Sec. 427. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE V—TRANSPARENCY IN BUDGETING 
Sec. 500. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Accrual Funding of Pensions and Retirement Pay for Federal 
Employees and Uniformed Services Personnel 
Sec. 501. Civil Service Retirement System. 
Sec. 502. Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. 
Sec. 503. Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. 
Sec. 504. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Retirement System. 
Sec. 505. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Of-
ficer Corps Retirement System. 
Sec. 506. Coast Guard Military Retirement System. 
Subtitle B—Accrual Funding of Post-Retirement Health Benefits Costs for 
Federal Employees 
Sec. 511. Federal Employees Health Benefits Fund. 
Sec. 512. Funding Uniformed Services health benefits for all retirees. 
Sec. 513. Effective date. 
Subtitle C—Earmark Reform 
Sec. 521. Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform. 
Sec. 522. Moratorium on consideration of earmarks. 
Subtitle D—Public Debt Limit 
Sec. 531. Limit on public debt. 
Sec. 532. Repeal of the Gephardt Rule. 
Subtitle E—Risk-Assumed Budgeting 
Sec. 541. Market Adjusted Rate for Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
Sec. 542. CBO and GAO study. 
TITLE VI—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 600. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Enforcement Amendments 
Sec. 601. Points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
Sec. 602. Point of order waiver protection. 
Sec. 603. Application of the limitation on reconciliation legislation. 
Sec. 604. Twenty-percent limit on new direct spending in reconciliation legisla-
tion. 
Sec. 605. Treatment of extraneous appropriations. 
Sec. 606. Establishment of Discretionary Deficit Reduction Account. 
Sec. 607. Establishment of Mandatory Deficit Reduction Account. 
Sec. 608. Conforming amendment. 
Subtitle B—Committee Term Limits Study in the House of Representatives 
Sec. 611. Suspension of certain requirements regarding the House of Rep-
resentatives committee term limits committee. 
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Sec. 612. Establishment of the select committee on requirements regarding the 
House of Representatives Budget Committee. 
Sec. 613. Procedure. 
Sec. 614. Composition. 
Sec. 615. Reporting. 
Sec. 616. Administrative provisions. 
Sec. 617. Dissolution. 
SUBTITLE C—JUDICIAL CONSIDERATION 
Sec. 621. Judicial review. 
Sec. 622. Severability. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Congressional Budget Office, the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office, and the chairman of 
the 
Federal 
Reserve 
have 
all 
found 
that 
unsustainable fiscal trends, driven by Federal spend-
ing, represent a serious threat to the United States 
economy and the prosperity of the American people; 
(2) the current Federal budget process fails to 
fully allocate resources for national priorities and 
lacks the means to control Federal spending, defi-
cits, and debt; 
(3) budgeting is essential to governing; and 
(4) the effectiveness of the budget depends on 
the strength of the budget process. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are as follows— 
(1) to reform and strengthen the Federal budg-
et process by enacting a comprehensive set of sound, 
reasonable, and enforceable measures; 
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(2) to properly focus the Federal budget proc-
ess on controlling spending, deficits, and debt; 
(3) to provide Congress with the tools for 
stronger and more durable control of spending and 
deficits; 
(4) to increase transparency and provide a com-
prehensive assessment of the budget’s commitments; 
and 
(5) to reform the budget process to give Con-
gress a thorough assessment of the long-term budget 
commitments, to establish sustainable benchmarks 
for major programs, and to provide the means to re-
form major entitlement programs to ensure sustain-
able levels of Federal spending, deficits, and debt. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall become effec-
tive on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply 
with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
2010. 
TITLE I—A BINDING FEDERAL 
BUDGET 
SEC. 100. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhanced Spending 
Control and Budget Enforcement Act of 2009’’. 
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Subtitle A—Joint Budget 
Resolution 
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg-
etary process; and 
‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination each year of 
the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex-
penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 
SEC. 102. TIMETABLE. 
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘TIMETABLE 
‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the Con-
gressional budget process for any fiscal year is as follows: 
‘‘First Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in February ........
President submits his budget. 
February 15 ...............................
Congressional Budget Office submits report 
to Budget Committees. 
Not later than 6 weeks after 
President submits budget.
Committees submit views and estimates to 
Budget Committees. 
April 1 .......................................
Budget Committees report joint resolution on 
the budget. 
April 15 ....................................
Congress completes action on joint resolution 
on the budget. 
June 10 ......................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last 
annual appropriation bill. 
June 15 ......................................
Congress completes action on reconciliation 
legislation. 
June 30 ......................................
House completes action on annual appropria-
tion bills. 
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‘‘First Session—Continued 
October 1 ...................................
Fiscal year begins.’’. 
SEC. 103. JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET. 
(a) CONTENT
OF JOINT RESOLUTIONS
ON
THE 
BUDGET.—Section 301(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) subtotals of new budget authority and out-
lays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense 
discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid, other di-
rect spending (excluding interest), and interest; and 
for emergencies (for the reserve fund in section 
317(b) and for military operations in section 
317(C));’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN JOINT RESOLUTION.— 
Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended as follows: 
(1) Strike paragraphs (1), and (6) through (9). 
(2) Redesignate paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and 
(5) accordingly. 
(3) Amend paragraph (3), as redesignated, to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) set forth such other matters, and require 
such other procedures, relating to the budget as may 
be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, 
but shall not include a suspension or alteration of 
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the application of the motion to strike a provision as 
set forth in section 310(d)(2) or (h)(2)(F).’’. 
(c) REQUIRED
CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—Section 
301(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Redesignate subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 
(D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (E), 
(F), (H), and (I), respectively. 
(2) Before subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), 
insert the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 
each major functional category, based on alloca-
tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1);’’. 
(3) In subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 
strike ‘‘mandatory’’ and insert ‘‘direct spending’’. 
(4) After subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 
insert the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) a measure, as a percentage of gross 
domestic product, of total outlays, total Federal 
revenues, the surplus or deficit, and new out-
lays for nondefense discretionary spending, de-
fense spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other 
direct spending as set forth in such resolu-
tion;’’. 
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(5) After subparagraph (F) (as redesignated), 
insert the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) if the joint resolution on the budget 
includes any allocation to a committee other 
than the Committee on Appropriations of levels 
in excess of current law levels, a justification 
for not subjecting any program, project, or ac-
tivity (for which the allocation is made) to an-
nual discretionary appropriations;’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Section 
301(e)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Redesignate subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, strike sub-
paragraphs (C) and (D), and redesignate subpara-
graph (E) as subparagraph (D) and strike the pe-
riod and insert ‘‘; and’’. 
(2) Before subparagraph (B), insert the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 
each major functional category, based on alloca-
tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1);’’. 
(3) At the end, add the following new subpara-
graph: 
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‘‘(E) set forth, if required by subsection 
(f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion 
of the Congress, the goals for reducing unem-
ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em-
ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 
(e) 
BUDGET
PRESENTATION.—After 
section 
301(e)(3) add the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) BUDGET FORMAT.—In addition to the con-
tents that may be included in the report pursuant to 
paragraph (3), a presentation of the functional cat-
egories may also be included as follows: 
‘‘(A) PRINCIPAL FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS.— 
Activities intrinsic to the Federal Government 
(including both discretionary and mandatory 
spending) as follows: 
‘‘(i) National defense; 
‘‘(ii) International affairs; 
‘‘(iii) Veterans benefits and services; 
and 
‘‘(iv) Administration of justice. 
‘‘(B) FEDERALLY
SUPPORTED
DOMESTIC 
PRIORITIES.—The total domestic discretionary 
spending levels as follows: 
‘‘(i) 
Total 
domestic 
discretionary 
spending. 
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‘‘(ii) Optional inclusion of additional 
specific recommended levels. 
‘‘(C) MAJOR DOMESTIC ENTITLEMENTS.— 
Major domestic direct spending programs as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) Medicare. 
‘‘(ii) Medicaid. 
‘‘(iii) Other direct spending. 
‘‘(iv) Optional inclusion of additional 
specific recommended levels. 
‘‘(D) GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND FINAN-
CIAL
MANAGEMENT.—Funding for financing 
government operations as follows: 
‘‘(i) General government. 
‘‘(ii) Net interest. 
‘‘(iii) Allowances. 
‘‘(iv) Offsetting receipts.’’. 
(f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION
TO CON-
GRESS.—(1) The first two sentences of section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, are amended to read as 
follows: ‘‘On or after the first Monday in January but not 
later than the first Monday in February of each year the 
President shall submit a budget of the United States Gov-
ernment for the following fiscal year which shall set forth 
the following levels: 
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‘‘(A) Totals of new budget authority and out-
lays. 
‘‘(B) Total Federal revenues and the amount, if 
any, by which the aggregate level of Federal reve-
nues should be increased or decreased by bills and 
resolutions to be reported by the appropriate com-
mittees. 
‘‘(C) The surplus or deficit in the budget. 
‘‘(D) Subtotals of new budget authority and 
outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, de-
fense discretionary spending, direct spending (ex-
cluding interest), and interest, and for emergencies 
(for the reserve fund in section 317(b) and for mili-
tary operations in section 317(c). 
‘‘(E) The public debt. 
Each budget submission shall include a budget message 
and summary and supporting information and, as a sepa-
rately delineated statement, the levels requires in the pre-
ceding sentence for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal 
years.’’. 
(2) The third sentence of section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘submission’’ 
after ‘‘budget’’. 
(g) LIMITATION ON THE CONTENT OF BUDGET RES-
OLUTIONS.—Section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act 
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of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON CONTENTS.—(1) It shall not be 
in order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate 
to consider any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter referred to in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) Any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter not permitted in section 301(a) or (b) 
shall not be treated in the House of Representatives or 
the Senate as a budget resolution under subsection (a) or 
(b) or as a conference report on a budget resolution under 
subsection (c) of this section.’’. 
SEC. 104. BUDGET REQUIRED BEFORE SPENDING BILLS 
MAY BE CONSIDERED. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 302.—Section 302 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5); 
and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘as re-
ported’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 303 AND CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 303 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘(a) 
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IN GENERAL.—’’, by striking ‘‘has been agreed to’’ and 
inserting ‘‘takes effect in subsection (a)’’, and by striking 
subsections (b) and (c); and 
(2) by striking its section heading and inserting the 
following new section heading: ‘‘CONSIDERATION
OF 
BUDGET-RELATED
LEGISLATION
BEFORE
BUDGET
BE-
COMES LAW’’. 
(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES UPON VETO OF JOINT 
RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.—(1) Title III of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after 
section 315 the following new section: 
‘‘EXPEDITED PROCEDURES UPON VETO OF JOINT 
RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
‘‘SEC. 316. (a) SPECIAL RULE.—If the President ve-
toes a joint resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, the 
majority leader of the House of Representatives or Senate 
(or his designee) shall introduce a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or joint resolution on the budget for such 
fiscal year. If the Committee on the Budget of either 
House fails to report such concurrent or joint resolution 
referred to it within five calendar days (excluding Satur-
days, Sundays, or legal holidays except when that House 
of Congress is in session) after the date of such referral, 
the committee shall be automatically discharged from fur-
ther consideration of such resolution and such resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
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‘‘(b) PROCEDURE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES AND THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
provisions of section 305 for the consideration in the 
House of Representatives and in the Senate of joint 
resolutions on the budget and conference reports 
thereon shall also apply to the consideration of con-
current resolutions on the budget introduced under 
subsection (a) and conference reports thereon. 
‘‘(2) Debate in the Senate on any concurrent 
resolution on the budget or joint resolution on the 
budget introduced under subsection (a), and all 
amendments thereto and debatable motions and ap-
peals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
more than 10 hours and in the House of Represent-
atives such debate shall be limited to not more than 
3 hours. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS.— 
Any concurrent resolution on the budget introduced under 
subsection (a) shall be in compliance with section 301. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE 
BUDGET.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, whenever a concurrent resolution on the budget de-
scribed in subsection (a) is agreed to, then the aggregates, 
allocations, and reconciliation directives (if any) contained 
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in the report accompanying such concurrent resolution or 
in such concurrent resolution shall be considered to be the 
aggregates, allocations, and reconciliation directives for all 
purposes of sections 302, 303, and 311 for the applicable 
fiscal years and such concurrent resolution shall be 
deemed to be a joint resolution for all purposes of this 
title and the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
any reference to the date of enactment of a joint resolution 
on the budget shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
date agreed to when applied to such concurrent resolu-
tion.’’. 
(2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 315 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Expedited procedures upon veto of joint resolution on the budget.’’. 
SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE 
BUDGET. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) the term ‘joint resolution on the budget’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a joint resolution setting forth the 
budget for the United States Government for a 
fiscal year as provided in section 301; and 
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‘‘(B) any other joint resolution revising the 
budget for the United States Government for a 
fiscal year as described in section 304.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 
1974.—(1)(A) Sections 301, 302, 303, 305, 308, 310, 
311, 312, 314, 405, and 904 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘joint’’. 
(B) Section 301 of the Congresional Budget Act of 
1974 is further amended by striking the last sentence. 
(C)(i) Sections 302(d), 302(g), 308(a)(1)(A), and 
310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are 
amended by striking ‘‘most recently agreed to concurrent 
resolution on the budget’’ each place it occurs and insert-
ing ‘‘most recently enacted joint resolution on the budget 
or agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget (as appli-
cable)’’. 
(ii) The section heading of section 301 is amended 
by striking ‘‘ANNUAL ADOPTION OF CONCURRENT RESO-
LUTION’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT RESOLUTIONS’’; and 
(iii) Section 304 of such Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 304. At any time after the joint resolution on 
the budget for a fiscal year has been enacted pursuant 
to section 301, and before the end of such fiscal year, the 
two Houses and the President may enact a joint resolution 
on the budget which revises or reaffirms the joint resolu-
tion on the budget for such fiscal year most recently en-
acted, and for purposes of the enforcement of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Budget 
Committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, 
as applicable, may adjust levels as needed for the enforce-
ment off of the budget resolution.’’. 
(D) Sections 302, 303, 310, and 311, of such Act 
are amended by striking ‘‘agreed to’’ each place it appears 
and by inserting ‘‘enacted’’. 
(2)(A) Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears 
and by inserting ‘‘joint’’. 
(B) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 
of such Act is amended— 
(i) in the item relating to section 301, by strik-
ing ‘‘Annual adoption of concurrent resolution’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Joint resolutions’’; 
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(ii) by striking the item relating to section 303 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 303. Consideration of budget-related legislation before budget becomes 
law.’’. 
(iii) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting 
‘‘joint’’ in the item relating to section 305. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF 
THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Clauses 1(d)(1), 
4(a)(4), 4(b)(2), 4(f)(1)(A), and 4(f)(2) of rule X, clause 
10 of rule XVIII, clause 10 of rule XX, and clauses 7 
and 10 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives are amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED 
BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 
1985.—Section 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
907d(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘joint’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 310 
REGARDING RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES.—(1) The side 
heading of section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (as amended by section 105(b)) is further amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AC-
COMPANYING CONFERENCE REPORT ON’’ before ‘‘JOINT’’. 
