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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 39 
To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland- 
security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the 
fiscal years 2015 and 2016. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 
Mrs. BLACK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, and Mr. JONES) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ap-
propriations 
A BILL 
To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-de-
fense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs 
discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2015 
and 2016. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS IN NON-DE-
FENSE, 
NON-HOMELAND-SECURITY, 
AND 
NON-VETERANS-AFFAIRS 
DISCRETIONARY 
SPENDING FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 2015 
AND 2016. 
(a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD
RESCISSIONS.—There is 
hereby rescinded an amount equal to 1 percent of— 
(1) the budget authority provided (or obligation 
limitation imposed) in each of the fiscal years 2015 
and 2016 for any non-defense, non-homeland-secu-
rity, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account 
in any fiscal year 2015 or 2016 appropriation Act; 
(2) the budget authority provided in any ad-
vance appropriation for each of the fiscal years 2015 
and 2016 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 2015 and 2016 for any program that 
is subject to a limitation contained in any fiscal year 
2015 or 2016 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 ACCOUNT.— 
For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘non-defense, 
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non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discre-
tionary 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 
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