To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian Department of Defense personnel accounts from sequestration.

Bill: 113-hr-2613
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2013-07-08
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to authorize the President to exempt Department of Defense (DOD) civilian personnel accounts from sequestration (automatic across-the-board budget cuts).</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2613 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 8, 2013 Mr. Barrow of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian Department of Defense personnel accounts from sequestration.

1. Optional exemption of civilian Department of Defense personnel Section 255(f) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— (1) in the side heading by inserting before the period at the end and civilian Department of Defense personnel ; and (2) in paragraph (1) by inserting and any civilian Department of Defense personnel account after miltary personnel account .