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necessary to adopt a regulation to implement para-
graph (1). 
(3) REQUIREMENT.—The Federal Communica-
tions Commission shall consider the voluntary broad-
cast of any public service announcement described in 
paragraph (1) as— 
(A) fulfilling part of a broadcaster’s obliga-
tion to serve the public interest; and 
(B) demonstrating such service for the 
purposes of license renewal. 
(b) JOB TRAINING PROVIDERS.—Title V of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 9271 et 
seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 509. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each provider of a job training 
program shall make periodic public service announcements 
to inform the general public about job training opportuni-
ties and services, including— 
‘‘(1) the availability of job training opportuni-
ties under the program; 
‘‘(2) Federal Pell Grants available under title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.); 
‘‘(3) the Job Corps centers; 
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‘‘(4) the one-stop delivery systems; and 
‘‘(5) community colleges. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promul-
gate regulations to assist providers of job training pro-
grams in carrying out the requirements described in sub-
section (a). In promulgating such regulations, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether the requirements may be sat-
isfied by— 
‘‘(1) posting the required information on an 
Internet Web site; 
‘‘(2) publishing the required information in a 
newspaper; or 
‘‘(3) making an announcement containing the 
required information on the television or radio. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘job training program’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 507(d).’’. 
SEC. 710. GAO REPORTS. 
(a) IDENTIFYING DUPLICATION.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall conduct a study 
and submit a report to Congress on job training programs 
that— 
(1) identifies duplications among such pro-
grams; and 
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(2) if applicable, recommends the consolidation 
of such programs. 
(b) EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS.—Not later than 
2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study and submit a report 
to Congress that evaluates the effectiveness of job training 
programs based on the assessments of such programs car-
ried out under section 508(b) of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (as amended by this Act). 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘job training program’’ has the meaning given such 
term in 507(d) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(as amended by this Act). 
TITLE VIII—SPENDING LIMITS 
AND DEFICIT CONTROL 
SEC. 800. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Spending Enforcement 
and Control Act of 2010’’. 
Subtitle A—Spending Limits and 
Deficit Control 
SEC. 801. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING
LIMITS.—Section 
251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol of Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—The fiscal 
years for the discretionary spending limits shall be as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) Fiscal year 2011: $1,203,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(2) Fiscal year 2012: $1,144,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(3) Fiscal year 2013: $1,143,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(4) Fiscal year 2014: $1,143,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(5) Fiscal year 2015: $1,149,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(6) Fiscal year 2016: $1,165,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(7) Fiscal year 2017: $1,176,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(8) Fiscal year 2018: $1,184,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(9) Fiscal year 2019: $1,202,000,000,000 in 
outlays. 
‘‘(b) SPENDING REDUCTION ORDER.—A spending re-
duction ordered shall be implemented using the procedures 
set forth in section 256.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 251 in the table of contents set forth in 250(c) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 251. Discretionary spending limits.’’. 
SEC. 802. TOTAL SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) TOTAL SPENDING LIMITS.—After section 252 of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, add the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 252A. TOTAL SPENDING LIMITS. 
‘‘(a) PROJECTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) OMB REPORT.—OMB shall prepare a re-
port comparing projected total spending under sec-
tion 257 and the total spending limits in subsection 
(d), and include such report in the budget as sub-
mitted by the President annually under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) CBO REPORT.—CBO shall prepare a re-
port comparing projected total spending under sec-
tion 257 and the total spending limits in subsection 
(d) and include such report in the CBO annual base-
line and reestimate of the President’s budget. 
‘‘(3) INCLUSION IN SPENDING REDUCTION OR-
DERS.—Reports prepared pursuant to this sub-
section shall be included in the spending reduction 
report. 
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‘‘(b) SPENDING REDUCTION ORDER.—A spending re-
duction order shall be implemented using the procedures 
set forth in section 256. 
