TITLE 
I—DISCRETIONARY 
SPENDING 
CAPS 
AND 
EN-
FORCEMENT 
SEC. 101. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in 
the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider 
any bill, resolution, amendment, motion or conference re-
port that includes any provision that would cause the dis-
cretionary spending limits as set forth in this section to 
be exceeded. 
(b) LIMITS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘‘discretionary spending limits’’ has the following 
meaning subject to adjustments in paragraph (2) 
and subsection (c): 
(A) For fiscal year 2012— 
(i) 
for 
the 
security 
category 
$606,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 
(ii) for the nonsecurity category 
$439,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(B) For fiscal year 2013— 
(i) 
for 
the 
security 
category 
$607,000,000,000 in budget authority; and 
(ii) for the nonsecurity category 
$440,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
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(C) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2014, 
$1,068,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(D) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2015, 
$1,089,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(E) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2016, 
$1,111,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(F) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2017, 
$1,134,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(G) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2018, 
$1,156,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(H) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$1,180,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(I) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$1,204,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(J) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
$1,228,000,000,000 in budget authority. 
(2) AUTHORIZED ADJUSTMENT TO LIMITS.— 
(A) ADJUSTMENTS FOR BUDGET SUBMIS-
SION.—When the President submits a budget 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, OMB shall calculate and the budget shall 
include adjustments to discretionary spending 
limits (and those limits as cumulatively ad-
justed) for the budget year and each out year 
equal to the baseline levels of new budget au-
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thority using up-to-date concepts and defini-
tions minus those levels using the concepts and 
definitions in effect before such changes. Such 
changes may only be made after consultation 
with the committees on Appropriations and the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and that consultation shall include writ-
ten communication to such committees that af-
fords such committees the opportunity to com-
ment before official action is taken with respect 
to such changes. 
(B) ADJUSTMENTS
FOR
CONGRESSIONAL 
ENFORCEMENT.—For the purposes of Congres-
sional enforcement of the limits in this section, 
the Chairmen of the Committees on the Budget 
of the Senate and House may adjust the discre-
tionary spending limits in amounts equal to the 
adjustments made pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) as contained in the President’s budget. Any 
adjustment made pursuant to this subpara-
graph shall not constitute a repeal or change to 
the limits contained in this section. 
(c) ESTIMATES AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
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(A) LIMITS
AND
SUBALLOCATIONS
FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL ENFORCEMENT.—After the re-
porting of a bill or joint resolution relating to 
any matter described in paragraph (2), (3), or 
(4), or the offering of an amendment thereto or 
the submission of a conference report thereon— 
(i) for the purposes of enforcement of 
the discretionary spending limits in the 
Senate and the House of Representatives, 
the Chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget of that House may adjust the dis-
cretionary spending limits in this section, 
the budgetary aggregates in the concurrent 
resolution on the budget most recently 
adopted by the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, and allocations pursuant 
to section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, by the amount of new 
budget authority in that measure for that 
purpose; and 
(ii) following any adjustment under 
clause (i), the Committee on Appropria-
tions of that House may report appro-
priately revised suballocations pursuant to 
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section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 to carry out this subsection. 
(B) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—For the pur-
poses of determining an end of the year seques-
ter pursuant to subsection (f), when OMB sub-
mits a sequestration report under subsection 
(f)(7) for a fiscal year, OMB shall calculate, 
and the sequestration report and subsequent 
budgets submitted by the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
shall include, adjustments to discretionary 
spending limits (and those limits as adjusted) 
for the fiscal year and each succeeding year 
through 2021 upon the enactment of a bill or 
resolution relating to any matter described in 
paragraphs (2), (3), or (4). 
(C) ESTIMATES.— 
(i) CBO ESTIMATES.—As soon as 
practicable after Congress completes action 
on any discretionary appropriation, CBO, 
after consultation with the Committees on 
the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, shall provide OMB 
with an estimate of the amount of discre-
tionary new budget authority for the cur-
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rent year (if any) and the budget year pro-
vided by that legislation. 
(ii) OMB ESTIMATES
AND
EXPLA-
NATION OF DIFFERENCES.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 
7 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays) after the 
date of enactment of any discretionary 
appropriation, OMB shall make pub-
licly available on the day it is issued 
and, on the following day, shall be 
printed in the Federal Register a re-
port containing the CBO estimate of 
that legislation, an OMB estimate of 
the amount of discretionary new 
budget authority for the current year 
(if any) and the budget year provided 
by that legislation, and an explanation 
of any difference between the 2 esti-
mates. 
(II) DIFFERENCES.—If during 
the preparation of the report OMB 
determines that there is a significant 
difference between OMB and CBO, 
OMB shall consult with the Commit-
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tees on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate re-
garding that difference and that con-
sultation shall include, to the extent 
practicable, written communication to 
those committees that affords such 
committees the opportunity to com-
ment before the issuance of the re-
port. 
(D) ASSUMPTIONS
AND
GUIDELINES.— 
OMB estimates under subparagraph (C) shall 
be made using current economic and technical 
assumptions. In its final sequestration report, 
OMB shall use the OMB estimates transmitted 
to the Congress under this paragraph. OMB 
and CBO shall prepare estimates under this 
paragraph in conformance with scorekeeping 
guidelines determined after consultation among 
the House and Senate Committees on the 
Budget, CBO, and OMB. 
(E) ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, amounts provided by 
annual appropriations shall include any new 
budget authority for the current year (if any) 
and the advance appropriations that become 
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available in the budget year from previously en-
acted legislation. 
(2) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—Other adjustments 
referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are as follows: 
(A) CONTINUING
DISABILITY
REVIEWS 
AND SSI REDETERMINATIONS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 
resolution is reported making appropria-
tions in a fiscal year of the amount speci-
fied in clause (ii) for continuing disability 
reviews and Supplemental Security Income 
redeterminations under the heading ‘‘Limi-
tation on Administrative Expenses’’ for the 
Social Security Administration, and pro-
vides an additional appropriation for con-
tinuing disability reviews and Supple-
mental Security Income redeterminations 
for the Social Security Administration, or 
one or more initiatives that the Office of 
the Chief Actuary determines would be at 
least as cost effective as a redetermination 
of eligibility under the heading ‘‘Limitation 
on Administrative Expenses’’ for the Social 
Security Administration of an amount fur-
ther specified in clause (ii), then the dis-
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cretionary spending limits, allocation to the 
Committees on Appropriations of each 
House, and aggregates for that year may 
be adjusted by the amount in budget au-
thority not to exceed the additional appro-
priation provided in such legislation for 
that purpose for that fiscal year. 
(ii) 
AMOUNTS
SPECIFIED.—The 
amounts specified are— 
(I) for fiscal year 2012, an ap-
propriation of $758,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$237,000,000; 
(II) for fiscal year 2013, an ap-
propriation of $758,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$390,000,000; 
(III) for fiscal year 2014, an ap-
propriation of $778,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$559,000,000; 
(IV) or fiscal year 2015, an ap-
propriation of $799,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$774,000,000; 
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(V) for fiscal year 2016, an ap-
propriation of $822,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$778,000,000; 
(VI) for fiscal year 2017, an ap-
propriation of $849,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$804,000,000; 
(VII) for fiscal year 2018, an ap-
propriation of $877,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$831,000,000; 
(VIII) for fiscal year 2019, an 
appropriation of $906,000,000, and 
an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$860,000,000; 
(IX) for fiscal year 2020, an ap-
propriation of $935,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$890,000,000; and 
(X) for fiscal year 2021, an ap-
propriation of $963,000,000, and an 
additional 
appropriation 
of 
$924,000,000. 
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(iii) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this 
subparagraph, the terms ‘‘continuing dis-
ability reviews’’ and ‘‘Supplemental Secu-
rity Income redeterminations’’ mean con-
tinuing disability reviews under titles II 
and XVI of the Social Security Act and re-
determinations of eligibility under title 
XVI of the Social Security Act. 
(iv) REPORT.—The Commissioner of 
Social Security shall provide annually to 
the Congress a report on continuing dis-
ability reviews and Supplemental Security 
Income redeterminations which includes— 
(I) the amount spent on con-
tinuing disability reviews and Supple-
mental Security Income redetermina-
tions in the fiscal year covered by the 
report, and the number of reviews and 
redeterminations conducted, by cat-
egory of review or redetermination; 
(II) the results of the continuing 
disability reviews and Supplemental 
Security Income redeterminations in 
terms of cessations of benefits or de-
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