Cut Federal Spending Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-162
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Army Corps of Engineers
Atmospheric science and weather
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Coast guard
Commission of Fine Arts
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Financial crises and stabilization
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
General Services Administration
General agriculture matters
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Housing supply and affordability
Humanities programs funding
Indian social and development programs
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor-management relations
Land use and conservation
Medical research
Mental health
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mining
Minority health
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Space flight and exploration
Student aid and college costs
Supreme Court
Transportation costs
Transportation safety and security
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Cut Federal Spending Act of 2011 - Reduces FY2011 appropriations by specified amounts for: (1) the legislative branch; (2) the judicial branch; (3) the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including the Forest Service; (4) the Department of Commerce, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); (5) the Department of Defense (DOD) military personnel, procurement, operations and maintenance, research and development, and War funding/Overseas Contingency; (6) the Department of Energy (DOE); (7) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Indian Health Service, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration; (8) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA); (9) the Department of Interior, including Land and Mineral Management, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Park Service (NPS); and (10) the Department of Justice (DOJ).
 
Reduces FY2011 appropriations for: (1) the Department of Labor, except for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Employment and Training Administration (including all unemployment compensation); (2) the Department of State; (3) the Department of Transportation (DOT); (4) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; (5) the Environment Protection Agency (EPA); (6) the General Services Administration (GSA); (7) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (8) the National Science Foundation (NSF); (9) the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM); and (10) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
 
Defunds entirely: (1) the Government Printing Office (GPO); (2) the Agriculture Research Service, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the Resources Conservation Service, and the Foreign Agricultural Service of the USDA; (3) all Department of Education programs, except the Pell grant program, which is capped; (4) all Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs, except Veteran housing programs, which are transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (5) all Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) accounts and programs of the Department of the Interior; (6) the DOJ Office of Justice Programs accounts and programs; (7) International Organizations and Conferences and International Commissions of the State Department; (8) Amtrak federal subsidies; (9) the Affordable Housing Program; (10) the Commission on Fine Arts; (11) the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); (12) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (13) the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); (14) the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); and (15) the State Justice Institute.
 
Transfers: (1) all DOE accounts to DOD, and (2) the U.S. Coast Guard funds and accounts from DHS to DOD.
 
Excludes the VA and the Social Security Administration from funding cuts for FY2011.
 
Specifies FY2011 savings with respect to: (1) collection of delinquent taxes from federal employees, (2) a freeze on federal employee pay, (3) federal government travel, (4) a prohibition against union labor project agreements, (5) sale of unused federal assets, and (6) the federal government vehicle budget.
 
Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), with specified resulting savings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-26
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate