House or after 

17 the House has disposed of a motion to discharge the 

18 bill. The previous question shall be considered as or19 dered on the motion to its adoption without inter20 vening motion except 20 minutes of debate equally 

21 divided and controlled by the proponent and an op22 ponent. If such a motion is adopted, the House shall 

23 proceed immediately to consider the joint committee 

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1 motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

2 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

3 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

4 the last committee authorized to consider a joint 

5 committee bill reports it to the House or has been 

6 discharged (other than by motion) from its consider7 ation, it shall be in order to move to proceed to con8 sider the joint committee bill in the House. Such a 

9 motion shall not be in order after the House has dis10 posed of a motion to proceed with respect to the 

11 joint committee bill. The previous question shall be 

12 considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 

13 without intervening motion. A motion to reconsider 

14 the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not 

15 be in order. 

16 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The joint committee bill 

17 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

18 against the joint committee bill and against its con19 sideration are waived. The previous question shall be 

20 considered as ordered on the joint committee bill to 

21 its passage without intervening motion except 2 

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1 consider the vote on passage of the joint committee 

2 bill shall not be in order. 

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

4 of the joint committee bill shall occur not later than 

5 December 23, 2011. 

6 (c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 

7 (1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A joint com8 mittee bill introduced in the Senate under subsection 

9 (a) shall be jointly referred to the committee or com10 mittees of jurisdiction, which committees shall report 

11 the bill without any revision and with a favorable 

12 recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or 

13 without recommendation, not later than December 9, 

14 2011. If any committee fails to report the bill within 

15 that period, that committee shall be automatically 

16 discharged from consideration of the bill, and the 

17 bill shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

18 (2) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwithstanding 

19 Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it 

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

21 date on which a joint committee bill is reported or 

22 discharged from all committees to which it was re23 ferred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the 

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

25 consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also 


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

2 to proceed to the consideration of the joint com3 mittee bill at any time after the conclusion of such 

4 2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even 

5 though a previous motion to the same effect has 

6 been disagreed to. All points of order against the 

7 motion to proceed to the joint committee bill are 

8 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 

9 motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo10 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 

11 agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 

12 a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 

13 committee bill is agreed to, the joint committee bill 

14 shall remain the unfinished business until disposed 

15 of. 

16 (3) CONSIDERATION.—All points of order 

17 against the joint committee bill and against consid18 eration of the joint committee bill are waived. Con19 sideration of the joint committee bill and of all de20 batable motions and appeals in connection therewith 

21 shall not exceed a total of 30 hours which shall be 

22 divided equally between the majority and minority 

23 leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit 

24 debate on the joint committee bill is in order, shall 

25 require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 


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1 Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not debat2 able. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable 

3 for not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally be4 tween those favoring and those opposing the motion 

5 or appeal. All time used for consideration of the 

6 joint committee bill, including time used for quorum 

7 calls and voting, shall be counted against the total 

8 30 hours of consideration. 

9 (4) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to the 

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

11 motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi12 ness, or a motion to recommit the joint committee 

13 bill, is not in order. 

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

15 voted to proceed to the joint committee bill, the vote 

16 on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur im17 mediately following the conclusion of the debate on 

18 a joint committee bill, and a single quorum call at 

19 the conclusion of the debate if requested. The vote 

20 on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur not 

21 later than December 23, 2011. 

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

23 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

24 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 


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1 case may be, to the procedure relating to a joint 

2 committee bill shall be decided without debate. 

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

4 be subject to amendment in either the House of Rep5 resentatives or the Senate. 

6 (e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 

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

8 committee bill, one House receives from the other a 

9 joint committee bill— 

10 (A) the joint committee bill of the other 

11 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

12 (B) the procedure in the receiving House 

13 shall be the same as if no joint committee bill 

14 had been received from the other House until 

15 the vote on passage, when the joint committee 

16 bill received from the other House shall sup17 plant the joint committee bill of the receiving 

18 House. 

19 (2) REVENUE MEASURE.—This subsection shall 

20 not apply to the House of Representatives if the 

21 joint committee bill received from the Senate is a 

22 revenue measure. 

23 (f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER

24 HOUSE.— 


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1 (1) TREATMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL OF

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

3 consider a joint committee bill under this section, 

4 the joint committee bill of the House shall be enti5 tled to expedited floor procedures under this section. 

6 (2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN

7 THE SENATE.—If following passage of the joint com8 mittee bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives 

9 the joint committee bill from the House of Rep10 resentatives, the House-passed joint committee bill 

11 shall not be debatable. The vote on passage of the 

12 joint committee bill in the Senate shall be considered 

13 to be the vote on passage of the joint committee bill 

14 received from the House of Representatives. 

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

16 committee bill, debate on a veto message in the Sen17 ate under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided 

18 between the majority and minority leaders or their 

19 designees. 

20 (g) LOSS OF PRIVILEGE.—The provisions of this sec21 tion shall cease to apply to the joint committee bill if— 

22 (1) the joint committee fails to vote on the re23 port or proposed legislative language required under 

24 section 201(b)(3)(B)(i) by November 23, 2011; or 


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

2 Houses by December 23, 2011. 

3 SEC. 303. FUNDING. 

4 Funding for the joint committee shall be derived from 

5 the applicable account of the House of Representatives, 

6 and the contingent fund of the Senate from the appropria7 tions account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items,’’ subject to Senate 

8 rules and regulations. 

9 SEC. 304. RULEMAKING. 

10 The provisions of this title are enacted by Congress— 

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

12 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re13 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 

14 part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 

15 that House to which they specifically apply, and 

16 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex17 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

18 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

19 right of either House to change such rules (so far 

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

21 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 

22 any other rule of such House. 


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1 TITLE IV—PUBLIC DEBT 

2 SEC. 401. PUBLIC DEBT. 

3 Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United 

4 States Code, is amended by striking the dollar limitation 

5 contained in that subsection and inserting 

6 ‘‘$16,994,000,000,000’’. 

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