To restore to the Indian Health Service funds sequestered under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to the extent that the percentage reduction for that program exceeded 2 percent.

Bill: 113-hr-1371
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-21
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Health programs administration and funding

Indian social and development programs

Minority health
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Restores to the Indian Health Service that portion of its FY2013 funds that were sequestered under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that exceeded 2% of its FY2013 funding.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1371 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2013 Ms. McCollum (for herself and Mr. Cole ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To restore to the Indian Health Service funds sequestered under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to the extent that the percentage reduction for that program exceeded 2 percent.

1. Partial restoration of sequestered funds to the Indian Health Service That portion of the budgetary resources for fiscal year 2013 for the Indian Health Service that was cancelled under the sequestration order under section 251A(7)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that exceeded 2 percent is hereby restored. The President shall revise such order only for the accounts for such budgetary resources to the extent necessary to carry out the previous sentence.