Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/1091

 PUBLIC LAW 99-177—DEC. 12, 1985

99 STAT. 1069

submitted under such subsection has been eliminated, reduced, or increased, and (B) adjusting the determinations made under subsection (a) to the extent necessary. The revised report submitted under this paragraph shall contain estimates, determinations, and specifications for all of the items contained in the initial report and authorized under subsection (d)(3)(D)(i) and shall be based on the same economic and technical assumptions, employ the same methodologies, and utilize the same definition of the budget base and the same criteria and guidelines as those used in the report submitted by the Directors under subsection (a) (except that subdivision (II) of paragraph (6)(D)(i) of such subsection shall not apply), and shall provide for the determination of reductions in the manner specified in subsection (a)(3). (2) REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—

(A) On October 10 of the fiscal year (except in the case of the fiscal year 1986), the Comptroller General shall submit to the President and the Congress a report revising the report submitted by the Comptroller General under subsection (b), adjusting the estimates, determinations, and specifications contained in that report to the extent necessary in the light of the revised report submitted to him by the Directors under paragraph (1) of this subsection. (B) The revised report of the Comptroller General under this paragraph shall provide for the determination of reductions as specified in subsection (a)(3) and shall contain all of the estimates, determinations, and specifications required (in the case of the report submitted under subsection 0^)) pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B). (d) SEQUESTRATION OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS.— (1) DETERMINATION OF UNIFORM PERCENTAGE.—The

total amount of reductions in outlays under defense programs required for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(3)(B) after the reduction under subsection (a)(3)(E)(i) shall be calculated as a percentage of the total amount of outlays for the fiscal year estimated to result from new budget authority and unobligated balances for defense programs. (2) SEQUESTRATION OF NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY AND UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—

(A) Sequestration to achieve the remaining reduction in outlays under defense programs shall be made by reducing new budget authority and unobligated balances (if any) in each program, project, or activity under accounts within defense programs by the percentage determined under paragraph (1), computed on the basis of the combined outlay rate for new budget authority and unobligated balances for such program, project, or activity determined under subparagraph (B). (B)(i) The combined outlay rate for new budget authority and unobligated balances for a program, project, or activity shall be determined by the Directors from data then available to them as supplemented by additional data from the heads of the appropriate departments or agencies of the executive branch. If the outlay rate for unobligated balances is not available for any program, project, or activity,

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