HR 3255 · 113th Congress 2013โ€“2015, ended

Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations

Latest action · Oct 5, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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. IntroducedOct 5, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations - Makes appropriations for 270 days for: (1) each project or activity for which budget authority was provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) in an amount equal to the authority provided in such Act, as reduced pursuant to the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, to remain available for a comparable period of availability; and (2) entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain program levels as they existed on September 30, 2013.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAppropriations Committee
Referred Oct 5, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 5, 2013Introduced in House
  2. Oct 5, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

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 9, Clause 7 ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6322.

Related bills 8

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3247Fiscal Sanity Act for AppropriationsRelated billOct 5, 2013
HR 3248Fiscal Sanity Act for AppropriationsRelated billOct 5, 2013
HR 3249Fiscal Sanity Act for AppropriationsRelated billOct 5, 2013
HR 3250Fiscal Sanity Act for AppropriationsRelated billOct 5, 2013
HR 3251Fiscal Sanity Act for AppropriationsRelated billOct 5, 2013
HR 3252Fiscal Sanity Act for AppropriationsRelated billOct 5, 2013
HR 3253Fiscal Sanity Act for AppropriationsRelated billOct 5, 2013
HR 3254Fiscal Sanity Act for AppropriationsRelated billOct 5, 2013

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
Making continuing appropriations for all departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Fiscal Sanity Act for Appropriations

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 5, 2013Introduced in House

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