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TEXT OF BUDGET CONTROLACTAMENDMENT

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.1

(a) SHORT TITLE.This Act may be cited as the2

Budget Control Act of 2011.3

(b) T ABLE OF CONTENTS.The table of contents for4

this Act is as follows:5Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Severability.

TITLE ITEN-YEAR DISCRETIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUESTER

Sec. 101. Enforcing discretionary spending limits.

Sec. 102. Definitions.

Sec. 103. Reports and orders.

Sec. 104. Expiration.

Sec. 105. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

Act of 1974.

Sec. 106. Senate budget enforcement.

TITLE IIVOTE ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Sec. 201. Vote on the balanced budget amendment.

Sec. 202. Consideration by the other House.

TITLE IIIDEBT CEILING DISAPPROVAL PROCESS

Sec. 301. Debt ceiling disapproval process.

Sec. 302. Enforcement of budget goal.

TITLE IVJOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION

Sec. 401. Establishment of Joint Select Committee.

Sec. 402. Expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations.

Sec. 403. Funding.

Sec. 404. Rulemaking.

TITLE VPELL GRANT AND STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM CHANGES

Sec. 501. Federal Pell grants.

Sec. 502. Termination of authority to make interest subsidized loans to grad-

uate and professional students.

Sec. 503. Termination of direct loan repayment incentives.

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Sec. 504. Inapplicability of title IV negotiated rulemaking and master calendar

exception.

SEC. 2. SEVERABILITY.1

If any provision of this Act, or any application of such2

provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be un-3

constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-4

tion of this Act to any other person or circumstance shall5

not be affected.6

TITLE ITEN-YEAR DISCRE-7

TIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUES-8

TER9

SEC. 101. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.10

Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency11

Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:12

SEC. 251. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.13

(a) ENFORCEMENT.14(1) SEQUESTRATION.Within 15 calendar15

days after Congress adjourns to end a session there16

shall be a sequestration to eliminate a budget-year17

breach, if any, within any category.18

(2) ELIMINATING A BREACH.Each non-ex-19

empt account within a category shall be reduced by20

a dollar amount calculated by multiplying the en-21

acted level of sequestrable budgetary resources in22

that account at that time by the uniform percentage23

necessary to eliminate a breach within that category.24



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(3) MILITARY PERSONNEL.If the President1

uses the authority to exempt any personnel account2

from sequestration under section 255(f), each ac-3

count within subfunctional category 051 (other than4

those military personnel accounts for which the au-5

thority provided under section 255(f) has been exer-6

cised) shall be further reduced by a dollar amount7

calculated by multiplying the enacted level of non-ex-8

empt budgetary resources in that account at that9

time by the uniform percentage necessary to offset10

the total dollar amount by which outlays are not re-11

duced in military personnel accounts by reason of12

the use of such authority.13

(4) PART- YEAR APPROPRIATIONS.If, on the14

date specified in paragraph (1), there is in effect an15

Act making or continuing appropriations for part of16

a fiscal year for any budget account, then the dollar17

sequestration calculated for that account under18

paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be subtracted from19

(A) the annualized amount otherwise20

available by law in that account under that or21

a subsequent part-year appropriation; and22

(B) when a full-year appropriation for23

that account is enacted, from the amount other-24



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wise provided by the full-year appropriation for1

that account.2

(5) LOOK-BACK.If, after June 30, an appro-3

priation for the fiscal year in progress is enacted4

that causes a breach within a category for that year5

(after taking into account any sequestration of6

amounts within that category), the discretionary7

spending limits for that category for the next fiscal8

year shall be reduced by the amount or amounts of9

that breach.10

(6) WITHIN-SESSION SEQUESTRATION.If an11

appropriation for a fiscal year in progress is enacted12

(after Congress adjourns to end the session for that13

budget year and before July 1 of that fiscal year)14

that causes a breach within a category for that year15

(after taking into account any prior sequestration of16

amounts within that category), 15 days later there17

shall be a sequestration to eliminate that breach18

within that category following the procedures set19

forth in paragraphs (2) through (4).20

(7) ESTIMATES.21

(A) CBO ESTIMATES.As soon as prac-22

ticable after Congress completes action on any23

discretionary appropriation, CBO, after con-24

sultation with the Committees on the Budget of25



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the House of Representatives and the Senate,1

shall provide OMB with an estimate of the2

amount of discretionary new budget authority3

and outlays for the current year, if any, and the4

budget year provided by that legislation.5

(B) OMB ESTIMATES AND EXPLANATION6

OF DIFFERENCES.Not later than 7 calendar7

days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal8

holidays) after the date of enactment of any9

discretionary appropriation, OMB shall trans-10

mit a report to the House of Representatives11

and to the Senate containing the CBO estimate12

of that legislation, an OMB estimate of the13

amount of discretionary new budget authority14

and outlays for the current year, if any, and the15

budget year provided by that legislation, and an16

explanation of any difference between the 2 es-17

timates. If during the preparation of the report18

OMB determines that there is a significant dif-19

ference between OMB and CBO, OMB shall20

consult with the Committees on the Budget of21

the House of Representatives and the Senate22

regarding that difference and that consultation23

shall include, to the extent practicable, written24

communication to those committees that affords25



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such committees the opportunity to comment1

