1. Across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (a) Across-the-Board Rescissions There is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 5 percent of— (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation imposed) in each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018 for any non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account in any fiscal year 2017 or 2018 appropriation Act; (2) the budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018 for any non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account in any prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and (3) the contract authority provided in each of the fiscal years 2017 and 2018 for any program that is subject to a limitation contained in any fiscal year 2017 or 2018 appropriation Act for any non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account. (b) Non-Defense, Non-Homeland-Security, and Non-Veterans-Affairs Discretionary Account For purposes of subsection (a), the term non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary account means any discretionary account, other than— (1) any account included in a Department of Defense Appropriations Act; (2) any account included in a Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act; (3) any account of the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs included in a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; or (4) any account for Department of Energy defense activities included in an Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. (c) 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 such subsection