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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1457 
To provide that certain establishments of the Federal Government shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations budget plans that reflect a 
5 percent reduction from the amount proposed for such an establishment 
in the President’s budget submission, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2013 
Mr. FARENTHOLD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide that certain establishments of the Federal Gov-
ernment shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions budget plans that reflect a 5 percent reduction 
from the amount proposed for such an establishment 
in the President’s budget submission, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Instruction for 
a Vibrant Economy Act’’ or the ‘‘FIVE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REDUCED OPERATING BUDGETS. 
(a) SUBMISSION.—For fiscal year 2013, not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
for fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year, not 
later than 30 days after the date on which the President 
submits to Congress the budget of the United States Gov-
ernment under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, each establishment of the Federal Government list-
ed under subsection (b) shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate an operating budget (for the fiscal year covered 
by the President’s most recent budget submission) that 
reflects a 5 percent reduction from the amount requested 
for such establishment in such submission. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.—The establishments of the Federal Government to 
which this section applies are as follows: 
(1) The Department of Agriculture. 
(2) The Department of Commerce. 
(3) The Department of Defense. 
(4) The Department of Education. 
(5) The Department of Energy. 
(6) The Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
(7) The Department of Homeland Security. 
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(25) The Small Business Administration. 
(26) The Environmental Protection Agency. 
(27) The Indian Health Service. 
(28) The Smithsonian Institution. 
(29) The Social Security Administration. 
(30) The Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service. 
(31) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
(32) The Food and Drug Administration. 
(33) The Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion. 
(34) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
(35) The National Security Agency. 
(36) The National Reconnaissance Office. 
(37) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(38) The National Geospatial Intelligence Agen-
cy. 
(39) The Office of the Director of National In-
telligence. 
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