‘‘(c) FISCAL YEARS OF THE TOTAL SPENDING PE-
RIOD.—The fiscal years within the total spending period 
shall be as follows: 
‘‘(1) Fiscal year 2011: 22.8 percent. 
‘‘(2) Fiscal year 2012: 21.6 percent. 
‘‘(3) Fiscal year 2013: 21.8 percent. 
‘‘(4) Fiscal year 2014: 21.9 percent. 
‘‘(5) Fiscal year 2015: 21.7 percent. 
‘‘(6) Fiscal year 2016: 22.0 percent. 
‘‘(7) Fiscal year 2017: 21.7 percent. 
‘‘(8) Fiscal year 2018: 21.6 percent. 
‘‘(9) Fiscal year 2019: 22.3 percent. 
‘‘(10) Fiscal year 2020: 22.3 percent. 
‘‘(11) Fiscal year 2021: 22.4 percent. 
‘‘(12) Fiscal year 2022: 22.6 percent. 
‘‘(13) Fiscal year 2023: 22.8 percent. 
‘‘(14) Fiscal year 2024: 22.9 percent. 
‘‘(15) Fiscal year 2025: 22.9 percent. 
‘‘(16) Fiscal year 2026: 23.2 percent. 
‘‘(17) Fiscal year 2027: 23.5 percent. 
‘‘(18) Fiscal year 2028: 23.6 percent. 
‘‘(19) Fiscal year 2029: 23.7 percent. 
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‘‘(70) Fiscal year 2080: 14.0 percent. 
‘‘(71) Fiscal year 2081: 13.6 percent. 
‘‘(72) Fiscal year 2082: 13.4 percent. 
‘‘(73) Fiscal year 2083: 13.0 percent.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
622) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘total spending’ means all out-
lays of the Federal Government including those from 
off-budget entities and budget authority and outlays 
flowing therefrom, as applicable, designated as emer-
gencies.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 252A the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 252A. Total spending limits.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reports and Orders 
SEC. 811. REPORTS AND ORDERS. 
Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 254. REPORTS AND ORDERS. 
‘‘(a) TIMETABLE.— 
‘‘Date: 
Action to be completed: 
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5 days before the President’s 
budget submission.
CBO sequestration preview report. 
President’s budget submission ..
OMB sequestration preview report. 
August 10 ..................................
CBO sequestration update report. 
August 20 ..................................
OMB sequestration update report. 
10 days after end of session ......
CBO sequestration final report. 
15 days after end of session ......
OMB sequestration final report; Presidential 
order. 
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION AND AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.— 
Each report required by this section shall be submitted 
to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. On the following day a notice 
of the report shall be printed in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(c) SEQUESTRATION PREVIEW REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—On the dates 
specified in subsection (a), OMB and CBO shall 
issue a preview report regarding discretionary limits 
and total spending limits, sequestration based on 
laws enacted through those dates. 
‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT SEQUES-
TRATION
REPORT.—The preview report shall set 
forth for the current year and the budget year the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The discretionary spending limit; 
‘‘(B) The estimated discretionary spending 
amount; and 
‘‘(C) The amount of reductions required 
under section 251. 
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‘‘(3) TOTAL SPENDING LIMIT SEQUESTRATION 
REPORT.—The preview reports shall set forth for the 
budget year estimates for the following: 
‘‘(A) The total spending limit; 
‘‘(B) 
The 
estimated 
total 
spending 
amount; and 
‘‘(C) The amount of reductions required 
under section 252A. 
‘‘(4) EXPLANATION
OF
DIFFERENCES.—The 
OMB reports shall explain the differences between 
OMB and CBO estimates for each item set forth in 
this subsection. 
‘‘(d) SEQUESTRATION UPDATE REPORT.—On the 
dates specified in subsection (a), OMB and CBO shall 
issue a sequestration update report, reflecting laws en-
acted through those dates, containing all of the informa-
tion required in the sequestration preview report. 
