S.Amdt. 1007

SA 1007. Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Sullivan, Mr.
Tillis, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ELIMINATION OF SEQUESTRATION.

The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 251(a) (2 U.S.C. 901(a))--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Within'' and inserting
``For each fiscal year beginning before October 1, 2017,
within'';
(B) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting ``beginning before October 1, 2017'' after
``fiscal year'';
(C) in paragraph (6), by striking ``If'' and inserting
``For each fiscal year beginning before October 1, 2017,
if''; and
(D) in paragraph (7)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``for a fiscal year
beginning before October 1, 2017'' after ``any discretionary
appropriation''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), in the first sentence, by
inserting ``for a fiscal year beginning before October 1,
2017'' after ``any discretionary appropriation''; and
(2) in section 254 (2 U.S.C. 904)--
(A) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``2021'' and
inserting ``2017'';
(B) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ``2021'' and
inserting ``2017''; and
(C) in subsection (g), by striking ``If'' and inserting
``For each fiscal year beginning before October 1, 2017,
if''.
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