S. 788

A bill to suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending.

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Calendar No. 64

113th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 788

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 23, 2013

Mr. Reid introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

April 24, 2013

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

A BILL

To suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending.

1.

Suspension of the 2013 sequester

Notwithstanding the sequestration order issued by the President pursuant to section 251A(7)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(7)(A)), there shall be available for the Federal Government for fiscal year 2013 the amount that would have been made available for the Federal Government for fiscal year 2013 but for sections 251 and 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901 and 901a), sections 3001 and 3004 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, and any sequestration order issued by the President.

2.

Amendment to OCO adjustments

Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

(2)

Eliminating a breach

(A)

In general

Each nonexempt account within a category shall be reduced by a dollar amount calculated by multiplying the enacted level of sequesterable budgetary resources in that account at that time by the uniform percentage necessary to eliminate a breach within that category.

(B)

Overseas contingencies

Any amount of budget authority for overseas contingency operations and related activities for fiscal years 2014 through 2016 in excess of the levels set in subsection 251(b)(2)(E) shall be counted in determining whether a breach has occurred in the security category.

; and

(2)

in subsection (b)(2)—

(A)

in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting for fiscal years 2017 through 2021, before the Congress; and

(B)

by inserting at the end the following:

(E)

Overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism

If, for fiscal years 2014 through 2016, appropriations for discretionary accounts are enacted that Congress designates for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism in statute on an account by account basis, the adjustment for the fiscal year shall be the total of such appropriations for the fiscal year in discretionary accounts designated as being for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, but not to exceed—

(i)

for fiscal year 2014, $92,289,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

(ii)

for fiscal year 2015, $37,283,000,000 in additional new budget authority; and

(iii)

for fiscal year 2016, $37,283,000,000 in additional new budget authority.

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April 24, 2013

Read the second time and placed on the calendar