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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2855 

To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to reduce the deficit and restore 

the middle class by creating jobs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 

Mr. ELLISON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget and 

Ways and Means, 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 amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to reduce the 

deficit and restore the middle class by creating jobs. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Jobs Now 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 

7 2011 RELATING TO JOB CREATION. 

8 (a) RENAMING OF JOINT COMMITTEE.—(1) The title 

9 of title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is amended 


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1 by striking ‘‘JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON 

2 DEFICIT REDUCTION’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT 

3 SELECT COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY JOB 

4 CREATION AND DEFICIT REDUCTION’’. 

5 (2) Subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) of section 401 of 

6 such Act are amended by striking ‘‘Joint Select Com7 mittee on Deficit Reduction’’ and inserting ‘‘Joint Select 

8 Committee on Emergency Job Creation and Deficit Re9 duction’’ each place it appears. 

10 (3) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of 

11 such Act is amended by striking the item relating to title 

12 IV and inserting the following: 

‘‘TITLE IV—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY JOB 

CREATION AND DEFICIT REDUCTION’’. 

13 (b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 401.— 

14 (1) Amend subsection 401(b)(2) of the Budget Control 

15 Act of 2011 to read as follows: 

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

17 shall be to enact emergency jobs legislation that will 

18 create an additional 3 million jobs during each of 

19 the calendar years 2012 and 2013, thereby reducing 

20 unemployment rates over the short-term and long21 term, and to reduce the deficit by at least 

22 $1,500,000,000,000 over the period of fiscal years 

23 2014 through 2021.’’. 


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1 (2) Subsection (b)(3) of such section is amended to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) EMERGENCY JOBS LEGISLATION.— 

5 ‘‘(i) ENACTING EMERGENCY JOBS

6 LEGISLATION AND REDUCING THE UNEM7 PLOYMENT RATE.—The joint committee 

8 shall provide recommendations and legisla9 tive language to enact emergency jobs leg10 islation that will create an additional 3 

11 million jobs during each of the calendar 

12 years 2012 and 2013, thereby reducing un13 employment rates over the short-term and 

14 long-term. 

15 ‘‘(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

16 COMMITTEES.—Not later than September 

17 23, 2011, each committee of the House of 

18 Representatives and the Senate may trans19 mit to the joint committee its recommenda20 tions to enact emergency jobs legislation 

21 consistent with the goal described in para22 graph (2) for the joint committee’s consid23 eration. 

24 ‘‘(B) DEFICIT REDUCTION MEASURES.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IMPROVING THE SHORT-TERM

2 AND LONG-TERM FISCAL IMBALANCE.— 

3 The joint committee shall provide rec4 ommendations and legislative language 

5 that will significantly improve the short6 term and long-term fiscal imbalance of the 

7 Federal Government. 

8 ‘‘(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT9 TEES.—Not later than October 14, 2011, 

10 each committee of the House of Represent11 atives and the Senate may transmit to the 

12 joint committee its recommendations for 

13 changes in law to reduce the deficit con14 sistent with the goal described in para15 graph (2) for the joint committee’s consid16 eration. 

17 ‘‘(C) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND

18 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE FOR EMERGENCY JOBS

19 LEGISLATION.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Oc21 tober 14, 2011, the joint committee shall 

22 vote on— 

23 ‘‘(I) a report that contains a de24 tailed statement of the findings, con25 clusions, and recommendations of the 


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1 joint committee on emergency jobs 

2 legislation and the estimate of the 

3 Joint Economic Committee required 

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

5 ‘‘(II) proposed legislative lan6 guage to carry out such recommenda7 tions as described in subclause (I), 

8 which shall include a statement of the 

9 jobs created by the legislation over the 

10 period of calendar years 2012 and 

11 2013. 

12 Any change to the Rules of the House of 

13 Representatives or the Standing Rules of 

14 the Senate included in the report or legis15 lative language shall be considered to be 

16 merely advisory. 

