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101 records in 1978

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Bill· HRH.R. 13618 (95th)referred

Congressional Budget Limitation Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1978

Congressional Budget Limitation Act - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act to prohibit the level of total budget outlays in any concurrent resolution passed in accordance with this Act from exceeding, in any calendar year, 20 percent of the gross national product of the United States, unless waived by a two-thirds vote in each House of Congress.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 495 (95th)passed

A bill relating to membership on the Committee on the Budget.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Amends rule 25 of the Standing Rules of the Senate to allow a Senator in the 96th Congress to serve on the Committee on the Budget in addition to serving on two other committees. Prohibits any Senator serving on the Committee on the Budget from serving on any of the following committees: Rules and Administration, Veterans' Affairs', Aging, Intelligence, Small Business, and Joint Economic.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 496 (95th)passed

A bill relating to the classification of the Committee on the Budget.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Amends rule 25 of the Standing Rules of the Senate to remove certain prohibitions on Senators serving on the Committee on the Budget including the prohibition from serving on more than three subcommittees of such committee. Amends such Rule to delete the provisions (1) authorizing a Senator to serve on the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations in addition to certain other committees until it is terminated or until the sine die adjournment of the 95th Congress whichever first occurs; and (2) authorizing a Senator serving as chairman or vice chairman on the Subcommittee on Budget Authorization of the Select Committee on Intelligence to continue to serve on such select committee in addition to certain other committees.

Bill· HRH.R. 13308 (95th)referred

Congressional Budget Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Congressional Budget Act Amendments - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the authorization of new budget or spending authority or new tax expenditures for more than five fiscal years. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to prepare a statement to accompany each public bill or resolution reported out of a congressional committee estimating the costs such legislation would impose on State or local governments during the five-year life of such law. Prohibits the enactment of such bill or resolution without also authorizing budget authority for payment by the United States to such State and local governments for costs so imposed. Requires the Comptroller General to prepare for all reported legislation a statement identifying State or local programs designed to accomplish the same purposes as such reported legislation and recommending ways to avoid the duplication of such programs. Requires Federal agencies to publish a similar five-year State and local cost statement in the Federal Register for program-implementing regulations promulgated by such agencies. Requires such agencies to submit to Congress an annual review of each such program.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1010 (95th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting annual increases in Federal budget outlays and new Federal budget authority.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1978

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the levels of total budget outlay and new budget authority for any fiscal year from exceeding the corresponding level for the previous year by a percentage greater than the average annual percentage increase of the gross national product during the three calendar years immediately preceeding the beginning of the applicable fiscal year. Provides an exception to the restriction established by this Act in time of war or national emergency.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1011 (95th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting annual increases in Federal budget outlays and new Federal budget authority.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1978

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the levels of total budget outlay and new budget authority for any fiscal year from exceeding the corresponding level for the previous year by a percentage greater than the average annual percentage increase of the gross national product during the three calendar years immediately preceeding the beginning of the applicable fiscal year. Provides an exception to the restriction established by this Act in time of war or national emergency.

Bill· SS. 3200 (95th)referred

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1978

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act Amendments - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act to prohibit the level of total budget outlays in any concurrent resolution passed in accordance with such Act from exceeding, in any calendar year, 20 percent of the gross national product of the United States, unless waived by a two-thirds vote in each House of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 966 (95th)referred

A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting annual increases in Federal budget outlays and new Federal budget authority.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the levels of total budget outlay and new budget authority for any fiscal year from exceeding the corresponding level for the previous year by a percentage greater than the average annual percentage increase of the gross national product during the three calendar years immediately preceeding the beginning of the applicable fiscal year. Provides an exception to the restriction established by this Act in time of war or national emergency.

Bill· SS. 3167 (95th)referred

National Commission on a Balanced Budget Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1978

National Commission on a Balanced Budget Act - Establishes the Commission on a Balanced Budget to make a full and complete investigation and study of the imbalance in the Federal budget between total receipts and total outlays. States that the sole objective of the Commission shall be to prepare, propose, and recommend to Congress a constitutional amendment to insure a balanced Federal budget. Terminates the Commission six months after it submits its final report, including its findings and a recommended constitutional amendment, to Congress.

Bill· SS. 3168 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to limit increases in total Federal budget outlays and new budget authority to existing real dollar levels.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1978

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to permit the Congress to consider its annual concurrent resolution on the budget only if the appropriate level of total budget outlays and of total new budget authority set forth in such resolution for any fiscal year do not exceed the appropriate levels of total budget outlays and total new budget authority, respectively, for the preceding fiscal year, increased only to the extent necessary to reflect any diminution in the value of the dollar attributable to inflation during the preceding 12 months.

Bill· HRH.R. 13001 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prevent the shifting of fiscal burdens to State and local governments.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1978

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, at the request of any Member, to prepare for certain public bills and resolutions an estimate of the additional costs to State and local governments of carrying out any additional requirements imposed by such legislation. Prohibits the consideration by either House of any bill or resolution for which such estimate predicts such additional costs to State or local governments, unless such bill or resolution authorizes new budget authority for payment of such costs by the Federal Government.

Bill· HRH.R. 12954 (95th)referred

A bill to rescind certain budget authority contained in the message of the President of May 12, 1978 (H. Doc. 95-335), transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978

Rescinds $30,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the Supplemental Appropriations act, 1978, for the Agricultural Conservation Program of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, as contained in the message of the President of May 12, 1978 (H. Doc. 95-335).

Report· DCCELEX 51978DC0256open

GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR 1977 SECOND LIST, AND SUMMARY OF THE COMPLETE LIST, OF REQUESTS FOR THE CARRYOVER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN FINANCIAL YEARS 1977 AND 1978 FOR SUBMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (NON-AUTOMATIC CARRYOVERS) (Pursuant to Article 6(3) and Article 108(3)(b) of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the General Budget of the European Communities) SECTION III (COMMISSION)

European Union · European Commission · 31 May 1978

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1203 (95th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the need for a balanced budget and the steps which must be taken to achieve such a budget by 1980.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1978

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal budget must be brought into balance no later than 1980. Declares that immediate action should be taken by both the Congress and the executive branch to achieve specified goals. Declares that all Federal legislation and requests for funds to implement such legislation should include a deficit impact statement. Requires the annual evaluation of at least one-quarter of all existing Federal programs and one-quarter of the Internal Revenue Code in view of the economic goals set forth in this resolution.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 456 (95th)passed

A resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 3067, the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1978, a bill to authorize appropriations for the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1978

Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 3067 (Civil Rights Commission extension).

Bill· HRH.R. 12737 (95th)referred

Two Step Budget Process Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1978

Two-Step Budget Process Act - Title I: Amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - Requires that the contents of the first concurrent resolution of the budget be separated into two titles. Prescribes a two-step process for the consideration of amendments to such budget resolution by which amendments to the first title must be considered and disposed of prior to the consideration of amendments to the second title. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - States that such amendments are enacted as an exercise of Congressional rulemaking power.

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