1. Limitations on emergency spending (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term discretionary spending limit has the meaning given that term in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 900(c) ); (2) the term emergency means any occasion or instance for which Federal assistance is needed to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States; (3) the term Fund means the Federal Rainy Day Fund established under subsection (c)(1)