,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #h1 #bjac ,mr4 
,barrow of ,georgia introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,budget  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,balanced ,budget and   
,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of    
#aihe to provide the ,president with the
 authority to exempt civilian           
,department of ,defense personnel       
accounts from sequestration4  #a4       
,optional exemption of civilian         
,department of ,defense personnel who   
have served in the uniform services     
,section #bee7;f7 of the ,balanced      
,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control
 ,act of #aihe is amended--  7#a7 in the
 side heading by inserting before the   
period at the end and certain civilian  
personnel of the ,department of         
,defense2 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#a7 by
 adding at the end the following new    
sentence3 ,the ,president may also1 with
 respect to civilian employees of the   

,department of ,defense who served in   
the ,armed ,forces on or after ,august  
#b1 #bjaa1 exempt that portion of the   
personnel account covering them from    
sequestration or provide for a lower    
uniform percentage reduction than would 
otherwise apply44