A bill to mitigate the reduction in the readiness of our Armed Forces by reducing the defense sequestration cuts for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 but implementing the cuts, in their entirety, over the duration of sequestration.

Bill: 113-s-1841
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-12-17
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to prohibit the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from implementing the otherwise required 50% sequestrations for FY2014 and FY2015 of discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts within function 050 (defense function) under the Act.</p> <p>Requires OMB instead to reduce such discretionary appropriations and direct spending amounts by $15 billion for FY2014 and $30 billion for FY2015.</p> <p>Requires OMB for each of FY2016-FY2021 to increase the otherwise applicable amount of the reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts by different specified amounts. (Thus implements the originally required cuts, in their entirety, over the duration of sequestration.)</p> <p>Requires: </p> <ul> <li>OMB to issue a revised sequestration preview report for FY2014 and a revised report on the Joint Committee reductions for FY2014 to reflect the amendments made by this Act, and</li> <li>the President to issue a revised sequestration order of direct spending budgetary reductions for FY2014.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1841 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17, 2013 Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To mitigate the reduction in the readiness of our Armed Forces by reducing the defense sequestration cuts for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 but implementing the cuts, in their entirety, over the duration of sequestration.

1. Exemption from sequestration for fiscal year 2014 (a) In general Section 251A(5) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a(5) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as redesignated, the following: (A) Modification of defense function reductions Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts within function 050 (defense function)— (i) for fiscal year 2014, OMB— (I) shall not implement a reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts in the amount allocated under paragraph (4); and (II) shall reduce such discretionary appropriations and direct spending by a total amount of $15,000,000,000; (ii) for fiscal year 2015, OMB— (I) shall not implement a reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts in the amount allocated under paragraph (4); and (II) shall reduce such discretionary appropriations and direct spending by a total amount of $30,000,000,000; (iii) for fiscal year 2016, OMB shall increase the otherwise applicable amount of the reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts by $2,000,000,000; (iv) for fiscal year 2017, OMB shall increase the otherwise applicable amount of the reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts by $9,000,000,000; (v) for fiscal year 2018, OMB shall increase the otherwise applicable amount of the reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts by $9,000,000,000; (vi) for fiscal year 2019, OMB shall increase the otherwise applicable amount of the reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts by $12,000,000,000; (vii) for fiscal year 2020, OMB shall increase the otherwise applicable amount of the reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts by $15,000,000,000; (viii) for fiscal year 2021, OMB shall increase the otherwise applicable amount of the reduction to such discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts by $17,400,000,000; and (ix) for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2021, OMB shall calculate the amount of the respective reductions to discretionary appropriations and direct spending (as adjusted under this subparagraph) in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C). ; (3) in subparagraph (B)(i), as redesignated, by inserting as adjusted, if adjusted, in accordance with subparagraph (A) after paragraph (4) ; and (4) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated— (A) by inserting as adjusted, if adjusted, in accordance with subparagraph (A) after paragraph (4) ; and (B) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting subparagraph (B) . (b) Revised sequestration preview report Not later than 10 days after the date of enactment of this Act— (1) the Office of Management and Budget shall issue a revised sequestration preview report for fiscal year 2014, pursuant to section 254(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 904(c) ), and a revised report on the Joint Committee reductions for fiscal year 2014, pursuant to section 251A(11) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a(11) ), to reflect the amendments made by subsection (a); and (2) the President shall issue a revised sequestration order of direct spending budgetary reductions for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 251A(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a(8) ).