Bills Introduced – 2-27-13

There were two more bills yesterday that would prevent/modify the sequester of Federal funding. No way of telling yet what specific affect either bill would have on cybersecurity or chemical safety/security spending. The two bills are:

H.R.849 Latest Title: To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the section 251A sequestrations and to reduce the security and nonsecurity discretionary spending limits by $320 billion from fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2021, and to suspend the statutory limit on the public debt until February 1, 2017.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Adam (D,WA)

H.R.857 Latest Title: To amend section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the Department of Defense sequestration for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and sequester such eliminated sums over a period of fiscal years 2015 through 2021.
Sponsor: Rep Cook, Paul (R,CA)

Neither of these bills has much chance of actually being considered. Legislation on spending that does get floor consideration typically comes from the Chair (or sometimes Ranking Member) of the Appropriations Committees.