before the issuance of the report.2

(C) ASSUMPTIONS AND GUIDELINES.3

OMB estimates under this paragraph shall be4

made using current economic and technical as-5

sumptions. OMB shall use the OMB estimates6

transmitted to the Congress under this para-7

graph. OMB and CBO shall prepare estimates8

under this paragraph in conformance with9

scorekeeping guidelines determined after con-10

sultation among the Committees on the Budget11

of the House of Representatives and the Sen-12

ate, CBO, and OMB.13

(D) ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.For14

purposes of this paragraph, amounts provided15

by annual appropriations shall include any dis-16

cretionary appropriations for the current year,17

if any, and the budget year in accounts for18

which funding is provided in that legislation19

that result from previously enacted legislation.20

(b) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING21

LIMITS.22

(1) CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.When the23

President submits the budget under section 1105 of24

title 31, United States Code, OMB shall calculate25



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and the budget shall include adjustments to discre-1

tionary spending limits (and those limits as cumula-2

tively adjusted) for the budget year and each out-3

year to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.4

Such changes shall equal the baseline levels of new5

budget authority and outlays using up-to-date con-6

cepts and definitions, minus those levels using the7

concepts and definitions in effect before such8

changes. Such changes may only be made after con-9

sultation with the Committees on Appropriations10

and the Budget of the House of Representatives and11

the Senate, and that consultation shall include writ-12

ten communication to such committees that affords13

such committees the opportunity to comment before14

official action is taken with respect to such changes.15

(2) SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.When OMB16

submits a sequestration report under section 254(e),17

(f), or (g) for a fiscal year, OMB shall calculate, and18

the sequestration report and subsequent budgets19

submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of20

title 31, United States Code, shall include adjust-21

ments to discretionary spending limits (and those22

limits as adjusted) for the fiscal year and each suc-23

ceeding year, as follows:24



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(A) EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS; OVER-1

SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR2

ON TERRORISM.If, for any fiscal year, appro-3

priations for discretionary accounts are enacted4

that5

(i) the Congress designates as emer-6

gency requirements in statute on an ac-7

count by account basis and the President8

subsequently so designates, or9

(ii) the Congress designates for10

Overseas Contingency Operations/Global11

War on Terrorism in statute on an account12

by account basis and the President subse-13

quently so designates,14

the adjustment shall be the total of such appro-15

priations in discretionary accounts designated16

as emergency requirements or for Overseas17

Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-18

rorism, as applicable.19

(B) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS20

AND REDETERMINATIONS.(i) If a bill or joint21

resolution making appropriations for a fiscal22

year is enacted that specifies an amount for23

continuing disability reviews under titles II and24

XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost25



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associated with conducting redeterminations of1

eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security2

Act, then the adjustments for that fiscal year3

shall be the additional new budget authority4

provided in that Act for such expenses for that5

fiscal year, but shall not exceed6

(I) for fiscal year 2012,7

$623,000,000 in additional new budget au-8

thority;9

(II) for fiscal year 2013,10


thority;12

(III) for fiscal year 2014,13


thority;15

(IV) for fiscal year 2015,16

$1,123,000,000 in additional new budget17

authority;18

(V) for fiscal year 2016,19


authority;21

(VI) for fiscal year 2017,22


authority;24



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(VII) for fiscal year 2018,1


authority;3

(VIII) for fiscal year 2019,4


authority;6

(IX) for fiscal year 2020,7


authority; and9

(X) for fiscal year 2021,10


authority.12

(ii) As used in this subparagraph13

(I) the term continuing disability re-14

views means continuing disability reviews15

under sections 221(i) and 1614(a)(4) of16

the Social Security Act;17

(II) the term redetermination18

means redetermination of eligibility under19

sections 1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of20

the Social Security Act; and21

(III) the term additional new budget22

authority means the amount provided for23

a fiscal year, in excess of $273,000,000, in24

an appropriation Act and specified to pay25



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for the costs of continuing disability re-1

views and redeterminations under the2

heading Limitation on Administrative Ex-3

penses for the Social Security Administra-4

tion.5

(C) HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE6

CONTROL.(i) If a bill or joint resolution mak-7

ing appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted8

that specifies an amount for the health care9

fraud abuse control program at the Department10

of Health and Human Services (7583930711

571), then the adjustments for that fiscal year12

shall be the amount of additional new budget13

authority provided in that Act for such program14

for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed15

(I) for fiscal year 2012,16


thority;18

(II) for fiscal year 2013,19


thority;21

(III) for fiscal year 2014,22


thority;24



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(IV) for fiscal year 2015,1


thority;3

(V) for fiscal year 2016,4


thority;6

(VI) for fiscal year 2017,7


thority;9

(VII) for fiscal year 2018,10


thority;12

(VIII) for fiscal year 2019,13


thority;15

(IX) for fiscal year 2020,16


thority; and18

(X) for fiscal year 2021,19


thority.21

(ii) As used in this subparagraph, the22

term additional new budget authority means23

the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess24

of $311,000,000, in an appropriation Act and25



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specified to pay for the costs of the health care1

