United States · Resolution · HCONRES
H.Con.Res. 55 (107th)
To express the sense of Congress regarding the use of a safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes.
Introduced
7 March 2001
Last action
7 March 2001 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sponsors
Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31], Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3], Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large], Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11], Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8], Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46]
Subjects
Taxation, Budget
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Expresses the sense of Congress calling for use of a legislative "trigger" mechanism that: (1) links the phase in of long-term, Federal surplus-reducing actions adopted by the 107th Congress to actual budgetary outcomes over the next ten fiscal years; and (2) outlines specific action that shall be taken should specified levels of Federal debt reduction or on-budget surpluses not be realized, in order to maintain fiscal discipline and continue reducing the national debt.
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Timeline
7 March 2001
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Source: IntroReferral
7 March 2001
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 March 2001
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 7 March 2001 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46] · D · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/55
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hconres/55
- us · 107-hconres-55 · source updated 7 April 2025