‘‘(e) SEQUESTRATION FINAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—On the dates 
specified in subsection (a), OMB and CBO shall 
issue a sequestration final report, reflecting laws en-
acted through those dates, containing all of the in-
formation required in the sequestration preview re-
port. 
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‘‘(2) PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.—On the date spec-
ified in subsection (a), if in its sequestration final 
report OMB estimates that any sequestration is re-
quired, the President shall issue an order fully im-
plementing without change all sequestrations re-
quired by the OMB calculations set forth in that re-
port. This order shall be effective on issuance. 
‘‘(f) GAO COMPLIANCE REPORT.—Upon request of 
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives or the Senate, the Comptroller General shall submit 
to the Congress and the President a report on— 
‘‘(1) the extent to which each order issued by 
the President under this section complies with all of 
the requirements contained in this part, either certi-
fying that the order fully and accurately complies 
with such requirements or indicating the respects in 
which it does not; and 
‘‘(2) the extent to which each report issued by 
OMB or CBO under this section complies with all of 
the requirements contained in this part, either certi-
fying that the report fully and accurately complies 
with such requirements or indicating the respects in 
which it does not. 
‘‘(g) LOW-GROWTH REPORT.—At any time, CBO and 
OMB shall notify the Congress if— 
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‘‘(1) during the period consisting of the quarter 
during which such notification is given, the quarter 
preceding such notification, and the 4 quarters fol-
lowing such notification, CBO or OMB has deter-
mined that real economic growth is projected or esti-
mated to be less than zero with respect to each of 
any 2 consecutive quarters within such period; or 
‘‘(2) the most recent of the Department of 
Commerce’s advance preliminary or final reports of 
actual real economic growth indicate that the rate of 
real economic growth for each of the most recently 
reported quarter and the immediately preceding 
quarter is less than one percent. 
‘‘(h) ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL ASSUMPTIONS.—In 
all reports required by this section, OMB shall use the 
same economic and technical assumptions as used in the 
most recent budget submitted by the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code’’. 
SEC. 812. SPENDING LIMITS ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 312.— 
Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(a) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 
purposes of this title, the levels of new budget authority, 
outlays, direct spending, deficits, revenues, and debt, or 
the increases or decreases of such levels for purpose of 
section 303, shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
made by the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate, as applicable.’’. 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and re-
designating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as (g), (h), 
and (i), respectively. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT
AMENDMENTS
TO
SECTION 
312.—Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is further amended by adding the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT POINT OF 
ORDER.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, or conference report that— 
‘‘(1) causes the discretionary spending limits 
for the budget year to be breached; or 
‘‘(2) increases the discretionary spending limits 
for the budget year or any ensuing fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) TOTAL SPENDING LIMIT POINT OF ORDER.— 
It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives 
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or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amend-
ment, or conference report that— 
‘‘(1) causes the total spending limits for the 
budget year, as a percentage of gross domestic prod-
uct, to be breached; or 
‘‘(2) increases the total spending limits for the 
budget year or any ensuing fiscal year after the 
budget year, as a percentage of gross domestic prod-
uct. 
‘‘(d) REVENUE LIMIT POINT OF ORDER.—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 increases levels of revenue above 
19 percent of gross domestic product, as estimated by the 
Committee on the Budget of the applicable House. 
‘‘(e) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION.—The provisions of 
this section may be waived or suspended: 
‘‘(1) IN THE SENATE.—In the Senate only by 
the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 
duly chosen and sworn. 
‘‘(2) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In 
the House of Representatives: 
‘‘(A) Only by a rule or order proposing 
only to waive such provisions by an affirmative 
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vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen 
and sworn. 