17 ‘‘(ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG18 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—The report of the 

19 joint committee and the proposed legisla20 tive language described in clause (i) shall 

21 require the approval of a majority of the 

22 members of the joint committee. 

23 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.—A member 

24 of the joint committee who gives notice of 

25 an intention to file supplemental, minority, 


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1 or additional views at the time of final 

2 joint committee language under clause (ii) 

3 shall be entitled to 3 calendar days in 

4 which to file such views in writing with the 

5 staff director of the joint committee. Such 

6 views shall then be included in the joint 

7 committee report and printed in the same 

8 volume, or part thereof, and their inclusion 

9 shall be noted on the cover of the report. 

10 In the absence of timely notice, the joint 

11 committee report may be printed and 

12 transmitted immediately without such 

13 views. 

14 ‘‘(iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND

15 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—If the report 

16 and legislative language are approved by 

17 the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), 

18 then not later than October 17, 2011, the 

19 joint committee shall submit the joint com20 mittee report and legislative language to 

21 the President, the Vice President, the 

22 Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

23 and the majority and minority leaders of 

24 each House of Congress. 


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1 ‘‘(v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN2 GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the 

3 approval or disapproval of the joint com4 mittee report and legislative language pur5 suant to clause (ii), the joint committee 

6 shall promptly make the full report and 

7 legislative language, and a record of the 

8 vote, available to the public. 

9 ‘‘(D) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND

10 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE FOR DEFICIT REDUC11 TION.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 

13 November 23, 2011, the joint committee 

14 shall vote on— 

15 ‘‘(I) a report that contains a de16 tailed statement of the findings, con17 clusions, and recommendations of the 

18 joint committee on deficit reduction 

19 and the estimate of the Congressional 

20 Budget Office required by paragraph 

21 (5)(D)(iii); and 

22 ‘‘(II) proposed legislative lan23 guage to carry out such recommenda24 tions as described in subclause (I), 

25 which shall include a statement of the 


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1 deficit reduction achieved by the legis2 lation over the period of fiscal years 

3 2014 to 2021. 

4 Any change to the Rules of the House of 

5 Representatives or the Standing Rules of 

6 the Senate included in the report or legis7 lative language shall be considered to be 

8 merely advisory. 

9 ‘‘(ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG10 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—The report of the 

11 joint committee and the proposed legisla12 tive language described in clause (i) shall 

13 require the approval of a majority of the 

14 members of the joint committee. 

15 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.—A member 

16 of the joint committee who gives notice of 

17 an intention to file supplemental, minority, 

18 or additional views at the time of final 

19 joint committee vote on the approval of the 

20 report and legislative language under 

21 clause (ii) shall be entitled to 3 calendar 

22 days in which to file such views in writing 

23 with the staff director of the joint com24 mittee. Such views shall then be included 

25 in the joint committee report and printed 


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1 in the same volume, or part thereof, and 

2 their inclusion shall be noted on the cover 

3 of the report. In the absence of timely no4 tice, the joint committee report may be 

5 printed and transmitted immediately with6 out such views. 

7 ‘‘(iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND

8 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—If the report 

9 and legislative language are approved by 

10 the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), 

11 then not later than December 2, 2011, the 

12 joint committee shall submit the joint com13 mittee report and legislative language de14 scribed in clause (i) to the President, the 

15 Vice President, the Speaker of the House 

16 of Representatives, and the majority and 

17 minority leaders of each House of Con18 gress. 

19 ‘‘(v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN20 GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the 

21 approval or disapproval of the joint com22 mittee report and legislative language pur23 suant to clause (ii), the joint committee 

24 shall promptly make the full report and 


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1 legislative language, and a record of the 

2 vote, available to the public.’’. 

