HR 3043 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reduce the discretionary spending limit for fiscal year 2013 and 2014 to the fiscal year 2012 level.

Introduced Sep 23, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Marsha Blackburn R-TN

Latest action · Sep 23, 2011 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.

IntroducedSep 23, 2011
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 reduce the discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for security and nonsecurity categories for FY2013-FY2014 to the FY2012 spending level of $1.43 trillion.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 23, 2011 to Dec 7, 2011; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-GA	Tom Price	Original	Sep 23, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole		Nov 30, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe		Dec 2, 2011
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Dec 2, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Dec 2, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed		Dec 2, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Dec 7, 2011

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Budget Committee	Referred Sep 23, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 23, 2011Introduced in House
Sep 23, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 and 2 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6456.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reduce the discretionary spending limit for fiscal year 2013 and 2014 to the fiscal year 2012 level.

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Sep 23, 2011Introduced in House

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