IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1492 
Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2010 
Mr. SPRATT submitted the following resolution; 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 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011. 
Resolved, 
(a) BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.—For the purposes of 
budget enforcement: 
(1) BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.—The following allo-
cations shall be the allocations made pursuant to 
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 to the Committee on Appropriations and shall 
be enforceable under section 302(f)(1) of that Act: 
(A) FISCAL YEAR 2010.—In addition to 
amounts allocated under the concurrent resolu-
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tion on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. 
Res. 13), the allocation for new discretionary 
budget authority to the Committee on Appro-
priations shall be increased up to $538,000,000 
for program integrity initiatives listed in section 
422(a) of S. Con. Res. 13. The outlay allocation 
for fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 shall 
be adjusted accordingly. 
(B) FISCAL YEAR 2011.— 
(i) New discretionary budget author-
ity, $1,121,000,000,000. 
(ii) 
Discretionary 
outlays, 
$1,314,000,000,000. 
(iii) New mandatory budget authority, 
$765,584,000,000. 
(iv) 
Mandatory 
outlays, 
$755,502,000,000. 
(2) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING ENFORCEMENT 
PROVISIONS.—The provisions of the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. 
Res. 13) shall remain in force and effect in the 
House, except that the references in section 424 
(point of order against advance appropriations) to 
fiscal years 2010 and 2011 shall be references to fis-
cal years 2011 and 2012, respectively. 
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(b) PAY-AS-YOU-GO ALIGNMENT.— 
(1) Paragraph (a) of clause 10 of rule XXI of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), 
it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, or conference report if the provisions of 
such measure affecting direct spending and revenues have 
the net effect of increasing the on-budget deficit or reduc-
ing the on-budget surplus for either the period com-
prising— 
‘‘(A) the current year, the budget year, and the 
four years following that budget year; or 
‘‘(B) the current year, the budget year, and the 
nine years following that budget year. 
‘‘(2) The effect of such measure on the deficit or sur-
plus shall be determined on the basis of estimates made 
by the Committee on the Budget relative to baseline esti-
mates supplied by the Congressional Budget Office con-
sistent with section 257 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and consistent 
with sections 3(4), 3(8), and 4(c) of the Statutory Pay- 
As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
‘‘(3) For the purpose of this clause, the terms ‘budget 
year’, ‘current year’, and ‘direct spending’ have the mean-
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ings given those terms in section 250 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, ex-
cept that the term ‘direct spending’ shall include provi-
sions in appropriation Acts that make outyear modifica-
tions to substantive law as described under section 3(4)(C) 
of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.— 
For the purposes of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 or the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13)— 
(A) section 421 of S. Con. Res. 13 shall no 
longer apply to the consideration of bills, joint 
resolutions, amendments, or conference reports; 
(B) the chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget may exclude the effect of any ‘‘current 
policy adjustment’’ as provided in section 4(c) 
of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 
from a determination of the budgetary effects 
of any provision in a bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, or conference report; and 
(C) the terms ‘‘budget year’’, ‘‘current 
year’’, and ‘‘direct spending’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in section 250 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, except that the term ‘‘direct 
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spending’’ shall include provisions in appropria-
tion Acts that make outyear modifications to 
substantive law as described under section 
3(4)(C) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010. 
(c) SENSE
OF
THE HOUSE
ON DEFICIT REDUC-
TION.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—The House finds that— 
(A) passage of the Statutory Pay-As-You- 
Go Act of 2010, passage of legislation to reform 
the defense acquisition system, and passage of 
health care reform legislation reducing the def-
icit represented valuable contributions to fiscal 
responsibility; 
(B) strengthening the economy and cre-
ating jobs are critical to reducing the long-term 
deficit; 
(C) fiscally responsible investments in edu-
cation, including the retention of high-quality 
teachers in the classroom, help to lay the foun-
dation for a stronger economy; 
(D) the discretionary levels for 2011 in-
cluded in this resolution represent a reduction 
below the President’s comparable budgetary re-
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quest, and further contribute to fiscal discipline; 
and 
(E) defending our country requires nec-
essary investments and reforms to strengthen 
our military—including providing sufficient re-
sources to aggressively pursue implementation 
of GAO recommendations to achieve effi-
ciencies, and evaluating defense plans to ensure 
weapons systems that were developed to counter 
Cold War-era threats are not redundant and 
applicable to 21st century threats. 
(2) SENSE OF THE HOUSE ON DEFICIT REDUC-
TION.—It is the sense of the House that— 
(A) by 2015 the Federal budget should be 
in primary balance—meaning that outlays in 
the Federal budget shall equal receipts during 
a fiscal year, not counting outlays for debt serv-
ice payments; 
(B) the debt-to-GDP ratio should be sta-
bilized at an acceptable level once the economy 
recovers; 
(C) not later than September 15, 2010, the 
chairs of committees should submit for printing 
in the Congressional Record findings that iden-
tify changes in law that help achieve deficit re-
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duction by reducing waste, fraud, abuse, and 
mismanagement, promoting efficiency and re-
form of government, and controlling spending 
within Government programs those committees 
may authorize; 
(D) prior to the adjournment of the 111th 
Congress, any recommendations made by the 
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility 
and Reform and approved by the Senate should 
be brought to a vote in the House of Represent-
atives; and 
(E) any deficit reduction achieved by the 
enactment of such legislation should be used for 
deficit reduction only and should not be avail-
able to offset the costs of future legislation. 
(d) RESERVE FUND FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.— 
Upon enactment of legislation containing recommenda-
tions in the final report of the National Commission on 
Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established by Execu-
tive Order 13531 on February 18, 2010, that decreases 
the deficit for either time period provided in clause 10 of 
rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall, for 
the purposes of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
exclude any net deficit reduction from his determination 
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of the budgetary effects of such legislation, to ensure that 
the deficit reduction achieved by that legislation is used 
only for deficit reduction and is not available as an offset 
for any subsequent legislation. 
(e) HOUSE RULE XXVIII.—Nothing in this resolu-
tion shall be construed to engage rule XXVIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives. 
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