US SB333 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue a debt limit warning to Congress if Treasury determines that the United States will reach the statutory debt limit within 60 days. The warning must include a determination of when extraordinary measures may be necessary to prolong the funding of the United States government in the absence of a debt limit increase. Any formal Presidential request to increase the debt limit must include: (1) the amount of the proposed increase, and (2) proposed legislation to reduce spending over the sum of the current and following 10 years by at least the amount of the requested increase. The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to create a point of order in the House and Senate against legislation increasing the debt limit, unless the legislation reduces spending over the sum of the current and following 10 years by at least the amount of the increase.
Title
Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act
Sponsors
Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH] | Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH] | Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY] | Sen. John Boozman [R-AR] |
Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV] | Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID] | Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA] |
Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI] | Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT] | Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL] | Sen. David Vitter [R-LA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-02 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. |
Subjects
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Economics and public finance
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Budget process
Economics and public finance
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/333/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s333/BILLS-114s333is.pdf |