Cost Estimates Improvement Act [HB-638]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.
HB-638: Cost Estimates Improvement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Introduced In House on 02/01/2021
Safe from the Start Act of 2021 [HB-571]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[International ]
[Public Health ]
To improve United States consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence beginning with the onset of humanitarian emergencies, to build the capacity of humanitarian assistance to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, and for other purposes.
HB-571: Safe from the Start Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 01/28/2021
San Francisco Bay Restoration Act [HB-610]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay.
HB-610: San Francisco Bay Restoration Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 06/16/2021
Balanced Budget Accountability Act [S.48]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
A bill to reduce a portion of the annual pay of Members of Congress for the failure to adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which does not provide for a balanced budget, and for other purposes.
S.48: Balanced Budget Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/26/2021
Roadmap to Congressional Reform Act [HB-470]
[Budget and Spending ]
To withhold the salaries of Members of Congress upon failure to agree to a budget resolution, and for other purposes.
HB-470: Roadmap to Congressional Reform Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hern
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 03/05/2021
Relating To School Impact Fees. [SB-468]
[Education ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
Repeals the school impact fee exemptions for nonresidential development and housing subject to the transient accommodations tax when seeking development in a designated school impact district requiring county subdivision approval, county building permit, or condominium property regime approval of the project. Allows construction cost component impact fees to be used to improve or renovate existing structures for school use. Repeals the requirement that an expenditure plan for all collected impact fees be incorporated into the department of education's
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SB-468: Relating To School Impact Fees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole
The Committee(s) On Edn Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 03/23/2021
HR-59: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Paris Agreement shall have no effect in the United States until it is renegotiated to ensure the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and receives the advice and consent to ratification of the United States Senate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/21/2021
You have voted HR-59: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Paris Agreement shall have no effect in the United States until it is renegotiated to ensure the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and receives the advice and consent to ratification of the United States Senate..
Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act [HB-315]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to extend the temporary suspension of Medicare sequestration, and for other purposes.
HB-315: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 01/13/2021
Inaction Has Consequences Act [HB-180]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
To hold the salaries of Members of a House of Congress in escrow if the House of Congress does not pass regular appropriation bills on a timely basis during a Congress, and for other purposes.
HB-180: Inaction Has Consequences Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 01/04/2021
No Budget, No Pay Act [HB-178]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
To provide that the salaries of Members of a House of Congress will be held in escrow if that House has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022 by April 15, 2021.
HB-178: No Budget, No Pay Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 01/04/2021
HJR-7: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation during a fiscal year unless both Houses of Congress have agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year prior to the beginning of that fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Gallagher
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 03/04/2021
You have voted HJR-7: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation during a fiscal year unless both Houses of Congress have agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year prior to the beginning of that fiscal year..
Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021 [HB-22]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available.
HB-22: Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/06/2021
HR-1261: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on addressing the reckless and unsustainable national debt while committing necessary resources to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Introduced In House on 12/14/2020
You have voted HR-1261: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on addressing the reckless and unsustainable national debt while committing necessary resources to the COVID-19 pandemic..
Make Rules Matter Act [SR-287]
[Budget and Spending ]
A resolution establishing appropriate thresholds for certain budget points of order in the Senate, and for other purposes.
SR-287: Make Rules Matter Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joni Ernst
Referred To The Committee On The Budget. (text: Cr S5147) on 07/29/2019
Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act [HB-8840]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Continues to exempt Medicare from budget sequestration orders until the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
HB-8840: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi
Introduced In House on 12/02/2020
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. [SJR-6]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[National Security ]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
[Finance ]
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. 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 two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The amendment prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding 18% of the gross domestic product
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SJR-6: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On The Judiciary. Hearings Held. on 03/16/2016