,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #eic ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,february #h1 #bjac ,mr4 ,mc,keon 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,brooks of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,mr4 ,thornberry1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,rigell1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,miller of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,mrs4 ,noem1 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,heck of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,runyan1 ,mr4 ,salmon1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1 ,mr4 ,lo,biondo1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,coffman1 ,mr4 ,shuster1 and ,mr4 ,kline7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,government ,reform1 and in addition to the ,committees on the ,budget1 ,house ,administration1 and ,appropriations1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe to modify the discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of ,federal employees4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,down ,payment to ,protect ,national ,security ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,findings and sense of ,congress 7a7 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,on ,april #ac1 #bjaa1 in a speech at ,george ,washington ,university1 the ,president outlined his plan to further reduce military spending by #djj billion through fiscal year #bjbc4 7#b7 ,on ,august #b1 #bjaa1 the ,president signed into law1 ,s4 #cfe1 the ,budget ,control ,act of #bjaa1 which reduced discretionary spending and established a sequestration effective ,january #b1 #bjac1 pursuant to the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7,gramm-,rudman-,hollings ,act7 in the event that additional deficit reduction could not be found4 ,to this end1 the ,budget ,control ,act of #bjaa also established a ,joint ,select ,committee on ,deficit ,reduction charged with identifying #a4b trillion in additional savings by ,november1 #bjaa4 7#c7 ,the ,joint ,select ,committee on ,deficit ,reduction was unable to reach an agreement1 which resulted in new spending caps for national defense for fiscal year #bjac4 7#d7 ,on ,march #bi1 #bjab1 the ,house of ,representatives passed ,h4 ,con4 ,res4 #aab1 the budget resolution for fiscal year #bjac1 which included reconciliation instructions directing ,house ,committees to craft legislation that would achieve the savings required to replace the sequestration called for in fiscal year #bjac1 as established by the ,budget ,control ,act of #bjaa4 7#e7 ,on ,may #aj1 #bjab1 the ,house of ,representatives passed ,h4,r4 #efeb1 the ,sequestration ,replacement ,reconciliation ,act of #bjab1 which would replace the #ih billion sequestration of discretionary spending called for in #bjac1 as established by the ,budget ,control ,act of #bjaa1 by making changes in law to reduce mandatory spending by #caj billion through fiscal year #bjbb4 7#f7 ,acting ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget1 ,jeffery ,zients1 testified before the ,house ,armed ,services ,committee on ,august #a1 #bjab1 ,sequestration1 by design1 is bad policy1 and ,congress should pass balanced deficit reduction to avoid it44 7#g7 ,on ,august #g1 #bjab1 the ,president signed into law1 ,h4,r4 #ehgb1 the ,sequestration ,transparency ,act of #bjab1 which required the ,president to submit to ,congress a detailed report on the implementation of the sequestration for fiscal year #bjac by ,september #f1 #bjab4 ,the ,president failed to submit the report by the due date and the report did not provide a detailed assessment of potential impacts of sequestration1 stating instead that1 no amount of planning can mitigate the significant impact of the sequestration4 7#h7 ,on ,september #aa1 #bjab1 ,bob ,woodward released ,the ,price of ,politics1 documenting the origins of sequestration in the ,budget ,control ,act of #bjaa negotiations1 stating1 ,jack ,lew1 ,rob ,nabors1 ,gene ,sperling and ,bruce ,reed1 ,biden's chief of staff1 had finally decided to propose using language from the #aihe ,gramm-,rudman-,hollings deficit reduction law as the model for the trigger4 ''' ,it would require a sequester with half the cuts from ,defense1 and the other half from domestic programs4 ,there would be no chance the ,republicans would want to pull the trigger and allow the sequester to force massive cuts to ,defense44 7#i7 ,on ,october #bb1 #bjab1 referring to the upcoming implementation of sequestration on the ,u4,s4 military1 the ,president said1 it will not happen4 7#aj7 ,on ,january #b1 #bjac1 the ,president signed into law1 ,h4,r4 #h1 the ,american ,taxpayer ,relief ,act of #bjab1 which moved the effective date of the sequestration to ,march #a1 #bjac4 ,fifty percent of the required offset was generated through tax increases1 while #be percent came from additional cuts to defense discretionary spending and the remaining #be percent from domestic discretionary spending4 ,no reduction to mandatory spending was included in ,h4,r4 #h4 7#aa7 ,to date1 ,congress has enacted and the ,president has signed into law #a4a trillion in discretionary spending cuts1 plus an additional #fjj billion in tax increases1 with no spending reductions in mandatory programs4 7#ab7 ,should sequestration occur on ,march #a1 #bjac1 an additional #hjj billion in across the board defense and domestic discretionary cuts will be applied over a #i-year period1 with negligible reductions in mandatory spending4 7#ac7 ,on ,january #ad1 #bjac1 all seven members of the ,joint ,chiefs of ,staff signed a letter to the congressional defense committees stating1 ,should this looming readiness crisis be left unaddressed1 we will have to ground aircraft1 return ships to port1 and stop driving combat vehicles in training4 ,training will be reduced by almost half of what we were planning just three months ago4 ''' ,we will also be unable to reset and restore the force's full-spectrum combat capability after over a decade of hard fighting in ,iraq and ,afghanistan4 ''' ,under current budgetary uncertainty1 we are at grave risk of an imposed mismatch between the size of our ,nation's military force and the funding required to maintain its readiness1 which will inevitably lead to a hollow force44 7#ad7 ,the ,joint ,chiefs of ,staff further stated1 ,we are also now planning for the potential to furlough up to nearly #hjj1jjj defense civilians who are essential to critical functions like maintenance1 intelligence1 logistics1 contracting1 and health care44 7#ae7 ,on ,january #bh1 #bjac1 the ,vice ,chairman of the ,joint ,chiefs of ,staff stated ,i know of no other time in history when we have come potentially down this far1 this fast1 in the defense budget4 ''' ,there could be1 for the first time in my career1 instances where we may be asked to respond to a crisis and we will have to say that we cannot44 7#af7 ,on ,february #e1 #bjac1 the ,president proposed to further delay the sequestration using the same model adopted in ,h4,r4 #h1 the ,american ,taxpayer ,relief ,act of #bjab1 #ej percent through tax increases1 #be percent through additional cuts to defense discretionary1 and #be percent through additional cuts to domestic discretionary programs4 ,for fiscal year #bjac1 the ,president's proposal would result in an additional #ba billion cut to the military4 7b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that3 7#a7 ,full sequestration is a failed ,administration policy that must be averted4 7#b7 ,without growing the economy and reducing the rate of growth in mandatory spending programs1 the ,united ,states will continue to run deficits1 even if defense and domestic discretionary programs were defunded in their entirety4 7#c7 ,having enacted defense and domestic discretionary spending reductions and raised taxes1 truly balanced deficit reduction must include substantive reductions in mandatory spending4 7#d7 ,the ,president's short term plan to avert sequestration lacks balance and would continue to raise taxes and slash defense and domestic discretionary spending1 exacerbating the readiness crisis described by the ,joint ,chiefs of ,staff1 rather than addressing the drivers of our debt4 7#e7 ,secretary ,panetta was correct in his assessment of ,january #aj1 #bjac that the civilian furloughs resulting from full sequestration would also1 ''' further harm our readiness and create hardship on them and their families4 ,in a word--in a word1 we would be forced to ''' hollow out the defense force of this nation44 7#f7 ,any plan to avert sequestration and provide additional time for political negotiations on a truly balanced deficit reduction package must use additional savings that do not increase the risk to military personnel or degrade the readiness or capabilities of our ,armed ,forces4 ,this goal can be achieved by providing tools to reshape the ,federal civilian workforce without furloughs4 #c4 ,reduction in the number of ,federal employees 7a7 ,definition ,in this section1 the term agency means an executive agency as defined under section #aje of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4 7b7 ,determination of number of employees ,not later than #fj days after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget shall determine the number of full-time employees employed in each agency4 ,the head of each agency shall cooperate with the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget in making the determinations4 7c7 ,replacement hire rate 7#a7 ,in general ,during the period described under paragraph 7#b71 the head of each agency may hire no more than #a employee in that agency for every #c employees who leave employment in that agency4 7#b7 ,period of replacement hire rate ,paragraph 7#a7 shall apply to each agency during the period beginning #fj days after the date of enactment of this ,act through the date on which the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget makes a determination that the number of full-time employees employed in that agency is #aj percent less than the number of full-time employees employed in that agency determined under subsection 7a74 7d7 ,waivers ,this section may be waived upon a determination by the ,president that-- 7#a7 the existence of a state of war or other national security concern so requires2 or 7#b7 the existence of an extraordinary emergency threatening life1 health1 public safety1 property1 or the environment so requires4 #d4 ,reduction of discretionary spending limits to achieve savings from ,federal employee provisions ,paragraphs 7#b7 through 7#aj7 of section #bea7;c7 of the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe are amended to read as follows3 