,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself and ,mr4  
,garrett7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,appropriations  ,a ,,bill  ,to make #e
 percent across-the-board rescissions in
 non-defense1 non-homeland-security1 and
 non-veterans-affairs discretionary     
spending for each of the fiscal years   
#bjac and #bjad4  #a4 ,across-the-board 
rescissions in non-defense1             
non-homeland-security1 and              
non-veterans-affairs discretionary      
spending for each of fiscal years #bjac 
and #bjad  7a7 ,across-the-,board       
rescissions ,there is hereby rescinded  
an amount equal to #e percent of--  7#a7
 the budget authority provided 7or      
obligation limitation imposed7 in each  
of the fiscal years #bjac and #bjad for 
any non-defense1 non-homeland-security1 
and non-veterans-affairs discretionary  
account in any fiscal year #bjac or     

#bjad appropriation ,act2  7#b7 the     
budget authority provided in any advance
 appropriation for each of the fiscal   
years #bjac and #bjad for any           
non-defense1 non-homeland-security1 and 
non-veterans-affairs discretionary      
account in any prior fiscal year        
appropriation ,act2 and  7#c7 the       
contract authority provided in each of  
the 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 any        
non-defense1 non-homeland-security1 and 
non-veterans-affairs discretionary      
account4  7b7 ,non-,defense1            
,non-,homeland-,security1 and           
non-,veterans-,affairs discretionary    
account ,for purposes of subsection 7a71
 the term non-defense1                  
non-homeland-security1 and              
non-veterans-affairs discretionary      
account means any discretionary account1
 other than--  7#a7 any account included
 in a ,department of ,defense           

,appropriations ,act2  7#b7 any account 
included in a ,department of ,homeland  
,security ,appropriations ,act2  7#c7   
any account of the ,department of       
,defense or the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs included in a ,military       
,construction and ,veterans ,affairs and
 ,related ,agencies ,appropriations     
,act2 or  7#d7 any account for          
,department of ,energy defense          
activities included in an ,energy and   
,water ,development and ,related        
,agencies ,appropriations ,act4  7c7    
,proportionate application ,any         
rescission made by subsection 7a7 shall 
be applied proportionately--  7#a7 to   
each discretionary account and each item
 of budget authority described in such  
subsection2 and  7#b7 within each such  
account and item1 to each program1      
project1 and activity 7with programs1   
projects1 and activities as delineated  
in the appropriation ,act or            
accompanying reports for the relevant   
fiscal year covering such account or    

item1 or for accounts and items not     
included in appropriation ,acts1 as     
delineated in the most recently         
submitted ,president's budget74  7d7    
,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  7e7 ,,omb      
report ,within #cj days after the date  
of enactment of this section 7or1 if    
later1 #cj days after the 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