[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1676 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1676

        To exempt certain payments to States from sequestration.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2013

  Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
 Shelby, and Mr. Nelson) introduced the following bill; which was read 
           twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
        To exempt certain payments to States from sequestration.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Return Our State Shares Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS FROM SEQUESTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting before ``Federal Deposit Insurance 
        Corporation, Deposit Insurance Fund (51-4596-0-4-373).'' the 
        following:
                    ``Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (14-5029-0-2-
                303).'';
            (2) by inserting after ``Financial Agent Services (20-1802-
        0-1-803).'' the following:
                    ``Financial assistance to States pursuant to 
                section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy 
                Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note) from the 
                Land Acquisition and State Assistance account (14-5035-
                0-2-303).'';
            (3) by inserting before ``Hazardous Waste Management, 
        Conservation Reserve Program (12-4336-0-3-999).'' the 
        following:
                    ``Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund (20-8625-0-7-
                452).'';
            (4) by inserting before ``Payments to Copyright Owners (03-
        5175-0-2-376).'' the following:
                    ``Payments of States' shares from certain Gulf of 
                Mexico leases (14-5535-0-2-302).'';
            (5) by inserting before ``Payments to the United States 
        Territories, Fiscal Assistance (14-0418-0-1-806).'' the 
        following:
                    ``Payments to States under the Mineral Leasing Act 
                and Associated Payments (14-5003-0-2-999).''; and
            (6) by inserting before ``Tennessee Valley Authority Fund, 
        except nonpower programs and activities (64-4110-0-3-999).'' 
        the following:
                    ``Sport Fish Restoration (14-8151-0-7-303).''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to any sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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