S.Amdt. 1980

1. Adds SEC. ____. ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS AND DISCRETIONARY SPENDING wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. ____. ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS AND DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.

   Inserted: (a) Discretionary Spending Caps.--Section 251(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)(3)) is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(3) for fiscal year 2014, for the discretionary category, $967,473,000,000 in new budget authority;".

   Inserted: (b) Rescission.--There is rescinded the applicable percentage (as specified in subsection (c)) of--

   Inserted: (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limit imposed) for fiscal year 2014 for any discretionary appropriations account under this joint resolution;

   Inserted: (2) the budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2014 for any discretionary appropriations account (excluding any account funded under section 111 of this joint resolution) in any prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and

   Inserted: (3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2014 for any program subject to limitation incorporated or otherwise contained under this joint resolution.

   Inserted: (c) Applicable Percentage.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes of subsection (b), the applicable percentage shall be 0 percent.

   Inserted: (2) Breach.--If, for fiscal year 2014, the annualized amount of new budget authority provided under this joint resolution exceeds the discretionary spending limit under section 251(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, and as adjusted in strict conformity with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)), not later than 10 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall--

   Inserted: (A) increase the applicable percentage for purposes of subsection (b) by such amount as is necessary to eliminate the amount of the excess of such limit; and

   Inserted: (B) implement a rescission under subsection (b).

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   Inserted: (3) Discretionary spending limit.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--The calculation of the discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 2014 in the report entitled "OMB Sequestration Preview Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2014 and OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2014" issued by the Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2013 and the corrected version of such report issued on May 20, 2013 shall have no force or effect with respect to amounts made available for fiscal year 2014 under this joint resolution or any other provision of law.

   Inserted: (B) Application of discretionary spending limits.--For purposes of applying the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) in relation to amounts made available for fiscal year 2014 under this joint resolution or any other provision of law--

   Inserted: (i) subject to adjustment in strict conformance with section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)), the discretionary spending limit shall be the amount specified in paragraph (3) of section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)), as amended by subsection (a); and

   Inserted: (ii) the Office of Management and Budget shall not implement any calculation relating to or any reduction of the amount specified in paragraph (3) of section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) under section 251A of such Act.

   Inserted: (C) Direct spending.--Nothing in this section shall modify the reduction in direct spending for fiscal year 2014 under section 251A(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(8)).

   Inserted: (d) Application of Rescission.--Any rescission under subsection (b) shall be applied proportionately--

   Inserted: (1) to each discretionary appropriations account and each item of budget authority described in such subsection; and

   Inserted: (2) within each such account and item, to each program, project, and activity (which shall be determined as such programs, projects, and activities are delineated in the applicable appropriation Act or accompanying reports covering such account or item).

   Inserted: (e) Reporting.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 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 and make publicly available online a report specifying the account and amount of each rescission made under this section.

   Inserted: (f) Definitions.--In this section, the terms "account", "budget authority", and "discretionary appropriations" have the meanings given such terms under section 250 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900).

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