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(2) Section 310(a) of such Act is amended by striking 
‘‘A’’ and inserting ‘‘The joint explanatory statement ac-
companying the conference report on a’’. 
(3) The first sentence of section 310(b) of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘If the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying the conference re-
port on’’. 
(4) Section 310(c)(1) of such Act is amended by in-
serting ‘‘the joint explanatory statement accompanying 
the conference report on’’ after ‘‘pursuant to’’. 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 3 RE-
GARDING DIRECT SPENDING.—Section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean-
ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.’’. 
Subtitle B—Budgeting for 
Emergencies 
SEC. 111. REPEAL OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR EMERGENCIES. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.— 
Sections 251(b)(2)(A), 252(e), and 252(d)(4)(B) of the 
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 are repealed. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF EMERGENCY ADJUSTMENTS.— 
Section 314(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by striking paragraph (1) and by redesig-
nating paragraphs (2) through (5) as paragraphs (1) 
through (4), respectively. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 2 of rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by repealing paragraph (e) and by redesignating 
paragraph (f) as paragraph (e). 
SEC. 112. EMERGENCY CRITERIA. 
(a) DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY.—Section 3 of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (as amended by section 105(f)) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12)(A) The term ‘emergency’ means a situa-
tion that— 
‘‘(i) requires new budget authority and 
outlays (or new budget authority and the out-
lays flowing therefrom) for the prevention or 
mitigation of, or response to, loss of life or 
property, or a threat to national security; and 
‘‘(ii) is unanticipated. 
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‘‘(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the term 
‘unanticipated’ means that the situation is— 
‘‘(i) sudden, which means quickly coming 
into being or not building up over time; 
‘‘(ii) urgent, which means a pressing and 
compelling need requiring immediate action; 
‘‘(iii) unforeseen, which means not pre-
dicted or anticipated as an emerging need; and 
‘‘(iv) temporary, which means not of a per-
manent duration.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency’’ has the meaning given to such term in section 3 
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974. 
SEC. 113. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR APPLICA-
TION OF EMERGENCY DEFINITION. 
Not later than 5 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the chairmen of the Committees on the Budget 
(in consultation with the President) shall, after consulting 
with the chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations 
and applicable authorizing committees of their respective 
Houses and the Directors of the Congressional Budget Of-
fice and the Office of Management and Budget, jointly 
publish in the Congressional Record guidelines for applica-
tion of the definition of emergency set forth in section 
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3(12) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974. 
SEC. 114. RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES IN PRESI-
DENT’S BUDGET. 
Section 1105(f) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘Such budget submission shall also comply with the re-
quirements of subsections (b) and (c) of section 317 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and, in the case 
of any budget authority requested for an emergency, such 
submission shall include a detailed justification of why 
such emergency is an emergency within the meaning of 
section 3(12) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.’’. 
SEC. 115. ADJUSTMENTS AND RESERVE FUND FOR EMER-
GENCIES IN JOINT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS. 
(a) EMERGENCIES.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 104(c)) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘EMERGENCIES 
‘‘SEC. 317. (a) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.—Except as 
provided by subsection (b)(4), if a bill or joint reso-
lution is reported, or an amendment is offered there-
to (or considered as adopted) or a conference report 
is filed thereon, that provides new budget authority 
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(and outlays flowing therefrom), and such provision 
is designated as an emergency pursuant to this sec-
tion, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget 
of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as 
applicable, shall make adjustments to the allocations 
and aggregates set forth in the most recently agreed 
to joint resolution on the budget, for the purpose of 
enforcing the points of order set forth in title III of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, up to the 
amount of such provisions if such chairman deter-
mines and certifies, pursuant to the guidelines re-
ferred to in section 113 of the Spending, Deficit, 
and Debt Control Act of 2009, the portion (if any) 
of the amount so specified that is for an emergency 
within the meaning of section 3(12). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
ADJUSTMENT
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The adjustments referred to in paragraph (1) 
made to the allocations made pursuant to section 
302(a) shall not exceed the amount reserved for 
emergencies pursuant to the requirements of sub-
sections (b) and (c). 
‘‘(3) EMERGENCY
AMOUNTS
EXCEEDING
AD-
JUSTMENT AUTHORITY.—Before any adjustment is 
made pursuant to this section for any bill, joint reso-
lution, concurrent resolution, or conference report 
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that designates a provision an emergency, the enact-
ment of which causes the total amount of the reserve 
fund to be exceeded: 
‘‘(A) The chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget of the House of Representatives or 
the Senate shall convene a meeting of that com-
mittee, where it shall be in order, subject to the 
terms set forth in this section, for one motion 
described in subparagraph (B) to be made to 
authorize the chairman to make adjustments 
above the maximum amount of adjustments set 
forth in subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) The motion referred to in subpara-
graph (A) shall be in the following form: ‘I 
move that the chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget be authorized to adjust the alloca-
tions and aggregates set forth in the joint reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year llll 
by the following amount: $llll for fiscal 
year llll.’, with the second blank being 
filled in with amount determined by the chair-
man of the Committee on the Budget and the 
first and third blank being filled in by the ap-
plicable fiscal year. 
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‘‘(C) The motion set forth in subparagraph 
(B) shall be open for debate and amendment, 
but any amendment offered thereto is only in 
order if limited to changing an amount in the 
motion. 
‘‘(D) The chairman of the applicable Com-
mittee on the Budget may make any adjust-
ments he deems necessary under this section if 
he determines the enactment of any provision 
designated as an emergency is essential to re-
spond to an urgent and imminent need, the 
chairman determines that exceptional cir-
cumstances exist and the committee cannot con-
vene to consider the motion referred to in this 
section in a timely fashion. 
‘‘(4) The adjustments made pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1) or (2) shall— 
‘‘(A) apply while that bill, joint resolution, 
conference report, or amendment is under con-
sideration; and 
‘‘(B) take effect upon the enactment of 
that legislation. 
‘‘(5) Such bill or joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives or the Senate with instructions to 
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report it without amendment, other than that speci-
fied in paragraph (2), within 5 legislative days of the 
day in which it is reported from the originating com-
mittee. If the Committee on the Budget of either 
House fails to report a bill or joint resolution re-
ferred to it under this paragraph within such 5-day 
period, the committee shall be automatically dis-
charged from further consideration of such bill or 
joint resolution and such bill or joint resolution shall 
be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(6) An amendment to such a bill or joint reso-
lution referred to in this subsection shall only consist 
of an exemption from section 251 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
of all or any part of the provisions that provide 
budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom) 
for such emergency if the committee determines, 
pursuant to the guidelines referred to in section 113 
of the Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 
2009, that such budget authority is for an emer-
gency within the meaning of section 3(12). 
‘‘(b) RESERVE FUND.—The amount set forth in the 
reserve fund for emergencies for budget authority and out-
lays for a fiscal year pursuant to section 301(a)(4) shall 
equal: 
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‘‘(1) The average of the enacted levels of budg-
et authority for emergencies (other than those cov-
ered by subsection (c)) in the 10 fiscal years pre-
ceding the current year; omitting in such average 
the fiscal years with the highest and lowest levels of 
budget authority. 
‘‘(2) The average of the levels of outlays for 
emergencies in the 10 fiscal years preceding the cur-
rent year flowing from the budget authority referred 
to in paragraph (1), but only in the fiscal year for 
which such budget authority first becomes available 
for obligation. 
‘‘(3) The adjustments made pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1) or (2) shall— 
‘‘(A) apply while that bill, joint resolution, 
conference report, or amendment is under con-
sideration; and 
‘‘(B) take effect upon the enactment of 
that legislation. 
‘‘(4) Such bill or joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives or the Senate with instructions to 
report it without amendment, other than that speci-
fied in paragraph (2), within 5 legislative days of the 
day in which it is reported from the originating com-
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mittee. If the Committee on the Budget of either 
House fails to report a bill or joint resolution re-
ferred to it under this paragraph within such 5-day 
period, the committee shall be automatically dis-
charged from further consideration of such bill or 
joint resolution and such bill or joint resolution shall 
be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(5) An amendment to such a bill or joint reso-
lution referred to in this subsection shall only consist 
of an exemption from section 251 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
of all or any part of the provisions that provide 
budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom) 
for such emergency if the committee determines, 
pursuant to the guidelines referred to in section 113 
of the Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 
2009, that such budget authority is for an emer-
gency within the meaning of section 3(12). 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF EMERGENCIES TO FUND CER-
TAIN MILITARY OPERATIONS.—Whenever the Committee 
on Appropriations reports any bill or joint resolution that 
provides budget authority for any emergency that is a 
threat to national security and the funding of which car-
ries out a military operation authorized by a declaration 
of war or a joint resolution authorizing the use of military 
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force (or economic assistance funding in furtherance of 
such operation) and the report accompanying that bill or 
joint resolution identifies any provision that increases out-
lays or provides budget authority (and the outlays flowing 
therefrom) for such emergency, the enactment of which 
causes the total amount of budget authority or outlays 
provided for emergencies for the budget year in the joint 
resolution on the budget (pursuant to section 301(a)(4)) 
to be exceeded: 
‘‘(1) Such bill or joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may 
be, with instructions to report it without amend-
ment, other than that specified in paragraph (2), 
within 5 legislative days of the day in which it is re-
ported from the originating committee. If the Com-
mittee on the Budget of either House fails to report 
a bill or joint resolution referred to it under this 
paragraph within such 5-day period, the committee 
shall be automatically discharged from further con-
sideration of such bill or joint resolution and such 
bill or joint resolution shall be placed on the appro-
priate calendar. 
‘‘(2) An amendment to such a bill or joint reso-
lution referred to in this subsection shall only consist 
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of an exemption from section 251 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
of all or any part of the provisions that provide 
budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom) 
for such emergency if the committee determines, 
pursuant to the guidelines referred to in section 113 
of the Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 
2009, that such budget authority is for an emer-
gency within the meaning of section 3(12). 
‘‘(3) If such a bill or joint resolution is reported 
with an amendment specified in paragraph (2) by 
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate, then the budget authority 
and resulting outlays that are the subject of such 
amendment shall not be included in any determina-
tions under section 302(f) or 311(a) for any bill, 
joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
report.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 316 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 317. Emergencies.’’. 
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SEC. 116. APPLICATION OF SECTION 306 TO EMERGENCIES 
IN EXCESS OF AMOUNTS IN RESERVE FUND. 
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by inserting at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘No amendment reported by the Committee on the 
Budget (or from the consideration of which such com-
mittee has been discharged) pursuant to section 317 may 
be amended.’’. 
SEC. 117. UP-TO-DATE TABULATIONS. 
Section 308(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B), by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) shall include an up-to-date tabulation 
of amounts remaining in the reserve fund for 
emergencies.’’. 
SEC. 118. PROHIBITION ON AMENDMENTS TO THE EMER-
GENCY RESERVE FUND. 
(a) POINT OF ORDER.—Section 305 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 103(f)) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) POINT OF ORDER REGARDING EMERGENCY RE-
SERVE FUND.—It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives or in the Senate to consider an amend-
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ment to a joint resolution on the budget which changes 
the amount of budget authority and outlays set forth in 
section 301(a)(4) for the emergency reserve fund.’’. 
(b) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—(1) 
Section 
904(C)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘305(e), 
305(f),’’ 
after 
‘‘305(c)(4),’’. 
(2) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘305(e), 305(f),’’ 
after ‘‘305(c)(4),’’. 
Subtitle C—Biennial Budget 
SEC. 121. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The provisions of this subtitle shall take effect on 
January 1 of the calendar year after the year of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 122. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘TIMETABLE 
‘‘SEC. 300. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 
subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres-
sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 
the One Hundred Twelfth Congress or a subsequent Con-
gress, as applicable) is as follows: 
‘‘First Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
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‘‘First Session—Continued 
First Monday in February ........
President submits budget recommendations. 
February 15 ...............................
Congressional Budget Office submits report 
to Budget Committees. 
Not later than 6 weeks after 
budget submission.
Committees submit views and estimates to 
Budget Committees. 
April 1 .......................................
Budget Committees report joint resolution on 
the biennial budget. 
May 15 .......................................
Congress completes action on joint resolution 
on the biennial budget. 
May 15 .......................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be consid-
ered in the House of Representatives. 
June 10 ......................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last 
biennial appropriation bill. 
June 30 ......................................
House completes action on biennial appro-
priation bills. 
October 1 ...................................
Biennium begins. 
‘‘Second Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
February 15 ...............................
President submits budget review. 
Not later than 6 weeks after 
President submits budget re-
view.
Congressional Budget Office submits report 
to Budget Committees. 
The last day of the session ........
Congress completes action on bills and reso-
lutions authorizing new budget authority 
for the succeeding biennium. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of any first session 
of Congress that begins in any year during which the term 
of a President (except a President who succeeds himself) 
begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth 
in subsection (a): 
‘‘First Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in April ...............
President submits budget recommendations. 
April 20 .....................................
Committees submit views and estimates to 
Budget Committees. 
May 15 .......................................
Budget Committees report joint resolution on 
the biennial budget. 
June 1 ........................................
Congress completes action on joint resolution 
on the biennial budget. 
June 1 ........................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be consid-
ered in the House of Representatives. 
July 1 .........................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last 
biennial appropriation bill. 
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‘‘First Session—Continued 
July 20 .......................................
House completes action on biennial appro-
priation bills. 
October 1 ...................................
Biennium begins.’’. 
SEC. 123. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 
AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 
(a) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section 2(2) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) BUDGET
RESOLUTION.—Section 3(4) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended by striking 
‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium’’. 
(2) BIENNIUM.—Section 3 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 622) (as amended by section 113(a)) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 
2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 
any odd-numbered year.’’. 
(c) BIENNIAL JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDG-
ET.— 
(1) 
CONTENTS
OF
RESOLUTION.—Section 
301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended— 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
by— 
(i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num-
bered year’’; 
(ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 
on October 1 of such year’’ the first place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be-
ginning on October 1 of such year’’; 
(iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 
on October 1 of such year’’ the second 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 
year in such period’’; and 
(iv) striking ‘‘each of the four ensuing 
fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 
year in the next 2 bienniums’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for such 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year 
in such biennium’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the 
first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal 
year in the biennium’’. 
(3) VIEWS
OF
OTHER
COMMITTEES.—Section 
301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable, as provided by section 
300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’. 
(4) HEARINGS.—Section 301(e)(1) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘biennium’’; and 
(B) inserting after the second sentence the 
following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd- 
numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 
section 300(b)), the Committee on the Budget 
of each House shall report to its House the 
joint resolution on the budget referred to in 
subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on 
October 1 of that year.’’. 
(5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.— 
Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(6) 
ECONOMIC
ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 
301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘for a biennium’’. 
(7) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of 
section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN-
NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’. 
(8) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating 
to section 301 in the table of contents set forth in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An-
nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’. 
