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HR 3012 106th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits Congress Congressional budget process Congressional sessions Executive impoundment of appropriated funds Federal budgets Federal receipts and expenditures Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government spending reductions Government trust funds Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social Welfare Social security finance

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to protect Social Security trust funds and save Social Security surpluses for Social Security.

Introduced: October 5, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman- Hollings Act) to require a sequestration to reduce the amount of discretionary outlays in the current policy baseline for the budget year of the affected congressional session to a level equal to total non-social security receipts.

Provides that, if: (1) after June 30, any discretionary appropriation is enacted that would cause total non-social security outlays to exceed total non- social security receipts (after taking into account a sequestration), the discretionary spending limits shall be reduced by the amount of the excess; and (2) after Congress adjourns to end the session for a budget year but before July 1 of that fiscal year, an appropriation for that fiscal year is enacted that would cause such outlays to exceed such receipts, there shall be a sequestration to eliminate the excess.

Applies this Act beginning with FY 2000.

What's happening now October 5, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Oct 14, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3012: To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to protect Social Security trust funds and save Social Security surpluses for Social Security.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3012/
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"H.R. 3012: To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to protect Social Security trust funds and save Social Security surpluses for Social Security.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3012/.
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H.R. 3012, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3012/.
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