US HB3984 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on November 5 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-05 - Referred to House Budget
Pending: House Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2015 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of order in the Senate and House of Representatives against any provision in an appropriation measure, amendment, motion, or conference report that: (1) contains a change in mandatory program spending, (2) reduces budget authority in the current year but does not reduce outlays over time, and (3) limits obligations from the Crime Victims Fund during a fiscal year to less than the average amount deposited into the Fund during the previous three fiscal years. The bill permits a Senator to raise a point of order to strike such provision or to prevent its incorporation through amendment or motion. If the point of order is sustained by the Chair, the provision is stricken and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor. A motion to waive or suspend the point of order, or a motion to sustain an appeal of the ruling the Chair on such point of order, requires the affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members. It also prohibits consideration of such provision in the House of Representatives.

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Title

Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2015

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-11-05HouseReferred to House Budget
2015-11-05HouseReferred to House Rules
2015-11-05HouseReferred 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.
2015-11-05HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1495 (Same As) 2015-07-21 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 158.

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