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S. 1848 (97th)

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to impose limits on the amount of total budget outlays contained in concurrent resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

16 November 1981

Last action

22 December 1981 · Committee

Status

Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GAO; CBO; OMB; Council of Economic Advisers.

Sponsors

Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN], Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]

Subjects

Budget

Source updated

14 January 2025

Budget

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Summary

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to limit the level of total budget outlays in any concurrent resolution on the budget to 20 percent of the gross national product by fiscal year 1987. Makes it in order to consider a concurrent resolution containing budget outlays which exceed the specified limits within a specified "margin of error." Imposes reporting requirements upon the President and the congressional budget committees with respect to this requirement.

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Timeline

  1. 16 November 1981

    Introduced

    Read second time and referred jointly to Senate Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 November 1981

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 22 December 1981

    Committee

    Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GAO; CBO; OMB; Council of Economic Advisers.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

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