SECTION 1. ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS IN NON-DE-
FENSE, 
NON-HOMELAND-SECURITY, 
AND 
NON-VETERANS-AFFAIRS 
DISCRETIONARY 
SPENDING FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 2010 
AND 2011. 
(a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD
RESCISSIONS.—There is 
hereby rescinded an amount equal to 5 percent of— 
(1) the budget authority provided (or obligation 
limitation imposed) in each of the fiscal years 2010 
and 2011 for any non-defense, non-homeland-secu-
rity, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account 
in any fiscal year 2010 or 2011 appropriation Act; 
(2) the budget authority provided in any ad-
vance appropriation for each of the fiscal years 2010 
and 2011 for any non-defense, non-homeland-secu-
rity, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account 
in any prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and 
(3) the contract authority provided in each of 
the fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for any program that 
is subject to a limitation contained in any fiscal year 
2010 or 2011 appropriation Act for any non-de-
fense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-af-
fairs discretionary account. 
(b) 
NON-DEFENSE, 
NON-HOMELAND-SECURITY, 
AND
NON-VETERANS-AFFAIRS
DISCRETIONARY
AC-
COUNT.—For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘non- 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
00:26 Jun 17, 2010
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5542.IH
H5542
jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with BILLS
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 Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act; or 
(4) any account for Department of Energy de-
fense 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 appro-
priation Act or accompanying reports for the rel-
evant fiscal year covering such account or item, or 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
00:26 Jun 17, 2010
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5542.IH
H5542
jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with BILLS
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 2010 or 2011 appropriation Act 
enacted after the date of enactment of this section, any 
rescission required by subsection (a) shall take effect im-
mediately after the enactment of such Act. 
(e) OMB REPORT.—Within 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this section (or, if later, 30 days after 
the enactment of any fiscal year 2010 or 2011 appropria-
tion Act), the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
specifying the account and amount of each rescission made 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
Æ 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
00:26 Jun 17, 2010
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H5542.IH
H5542
jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with BILLS