S.Amdt. 802
What it does: Adds SEC. ___. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES at the end of the bill
Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 2112 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. ___. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES at the end of the bill
Adds a sectionIn H.R. 2112 · Reported to Senate
Sec. 733. Unobligated balances not to exceed $31,000,000 for the "Emergency Watershed Protection Program" provided in Public Law 108- 199, Public Law 109-234, and Public Law 110-28 shall be available for the purposes of such program for disasters occurring in 2011, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the amounts made available by this section are designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended. This Act may be cited as the "Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012".
Inserted: SEC. ___. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.
Inserted: (a) In General.--
Inserted: (1) Rescission.--Any unobligated balances of discretionary appropriations made prior to fiscal year 2010 for accounts in divisions A, B, or C are rescinded effective October 1, 2012 and shall be used to reduce the deficit.
Inserted: (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to appropriation accounts or subgroup accounts that are designated as emergencies.
Inserted: (b) Implementation.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine which appropriation accounts the rescission under subsection (a) shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced by pursuant to such rescission.
Inserted: (2) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress listing the accounts reduced by the rescission in subsection (a) and the amounts rescinded from each such account.
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As printed
SA 802. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2112, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end, insert the following:
SEC. ___. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.
(a) In General.--
(1) Rescission.--Any unobligated balances of discretionary appropriations made prior to fiscal year 2010 for accounts in divisions A, B, or C are rescinded effective October 1, 2012 and shall be used to reduce the deficit.
(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to appropriation accounts or subgroup accounts that are designated as emergencies.
(b) Implementation.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine which appropriation accounts the rescission under subsection (a) shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced by pursuant to such rescission.
(2) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress listing the accounts reduced by the rescission in subsection (a) and the amounts rescinded from each such account.
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Senate amendment submitted
October 18, 2011