S.Amdt. 1385

SA 1385. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1381 proposed by Mrs. Murray to the bill H.R. 2872, of
2013 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to issue electronic stamps
under such Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 4, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

SEC. 102. TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION IN CONTINUING FUNDING
EXCEPT FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION, AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS AND RESCISSION OF IRS ENFORCEMENT
FUNDS.

Division A of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and
Other Extensions Act (Public Law 118-15), as amended by
section 101 of this division, is further amended by adding
after section 148 the following:
``Sec. 149. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the
rate for operations provided by section 101 of this division
is hereby reduced by 25.0 percent.
``(b) The rate for operations shall not be reduced under
subsection (a) with respect to the appropriation Act
described in section 101(3) (relating to the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 2023) or the appropriation Act
described in section 101(10) (relating to the Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2023).
``Sec. 150.  Of the unobligated balances of amounts
appropriated or otherwise made available for enforcement
activities of the

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Internal Revenue Service by section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of Public
Law 117-169 (commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act
of 2022'') as of the date of enactment of this Act,
$30,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded.''.

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