fraud and abuse control program.2

(D) DISASTER FUNDING.3

(i) If, for fiscal years 2012 through4

2021, appropriations for discretionary ac-5

counts are enacted that Congress des-6

ignates as being for disaster relief in stat-7

ute, the adjustment for a fiscal year shall8

be the total of such appropriations for the9

fiscal year in discretionary accounts des-10

ignated as being for disaster relief, but not11

to exceed the total of12

(I) the average funding provided13

for disaster relief over the previous 1014

years, excluding the highest and low-15

est years; and16

(II) the amount, for years when17

the enacted new discretionary budget18

authority designated as being for dis-19

aster relief for the preceding fiscal20

year was less than the average as cal-21

culated in subclause (I) for that fiscal22

year, that is the difference between23

the enacted amount and the allowable24



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adjustment as calculated in such sub-1

clause for that fiscal year.2

(ii) OMB shall report to the Com-3

mittees on Appropriations and Budget in4

each House the average calculated pursu-5

ant to clause (i)(II), not later than 30 days6

after the date of the enactment of the7

Budget Control Act of 2011.8

(iii) For the purposes of this sub-9

paragraph, the term disaster relief means10

activities carried out pursuant to a deter-11

mination under section 102(2) of the Rob-12

ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-13

gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)).14

(iv) Appropriations considered dis-15

aster relief under this subparagraph in a16

fiscal year shall not be eligible for adjust-17

ments under subparagraph (A) for the fis-18

cal year.19

(c) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT.As used in20

this part, the term discretionary spending limit means21

(1) with respect to fiscal year 201222

(A) for the security category,23

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(B) for the nonsecurity category,1

$359,000,000,000 in new budget authority;2

(2) with respect to fiscal year 20133

(A) for the security category,4

$686,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and5

(B) for the nonsecurity category,6

$361,000,000,000 in new budget authority;7

(3) with respect to fiscal year 2014, for the8

discretionary category, $1,066,000,000,000 in new9

budget authority;10



budget authority;13



budget authority;16



budget authority;19



budget authority;22



budget authority;25



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budget authority; and3



budget authority;6

as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection (b)..7

SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.8

Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-9

gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows:10

(1) Strike paragraph (4) and insert the fol-11

lowing new paragraph:12

(4)(A) The term nonsecurity category means13

all discretionary appropriations not included in the14

security category defined in subparagraph (B).15

(B) The term security category includes dis-16

cretionary appropriations associated with agency17

budgets for the Department of Defense, the Depart-18

ment of Homeland Security, the Department of Vet-19

erans Affairs, the National Nuclear Security Admin-20

istration, the intelligence community management21

account (95040101054), and all budget ac-22

counts in budget function 150 (international af-23

fairs).24



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(C) The term discretionary category includes1

all discretionary appropriations..2

(2) In paragraph (8)(C), strike the food stamp3

program and insert the Supplemental Nutrition4

Assistance Program.5

(3) Strike paragraph (14) and insert the fol-6

lowing new paragraph:7

(14) The term outyear means a fiscal year8

one or more years after the budget year..9

(4) At the end, add the following new para-10

graphs:11

(20) The term emergency means a situation12

that13

(A) requires new budget authority and14

outlays (or new budget authority and the out-15

lays flowing therefrom) for the prevention or16

mitigation of, or response to, loss of life or17

property, or a threat to national security; and18

(B) is unanticipated.19

(21) The term unanticipated means that the20

underlying situation is21

(A) sudden, which means quickly coming22

into being or not building up over time;23

(B) urgent, which means a pressing and24

compelling need requiring immediate action;25



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(C) unforeseen, which means not pre-1

dicted or anticipated as an emerging need; and2

(D) temporary, which means not of a per-3

manent duration..4

SEC. 103. REPORTS AND ORDERS.5

Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency6

Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows:7

(1) In subsection (c)(2), strike 2002 and in-8

sert 2021.9

(2) At the end of subsection (e), insert This10

report shall also contain a preview estimate of the11

adjustment for disaster funding for the upcoming12

fiscal year..13

(3) In subsection (f)(2)(A), strike 2002 and14

insert 2021; before the concluding period insert ,15

including a final estimate of the adjustment for dis-16

aster funding.17

SEC. 104. EXPIRATION.18

(a) REPEALER.Section 275 of the Balanced Budget19

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.20

(b) CONFORMING CHANGE.Sections 252(d)(1),21

254(c), 254(f)(3), and 254(i) of the Balanced Budget and22

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall not apply23

to the Congressional Budget Office.24



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SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET1

AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.2

(a) ADJUSTMENTS.Section 314 of the Congres-3

sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows:4

(1) Strike subsection (a) and insert the fol-5

lowing:6

(a) ADJUSTMENTS.After the reporting of a bill or7

joint resolution or the offering of an amendment thereto8

or the submission of a conference report thereon, the9

chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House10

of Representatives or the Senate may make appropriate11

budgetary adjustments of new budget authority and the12

outlays flowing therefrom in the same amount as required13

by section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency14

Deficit Control Act of 1985..15

(2) Strike subsections (b) and (e) and redesig-16

nate subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and17

(c), respectively.18

(3) At the end, add the following new sub-19

sections:20

(d) EMERGENCIES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-21

TIVES. (1) In the House of Representatives, if a re-22

ported bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or23

conference report thereon, contains a provision providing24

new budget authority and outlays or reducing revenue,25

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able shall be in order at any point in the reading of the1

pending measure.2

(e) ENFORCEMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING3

CAPS.It shall not be in order in the House of Represent-4

atives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,5

amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause6

the discretionary spending limits as set forth in section7

251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-8

trol Act to be exceeded..9

(b) DEFINITIONS.Section 3 of the Congressional10

Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend-11

ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph:12

(11) The terms emergency and unantici-13

pated have the meanings given to such terms in sec-14

tion 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency15

Deficit Control Act of 1985..16

(c) APPEALS FOR DISCRETIONARY CAPS.Section17

904(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is18

amended by striking and 312(c) and inserting 312(c),19

and 314(e).20

SEC. 106. SENATE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.21

(a) IN GENERAL.22

(1) For the purpose of enforcing the Congres-23

sional Budget Act of 1974 through April 15, 2012,24

including section 300 of that Act, and enforcing25



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budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolu-1

tions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and2

levels set in subsection (b)(1) shall apply in the Sen-3

ate in the same manner as for a concurrent resolu-4

tion on the budget for fiscal year 2012 with appro-5

priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 and6

2013 through 2021.7

(2) For the purpose of enforcing the Congres-8

sional Budget Act of 1974 after April 15, 2012, in-9

cluding section 300 of that Act, and enforcing budg-10

etary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions11

on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels12

set in subsection (b)(2) shall apply in the Senate in13

the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on14

the budget for fiscal year 2013 with appropriate15

budgetary levels for fiscal years 2012 and 201416

through 2022.17

(b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND18

LEVELS.19

(1) As soon as practicable after the date of en-20

actment of this section, the Chairman of the Com-21

mittee on the Budget shall file22

(A) for the Committee on Appropriations,23

committee allocations for fiscal years 2011 and24

2012 consistent with the discretionary spending25



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the Congressional Budget Offices March 20121

baseline for the purpose of enforcing section2

302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;3

(C) aggregate spending levels for fiscal4

years 2012 and 2013 and aggregate revenue5

levels for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 20132017,6

and 20132022 consistent with the Congres-7

sional Budget Offices March 2012 baseline and8

the discretionary spending limits set forth in9

this Act for the purpose of enforcing section10

311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;11

and12

(D) levels of Social Security revenues and13

outlays for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, 201314

2017, and 20132022 consistent with the Con-15

gressional Budget Offices March 2012 baseline16

budget for the purpose of enforcing sections17

302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act18

of 1974.19

(c) SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD.20

(1) Effective on the date of enactment of this21

section, for the purpose of enforcing section 201 of22

S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the Chairman of23

the Senate Committee on the Budget shall reduce24



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any balances of direct spending and revenues for any1

fiscal year to 0 (zero).2

(2) Not later than April 15, 2012, for the pur-3

pose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. Res. 214

(110th Congress), the Chairman of the Senate Com-5

mittee on the Budget shall reduce any balances of6

direct spending and revenues for any fiscal year to7

0 (zero).8

(3) Upon resetting the Senate paygo scorecard9

pursuant to paragraph (2), the Chairman shall pub-10

lish a notification of such action in the Congres-11

sional Record.12

(d) FURTHERADJUSTMENTS.13

(1) The Chairman of the Committee on the14

Budget of the Senate may revise any allocations, ag-15

gregates, or levels set pursuant to this section to ac-16

count for any subsequent adjustments to discre-17

tionary spending limits made pursuant to this Act.18

(2) With respect to any allocations, aggregates,19

or levels set or adjustments made pursuant to this20

section, sections 412 through 414 of S. Con. Res. 1321

(111th Congress) shall remain in effect.22

(e) EXPIRATION.23

(1) Subections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (c)(1) shall24

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is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a mo-1

tion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-2

ation of other business, or a motion to recommit the joint3

resolution is not in order. Any debatable motion or appeal4

is debatable for not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally5

between those favoring and those opposing the motion or6

appeal. All time used for consideration of the joint resolu-7

tion, including time used for quorum calls and voting,8

shall be counted against the total 20 hours of consider-9

ation.10

(3) If the Senate has voted to proceed to a joint reso-11

lution, the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall12

be taken on or before the close of the seventh session day13

after such joint resolution has been reported or discharged14

or immediately following the conclusion of consideration15

of the joint resolution, and a single quorum call at the16

conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with17

the rules of the Senate.18

TITLE IIIDEBT CEILING19

DISAPPROVAL PROCESS20

SEC. 301. DEBT CEILING DISAPPROVAL PROCESS.21

(a) IN GENERAL.Subchapter I of chapter 31 of22

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guage provided in subsection (b)(2). If the time1

