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Title V — Amendment to OCO adjustments

S. 2157 · 113th Congress · Mar 25, 2014 · Lineage

V Amendment to OCO adjustments

Sec. 501 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 non-exempt account within a category shall be reduced by a dollar amount calculated by multiplying the enacted level of sequestrable 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 designated as for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism for any of fiscal years 2016 through 2021 in excess of the levels set in subsection (b)(2)(E) shall be counted in determining whether a breach has occurred in the revised security category during the fiscal year.”

(2)
in subsection (b)(2)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting “for fiscal years 2012 through 2015,” before “the Congress”; and
(B)
by adding at the end the following:

“(E) Overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism—If, for fiscal years 2016 through 2021, 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 and the President subsequently so designates, 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 2016, $84,937,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

“(ii) for fiscal year 2017, $77,292,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

“(iii) for fiscal year 2018, $69,950,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

“(iv) for fiscal year 2019, $63,304,000,000 in additional new budget authority;

“(v) for fiscal year 2020, $57,227,000,000 in additional new budget authority; and

“(vi) for fiscal year 2021, $51,733,000,000 in additional new budget authority.”

Sec. 502 Limitation on the use of OCO funding

(a)
In general— It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)
the annual adjustments established under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(ii)) to the statutory limits on discretionary spending should be reserved for programs and activities in budget functions 050 and 150 necessary to meet the needs of overseas contingency operations; and
(2)
the requirements for designating funding as for overseas contingency operations provided for under such section should remain fully in effect.
(b)
Savings for deficit reduction— It is the sense of the Congress that savings after the date of enactment of this Act from any reductions in the annual adjustments established under section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(ii)) should be reserved for deficit reduction only.
(c)
Rule of construction— Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify or eliminate any point of order that would otherwise be available against legislation that establishes or modifies any limit or adjustment to a limit on discretionary spending.