,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #i1       
#bjbc,mrs4 ,blackburn introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,appropriations  ,a ,,bill  ,to make #a 
percent across-the-board rescissions in 
non-defense1 non-homeland-security1 and 
non-veterans-affairs discretionary      
spending for each of fiscal years #bjbd 
and #bjbe4  #a4 ,across-the-board       
rescissions in non-defense1             
non-homeland-security1 and              
non-veterans-affairs discretionary      
spending for each of fiscal years #bjbd 
and #bjbe  7a7 ,across-the-,board       
,rescissions ,there is hereby rescinded 
an amount equal to #a percent of-- 7#a7 
the budget authority provided 7or       
obligation limitation imposed7 in each  
of fiscal years #bjbd and #bjbe for any 
non-defense1 non-homeland-security1 and 
non-veterans-affairs discretionary      
account in any fiscal year #bjbd or     

#bjbe appropriation ,act2  7#b7 the     
budget authority provided in any advance
 appropriation for each of fiscal years 
#bjbd and #bjbe 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  
fiscal years #bjbd and #bjbe for any    
program that is subject to a limitation 
contained in any fiscal year #bjbd or   
#bjbe 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 #bjbd or #bjbe  
appropriation ,act enacted after the    
date of enactment of this ,act1 any     
rescission required by subsection 7a7   
shall take effect immediately after the 
enactment of such appropriation ,act4   
7e7 ,,omb report ,within #cj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act 7or1 
in the case of any fiscal year #bjbd or 
#bjbe appropriation ,act enacted after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 #cj 
days after the date of enactment of such
 appropriation ,act71 the ,director of  
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,senate and the  
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives a report     
specifying the account and amount of    
each rescission made pursuant to        

subsection 7a74