Sustainable Budget Act of 2019
Latest action · Nov 21, 2019 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sustainable Budget Act of 2019
This bill establishes the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform within the legislative branch to identify policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long term.
The commission must propose recommendations that (1) are designed to balance the budget, excluding interest payments on the debt, within 10 years; and (2) meaningfully improve the long-term fiscal outlook, including changes to address the growth of entitlement spending and the gap between projected federal revenues and expenditures.
Congress must consider the commission's recommendations using specified expedited legislative procedures.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2019 to Jan 13, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Original | Nov 21, 2019 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Nov 22, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jan 13, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Nov 21, 2019 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Nov 21, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 21, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9155-9156)
- Nov 21, 2019Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 187, November 21, 2019, page H9169.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 974 | Sustainable Budget Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 11, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Sustainable Budget Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Congressional leadership
- Congressional operations and organization
- Economics and Public Finance
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- House of Representatives
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Political parties and affiliation
- Presidential administrations
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Senate
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2019Introduced 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.
