CORE Spending Act
Latest action · Dec 9, 2009 Referred to House Rules
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.
- IntroducedDec 9, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Commission On Reforming Entitlement Spending Act, or CORE Spending Act - Establishes the Commission On Reforming Entitlement Spending to examine the long-term fiscal challenges facing the United States and develop legislation designed to address them.
Authorizes the President and the House or Senate Budget Committee to submit alternatives to the legislative proposal submitted by the Commission.
Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare a long-term cost estimate of legislation proposed under this Act or a related amendment, and have it published in the Congressional Record as expeditiously as possible.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 16, 2009 to Feb 22, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Dec 16, 2009 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jan 13, 2010 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jan 19, 2010 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Feb 22, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Dec 9, 2009 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Dec 9, 2009 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2009Introduced in House
- Dec 9, 2009Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Dec 9, 2009Referred to House Budget
- Dec 9, 2009Referred to House Rules
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a commission to develop legislation designed to reform entitlement benefit programs and ensure a sound fiscal future for the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- CORE Spending Act
- Commission On Reforming Entitlement Spending Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Accounting and auditing
- Advisory bodies
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- Economic performance and conditions
- Economics and Public Finance
- Financial services and investments
- Government information and archives
- House of Representatives
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Medicare
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public participation and lobbying
- Securities
- Social security and elderly assistance
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
