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 101 STAT. 772

PUBLIC LAW 100-119—SEPT. 29, 1987 -w f B I f^rl <

after the Senate has disposed of a Senate originated joint resolution which is identical to the House passed joint resolution, the action of the Senate with regard to the disposition of the Senate originated joint resolution shall be deemed to be the action of the Senate with regard to the House originated joint resolution. If it is not identical to the House passed joint resolution, then the Senate shall be considered to have passed the joint resolution of the House as amended by the text of the Senate joint resolution.

"(d) EXISTING PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES NOT To BE

ELIMINATED.—No action taken by the President under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall have the effect of eliminating any program, project, or activity of the Federal Government. "(e) RELATIVE BUDGET PRIORITIES NOT TO B E ALTERED.—Nothing

in the preceding provisions of this section shall be construed to give the President new authority to alter the relative priorities in the Federal budget that are established by law, and no person who is or becomes eligible for benefits under any provision of law shall be denied eligibility by reason of any order issued under this part. "(f) PART-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS.— "(1) EFFECT OF FINAL ORDER ON PART-YEAR APPROPRIATION.—If,

at the time the President issues a final order for any fiscal year, there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of the fiscal year for any budget account which is subject to reduction under the order, then the amount sequestered upon issuance of the order for that account shall be equal to the reduction amount for such account required by the final order multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days during the fiscal year with respect to which the Act applies and the denominator of which is 365. "(2) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT APPROPRIATION ON FINAL ORDER.—

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"(A) If, after the issuance of a final order for a fiscal year under subsection (b), an Act referred to in paragraph (1) is 0 extended or an Act making or continuing appropriations for part of the fiscal year for the account is enacted, then -B.f additional amounts determined in the same manner shall be sequestered. bo "(B) Upon enactment of a full-year appropriation (including a continuing appropriation for the full year) for the Aj-f3 account, the full amount of the sequestration specified by the final order, reduced by the sum of amounts previously sequestered and savings achieved by such appropriation measure when the amount enacted is less than the budget baseline for such account, shall be sequestered, except that tH! the sum shall not exceed the amount specified in the final order for the account. "(3) EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEQUESTRATIONS.—Amounts required to be sequestered by the President under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be sequestered not later than the close of the fifth calendar day beginning after the date of enactment into law of the relevant Act referred to in paragraph (1) or (2). "(g) PRINTING OF ORDERS.—Each initial order and final order issued under this section shall be submitted to the Federal Register on the date it is issued and printed on the following day. If the date specified for the issuance of an order or its printing in the Federal Register under this section falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, such order shall be issued or printed on the following day."
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