S.Amdt. 2229
What it does: Adds Sec. __.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, amounts not required by law provided in this Act for fiscal year 2006 are reduced by 5 percent wherever appropriate
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 3010
Adds Sec. __.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, amounts not required by law provided in this Act for fiscal year 2006 are reduced by 5 percent wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. __.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, amounts not required by law provided in this Act for fiscal year 2006 are reduced by 5 percent.
Inserted: (b) Any reduction made under this section shall be applied proportionately to each discretionary account and each item of budget authority covered by this Act, and within each account and item, to each program, project, and activity.
Inserted: (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President, in consultation with the Chairman and Ranking Member of the applicable authorizing committees of the Congress, may except certain programs, projects, and accounts, in whole or in part, from a reduction required by subsection (a), provided that such exceptions do not, in the aggregate, exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the overall reduction.
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SA 2229. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, amounts not required by law provided in this Act for fiscal year 2006 are reduced by 5 percent.
(b) Any reduction made under this section shall be applied proportionately to each discretionary account and each item of budget authority covered by this Act, and within each account and item, to each program, project, and activity.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President, in consultation with the Chairman and Ranking Member of the applicable authorizing committees of the Congress, may except certain programs, projects, and accounts, in whole or in part, from a reduction required by subsection (a), provided that such exceptions do not, in the aggregate, exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the overall reduction.
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Senate amendment submitted
October 25, 2005