.....................................................................(Original Signature of Member)
112
TH
CONGRESS1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R.
ll
To cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. C
HAFFETZ
(for himself, Mr. M
ULVANEY
, and Mr. R
IBBLE
) introduced thefollowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To cut, cap, and balance the Federal budget.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cut, Cap, and Balance
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Act of 2011’’.
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TITLE I—CUT
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SEC. 101. MODIFICATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
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ACT.
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Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
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is amended by inserting at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 316. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
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‘‘(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—It shall not be in order in the
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House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
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bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that
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would cause the discretionary spending limits as set forth
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in this section to be exceeded.
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‘‘(b) L
IMITS
.—In this section, the term ‘discretionary
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spending limits’ means for fiscal year 2012: for the discre-
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tionary category, $1,019,402,000,000 in new budget au-
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thority and $1,224,568,000,000 in outlays.
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‘‘(c) A
DJUSTMENTS
.—After the reporting of a bill or
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joint resolution relating to the global war on terrorism de-
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scribed in subsection (d), or the offering of an amendment
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thereto or the submission of a conference report thereon—
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‘‘(1) the chair of the House or Senate Com-
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mittee on the Budget may adjust the discretionary
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spending limits provided in this section for purposes
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of congressional enforcement, the budgetary aggre-
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gates in the concurrent resolution on the budget
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most recently adopted by the Senate and the House
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of Representatives, and allocations pursuant to sec-
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tion 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
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1974, by the amount of new budget authority in
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that measure for that purpose and the outlays flow-
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ing therefrom; and
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3‘‘(2) following any adjustment under paragraph
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(1), the House or Senate Committee on Appropria-
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tions may report appropriately revised suballocations
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pursuant to section 302(b) of the Congressional
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Budget Act of 1974 to carry out this subsection.
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‘‘(d) G
LOBAL
W
AR ON
T
ERRORISM
.—If a bill or joint
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resolution is reported making appropriations for fiscal
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year 2012 that provides funding for the global war on ter-
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rorism, the allowable adjustments provided for in sub-
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section (c) for fiscal year 2012 shall not exceed
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$126,544,000,000 in budget authority and the outlays
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flowing therefrom.
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‘‘SEC. 317. CERTAIN DIRECT SPENDING LIMITS.
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‘‘(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—It shall not be in order in the
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House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
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bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that
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includes any provision that would cause total direct spend-
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ing, except as excluded in subsection (b), to exceed the
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limits specified in subsection (c).
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‘‘(b) E
XEMPT
F
ROM
D
IRECT
S
PENDING
L
IMITS
.—
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Direct spending for the following functions is exempt from
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the limits specified in subsection (c):
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‘‘(1) Social Security, function 650.
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‘‘(2) Medicare, function 570.
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