I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 282 
To rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use 
the funds to reduce the Federal debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2013 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
To rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as 
unwanted and use the funds to reduce the Federal debt. 
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 ‘‘Returned Exclusively 
For Unpaid National Debt Act’’ or the ‘‘REFUND Act’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF UNWANTED FEDERAL FUNDS TO REDUCE 
FEDERAL DEBT. 
(a) RESCISSION OF UNWANTED FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
There is rescinded, from any Federal funds required to 
be allocated by formula among all States that agree to 
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use such funds for a specified purpose, an amount equal 
to the amount of such funds that would have otherwise 
been allocated to a State that identifies such funds under 
subsection (b) as unwanted. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION
OF FUNDS.—Subsection (a) 
shall only apply if, not later than the last date on which 
an application or State plan must be submitted in order 
for a State to be allocated, in an annual or biennial budget 
cycle, funds described in such subsection— 
(1) the State legislature with jurisdiction over 
such budget cycle adopts a concurrent resolution 
identifying the funds as unwanted; and 
(2) the State submits notice of the resolution 
described in paragraph (1) to the agency head re-
sponsible for allocation of the funds, in such form 
and manner and containing such information as the 
agency head determines appropriate to make the de-
termination in subsection (c). 
(c) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
TO
BE
RE-
SCINDED.—An agency head that receives notice described 
in subsection (b)(2) shall determine and report to the Of-
fice of Management and Budget the amount to be re-
scinded under subsection (a). 
(d) USE FOR REDUCTION OF FEDERAL DEBT.— 
Amounts rescinded under subsection (a) shall be deposited 
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by the Secretary of the Treasury in the special fund ac-
count ‘‘Gifts to Reduce Debt Held by the Public, Bureau 
of the Public Debt, Treasury’’ and used to reduce the Fed-
eral debt as provided in section 3113(d) of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall submit to the Congress each year a report identi-
fying the amount deposited in the Treasury under sub-
section (d) with respect to each State in such year. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘agency head’’ means the head of 
a department or agency of the Federal Government. 
(2) The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) each of the several States; 
(B) the District of Columbia; or 
(C) any commonwealth, territory, or pos-
session of the United States. 
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