3.0.0 2303 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z Senate S 2015-11-18 114 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-11-18T23:39:30Z 2015-11-18 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2015-11-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Defense spending Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Department of State Director of National Intelligence Executive agency funding and structure Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Economics and Public Finance 00 2015-11-18 Introduced in Senate 2016-01-04T14:35:34Z This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt national security agencies from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

The exemption applies to the Department of Defense, each element of the intelligence community, the Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Nuclear Security Administration.

]]> A bill to exempt the Department of Defense and other national security agencies from sequestration. Display Title A bill to exempt the Department of Defense and other national security agencies from sequestration. Official Title as Introduced A bill to exempt the Department of Defense and other national security agencies from sequestration. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2303is/xml/BILLS-114s2303is.xml 2015-11-18 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.