HR 3201 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

Introduced Oct 13, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Maxine Waters D-CA

Latest action · Oct 13, 2011 Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

Progress

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IntroducedOct 13, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to repeal: (1) establishment of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction; and (2) the mandatory reduction in discretionary appropriations and direct spending unless a joint committee bill achieving more than $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction is enacted by January 15, 2012 (enforcement of the budget goal).

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 13, 2011 to Nov 4, 2011; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Oct 13, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner		Nov 4, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Nov 4, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Nov 4, 2011
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Nov 4, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Nov 4, 2011
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Nov 4, 2011

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Rules Committee	Referred Oct 13, 2011
House	Budget Committee	Referred Oct 13, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 13, 2011Introduced in House
Oct 13, 2011Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

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: Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6921.

Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

Subjects

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Text 1

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Oct 13, 2011Introduced in House

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