Pub. L. 108-7, div. N, tit. VI, sec. 601

Sec. 601. (a) Across-the-Board Rescissions.—There is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.65 percent of—(1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation imposed) for fiscal year 2003 for any discretionary account in divisions A through K of this joint resolution;(2) the budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2003 for any discretionary account in any prior fiscal year appropriations Act; and(3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2003 for any program subject to limitation contained in this joint resolution.(b) Proportionate Application.—Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be applied proportionately—(1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget authority described in subsection (a); and(2) within each such account and item, to each program, project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities as delineated in the appropriation Act or accompanying reports 117 STAT. 551 for the relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, or for accounts and items not included in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most recently submitted President’s budget).(c) The rescission in subsection (a) shall not apply to budget authority appropriated or otherwise made available by this joint resolution in the following amounts in the following activities or accounts: $4,696,000,000 provided for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the Department of Agriculture in division A; $6,667,533,000 provided for the Head Start Act in the Department of Education in division G; $23,889,304,000 provided for medical care in the Department of Veterans Affairs in division K; and $3,836,000,000 provided for the Shuttle program in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in division K.