Sec. 12. Authorizations under implementation reports
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In this section, the term covered program means a program for which— the report of a committee of Congress with jurisdiction of the program submitted under section 11 includes a schedule to enact a law authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for the program, which may not be for a period of more than 4 fiscal years; funds are appropriated during the fiscal year during which this Act takes effect; and an authorization of the enactment of new budget authority is not in effect.
Except as provided in subsection (c), for purposes of enforcing section 10 in relation to a covered program, a law shall be deemed to be in effect authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for the covered program for each fiscal year for which a law authorizing the enactment of new budget authority is scheduled to be enacted under the schedule in the applicable report described in subsection (a)(1). Subsection
(b)shall not apply to a covered program if the schedule in the applicable report described in subsection (a)(1) specifies that— the fourth fiscal year covered by the schedule will be the first fiscal year for which a law authorizing the enactment of new budget authority is scheduled to be enacted for more than 50 percent of the programs within the jurisdiction of the committee; or less than 20 percent of the programs within the jurisdiction of the committee are scheduled for a law to be enacted authorizing the enactment of new budget authority during the first or second fiscal year covered by the schedule. Not later than 5 legislative days after the date on which a committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives submits a report under section 11 that includes a schedule to enact a law authorizing the enactment of new budget authority, the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration or the Chairman of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, respectively, shall submit the schedule for printing in the Congressional Record.