‘‘(B) It shall not be in order to consider a 
rule or order that waives the application of sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(C) It shall not be in order for the Speak-
er to entertain a motion to suspend the applica-
tion of this section under clause 1 of rule XV 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 813. SPENDING REDUCTION ORDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 256 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 256. SPENDING REDUCTION ORDER. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULES.— 
‘‘(1) CALCULATION OF SPENDING REDUCTION 
PERCENTAGE.—OMB shall include in its final 
spending sequestration report a requirement that 
each nonexempt spending account shall be reduced 
by an amount of budget authority calculated by mul-
tiplying the baseline level of budgetary resources in 
that account at that time by the uniform percentage 
necessary to reduce outlays sufficient to eliminate an 
excess spending amount. 
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‘‘(2) EXEMPTIONS.—The following shall be ex-
empt from reduction under any order issued under 
this part: 
‘‘(A) Payments for net interest. 
‘‘(B) Benefits payable under the old-age, 
survivors, and disability insurance program es-
tablished under title II of the Social Security 
Act if— 
‘‘(i) OASDI Trust Funds are actuari-
ally solvent in the 75-year period utilized 
in the most recent annual report of the 
Board of Trustees provided pursuant to 
section 201(C)(2) of the Social Security 
Act; and 
‘‘(ii) OASDI Trust Funds have not 
run a cash deficit in the fiscal year prior 
to the transmittal of the most recent Se-
questration Preview Report. 
‘‘(C) Benefits provided to veterans defined 
as direct spending payable by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(D) Obligated balances of budget author-
ity carried over from prior fiscal years. 
‘‘(E) Any obligations of the Federal Gov-
ernment required to be paid under the United 
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States Constitution or legally contractual obli-
gations. 
‘‘(F) Any program whose growth in the 
budget year is equal to or less than the con-
sumer price index. 
‘‘(G) Intergovernmental transfers. 
‘‘(3) ONE-PERCENT REDUCTION LIMITATION.— 
No program shall be subject to a spending reduction 
of more than one percent of its budgetary resources. 
‘‘(4) CALCULATION
OF
SPENDING
REDUC-
TION.—The percentage required to produce a spend-
ing reduction, as ordered by a spending reduction 
order, shall be calculated by OMB by adding all 
budgetary resources of the Government, and reduc-
ing that amount by an amount sufficient to reduce 
the total amount of outlays of the Government to 
equal, or lower, a level of outlays than the amount 
set forth in the guideline period. 
‘‘(5) APPLICATION.—Once issued, a spending 
reduction shall be applied to nonexempt programs as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) Budgetary resources subject to a 
spending reduction to any discretionary account 
shall be permanently canceled. 
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‘‘(B) The same percentage spending reduc-
tion shall apply to all programs, projects, and 
activities within a budget account (with pro-
grams, projects, and activities as delineated in 
the appropriation Act or accompanying report 
for the relevant fiscal year covering that ac-
count, or for accounts not included in appro-
priation Acts, as delineated in the most recently 
submitted President’s budget). 
‘‘(C) Administrative regulations imple-
menting a spending reduction shall be made 
within 120 days of the issue of a spending re-
duction order. 
‘‘(6) OASDI SPECIAL
PROCEDURES.—If the 
OASDI Trust Funds are subject to sequestration, 
then payments from such Trust Funds shall be 
treated the same as other programs, except— 
‘‘(A) reductions from such Trust Funds 
shall not exceed one percent of the 75-year un-
funded liability set forth in the most current 
Social Security Trustees Report; 
‘‘(B) reduction in individual benefits shall 
be implemented by increasing the Normal Re-
tirement Age (NRA) by an amount certified by 
the Social Security Office of the Chief Actuary; 
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‘‘(C) the increase in the NRA shall not be 
applied to any beneficiary born in a year 55 
years or before— 
‘‘(i) the year of the enactment of the 
Roadmap for America’s Future Act of 
2010; or 
‘‘(ii) the year in which the final 
spending sequestration report is issued; 
and 
‘‘(D) no change in the NRA shall be made 
before it is fully phased-in under the Social Se-
curity Act as in effect before the date of enact-
ment of the Roadmap for America’s Future Act 
of 2010. 
