PUBLIC LAW 99-177—DEC. 12, 1985
99 STAT. 1091
(i) uncertainty as to the scope of benefits under any such program is minimized; (ii) any instability in market prices for agricultural commodities resulting from the reduction is minimized; and (iii) normal production and marketing relationships among agricultural commodities (including both contract and non-contract commodities) are not distorted. In meeting the criterion set out in clause (iii) of subparagraph (B) of the preceding sentence, the President shall take into consideration that reductions under an order may apply to programs for two or more agricultural commodities that use the same type of production or marketing resources or that are alternative commodities among which a producer could choose in making annual production decisions. (5) No DOUBLE REDUCTION.—No agricultural price support or income protection program that is subject to reduction under an order issued under section 252 for a fiscal year may be subject, Ante, p. 1072. as well, to modification or suspension under such order as an automatic spending increase. (6) CERTAIN AUTHORITY NOT TO BE LIMITED.—Nothing in this joint resolution shall limit or reduce, in any way, any appropriation that provides the Commodity Credit Corporation with budget authority to cover the Corporation's net realized losses. (k) COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS, INDLAN HEALTH SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AND VETERANS' MEDICAL CARE.—
(1) The maximum permissible reduction in budget authority for any account listed in paragraph (2) for any fiscal year, pursuant to an order issued under section 252, shall b e ^ (A) 1 percent in the case of the fiscal year 1986, and (B) 2 percent in the case of any subsequent fiscal year. (2) The accounts referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: (A) Community health centers (75-0350-0-1-550), (B) Migrant health centers (75-0350-0-1-550). (C) Indian health facilities (75-0391-0-1-551). (D) Indian health services (75-0390-0-1-551). (E) Veterans' medical care (36-0160-0-1-703). For purposes of the preceding provisions of this paragraph, programs are identified by the designated budget account identification code numbers set forth in the Budget of the United States Government—Appendix. (1) TREATMENT OF OBLIGATED BALANCES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), obligated balances shall not be subject to reduction under an order issued under section 252. Ante, p. 1072. (2) EXCEPTION.—Existing contracts in major functional cat- Contracts. egory 050 (other than (A) those contracts which include a specified penalty for cancellation or modification by the Government and which if so cancelled or modified would result (due to such penalty) in a net loss to the Government for the fiscal year, and (B) those contracts the reduction of which would violate the legal obligations of the Government) shall be subject to reduction, in accordance with section 251(d)(3), under an order issued Ante, p. 1063. under section 252. V (3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subsection, the term "existing contracts" shall include all military and civilian con-
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