7#b7 with respect to fiscal year #bjac1 for the discretionary category1 #a1jdc1jjj1jjj1jjj in new budget authority2 7#c7 with respect to fiscal year #bjad-- 7,a7 for the security category1 #edi1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7,b7 for the nonsecurity category1 #ejj1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 7#d7 with respect to fiscal year #bjae-- 7,a7 for the security category1 #efb1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7,b7 for the nonsecurity category1 #ead1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 7#e7 with respect to fiscal year #bjaf-- 7,a7 for the security category1 #egc1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7,b7 for the nonsecurity category1 #ebc1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 7#f7 with respect to fiscal year #bjag-- 7,a7 for the security category1 #ehf1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7,b7 for the nonsecurity category1 #ecd1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 7#g7 with respect to fiscal year #bjah-- 7,a7 for the security category1 #eii1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7,b7 for the nonsecurity category1 #edf1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 7#h7 with respect to fiscal year #bjai-- 7,a7 for the security category1 #fab1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7,b7 for the nonsecurity category1 #eei1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 7#i7 with respect to fiscal year #bjbj-- 7,a7 for the security category1 #fbf1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7,b7 for the nonsecurity category1 #ega1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7#aj7 with respect to fiscal year #bjba-- 7,a7 for the security category1 #fdj1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 and 7,b7 for the nonsecurity category1 #ehc1jjj1jjj1jjj in budget authority2 4 #e4 ,calculation of total deficit reduction ,section #bea;,a of the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe is amended-- 7#a7 7,a7 in paragraph 7#c77;,a71 by striking #a1bjj1jjj1jjj1jjj and inserting #a1jia1jjj1jjj1jjj and in paragraph 7#c77;,d71 by striking #i and inserting #h2 and 7,b7 in paragraph 7#c77;,c71 by inserting and after the semicolon1 in paragraph 7#c77;,d7 by striking 2 and and inserting a period1 and by striking paragraph 7#c77;,e72 7#b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking ,on ,march #a1 #bjac1 for fiscal year #bjac1 and in and inserting ,in2 7#c7 in paragraphs 7#e7 and 7#f71 by striking #bjac each place it appears and inserting #bjad2 and 7#d7 in paragraph 7#g71 by striking subparagraph 7,a7 and by striking 7,b7 ,fiscal years #bjad-bjba4--1 moving the remaining text #b ems to the left1 and redesignating clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71 respectively4 #f4 ,transfer authority for funding of ,department of ,defense under continuing resolution and sequester consistent with amounts authorized by ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for fiscal year #bjac 7a7 ,in general ,in accordance with subsection 7b71 the ,secretary of ,defense may transfer amounts appropriated for the ,department of ,defense by the ,continuing ,appropriations ,resolution 7,public ,law #aab-age7 among accounts of the ,department of ,defense4 7b7 ,transfers consistent with amounts appropriated or authorized ,in the event of any transfers under subsection 7a71 the total amount in any account of the ,department of ,defense that is available for obligation and expenditure in fiscal year #bjac shall be consistent with1 and may not exceed-- 7#a7 if a regular appropriation ,act making appropriations for the ,department of ,defense for fiscal year #bjac is enacted before the date of the transfer1 the level provided for that account for that fiscal year by applicable provisions of such ,act2 or 7#b7 if no such ,act is enacted before the date of the transfer1 the amount authorized to be appropriated for that account for that fiscal year by applicable provisions of division ,a of the ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjac 7,public ,law #aab-bci74 7c7 ,notice to congress ,not later than #ae days before any transfer under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a description of the transfer1 including the amount of the transfer and the accounts from and to which the funds were transferred4 7d7 ,transfer subject to notification requirements ,in addition to the notice required under subsection 7c71 a transfer under subsection 7a7 shall be subject to the applicable notification requirements for reprogramming in division ,a of ,public ,law #aab-gd4 7e7 ,transfer authority ,the transfer authority provided by subsection 7a7 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law4 7f7 ,definition ,in this section1 the term congressional defense committees has the meaning given that term in section #aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4 #g4 ,no cost-of-living adjustments for ,members of ,congress ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 no adjustment shall be made under section #fja7;a7 of the ,legislative ,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ca7 7relating to cost-of-living adjustments for ,members of ,congress7 for any fiscal year for which the ,congressional ,budget ,office determines there is a ,federal budget deficit4