; (2) the term agency means any authority of the United States that is an agency under section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, other than those considered to be independent regulatory agencies, as defined in section 3502(5) of such title; (3) the term covered discretionary administrative action means a discretionary administrative action that would affect direct spending; (4) the term direct spending 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) ); (5) the term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; (6) the term discretionary administrative action — (A) means any administrative action that is not required by law; and (B) includes an administrative action required by law for which an agency has discretion in the manner in which to implement the administrative action; and (7) the term increase direct spending means that the amount of direct spending would increase relative to— (A) the most recently submitted projection of the amount of direct spending presented in baseline estimates as defined in section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, under— (i) the budget of the President submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code; or (ii) the supplemental summary of the budget submitted under section 1106 of title 31, United States Code; (B) with respect to a discretionary administrative action that is incorporated into the applicable projection described in subparagraph (A) and for which a proposal has not been submitted under section 263(a)(2)(A), a projection of the amount of direct spending if no administrative action were taken