(d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 
(A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year of the 
resolution,’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium,’’; 
(B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov-
ered by the resolution’’; and 
(C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that 
resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium’’; 
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(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the bien-
nium’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘the total of fiscal years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the total of all fiscal years covered by 
the resolution’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘April’’ 
and inserting ‘‘May’’. 
(e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—Section 303 of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for 
a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ and by strik-
ing ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 
of the biennium’’. 
(f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF JOINT RESOLUTIONS 
ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
635) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first two places 
it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’; and 
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(3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi-
ennium’’. 
(g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET 
RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305(a)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON 
APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 638) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 
section 300(b), July 1)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien-
nial’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
odd-numbered year’’. 
(i) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR 
APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 640) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘It’’ and inserting ‘‘Except 
whenever section 300(b) is applicable, it’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered calendar 
year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 
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(2) IN
THE
SENATE.—Section 311(a)(2) of 
such Act is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 
the first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 
fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ 
the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year 
and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 
‘‘all fiscal years’’. 
(3) 
SOCIAL
SECURITY
LEVELS.—Section 
311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; 
and 
(B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu-
ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 
years’’. 
(l) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF ORDER.— 
Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 643) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘for a biennium’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’; and 
(4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by 
striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli-
cable fiscal year’’. 
SEC. 124. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd- 
numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 
(b) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’. 
(d) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(7) use the second session of each Congress to 
study issues with long-term budgetary and economic 
implications, including holding hearings to receive 
testimony from committees of jurisdiction to identify 
problem areas and to report on the results of over-
sight; and by January 1 of each odd-number year, 
issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the 
key issues facing the Congress in the next bien-
nium.’’. 
(e) Clause 4(e) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘annually’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’ and by striking 
‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 
(f) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd-numbered 
year’’ after ‘‘submits his budget’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in such ensuing biennium’’. 
(g) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘during the 
same or preceding fiscal year’’. 
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(h) Clause 3(d)(2)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by striking 
‘‘five’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘six’’. 
(i) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biennium after September 15 of the calendar 
year in which such biennium begins’’. 
SEC. 125. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE 
OF APPROPRIATION ACTS. 
Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts 
‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria-
tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol-
lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob-
ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 
(here insert the fiscal years of the biennium).’. 
‘‘(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the 
support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium 
and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided 
for each fiscal year in such period. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘biennium’ 
has the same meaning as in section 3(13) of the Congres-
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sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 622(13)).’’. 
SEC. 126. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 115(a)) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 318. (a) It shall not be in order in the House 
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure 
that contains a specific authorization of appropriations for 
any purpose unless the measure includes such a specific 
authorization of appropriations for that purpose for not 
less than each fiscal year in one or more bienniums. 
‘‘(b)(1) For purposes of this section, a specific au-
thorization of appropriations is an authorization for the 
enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not 
to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as 
a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be nec-
essary) for any purpose for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to 
an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 
for any program, project, or activity if the measure con-
taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 
stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza-
tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 
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applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse-
quent fiscal year.’. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘measure’ 
means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
ference report.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The 
table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 317 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 318. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 127. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 
PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 
(a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’ 
and all that follows thereafter and inserting ‘‘at 
least every 4 years, except that strategic plans 
submitted by September 30, 2010, shall be up-
dated and revised by September 30, 2012’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 
inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 
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(4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be-
ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 
budget cycle.’’. 
(g) COMMITTEE VIEWS OF PLANS AND REPORTS.— 
Section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act (2 U.S.C. 
632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee 
of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review 
the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance 
reports, required under section 306 of title 5, United 
States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, 
United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction 
of the committee. Each committee may provide its views 
on such plans or reports to the Committee on the Budget 
of the applicable House.’’. 
SEC. 128. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS. 
(a) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Clause 
2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap-
propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 
bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and 
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may not be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it 
provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob-
ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 
a biennium. 
‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with respect to 
an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, 
project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con-
taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 
stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 
funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 
[Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity] 
will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 
has been expended.’. 
‘‘(C) For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement 
set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria-
tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 
activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 
or amendment thereto.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 5(b)(1) of 
rule XXII of the House of Representatives is amended by 
striking ‘‘or (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (3) or 2(C)’’. 
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SEC. 129. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STAND-
ING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA-
TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 
out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency 
which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju-
risdiction of such committee shall provide to such com-
mittee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and 
assistance as may be requested by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the committee. 
(b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM 
ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 
out its responsibilities, the head of any agency shall fur-
nish to such committee documentation, containing infor-
mation received, compiled, or maintained by the agency 
as part of the operation or administration of a program, 
or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support 
of a review of a program, as may be requested by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of such com-
mittee. 
(c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With-
in 30 days after the receipt of a request from a chairman 
and ranking minority member of a standing committee 
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having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and 
studied by such committee under this section, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall furnish to such 
committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such pro-
gram which the Comptroller General has completed during 
the preceding 6 years. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with 
their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congres-
sional Research Service shall continue to furnish (con-
sistent with established protocols) to each standing com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such 
information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chair-
man and ranking minority member may request to assist 
the committee in conducting reviews and studies of pro-
grams under this section. 
Subtitle D—Prevention of 
Government Shutdown 
SEC. 131. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1310 
the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 1311. Continuing appropriations 
‘‘(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal 
year (or, if applicable, for each fiscal year in a biennium) 
does not become law before the beginning of such fiscal 
year or a joint resolution making continuing appropria-
tions is not in effect, there are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and 
out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and 
funds, excluding any budget authority designated as an 
emergency or temporary funding for projects or activities 
that are not part of ongoing operations, to such sums as 
may be necessary to continue any project or activity for 
which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) in the corresponding regular appropriation 
Act for such preceding fiscal year; or 
‘‘(B) if the corresponding regular appropriation 
bill for such preceding fiscal year did not become 
law, then in a joint resolution making continuing ap-
propriations for such preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) Appropriations and funds made available, and 
authority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal 
year pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of oper-
ations not in excess of the lower of— 
‘‘(A) the rate of operations provided for in the 
regular appropriation Act providing for such project 
or activity for the preceding fiscal year; 
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‘‘(B) in the absence of such an Act, the rate of 
operations provided for such project or activity pur-
suant to a joint resolution making continuing appro-
priations for such preceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(C) the rate of operations provided for in the 
regular appropriation bill as passed by the House of 
Representatives or the Senate for the fiscal year in 
question, except that the lower of these two versions 
shall be ignored for any project or activity for which 
there is a budget request if no funding is provided 
for that project or activity in either version; or 
‘‘(D) the annualized rate of operations provided 
for in the most recently enacted joint resolution 
making continuing appropriations for part of that 
fiscal year or any funding levels established under 
the provisions of this Act. 
‘‘(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and 
authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this sec-
tion for a project or activity shall be available for the pe-
riod beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropria-
tions and ending with the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which the applicable regular 
appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law 
(whether or not such law provides for such project 
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‘‘(6) The Department of the Interior, Environ-
mental Protection Agency, and related agencies. 
‘‘(7) The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
cies. 
‘‘(8) Military construction, veterans affairs, and 
related agencies. 
‘‘(9) Science, the Departments of State, Jus-
tice, and Commerce, and related agencies. 
‘‘(10) The Departments of Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agen-
cies. 
‘‘(11) The Legislative Branch. 
‘‘(12) Financial services and general govern-
ment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis of chap-
ter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 1310 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘1311. Continuing appropriations.’’. 
Subtitle E—The Baseline 
SEC. 141. ELIMINATION OF INFLATION ADJUSTMENT. 
Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘for inflation 
as specified in paragraph (5),’’; and 
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(2) by striking paragraph (5) and redesignating 
paragraph (6) as paragraph (5). 
SEC. 142. THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET. 
(a) Paragraph (5) of section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this 
section, estimated expenditures and appropriations 
for the current year and estimated expenditures and 
proposed appropriations the President decides are 
necessary to support the Government in the fiscal 
year for which the budget is submitted and at least 
the 4 fiscal years following that year, and, except for 
detailed budget estimates, the percentage change 
from the current year to the fiscal year for which 
the budget is submitted for estimated expenditures 
and for appropriations.’’. 
(b) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) estimated receipts of the Government in 
the current year and the fiscal year for which the 
budget is submitted and at least the 4 fiscal years 
after that year under— 
‘‘(A) laws in effect when the budget is sub-
mitted; and 
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‘‘(B) proposals in the budget to increase 
revenues, 
and the percentage change (in the case of each cat-
egory referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B)) be-
tween the current year and the fiscal year for which 
the budget is submitted and between the current 
year and each of the 9 fiscal years after the fiscal 
year for which the budget is submitted.’’. 
(c) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(12) for each proposal in the budget for legis-
lation that establishes or expands a Government ac-
tivity or function, a table showing— 
‘‘(A) the amount proposed in the budget 
for appropriation and for expenditure because 
of the proposal in the fiscal year for which the 
budget is submitted; 
‘‘(B) the estimated appropriation required 
because of the proposal for each of at least the 
4 fiscal years after that year that the proposal 
will be in effect; and 
‘‘(C) the estimated amount for the same 
activity or function, if any, in the current fiscal 
year, 
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and, except for detailed budget estimates, the per-
centage change (in the case of each category re-
ferred to in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)) be-
tween the current year and the fiscal year for which 
the budget is submitted.’’. 
(d) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘new budget authority 
and’’ before ‘‘budget outlays’’. 
(e) Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(36) a comparison of levels of estimated ex-
penditures and proposed appropriations for each 
function and subfunction in the current fiscal year 
and the fiscal year for which the budget is sub-
mitted, along with the proposed increase or decrease 
of spending in percentage terms for each function 
and subfunction. 
‘‘(37) a table on sources of growth in total di-
rect spending under current law and as proposed in 
this budget submission for the budget year and at 
least the ensuing 9 fiscal years, which shall include 
changes in outlays attributable to the following: cost- 
of-living adjustments; changes in the number of pro-
gram recipients; increases in medical care prices, 
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utilization and intensity of medical care; and resid-
ual factors.’’. 
(f) Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘For discretionary spending, these 
estimates shall assume the levels no higher than those set 
forth in the discretionary spending limits under section 
251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as adjusted, for the appropriate fiscal 
years (and if no such limits are in effect, these estimates 
shall assume adjusted levels no higher than those for the 
most recent fiscal year for which such levels were in ef-
fect).’’. 
SEC. 143. THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET. 
Section 301(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (as amended by section 103) is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting at the end 
the following: ‘‘The basis of deliberations in devel-
oping such joint resolution shall be the estimated 
budgetary levels for the preceding fiscal year. Any 
budgetary levels pending before the committee and 
the text of the joint resolution shall be accompanied 
by a document comparing such levels or such text to 
the estimated levels of the prior fiscal year.’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of subparagraph (H) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (I) (as redesignated), and by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) a comparison of levels for the current 
fiscal year with proposed spending and revenue 
levels for the subsequent fiscal years along with 
the proposed increase or decrease of spending 
in percentage terms for each function.’’. 
SEC. 144. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORTS TO 
COMMITTEES. 
(a) COMPARABLE LEVELS.—The first sentence of 
section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by inserting ‘‘compared to comparable levels 
for the current year’’ before the comma at the end of sub-
paragraph (A) and before the comma at the end of sub-
paragraph (B). 
(b) SOURCES
OF
SPENDING
GROWTH.—Section 
202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by inserting after the first sentence the following 
new sentence: ‘‘Such report shall also include a table on 
sources of spending growth in total direct spending, rev-
enue, deficit and debt for the budget year and the ensuing 
4 fiscal years, which shall include changes in outlays at-
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tributable to the following: cost-of-living adjustments; 
changes in the number of program recipients; increases 
in medical care prices, utilization and intensity of medical 
care; and residual factors.’’. 
(c) COMPARISON OF LEVELS.—Section 308(a)(1)(B) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
inserting ‘‘and shall include a comparison of those levels 
to comparable levels for the current fiscal year’’ before ‘‘if 
timely submitted’’. 
SEC. 145. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCIES. 
Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as amended by section 
141) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) EMERGENCIES.—Budgetary resources for 
emergencies shall be at the level provided in the re-
serve fund for emergencies for that fiscal year pur-
suant to section 301(a)(4) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974.’’. 
TITLE II—SPENDING LIMITS AND 
DEFICIT CONTROL 
SEC. 200. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Spending Enforcement 
and Reform Act of 2009’’. 
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Subtitle A—Spending Limits and 
Deficit Control 
SEC. 201. 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: 
‘‘(a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—For each 
fiscal year set forth in this subsection, the total level of 
discretionary spending for all nonexempt discretionary 
spending programs, projects, and activities shall not ex-
ceed the following levels: 
‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 2011— 
‘‘(A) $1,058,021,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,216,924,000,000 in outlays; 
‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 2012— 
‘‘(A) $1,068,938,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,164,593,000,000 in outlays; 
‘‘(3) with respect to fiscal year 2013— 
‘‘(A) $1,079,387,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,158,941,000,000 in outlays; 
‘‘(4) with respect to fiscal year 2014— 
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‘‘(A) $1,094,344,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,160,021,000,000 in outlays; 
‘‘(5) with respect to fiscal year 2015— 
‘‘(A) $1,113,727,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,168,741,000,000 in outlays; 
‘‘(6) with respect to fiscal year 2016— 
‘‘(A) $1,138,053,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,189,434,000,000 in outlays; 
‘‘(7) with respect to fiscal year 2017— 
‘‘(A) $1,162,849,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,207,686,000,000 in outlays; and 
‘‘(8) with respect to fiscal year 2018— 
‘‘(A) $1,187,516,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,226,788,000,000 in outlays; and 
‘‘(9) with respect to fiscal year 2019— 
‘‘(A) $1,214,197,000,000 in new budget 
authority; and 
‘‘(B) $1,256,883,000,000 in outlays. 
‘‘(b) SEQUENCE
OF SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.— 
Within 15 calendar days after Congress adjourns to end 
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a session and on the same day as a spending reduction 
ordered under sections 252A, 252B, and 253, but prior 
to any spending reduction required by sections 252A, 
252B, and 253, OMB shall issue a final spending reduc-
tion report to reduce an excess spending amount. 
‘‘(c) SPENDING REDUCTION ORDER.—A spending re-
duction ordered pursuant to subsection (b) shall be imple-
mented using the procedures set forth in section 256.’’. 
(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. 202. DIRECT SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) CONTROL OF DIRECT SPENDING.—The Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended by adding after section 252 the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 252A. DIRECT SPENDING LIMITS. 
‘‘(a) DIRECT SPENDING LIMITS.—For fiscal year 
2011 and each ensuing fiscal year through fiscal year 
2019, the total level of direct spending for all direct spend-
ing programs, projects, and activities for any such fiscal 
year shall not exceed the total level of spending for all 
such programs, projects, and activities for the previous fis-
cal year after the direct spending for each such program, 
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project, or activity is increased by the calculation made 
pursuant to section 257. 
