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Truth in Budgeting Act of 1992

Introduced: February 7, 1992 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Feb 7, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Feb 7, 1992
Introduced in House
Feb 7, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Truth in Budgeting Act of 1992 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the treatment of intragovernmental transactions involving certain trust funds, including various social security, railroad, and Federal retirement funds.

Requires revenues that are dedicated by law to a particular trust fund to be offset against total budget authority and outlays of that trust fund.

Requires interest paid by the Government to a trust fund on its investments in Government securities or guaranteed securities to be offset against the budget authority and outlays of the trust fund receiving the payment.

Requires a Federal entity's payments as an employer into a trust fund to be offset against the budget authority and outlays of the trust fund receiving the payment.

What's happening now February 12, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 27, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4192: Truth in Budgeting Act of 1992. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4192/
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"H.R. 4192: Truth in Budgeting Act of 1992." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4192/.
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