I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4966 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act of 2011. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2012 
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on 
Rules, 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 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established 
by the Budget Control Act of 2011. 
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 ‘‘Sequester Replacement 
Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by it shall take 
effect upon the enactment of the Act provided for in sec-
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tion 201 of H. Con. Res. 112 (112th Congress) and this 
Act and the amendments made by it shall have no force 
or effect if such Act provided for in such section is not 
enacted. 
SEC. 3. PROTECTING VETERANS PROGRAMS FROM SEQUES-
TER. 
Section 256(e)(2)(E) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed. 
SEC. 4. ACHIEVING $19 BILLION IN DISCRETIONARY SAV-
INGS. 
(a) REVISED
2013 DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING 
LIMIT.—Paragraph (2) of section 251(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 2013, for the 
discretionary category, $1,047,000,000,000 in new 
budget authority;’’. 
(b) DISCRETIONARY SAVINGS.—Section 251A(7)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) FISCAL YEAR 2013.— 
‘‘(i) FISCAL
YEAR
2013
ADJUST-
MENT.—On January 2, 2013, the discre-
tionary category set forth in section 
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251(c)(2)(A) 
shall 
be 
decreased 
by 
$19,104,000,000 in budget authority. 
‘‘(ii) SUPPLEMENTAL SEQUESTRATION 
ORDER.—On January 15, 2013, OMB 
shall issue a supplemental sequestration 
report for fiscal year 2013 and take the 
form of a final sequestration report as set 
forth in section 254(f)(2) and using the 
procedures set forth in section 253(f), to 
eliminate 
any 
discretionary 
spending 
breach of the spending limit set forth in 
section 251(c)(2)(A) as adjusted by clause 
(i), and the President shall order a seques-
tration, if any, as required by such re-
port.’’. 
SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 314 OF 
THE 
CONGRESSIONAL 
BUDGET 
AND 
IM-
POUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 
Section 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The chair of the Committee 
on the Budget of the House of Representatives or 
the Senate may make adjustments as set forth in 
paragraph (2) for a bill or joint resolution, amend-
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ment thereto or conference report thereon, by the 
amount of new budget authority and outlays flowing 
therefrom in the same amount as required by section 
251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The chair of 
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate may make the adjust-
ments referred to in paragraph (1) to— 
‘‘(A) the allocations made pursuant to the 
appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget 
pursuant to section 302(a); 
‘‘(B) the budgetary aggregates as set forth 
in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the 
budget; and 
‘‘(C) the discretionary spending limits, if 
any, set forth in the appropriate concurrent res-
olution on the budget.’’. 
SEC. 6. TREATMENT FOR PAYGO PURPOSES. 
The budgetary effects of this Act and any amendment 
made by it, and the budgetary effects of the Act provided 
for by section 201 of H. Con. Res. 112 (112th Congress), 
shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard main-
tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As- 
You-Go Act of 2010. 
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SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 SEQUES-
TRATION FOR DEFENSE DIRECT SPENDING. 
Any sequestration order issued by the President 
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 to carry out reductions to direct spending 
for the defense function (050) for fiscal year 2013 pursu-
ant to section 251A of such Act shall have no force or 
effect. 
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