‘‘(b) SEQUENCE
OF SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.— 
Within 15 calendar days after Congress adjourns to end 
a session and on the same day as a spending reduction 
ordered under sections 251, 253, 252B, but after any 
spending reduction required by section 251 and section 
252A, OMB shall issue a final spending reduction report 
to reduce an excess spending amount (if any remains). 
‘‘(c) SPENDING REDUCTION ORDER.—A spending re-
duction ordered pursuant to subsection (b) shall be imple-
mented using the procedures set forth in section 256.’’. 
(b) 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 
amending the item relating to section 256 to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘Sec. 252A. Enforcing direct spending limits.’’. 
SEC. 203. TOTAL SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) TOTAL SPENDING LIMITS.—After section 252A 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, add the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 252B. TOTAL SPENDING LIMITS. 
‘‘(a) PROJECTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPENDING
PROJECTIONS.—For the cur-
rent fiscal year and each subsequent ten fiscal years: 
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‘‘(A) OMB shall prepare a report com-
paring projected total spending under section 
257 and the total spending limits in subsection 
(d), and include such report in the budget as 
submitted by the President annually under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) CBO shall prepare a report com-
paring projected total spending under section 
257 and the total spending limits in subsection 
(d) and include such report in the CBO annual 
baseline and reestimate of the President’s budg-
et. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN SPENDING REDUCTION OR-
DERS.—Reports prepared pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be included in the spending reduction report 
set forth in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) SPENDING REDUCTION REPORT.—Within 15 
calendar days after Congress adjourns to end a session 
and on the same day as a spending reduction ordered 
under sections 251, 252A, and 253, but after any spend-
ing reduction required by sections 251 and 252A, but be-
fore section 253, OMB shall issue a spending reduction 
report to reduce an excess spending amount (if any re-
mains). 
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‘‘(c) SPENDING REDUCTION ORDER.—A spending re-
duction ordered pursuant to subsection (b) shall be imple-
mented using the procedures set forth in section 256. 
‘‘(d) TOTAL SPENDING LIMITS.— 
‘‘(1) fiscal year 2010: 25 percent; 
‘‘(2) fiscal year 2011: 24 percent; 
‘‘(3) fiscal year 2012: 22 percent; 
‘‘(4) fiscal year 2013: 22 percent; 
‘‘(5) fiscal year 2014: 22 percent; 
‘‘(6) fiscal year 2015: 22 percent; 
‘‘(7) fiscal year 2016: 22 percent; 
‘‘(8) fiscal year 2017: 21 percent; 
‘‘(9) fiscal year 2018: 21 percent; and 
‘‘(10) fiscal year 2019 and each year thereafter: 
20 percent; 
of the projected GDP for the budget year. 
‘‘(e) TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.—OMB 
shall make adjustments to the total spending limits set 
forth in subsection (d)(6) and the years thereafter equal 
to the percentage level of— 
‘‘(1) the average per capita benefit for OASDI 
and Medicare eligible retirees born during the period 
of fiscal years 1946 through 1964 receiving benefits 
under the OASDI and Medicare programs in fiscal 
year 2014; 
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‘‘(2) multiplied by the increase in the number 
of such beneficiaries in the applicable fiscal year 
from the number of such beneficiaries in fiscal year 
2014; 
‘‘(3) adjusted for— 
‘‘(A) the blend of the Consumer Price 
Index and the Medical Economic Index for 
Medicare programs; and 
‘‘(B) the Consumer Price Index for OASDI 
programs; and 
‘‘(4) as a percentage of the gross domestic 
product of the applicable fiscal year. 
OMB may modify the adjustments required by this sub-
section in order that the spending limits accommodate the 
OASDI and Medicare benefits of individuals who were 
born during the period of fiscal years 1946 through 1964. 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT AU-
THORITY.—OMB shall make further adjustments to the 
total spending limits for any fiscal year set forth in sub-
section (d) to ensure that any individual who is at least 
55 years of age on January 1 of the calendar year in which 
this subsection is enacted shall receive full benefits under 
the OASDI and Medicare programs.’’. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
622) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(14) 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. 252B. Total spending limits.’’. 
SEC. 204. DEFICIT LIMITS. 
(a) Amend section 253 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 253. DEFICIT LIMITS. 
‘‘(a) DEFICIT PROJECTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFICIT AMOUNTS.—For the current fis-
cal year and each subsequent ten fiscal years: 
‘‘(A) OMB shall prepare a report com-
paring projected total deficits and the Deficit 
Limits in subsection (d), and include such re-
port in the budget as submitted by the Presi-
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dent annually under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(B) CBO shall prepare a report com-
paring projected deficits amounts and the Def-
icit Limits in subsection (d) and include such 
report in the CBO annual baseline and reesti-
mate of the President’s budget. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN SPENDING REDUCTION OR-
DERS.—Reports prepared pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be included in the spending reduction report 
set forth in subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) DEFICIT REDUCTION REPORT.—Within 15 cal-
endar days after Congress adjourns to end a session and 
on the same day as a spending reduction ordered under 
sections 251, 252A, and 252B, but after any spending re-
duction required by section 251, OMB shall issue a spend-
ing reduction report to reduce an excess spending amount 
(if any remains). 
‘‘(c) DEFICIT REDUCTION ORDER.—A spending re-
duction ordered pursuant to subsection (b) shall be imple-
mented using the procedures set forth in section 256. 
‘‘(d) DEFICIT LIMITS.—In this section, the term 
‘Deficit Limit’ means an amount that equals with respect 
to— 
‘‘(1) fiscal year 2011: 6.9 percent; 
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‘‘(2) fiscal year 2012: 4.8 percent; 
‘‘(3) fiscal year 2013: 4.3 percent; 
‘‘(4) fiscal year 2014: 4.2 percent; 
‘‘(5) fiscal year 2015: 3.9 percent; 
‘‘(6) fiscal year 2016: 3.6 percent; 
‘‘(7) fiscal year 2017: 3.1 percent; 
‘‘(8) fiscal year 2018: 2.6 percent; and 
‘‘(9) fiscal year 2019: 2.0 percent. 
of the projected GDP for the budget year. 
‘‘(e) TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.—OMB 
shall make adjustments to the Deficit Limits set forth in 
subsection (d)(5) and the years thereafter consistent with 
any adjustments made pursuant to subsections (e) and (f) 
of section 252B.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 253 in the table of contents set forth in section 
250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 253. Deficit limits.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reports and Orders 
SEC. 211. 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 Budget Committees of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. On the following day a notice of the report 
shall be printed in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(c) SEQUESTRATION PREVIEW REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—On the dates 
specified in subsection (a), OMB and CBO shall 
issue a preview report regarding discretionary, pay- 
as-you-go, and deficit sequestration based on laws 
enacted through those dates. 
‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT SEQUES-
TRATION
REPORT.—The preview reports shall set 
forth estimates for the current year and each subse-
quent year through 2019 of the applicable discre-
tionary spending limits and an explanation of any 
adjustments in such limits under section 251. 
‘‘(3) DIRECT SPENDING LIMIT SEQUESTRATION 
REPORT.—The preview reports shall set forth, for 
the current year and the budget year, estimates for 
each of the following: 
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‘‘(A) The amount of total direct spending, 
if any, calculated under subsection 252A(b). 
‘‘(B) A list identifying each law enacted 
and sequestration implemented after the date of 
enactment of this section included in the cal-
culation of the amount of deficit increase or de-
crease and specifying the budgetary effect of 
each such law. 
‘‘(C) The sequestration percentage or per-
centages necessary to eliminate a deficit in-
crease under section 252A(C). 
‘‘(4) TOTAL SPENDING LIMIT SEQUESTRATION 
REPORT.—The preview reports shall set forth for the 
budget year estimates for each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The total spending limit and the esti-
mated total spending amount calculated under 
section 252A, and the excess deficit. 
‘‘(B) The amount of reductions required 
under sections 251 and 252A, the excess total 
spending amount remaining after those reduc-
tions have been made. 
‘‘(C) The sequestration percentage nec-
essary to achieve the required reduction in any 
fiscal year for which a Deficit Limit is set forth 
pursuant to this Act. 
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‘‘(5) DEFICIT
LIMIT
SEQUESTRATION
RE-
PORT.—The preview reports shall set forth for the 
budget year estimates for each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The maximum deficit amount, the es-
timated deficit calculated under section 253(b), 
the excess deficit; 
‘‘(B) The amount of reductions required 
under sections 251, 252A and 252B, the excess 
deficit remaining after those reductions have 
been made; and 
‘‘(C) The sequestration percentage nec-
essary to achieve the required reduction in any 
fiscal year for which a Deficit Limit is set forth 
pursuant to this Act. 
‘‘(6) 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 REPORTS.—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 reports. 
‘‘(e) FINAL SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.— 
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‘‘(1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—On the dates 
specified in subsection (a), OMB and CBO shall 
issue a final sequestration report, updated to reflect 
laws enacted through those dates. 
‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING
SEQUESTRA-
TION REPORTS.—The final reports shall set forth es-
timates for each of the following: 
‘‘(A) For the current year and each subse-
quent year the applicable discretionary spending 
limits for each category and an explanation of 
any adjustments in such limits under section 
251. 
‘‘(B) For the current year and the budget 
year the estimated new budget authority and 
outlays for each category and the breach, if 
any, in each category. 
‘‘(C) For each category for which a seques-
tration is required, the sequestration percent-
ages necessary to achieve the required reduc-
tion. 
‘‘(D) For the budget year, for each ac-
count to be sequestered, estimates of the base-
line level of budgetary resources subject to se-
questration and resulting outlays and the 
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amount of budgetary resources to be seques-
tered and resulting outlay reductions. 
‘‘(3) DIRECT SPENDING, TOTAL SPENDING, AND 
DEFICIT
LIMIT
SEQUESTRATION
REPORTS.—The 
final reports shall contain all the information re-
quired in the direct spending, total spending, and 
Deficit Limit sequestration preview reports. In addi-
tion, these reports shall contain, for the budget year, 
for each account to be sequestered, estimates of the 
baseline level of sequestrable budgetary resources 
and resulting outlays and the amount of budgetary 
resources to be sequestered and resulting outlay re-
ductions. The reports shall also contain estimates of 
the effects on outlays of the sequestration in each 
outyear for direct spending programs. 
‘‘(4) EXPLANATION
OF
DIFFERENCES.—The 
OMB report shall explain any differences between 
OMB and CBO estimates of the amount of any net 
direct spending change calculated under section 
252A, any excess deficit, any breach, and any re-
quired sequestration percentage. The OMB report 
shall also explain differences in the amount of 
sequesterable resources for any budget account to be 
reduced 
if 
such 
difference 
is 
greater 
than 
$5,000,000. 
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‘‘(5) PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.—On the date spec-
ified in subsection (a), if in its final sequestration 
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) WITHIN-SESSION SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.— 
If an appropriation for a fiscal year in progress is enacted 
(after Congress adjourns to end the session for that budg-
et year and before July 1 of that fiscal year) that causes 
a breach, 10 days later CBO shall issue a report con-
taining the information required in subsection (e)(2). Fif-
teen days after enactment, OMB shall issue a report con-
taining the information required in subsections (e)(2) and 
(e)(4). On the same day as the OMB report, the President 
shall issue an order fully implementing without change all 
sequestrations required by the OMB calculations set forth 
in that report. This order shall be effective on issuance. 
‘‘(g) 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 
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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. 
‘‘(h) LOW-GROWTH REPORT.—At any time, CBO 
shall notify the Congress if— 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(i) 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. 212. SPENDING AND DEFICIT 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: 
‘‘(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 (h), (i), 
and (j). 
(b) ENFORCEMENT
AMENDMENTS
TO
SECTION 
312.—Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsections after subsection (a): 
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‘‘(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, concurrent resolution, or conference re-
port that— 
‘‘(1) causes the discretionary spending limits 
for the budget year to be breached; 
‘‘(2) increases the discretionary spending limits 
for the budget year or any ensuing fiscal year; or 
‘‘(3) includes any provision that has the effect 
of modifying the application of section 251 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
‘‘(c) DIRECT SPENDING LIMIT POINT OF ORDER.— 
It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives 
or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amend-
ment, concurrent resolution, or conference report that— 
‘‘(1) causes the direct spending limits for the 
budget year to be breached; or 
‘‘(2) increases aggregate level of direct spending 
for any ensuing fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) TOTAL SPENDING LIMIT POINT OF ORDER.— 
It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives 
or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, concur-
rent resolution, amendment, or conference report that— 
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‘‘(1) causes the total spending limits for the 
budget year, as a percentage of gross domestic prod-
uct, to be breached; or 
‘‘(2) increases outlays above the total spending 
limits, as a percentage of gross domestic product, for 
the budget year or any ensuing fiscal year after the 
budget year. 
‘‘(e) DEFICIT 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, concur-
rent resolution, or conference report that— 
‘‘(1) causes the Deficit Limits for the budget 
year, as a percentage of gross domestic product, to 
be breached; or 
‘‘(2) increases the amount of deficit, as a per-
centage of gross domestic product, for the budget 
year or any ensuing fiscal year. 
‘‘(f) SEQUESTRATION APPLICATION.—It shall not be 
in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, concur-
rent resolution, or conference report that— 
‘‘(1) includes any provision that has the effect 
of modifying the application of section 256 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
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Act of 1985 to any program subject to sequestration 
or exempt from sequestration; and 
‘‘(2) includes any provision that has the effect 
of modifying the application of section 251, 252A, 
252B or 253 to any program subject to sequestra-
tion or exempt from sequestration. 
‘‘(g) 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 
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.’’. 
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SEC. 213. 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) APPLICATION.—A spending reduction order 
issued pursuant to this part shall apply to eliminate 
breaches of the limits set forth in sections 251 (discre-
tionary spending limits), 252A (direct spending limits), 
253 (Deficit Limits) and 252B (total spending limits). 
‘‘(b) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION.—(1) In the Senate, 
the provisions of this section may be waived or suspended 
in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds 
of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
‘‘(2) In the House— 
‘‘(A) The provisions of this section may be 
waived or suspended in the House of Representatives 
only by a rule or order proposing only to waive such 
provisions by an affirmative 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 paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(C) It shall not be in order for the Speaker to 
entertain a motion to suspend the application of this 
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section under clause 1 of rule XV of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(c) 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. 
‘‘(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 
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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 
States Constitution or legally contractual obli-
gations. 
‘‘(F) Provisions of spending legislation des-
ignated by the President, and so designated in 
statute, as an emergency, except an amount of 
budget authority and the outlays flowing there-
from so designated that is above the emergency 
reserve fund as calculated in section 317(b) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall not 
be exempt. 
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‘‘(G) Any program whose growth in the 
budget year is equal to or less than the con-
sumer price index. 
‘‘(H) 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. 
