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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2727 

To amend title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 to protect the Social 

Security, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, and education programs from budget 

cuts under such Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2011 

Ms. WILSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 to 

protect the Social Security, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, and 

education programs from budget cuts under such Act. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘People’s Act of 2011’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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Sec. 2. No Social Security or SSI cuts. 

Sec. 3. No Medicare cuts. 

Sec. 4. No Medicaid cuts. 

Sec. 5. No education cuts. 

1 SEC. 2. NO SOCIAL SECURITY OR SSI CUTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Budget Control 

3 Act of 2011 is amended by adding at the end the following 

4 new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 405. NO SOCIAL SECURITY OR SSI CUTS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The joint committee shall not in7 clude in its proposed legislative language submitted pursu8 ant to section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) any provision that— 

9 ‘‘(1) reduces eligibility, payments, or benefits, 

10 or otherwise reduces outlays, under title II of the 

11 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) (includ12 ing eligibility, payments, benefits, or outlays with re13 spect to annuities under subsection (a), (c), or (d) 

14 of section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 

15 (45 U.S.C. 231a(a), (c), (d)) or lump sum payments 

16 under section 6(b) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 231e(b))); 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(2) reduces eligibility, payments, or benefits, 

19 or otherwise reduces outlays, under title XVI of the 

20 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). 

21 ‘‘(b) NO APPLICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCE22 DURES.—If the joint committee bill includes a provision 


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1 that violates subsection (a), the expedited procedures in 

2 section 402 shall not apply to such bill.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con4 tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting 

5 after the item relating to section 404 the following new 

6 item: 

‘‘405. No Social Security or SSI cuts.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. NO MEDICARE CUTS. 

8 (a) NO CUTS THROUGH LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE OF

9 THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Budget Con11 trol Act of 2011, as amended by section 2(a), is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following new sec13 tion: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 406. NO MEDICARE CUTS. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The joint committee shall not in16 clude in its proposed legislative language submitted pursu17 ant to section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) any provision that reduces 

18 eligibility, payments, or benefits, increases premiums or 

19 other cost-sharing, or otherwise reduces outlays under the 

20 Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security 

21 Act. 

22 ‘‘(b) NO APPLICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCE23 DURES.—If the joint committee bill includes a provision 

24 that violates subsection (a), the expedited procedures in 

25 section 402 shall not apply to such bill.’’. 


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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con2 tents in section 1(b) of such Act, as amended by sec3 tion 2(b), is amended by inserting after the item re4 lating to section 405 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 406. No Medicare cuts.’’. 

5 (b) NO CUTS THROUGH FALLBACK SEQUESTRATION

6 PROCESS.—Section 251A(8) of the Balanced Budget and 

7 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as inserted by 

8 section 302(a) of the Budget Control Act of 2011, is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘except that the percentage reduction 

10 for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d) 

11 shall not be more than 2 percent for a fiscal year’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘except that there shall be no percentage reduc13 tion for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d) 

14 for any fiscal year and in no case shall there be a reduction 

15 under such programs pursuant to a sequestration under 

16 section 3101A(f)(6) of title 31, United States Code’’. 

17 SEC. 4. NO MEDICAID CUTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Budget Control 

19 Act of 2011, as amended by sections 2(a) and 3(a)(1), 

20 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 407. NO MEDICAID CUTS. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The joint committee shall not in23 clude in its proposed legislative language submitted pursu24 ant to section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) any provision that reduces 

25 eligibility, payments, or benefits, increases premiums or 


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1 other cost-sharing, or otherwise reduces outlays under the 

2 Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security 

3 Act. 

4 ‘‘(b) NO APPLICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCE5 DURES.—If the joint committee bill includes a provision 

6 that violates subsection (a), the expedited procedures in 

7 section 402 shall not apply to such bill.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

9 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 

10 the item relating to section 406 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 407. No Medicaid cuts.’’. 

11 SEC. 5. NO EDUCATION CUTS. 

12 (a) NO CUTS THROUGH LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE OF

13 THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Budget Con15 trol Act of 2011, as amended by sections 2(a), 

16 3(a)(1), and (4)(a), is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 408. NO EDUCATION CUTS. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The joint committee shall not in20 clude in its proposed legislative language submitted pursu21 ant to section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) any provision that reduces 

22 eligibility, payments, or benefits, or otherwise reduces out23 lays or budget authority under— 

24 ‘‘(1) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9801 et 

25 seq.); or 


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1 ‘‘(2) any program administered by the Sec2 retary of Education, including any program under— 

3 ‘‘(A) the Elementary and Secondary Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 

5 ‘‘(B) the Individuals with Disabilities Edu6 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); 

7 ‘‘(C) the Higher Education Act of 1965 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); or 

9 ‘‘(D) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

10 U.S.C. 701 et seq.). 

11 ‘‘(b) NO APPLICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCE12 DURES.—If the joint committee bill includes a provision 

13 that violates subsection (a), the expedited procedures in 

14 section 402 shall not apply to such bill.’’. 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con16 tents in section 1(b) of such Act, as amended by sec17 tions 2(b), 3(a)(2), and 4(b), is amended by insert18 ing after the item relating to section 407 the fol19 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 408. No education cuts.’’. 

20 (b) NO CUTS THROUGH FALLBACK SEQUESTRATION

21 PROCESS.—Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and 

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as inserted by 

23 section 302(a) of the Budget Control Act of 2011, is 

24 amended by adding at the end the following new para25 graph: 


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1 ‘‘(12) NO CUTS FOR EDUCATION.—Notwith2 standing any other provision of law, no sequestration 

3 order issued under this section or section 3101A of 

4 title 31, United States Code, or discretionary spend5 ing limit made under this section shall reduce eligi6 bility, payments, or benefits under any Act or pro7 gram referred to in section 405(a) of the Budget 

8 Control Act of 2011.’’. 

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