3 (3) In subsection (b)(5)(D) of such section, strike 

4 clause (ii) and insert the following new clauses: 

5 ‘‘(ii) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

6 ESTIMATES.—The Joint Economic Com7 mittee shall provide job creation estimates 

8 of the legislation (as described in para9 graph (3)(C)) in accordance with the Em10 ployment Act of 1946 and the unemploy11 ment rate as determined by the Bureau of 

12 Labor Statistics. In addition, the Joint 

13 Economic Committee shall provide infor14 mation on the employment effect of the 

15 legislation beyond calendar years 2012 and 

16 2013 and shall determine the impact of job 

17 creation measures approved by the Joint 

18 Committee on growth and deficit projec19 tions. The joint committee may not vote 

20 any version of the report, recommenda21 tions, or legislative language as described 

22 in paragraph (3)(C) unless such estimates 

23 are available for consideration by all mem24 bers of the joint committee at least 48 


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1 hours prior to the vote as certified by the 

2 Co-Chairs. 

3 ‘‘(iii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OF4 FICE ESTIMATES.—The Congressional 

5 Budget Office shall provide estimates of 

6 the legislation (as described in paragraph 

7 (3)(D)) in accordance with sections 308(a) 

8 and 201(f) of the Congressional Budget 

9 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a) and 601(f)) 

10 (including estimates of the effect of inter11 est payment on the debt). In addition, the 

12 Congressional Budget Office shall provide 

13 information on the budgetary effect of the 

14 legislation beyond year 2021. The joint 

15 committee may not vote any version of the 

16 report, recommendations, or legislative lan17 guage as described in paragraph (3)(D) 

18 unless such estimates are available for con19 sideration by all members of the joint com20 mittee at least 48 hours prior to the vote 

21 as certified by the Co-Chair. 

22 ‘‘(iv) TIMING.—The joint committee 

23 may not vote on any version of the report, 

24 recommendations, or legislative language 

25 unless such estimates (as described in 


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1 clauses (ii) and (iii)) are available for con2 sideration by all members of the joint com3 mittee at least 48 hours prior to the vote 

4 as certified by the Co-Chairs.’’. 

5 (4) In subsection (b)(5)(F)(i) of such section is 

6 amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The joint com8 mittee shall, for the purpose of carrying 

9 out this section, hold hearings on emer10 gency jobs legislation and deficit reduction. 

11 In doing so, the joint committee shall sit 

12 and act at such times and places, require 

13 attendance of witnesses and production of 

14 books, papers, and documents, take such 

15 testimony, receive such evidence, and ad16 minister such oaths as the joint committee 

17 considers advisable.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE 

19 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMERGENCY JOBS 

20 LEGISLATION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of the Budget Con22 trol Act of 2011 is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking 

24 ‘‘401(b)(3)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘401(b)(3)(C)(ii)’’ 


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1 and by striking ‘‘401(b)(3)(B)(iv)’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘401(b)(3)(C)(iv)’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘December 

4 9, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 24, 2011’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘December 

6 23, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 31, 2011’’; 

7 (4) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘December 

8 9, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 24, 2011’’; 

9 (5) in subsection (c)(5), by striking ‘‘December 

10 23, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 31, 2011’’; 

11 (6) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘November 

12 23, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 14, 2011’’ and by 

13 striking ‘‘401(b)(3)(B)(i)’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘401(b)(3)(C)(i)’’; and 

15 (7) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘December 

16 23, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘October 31, 2011’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The section head18 ing of section 402 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is 

19 amended by adding at the end ‘‘FOR EMERGENCY JOBS

20 LEGISLATION’’. 

21 SEC. 4. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE 

22 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEFICIT REDUC23 TION. 

24 Title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is amend25 ed by redesignating sections 403 and 404 as sections 404 


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1 and 405, respectively, and by inserting after section 402 

2 the following new section: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 403. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COM4 MITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEFICIT 

5 REDUCTION. 

6 ‘‘(a) INTRODUCTION.—If approved by the majority 

7 required by section 401(b)(3)(D)(ii), the proposed legisla8 tive language submitted pursuant to section 

9 401(b)(3)(D)(iv) shall be introduced in the Senate (by re10 quest) on the next day on which the Senate is in session 

11 by the majority leader of the Senate or by a Member of 

12 the Senate designated by the majority leader of the Senate 

13 and shall be introduced in the House of Representatives 

14 (by request) on the next legislative day by the majority 

15 leader of the House or by a Member of the House des16 ignated by the majority leader of the House. 

