I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5872 
To require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required 
by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 31, 2012 
Mr. HENSARLING (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. 
SMITH of Texas, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. CRAVAACK, Mr. HUIZENGA 
of Michigan, Mr. RIGELL, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. AKIN, Mr. QUAYLE, Mr. 
PRICE of Georgia, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. COLE, Mr. WALSH of Illi-
nois, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. ADAMS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, Mr. WEST, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. TURNER of Ohio, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 
CANSECO, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BRADY of 
Texas, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BROOKS, and 
Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To require the President to provide a report detailing the 
sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 
on January 2, 2013. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sequestration Trans-
parency Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. SEQUESTER PREVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On July 9, 2012, the President 
shall submit to Congress a detailed report on the seques-
tration required to be ordered by paragraphs (7)(A) and 
(8) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a) for 
fiscal year 2013 on January 2, 2013. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) for discretionary appropriations— 
(A) an estimate for each category of the 
sequestration percentages and amounts nec-
essary to achieve the required reduction; and 
(B)(i) for accounts that are funded pursu-
ant to an enacted regular appropriation bill for 
fiscal year 2013, an identification of each ac-
count to be sequestered and estimates of the 
level of sequestrable budgetary resources and 
resulting outlay reductions at the program, 
project, and activity level based upon the en-
acted level of appropriations; and 
(ii) for accounts that have not been funded 
pursuant to an enacted regular appropriation 
bill for fiscal year 2013, an identification of 
each account to be sequestered and estimates of 
the level of sequestrable budgetary resources 
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and resulting outlay reductions at the program, 
project, and activity level based upon the level 
of appropriations that would be available under 
a current rate continuing resolution; 
(2) for direct spending— 
(A) an estimate for the defense and non-
defense functions based on current law of the 
sequestration percentages and amount nec-
essary to achieve the required reduction; 
(B) an identification of the reductions re-
quired for each nonexempt direct spending ac-
count at the program, project, and activity 
level; and 
(C) an identification of exempt direct 
spending accounts at the program, project, and 
activity level; and 
(3) any other data and explanations that en-
hance public understanding of the sequester and ac-
tions to be taken under it. 
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