‘‘(B) The same percentage spending reduc-
tion shall apply to all programs, projects, and 
activities within a budget account (with pro-
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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; 
‘‘(C) the increase in the NRA shall not be 
applied to any beneficiary born in a year 55 
years or before— 
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‘‘(i) the year of the enactment of the 
Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 
2009; 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 Spending, Deficit, and Debt Con-
trol Act of 2009. 
‘‘(d) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING SEQUESTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) ELIMINATING
A
BREACH.—Each non-
exempt account shall be reduced by an amount of 
budget authority calculated by multiplying the base-
line level of budgetary resources subject to seques-
tration in that account at that time by the uniform 
percentage necessary to eliminate a breach by— 
‘‘(A) first, calculating the uniform percent-
age necessary to eliminate a breach in new 
budget authority, if any, and 
‘‘(B) second, if any breach in outlays re-
mains, increasing the uniform percentage to a 
level sufficient to eliminate that breach. 
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‘‘(2) EMERGENCY SPENDING ABOVE THE RE-
SERVE FUND.—An amount of budget authority and 
the outlays flowing therefrom designated in statute 
as an emergency that is above level in the emergency 
reserve fund as calculated in Section 317(b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall count to-
ward the discretionary spending limits. 
‘‘(3) PART-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS.—If, on the 
date specified in paragraph (1), there is in effect an 
Act making or continuing appropriations for part of 
a fiscal year for any budget account, then the dollar 
sequestration calculated for that account under 
paragraph (2) shall be subtracted from—(A) the 
annualized amount otherwise available by law in that 
account under that or a subsequent part-year appro-
priation; and (B) when a full-year appropriation for 
that account is enacted, from the amount otherwise 
provided by the full year appropriation. 
‘‘(4) LOOK-BACK.—If, after June 30, an appro-
priation for the fiscal year in progress is enacted 
that causes a breach for that year, the discretionary 
spending limits for the next fiscal year shall be re-
duced by the amount of the breach. 
‘‘(5) WITHIN-SESSION SEQUESTRATION.—If an 
appropriation for a fiscal year in progress is enacted 
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(after Congress adjourns to end the session for that 
budget year and before July 1 of that fiscal year) 
that causes a breach for that year (after taking into 
account any prior sequestration of amounts), 15 
days later there shall be a sequestration to eliminate 
that breach following the procedures set forth in 
paragraphs (2) through (3). 
‘‘(6) ESTIMATES.— 
‘‘(A) CBO ESTIMATES.—As soon as prac-
ticable after Congress completes action on any 
discretionary appropriation, CBO, after con-
sultation with the Committees on the Budget of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
shall provide OMB with an estimate of the 
amount of discretionary new budget authority 
and outlays for the current year (if any) and 
the budget year provided by that legislation. 
‘‘(B) OMB ESTIMATES.—Not later than 
seven calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sun-
days, and legal holidays) after the date of en-
actment of any discretionary appropriation, 
OMB shall transmit a report to the House of 
Representatives and to the Senate containing 
the CBO estimate of that legislation, an OMB 
estimate of the amount of discretionary new 
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budget authority and outlays for the current 
year (if any) and the budget year provided by 
that legislation, and an explanation of any dif-
ference between the two estimates. 
‘‘(C) EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCES BE-
TWEEN OMB AND OMB ESTIMATES.—If OMB 
determines that there is a significant difference 
between OMB and CBO reports prepared pur-
suant to subparagraph (A) and (B), OMB shall 
consult with the Committees on the Budget of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate 
regarding that difference and that consultation 
shall include, to extent practicable, written com-
munication to those committees that affords 
such committees the opportunity to comment 
before the issuance of the report. 
‘‘(D) ASSUMPTIONS
AND
GUIDELINES.— 
OMB estimates under this paragraph shall be 
made using current economic and technical as-
sumptions. OMB shall use the OMB estimates 
transmitted to the Congress under this para-
graph. OMB and CBO shall prepare estimates 
under this paragraph in conformance with 
scorekeeping guidelines determined after con-
sultation among the House of Representatives 
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and Senate Committees on the Budget, CBO, 
and OMB. 
‘‘(E) ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, amounts provided by 
annual appropriations shall include any new 
budget authority and outlays for the current 
year (if any) and the budget year in accounts 
for which funding is provided in that legislation 
that result from previously enacted legislation. 
‘‘(7) DISCRETIONARY SEQUESTRATION LIMITA-
TION.—If appropriations for a fiscal year do not re-
quire a sequester pursuant to the discretionary 
spending limits set forth in this Act, discretionary 
accounts shall not be subject to sequestration under 
sections 252A, 252B or 253.’’. 
(b) LOW-GROWTH
AMENDMENT.—Amend section 
258(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 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)— 
‘‘(1) the subsequent issuance of any sequestra-
tion report to enforce the spending limits in section 
252B or the Deficit Limits in section 253 order is 
precluded; 
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‘‘(2) sections 302(f), 310(d), 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.—section 255 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—the item relating 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.’’. 
TITLE III—LONG-TERM 
BUDGETING 
SEC. 300. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSES. 
This title may be cited as ‘‘Budget Reform and Long- 
Term Sustainability Act of 2009’’ 
SEC. 301. 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 
Budget Office shall issue a report projecting total spend-
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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; and 
‘‘(4) OTHER
DIRECT
SPENDING.—The long- 
range sustainability of spending levels of other direct 
spending. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of the develop-
ment of the Spending Review Report referred to in sub-
section (b): 
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‘‘(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 252B(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-
er than a blend of the Consumer Price Index 
and the Medical Economic Index, as adjusted 
after fiscal year 2018 using the same calcula-
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tion, excluding benefits provided from the 
OASDI Trust funds, as that set forth in section 
252B(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reflect the 
increase in the the number of Medicare eligible 
retirees receiving benefiits in the program rel-
ative to fiscal year 2018. 
‘‘(C) OTHER
DIRECT
SPENDING.—Other 
direct spending is direct spending other than 
OASDI, the Medicare and Medicaid program 
and is sustainable if it grows from a fixed per-
centage of gross domestic product in fiscal year 
2008.’’. 
(b) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—Sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, (as amended 
by section 142(e)) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(38) long-term projections of total spending 
over 75 years as a percentage of gross domestic 
product annually and the impact of proposed policies 
over that period.’’. 
SEC. 302. GAO AND OMB STATEMENTS OF THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL CONDITION. 
(a) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—On or 
before April 15 of each fiscal year, the Government Ac-
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countability Office shall submit a report on the federal 
government’s financial condition, including the long-term 
unfunded obligations. 
(b) DEFINITION OF LONG-TERM UNFUNDED OBLI-
GATIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph, and redesignate the paragraph ac-
cordingly: 
‘‘(11) UNFUNDED
OBLIGATIONS.—The term 
‘Unfunded Obligations’ means the dollar sum of the 
Total Net Position as displayed in the United States 
Government Balance Sheets contained within the 
most recently published Financial Report of the 
United States Government; plus the 75-year actu-
arial balances, using the intermediate open-group as-
sumption, of Medicare’s Hospital Insurance, Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance, and Prescription Drug 
programs contained within the most recently pub-
lished Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of 
the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds; plus the 
75-year actuarial balance, using the intermediate 
open group assumption, of the Old-Age Survivors 
and Disability Insurance program contained within 
the most recently published Annual Report of the 
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Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Funds.’’. 
(c) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—Sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, (as amended 
by section 301(b)) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(39) a report on the Federal Government’s fi-
nancial condition, the including the long-term un-
funded obligations.’’. 
SEC. 303. FIVE-YEAR FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW. 
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(as amended by section 126(a)) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘FIVE-YEAR FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW 
‘‘SEC. 319. (a) CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING REVIEW 
REPORT.—Not later than 15 calendar days after the date 
of the transmittal of the report referred to in subsection 
308(e), the Committees on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate shall issue, and have 
printed in the Congressional Record, an assessment of 
such report. 
‘‘(b) COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later 
than 15 calendar days after the date of the report of the 
review referred to in subsection (c), the committees of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate shall consider 
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and vote to submit to the Committees on the Budget of 
the House of Representatives and Senate, as applicable, 
recommendations, if any, such committees deem appro-
priate in response to the Spending Review Report issued 
pursuant to subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF SPENDING RE-
VIEW LEGISLATION.— 
‘‘(1) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(A) INTRODUCTION
OF
SPENDING
RE-
VIEW LEGISLATION.— 
‘‘(i) If the report referred to in section 
308 indicates that the OASDI Trust 
Funds are not solvent, or that Medicare, 
Medicaid or other direct spending pro-
grams are not sustainable, or total spend-
ing exceeds the limits set forth in section 
252B for any year within the 75-year pe-
riod referred to in such report, then not 
later than 30 calendar days after the 
transmittal of the report referred to in 
subsection (a), if any, the majority leader 
and minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall each introduce legislation 
implementing to the extent practicable the 
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recommendations referred to in subsection 
(d), or if necessary additional spending re-
duction sufficient to achieve the spending 
levels referred to in subsection (b). 
‘‘(ii) If Spending Review Legislation 
is not introduced pursuant to this subpara-
graph by the majority leader or minority 
leader, then not later than 45 calendar 
days after the transmittal of the report re-
ferred to in subsection (a), the chairman or 
ranking member of the Committee on the 
Budget shall introduce Spending Review 
Legislation sufficient to achieve the same 
spending levels. 
‘‘(iii) Spending review legislation shall 
be referred solely to the House of Rep-
resentatives Budget Committee, which 
shall have sole jurisdiction of such legisla-
tion. 
‘‘(iv) Spending review legislation in-
troduced pursuant to this section shall 
cause total spending to be reduced by an 
amount equal or greater than the amount 
of the breach of the limits set forth in sec-
tion 252B, and shall cause the OASDI 
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Trust Funds to achieve solvency, and shall 
cause Medicare, Medicaid, and other direct 
spending programs to achieve sustain-
ability. 
‘‘(B) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—The 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall report Spending Review Leg-
islation to the House of Representatives not 
later than the seventh legislative day after the 
date of introduction of the legislation referred 
to in subparagraph (A). If such committee fails 
to report the Spending Review Legislation with-
in that period or the House of Representatives 
has adopted a concurrent resolution providing 
for adjournment sine die at the end of a Con-
gress, such committee shall be automatically 
discharged from further consideration of the 
Spending Review Legislation and it shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
After Spending Review Legislation is reported 
by or discharged from the Committee on the 
Budget or the House of Representatives has 
adopted a concurrent resolution providing for 
adjournment sine die at the end of a Congress, 
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it shall be in order to move to proceed to con-
sider the Spending Review Legislation in the 
House of Representatives. Such a motion shall 
be in order 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 of Representatives has disposed 
of a motion to proceed with respect to that spe-
cial message. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion. A motion 
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
disposed of shall not be in order. 
‘‘(D) CONSIDERATION.—The Spending Re-
view Legislation shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against Spending Review Legis-
lation and against its consideration are waived. 
The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on an Spending Review Legislation to its 
passage without intervening motion except five 
hours of debate equally divided and controlled 
by the proponent and an opponent and one mo-
tion to limit debate on the Spending Review 
Legislation. A motion to reconsider the vote on 
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passage of the Spending Review Legislation 
shall not be in order. 
‘‘(E) SENATE SPENDING REVIEW LEGISLA-
TION.—Spending Review Legislation received 
from the Senate shall not be referred to com-
mittee. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(A) MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER-
ATION.—A motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of Spending Review Legislation under this 
subsection in the Senate shall not be debatable. 
It shall not be in order to move to reconsider 
the vote by which the motion to proceed is 
agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) LIMITS ON DEBATE.—Debate in the 
Senate on Spending Review Legislation under 
this subsection, and all debatable motions and 
appeals in connection therewith (including de-
bate pursuant to subparagraph (D)), shall not 
exceed 10 hours, equally divided and controlled 
in the usual form. 
‘‘(C) APPEALS.—Debate in the Senate on 
any debatable motion or appeal in connection 
with Spending Review Legislation under this 
subsection shall be limited to not more than 1 
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hour, to be equally divided and controlled in the 
usual form. 
‘‘(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A mo-
tion in the Senate to further limit debate on 
Spending Review Legislation under this sub-
section is not debatable. 
‘‘(E) MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—A motion to 
recommit Spending Review Legislation under 
this subsection is not in order. 
‘‘(F) CONSIDERATION OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES SPENDING REVIEW LEGISLA-
TION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate has 
received the House of Representatives com-
panion resolution to the Spending Review 
Legislation introduced in the Senate prior 
to the vote required under paragraph 
(1)(C), then the Senate may consider, and 
the vote under paragraph (1)(C) may 
occur on, the House of Representatives 
companion resolution. 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE
AFTER
VOTE
ON 
SENATE
SPENDING
REVIEW
LEGISLA-
TION.—If the Senate votes, pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(C), on the Spending Review 
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Legislation introduced in the Senate, then 
immediately following that vote, or upon 
receipt of the House of Representatives 
companion resolution, the House of Rep-
resentatives Spending Review Legislation 
shall be deemed to be considered, read the 
third time, and the vote on passage of the 
Senate resolution shall be considered to be 
the vote on the Spending Review Legisla-
tion received from the House of Represent-
atives. 
‘‘(3) JURISDICTION.—The Committees on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any Spending 
Review Legislation and all the provisions therein for 
all purposes of the rules of either House.’’. 
SEC. 304. LONG-TERM RECONCILIATION. 
(a) LONG-TERM RECONCILIATION.—Section 310 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h) LONG-TERM RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES IN A 
JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.— 
‘‘(1) 
LONG-TERM
RECONCILIATION
DIREC-
TIVES.—In addition to a reconciliation measure as 
set forth in subsection (a), a joint resolution on the 
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budget for any fiscal year, to the extent necessary to 
effectuate the spending levels as set forth for such 
categories in section 301(a) (providing for long-term 
spending levels as a percentage of gross domestic 
product) of such resolution, shall— 
‘‘(A) specify the total amount by which 
Medicare, Medicaid, the OASDI Trust Funds, 
and other direct spending outlays are to be re-
duced within the jurisdiction of a committee as 
a percentage of gross domestic product of such 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) direct that committee to determine 
and recommend changes to accomplish a reduc-
tion of such total amount for such categories as 
a percentage of gross domestic product. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS TO LONG- 
TERM RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION.— 
‘‘(A) It shall not be in order in the House 
of Representatives to consider any amendment 
to a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolu-
tion if such amendment decreases outlay reduc-
tions below the level of such outlay reductions 
provided (for the fiscal years covered) in the 
reconciliation instructions which relate to such 
long-term reconciliation bill. 
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‘‘(B) It shall not be in order in the Senate 
to consider any amendment to a reconciliation 
bill or reconciliation resolution if such amend-
ment decreases outlay reductions below the level 
of such outlay reductions provided (for the fis-
cal years covered) in the reconciliation instruc-
tions which relate to such long-term reconcili-
ation bill. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not 
apply if a declaration of war by the Congress is 
in effect. 
