[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 199 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 199 To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity discretionary spending, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity discretionary spending, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Implementing Decreases in Overall Government Expenditures Act'' or the ``Implementing DOGE Act''. SEC. 2. ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS. (a) Definitions.--In this Act: (1) Budget authority.--The term ``budget authority'' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622). (2) Discretionary appropriations; security category.--The terms ``discretionary appropriations'' and ``security category'' have the meanings given such terms in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)). (3) Excess growth percent.--The term ``excess growth percent'' means the percentage in excess of one percent that the total annual appropriations exceeded the previous fiscal year's annual appropriations. (4) Nonsecurity discretionary appropriations.--The term ``nonsecurity discretionary appropriations'' means discretionary appropriations provided in a regular appropriation Act that are not included in the security category. (5) Regular appropriation act.--The term ``regular appropriation Act''-- (A) means an annual appropriation Act (as described in section 105 of title 1, United States Code) providing new budget authority for the programs, projects, and activities under the jurisdiction of a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (B) includes-- (i) a title, division, or other subdivision of an Act or resolution that, if it were a separate Act, would be an Act described in subparagraph (A); and (ii) a resolution or Act, or a title, division, or other subdivision of a resolution or Act, making continuing appropriations for a fiscal year. (b) Rescission.--For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, effective on the day after the date on which appropriations are made available through September 30 of the applicable fiscal year for the entire Federal Government, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, the excess growth percent of the nonsecurity discretionary appropriations made available for such fiscal year. <all>