HR 1521 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for sequestration of Federal spending in excess of 18 percent of gross domestic product.

Introduced Apr 4, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Nick Smith R-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 4, 2001 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 4, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide for a sequestration equal to the amount by which total outlays exceed 18 percent of the gross domestic product for any of FY 2002 through 2006.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 4, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CO	Bob Schaffer	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-GA	Jack Kingston	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-AZ	Jeff Flake	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-SC	Jim DeMint	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-IN	John N. Hostettler	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Original	Apr 4, 2001
D-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Apr 4, 2001
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Apr 4, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 4, 2001Introduced in House
Apr 4, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

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