119-hr199

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 199 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 199

 To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity 
 discretionary spending, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 3, 2025

 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Appropriations

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 A BILL

 To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity 
 discretionary spending, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Implementing Decreases in Overall 
Government Expenditures Act'' or the ``Implementing DOGE Act''.

SEC. 2. ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this Act:

    (1) Budget authority.--The term ``budget authority'' has 
 the meaning given that term in 

section 3 of the Congressional 
 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622).

    (2) Discretionary appropriations; security category.--The 
 terms ``discretionary appropriations'' and ``security 
 category'' have the meanings given such terms in 

section 250
            (c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900
            (c) ).

    (3) Excess growth percent.--The term ``excess growth 
 percent'' means the percentage in excess of one percent that 
 the total annual appropriations exceeded the previous fiscal 
 year's annual appropriations.

    (4) Nonsecurity discretionary appropriations.--The term 
 ``nonsecurity discretionary appropriations'' means 
 discretionary appropriations provided in a regular 
 appropriation Act that are not included in the security 
 category.

    (5) Regular appropriation act.--The term ``regular 
 appropriation Act''--
        (A) means an annual appropriation Act (as described 
 in 

section 105 of title 1, United States Code) 
 providing new budget authority for the programs, 
 projects, and activities under the jurisdiction of a 
 subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
 House of Representatives; and
        (B) includes--
            (i) a title, division, or other subdivision 
 of an Act or resolution that, if it were a 
 separate Act, would be an Act described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) ; and
            (ii) a resolution or Act, or a title, 
 division, or other subdivision of a resolution 
 or Act, making continuing appropriations for a 
 fiscal year.

    (b) Rescission.--For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, effective on the day after the date on which appropriations 
are made available through September 30 of the applicable fiscal year 
for the entire Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata 
basis, the excess growth percent of the nonsecurity discretionary 
appropriations made available for such fiscal year.
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