‘‘(D) For purposes of this section, the lev-
els of outlays as a percentage of a gross domes-
tic product for a fiscal year shall be determined 
on the basis of estimates made by the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives or of the Senate. 
‘‘(E) The Committee on Rules of the 
House of Representatives may make in order 
amendments to achieve outlay reductions speci-
fied by reconciliation directives contained in a 
joint resolution on the budget if a committee or 
committees of the House of Representatives fail 
to submit recommended reductions in outlays as 
a percentage or gross domestic product to its 
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Committee on the Budget pursuant to its in-
struction. 
‘‘(F) In the Senate, a motion to strike a 
provision shall always be in order. 
‘‘(3) SUBJECT
MATTER.—Subject matter in-
cluded in a long-term reconciliation bill may be any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) Any part of the Medicare program. 
‘‘(B) Medicaid. 
‘‘(C) The Old-Age, Survivors, and Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund. 
‘‘(D) Other direct spending. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—Subsections (c), (d), and 
(g) shall not apply to long-term reconciliation meas-
ures reported under this subsection.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—In section 310(b) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, strike ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ and insert ‘‘subsections (a) and (h)’’. 
SEC. 305. LONG-TERM SPENDING INCREASE POINT OF 
ORDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 303) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
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‘‘LONG-TERM SPENDING INCREASE POINT OF ORDER 
‘‘SEC. 320. (a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, pre-
pare for each bill and joint resolution reported from com-
mittee (except measures within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Appropriations), and amendments thereto 
and conference reports thereon, an estimate of whether 
the measure causes, relative to current law, a net increase 
in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of 
the four 10-year periods beginning in fiscal year 2019 
through fiscal year 2058. 
‘‘(b) IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(1) POINT
OF
ORDER.—It shall not be in 
order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
causes a net increase in deficits in excess of 
$5,000,000,000 in any of the four 10-year periods 
beginning in 2019 through 2058. 
‘‘(2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 
‘‘(A) This section may be waived or sus-
pended only by the affirmative vote of three- 
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
‘‘(B) An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
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required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
section. 
‘‘(c) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(1) POINT
OF
ORDER.—It shall not be in 
order in the House of Representatives to consider 
any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
conference report that causes a net increase in defi-
cits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the four 
10-year periods beginning in 2019 through 2058. 
‘‘(2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 
‘‘(A) This section may be waived or sus-
pended only by the affirmative vote of three- 
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
‘‘(B) An affirmative vote of two-thirds of 
the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
section. 
‘‘(d) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For 
purposes of this section, the levels of net deficit increases 
shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by 
the chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on the 
Budget, as applicable.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 319 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 320. Long-term spending increase point of order.’’. 
TITLE IV—SPENDING REFORM 
Subtitle A—Federal Program 
Sunset 
SEC. 400. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Program 
Sunset Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 401. REVIEW AND ABOLISHMENT OF FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES. 
(a) SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Fed-
eral Agency Sunset Commission established under section 
402 (in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’) 
shall submit to Congress a schedule for review by the 
Commission, at least once every 12 years (or less, if deter-
mined appropriate by Congress), of the abolishment or re-
organization of each agency. 
(b) REVIEW OF AGENCIES PERFORMING RELATED 
FUNCTIONS.—In determining the schedule for review of 
agencies under subsection (a), the Commission shall pro-
vide that agencies that perform similar or related func-
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tions be reviewed concurrently to promote efficiency and 
consolidation. 
(c) ABOLISHMENT OF AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each agency shall— 
(A) be reviewed according to the schedule 
created pursuant to this section; and 
(B) be abolished not later than one year 
after the date that the Commission completes 
its review of the agency pursuant to such sched-
ule, unless the agency is reauthorized by the 
Congress. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The deadline for abolishing 
an agency may be extended for an additional two 
years after the date described in paragraph (1)(B) 
if the Congress enacts legislation extending such 
deadline by a vote of a super majority of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 402. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com-
mission to be known as the ‘‘Federal Agency Sunset Com-
mission’’. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be com-
posed of 12 members (in this subtitle referred to as the 
‘‘members’’) who shall be appointed as follows: 
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(1) Six members shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, with mi-
nority members appointed with the consent of the 
minority leader of the House of Representatives. 
(2) Six members shall be appointed by the ma-
jority leader of the Senate, with minority members 
appointed with the consent of the minority leader of 
the Senate. 
(c) QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—(A) Of the members ap-
pointed under subsection (b)(1), four shall be mem-
bers of the House of Representatives (not more than 
two of whom may be of the same political party), 
and two shall be an individual described in subpara-
graph (C). 
(B) Of the members appointed under subsection 
(b)(2), four shall be members of the Senate (not 
more than two of whom may be of the same political 
party) and two shall be an individual described in 
subparagraph (C). 
(C) An individual under this subparagraph is 
an individual— 
(i) who is not a member of Congress; and 
(ii) with expertise in the operation and ad-
ministration of Government programs. 
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(2) CONTINUATION
OF
MEMBERSHIP.—If a 
member was appointed to the Commission as a 
Member of Congress and the member ceases to be 
a Member of Congress, that member shall cease to 
be a member of the Commission. The validity of any 
action of the Commission shall not be affected as a 
result of a member becoming ineligible to serve as 
a member for the reasons described in this para-
graph. 
(d) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—All initial appoint-
ments to the Commission shall be made not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) CHAIRMAN; VICE-CHAIRMAN.— 
(1) INITIAL CHAIRMAN.—An individual shall be 
designated by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives from among the members initially ap-
pointed under subsection (b)(1) to serve as chairman 
of the Commission for a period of 2 years. 
(2) INITIAL
VICE-CHAIRMAN.—An individual 
shall be designated by the majority leader of the 
Senate from among the individuals initially ap-
pointed under subsection (b)(2) to serve as vice- 
chairman of the Commission for a period of two 
years. 
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(3) ALTERNATE APPOINTMENTS OF CHAIRMEN 
AND VICE-CHAIRMEN.—Following the termination of 
the two-year period described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2), the Speaker and the majority leader shall alter-
nate every two years in appointing the chairman and 
vice-chairman of the Commission. 
(f) TERMS OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS.—Each member 
appointed to the Commission who is a member of 
Congress shall serve for a term of six years, except 
that, of the members first appointed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), 2 members 
shall be appointed to serve a term of three years 
under each such paragraph. 
(2) OTHER MEMBERS.—Each member of the 
Commission who is not a member of Congress shall 
serve for a term of three years. 
(3) TERM LIMITS.—(A) A member of the Com-
mission who is a member of Congress and who 
serves more than three years of a term may not be 
appointed to another term as a member. 
(B) A member of the Commission who is not a 
member of Congress and who serves as a member of 
the Commission for more than 56 months may not 
be appointed to another term as a member. 
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(g) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 
(1) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commis-
sion may, for the purpose of carrying out this sub-
title, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times 
and places, take such testimony, and receive such 
evidence as the Commission considers appropriate. 
The Commission may administer oaths to witnesses 
appearing before it. 
(2) OBTAINING
INFORMATION.—The Commis-
sion may secure directly from any department or 
agency of the United States information necessary 
to enable it to carry out its duties under this sub-
title. Upon request of the chairman, the head of that 
department or agency shall furnish that information 
to the Commission in a full and timely manner. 
(3) SUBPOENA POWER.—(A) The Commission 
may issue a subpoena to require the attendance and 
testimony of witnesses and the production of evi-
dence relating to any matter under investigation by 
the Commission. 
(B) If a person refuses to obey an order or sub-
poena of the Commission that is issued in connection 
with a Commission proceeding, the Commission may 
apply to the United States district court in the judi-
cial district in which the proceeding is held for an 
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order requiring the person to comply with the sub-
poena or order. 
(4) IMMUNITY.—The Commission is an agency 
of the United States for purposes of part V of title 
18, United States Code (relating to immunity of wit-
nesses). 
(5) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Commission 
may contract with and compensate government and 
private agencies or persons for services without re-
gard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 
U.S.C. 5). 
(h) COMMISSION PROCEDURES.— 
(1) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 
the call of the chairman. 
(2) QUORUM.—Seven members of the Commis-
sion shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number 
may hold hearings. 
(i) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 
(1) COMPENSATION.—Members shall not be 
paid by reason of their service as members. 
(2) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each member shall 
receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 
5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
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(3) DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a 
Director who shall be appointed by the chairman. 
The Director shall be paid at a rate not to exceed 
the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 
of the General Schedule. 
(4) STAFF.—The Director may appoint and fix 
the pay of additional personnel as the director con-
siders appropriate. 
(5) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE 
LAWS.—The director and staff of the Commission 
shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 
5, United States Code, governing appointments in 
the competitive service, and shall be paid in accord-
ance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
chapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to 
classification and General Schedule pay rates. 
(j) OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 
(1) POSTAL
AND
PRINTING
SERVICES.—The 
Commission may use the United States mails and 
obtain printing and binding services in the same 
manner and under the same conditions as other de-
partments and agencies of the United States. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
SERVICES.— 
Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall provide to the Com-
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mission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative 
support services necessary for the Commission to 
carry out its duties under this subtitle. 
(3) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Com-
mission may procure temporary and intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(k) SUNSET OF COMMISSION.—The Commission shall 
terminate on December 31, 2033, unless reauthorized by 
Congress. 
SEC. 403. REVIEW OF EFFICIENCY AND NEED FOR FEDERAL 
AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall review the 
efficiency and public need for each agency in accordance 
with the criteria described in section 404. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS; REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
The Commission shall submit to Congress and the Presi-
dent not later than September 1 of each year a report 
containing— 
(1) an analysis of the efficiency of operation 
and public need for each agency to be reviewed in 
the year in which the report is submitted pursuant 
to the schedule submitted to Congress under section 
2; 
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(2) recommendations on whether each such 
agency should be abolished or reorganized; 
(3) recommendations on whether the functions 
of any other agencies should be consolidated, trans-
ferred, or reorganized in an agency to be reviewed 
in the year in which the report is submitted pursu-
ant to the schedule submitted to Congress under 
section 2; and 
(4) recommendations for administrative and 
legislative action with respect to each such agency, 
but not including recommendations for appropriation 
levels. 
(c) DRAFT LEGISLATION.—The Commission shall 
submit to Congress and the President not later than Sep-
tember 1 of each year a draft of legislation to carry out 
the recommendations of the Commission under subsection 
(b). 
(d) INFORMATION GATHERING.—The Commission 
shall— 
(1) conduct public hearings on the abolishment 
of each agency reviewed under subsection (b); 
(2) provide an opportunity for public comment 
on the abolishment of each such agency; 
(3) require the agency to provide information to 
the Commission as appropriate; and 
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(4) consult with the Government Accountability 
Office, the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Congressional Budget Office, and the chairman and 
ranking minority members of the committees of Con-
gress with oversight responsibility for the agency 
being reviewed regarding the operation of the agen-
cy. 
(e) USE OF PROGRAM INVENTORY.—The Commis-
sion shall use the program inventory prepared under sec-
tion 9 in reviewing the efficiency and public need for each 
agency under subsection (a). 
SEC. 404. CRITERIA FOR REVIEW. 
The Commission shall evaluate the efficiency and 
public need for each agency pursuant to section 403 using 
the following criteria: 
(1) The effectiveness, and the efficiency of the 
operation of, the programs carried out by each such 
agency. 
(2) Whether the programs carried out by the 
agency are cost effective. 
(3) Whether the agency has acted outside the 
scope of its original authority, and whether the origi-
nal objectives of the agency have been achieved. 
(4) Whether less restrictive or alternative meth-
ods exist to carry out the functions of the agency. 
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(5) The extent to which the jurisdiction of, and 
the programs administered by, the agency duplicate 
or conflict with the jurisdiction and programs of 
other agencies. 
(6) The potential benefits of consolidating pro-
grams administered by the agency with similar or 
duplicative programs of other agencies, and the po-
tential for consolidating such programs. 
(7) The number and types of beneficiaries or 
persons served by programs carried out by the agen-
cy. 
(8) The extent to which any trends, develop-
ments, and emerging conditions that are likely to af-
fect the future nature and extent of the problems or 
needs that the programs carried out by the agency 
are intended to address. 
(9) The extent to which the agency has com-
plied with the provisions contained in the Govern-
ment Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public 
Law 103–62; 107 Stat. 285). 
(10) The promptness and effectiveness with 
which the agency seeks public input and input from 
State and local governments on the efficiency and ef-
fectiveness of the performance of the functions of 
the agency. 
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(11) Whether the agency has worked to enact 
changes in the law that are intended to benefit the 
public as a whole rather than the specific business, 
institution, or individuals that the agency regulates. 
(12) The extent to which the agency has en-
couraged participation by the public as a whole in 
making its rules and decisions rather than encour-
aging participation solely by those it regulates. 
(13) The extent to which the public participa-
tion in rulemaking and decision making of the agen-
cy has resulted in rules and decisions compatible 
with the objectives of the agency. 
(14) The extent to which the agency complies 
with section 552 of title 5, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’). 
(15) The extent to which the agency complies 
with equal employment opportunity requirements re-
garding equal employment opportunity. 
(16) The extent of the regulatory, privacy, and 
paperwork impacts of the programs carried out by 
the agency. 
(17) The extent to which the agency has coordi-
nated with State and local governments in per-
forming the functions of the agency. 
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(18) The potential effects of abolishing the 
agency on State and local governments. 
(19) The extent to which changes are necessary 
in the authorizing statutes of the agency in order 
that the functions of the agency can be performed 
in the most efficient and effective manner. 
SEC. 405. COMMISSION OVERSIGHT. 
(a) MONITORING
OF IMPLEMENTATION
OF REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall monitor imple-
mentation of laws enacting provisions that incorporate rec-
ommendations of the Commission with respect to abolish-
ment or reorganization of agencies. 
(b) MONITORING OF OTHER RELEVANT LEGISLA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall review 
and report to Congress on all legislation introduced 
in either house of Congress that establishes— 
(A) a new agency; or 
(B) a new program to be carried out by an 
existing agency. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Commission 
shall include in each report submitted to Congress 
under paragraph (1) an analysis of whether— 
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(A) the functions of the proposed agency 
or program could be carried out by one or more 
existing agencies; 
(B) the functions of the proposed agency 
or program could be carried out in a less re-
strictive manner than the manner proposed in 
the legislation; and 
(C) the legislation provides for public input 
regarding the performance of functions by the 
proposed agency or program. 
SEC. 406. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. 
The Commission may promulgate such rules as nec-
essary to carry out this subtitle. 
SEC. 407. RELOCATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
If the position of an employee of an agency is elimi-
nated as a result of the abolishment of an agency in ac-
cordance with this subtitle, there shall be a reasonable ef-
fort to relocate such employee to a position within another 
agency. 
SEC. 408. PROGRAM INVENTORY. 
