PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 331 (96th)

A bill to amend the Employment Act of 1946 to require the submission of a balanced budget, and for other purposes.

Original

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

5 February 1979

Last action

5 February 1979 · Introduced

Status

Referred to Senate Committee on the Budget.

Sponsors

Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI], Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE], Sen. Nelson, Gaylord [D-WI], Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD], Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ], Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE]

Subjects

Budget

Source updated

14 January 2025

Budget

Official sourceView documentsShare

Summary

Amends the Employment Act of 1946 to require the annual budget submitted by the President pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to contain a total amount of estimated outlays equal to the total amount of estimated receipts which would result if the increase in real economic growth for the fiscal year concerned was three percent. Authorizes the President to submit an alternative budget which does not comply with such requirement. Permits the Congress to consider such an alternative budget if each House concurs, by a two-third vote, with the President's determination that a national emergency so requires.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 5 February 1979

    Introduced

    Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 5 February 1979

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.