I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4479 
To enforce discretionary spending limits to rein in spending, reduce the 
deficit, and regain control of the Federal budget process. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2010 
Mr. FORBES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To enforce discretionary spending limits to rein in spending, 
reduce the deficit, and regain control of the Federal 
budget process. 
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 ‘‘Tighten Washington’s 
Belt Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act: 
(1) ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘account’’ means— 
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(A) for discretionary budget authority, an 
item for which appropriations are made in any 
appropriation Act; and 
(B) for items not provided for in appro-
priation Acts, direct spending and outlays 
therefrom identified in the program and finance 
schedules contained in the appendix to the 
Budget of the United States for the current 
year. 
(2) BREACH.—The term ‘‘breach’’ means, for 
any fiscal year, the amount by which discretionary 
budget authority enacted for that year exceeds the 
spending limit for budget authority for that year. 
(3) BUDGET
AUTHORITY; NEW
BUDGET
AU-
THORITY; AND OUTLAYS.—The terms ‘‘budget au-
thority’’, ‘‘new budget authority’’, and ‘‘outlays’’ 
have the meanings given to such terms in section 3 
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622). 
(4) BUDGET YEAR.—The term ‘‘budget year’’ 
means, with respect to a session of Congress, the fis-
cal year of the Government that starts on October 
1 of the calendar year in which that session begins. 
(5) CBO.—The term ‘‘CBO’’ means the Direc-
tor of the Congressional Budget Office. 
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(6) CURRENT.—The term ‘‘current’’ means— 
(A) with respect to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget estimates included with a 
budget submission under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, the estimates con-
sistent with the economic and technical assump-
tions underlying that budget; 
(B) with respect to estimates made after 
that budget submission that are not included 
with it, the estimates consistent with the eco-
nomic and technical assumptions underlying the 
most recently submitted President’s budget; 
and 
(C) with respect to the Congressional 
Budget Office, estimates consistent with the 
economic and technical assumptions as required 
by section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974. 
(7) CURRENT YEAR.—The term ‘‘current year’’ 
means, with respect to a budget year, the fiscal year 
that immediately precedes that budget year. 
(8) DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY.—The 
term ‘‘discretionary budget authority’’ means budg-
etary authority (except to fund mandatory pro-
grams) provided in appropriation Acts. 
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(9) DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING
LIMIT.—The 
term ‘‘discretionary spending limit’’ shall mean the 
amounts specified in section 6. 
(10) OMB.—The term ‘‘OMB’’ means the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget. 
(11) SEQUESTRATION.—The term ‘‘sequestra-
tion’’ with respect to discretionary budget authority, 
means the cancellation or reduction of budget au-
thority (except budget authority to fund mandatory 
programs) provided in appropriation Acts. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION AND EFFECT OF SEQUESTRA-
TION. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Fifteen days after the end of 
session, OMB shall issue a discretionary sequestra-
tion report. If in its Sequestration Report, OMB es-
timates that any sequestration is required, the Presi-
dent shall issue an order fully implementing without 
change all sequestrations required by the OMB cal-
culations set forth in that report. This order shall be 
effective on issuance. 
(2) CBO.—Ten days after the end of session, 
CBO shall issue a discretionary sequestration report. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE.—If the date specified for 
the submission of a Presidential order under para-
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