119-s360

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 360 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 360

 To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity 
 discretionary spending.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 3, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Appropriations

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity 
 discretionary spending.

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

SECTION 1. ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (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) 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.

    (4) 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 
 Senate; 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) Rescissions.--

    (1) Fiscal year 2026.--For fiscal year 2026, effective on 
 the day after the date on which appropriations are made 
 available through the end of fiscal year 2026 for the entire 
 Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, 1 
 percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made 
 available for fiscal year 2026.

    (2) Fiscal year 2027.--For fiscal year 2027, effective on 
 the day after the date on which appropriations are made 
 available through the end of fiscal year 2027 for the entire 
 Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, 2 
 percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made 
 available for such fiscal year.

    (3) Subsequent fiscal years.--For fiscal year 2028, and 
 each fiscal year thereafter, effective on the day after the 
 date on which appropriations are made available through the end 
 of the applicable fiscal year for the entire Federal 
 Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, 5 percent 
 of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made available 
 for such fiscal year.
            (c) OMB Reports.--For fiscal year 2026, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, not later than 30 days after the date on which 
appropriations are made available through the end of such fiscal year 
for the entire Federal Government, 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

    (b) .
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