A bill to provide for across-the-board rescissions of nonsecurity discretionary spending of 5 percent.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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AI Government Intelligence™Senate Bill 5483 from the 118th Congress proposes a 5 percent across-the-board rescission of nonsecurity discretionary spending. This means that all nonsecurity discretionary budget allocations would be reduced by 5 percent. The bill was introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Appropriations but has since failed or expired. There is no official summary or full text available to provide further detail on specific provisions or exceptions.
The bill aimed to reduce nonsecurity discretionary spending by 5 percent but did not advance beyond committee referral and is no longer active.
- Proposes a uniform 5 percent cut to all nonsecurity discretionary spending.
- Introduced in the Senate during the 118th Congress and referred to the Appropriations Committee.
- The bill status is failed or expired, indicating it did not pass into law.
['Federal budget management entities seeking spending reductions', 'Potentially taxpayers if spending cuts reduce deficits', 'Nonsecurity discretionary spending programs subject to the rescission']
['Lack of detailed bill text limits understanding of specific spending categories affected or exceptions', 'Implementation challenges in uniformly applying cuts across diverse programs', 'Potential impacts on agencies and programs reliant on nonsecurity discretionary funding', 'Oversight mechanisms for enforcing rescissions are not detailed']
The bill was introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Appropriations during the 118th Congress. It addresses federal budgetary policy by targeting nonsecurity discretionary spending, a common area of fiscal debate. The bill did not advance beyond committee referral and is recorded as failed or expired as of December 2025.
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['Potential reduction in services or program outputs funded through nonsecurity discretionary spending.', 'Possible shifts in agency priorities to accommodate budget cuts.', 'Downstream effects on contractors and organizations dependent on federal discretionary funding.']
The absence of a full bill text and official summary limits detailed analysis. Transparency would be improved by providing full legislative text and detailed fiscal impact statements. Oversight considerations include how rescissions would be implemented and monitored across diverse federal programs.
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