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 99 STAT. 1074

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PUBLIC LAW 99-177—DEC. 12, 1985 percentage otherwise applicable to the program, project, or activity (determined after any reduction under subparagraph (B)). To the extent such reductions are made under such an order, the President may provide in the order for an increase in new budget authority and unobligated balances for another program, project, or activity within the same account within major functional category 050 for fiscal year 1986, but such program, project, or activity may not be increased above the level in the base set forth in such order. (ii) No order issued by the President under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 1986 may result in a base closure or realignment that would otherwise be subject to section 2687 of title 10, United States Code. (iii) New budget authority and unobligated balances for any program, project, or activity within major functional category 050 for fiscal year 1986 which is 10 percent (or more) greater than the amount requested in the budget submitted by the President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 1986 may not be reduced by more than the percentage applicable to the program, project, or activity (determined after any reduction under subparagraph (B)). (3) ORDER TO BE BASED ON COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S REPORT.—

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The order must provide for reductions in the manner specified in section 251(a)(3), must incorporate the provisions of the report submitted under section 251(b), and must be consistent with such report in all respects. The President may not modify or recalculate any of the estimates, determinations, specifications, bases, amounts, or percentages set forth in the report submitted under section 251(b) in determining the reductions to be specified in the order with respect to programs, projects, and activities, or with respect to budget activities, within an account, with the exception of the authority granted to the President for fiscal year 1986 with respect to defense programs pursuant to paragraph (2)(C). (4) EFFECT OF SEQUESTRATION UNDER INFITAL ORDER.—Notwith-

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President of U.S.

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standing section 257(7), amounts sequestered under an order issued by the President under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 1987 or any subsequent fiscal year shall be withheld from obligation pending the issuance of a final order under subsection (b) and shall be permanently cancelled in accordance with such final order upon the issuance of such order. (5) ACCOMPANYING MESSAGE.—At the time the actions described in the preceding provisions of this subsection with respect to any fiscal year are taken, the President shall transmit to both Houses of the Congress a message containing all the information required by section 251(a)(4) and further specifying in strict accordance with paragraph id)— (A) within each account, for each program, project, and activity, or budget account activity, the base from which each sequestration or reduction is taken and the amounts which are to be sequestered or reduced for each such program, project, and activity or budget account activity; and (B) such other supporting details as the President may determine to be appropriate.

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