,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,messer 7for himself and ,mr4          
,mulvaney7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,appropriations  ,a ,,bill
  ,to make #a percent across-the-board  
rescissions in discretionary spending   
for each of fiscal years #bjac and      
#bjad1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,discretionary ,spending ,reduction 
,act4  #b4 ,across-the-board rescissions
 in discretionary spending for each of  
fiscal years #bjac and #bjad  7a7       
,across-the-,board rescissions ,there is
 rescinded an amount equal to #a percent
 of--  7#a7 the budget authority        
provided 7or obligation limitation      
imposed7 in each of fiscal years #bjac  
and #bjad for discretionary accounts in 
any fiscal year #bjac or #bjad          
appropriation ,act2  7#b7 the budget    
authority provided in any advance       

appropriation for each of fiscal years  
#bjac and #bjad for discretionary       
accounts in any prior fiscal year       
appropriation ,act2 and  7#c7 the       
contract authority provided in each of  
fiscal years #bjac and #bjad for any    
program that is subject to a limitation 
contained in any fiscal year #bjac or   
#bjad appropriation ,act for            
discretionary accounts4  7b7            
,application ,the ,director of the      
,office of ,management and ,budget may  
apply the rescissions required under    
subsection 7a7 to any discretionary     
account in the applicable appropriation 
,acts in order to achieve the required  
reductions4  7c7 ,subsequent            
appropriation laws ,in the case of any  
fiscal year #bjac or #bjad appropriation
 ,act enacted after the date of         
enactment of this section1 any          
rescission required by subsection 7a7   
shall take effect immediately after the 
enactment of such ,act4  7d7 ,,omb      
report ,within #cj days after the date  

of enactment of this section 7or1 if    
later1 #cj days after the date of       
enactment of any fiscal year #bjac or   
#bjad appropriation ,act71 the ,director
 of the ,office of ,management and      
,budget shall submit to the ,committees 
on ,appropriations of the ,house of     
,representatives and the ,senate a      
report specifying the account and amount
 of each rescission made pursuant to    
subsection 7a74