S 379 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Decrease Spending Now Act

Introduced Feb 26, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Marco Rubio R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 26, 2013 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. IntroducedFeb 26, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Decrease Spending Now Act - Rescinds $45 billion of unobligated balances of current discretionary appropriations.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine which appropriation accounts the rescission shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced, and (2) report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress a list of the accounts reduced by the rescission, including the amounts rescinded from each such account.

Exempts from such rescission the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).



Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2013 to Mar 4, 2013, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LADavid VitterOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-UTMike LeeOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-MORoy BluntOriginalFeb 26, 2013
R-GASaxby ChamblissMar 4, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 26, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 26, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 828Decrease Spending Now ActIdentical billFeb 26, 2013

Subjects

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

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  1. Feb 26, 2013Introduced in Senate

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