SA 811. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2112, making appropriations to Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of the amendment, insert the following:
SEC. __. NO CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS IN APPROPRIATION BILLS.
Section 302(f)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
"(2) IN THE SENATE.--After a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that--
"(A)(i) in the case of any committee except the Committee on Appropriations, would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays under subsection (a) for the first fiscal year or the total of fiscal years to be exceeded; or
"(ii) in the case of the Committee on Appropriations, would cause the applicable suballocation of new budget authority or outlays under subsection (b) to be exceeded; or
"(B) includes one or more provisions that would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 were they included in legislation other than appropriations legislation, if such provision does not result in net outlay savings over the total of the period of the current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently adopted concurrent
resolution on the budget.".


(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Oct 18, 2011.)