S 102 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2011

Introduced Jan 25, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor John McCain R-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 25, 2011 Read twice and referred to the 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 25, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2011 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 calendar days after enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescission the President proposes under the procedures in this Act.

Prescribes requirements for timing and packaging of rescission requests.

Authorizes OMB, subject to a specified time limit, to withhold funding from obligation temporarily if the President proposes a rescission.

Prohibits the President from invoking such expedited procedures or such authority to withhold funding on more than one occasion for any Act providing funding.

Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed rescissions.

Cosponsors 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2011 to Jul 23, 2012, with 22 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-MOClaire McCaskillOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-INDaniel CoatsOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-NVJohn EnsignOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-AKMark BegichOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-VAMark R. WarnerOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-COMark UdallOriginalJan 25, 2011
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-COMichael F. BennetOriginalJan 25, 2011
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 25, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1043Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2011Identical billMar 11, 2011
S 1720Jobs Through Growth ActRelated billOct 18, 2011

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate

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