II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 330 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 9, 2023 Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

1. Across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 (a) Across-the-Board Rescissions There is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 2 percent of— (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation imposed) in each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for any non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account in any fiscal year 2024 or 2025 appropriation Act; (2) the budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for any non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account in any prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and (3) the contract authority provided in each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for any program that is subject to a limitation contained in any fiscal year 2024 or 2025 appropriation Act for any non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account. (b) Non-Defense, non-Homeland-Security, and non-Veterans-Affairs discretionary account For purposes of subsection (a), the term non-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 Related Agencies Appropriations Act; or (4) any account for Department of Energy defense 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 appropriation Act or accompanying reports for the relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, or 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 2024 or 2025 appropriation Act enacted after the date of enactment of this Act, any rescission required by subsection (a) shall take effect immediately after the enactment of such appropriation Act. (e) OMB report Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act (or, in the case of any fiscal year 2024 or 2025 appropriation Act enacted after the date of enactment of this Act, 30 days after the date of enactment of such appropriation Act), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report specifying the account and amount of each rescission made pursuant to subsection (a).