To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) from sequestration.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from being subject to automatic reductions to eliminate the excess budget deficit (sequestration).

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6692 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6692

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to exempt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
                      (SAMHSA) from sequestration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2012

 Mr. Clarke of Michigan (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sablan, Ms. 
Lee of California, Mr. Cleaver, and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to exempt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
                      (SAMHSA) from sequestration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION FOR SAMHSA.

    Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting ``Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration'' immediately after the item 
relating to ``Soldiers and Airmen's Home, payment of claims''.
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