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Title: Offsets Cost of Disaster Relief Appropriations Through Discretionary Budget Cuts

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt an amendment to HR 152 that reduces discretionary appropriations by 1.63 percent for fiscal year 2013.

Highlights:

Reduces all discretionary appropriations by 1.63 percent for fiscal year 2013 (Sec. 905).

Requires any new appropriation for fiscal year 2013 enacted after this amendment to be subject to the 1.63 percent reduction (Sec. 905).

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report that specifies the amount of each rescission made pursuant to this amendment within 30 days of the enactment of any fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill (Sec. 905).

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Title: Offsets Cost of Disaster Relief Appropriations Through Discretionary Budget Cuts

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