for disapproval has lapsed without enactment of2

a joint resolution of disapproval under this sec-3

tion, the debt limit is increased by the amount4

authorized under subparagraph (A).5

(b) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.6

(1) IN GENERAL.Except for the7

$400,000,000,000 increase in the debt limit pro-8

vided by subsection (a)(1)(A), the debt limit may not9

be raised under this section if, within 50 calendar10

days after the date on which Congress receives a11

certification described in subsection (a)(1) or within12

15 calendar days after Congress receives the certifi-13

cation described in subsection (a)(2) (regardless of14

whether Congress is in session), there is enacted into15

law a joint resolution disapproving the Presidents16

exercise of authority with respect to such additional17

amount.18

(2) CONTENTS OF JOINT RESOLUTION.For19

the purpose of this section, the term joint resolu-20

tion means only a joint resolution21

(A)(i) for the certification described in22

subsection (a)(1), that is introduced on Sep-23

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was not in session, the next calendar day on1

which the Senate is in session); and2

(ii) for the certification described in3

subsection (a)(2), that is introduced be-4

tween the date the certification is received5

and 3 calendar days after that date;6

(B) which does not have a preamble;7

(C) the title of which is only as follows:8

Joint resolution relating to the disapproval of9

the Presidents exercise of authority to increase10

the debt limit, as submitted under section11

3101A of title 31, United States Code, on12

llllll (with the blank containing the13

date of such submission); and14

(D) the matter after the resolving clause15

of which is only as follows: That Congress dis-16

approves of the Presidents exercise of authority17

to increase the debt limit, as exercised pursuant18

to the certification under section 3101A(a) of19

title 31, United States Code..20

(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF21

REPRESENTATIVES.22

(1) RECONVENING.Upon receipt of a certifi-23

cation described in subsection (a)(2), the Speaker, if24

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the Members of the House that, pursuant to this1

section, the House shall convene not later than the2

second calendar day after receipt of such certifi-3

cation.4

(2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.Any com-5

mittee of the House of Representatives to which a6

joint resolution is referred shall report it to the7

House without amendment not later than 5 calendar8

days after the date of introduction of a joint resolu-9

tion described in subsection (a). If a committee fails10

to report the joint resolution within that period, the11

committee shall be discharged from further consider-12

ation of the joint resolution and the joint resolution13

shall be referred to the appropriate calendar.14

(3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.After15

each committee authorized to consider a joint resolu-16

tion reports it to the House or has been discharged17

from its consideration, it shall be in order, not later18

than the sixth day after introduction of a joint reso-19

lution under subsection (a), to move to proceed to20

consider the joint resolution in the House. All points21

of order against the motion are waived. Such a mo-22

tion shall not be in order after the House has dis-23

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question shall be considered as ordered on the mo-1

tion to its adoption without intervening motion. The2

motion shall not be debatable. A motion to recon-3

sider the vote by which the motion is disposed of4

shall not be in order.5

(4) CONSIDERATION.The joint resolution6

shall be considered as read. All points of order7

against the joint resolution and against its consider-8

ation are waived. The previous question shall be con-9

sidered as ordered on the joint resolution to its pas-10

sage without intervening motion except two hours of11

debate equally divided and controlled by the pro-12

ponent and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the13

vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be14

in order.15

(d) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN SENATE.16

(1) RECONVENING.Upon receipt of a certifi-17

cation under subsection (a)(2), if the Senate has ad-18

journed or recessed for more than 2 days, the major-19

ity leader of the Senate, after consultation with the20

minority leader of the Senate, shall notify the Mem-21

bers of the Senate that, pursuant to this section, the22

Senate shall convene not later than the second cal-23

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(2) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.Upon intro-1

duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be2

immediately placed on the calendar.3

(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.4

(A) IN GENERAL.Notwithstanding Rule5

XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is6

in order at any time during the period begin-7

ning on the day after the date on which Con-8

gress receives a certification under subsection9

(a) and, for the certification described in sub-10

section (a)(1), ending on September 14, 2011,11

and for the certification described in subsection12

(a)(2), on the 6th day after the date on which13

Congress receives a certification under sub-14

section (a) (even though a previous motion to15

the same effect has been disagreed to) to move16

to proceed to the consideration of the joint reso-17

lution, and all points of order against the joint18

resolution (and against consideration of the19

joint resolution) are waived. The motion to pro-20

ceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject21

to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider22

the vote by which the motion is agreed to or23

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is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain1

the unfinished business until disposed of.2

(B) CONSIDERATION.Consideration of3

the joint resolution, and on all debatable mo-4

tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall5

be limited to not more than 10 hours, which6

shall be divided equally between the majority7

and minority leaders or their designees. A mo-8

tion further to limit debate is in order and not9

debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to10

postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid-11

eration of other business, or a motion to recom-12

mit the joint resolution is not in order.13

(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.If the Senate14

has voted to proceed to a joint resolution, the15

vote on passage of the joint resolution shall16

occur immediately following the conclusion of17

consideration of the joint resolution, and a sin-18

gle quorum call at the conclusion of the debate19

if requested in accordance with the rules of the20

Senate.21

(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-22

DURE.Appeals from the decisions of the Chair23

relating to the application of the rules of the24

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lating to a joint resolution shall be decided1

