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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2372 
To reduce the amount otherwise available for the payment of salaries and 
expenses of the Budget Committee and the Office of the Majority Leader 
of a House of Congress if that House does not adopt a concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2011 or 2012. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Ms. BUERKLE (for herself, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. 
ISSA, and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To reduce the amount otherwise available for the payment 
of salaries and expenses of the Budget Committee and 
the Office of the Majority Leader of a House of Congress 
if that House does not adopt a concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2011 or 2012. 
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 ‘‘Just Do Your Job Act 
of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) It is the responsibility of each House of 
Congress to adopt a concurrent resolution on the 
budget in compliance with the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. 
(2) It is the responsibility of the House Major-
ity Leader to schedule legislation in the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) It is the responsibility of the Senate Major-
ity Leader to schedule legislation in the Senate. 
(4) The House adopted House Concurrent Res-
olution 34, the budget resolution for fiscal year 
2012, on April 15, 2011, by a vote of 235–193. 
(5) The Senate rejected House Concurrent Res-
olution 34 on May 25, 2011, by a vote of 40–57. 
(6) The Senate rejected Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 18, reflecting the budget submitted by 
President Obama for fiscal year 2012, on May 25, 
2011, by a vote of 0–97. 
(7) The Senate last adopted a budget resolution 
in compliance with the requirements of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 on April 29, 2009, when 
it passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, the 
budget resolution for fiscal year 2010, by a vote of 
53–43. 
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SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR OPER-
ATIONS OF CERTAIN OFFICES UNLESS BUDG-
ET RESOLUTION ADOPTED. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Divi-
sion B of Public Law 112–10), during the portion of fiscal 
year 2011 that occurs after the date of the enactment of 
this Act— 
(1) no payment may be made for the salaries 
and expenses of the Committees on the Budget of 
the House of Representatives and Senate; and 
(2) the amount otherwise made available for the 
salaries and expenses of the Offices of the Majority 
Leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate 
shall each be reduced by $1,000,000. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—If a House of Congress has adopt-
ed a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2011 or fiscal year 2012 that complies with section 
301(a)(1–7) and section 301(e)(2)(A–F) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, subsection (a) shall not apply 
to the Committee on the Budget or the Office of the Ma-
jority Leader of that House. 
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