US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 71 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Providing for a plan to alleviate the effects of sequestration. Resolves that Congress must meet its constitutional obligation to provide for the common defense of the United States by restoring spending cuts required by sequestration. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) Resolves that Congress should enact legislation that: restores no less than 75% of the pre-sequester levels established by the Budget Control Act of 2011, offsets the increases in discretionary spending through a combination of reductions to mandatory spending and increases in revenue, includes a Chained Consumer Price Index for Social Security and further means testing for Medicare, and increases revenue by closing tax loopholes and capping deductions for high-income households.

Providing for a plan to alleviate the effects of sequestration.

Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-07-31	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2015-07-31	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-07-31	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-07-31	House	Referred to House Budget
2015-07-31	House	Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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.
2015-07-31	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/71/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hconres71/BILLS-114hconres71ih.pdf