# 114-hr-2884: To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the firewalls between defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits.

114-hr-2884, To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the firewalls between defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits., is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] (R-WI); status Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2884
- Congress: 114
- Title: To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the firewalls between defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- Introduced: 2015-06-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify provisions that allocate spending between defense and nondefense spending. The bill replaces the separate annual discretionary spending limits (commonly known as firewalls) for security and nonsecurity spending for FY2016-FY2021, with annual limits for total discretionary spending. The bill also revises procedures for sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. The requirement that automatic cuts be evenly distributed between defense and nondefense spending is replaced with specified cuts in nondefense and defense direct spending for FY2016-FY2021.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2015-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-5931: Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act
- 114-hr-5637: One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-4938: Free File Act of 2016
- 114-hr-4924: Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016
- 114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-2884 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2884)

## Related
- [114-hr-5931: Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5931)
- [114-hr-5637: One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5637)
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
- [114-hr-4938: Free File Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4938)
- [114-hr-4924: Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4924)
- [114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4773)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2884 (as of 2025-11-18).