(13) MEDICAL PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘medical 
product’’ means a drug, device, or biological product 
intended for humans, and the terms ‘‘drug’’, ‘‘de-
vice’’, and ‘‘biological product’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in sections 201(g)(1) and 201(h) 
of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 321(g)(1) and (h)) and section 351(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)), re-
spectively, including any component or raw material 
used therein, but excluding health care services. 
(14) 
NONECONOMIC
DAMAGES.—The 
term 
‘‘noneconomic damages’’ means damages for phys-
ical and emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, 
physical impairment, mental anguish, disfigurement, 
loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and compan-
ionship, loss of consortium (other than loss of do-
mestic service), hedonic damages, injury to reputa-
tion, and all other nonpecuniary losses of any kind 
or nature. 
(15) PUNITIVE DAMAGES.—The term ‘‘punitive 
damages’’ means damages awarded, for the purpose 
of punishment or deterrence, and not solely for com-
pensatory purposes, against a health care provider, 
health care organization, or a manufacturer, dis-
tributor, or supplier of a medical product. Punitive
damages are neither economic nor noneconomic 
damages. 
(16) RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘recovery’’ means 
the net sum recovered after deducting any disburse-
ments or costs incurred in connection with prosecu-
tion or settlement of the claim, including all costs 
paid or advanced by any person. Costs of health care 
incurred by the plaintiff and the attorneys’ office 
overhead costs or charges for legal services are not 
deductible disbursements or costs for such purpose. 
(17) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and 
any other territory or possession of the United 
States, or any political subdivision thereof. 
SEC. 408. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
(a) VACCINE INJURY.— 
(1) To the extent that title XXI of the Public 
Health Service Act establishes a Federal rule of law 
applicable to a civil action brought for a vaccine-re-
lated injury or death— 
(A) this title does not affect the application 
of the rule of law to such an action; and
(B) any rule of law prescribed by this title 
in conflict with a rule of law of such title XXI 
shall not apply to such action. 
(2) If there is an aspect of a civil action 
brought for a vaccine-related injury or death to 
which a Federal rule of law under title XXI of the 
Public Health Service Act does not apply, then this 
title or otherwise applicable law (as determined 
under this title) will apply to such aspect of such ac-
tion. 
(b) OTHER FEDERAL LAW.—Except as provided in 
this section, nothing in this title shall be deemed to affect 
any defense available to a defendant in a health care law-
suit or action under any other provision of Federal law. 
SEC. 
409. 
STATE 
FLEXIBILITY 
AND 
PROTECTION 
OF 
STATES’ RIGHTS. 
(a) HEALTH CARE LAWSUITS.—The provisions gov-
erning health care lawsuits set forth in this title preempt, 
subject to subsections (b) and (c), State law to the extent 
that State law prevents the application of any provisions 
of law established by or under this title. The provisions 
governing health care lawsuits set forth in this title super-
sede chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to the 
extent that such chapter—
(1) provides for a greater amount of damages 
or contingent fees, a longer period in which a health 
care lawsuit may be commenced, or a reduced appli-
cability or scope of periodic payment of future dam-
ages, than provided in this title; or 
(2) prohibits the introduction of evidence re-
garding collateral source benefits, or mandates or 
permits subrogation or a lien on collateral source 
benefits. 
(b) PROTECTION OF STATES’ RIGHTS AND OTHER 
LAWS.—(1) Any issue that is not governed by any provi-
sion of law established by or under this title (including 
State standards of negligence) shall be governed by other-
wise applicable State or Federal law. 
(2) This title shall not preempt or supersede any 
State or Federal law that imposes greater procedural or 
substantive protections for health care providers and 
health care organizations from liability, loss, or damages 
than those provided by this title or create a cause of ac-
tion. 
