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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 330 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 330

  To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-
homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for 
                  each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 9, 2023

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL

 
  To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-
homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for 
                  each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS IN NON-DEFENSE, NON-HOMELAND-
              SECURITY, AND NON-VETERANS-AFFAIRS DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 
              FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025.

    (a) Across-the-Board Rescissions.--There is hereby rescinded an 
amount equal to 2 percent of--
            (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation 
        imposed) in each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for any non-
        defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs 
        discretionary account in any fiscal year 2024 or 2025 
        appropriation Act;
            (2) the budget authority provided in any advance 
        appropriation for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for any 
        non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs 
        discretionary account in any prior fiscal year appropriation 
        Act; and
            (3) the contract authority provided in each of fiscal years 
        2024 and 2025 for any program that is subject to a limitation 
        contained in any fiscal year 2024 or 2025 appropriation Act for 
        any non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-
        affairs discretionary account.
    (b) Non-Defense, Non-Homeland-Security, and Non-Veterans-Affairs 
Discretionary Account.--For purposes of subsection (a), the term ``non-
defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary 
account'' means any discretionary account, other than--
            (1) any account included in a Department of Defense 
        Appropriations Act;
            (2) any account included in a Department of Homeland 
        Security Appropriations Act;
            (3) any account of the Department of Defense or the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs included in a Military 
        Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act; or
            (4) any account for Department of Energy defense activities 
        included in an Energy and Water Development and Related 
        Agencies Appropriations Act.
    (c) Proportionate Application.--Any rescission made by subsection 
(a) shall be applied proportionately--
            (1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 
        authority described in such subsection; and
            (2) within each such account and item, to each program, 
        project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities 
        as delineated in the appropriation Act or accompanying reports 
        for the relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, or 
        for accounts and items not included in appropriation Acts, as 
        delineated in the most recently submitted President's budget).
    (d) Subsequent Appropriation Laws.--In the case of any fiscal year 
2024 or 2025 appropriation Act enacted after the date of enactment of 
this Act, any rescission required by subsection (a) shall take effect 
immediately after the enactment of such appropriation Act.
    (e) OMB Report.--Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act (or, in the case of any fiscal year 2024 or 2025 appropriation Act 
enacted after the date of enactment of this Act, 30 days after the date 
of enactment of such appropriation Act), the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives a report specifying the account and amount of each 
rescission made pursuant to subsection (a).
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