February 3, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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which appropriations are made available through the end of fiscal year 2026 for the entire Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, 1 percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made available for fiscal year 2026.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which appropriations are made available through the end of fiscal year 2027 for the entire Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, 2 percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made available for such fiscal year.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).