I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2560 
To cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2011 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. 
PENCE, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. RIGELL, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, 
Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. ROSS 
of Florida, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. HUNTER, 
Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. 
BENISHEK, Mr. WEST, Mr. HARPER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. JENKINS, 
Mr. ROKITA, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, 
Mr. WALSH of Illinois, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. STUTZMAN, 
Mr. 
FLORES, 
Mr. 
BUCSHON, 
Mr. 
GIBBS, 
Mr. 
FLAKE, 
Mr. 
SOUTHERLAND, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. 
GOODLATTE, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. CAMP, Mr. AMASH, Mr. HUELSKAMP, 
Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. REED, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. 
RENACCI, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. AKIN, Mr. QUAYLE, Mr. 
WOODALL, Mr. WEBSTER, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. LANDRY, Mr. LONG, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. HERGER, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, 
Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. SCHILLING, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. YODER, Mr. LATHAM, 
Mrs. ADAMS, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 
NUGENT, Mr. POMPEO, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. 
GARRETT, and Mr. KELLY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Rules and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget. 
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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 ‘‘Cut, Cap, and Balance 
Act of 2011’’. 
TITLE I—CUT 
SEC. 101. MODIFICATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 
ACT. 
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 316. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 
would cause the discretionary spending limits as set forth 
in this section to be exceeded. 
‘‘(b) LIMITS.—In this section, the term ‘discretionary 
spending limits’ means for fiscal year 2012: for the discre-
tionary category, $1,019,402,000,000 in new budget au-
thority and $1,224,568,000,000 in outlays. 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—After the reporting of a bill or 
joint resolution relating to the global war on terrorism de-
scribed in subsection (d), or the offering of an amendment 
thereto or the submission of a conference report thereon— 
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‘‘(1) the chair of the House or Senate Com-
mittee on the Budget may adjust the discretionary 
spending limits provided in this section for purposes 
of congressional enforcement, the budgetary aggre-
gates in the concurrent resolution on the budget 
most recently adopted by the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, and allocations pursuant to sec-
tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, by the amount of new budget authority in 
that measure for that purpose and the outlays flow-
ing therefrom; and 
‘‘(2) following any adjustment under paragraph 
(1), the House or Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions may report appropriately revised suballocations 
pursuant to section 302(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(d) GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.—If a bill or joint 
resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal 
year 2012 that provides funding for the global war on ter-
rorism, the allowable adjustments provided for in sub-
section (c) for fiscal year 2012 shall not exceed 
$126,544,000,000 in budget authority and the outlays 
flowing therefrom. 
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‘‘SEC. 317. CERTAIN DIRECT SPENDING LIMITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that 
includes any provision that would cause total direct spend-
ing, except as excluded in subsection (b), to exceed the 
limits specified in subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) EXEMPT FROM DIRECT SPENDING LIMITS.— 
Direct spending for the following functions is exempt from 
the limits specified in subsection (c): 
‘‘(1) Social Security, function 650. 
‘‘(2) Medicare, function 570. 
‘‘(3) Veterans Benefits and Services, function 
700. 
‘‘(4) Net Interest, function 900. 
‘‘(c) LIMITS ON OTHER DIRECT SPENDING.—The 
total combined outlays for all direct spending not exempt-
ed in subsection (b) for fiscal year 2012 shall not exceed 
$680,730,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 102. STATUTORY ENFORCEMENT OF SPENDING CAPS 
THROUGH SEQUESTRATION. 
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by inserting after section 317 the following 
new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 318. ENFORCEMENT OF DISCRETIONARY AND DIRECT 
SPENDING CAPS. 
‘‘(a) IMPLEMENTATION.—The sequesters shall be im-
plemented as follows: 
‘‘(1) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IMPLEMENTA-
TION.—For the discretionary limits in section 316 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, pursuant to 
section 251(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 with each cat-
egory sequestered separately. 
‘‘(2) DIRECT
SPENDING
IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) The sequestration to enforce this section for di-
rect spending shall be implemented pursuant to sec-
tion 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘(B) Section 255 of the Balanced Budget and 
Control Act of 1985 shall not apply to this section, 
except that payments for military personnel accounts 
(within subfunctional category 051), TRICARE for 
Life, Medicare (functional category 570), military 
retirement, Social Security (functional category 
650), veterans (functional category 700), net inter-
est (functional category 900), and discretionary ap-
propriations shall be exempt. 
‘‘(b) MODIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.— 
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