17 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP18 RESENTATIVES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any com20 mittee of the House of Representatives to which the 

21 joint committee bill is referred shall report it to the 

22 House without amendment not later than December 

23 9, 2011. If a committee fails to report the joint com24 mittee bill within that period, it shall be in order to 

25 move that the House discharge the committee from 


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1 further consideration of the bill. Such a motion shall 

2 not be in order after the last committee authorized 

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

4 the House has disposed of a motion to discharge the 

5 bill. The previous question shall be considered as or6 dered on the motion to its adoption without inter7 vening motion except 20 minutes of debate equally 

8 divided and controlled by the proponent and an op9 ponent. If such a motion is adopted, the House shall 

10 proceed immediately to consider the joint committee 

11 bill in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). A 

12 motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

13 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

14 ‘‘(2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

15 the last committee authorized to consider a joint 

16 committee bill reports it to the House or has been 

17 discharged (other than by motion) from its consider18 ation, it shall be in order to move to proceed to con19 sider the joint committee bill in the House. Such a 

20 motion shall not be in order after the House has dis21 posed of a motion to proceed with respect to the 

22 joint committee bill. The previous question shall be 

23 considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 

24 without intervening motion. A motion to reconsider 


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

2 be in order. 

3 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION.—The joint committee 

4 bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 

5 against the joint committee bill and against its con6 sideration are waived. The previous question shall be 

7 considered as ordered on the joint committee bill to 

8 its passage without intervening motion except 2 

9 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

10 proponent and an opponent and one motion to limit 

11 debate on the joint committee bill. A motion to re12 consider the vote on passage of the joint committee 

13 bill shall not be in order. 

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

15 of the joint committee bill shall occur not later than 

16 December 23, 2011. 

17 ‘‘(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 

18 ‘‘(1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A joint 

19 committee bill introduced in the Senate under sub20 section (a) shall be jointly referred to the committee 

21 or committees of jurisdiction, which committees shall 

22 report the bill without any revision and with a favor23 able recommendation, an unfavorable recommenda24 tion, or without recommendation, not later than De25 cember 9, 2011. If any committee fails to report the 


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1 bill within that period, that committee shall be auto2 matically discharged from consideration of the bill, 

3 and the bill shall be placed on the appropriate cal4 endar. 

5 ‘‘(2) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwithstanding 

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

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

8 date on which a joint committee bill is reported or 

9 discharged from all committees to which it was re10 ferred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the 

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

12 consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also 

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

14 to proceed to the consideration of the joint com15 mittee bill at any time after the conclusion of such 

16 2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even 

17 though a previous motion to the same effect has 

18 been disagreed to. All points of order against the 

19 motion to proceed to the joint committee bill are 

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

21 motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo22 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 

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

24 a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 

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1 shall remain the unfinished business until disposed 

2 of. 

3 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION.—All points of order 

4 against the joint committee bill and against consid5 eration of the joint committee bill are waived. Con6 sideration of the joint committee bill and of all de7 batable motions and appeals in connection therewith 

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

9 divided equally between the majority and minority 

10 leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit 

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

12 require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

13 Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not debat14 able. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable 

15 for not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally be16 tween those favoring and those opposing the motion 

17 or appeal. All time used for consideration of the 

18 joint committee bill, including time used for quorum 

19 calls and voting, shall be counted against the total 

20 30 hours of consideration. 

21 ‘‘(4) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to the 

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

23 motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi24 ness, or a motion to recommit the joint committee 

25 bill, is not in order. 


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

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

3 on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur im4 mediately following the conclusion of the debate on 

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

6 the conclusion of the debate if requested. The vote 

7 on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur not 

8 later than December 23, 2011. 

9 ‘‘(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE10 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re11 lating to the application of the rules of the Senate, 

12 as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a 

13 joint committee bill shall be decided without debate. 

14 ‘‘(d) AMENDMENT.—The joint committee bill shall 

15 not be subject to amendment in either the House of Rep16 resentatives or the Senate. 

