Establishment of budgetary level reduction schedule

(a) In general There is hereby established a reoccurring three-year budgetary level reduction cycle with respect to any unauthorized program, to begin in fiscal year 2026, consistent with the requirements of this Act. (b) Definitions In this Act: (1) Budgetary level The term budgetary level means the allocation made under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives or the Senate in a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, and includes any such allocation made pursuant to a deeming resolution. (2) Expiring fiscal year The term expiring fiscal year means, with respect to an unauthorized program, the fiscal year during which authorizations of appropriations will expire for such program. (3) Unauthorized program The term unauthorized program means any program or activity listed in the annual report published by the Congressional Budget Office, entitled Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations, or any successor report, with respect to which authorizations of appropriations will expire during the fiscal year in which such report is published. (c) Application to programs that expired before fiscal year 2026 For purposes of applying this Act to any unauthorized program funded during fiscal year 2026 and for which authorizations of appropriations expired before such fiscal year, such program shall be deemed to be a program or activity listed in the report referred to in subsection (b)(3) with respect to which authorizations of appropriations will expire during fiscal year 2026.