Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3181
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-09-25
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Department of Veterans Affairs

Executive agency funding and structure
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt administrative expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from any presidential sequestration order issued under that Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3181 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2013 Mr. Michaud 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 clarify the treatment of administrative expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs during sequestration.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013 . 2. Treatment of administrative expenses of Department of Veterans Affairs during sequestration Section 256(h)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 906(h)(4) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (G) Department of Veterans Affairs. .