Budget Enforcement Act of 2002

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S 2465

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May 7, 2002

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Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, ...

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Appropriations Budget resolutions Congress Congressional budget process Congressional reporting requirements Congressional voting Deficit reduction Economics and Public Finance Entitlements Government spending reductions Legislation Legislative amendments Legislative resolutions Senate rules and procedure Social Welfare Taxation

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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.

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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.
May 7, 2002

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