United States · Bill · S
S. 291 (99th)
Pay-As-You-Go Budget Act
Introduced
24 January 1985
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977 with instructions that if one committee reports, the other committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.
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Summary
Pay-As-You-Go Budget Act - Prohibits the Federal budget for a fiscal year, as proposed by the President or as adopted by the Congress in a concurrent resolution on the budget, from: (1) providing for total budget outlays exceeding the total outlays for the preceding fiscal year, unless it provides at least equal increases in revenues and identifies the source of such revenues; or (2) providing for a reduction in revenues from the preceding fiscal year, unless it provides at least equal reductions in outlays and identifies the programs or activities for which outlays will be reduced. Authorizes the Congress, by a two-thirds vote of each House, to waive such prohibition concerning the budget adopted under a concurrent resolution. Prohibits either House from considering a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year under which revenues exceed outlays, unless the purposes for which such excess revenues are to be allocated are specified. Excludes amounts appropriated to, or disbursed from, specified trust funds as "budget outlays" under this Act.
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summary · EN · 24 January 1985
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/291
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/s/291