,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjae ,mr4 ,mc,cain introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,budget  ,a ,,bill  ,to exempt the      
,department of ,defense and other       
national security agencies from         
sequestration4  #a4 ,exemption of       
national security agencies from         
sequestration  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#bee7;f7 of the ,balanced ,budget and   
,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of    
#aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ije7;f77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7f7 ,exemption of 
national security agencies ,the         
programs1 budget accounts1 and          
activities of the following departments1
 agencies1 and elements shall be exempt 
from reduction under any order issued   
under this part3  7#a7 ,the ,department 
of ,defense4  7#b7 ,each element of the 
intelligence community 7as defined in   
section #c of the ,national ,security   

,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc774   
7#c7 ,the ,department of ,state4  7#d7  
,the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation4
  7#e7 ,the ,department of ,homeland    
,security4  7#f7 ,the ,national ,nuclear
 ,security ,administration4  4  7b7     
,implementation of enforcement ,section 
#bea7;a77#b7 of the ,balanced ,budget   
and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of
 #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ija7;a77#b77 is   
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,each       
non-exempt account and inserting the    
following3  7,a7 ,in general ,subject to
 subparagraph 7,b71 each non-exempt     
account  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7,b7 ,implementation
 with respect to national security      
agencies  7i7 ,in general ,the ,office  
of ,management and ,budget shall        
determine the uniform percentage        
necessary to eliminate a breach within a
 category without regard to section     
#bee7;f74  7ii7 ,rule of construction   
,nothing in clause 7i7 or section       
#bee7;f7 shall be construed to require  

the elimination of any portion of a     
breach that is not eliminated by        
operation of clause 7i7 and section     
#bee7;f74  4  7c7 ,technical and        
conforming amendments ,the ,balanced    
,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control
 ,act of #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijj et    
seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #bea 
7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ija7--  7,a7 in          
subsection 7a7-- 7i7 by striking        
paragraph 7#c72  7ii7 by redesignating  
paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g7 as
 paragraphs 7#c71 7#d71 7#e71 and 7#f71 
respectively2  7iii7 in paragraph 7#c71 
as so redesignated1 by striking         
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7 and inserting  
paragraph 7#b72 and  7iv7 in paragraph  
7#e71 as so redesignated1 by striking   
paragraphs 7#b7 through 7#d7 and        
inserting paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c72 and 
7,b7 in subsection 7b77#b71 by striking 
section #bed7;e71 7f71 or 7g7 and       
inserting subsection 7d71 7e71 or 7f7 of
 section #bed2  7#b7 in section #bed 7#b
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ijd7;a77--  7,a7 in the     

table in subsection 7a71 by striking the
 item relating to notification regarding
 military personnel2  7,b7 by striking  
subsection 7d72  7,c7 by redesignating  
subsections 7e7 through 7j7 as          
subsections 7d7 through 7i71            
respectively2 and  7,d7 in subsection   
7f71 as so redesignated-- 7i7 by        
striking paragraph 7f77#b7 and inserting
 subsection 7e77#b72 and  7ii7 by       
striking paragraphs 7f77#b7 and 7f77#d7 
and inserting paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#d7  
of subsection 7e72  7#c7 in section #bef
 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijf71 by striking       
subsection 7g7 and inserting the        
following3  7g7 ,federal pay  7#a7 ,in  
general ,for purposes of any order      
issued under section #bed1 ,federal pay 
under a statutory pay system shall be   
subject to reduction under an order in  
the same manner as other administrative 
expense components of the ,federal      
budget2 except that no such order may   
reduce or have the effect of reducing   
the rate of pay to which any individual 

is entitled under any such statutory pay
 system 7as increased by any amount     
payable under section #ecjd of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code1 or section #cjb 
of the ,federal ,employees ,pay         
,comparability ,act of #aiij7 or any    
increase in rates of pay which is       
scheduled to take effect under section  
#ecjc of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 or any other provision of law4   
7#b7 ,definition ,for purposes of this  
subsection1 the term statutory pay      
system shall have the meaning given that
 term in section #ecjb7a7 of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code4  2 and  7#d7 in  
section #beh7;a77#a7--  7,a7 by striking
 section #bed7;i7 and inserting section 
#bed7;h72 and  7,b7 by striking section 
#bed7;j7 and inserting section #bed7;i74
  7d7 ,applicability ,the amendments    
made by this section shall apply with   
respect to any sequestration order      
issued under the ,balanced ,budget and  
,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of    
#aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijj et seq47 for   

fiscal year #bjag or any fiscal year    
thereafter4