Bill Details
S.360 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Introduced Date
2025-02-03
Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
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Sponsors
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This bill would automatically cut a small share of federal spending that is not for defense or other security-related programs. Starting in fiscal year 2026, it would reduce this type of spending by 1 percent. The cut would grow to 2 percent in fiscal year 2027 and 5 percent in fiscal year 2028 and later years. The reductions would happen across the board, meaning the cuts would be taken from nonsecurity discretionary spending overall rather than from just one program. The bill also requires the White House budget office to report to Congress each year on exactly what spending was cut.
- For fiscal year 2026, the bill would cancel 1 percent of nonsecurity discretionary funding.
- For fiscal year 2027, the cut would rise to 2 percent.
- For fiscal year 2028 and every year after that, the cut would be 5 percent.
- The Office of Management and Budget would have to send Congress a yearly report listing each account and amount cut.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 360 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 360
To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity
discretionary spending.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 3, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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A BILL
To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity
discretionary spending.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Budget authority.--The term ``budget authority'' has
the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622).
(2) Discretionary appropriations; security category.--The
terms ``discretionary appropriations'' and ``security
category'' have the meanings given such terms in section 250(c)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)).
(3) Nonsecurity discretionary appropriations.--The term
``nonsecurity discretionary appropriations'' means
discretionary appropriations provided in a regular
appropriation Act that are not included in the security
category.
(4) Regular appropriation act.--The term ``regular
appropriation Act''--
(A) means an annual appropriation Act (as described
in section 105 of title 1, United States Code)
providing new budget authority for the programs,
projects, and activities under the jurisdiction of a
subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(B) includes--
(i) a title, division, or other subdivision
of an Act or resolution that, if it were a
separate Act, would be an Act described in
subparagraph (A); and
(ii) a resolution or Act, or a title,
division, or other subdivision of a resolution
or Act, making continuing appropriations for a
fiscal year.
(b) Rescissions.--
(1) Fiscal year 2026.--For fiscal year 2026, effective on
the day after the date on which appropriations are made
available through the end of fiscal year 2026 for the entire
Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, 1
percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made
available for fiscal year 2026.
(2) Fiscal year 2027.--For fiscal year 2027, effective on
the day after the date on which appropriations are made
available through the end of fiscal year 2027 for the entire
Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, 2
percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made
available for such fiscal year.
(3) Subsequent fiscal years.--For fiscal year 2028, and
each fiscal year thereafter, effective on the day after the
date on which appropriations are made available through the end
of the applicable fiscal year for the entire Federal
Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, 5 percent
of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made available
for such fiscal year.
(c) OMB Reports.--For fiscal year 2026, and each fiscal year
thereafter, not later than 30 days after the date on which
appropriations are made available through the end of such fiscal year
for the entire Federal Government, 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 a report specifying the account and amount of each
rescission made pursuant to subsection (b).
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