without debate.2

(e) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.A joint resolu-3

tion of disapproval considered pursuant to this section4

shall not be subject to amendment in either the House5

of Representatives or the Senate.6

(f) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER7

HOUSE.8

(1) IN GENERAL.If, before passing the joint9

resolution, one House receives from the other a joint10

resolution11

(A) the joint resolution of the other12

House shall not be referred to a committee; and13

(B) the procedure in the receiving House14

shall be the same as if no joint resolution had15

been received from the other House until the16

vote on passage, when the joint resolution re-17

ceived from the other House shall supplant the18

joint resolution of the receiving House.19

(2) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF20

OTHER HOUSE.If the Senate fails to introduce or21

consider a joint resolution under this section, the22

joint resolution of the House shall be entitled to ex-23

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(3) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.1

If, following passage of the joint resolution in the2

Senate, the Senate then receives the companion3

measure from the House of Representatives, the4

companion measure shall not be debatable.5

(4) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.(A) If6

Congress passes a joint resolution, the period begin-7

ning on the date the President is presented with the8

joint resolution and ending on the date the President9

signs, allows to become law without his signature, or10

vetoes and returns the joint resolution (but exclud-11

ing days when either House is not in session) shall12

be disregarded in computing the appropriate cal-13

endar day period described in subsection (b)(1).14

(B) Debate on a veto message in the Senate15

under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided be-16

tween the majority and minority leaders or their des-17

ignees.18

(5) VETO OVERRIDE.If within the appro-19

priate calendar day period described in subsection20

(b)(1), Congress overrides a veto of the joint resolu-21

tion with respect to authority exercised pursuant to22

paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the limit on23

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except for the $400,000,000,000 increase in the1

limit provided by subsection (a)(1)(A).2

(6) SEQUESTRATION.(A) If within the 50-3

calendar day period described in subsection (b)(1),4

the President signs the joint resolution, the Presi-5

dent allows the joint resolution to become law with-6

out his signature, or Congress overrides a veto of the7

joint resolution with respect to authority exercised8

pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a), there9

shall be a sequestration to reduce spending by10

$400,000,000,000. OMB shall implement the se-11

questration forthwith.12

(B) OMB shall implement each half of such13

sequestration in accordance with section 255, section14

256, and subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section15

253 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit16

Control Act of 1985, and for the purpose of such17

implementation the term excess deficit means the18

amount specified in subparagraph (A).19

(g) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND20

SENATE.This subsection and subsections (b), (c), (d),21

(e), and (f) (other than paragraph (6)) are enacted by22

Congress23

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tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules1

of each House, respectively, but applicable only with2

respect to the procedure to be followed in that3

House in the case of a joint resolution, and it super-4

sedes other rules only to the extent that it is incon-5

sistent with such rules; and6

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional7

right of either House to change the rules (so far as8

relating to the procedure of that House) at any time,9

in the same manner, and to the same extent as in10

the case of any other rule of that House..11

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.The table of sec-12

tions for chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, is13

amended by inserting after the item relating to section14

3101 the following new item:15

3101A. Presidential modification of the debt ceiling..

SEC. 302. ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGET GOAL.16

(a) IN GENERAL.The Balanced Budget and Emer-17

gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting18

after section 251 the following new section:19

SEC. 251A. ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGET GOAL.20

Unless a joint committee bill achieving an amount21

greater than $1,200,000,000,000 in deficit reduction as22

provided in section 401(b)(3)(B)(i)(II) of the Budget Con-23

trol Act of 2011 is enacted by January 15, 2012, the dis-24

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2021 pursuant to section 254(c), OMB shall allocate1

half of the total reduction calculated pursuant to2

paragraph (3) for that year to discretionary appro-3

priations and direct spending accounts within func-4

tion 050 (defense function) and half to accounts in5

all other functions (nondefense functions).6

(5) DEFENSE FUNCTION REDUCTION.OMB7

shall calculate the reductions to discretionary appro-8

priations and direct spending for each of fiscal years9

2013 through 2021 for defense function spending as10

follows:11

(A) DISCRETIONARY.OMB shall cal-12

culate the reduction to discretionary appropria-13

tions by14

(i) taking the total reduction for the15

defense function allocated for that year16

under paragraph (4);17

(ii) multiplying by the discretionary18

spending limit for the revised security cat-19

egory for that year; and20

(iii) dividing by the sum of the dis-21

cretionary spending limit for the security22

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grams within the defense function for that1

year.2

(B) DIRECT SPENDING.OMB shall cal-3

culate the reduction to direct spending by tak-4

ing the total reduction for the defense function5

required for that year under paragraph (4) and6

subtracting the discretionary reduction cal-7

culated pursuant to subparagraph (A).8

(6) NONDEFENSE FUNCTION REDUCTION.9

OMB shall calculate the reduction to discretionary10

appropriations and to direct spending for each of fis-11

cal years 2013 through 2021 for programs in non-12

defense functions as follows:13

(A) DISCRETIONARY.OMB shall cal-14

culate the reduction to discretionary appropria-15

tions by16

(i) taking the total reduction for17

nondefense functions allocated for that18

year under paragraph (4);19

(ii) multiplying by the discretionary20

spending limit for the revised nonsecurity21

category for that year; and22

(iii) dividing by the sum of the dis-23

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estimate of nonexempt outlays for direct1

