Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 18, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2021
This bill establishes a three-year budgetary level reduction schedule for unauthorized programs funded through the annual appropriations process.
Under the bill, a budgetary level is an allocation provided to the congressional appropriations committees under Section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by a congressional budget resolution or a deeming resolution.
The schedule applies to programs included in the Congressional Budget Office's annual report listing programs that are funded through the appropriations process and have an authorization of appropriations that has either expired or will expire during the year.
For the first year after a program's authorization has expired, the bill requires the budgetary level to be reduced by 10% of the funds appropriated for the program in the expiring fiscal year. The bill then requires reductions of 15% in the second and third years before terminating the program at the end of the third unauthorized year.
Programs that are reauthorized during the three-year period are exempt from the budgetary level reductions if the reauthorization contains a sunset provision limiting the authorization of appropriations period to no more than three years.
The bill establishes the Spending and Accountability Commission to review all mandatory spending programs and submit to Congress a legislative proposal to establish an authorization cycle for discretionary spending programs. The commission may recommend legislation to replace the budgetary level reductions required by this bill with reductions in mandatory spending.
The commission's reauthorization schedule must limit reauthorizations to three years, include the budgetary level reductions established by this bill, and establish a mechanism for replacing the budgetary level reductions with reductions to mandatory spending programs.
The House of Representatives must consider the commission's proposal using specified expedited legislative procedures.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2021 to Sep 13, 2022; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-KS | Jake LaTurner | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-NM | Yvette Herrell | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Apr 1, 2021 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | May 18, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Lloyd Smucker | Apr 18, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Sep 13, 2022 |
Committees 3
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 Mar 18, 2021 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2021 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2021Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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 Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 51, March 18, 2021, page H1584.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1518 | Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 9, 2023 |
| HR 2505 | Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Oct 30, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a reauthorizing schedule for unauthorized Federal programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2021Introduced in House
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