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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1099

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

to provide for a sequestration of $25 billion for fiscal year 1993 and

approximately $50 billion for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 24, 1993

Mr. HORN (for himself, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. HYDE, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. DELAY,

Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr.

GREENWOOD, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. LEWIS of California,

Mr. LEACH, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, and Mr. TORKILDSEN) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government

Operations

A BILL

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for a sequestration of $25

billion for fiscal year 1993 and approximately $50 billion

for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deficit Reduction Act

5 of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION OF FEDERAL

2 SPENDING.

3 (a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION OF FED4 ERAL SPENDING.—Part C of the Balanced Budget and

5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by

6 adding after section 253 the following new section:

7 ‘‘SEC. 253A. ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION OF FED8 ERAL SPENDING.

9 ‘‘(a) SEQUESTRATION.—

10 ‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 1993.—The aggregate

11 amount of required outlay reductions for fiscal year

12 1993 shall be $25,000,000,000.

13 ‘‘(2) FISCAL YEARS 1994 AND 1995.—The aggre14 gate amount of required outlay reductions for fiscal

15 year 1994 shall be the amount necessary to bring

16 the aggregate outlay level to 95 percent of the OMB

17 baseline for that fiscal year. The aggregate amount

18 of required outlay reductions for fiscal year 1995

19 shall be the amount necessary to bring the aggregate

20 outlay level to 90 percent of the OMB baseline for

21 that fiscal year. The OMB baseline for fiscal year

22 1994 and 1995 shall be based upon fiscal year 1993

23 enacted appropriations less any 1993 sequestrations.

24 ‘‘(3) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections

25 255 and 256, within 15 days after Congress ad26 journs to end a session (or, in the case of fiscal year
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1 1993, on April 1, 1993), and on the same day as se2 questration (if any) under sections 251, 252, and

3 253, but (except in the case of fiscal year 1993)

4 after any sequestration required by those sections,

5 there shall be a sequestration to carry out paragraph

6 (1) in the case of fiscal year 1993 and to carry out

7 paragraph (2) in the case of fiscal years 1994 and

8 1995.

9 ‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by

11 paragraphs (2) and (3), each nonexempt account of

12 the United States shall be reduced by a dollar

13 amount calculated by multiplying the level of budg14 etary resources in that account at that time by the

15 uniform percentage necessary to carry out sub16 section (a). All obligational authority reduced under

17 this section shall be done in a manner that makes

18 such reductions permanent.

19 ‘‘(2) EXEMPT ACCOUNTS.—No order issued

20 under this part may—

21 ‘‘(A) reduce benefits payable under the old22 age, survivors, and disability insurance program

23 established under title II of the Social Security

24 Act;
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1 ‘‘(B) reduce payments for net interest (all

2 of major functional category 900);

3 ‘‘(C) reduce payments for health insurance

4 programs under title XVIII of the Social Secu5 rity Act; or

6 ‘‘(D) reduce payments under Head Start

7 programs.

8 ‘‘(3) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

9 ACCOUNTS.—The President may, with respect to any

10 account, exempt that account from sequestration or

11 provide for a lower uniform percentage reduction

12 than would otherwise apply. But to the extent the

13 President exercises authority under the preceding

14 sentence, the applicable uniform percentage reduc15 tion necessary to carry out subsection (a) shall be

16 increased for all other non-exempt accounts. In no

17 case shall the uniform percentage reduction for a fis18 cal year exceed by more than 10 percentage points

19 the lower uniform percentage reduction for that fis20 cal year provided by the President for any account.’’.

21 (b) REPORTS.—Section 254 of the Balanced Budget

22 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘across24 the-board sequestration,’’ after ‘‘pay-as-you-go,’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (d), by redesignating para2 graph (5) as paragraph (6) and by inserting after

3 paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:

4 ‘‘(5) ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION RE5 PORTS.—The preview reports shall set forth for the

6 budget year estimates for each of the following:

7 ‘‘(A) The amount of reductions required

8 under section 253A.

9 ‘‘(B) The sequestration percentage nec10 essary to achieve the required reduction in ac11 counts under section 253A(b).’’; and

12 (3) in subsection (g), by redesignating para13 graphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), re14 spectively, and by inserting after paragraph (3) the

15 following new paragraph:

16 ‘‘(4) ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION RE17 PORTS.—The final reports shall contain all of the in18 formation contained in the across-the-board seques19 tration preview report.’’.

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