(c) STATE FLEXIBILITY.—No provision of this title 
shall be construed to preempt— 
(1) any State law (whether effective before, on, 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act) that 
specifies a particular monetary amount of compen-
satory or punitive damages (or the total amount of 
damages) that may be awarded in a health care law-
suit, regardless of whether such monetary amount is 
greater or lesser than is provided for under this title, 
notwithstanding section 303(a); or 
(2) any defense available to a party in a health 
care lawsuit under any other provision of State or 
Federal law. 
SEC. 410. APPLICABILITY; EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title shall apply to any health care lawsuit 
brought in a Federal or State court, or subject to an alter-
native dispute resolution system, that is initiated on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 
any health care lawsuit arising from an injury occurring 
prior to the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
governed by the applicable statute of limitations provisions 
in effect at the time the injury occurred. 
TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON OVER-
SIGHT AND GOVERNMENT RE-
FORM 
SEC. 501. RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
(1) 
INDIVIDUAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(c) Each’’ and inserting 
‘‘(c)(1) Each’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
section, the applicable percentage of basic pay under this 
subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B) or 
(C), for purposes of computing an amount— 
‘‘(i) for a period in calendar year 2013, be 
equal to the applicable percentage under this 
subsection for calendar year 2012, plus an ad-
ditional 1.5 percentage points; 
‘‘(ii) for a period in calendar year 2014, be 
equal to the applicable percentage under this 
subsection for calendar year 2013 (as deter-
mined under clause (i)), plus an additional 0.5 
percentage point; 
‘‘(iii) for a period in calendar year 2015, 
2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable per-
centage under this subsection for the preceding 
calendar year (as determined under clause (ii) 
or this clause, as the case may be), plus an ad-
ditional 1.0 percentage point; and 
‘‘(iv) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this subsection for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under clause (iii)); 
‘‘(B) for purposes of computing an amount with 
respect to a Member for Member service— 
‘‘(i) for a period in calendar year 2013, be 
equal to the applicable percentage under this 
subsection for calendar year 2012, plus an ad-
ditional 2.5 percentage points; 
‘‘(ii) for a period in calendar year 2014, 
2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable 
percentage under this subsection for the pre-
ceding calendar year (as determined under 
clause (i) or this clause, as the case may be), 
plus an additional 1.5 percentage points; and 
‘‘(iii) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this subsection for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under clause (ii)); and 
‘‘(C) for purposes of computing an amount with 
respect to a Member or employee for Congressional 
employee service— 
‘‘(i) for a period in calendar year 2013, be 
equal to the applicable percentage under this 
subsection for calendar year 2012, plus an ad-
ditional 2.5 percentage points;
‘‘(ii) for a period in calendar year 2014, 
2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable 
percentage under this subsection for the pre-
ceding calendar year (as determined under 
clause (i) or this clause, as the case may be), 
plus an additional 1.5 percentage points; and 
‘‘(iii) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this subsection for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under clause (ii)). 
‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), any ex-
cess contributions under subsection (a)(1)(A) (including 
the portion of any deposit under this subsection allocable 
to excess contributions) shall, if made by an employee of 
the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, be deposited to the credit of the Postal Serv-
ice Fund under section 2003 of title 39, rather than the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘ex-
cess contributions’, as used with respect to contributions 
made under subsection (a)(1)(A) by an employee of the 
United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, means the amount by which— 
‘‘(i) deductions from basic pay of such employee 
which are made under subsection (a)(1)(A), exceed
‘‘(ii) deductions from basic pay of such em-
ployee which would have been so made if paragraph 
(2) had not been enacted.’’. 
