Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013

Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt administrative expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from any presidential sequestration order issued under that Act.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3181 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3181

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
 to clarify the treatment of administrative expenses of the Department 
               of Veterans Affairs during sequestration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2013

 Mr. Michaud 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 clarify the treatment of administrative expenses of the Department 
               of Veterans Affairs during sequestration.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defending Veterans from 
Sequestration Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS DURING SEQUESTRATION.

    Section 256(h)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 906(h)(4)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(G) Department of Veterans Affairs.''.
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