S.Amdt. 3410Senate112th Congress (2011-2013)2nd degree

To offset the cost of the bill and to put the spending on budget as regular spending and not emergency.

Sponsored by Rand PaulSen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
Submitted December 20, 2012

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 3410, under the order of 12/27/12, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 3 - 91. Record Vote Number: 244.

December 28, 2012

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 3410, under the order of 12/27/12, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 3 - 91. Record Vote Number: 244.

December 28, 2012

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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 3410, under the order of 12/27/12, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 3 - 91. Record Vote Number: 244.

December 28, 2012

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3410 proposed by Senator Paul to Amendment SA 3395.

December 28, 2012

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Amendment SA 3410 proposed by Senator Paul to Amendment SA 3395. (consideration: CR S8469-8472, S8480, S8481; text: CR S8469) To offset the cost of the bill and to put the spending on budget as regular spending and not emergency.

December 28, 2012

Floor

Amendment SA 3410, under the order of 12/27/12, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 3 - 91. Record Vote Number: 244.

December 28, 2012

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Senate amendment submitted

December 20, 2012

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Submitted

SA 3410. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. BUDGET OFFSET.

(a) In General.--
(1) Finding.--Congress finds that the Congressional Budget
Office estimates that--
(A) this Act, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013,
will spend only 15 percent of the budget authority provided
in this Act in fiscal year 2013; and
(B) total outlays flowing from this Act will equal
$8,974,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.
(2) Budget authority limit.--The total amount provided to
chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

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8, 9, and 10 of this Act shall be provided based on the
Congressional Budget Office's cost estimate findings, such
that--
(A) total budget authority for the Act shall not exceed
$8,974,000,000;
(B) total budget authority provided for Chapter 1 shall not
exceed $81,000,000;
(C) total budget authority provided for Chapter 2 shall not
exceed $192,000,000;
(D) total budget authority provided for Chapter 3 shall not
exceed $42,000,000;
(E) total budget authority provided for Chapter 4 shall not
exceed $673,000,000;
(F) total budget authority provided for Chapter 5 shall not
exceed $437,000,000;
(G) total budget authority provided for Chapter 6 shall not
exceed $6,681,000,000;
(H) total budget authority provided for Chapter 7 shall not
exceed $147,000,000;
(I) total budget authority provided for Chapter 8 shall not
exceed $85,000,000;
(J) total budget authority provided for Chapter 9 shall not
exceed $23,000,000; and
(K) total budget authority provided for Chapter 10 shall
not exceed $613,000,000.
(3) Application of budget authority reduction.--Of the
total amount reduced in this Act as subject to paragraph (2),
the allocation of such reductions among the accounts and
programs shall be determined by the Director of Office of
Management and Budget.
(b) Offsetting Amounts.--
(1) In general.--There is rescinded for fiscal year 2013
any unobligated balances in an amount equal to $8,974,000,000
of the budget authority provided for fiscal year 2013 of any
discretionary account in title II - United States Agency for
International Development, title III - Bilateral economic
assistance, and title IV - International security assistance
accounts and programs as provided by the continuing
appropriations resolution of 2013 for the Department of
State, Foreign Operations and Related Appropriations Act,
2012 (Public Law 112-175).
(2) Limit.--Of the accounts and programs included in
paragraph (1), the rescission amounts shall not reduce the
combined aggregate budget authority of those accounts and
programs below $5,000,000,000 for all of fiscal year 2013.
(3) Excess recovered.--The amount of rescission of budget
authority in paragraphs (1) and (2) that exceeds the level of
unobligated balances in those paragraphs shall be rescinded,
on a pro rata basis, from the budget authority provided for
fiscal year 2013 from any remaining discretionary accounts in
any fiscal year 2013 appropriations Act (except the accounts
and programs as provided by the continuing appropriations
resolution of 2013 for the Military Construction and Veterans
Affairs and Related Appropriations Act, 2012).
(c) Application of Rescissions.--Of the total amount
rescinded subject to subsection (b), including paragraph (2)
the allocation of such rescissions among the accounts or
programs as specified in subsection (b)(1), shall be
determined by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.
(d) Regular Not Emergency Spending.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, none of the funding provided by
this Act shall be considered to be emergency spending for
purposes of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act and the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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