Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012
Latest action · Jan 18, 2012 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
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.
- IntroducedJan 18, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report to extend the public debt limit unless a concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in effect for the fiscal year during which such measure is being considered.
Permits: (1) waiver or suspension of this prohibition in either chamber only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of its Members, and (2) its successful appeal from the ruling of the Chair in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of its Members.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2012 to Feb 2, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Jan 23, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Francisco "Quico" Canseco | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Jan 25, 2012 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jan 25, 2012 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Jan 31, 2012 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Jan 31, 2012 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Jan 31, 2012 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Feb 1, 2012 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Feb 1, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Feb 2, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Feb 2, 2012 |
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 Jan 18, 2012 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Jan 18, 2012 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 18, 2012Introduced in House
- Jan 18, 2012Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H78H.R. 3778–3795 | — | Jan 18, 2012 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H78.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2040 | Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012 | Related bill | Jan 26, 2012 |
| HR 4825 | Congressional Accountability in Budgeting and Spending Act | Related bill | Apr 26, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of order to prohibit the extension of the public debt limit unless a concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in effect.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 18, 2012Introduced 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.