(2) GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
8334(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Except as 
provided in clause (ii),’’ and inserting ‘‘Except 
as provided in clause (ii) or (iii),’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) The amount to be contributed under clause (i) 
shall, with respect to a period in any year beginning after 
December 31, 2012, be equal to— 
‘‘(I) the amount which would otherwise apply 
under clause (i) with respect to such period, reduced 
by 
‘‘(II) the amount by which, with respect to such 
period, the withholding under subparagraph (A) ex-
ceeds the amount which would otherwise have been 
withheld from the basic pay of the employee or elect-
ed official involved under subparagraph (A) based on 
the percentage applicable under subsection (c) for 
calendar year 2012.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) 
INDIVIDUAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
8422(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
paragraph, the applicable percentage under this para-
graph for civilian service by employees or Members other 
than revised annuity employees shall— 
‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii) or (iii), for 
purposes of computing an amount— 
‘‘(I) for a period in calendar year 2013, be 
equal to the applicable percentage under this 
paragraph for calendar year 2012, plus an ad-
ditional 1.5 percentage points; 
‘‘(II) for a period in calendar year 2014, 
be equal to the applicable percentage under this 
paragraph for calendar year 2013 (as deter-
mined under subclause (I)), plus an additional 
0.5 percentage point; 
‘‘(III) for a period in calendar year 2015, 
2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable per-
centage under this paragraph for the preceding
calendar year (as determined under subclause 
(II) or this subclause, as the case may be), plus 
an additional 1.0 percentage point; and 
‘‘(IV) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this paragraph for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under subclause (III)); 
‘‘(ii) for purposes of computing an amount with 
respect to a Member— 
‘‘(I) for a period in calendar year 2013, be 
equal to the applicable percentage under this 
paragraph for calendar year 2012, plus an ad-
ditional 2.5 percentage points; 
‘‘(II) for a period in calendar year 2014, 
2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable 
percentage under this paragraph for the pre-
ceding calendar year (as determined under sub-
clause (I) or this subclause, as the case may 
be), plus an additional 1.5 percentage points; 
and 
‘‘(III) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this paragraph for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under subclause (II)); and
‘‘(iii) for purposes of computing an amount 
with respect to a Congressional employee— 
‘‘(I) for a period in calendar year 2013, 
2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the ap-
plicable percentage under this paragraph for 
the preceding calendar year (including as in-
creased under this subclause, if applicable), plus 
an additional 1.5 percentage points; and 
‘‘(II) for a period in any calendar year 
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percent-
age under this paragraph for calendar year 
2017 (as determined under subclause (I)).’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated by subparagraph (A))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘9.3’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘12’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘9.8’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘12.5’’. 
(2) GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
8423(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(2)(A)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B)(i) Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), for purposes 
of any period in any year beginning after December 31, 
2012, the normal-cost percentage under this subsection 
shall be determined and applied as if section 501(b)(1) 
of the Spending Reduction Act of 2012 had not been en-
acted. 
‘‘(ii) Any contributions under this subsection in ex-
cess of the amounts which (but for clause (i)) would other-
wise have been payable shall be applied toward reducing 
the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement Sys-
tem. 
‘‘(iii) After the unfunded liability of the Civil Service 
Retirement System has been eliminated, as determined by 
the Office, Government contributions under this sub-
section shall be determined and made disregarding this 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(iv) The preceding provisions of this subparagraph 
shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the con-
tributions payable by the United States Postal Service and 
the Postal Regulatory Commission.’’. 
SEC. 502. ANNUITY SUPPLEMENT. 
Section 8421(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no 
annuity supplement under this section shall be payable in 
the case of an individual who first becomes subject to this 
chapter after December 31, 2012. 
‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph applies in the case 
of an individual separating under subsection (d) or (e) of 
section 8412.’’. 
SEC. 503. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THRIFT SAVINGS FUND OF 
PAYMENTS FOR ACCRUED OR ACCUMULATED 
LEAVE. 
(a) AMENDMENTS RELATING
TO CSRS.—Section 
8351(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2)(A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) An employee or Member may contribute to 
the Thrift Savings Fund in any pay period any amount 
of such employee’s or Member’s basic pay for such pay 
period, and may contribute (by direct transfer to the 
Fund) any part of any payment that the employee or 
Member receives for accumulated and accrued annual or 
vacation leave under section 5551 or 5552. Notwith-
standing section 2105(e), in this paragraph the term ‘em-
ployee’ includes an employee of the United States Postal 
Service or of the Postal Regulatory Commission.’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) of paragraph 
(2); and 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) of para-
graph (2) as subparagraph (B). 
