United States · Bill · S
S. 647 (105th)
Emergency Spending Control Act of 1997
Introduced
24 April 1997
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Status
Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.
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Summary
Emergency Spending Control Act of 1997 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the inclusion of nonemergency spending proposals in emergency spending legislation. Allows such proposals to contain rescissions of budget authority or provisions that reduce direct spending.
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Referral Instructions Senate (text)
Referral Instructions Senate (text)
Referral Instructions Senate · EN · 24 April 1997
Referral Instructions Senate (PDF)
Referral Instructions Senate · EN · 24 April 1997
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 April 1997
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/647
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/647