Grant Return for Deficit Reduction Act
Latest action · Feb 9, 2012 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Grant Return for Deficit Reduction Act - Requires any state or locality which will not use any funds remaining under a federal grant to deobligate, rescind, and return them to the Treasury General Fund for deficit reduction.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to Congress on the amount of all such funds returned.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2012 to May 7, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Feb 9, 2012 |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Feb 17, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Mar 21, 2012 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Apr 25, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | Apr 25, 2012 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | May 7, 2012 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | May 7, 2012 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | May 7, 2012 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2012 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2012 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2012Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2012Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H693.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 112-713 | ADVANCING THE FEDERAL–TRIBAL RELATIONSHIP THROUGH SELF–GOVERNANCE AND SELF–DETERMINATION54 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Sep 20, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To give States and localities the option to return unused Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for the purpose of deficit reduction.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Grant Return for Deficit Reduction Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 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.