(a) PREPARATION.—The Comptroller General and 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in co-
operation with the Director of the Congressional Research 
Service, shall prepare an inventory of Federal programs 
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(in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘program inventory’’) 
within each agency. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program inven-
tory is to advise and assist the Congress and the Commis-
sion in carrying out the requirements of this subtitle. Such 
inventory shall not in any way bind the committees of the 
Senate or the House of Representatives with respect to 
their responsibilities under this subtitle and shall not in-
fringe on the legislative and oversight responsibilities of 
such committees. The Comptroller General shall compile 
and maintain the inventory and the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office shall provide budgetary informa-
tion for inclusion in the inventory. 
(c) INVENTORY CONTENT.—The program inventory 
shall set forth for each program each of the following mat-
ters: 
(1) The specific provision or provisions of law 
authorizing the program. 
(2) The committees of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives which have legislative or 
oversight jurisdiction over the program. 
(3) A brief statement of the purpose or pur-
poses to be achieved by the program. 
(4) The committees which have jurisdiction over 
legislation providing new budget authority for the 
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program, including the appropriate subcommittees of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives. 
(5) The agency and, if applicable, the subdivi-
sion thereof responsible for administering the pro-
gram. 
(6) The grants-in-aid, if any, provided by such 
program to State and local governments. 
(7) The next reauthorization date for the pro-
gram. 
(8) A unique identification number which links 
the program and functional category structure. 
(9) The year in which the program was origi-
nally established and, where applicable, the year in 
which the program expires. 
(10) Where applicable, the year in which new 
budget authority for the program was last author-
ized and the year in which current authorizations of 
new budget authority expire. 
(d) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—The report also shall set 
forth for each program whether the new budget authority 
provided for such programs is— 
(1) authorized for a definite period of time; 
(2) authorized in a specific dollar amount but 
without limit of time; 
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(3) authorized without limit of time or dollar 
amounts; 
(4) not specifically authorized; or 
(5) permanently provided, 
as determined by the Director of the Congressional Budg-
et Office. 
(e) CBO INFORMATION.—For each program or group 
of programs, the program inventory also shall include in-
formation prepared by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office indicating each of the following matters: 
(1) The amounts of new budget authority au-
thorized and provided for the program for each of 
the preceding four fiscal years and, where applicable, 
the four succeeding fiscal years. 
(2) The functional and subfunctional category 
in which the program is presently classified and was 
classified under the fiscal year 2010 budget. 
(3) The identification code and title of the ap-
propriation account in which budget authority is 
provided for the program. 
(f) MUTUAL EXCHANGE
OF INFORMATION.—The 
Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Re-
search Service, and the Congressional Budget Office shall 
permit the mutual exchange of available information in 
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their possession which aids in the compilation of the pro-
gram inventory. 
(g) ASSISTANCE BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH.—The Of-
fice of Management and Budget, and the Executive agen-
cies and the subdivisions thereof shall, to the extent nec-
essary and possible, provide the Government Account-
ability Office with assistance requested by the Comptroller 
General in the compilation of the program inventory. 
SEC. 409. DEFINITION OF AGENCY. 
As used in this subtitle, the term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term by section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code, except that such term includes an advisory 
committee as that term is defined in section 102(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Subtitle B—Legislative Line-Item 
Veto 
SEC. 410. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Line- 
Item Veto Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 411. LEGISLATIVE LINE-ITEM VETO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title X of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
621 et seq.) is amended by striking all of part B (except 
for sections 1016 and 1013, which are redesignated as sec-
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tions 1020 and 1021, respectively) and part C and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘PART B—LEGISLATIVE LINE-ITEM VETO 
‘‘LINE-ITEM VETO AUTHORITY 
‘‘SEC. 1011. (a) PROPOSED CANCELLATIONS.—With-
in 45 calendar days after the enactment of any bill or joint 
resolution providing any discretionary budget authority, 
item of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, or targeted 
tax benefit, the President may propose, in the manner pro-
vided in subsection (b), the cancellation of any dollar 
amount of such discretionary budget authority, item of di-
rect spending, or targeted tax benefit. If the 45 calendar- 
day period expires during a period where either House of 
Congress stands adjourned sine die at the end of a Con-
gress or for a period greater than 45 calendar days, the 
President may propose a cancellation under this section 
and transmit a special message under subsection (b) on 
the first calendar day of session following such a period 
of adjournment. 
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(1) SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
transmit to the Congress a special message pro-
posing to cancel any dollar amounts of discre-
tionary budget authority, items of direct spend-
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ing, limited tariff benefits, or targeted tax bene-
fits. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.— 
Each special message shall specify, with respect 
to the discretionary budget authority, items of 
direct spending proposed, limited tariff benefits, 
or targeted tax benefits to be canceled— 
‘‘(i) the dollar amount of discretionary 
budget authority, the specific item of direct 
spending (that OMB, after consultation 
with CBO, estimates to increase budget 
authority or outlays as required by section 
1017(9)), the limited tariff benefit, or the 
targeted tax benefit that the President pro-
poses be canceled; 
‘‘(ii) any account, department, or es-
tablishment of the Government to which 
such discretionary budget authority is 
available for obligation, and the specific 
project or governmental functions involved; 
‘‘(iii) the reasons why such discre-
tionary budget authority, item of direct 
spending, limited tariff benefit, or targeted 
tax benefit should be canceled; 
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‘‘(iv) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the estimated fiscal, economic, and 
budgetary effect (including the effect on 
outlays and receipts in each fiscal year) of 
the proposed cancellation; 
‘‘(v) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, all facts, circumstances, and con-
siderations relating to or bearing upon the 
proposed cancellation and the decision to 
propose the cancellation, and the estimated 
effect of the proposed cancellation upon 
the objects, purposes, or programs for 
which the discretionary budget authority, 
item of direct spending, limited tariff ben-
efit, or the targeted tax benefit is provided; 
‘‘(vi) a numbered list of cancellations 
to be included in an approval bill that, if 
enacted, cancels discretionary budget au-
thority, items of direct spending, limited 
tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefits pro-
posed in that special message; and 
‘‘(vii) if the special message is trans-
mitted subsequent to or at the same time 
as another special message, a detailed ex-
planation why the proposed cancellations 
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are not substantially similar to any other 
proposed cancellation in such other mes-
sage. 
‘‘(C) DUPLICATIVE
PROPOSALS
PROHIB-
ITED.—The President may not propose to can-
cel the same or substantially similar discre-
tionary budget authority, item of direct spend-
ing, limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax ben-
efit more than one time under this Act. 
‘‘(D) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPECIAL MES-
SAGES.—The President may not transmit to the 
Congress more than 5 special messages under 
this subsection related to any bill or joint reso-
lution described in subsection (a), but may 
transmit not more than 10 special messages for 
any omnibus budget reconciliation or appropria-
tion measure. 
‘‘(2) ENACTMENT OF APPROVAL BILL.— 
‘‘(A) DEFICIT
REDUCTION.—Amounts of 
budget authority, items of direct spending, lim-
ited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefits 
which are canceled pursuant to enactment of a 
bill as provided under this section shall be dedi-
cated only to reducing the deficit or increasing 
the surplus. 
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‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT
OF
LEVELS
IN
THE 
JOINT
RESOLUTION
ON
THE
BUDGET.—Not 
later than 5 days after the date of enactment 
of an approval bill as provided under this sec-
tion, the chairs of the Committees on the Budg-
et of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives shall revise allocations and aggregates and 
other appropriate levels under the appropriate 
joint resolution on the budget to reflect the can-
cellation, and the applicable committees shall 
report revised suballocations pursuant to sec-
tion 302(b), as appropriate. 
‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENTS TO STATUTORY LIM-
ITS.—After enactment of an approval bill as 
provided under this section, the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall revise applicable lim-
its under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as appropriate. 
‘‘(D) 
TRUST
FUNDS
AND
SPECIAL 
FUNDS.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
nothing in this part shall be construed to re-
quire or allow the deposit of amounts derived 
from a trust fund or special fund which are 
canceled pursuant to enactment of a bill as pro-
vided under this section to any other fund. 
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‘‘PROCEDURES FOR EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION 
‘‘SEC. 1012. (a) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The majority leader or mi-
nority leader of each House or his designee shall (by 
request) introduce an approval bill as defined in sec-
tion 1017 not later than the third day of session of 
that House after the date of receipt of a special mes-
sage transmitted to the Congress under section 
1011(b). If the bill is not introduced as provided in 
the preceding sentence in either House, then, on the 
fourth day of session of that House after the date 
of receipt of the special message, any Member of 
that House may introduce the bill. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(A) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—Any 
committee of the House of Representatives to 
which an approval bill is referred shall report it 
to the House of Representatives without amend-
ment not later than the seventh legislative day 
after the date of its introduction. If a com-
mittee fails to report the bill within that period 
or the House of Representatives has adopted a 
joint resolution providing for adjournment sine 
die at the end of a Congress, such committee 
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shall be automatically discharged from further 
consideration of the bill and it shall be placed 
on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
After an approval bill is reported by or dis-
charged from committee or the House of Rep-
resentatives has adopted a joint resolution pro-
viding for adjournment sine die at the end of a 
Congress, it shall be in order to move to pro-
ceed to consider the approval bill in the House 
of Representatives 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 of Rep-
resentatives has disposed of a motion to proceed 
with respect to that special message. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on 
the motion to its adoption without intervening 
motion. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is disposed of shall not be in 
order. 
‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION.—The approval bill 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against an approval bill and against its consid-
eration are waived. The previous question shall 
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be considered as ordered on an approval bill to 
its passage without intervening motion except 
five hours of debate equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent 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. 
‘‘(D) SENATE BILL.—An approval bill re-
ceived from the Senate shall not be referred to 
committee. 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(A) MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER-
ATION.—A motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of a bill under this subsection in the Sen-
ate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in 
order to move to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion to proceed is agreed to or disagreed 
to. 
‘‘(B) LIMITS ON DEBATE.—Debate in the 
Senate on a bill under this subsection, and all 
debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith (including debate pursuant to sub-
paragraph (D)), shall not exceed 10 hours, 
equally divided and controlled in the usual 
form. 
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‘‘(C) APPEALS.—Debate in the Senate on 
any debatable motion or appeal in connection 
with a bill under this subsection shall be limited 
to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided 
and controlled in the usual form. 
‘‘(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A mo-
tion in the Senate to further limit debate on a 
bill under this subsection is not debatable. 
‘‘(E) MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—A motion to 
recommit a bill under this subsection is not in 
order. 
‘‘(F) CONSIDERATION OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES BILL.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate has 
received the House of Representatives com-
panion bill to the bill introduced in the 
Senate prior to the vote required under 
paragraph (1)(C), then the Senate may 
consider, and the vote under paragraph 
(1)(c) may occur on, the House of Rep-
resentatives companion bill. 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE
AFTER
VOTE
ON 
SENATE BILL.—If the Senate votes, pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(C), on the bill intro-
duced in the Senate, then immediately fol-
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lowing that vote, or upon receipt of the 
House of Representatives companion bill, 
the House of Representatives bill shall be 
deemed to be considered, read the third 
time, and the vote on passage of the Sen-
ate bill shall be considered to be the vote 
on the bill received from the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(b) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment 
to, or motion to strike a provision from, a bill considered 
under this section shall be in order in either the Senate 
or the House of Representatives. 
‘‘PRESIDENTIAL DEFERRAL AUTHORITY 
‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) TEMPORARY PRESIDENTIAL AU-
THORITY TO WITHHOLD DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AU-
THORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the same time as the 
President transmits to the Congress a special mes-
sage pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may 
direct that any dollar amount of discretionary budg-
et authority to be canceled in that special message 
shall not be made available for obligation for a pe-
riod not to exceed 45 calendar days from the date 
the President transmits the special message to the 
Congress. 
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‘‘(2) EARLY
AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall make any dollar amount of discretionary budg-
et authority deferred pursuant to paragraph (1) 
available at a time earlier than the time specified if 
he determines that continuation of the deferral not 
further the purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(b) TEMPORARY PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO 
SUSPEND DIRECT SPENDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the same time as the 
President transmits to the Congress a special mes-
sage pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may 
suspend the implementation of any item of direct 
spending proposed to be canceled in that special 
message for a period not to exceed 45 calendar days 
from the date the President transmits the special 
message to the Congress. 
‘‘(2) EARLY
AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall terminate the suspension of any item of direct 
spending at a time earlier than the time specified if 
he determines that continuation of the suspension 
will not further the purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(c) TEMPORARY PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO 
SUSPEND A LIMITED TARIFF BENEFIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the same time as the 
President transmits to the Congress a special mes-
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sage pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may 
suspend the implementation of any limited tariff 
benefit proposed to be canceled in that special mes-
sage for a period not to exceed 45 calendar days 
from the date the President transmits the special 
message to the Congress. 
‘‘(2) EARLY
AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall terminate the suspension of any limited tariff 
benefit at a time earlier than the time specified if he 
determines that continuation of the suspension will 
not further the purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(d) TEMPORARY PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO 
SUSPEND A TARGETED TAX BENEFIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the same time as the 
President transmits to the Congress a special mes-
sage pursuant to section 1011(b), the President may 
suspend the implementation of any targeted tax ben-
efit proposed to be repealed in that special message 
for a period not to exceed 45 calendar days from the 
date the President transmits the special message to 
the Congress. 
‘‘(2) EARLY
AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall terminate the suspension of any targeted tax 
benefit at a time earlier than the time specified if he 
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determines that continuation of the suspension will 
not further the purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(e) EXTENSION OF 45-DAY PERIOD.—The Presi-
dent may transmit to the Congress not more than one sup-
plemental special message to extend the period to suspend 
the implementation of any discretionary budget authority, 
item of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, or targeted 
tax benefit, as applicable, by an additional 45 calendar 
days. Any such supplemental message may not be trans-
mitted to the Congress before the 40th day of the 45-day 
period set forth in the preceding message or later than 
the last day of such period. 
‘‘IDENTIFICATION OF TARGETED TAX BENEFITS 
‘‘SEC. 1014. (a) STATEMENT.—The chairman of the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the chairman of the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate acting jointly (hereafter in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘chairmen’) shall review any rev-
enue or reconciliation bill or joint resolution which in-
cludes any amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 that is being prepared for filing by a committee of 
conference of the two Houses, and shall identify whether 
such bill or joint resolution contains any targeted tax ben-
efits. The chairmen shall provide to the committee of con-
ference a statement identifying any such targeted tax ben-
efits or declaring that the bill or joint resolution does not 
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contain any targeted tax benefits. Any such statement 
shall be made available to any Member of Congress by 
the chairmen immediately upon request. 