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATING
TO FERS.—Section 
8432(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking all that precedes paragraph (3) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a)(1) An employee or Member— 
‘‘(A) may contribute to the Thrift Savings 
Fund in any pay period, pursuant to an election 
under subsection (b), any amount of such employee’s 
or Member’s basic pay for such pay period; and 
‘‘(B) may contribute (by direct transfer to the 
Fund) any part of any payment that the employee 
or Member receives for accumulated and accrued an-
nual or vacation leave under section 5551 or 5552. 
‘‘(2) Contributions made under paragraph (1)(A) 
pursuant to an election under subsection (b) shall, with 
respect to each pay period for which such election remains 
in effect, be made in accordance with a program of regular 
contributions provided in regulations prescribed by the 
Executive Director.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 2105(e), in this sub-
section the term ‘employee’ includes an employee of the 
United States Postal Service or of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Executive Director of the 
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board shall pro-
mulgate regulations to carry out the amendments made 
by this section. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON WAYS 
AND MEANS 
Subtitle A—Recapture of Overpay-
ments Resulting From Certain 
Federally-subsidized Health In-
surance 
SEC. 601. RECAPTURE OF OVERPAYMENTS RESULTING 
FROM 
CERTAIN 
FEDERALLY-SUBSIDIZED 
HEALTH INSURANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 36B(f) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing subparagraph (B).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—So much of para-
graph (2) of section 36B(f) of such Code, as amended by 
subsection (a), as precedes ‘‘advance payments’’ is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) EXCESS ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—If the’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after De-
cember 31, 2013. 
Subtitle B—Social Security Num-
ber Required to Claim the Re-
fundable Portion of the Child 
Tax Credit 
SEC. 611. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER REQUIRED TO CLAIM 
THE REFUNDABLE PORTION OF THE CHILD 
TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 24 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WITH RE-
SPECT TO TAXPAYER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to any taxpayer for any taxable year 
unless the taxpayer includes the taxpayer’s So-
cial Security number on the return of tax for 
such taxable year.
‘‘(B) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a 
joint return, the requirement of subparagraph 
(A) shall be treated as met if the Social Secu-
rity number of either spouse is included on such 
return. 
‘‘(C) 
LIMITATION.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
shall not apply to the extent the tentative min-
imum tax (as defined in section 55(b)(1)(A)) 
exceeds the credit allowed under section 32.’’. 
(b) OMISSION TREATED
AS MATHEMATICAL
OR 
CLERICAL
ERROR.—Subparagraph 
(I) 
of 
section 
6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) an omission of a correct Social Secu-
rity number required under section 24(d)(5) 
(relating to refundable portion of child tax cred-
it), or a correct TIN under section 24(e) (relat-
ing to child tax credit), to be included on a re-
turn,’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (e) of 
section 24 of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘WITH 
RESPECT
TO QUALIFYING CHILDREN’’ after ‘‘IDENTI-
FICATION REQUIREMENT’’ in the heading thereof. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Subtitle C—Human Resources 
Provisions 
SEC. 621. REPEAL OF THE PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS TO 
STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. 
(a) REPEALS.—Sections 2001 through 2007 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397–1397f) are repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 404(d) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 604(d)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any or 
all of the following provisions of law:’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘The’’ and inserting 
‘‘the’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘RULES’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘any amount paid’’ and in-
serting ‘‘RULES.—Any amount paid’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a provision of law 
specified in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
(2) Section 422(b) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 622(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘administers or super-
vises’’ and inserting ‘‘administered or su-
pervised’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subtitle 1 of title 
XX’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title XX 
(as in effect before the repeal of such sub-
title)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘under 
subtitle 1 of title XX,’’. 
