H.R. 199

119 HR 199 IH: Implementing Decreases in Overall Government Expenditures Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-03
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 199  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 3, 2025   Ms. Tenney  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Appropriations    A BILL
To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity discretionary spending, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Implementing Decreases in Overall Government Expenditures Act   or the   Implementing DOGE Act  .
2.
Across-the-board rescissions
(a)
Definitions
In this Act:
(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)
Excess growth percent
The term  excess growth percent  means the percentage in excess of one percent that the total annual appropriations exceeded the previous fiscal year’s annual appropriations.
(4)
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.
(5)
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 House of Representatives; 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)
Rescission
For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, effective on the day after the date on which appropriations are made available through September 30 of the applicable fiscal year for the entire Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, the excess growth percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made available for such fiscal year.