[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1017 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1017

  To permit flexibility in the application of the budget sequester by 
                           Federal agencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2013

  Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                               the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
  To permit flexibility in the application of the budget sequester by 
                           Federal agencies.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``agency'' means--
            (1) an Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 
        5, United States Code);
            (2) an office, agency, or other establishment in the 
        legislative branch which is not a part of another office, 
        agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch; and
            (3) an office, agency, or other establishment in the 
        judicial branch which is not a part of another office, agency, 
        or other establishment in the judicial branch.

SEC. 2. FLEXIBLE SEQUESTER IMPLEMENTED BY AGENCY HEADS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
budget sequester for an account in the security and non-security 
categories required by section 251A of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for fiscal year 2013 shall be 
implemented within each account as determined by the head of the agency 
with spending authority over such account.
    (b) Appropriations Oversight.--The head of an agency may not 
exercise the authority provided in subsection (a) unless the head has 
submitted a notice of implementation describing the proposed exercise 
of authority to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses not 
later than 5 days before exercising such authority.
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