(3) Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘, under 
subtitle 1 of title XX of this Act,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘XIX, or 
XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 
(4) Section 472(h)(1) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 672(h)(1)) is amended by striking the 
2nd sentence. 
(5) Section 473(b) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 673(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(2)’’;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
(2) and (3), respectively. 
(6) Section 504(b)(6) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 704(b)(6)) is amended in each of sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) by striking ‘‘XIX, or XX’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 
(7) Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
the penultimate sentence. 
(8) Section 1128(h) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(h)) is amended— 
(A) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 
(9) Section 1128A(i)(1) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(i)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or subtitle 1 of title XX’’. 
(10) Section 1132(a)(1) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–2(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘XIX, or XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’.
(11) Section 1902(e)(13)(F)(iii) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(F)(iii)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘EXCLUSIONS’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘EXCLUSION’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘an agency that determines 
eligibility for a program established under the 
Social Services Block Grant established under 
title XX or’’. 
(12) The heading for title XX of the Social Se-
curity Act is amended by striking ‘‘BLOCK 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES’’ 
and inserting ‘‘HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEM-
ONSTRATIONS 
AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
HEALTH CONDITION DETECTION’’. 
(13) The heading for subtitle A of title XX of 
the Social Security Act is amended by striking 
‘‘Block Grants to States for Social Serv-
ices’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Health Professions 
Demonstrations 
and 
Environmental 
Health Condition Detection’’. 
(14) Section 16(k)(5)(B)(i) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(5)(B)(i)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘, or title XX,’’.
(15) Section 402(b)(3) of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(3)) is amended by striking 
subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (B). 
(16) Section 245A(h)(4)(I) of the Immigration 
Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 
1255a(h)(4)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘, XVI, and 
XX’’ and inserting ‘‘and XVI’’. 
(17) Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘(i)’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end 
of clause (i); and 
(III) by striking clause (ii); and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘or title XX’’; and 
(B) in subsection (o)(2)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or title XX’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or XX’’.
(18) Section 201(b) of the Indian Child Welfare 
Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1931(b)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘titles IV–B and XX’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘part B of title IV’’. 
(19) Section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking clause (vi) and 
redesignating clauses (vii) through (xvi) as clauses 
(vi) through (xv), respectively. 
(20) Section 14502(d)(3) of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and title XX’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, 1397 et seq.’’. 
(21) Section 2006(a)(15) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300z–5(a)(15)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and title XX’’. 
(22) Section 203(b)(3) of the Older Americans 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3013(b)(3)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘XIX, and XX’’ and inserting ‘‘and XIX’’. 
(23) Section 213 of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3020d) is amended by striking ‘‘or 
title XX’’. 
(24) Section 306(d) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(d)) is amended in each of 
paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking ‘‘titles XIX and 
XX’’ and inserting ‘‘title XIX’’.
(25) Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is 
amended in each of subsections (b)(4) and (j) by 
striking ‘‘under title XX of the Social Security 
Act,’’. 
(26) Section 602 of the Child Development As-
sociate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985 (42 
U.S.C. 10901) is repealed. 
(27) Section 3(d)(1) of the Assisted Suicide 
Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
14402(d)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph 
(C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) through 
(K) as subparagraphs (C) through (J), respectively. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeals and amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on January 
1, 2013. 
TITLE VII—SEQUESTER 
REPLACEMENT 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Sequester Replace-
ment Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 702. PROTECTING VETERANS PROGRAMS FROM SE-
QUESTER. 
Section 256(e)(2)(E) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.
SEC. 703. 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 
251(c)(2) 
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) as adjusted by clause (i), 
and the President shall order a sequestra-
tion, if any, as required by such report.’’. 
SEC. 704. 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-
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. 705. TREATMENT FOR PAYGO PURPOSES. 
The budgetary effects of this Act and any amendment 
made by it shall not be entered on either PAYGO score-
card maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
SEC. 706. 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-