US Congress House Bill 2727 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-01 - Referred to House Budget
Pending: House Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

People's Act of 2011 - Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to prohibit the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction from proposing any reductions in eligibility, payments, or benefits, or that would otherwise reduce outlays of budget authority for: (1) Social Security benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) or under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI); (2) the Medicare program under SSA title XVIII; (3) the Medicaid program under SSA title XIX; or (4) the Head Start Act or any program administered by the Secretary of Education, including any program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Higher Education Act of 1965, or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

People's Act of 2011

Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-01	House	Referred to House Budget
2011-08-01	House	Referred to House Rules
2011-08-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HB2723 (Related) 2011-08-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2727/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2727/BILLS-112hr2727ih.pdf