3.0.0 263 2022-11-15T16:34:55Z 2022-11-15T16:34:55Z Senate S S 2013-02-07 113 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-02-07T22:20:08Z Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013 113 593 HR 2013-02-08 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, House Administration, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2013-02-07 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2013-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2013-02-07 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2013-02-07 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2013-02-07 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2013-02-07 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2013-02-07 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2013-02-07 True 2013-02-12 R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2013-02-07 True Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Defense spending Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Inflation and prices Members of Congress Economics and Public Finance 00 2013-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2013-02-26T23:03:07Z Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine the number of full-time employees employed in each federal agency. Prohibits a federal agency head from hiring more than 1 employee for every 3 full-time employees who leave employment in such agency until the OMB Director makes a determination that the number of full-time federal employees is 10% less than the initial level as determined by OMB. Allows a waiver of such workforce limitation by the President for national security reasons or in the case of an extraordinary emergency.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to offset mandatory sequestration in security and nonsecurity categories with revenues resulting from reductions in the federal workforce and the pay freeze under this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer amounts appropriated for DOD by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution (P.L. 112-175) among accounts of DOD.

Prohibits a cost-of-living adjustment to the pay of Members of Congress in any year in which there is a budget deficit.

]]> Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013 Display Title Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees. Introduced in Senate 2013-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s263is/xml/BILLS-113s263is.xml 2013-02-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.