S 90 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

A bill to extend certain budgetary enforcement to maintain fiscal accountability and responsibility.

Introduced Jan 7, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Judd Gregg R-NH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 20, 2003 Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.

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. IntroducedJan 7, 2003
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) requirements.

Extends congressional supermajority enforcement requirements in the Senate.

Exempts direct spending or revenue effects resulting in net deficit reduction enacted pursuant to reconciliation since the beginning of that same calendar year from PAYGO points of order enforcement in the Senate.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress and the President should negotiate and agree on the appropriate discretionary spending levels and extend the statutory discretionary spending caps for 2003 and beyond as early as possible.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2003 to Mar 5, 2003, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldOriginalJan 7, 2003
R-RILincoln ChafeeJan 10, 2003
R-AZJohn McCainMar 5, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2003Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.
  2. Jan 7, 2003Introduced in Senate
  3. Jan 7, 2003Read 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. (text of measure as introduced: CR S75)

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