‘‘(b) EMERGENCIES.—No program shall be subject to 
sequestration or counted for purposes of calculating a se-
quester if it is designated as an emergency under this sec-
tion and so designated by the President.’’. 
(b) LOW-GROWTH AMENDMENT.—Section 258(b) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) SUSPENSION
OF
SEQUESTRATION
PROCE-
DURES.—Upon the enactment of a declaration of war or 
a joint resolution described in subsection (a)— 
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‘‘(1) the subsequent issuance of any sequestra-
tion report to enforce the spending limits in sections 
251 and 252A order is precluded; 
‘‘(2) sections 302(f), 310(d), and 311(a), of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are suspended; 
and 
‘‘(3) section 1103 of title 31, United States 
Code, is suspended.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REPEALS.—Sections 255 and 275 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 are repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item re-
lating to section 256 in the table of contents set 
forth in section 250(a) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 256. Spending reduction order.’’. 
SEC. 814. ALTERNATE SPENDING REDUCTION LEGISLATION 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) INTRODUCTION OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—At any 
time after the Director of OMB issues a final order for 
a fiscal year, but before the end of the session of Congress 
in session on the date of the issuance of such order, the 
majority leader of the House of Representatives may in-
troduce a joint resolution which contains provisions direct-
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ing the President to modify the most recent final order 
issued pursuant to this title, or provide an alternative to 
eliminate the spending excess for such fiscal year or years. 
After the introduction of the first such joint resolution in 
either House of Congress in any calendar year, then no 
other joint resolution introduced pursuant to this section 
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in this section. 
(b) PROCEDURES
FOR CONSIDERATION
OF JOINT 
RESOLUTIONS.— 
(1) Any committee of the House of Representa-
tives to which an alternative spending compliance 
measure is referred shall report it to the House 
without amendment not later than the seventh legis-
lative day after the date of its introduction. If a 
committee fails to report the bill within that period 
or the House has adopted a concurrent resolution 
providing for adjournment sine die at the end of a 
Congress, it shall be in order to move that the 
House discharge the committee from further consid-
eration of the bill. Such a motion shall be in order 
only at a time designated by the Speaker in the leg-
islative schedule within two legislative days after the 
day on which the proponent announces his intention 
to offer the motion. Such a motion shall not be in 
order after a committee has reported a spending 
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compliance measure with respect to that special mes-
sage or after the House has disposed of a motion to 
discharge with respect to that special message. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
the motion to its adoption without intervening mo-
tion except twenty minutes of debate equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. If 
such a motion is adopted, the House shall proceed 
immediately to consider the spending compliance 
measure bill in accordance with paragraph (3). A 
motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is disposed of shall not be in order. 
(2) After a spending compliance measure is re-
ported or a committee has been discharged from fur-
ther consideration, or the House has adopted a con-
current resolution providing for adjournment sine 
die at the end of a Congress, it shall be in order to 
move to proceed to consider the spending compliance 
measure in the House. Such a motion shall be in 
order only at a time designated by the Speaker in 
the legislative schedule within two legislative days 
after the day on which the proponent announces his 
intention to offer the motion. Such a motion shall 
not be in order after the House has disposed of a 
motion to proceed with respect to that special mes-
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sage. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the motion to its adoption without inter-
vening motion. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is disposed of shall not be in order. 
(3) The spending compliance measure shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against an 
approval bill and against its consideration are 
waived. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on an approval bill to its passage without in-
tervening motion except five hours of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an op-
ponent and one motion to limit debate on the bill. 
A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 
bill shall not be in order. 
(4) A spending compliance measure received 
from the Senate shall not be referred to committee. 
(c) VOTING.—The vote on final passage of a joint res-
olution or conference report thereon referred to in para-
graph (1) shall require approval of not less than three- 
fifths of the Members of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 815. ALTERNATE SPENDING REDUCTION LEGISLATION 
IN THE SENATE. 
