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 PUBLIC LAW 99-177—DEC. 12, 1985

99 STAT. 1067

States under section 204 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; and (C)(i) for defense programs, by account and by program, project, and activity within each account, the reduction (stated in terms of both percentage and amount) in new budget authority and unobligated balances, together with the estimated outlay reductions resulting therefrom; and (ii) for non-defense programs, by account, the reduction, stated in terms of both percentage and amount, in new budget authority, new loan guarantee commitments, new direct loan obligations, obligation limitations, and spending authority as defined in section 401(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, together with the estimated outlay reductions resulting therefrom.

26 USC 3304 note. Defense and national security.

Ante, p. 1056.

(5) BASIS FOR DIRECTORS' ESTIMATES, DETERMINATIONS, AND

SPECIFICATIONS.—The estimates, determinations, and specifications of the Directors under the preceding provisions of this subsection and under subsection (c)(1) shall utilize the budget base, criteria, and guidelines set forth in paragraph (6) and in sections 255, 256, and 257. In the event that the Directors are unable to agree on any items required to be set forth in the report, they shall avergige their differences to the extent necessary to produce a single, consistent set of data that achieves the required deficit reduction. The report of the Directors shall also indicate the amount initially proposed for each averaged item by each Director. (6) BUDGET BASE.—In computing the amounts and percentages by which accounts must be reduced during a fiscal year as set forth in any report required under this subsection for such fiscal year, the budget base shall be determined by— (A) assuming (subject to subparagraph (C)) the continuation of current law in the case of revenues and spending authority as defined in section 401(c)(2) of the Congression^ Budget Act of 1974; (B) assuming, in the case of all accounts to which subparagraph (A) does not apply, appropriations equal to the prior year's appropriations except to the extent that annual appropriations or continuing appropriations for the entire fiscal year have been enacted; (C) assuming that expiring provisions of law providing revenues and spending authority as defined in section 401(c)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 do expire, except that excise taxes dedicated to a trust fund and agricultural price support programs administered through the Commodity Credit Corporation are extended at current rates; and (D) assuming (i) that Federal pay adjustments for statutory pay systems (I) will be as recommended by the President, but (II) will in no case result in a reduction in the levels of pay in effect immediately before such adjustments; and (ii) that medicare spending levels for inpatient hospital services will be based upon the regulations most recently issued in final form or proposed by the Health Care Financing Administration pursuant to sections 1886(b)(3)(B), 1886(d)(3)(A), and 1886(e)(4) of the Social Security Act. Deferrals proposed under section 1013 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 during the period beginning October 1 of

Post, pp. 1082, 1086, 1092.

Ante, p. 1056.

98 Stat. 1075. 42 USC 1395ww. 2 USC 684.

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