Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/1097

 PUBLIC LAW 99-177—DEC. 12, 1985

99 STAT. 1075

Upon receipt in the Senate and the House of Representatives, the message (and any accompanying proposals made under subsection (c)) shall be referred to all committees with jurisdiction over programs, projects, and activities affected by the order. (6) EFFECTIVE DATE OF INITIAL ORDER.— (A) FISCAL YEAR 1986.—The order issued by the President

under paragraph (1) with respect to the fiscal year 1986 shall be effective as of March 1, 1986. (B) FISCAL YEARS 1987-1991.—The order issued by the President of U.S. President under paragraph (1) with respect to the fiscal year 1987 or any subsequent fiscal year shall be effective as of October 1 of such fiscal year (and the President shall withhold from obligation as provided in paragraph (4), pending the issuance of his final order under subsection (b), any amounts that are to be sequestered or reduced under such order). (C) TREATMENT OF AUTOMATIC SPENDING INCREASES.— (i) FISCAL YEAR 1986.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, any automatic spending increase that would (but for this clause) be first paid during the period beginning with the date of the enactment of this joint resolution and ending with the effective date of an order issued by the President under paragraph (1) for the fiscal year 1986 shall be suspended until such order becomes effective, and the amounts that would otherwise be expended during such period with respect to such increases shall be withheld. If such order provides that automatic spending increases shall be reduced to zero during such fiscal year, the increases suspended pursuant to the preceding sentence and any legal rights thereto shall be permanently cancelled. If such order provides for the payment of automatic spending increases during such fiscal year in amounts that are less than would have been paid but for such order, or provides for the payment of the full amount of such increases, the increases suspended pursuant to such sentence shall be restored to the extent necessary to pay such reduced or full increases, and lump-sum payments in the amounts necessary to pay such reduced or full increases shall be made, for the period for which such increases were suspended pursuant to this clause. (ii) FISCAL YEARS 1987-1991.—Notwithstanding

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other provision of law, any automatic spending increase that would (but for this clause) be first paid during the period beginning with the first day of such fiscal year and ending with the date on which a final order is issued pursuant to subsection (b) shall be suspended until such final order becomes effective, and the amounts that would otherwise be expended during such period with respect to such increases shall be withheld. If such final order provides that automatic spending increases shall be reduced to zero during such fiscal year, the increases suspended pursuant to the preceding sentence and any legal rights thereto shall be permanently cancelled. If such final order provides for the payment of automatic spending increases

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