(a) INTRODUCTION OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—At any 
time after OMB issues a final order for a fiscal year, but 
before the end of the session of Congress in session on 
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the date of the issuance of such order, the majority leader 
of either House of Congress may introduce a joint resolu-
tion which contains provisions directing the President to 
modify the most recent final order provide an alternative 
to eliminate the spending excess for such fiscal year or 
years. After the introduction of the first such joint resolu-
tion in either House of Congress in any calendar year, 
then no other joint resolution introduced in such House 
in such calendar year shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in this section. 
(b) PROCEDURES
FOR CONSIDERATION
OF JOINT 
RESOLUTIONS.— 
(1) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE.—A joint resolu-
tion introduced in the Senate under subsection (a) 
shall not be referred to a committee of the Senate 
and shall be placed on the calendar pending disposi-
tion of such joint resolution in accordance with this 
subsection. 
(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—On or 
after the third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays) beginning after a joint 
resolution is introduced under subsection (a), not-
withstanding any rule or precedent of the Senate, in-
cluding rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen-
ate, it is in order (even though a previous motion to 
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the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Mem-
ber of the Senate to move to proceed to the consider-
ation of the joint resolution. The motion is not in 
order after the eighth calendar day (excluding Sat-
urdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) beginning after 
a joint resolution (to which the motion applies) is in-
troduced. The joint resolution is privileged in the 
Senate. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 
order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
the joint resolution is agreed to, the Senate shall im-
mediately proceed to consideration of the joint reso-
lution without intervening motion, order, or other 
business, and the joint resolution shall remain the 
unfinished business of the Senate until disposed of. 
(3) DEBATE IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) In the Senate, debate on a joint resolu-
tion introduced under subsection (a), amend-
ments thereto, and all debatable motions and 
appeals in connection therewith shall be limited 
to not more than 10 hours, which shall be di-
vided equally between the majority leader and 
the minority leader (or their designees). 
(B) A motion to postpone, or a motion to 
proceed to the consideration of other business is 
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not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the joint resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed to is not in order, and a motion to re-
commit the joint resolution is not in order. 
(C)(i) No amendment that is not germane 
to the provisions of the joint resolution shall be 
in order in the Senate. In the Senate, an 
amendment, any amendment to an amendment, 
or any debatable motion or appeal is debatable 
for not to exceed 30 minutes to be equally di-
vided between, and controlled by, the mover and 
the majority leader (or their designees), except 
that in the event that the majority leader favors 
the amendment, motion, or appeal, the minority 
leader (or the minority leader’s designee) shall 
control the time in opposition to the amend-
ment, motion, or appeal. 
(ii) In the Senate, an amendment that is 
otherwise in order shall be in order notwith-
standing the fact that it amends the joint reso-
lution in more than one place or amends lan-
guage previously amended. It shall not be in 
order in the Senate to vote on the question of 
agreeing to such a joint resolution or any 
amendment thereto unless the figures then con-
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tained in such joint resolution or amendment 
are mathematically consistent. 
(4) VOTE
ON
FINAL
PASSAGE.—Immediately 
following the conclusion of the debate on a joint res-
olution introduced under subsection (a), a single 
quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if re-
quested in accordance with the rules of the Senate, 
and the disposition of any pending amendments 
under paragraph (3), the vote on final passage of 
the joint resolution shall occur. 
(5) APPEALS.—Appeals from the decisions of 
the Chair shall be decided without debate. 
(6) CONFERENCE
REPORTS.—In the Senate, 
points of order under titles III and IV of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 are applicable to a 
conference report on the joint resolution or any 
amendments in disagreement thereto. 
(7) RESOLUTION FROM OTHER HOUSE.—If, be-
fore the passage by the Senate of a joint resolution 
of the Senate introduced under subsection (a), the 
Senate receives from the House of Representatives a 
joint resolution introduced under subsection (a), 
then the following procedures shall apply: 
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(A) The joint resolution of the House of 
Representatives shall not be referred to a com-
mittee and shall be placed on the calendar. 