17 ‘‘(e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 

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

19 committee bill, one House receives from the other a 

20 joint committee bill— 

21 ‘‘(A) the joint committee bill of the other 

22 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

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

24 shall be the same as if no joint committee bill 

25 had been received from the other House until 


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1 the vote on passage, when the joint committee 

2 bill received from the other House shall sup3 plant the joint committee bill of the receiving 

4 House. 

5 ‘‘(2) REVENUE MEASURE.—This subsection 

6 shall not apply to the House of Representatives if 

7 the joint committee bill received from the Senate is 

8 a revenue measure. 

9 ‘‘(f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER

10 HOUSE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) TREATMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL

12 OF OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce 

13 or consider a joint committee bill under this section, 

14 the joint committee bill of the House shall be enti15 tled to expedited floor procedures under this section. 

16 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN

17 THE SENATE.—If following passage of the joint com18 mittee bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives 

19 the joint committee bill from the House of Rep20 resentatives, the House-passed joint committee bill 

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

22 joint committee bill in the Senate shall be considered 

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

24 received from the House of Representatives. 


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1 ‘‘(3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes the joint 

2 committee bill, debate on a veto message in the Sen3 ate under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided 

4 between the majority and minority leaders or their 

5 designees. 

6 ‘‘(g) LOSS OF PRIVILEGE.—The provisions of this 

7 section shall cease to apply to the joint committee bill if— 

8 ‘‘(1) the joint committee fails to vote on the re9 port or proposed legislative language required under 

10 section 401(b)(3)(D)(i) not later than November 23, 

11 2011; or 

12 ‘‘(2) the joint committee bill does not pass both 

13 Houses not later than December 23, 2011.’’. 

14 SEC. 5. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(c) of the Balanced 

16 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 

17 amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and redesig18 nating paragraphs (3) through (10) as paragraphs (1) 

19 through (8), respectively. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ADJUST21 MENTS.—Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and 

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking sub24 clauses (I) and (II) and by redesignating subclauses 


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1 (III) through (X) as subclauses (I) through (VIII), 

2 respectively; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking sub4 clauses (I) and (II) and by redesignating subclauses 

5 (III) through (X) as subclauses (I) through (VIII), 

6 respectively; and 

7 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘2012’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

9 (c) REVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.— 

10 Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 

13 years 2013 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal 

14 years 2014 through 2021’’ and by striking subpara15 graph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

16 through (I) as (A) through (H), respectively; 

17 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2013’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘2014’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘2013’’ each 

20 place it appears and inserting ‘‘2014’’ and by strik21 ing ‘‘2014 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 

22 through 2021’’; 

23 (4) in paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), by striking 

24 ‘‘2013’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 

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1 (5) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘2014’’ 

2 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 

3 SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENT TO STATUTORY DEBT LIMIT FOR 

4 EMERGENCY JOBS LEGISLATION. 

5 Title III of the Budget Control Act of 2011 is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 303. ADJUSTMENT TO STATUTORY DEBT LIMIT FOR 

8 EMERGENCY JOBS LEGISLATION. 

9 ‘‘If emergency jobs legislation is approved by the joint 

10 committee pursuant to section 401(b)(3)(C)(ii) and is en11 acted into law, then the limit on debt provided in section 

12 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, is increased by 

13 an amount equal to the amount of new budget authority 

14 provided in such emergency jobs legislation.’’. 

15 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

16 The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the 

17 Budget Control Act of 2011 is amended— 

18 (1) by inserting after the item relating to sec19 tion 302 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 303. Adjustment to statutory debt limit for emergency jobs legislation.’’; 

20 and 

21 (2) by striking the items relating to sections 

22 402 through 404 and inserting the following new 

23 items: 

‘‘Sec. 402. Expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations for 

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‘‘Sec. 403. Expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations for 

deficit reduction. 

‘‘Sec. 404. Funding. 

‘‘Sec. 405. Rulemaking.’’. 

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