US Congress House Bill 5008 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-0)
Status: Introduced on April 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-04-13 - Referred to House Budget
Pending: House Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Targeted Deficit Reduction Act of 2010 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require each budget resolution for FY2011-FY2020 to include reconciliation directives to reduce the deficit to achieve the following goals: (1) primary budget balance by FY2015; (2) full budget balance by FY2020; and (3) a debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 60% by FY2020. Requires any committee that receives such reconciliation directives to be ordered to report a reconciliation bill within 45 calendar days after adoption of such budget resolution. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), on or before February 15 of each year through 2019, to report to the congressional budget committees a target deficit reduction, for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, necessary to achieve the applicable goals and the anticipated glide path for each such fiscal year until FY2020.

Targeted Deficit Reduction Act of 2010

Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. John Boccieri [D-OH]
Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Allen Boyd [D-FL]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]
Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]	Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]	Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Baron Hill [D-IN]
Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Frank Kratovil [D-MD]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]
Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Rep. Scott Murphy [D-NY]
Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Zachary Space [D-OH]
Rep. John Tanner [D-TN]	Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Charles Wilson [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-13		Referred to House Budget
2010-04-13		Referred to House Rules
2010-04-13		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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5008/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr5008/BILLS-111hr5008ih.pdf