(B) With respect to a joint resolution in-
troduced under subsection (a) in the Senate— 
(i) the procedure in the Senate shall 
be the same as if no joint resolution had 
been received from the House; but 
(ii)(I) the vote on final passage shall 
be on the joint resolution of the House if 
it is identical to the joint resolution then 
pending for passage in the Senate; or 
(II) if the joint resolution from the 
House is not identical to the joint resolu-
tion then pending for passage in the Sen-
ate and the Senate then passes the Senate 
joint resolution, the Senate shall be consid-
ered to have passed the House joint resolu-
tion as amended by the text of the Senate 
joint resolution. 
(C) Upon disposition of the joint resolution 
received from the House, it shall no longer be 
in order to consider the resolution originated in 
the Senate. 
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(8) SENATE ACTION ON HOUSE RESOLUTION.— 
If the Senate receives from the House of Represent-
atives a joint resolution introduced pursuant to this 
section after the Senate has disposed of a Senate 
originated resolution which is identical to the House 
passed joint resolution, the action of the Senate with 
regard to the disposition of the Senate originated 
joint resolution shall be deemed to be the action of 
the Senate with regard to the House originated joint 
resolution. If it is not identical to the House passed 
joint resolution, then the Senate shall be considered 
to have passed the joint resolution of the House as 
amended by the text of the Senate joint resolution. 
(9) The vote on final passage of a joint resolu-
tion or conference report thereon referred to in para-
graph (1) shall require approval of not less than 
three-fifths of the Members of the Senate. 
Subtitle C—Long-Term Budgeting 
SEC. 821. CBO AND OMB PROJECTIONS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.—At the end 
of section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
add the following: 
‘‘(d) LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS.—Not later than 
February 15 of each calendar year after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Director of the Congressional 
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Budget Office shall issue a report projecting total spend-
ing, revenue, deficits, and debt for 75 years beginning with 
such fiscal year as a percentage of gross domestic product 
annually based on current law levels as modified to main-
tain current policy. 
‘‘(e) CBO SPENDING REVIEW REPORT ISSUANCE.— 
As a component of the report required by subsection (d), 
the Congressional Budget Office shall issue a Spending 
Review Report and transmit such report to the Commit-
tees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
‘‘(f) CONTENT OF SPENDING REVIEW REPORT.—The 
content of the Spending Review Report referred to in sub-
section (e) shall include analyses of the following: 
‘‘(1) OASDI.—The solvency of the Old-Age, 
Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
‘‘(2) MEDICARE.—The long-range sustainability 
of the spending levels of Medicare. 
‘‘(3) MEDICAID.—The long-range sustainability 
of the spending levels of Medicaid. 
‘‘(4) OTHER
DIRECT
SPENDING.—The long- 
range sustainability of spending levels of other direct 
spending. 
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‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of the develop-
ment of the Spending Review Report referred to in sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(1) SOLVENCY OF THE OASDI.—The term ‘sol-
vency’ as used in this section means the solvency of 
the Old-Age Security and Disability Insurance Trust 
Funds over a 75-year period beginning in the year 
the Spending Review Report is reported. 
‘‘(2) SUSTAINABILITY.—The term ‘sustain-
ability’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) MEDICARE.—The Medicare program 
is sustainable if it is projected to grow, begin-
ning in the tenth year following the date of the 
enactment of this Act from the fixed percentage 
of Gross Domestic Product in the year prior to 
the date of enactment of this subsection, ad-
justed by the adjustment formula as set forth 
in section 252A(e) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘(B) MEDICAID.—The Medicaid program 
is sustainable if its outlays, excluding those des-
ignated as emergencies, are projected to grow 
from the fixed percentage of Gross Domestic 
Product in the year prior to the date of the en-
actment of this Act, adjusted by a rate no high-
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