S.Amdt. 2321

SA 2321. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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, 2018,
within'';
(B) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting ``beginning before October 1, 2018'' after
``fiscal year'';
(C) in paragraph (6), by striking ``If'' and inserting
``For each fiscal year beginning before October 1, 2018,
if''; and
(D) in paragraph (7)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``for a fiscal year
beginning before October 1, 2018'' after ``any discretionary
appropriation''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), in the first sentence, by
inserting ``for a fiscal year beginning before October 1,
2018'' after ``any discretionary appropriation''; and
(2) in section 254 (2 U.S.C. 904)--
(A) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``2021'' and
inserting ``2018'';
(B) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ``2021'' and
inserting ``2018''; and
(C) in subsection (g), by striking ``If'' and inserting
``For each fiscal year beginning before October 1, 2018,
if''.
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