spending programs in nondefense functions2

for that year.3

(B) DIRECT SPENDING.OMB shall cal-4

culate the reduction to direct spending pro-5

grams by taking the total reduction for non-6

defense functions required for that year under7

paragraph (4) and subtracting the discretionary8

reduction calculated pursuant to subparagraph9

(A).10

(7) IMPLEMENTING DISCRETIONARY REDUC-11

TIONS.12

(A) FISCAL YEAR 2013.On January 2,13

2013, for fiscal year 2013, OMB shall calculate14

and the President shall order a sequestration,15

effective upon issuance and under the proce-16

dures set forth in section 253(f), to reduce each17

account within the security category or non-18

security category by a dollar amount calculated19

by multiplying the baseline level of budgetary20

resources in that account at that time by a uni-21

form percentage necessary to achieve22

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discretionary reduction calculated pursuant1

to paragraph (5); and2

(ii) for the revised nonsecurity cat-3

egory, an amount equal to the nondefense4

function discretionary reduction calculated5

pursuant to paragraph (6).6

(B) FISCAL YEARS 2014-2021.On the7

date of the submission of its sequestration pre-8

view report for fiscal years 2014 through 20219

pursuant to section 254(c) for each of fiscal10

years 2014 through 2021, OMB shall reduce11

the discretionary spending limit12

(i) for the revised security category13

by the amount of the defense function dis-14

cretionary reduction calculated pursuant to15

paragraph (5); and16

(ii) for the revised nonsecurity cat-17

egory by the amount of the nondefense18

function discretionary reduction calculated19

pursuant to paragraph (6).20

(8) IMPLEMENTING DIRECT SPENDING REDUC-21

TIONS.On the date specified in paragraph (4) dur-22

ing each applicable year, OMB shall prepare and the23

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tionary spending limits, a listing of the reductions1

required for each nonexempt direct spending ac-2

count, and any other data and explanations that en-3

hance public understanding of this title and actions4

taken under it..5

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.The table of con-6

tents set forth in section 250(a) of the Balanced Budget7

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended8

by inserting after the item relating to section 251 the fol-9

lowing:10

Sec. 251A. Enforcement of budget goal..

TITLE IVJOINT SELECT COM-11

MITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUC-12

TION13

SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE.14

(a) DEFINITIONS.In this title:15

(1) JOINT COMMITTEE.The term joint com-16

mittee means the Joint Select Committee on Def-17

icit Reduction established under subsection (b)(1).18

(2) JOINT COMMITTEE BILL.The term joint19

committee bill means a bill consisting of the pro-20

posed legislative language of the joint committee rec-21

ommended under subsection (b)(3)(B) and intro-22

duced under section 402(a).23

(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COM-24

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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.There is established a1

joint select committee of Congress to be known as2

the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.3

(2) GOAL.The goal of the joint committee4

shall be to reduce the deficit by at least5

$1,500,000,000,000 over the period of fiscal years6

2012 to 2021.7

(3) DUTIES.8

(A) IN GENERAL.9

(i) IMPROVING THE SHORT-TERM AND10

LONG-TERM FISCAL IMBALANCE.The11

joint committee shall provide recommenda-12

tions and legislative language that will sig-13

nificantly improve the short-term and long-14

term fiscal imbalance of the Federal Gov-15

ernment.16

(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT-17

TEES.Not later than October 14, 2011,18

each committee of the House of Represent-19

atives and the Senate may transmit to the20

joint committee its recommendations for21

changes in law to reduce the deficit con-22

sistent with the goal described in para-23

graph (2) for the joint committees consid-24

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joint committee and the proposed legisla-1

tive language described in clause (i) shall2

require the approval of a majority of the3

members of the joint committee.4

(iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.A member5

of the joint committee who gives notice of6

an intention to file supplemental, minority,7

or additional views at the time of final8

joint committee vote on the approval of the9

report and legislative language under10

clause (ii) shall be entitled to 3 calendar11

days in which to file such views in writing12

with the staff director of the joint com-13

mittee. Such views shall then be included14

in the joint committee report and printed15

in the same volume, or part thereof, and16

their inclusion shall be noted on the cover17

of the report. In the absence of timely no-18

tice, the joint committee report may be19

printed and transmitted immediately with-20

out such views.21

(iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND22

LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.If the report23

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subject to the rules and regulations of the Sen-1

ate.2

(B) EXPENSES.In carrying out its func-3

tions, the joint committee is authorized to incur4

expenses in the same manner and under the5

same conditions as the Joint Economic Com-6

mittee is authorized by section 11 of Public7

Law 79304 (15 U.S.C. 1024 (d)).8

(C) QUORUM.Seven members of the joint9

committee shall constitute a quorum for pur-10

poses of voting, meeting, and holding hearings.11

(D) VOTING.12

(i) PROXY VOTING.No proxy voting13

shall be allowed on behalf of the members14

of the joint committee.15

(ii) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE16

ESTIMATES.The Congressional Budget17

Office shall provide estimates of the legis-18

lation (as described in paragraph (3)(B))19

in accordance with sections 308(a) and20

201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of21

1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a) and22

601(f))(including estimates of the effect of23

interest payment on the debt). In addition,24

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testimony, receive such evidence, and ad-1

