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 PUBLIC LAW 99-177—DEC. 12, 1985

99 STAT. 1073

the program and financing schedules contained in the appendix to the Budget of the United States Government for that fiscal year, applying the same reduction percentage as the percentage by which the account is reduced in such report. (2) SPECIAL SEQUESTRATION PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1986.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (B)(i) of paragraph (1), the order issued by the President under paragraph (1) with respect to fiscal year 1986 shall sequester, from each program, project, or activity within an account within major functional category 050, such amounts of new budget authority and unobligated balances as are specified (in accordance with section 251(a)(3)(E)(ii)) in the Ante, p. 1063. report submitted by the Comptroller General under section 251(b). (B) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO MILITARY PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS.—

(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B)(i) of paragraph (1), the order issued by the President under paragraph (1) with respect to fiscal year 1986 may, with respect to any military personnel account— (I) exempt any program, project, or activity within such account from the order; (II) provide for a lower uniform percentage to be applied to reduce any program, project, or activity within such account than would otherwise apply; or (III) take actions described in both subclauses (I) and (II). (ii) If the President uses the authority under clause (i), the total amount by which outlays are not reduced for fiscal year 1986 in military personnel accounts by reason of the use of such authority shall be determined. Reductions in outlays under defense programs in such total amount shall be achieved by a uniform percentage sequestration of new budget authority and unobligated balances in each program, project, and activity within each account within major functional category 050 other than those military personnel accounts for which the authority provided under clause (i) has been exercised, computed on the basis of the outlay rate for each such program, project, and activity determined under section 251(d). Ante, p. 1063. (iii) The President may not use the authority provided by clause (i) unless he notifies the Comptroller General and the Congress on or before January 10, 1986, of the manner in which such authority will be exercised. (C) FLEXIBILITY AMONG PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN ACCOUNTS.—

(i) New budget authority and unobligated balances for any program, project, or activity within an account within major functional category 050 may be reduced under an order issued by the President under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 1986, subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this subparagraph, by up to two times the

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