S 2465 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Budget Enforcement Act of 2002

Introduced May 7, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Judd Gregg R-NH

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 7, 2002 Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 7, 2002
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Budget Enforcement Act of 2002 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend through FY 2007 the discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for specified nondefense categories in new budget authority and outlays.

Extends the provisions of such Act for an additional five years, including the pay-as-you-go requirement. Prohibits sequestration in any surplus year.

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 concerning budget evasion points of order against legislation which evades specified budget enforcement mechanisms such as the discretionary spending limits, pay-as-you-go, and directed scoring.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2002 to May 14, 2002, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldOriginalMay 7, 2002
R-RILincoln ChafeeMay 8, 2002
D-MAJohn F. KerryMay 14, 2002

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2002Introduced in Senate
  2. May 7, 2002Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.

Subjects

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

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