Text of the Debt Ceiling Deal

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10:06 AM, Aug 1, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

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The House Rules Committee has posted the entire text of the deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. (PDF is accessible here.) Full text, here:

Text of Budget Control Act Amendment

SECTION 1. Short title; table of contents.

(a) Short title.—This Act may be cited as the “Budget Control Act of 2011”.

(b) Table of contents.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Severability.

TITLE I—TEN-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 II—VOTE ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT Sec. 201. Vote on the balanced budget amendment.Sec. 202. Consideration by the other House.

TITLE III—DEBT CEILING DISAPPROVAL PROCESS Sec. 301. Debt ceiling disapproval process.Sec. 302. Enforcement of budget goal.

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