S.1841: A bill to mitigate the reduction in the readiness of our Armed Forces by reducing the defense sequestration cuts for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 but implementing the cuts, in their entirety, over the duration of sequestration.

About This Bill

  • Introduced Dec. 17, 2013
  • Latest Major Action Dec. 17, 2013

Bill Summary

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to prohibit the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from implementing the otherwise required 50% sequestrations for FY2014 and FY2015 of discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts within function 050 (defense function) under the Act. Requires OMB instead to reduce such discretionary appropriations and direct spending amounts by $15...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Dec. 17, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Dec. 17, 2013

Introduced in the Senate by James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

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