minister such oaths as the joint committee2

considers advisable.3

(ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE-4

SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.5

(I) ANNOUNCEMENT.The Co-6

Chairs of the joint committee shall7

make a public announcement of the8

date, place, time, and subject matter9

of any hearing to be conducted, not10

less than 7 days in advance of such11

hearing, unless the Co-Chairs deter-12

mine that there is good cause to begin13

such hearing at an earlier date.14

(II) WRITTEN STATEMENT.A15

witness appearing before the joint16

committee shall file a written state-17

ment of proposed testimony at least 218

calendar days before the appearance19

of the witness, unless the requirement20

is waived by the Co-Chairs, following21

their determination that there is good22

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ferred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the1

majority leaders designee to move to proceed to the2

consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also3

be in order for any Member of the Senate to move4

to proceed to the consideration of the joint com-5

mittee bill at any time after the conclusion of such6

2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even7

though a previous motion to the same effect has8

been disagreed to. All points of order against the9

motion to proceed to the joint committee bill are10

waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The11

motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo-12

tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is13

agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If14

a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint15

committee bill is agreed to, the joint committee bill16

shall remain the unfinished business until disposed17

of.18

(3) CONSIDERATION.All points of order19

against the joint committee bill and against consid-20

eration of the joint committee bill are waived. Con-21

sideration of the joint committee bill and of all de-22

batable motions and appeals in connection therewith23

shall not exceed a total of 30 hours which shall be24

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Leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit1

debate on the joint committee bill is in order, shall2

require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the3

Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not debat-4

able. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable5

for not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally be-6

tween those favoring and those opposing the motion7

or appeal. All time used for consideration of the8

joint committee bill, including time used for quorum9

calls and voting, shall be counted against the total10

30 hours of consideration.11

(4) NO AMENDMENTS.An amendment to the12

joint committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or a13

motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-14

ness, or a motion to recommit the joint committee15

bill, is not in order.16

(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.If the Senate has17

voted to proceed to the joint committee bill, the vote18

on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur im-19

mediately following the conclusion of the debate on20

a joint committee bill, and a single quorum call at21

the conclusion of the debate if requested. The vote22

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(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.1

Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to2

the application of the rules of the Senate, as the3

case may be, to the procedure relating to a joint4

committee bill shall be decided without debate.5

(d) AMENDMENT.The joint committee bill shall not6

be subject to amendment in either the House of Rep-7

resentatives or the Senate.8

(e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.9

(1) IN GENERAL.If, before passing the joint10

committee bill, one House receives from the other a11

joint committee bill12

(A) the joint committee bill of the other13

House shall not be referred to a committee; and14

(B) the procedure in the receiving House15

shall be the same as if no joint committee bill16

had been received from the other House until17

the vote on passage, when the joint committee18

bill received from the other House shall sup-19

plant the joint committee bill of the receiving20

House.21

(2) REVENUE MEASURE.This subsection shall22

not apply to the House of Representatives if the23

joint committee bill received from the Senate is a24

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manner, and to the same extent as in the case of1

any other rule of such House.2

TITLE VPELL GRANT AND STU-3

DENT LOAN PROGRAM4

CHANGES5

SEC. 501. FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.6

Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv) of the Higher Education Act7

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)) is amended8

(1) in subclause (II), by striking9

$3,183,000,000 and inserting $13,183,000,000;10

and11

(2) in subclause (III), by striking $0 and in-12

serting $7,000,000,000.13

SEC. 502. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE INTER-14

EST SUBSIDIZED LOANS TO GRADUATE AND15

PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS.16

Section 455(a) of the Higher Education Act of 196517

(20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)) is amended by adding at the end18

the following new paragraph:19

(3) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE20

INTEREST SUBSIDIZED LOANS TO GRADUATE AND21

PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS.22

(A) IN GENERAL.Subject to subpara-23

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this part or part B, for any period of instruc-1

tion beginning on or after July 1, 20122

(i) a graduate or professional stu-3

dent shall not be eligible to receive a Fed-4

eral Direct Stafford loan under this part;5

and6

(ii) the maximum annual amount of7

Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford8

loans such a student may borrow in any9

academic year (as defined in section10

481(a)(2)) or its equivalent shall be the11

maximum annual amount for such student12

determined under section 428H, plus an13

amount equal to the amount of Federal14

Direct Stafford loans the student would15

have received in the absence of this sub-16

paragraph.17

(B) EXCEPTION.Subparagraph (A)18

shall not apply to an individual enrolled in19

course work specified in paragraph (3)(B) or20

(4)(B) of section 484(b)..21

SEC. 503. TERMINATION OF DIRECT LOAN REPAYMENT IN-22

CENTIVES.23

Section 455(b)(8) of the Higher Education Act of24

1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(8)) is amended25



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