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BASIC Act Budgetary Accuracy in Scoring Interest Costs Act of 2017 [S.932]
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BASIC Act Budgetary Accuracy in Scoring Interest Costs Act of 2017 This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require any cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation to include the cost of servicing the public debt.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2532-2533) on 04/25/2017
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Do Your Job Act [HB-1936]
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Do Your Job Act This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to create points of order against resolutions providing for: (1) the adjournment of the House for more than three days during August until the House has approved all of the annual appropriation bills, or (2) the adjournment of either the House or the Senate for more than three days between October 1 and the end of the session of Congress until all of the annual appropriation bills have been presented to the President. The bill also prohibits a congressional recess or adjournment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Gallagher
Introduced In House on 04/05/2017
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Investing In America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act [HB-1908]
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Investing In America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Internal Revenue Code to make certain amounts in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund equivalent to port use tax receipts available for its statutorily prescribed purposes without further appropriation, including for expenditures to pay 100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs of specified portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and up to 100% of the eligible operations and maintenance costs assigned
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 04/06/2017
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NOPE Act No Ongoing Perks Enrichment Act [HB-1951]
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NOPE Act No Ongoing Perks Enrichment Act This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a house of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2018 by April 15, 2017, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Salaries are withheld from April 16, 2017, until the house of Congress agrees to a budget resolution or the last day of the 115th Congress, whichever is earlier. The bill amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. The bill prohibits use of funds
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 04/26/2017
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A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [SJR-39]
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A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes: outlays for repayment of debt principal, receipts derived from borrowing, receipts or outlays of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, and outlays relating to a natural disaster
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Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/30/2017