S.Amdt. 542

1. Adds SEC. ___. REDUCTION IN NON-SECURITY DISCRETIONARY SPENDING at the end of the bill

   Adds a section

   In S. 1323 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that any agreement to reduce the budget deficit should require that those earning $1,000,000 or more per year make a more meaningful contribution to the deficit reduction effort.

   Inserted: SEC. ___. REDUCTION IN NON-SECURITY DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Amounts appropriated for non-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2011 are reduced on a pro rata basis by 2.5 percent.

   Inserted: (b) Non-security Spending.--In this section, the term 'non-security discretionary spending' means discretionary spending other than spending for the Department of Defense, homeland security activities, intelligence related activities within the Department of State, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and national security related activities in the Department of Energy.

   Original wording

   At the end of the bill, insert the following:

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