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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 Con-
trol 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.
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 ‘‘Deficit Reduction Act
of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION OF FEDERAL
SPENDING.
(a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION OF FED-
ERAL SPENDING.—Part C of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by
adding after section 253 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 253A. ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION OF FED-
ERAL SPENDING.
‘‘(a) SEQUESTRATION.—
‘‘(1) 
FISCAL
YEAR
1993.—The 
aggregate
amount of required outlay reductions for fiscal year
1993 shall be $25,000,000,000.
‘‘(2) FISCAL YEARS 1994 AND 1995.—The aggre-
gate amount of required outlay reductions for fiscal
year 1994 shall be the amount necessary to bring
the aggregate outlay level to 95 percent of the OMB
baseline for that fiscal year. The aggregate amount
of required outlay reductions for fiscal year 1995
shall be the amount necessary to bring the aggregate
outlay level to 90 percent of the OMB baseline for
that fiscal year. The OMB baseline for fiscal year
1994 and 1995 shall be based upon fiscal year 1993
enacted appropriations less any 1993 sequestrations.
‘‘(3) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections
255 and 256, within 15 days after Congress ad-
journs to end a session (or, in the case of fiscal year
1993, on April 1, 1993), and on the same day as se-
questration (if any) under sections 251, 252, and
253, but (except in the case of fiscal year 1993)
after any sequestration required by those sections,
there shall be a sequestration to carry out paragraph
(1) in the case of fiscal year 1993 and to carry out
paragraph (2) in the case of fiscal years 1994 and
1995.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided by
paragraphs (2) and (3), each nonexempt account of
the United States shall be reduced by a dollar
amount calculated by multiplying the level of budg-
etary resources in that account at that time by the
uniform percentage necessary to carry out sub-
section (a). All obligational authority reduced under
this section shall be done in a manner that makes
such reductions permanent.
‘‘(2) EXEMPT
ACCOUNTS.—No order issued
under this part may—
‘‘(A) reduce benefits payable under the old-
age, survivors, and disability insurance program
established under title II of the Social Security
Act;
‘‘(B) reduce payments for net interest (all
of major functional category 900);
‘‘(C) reduce payments for health insurance
programs under title XVIII of the Social Secu-
rity Act; or
‘‘(D) reduce payments under Head Start
programs.
‘‘(3) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
ACCOUNTS.—The President may, with respect to any
account, exempt that account from sequestration or
provide for a lower uniform percentage reduction
than would otherwise apply. But to the extent the
President exercises authority under the preceding
sentence, the applicable uniform percentage reduc-
tion necessary to carry out subsection (a) shall be
increased for all other non-exempt accounts. In no
case shall the uniform percentage reduction for a fis-
cal year exceed by more than 10 percentage points
the lower uniform percentage reduction for that fis-
cal year provided by the President for any account.’’.
(b) REPORTS.—Section 254 of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘across-
the-board sequestration,’’ after ‘‘pay-as-you-go,’’;
(2) in subsection (d), by redesignating para-
graph (5) as paragraph (6) and by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION RE-
PORTS.—The preview reports shall set forth for the
budget year estimates for each of the following:
‘‘(A) The amount of reductions required
under section 253A.
‘‘(B) The sequestration percentage nec-
essary to achieve the required reduction in ac-
counts under section 253A(b).’’; and
(3) in subsection (g), by redesignating para-
graphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), re-
spectively, and by inserting after paragraph (3) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) ACROSS-THE-BOARD SEQUESTRATION RE-
PORTS.—The final reports shall contain all of the in-
formation contained in the across-the-board seques-
tration preview report.’’.
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