I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 85 
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 2017 and 2018. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. HENSARLING, 
Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. BURGESS) 
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 2017 
and 2018. 
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 2017 
AND 2018. 
(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hereby rescinded an amount equal to 1 percent of— 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 2017 
and 2018 for any non-defense, non-homeland-secu-
rity, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account 
in any fiscal year 2017 or 2018 appropriation Act; 
(2) the budget authority provided in any ad-
vance appropriation for each of the fiscal years 2017 
and 2018 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 2017 and 2018 for any program that 
is subject to a limitation contained in any fiscal year 
2017 or 2018 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- 
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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 
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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 2017 or 2018 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 2017 or 2018 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). 
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