‘‘(b) STATEMENT INCLUDED IN LEGISLATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
rule of the House of Representatives or any rule or 
precedent of the Senate, any revenue or reconcili-
ation bill or joint resolution which includes any 
amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
reported by a committee of conference of the two 
Houses may include, as a separate section of such 
bill or joint resolution, the information contained in 
the statement of the chairmen, but only in the man-
ner set forth in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The separate section 
permitted under subparagraph (A) shall read as fol-
lows: ‘Section 1021 of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment 
Control 
Act 
of 
1974 
shall 
llllll apply to llllllll.’, with 
the blank spaces being filled in with— 
‘‘(A) in any case in which the chairmen 
identify targeted tax benefits in the statement 
required under subsection (a), the word ‘only’ 
in the first blank space and a list of all of the 
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specific provisions of the bill or joint resolution 
in the second blank space; or 
‘‘(B) in any case in which the chairmen de-
clare that there are no targeted tax benefits in 
the statement required under subsection (a), 
the word ‘not’ in the first blank space and the 
phrase ‘any provision of this Act’ in the second 
blank space. 
‘‘(c) IDENTIFICATION
IN REVENUE ESTIMATE.— 
With respect to any revenue or reconciliation bill or joint 
resolution with respect to which the chairmen provide a 
statement under subsection (a), the Joint Committee on 
Taxation shall— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a statement described in 
subsection (b)(2)(A), list the targeted tax benefits in 
any revenue estimate prepared by the Joint Com-
mittee on Taxation for any conference report which 
accompanies such bill or joint resolution, or 
‘‘(2) in the case of a statement described in 13 
subsection (b)(2)(B), indicate in such revenue esti-
mate that no provision in such bill or joint resolution 
has been identified as a targeted tax benefit. 
‘‘(d) PRESIDENT’S AUTHORITY.—If any revenue or 
reconciliation bill or joint resolution is signed into law— 
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‘‘(1) with a separate section described in sub-
section (b)(2), then the President may use the au-
thority granted in this section only with respect to 
any targeted tax benefit in that law, if any, identi-
fied in such separate section; or 
‘‘(2) without a separate section described in 
subsection (b)(2), then the President may use the 
authority granted in this section with respect to any 
targeted tax benefit in that law. 
‘‘TREATMENT OF CANCELLATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 1015. The cancellation of any dollar amount 
of discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, 
limited tariff benefit, or targeted tax benefit shall take ef-
fect only upon enactment of the applicable approval bill. 
If an approval bill is not enacted into law before the end 
of the applicable period under section 1013, then all pro-
posed cancellations contained in that bill shall be null and 
void and any such dollar amount of discretionary budget 
authority, item of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, 
or targeted tax benefit shall be effective as of the original 
date provided in the law to which the proposed cancella-
tions applied. 
‘‘REPORTS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
‘‘SEC. 1016. With respect to each special message 
under this part, the Comptroller General shall issue to the 
Congress a report determining whether any discretionary 
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budget authority is not made available for obligation or 
item of direct spending, limited tariff benefit, or targeted 
tax benefit continues to be suspended after the deferral 
authority set forth in section 1013 of the President has 
expired. 
‘‘DEFINITIONS 
‘‘SEC. 1017. As used in this part: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION LAW.—The term ‘appro-
priation law’ means an Act referred to in section 
105 of title 1, United States Code, including any 
general or special appropriation Act, or any Act 
making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing ap-
propriations, that has been signed into law pursuant 
to Article I, section 7, of the Constitution of the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) APPROVAL BILL.—The term ‘approval bill’ 
means a bill or joint resolution which only approves 
proposed cancellations of dollar amounts of discre-
tionary budget authority, items of new direct spend-
ing, limited tariff benefits, or targeted tax benefits 
in a special message transmitted by the President 
under this part and— 
‘‘(A) the title of which is as follows: ‘A bill 
approving the proposed cancellations trans-
mitted by the President on lll’, the blank 
space being filled in with the date of trans-
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mission of the relevant special message and the 
public law number to which the message re-
lates; 
‘‘(B) which does not have a preamble; and 
‘‘(C) which provides only the following 
after the enacting clause: ‘That the Congress 
approves of proposed cancellations lll’, the 
blank space being filled in with a list of the 
cancellations contained in the President’s spe-
cial message, ‘as transmitted by the President 
in a special message on llll’, the blank 
space being filled in with the appropriate date, 
‘regarding llll.’, the blank space being 
filled in with the public law number to which 
the special message relates; 
‘‘(D) which only includes proposed can-
cellations that are estimated by CBO to meet 
the definition of discretionary budgetary au-
thority or items of direct spending, or limited 
tariff benefits, or that are identified as targeted 
tax benefits pursuant to section 1014; 
‘‘(E) if any proposed cancellation other 
than discretionary budget authority or targeted 
tax benefits is estimated by CBO to not meet 
the definition of item of direct spending, then 
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the approval bill shall include at the end: ‘The 
President shall cease the suspension of the im-
plementation of the following under section 
1013 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974: 
lllll’, the blank space being filled in 
with the list of such proposed cancellations; and 
‘‘(F) if no CBO estimate is available, then 
the entire list of legislative provisions proposed 
by the President is inserted in the second blank 
space in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(3) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘calendar day’ 
means a standard 24-hour period beginning at mid-
night. 
‘‘(4) CANCEL OR CANCELLATION.—The terms 
‘cancel’ or ‘cancellation’ means to prevent— 
‘‘(A) budget authority from having legal 
force or effect; 
‘‘(B) in the case of entitlement authority, 
to prevent the specific legal obligation of the 
United States from having legal force or effect; 
‘‘(C) in the case of the food stamp pro-
gram, to prevent the specific provision of law 
that provides such benefit from having legal 
force or effect; or 
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‘‘(D) a limited tariff benefit from having 
legal force or effect, and to make any necessary, 
conforming statutory change to ensure that 
such limited tariff benefit is not implemented; 
or 
‘‘(E) a targeted tax benefit from having 
legal force or effect, and to make any necessary, 
conforming statutory change to ensure that 
such targeted tax benefit is not implemented 
and that any budgetary resources are appro-
priately canceled. 
‘‘(5) CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET
OFFICE.—The 
term ‘CBO’ means the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office. 
‘‘(6) DIRECT
SPENDING.—The term ‘direct 
spending’ means— 
‘‘(A) budget authority provided by law 
(other than an appropriation law); 
‘‘(B) entitlement authority; and 
‘‘(C) the food stamp program. 
‘‘(7) AMOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AU-
THORITY.—(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the term ‘dollar amount of discretionary budget 
authority’ means the entire dollar amount of budget 
authority— 
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‘‘(v) represented by the product of the 
estimated procurement cost and the total 
quantity of items required to be provided 
in a law (other than an appropriation law) 
that mandates the expenditure of budget 
authority 
from 
accounts, 
programs, 
projects, or activities for which budget au-
thority is provided in an appropriation law. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘dollar amount of discre-
tionary budget authority’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) direct spending; 
‘‘(ii) budget authority in an appro-
priation law which funds direct spending 
provided for in other law; 
‘‘(iii) any existing budget authority 
canceled in an appropriation law; or 
‘‘(iv) any restriction, condition, or lim-
itation in an appropriation law or the ac-
companying statement of managers or 
committee reports on the expenditure of 
budget authority for an account, program, 
project, or activity, or on activities involv-
ing such expenditure. 
‘‘(8) ITEM OF DIRECT SPENDING.—The term 
‘item of direct spending’ means any provision of law 
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that results in an increase in budget authority or 
outlays for direct spending relative to the most re-
cent levels calculated consistent with the method-
ology used to calculate a baseline under section 257 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 and included with a budget submis-
sion under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, in the first year or the 5-year period for which 
the item is effective. However, such item does not in-
clude an extension or reauthorization of existing di-
rect spending, but instead only refers to provisions 
of law that increase such direct spending. 
‘‘(9) LIMITED
TARIFF
BENEFIT.—The term 
‘limited tariff benefit’ means any provision of law 
that modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States in a manner that benefits 10 or fewer 
entities (as defined in paragraph (12)(B)). 
‘‘(10) OMB.—The term ‘OMB’ means the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(11) OMNIBUS
RECONCILIATION
OR
APPRO-
PRIATION MEASURE.—The term ‘omnibus reconcili-
ation or appropriation measure’ means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a reconciliation bill, any 
such bill that is reported to its House by the 
Committee on the Budget; or 
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‘‘(B) in the case of an appropriation meas-
ure, any such measure that provides appropria-
tions for programs, projects, or activities falling 
within 2 or more section 302(b) suballocations. 
‘‘(12) TARGETED TAX BENEFIT.—(A) The term 
‘targeted tax benefit’ means any revenue-losing pro-
vision that provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, 
exclusion, or preference to ten or fewer beneficiaries 
(determined with respect to either present law or 
any provision of which the provision is a part) under 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in any year for 
which the provision is in effect; 
‘‘(B) for purposes of subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) all businesses and associations 
that are members of the same controlled 
group of corporations (as defined in sec-
tion 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986) shall be treated as a single bene-
ficiary; 
‘‘(ii) all shareholders, partners, mem-
bers, or beneficiaries of a corporation, 
partnership, association, or trust or estate, 
respectively, shall be treated as a single 
beneficiary; 
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‘‘(iii) all employees of an employer 
shall be treated as a single beneficiary; 
‘‘(iv) all qualified plans of an em-
ployer shall be treated as a single bene-
ficiary; 
‘‘(v) all beneficiaries of a qualified 
plan shall be treated as a single bene-
ficiary; 
‘‘(vi) all contributors to a charitable 
organization shall be treated as a single 
beneficiary; 
‘‘(vii) all holders of the same bond 
issue shall be treated as a single bene-
ficiary; and 
‘‘(viii) if a corporation, partnership, 
association, trust or estate is the bene-
ficiary of a provision, the shareholders of 
the corporation, the partners of the part-
nership, the members of the association, or 
the beneficiaries of the trust or estate shall 
not also be treated as beneficiaries of such 
provision; 
‘‘(C) for the purpose of this paragraph, the 
term ‘revenue-losing provision’ means any pro-
vision that is estimated to result in a reduction 
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in Federal tax revenues (determined with re-
spect to either present law or any provision of 
which the provision is a part) for any one of the 
two following periods— 
‘‘(i) the first fiscal year for which the 
provision is effective; or 
‘‘(ii) the period of the five fiscal years 
beginning with the first fiscal year for 
which the provision is effective; 
‘‘(D) the term ‘targeted tax benefit’ does 
not include any provision which applies uni-
formly to an entire industry; and 
‘‘(E) the terms used in this paragraph 
shall have the same meaning as those terms 
have generally in the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, unless otherwise expressly provided. 
‘‘EXPIRATION 
‘‘SEC. 1018. This title shall have no force or effect 
on or after October 1, 2019. 
‘‘DEFICIT REDUCTION 
‘‘SEC. 1019. All spending reductions related to this 
title shall be for deficit reduction.’’. 
SEC. 412. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section 
904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
621 note) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1012’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 
1017’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1012’’. 
(b) ANALYSIS
BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OF-
FICE.—Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘402.’’ and by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) Upon the receipt of a special message under sec-
tion 1011 proposing to cancel any item of direct spending, 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall pre-
pare an estimate of the savings in budget authority or out-
lays resulting from such proposed cancellation relative to 
the most recent levels calculated consistent with the meth-
odology used to calculate a baseline under section 257 of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 and included with a budget submission under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, and transmit 
such estimate to the chairmen of the Committees on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 1(a) of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 is amended by striking the last sentence. 
(2) Section 1021(c) of such Act (as redesignated) is 
amended is amended by striking ‘‘rescinded or that is to 
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be reserved’’ and insert ‘‘canceled’’ and by striking 
‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1011’’. 
(3) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents set 
forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by deleting 
the contents for parts B and C of title X and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘PART B—LEGISLATIVE LINE-ITEM VETO 
‘‘Sec. 1011. Line-item veto authority. 
‘‘Sec. 1012. Procedures for expedited consideration. 
‘‘Sec. 1013. Presidential deferral authority. 
‘‘Sec. 1014. Identification of targeted tax benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 1015. Treatment of cancellations. 
‘‘Sec. 1016. Reports by Comptroller General. 
‘‘Sec. 1017. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 1018. Expiration. 
‘‘Sec. 1019. Deficit reduction. 
‘‘Sec. 1020. Suits by Comptroller General. 
‘‘Sec. 1021. Proposed deferrals of budget authority.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this subtitle shall take effect on the date of its enactment 
and apply only to any dollar amount of discretionary budg-
et authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax ben-
efit provided in an Act enacted on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 413. RESCISSION MEASURES CONSIDERED. 
(a) RULES AMENDMENT.—Clause 6(c) of rule XIII 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by inserting before the period ‘‘, or a rule or order that 
limits any amendment otherwise in order to a rescission 
bill’’. 
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(b) 
AUTOMATIC
ALLOCATIONS
REDUCTIONS.— 
Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’, by 
redesignating subparagraphs (1) through (6) as subdivi-
sions (A) through (F), respectively, and by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) Whenever a rescission bill passes the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on the Budget shall im-
mediately reduce the applicable allocations under section 
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by the 
total amount of reductions in budget authority and in out-
lays resulting from such rescission bill. 
‘‘(B) As used in this subparagraph, the term ‘rescis-
sion bill’ means a bill or joint resolution which only re-
scinds, in whole or in part, budget authority and which 
includes only titles corresponding to the most recently en-
acted appropriation bills that continue to include unobli-
gated balances.’’. 
(c) PRIVILEGED DISCHARGE RESOLUTIONS.—Rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘8. (a) By February 1, May 1, July 30, and Novem-
ber 11 of each session, the majority leader shall introduce 
a rescission bill. If such bill is not introduced by that date, 
then whenever a rescission bill is introduced during a ses-
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sion on or after that date, a motion to discharge the com-
mittee from its consideration shall be privileged after the 
10-legislative day period beginning on that date for the 
first 5 such bills. 
‘‘(b) It shall not be in order to offer any amendment 
to a rescission bill except an amendment that increases 
the amount of budget authority that such bill rescinds. 
‘‘(c) As used in this clause and in clause 6, the term 
‘rescission bill’ has the meaning given such term in clause 
4(b)(2)(B) of rule X.’’. 
(d) POINT OF ORDER.—Rule XXI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives (as amended by subsection (d)) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘9. (a) It shall not be in order to consider any rescis-
sion bill, or conference report thereon or amendment 
thereto, unless— 
‘‘(1) in the case of such bill or conference re-
port thereon, it is made available to Members and 
the general public on the Internet for at least 48 
hours before its consideration; or 
‘‘(2)(A) in the case of an amendment to such 
rescission bill made in order by a rule, it is made 
available to Members and the general public on the 
Internet within one hour after the rule is filed; or 
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‘‘(B) in the case of an amendment under an 
open rule, it is made available to Members and the 
general public on the Internet immediately after 
being offered; in a format that is searchable and 
sortable. 
‘‘(3) No amendment to an amendment to a re-
scission bill shall be in order unless germane to the 
amendment to which it is offered.’’. 
Subtitle C—Commission to 
Eliminate Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 
SEC. 420. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commission on the 
Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act of 
2009’’. 
SEC. 421. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Com-
mission on the Accountability and Review of Federal 
Agencies (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Com-
mission’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
be composed of 7 members, whom shall have 
experience in finance and the analysis of Fed-
eral spending, appointed by the President after 
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