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HR 3985 108th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional reporting requirements Defense budgets Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Federal budgets Government Operations and Politics Government spending reductions Legislation Rescission of appropriated funds

To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2005.

Introduced: March 17, 2004 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Provides a two-percent rescission in the: (1) budget authority provided (or obligation limitation imposed) for FY 2005 for any non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary account in any FY 2005 appropriation Act; (2) budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for FY 2005 for such account in any prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and (3) contract authority provided in FY 2005 for any program that is subject to a limitation contained in any FY 2005 appropriation Act for the account.

Excludes any account: (1) included in a Department of Defense Appropriations Act, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, or Military Construction Appropriations Act; or (2) for Department of Energy defense activities included in an Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act.

What's happening now March 17, 2004

Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jul 20, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3985: To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2005.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3985/
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"H.R. 3985: To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2005.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3985/.
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H.R. 3985, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3985/.
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