United States · Bill · S
S. 2040 (112th)
Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012
Introduced
26 January 2012
Last action
26 January 2012 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA], Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC], Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Subjects
Taxation, Budget
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report to increase or modify the public debt limit unless a concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in effect for the fiscal year during which such measure is being considered. Permits: (1) waiver or suspension of such prohibition in either chamber only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of its Members, and (2) its successful appeal from the ruling of the Chair in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of its Members.
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Timeline
26 January 2012
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
26 January 2012
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 26 January 2012 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2040
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/2040
- us · 112-s-2040 · source updated 5 December 2025