[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2655 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2655

 To limit the amounts of expenditures for the national defense budget 
    function for fiscal years 1999 and 2000, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 21 (legislative day, October 2), 1998

  Mr. Harkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To limit the amounts of expenditures for the national defense budget 
    function for fiscal years 1999 and 2000, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATIONS ON DEFENSE FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEARS 1999 AND 
              2000.

    (a) Limitations.--
            (1) Fiscal year 1999.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, the total amount of the budget authority considered as 
        being available for budget function 050 (National Defense), and 
        the total amount of the outlays for such budget function, for 
        fiscal year 1999 may not exceed the following amounts:
                    (A) Budget authority.--For budget authority, 
                $270,600,000,000.
                    (B) Outlays.--For outlays, $265,500,000,000.
            (2) Fiscal year 2000.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, the total amount of the budget authority for budget 
        function 050 (National Defense), and the total amount of the 
        outlays for such budget function, for fiscal year 2000 may not 
        exceed the following amounts:
                    (A) Budget authority.--For budget authority, 
                $270,600,000,000.
                    (B) Outlays.--For outlays, $265,500,000,000.
    (b) Protection of Readiness and Quality of Life.--Within the limits 
set forth in subsection (a), the amounts available for budget function 
050 (National Defense) for the fiscal years covered by that subsection 
shall be expended in a manner that does not adversely affect the 
readiness of the Armed Forces and the quality of life of military 
personnel, military retirees, and their families.
    (c) Expenditures Not Considered Emergency Expenditures.--
            (1) In general.--Amounts expended for readiness, or for 
        peacekeeping operations that began before September 30, 1998, 
        may not be considered expenditures for emergency requirements 
        within the meaning of section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
        Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
            (2) Exception.--The limitation on treatment of expenditures 
        for peacekeeping operations under paragraph (1) does not apply 
        to expenditures for any such operation that significantly 
        increases, in terms of the size of the forces involved or in 
        tempo, after September 30, 1998.
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