United States · Bill · S
S. 2979 (115th)
Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act
Introduced
24 May 2018
Last action
24 May 2018 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred concurrently to the Committees on Appropriations; the Budget pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, with instructions that the Budget Committee be authorized to report its views to the Appropriations Committee, and that the latter alone be authorized to report the bill.
Sponsors
Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ], Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Subjects
Housing, Agriculture, Energy, Budget
Source updated
5 December 2025
Housing · Agriculture · Energy · Budget
Summary
Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act This bill rescinds approximately $15 billion in budget authority over 2018-2028 that was proposed to be rescinded by the President under procedures included in the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. (A rescission is legislation enacted by Congress that cancels the availability of previously enacted budget authority before the authority would otherwise expire. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress, which must be enacted into law to take effect. Congress may rescind all, part, or none of the amounts proposed by the President. If Congress does not pass rescission legislation within 45 days of continuous session of Congress, the President must make the funds available.) The bill rescinds budget authority from specified programs and accounts within: the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Department of State, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the U.S. Agency for International Development. the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Railroad Retirement Board.
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Timeline
24 May 2018
Introduced
Read twice and referred concurrently to the Committees on Appropriations; the Budget pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, with instructions that the Budget Committee be authorized to report its views to the Appropriations Committee, and that the latter alone be authorized to report the bill.
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24 May 2018
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 May 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2979
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/2979
- us · 115-s-2979 · source updated 5 December 2025