HR 537
106th Congress
House
Economics and Public Finance
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional budget process
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense budgets
Deficit reduction
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Federal budgets
House Appropriations
Legislative resolutions
Senate Appropriations
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for budgeting for emergencies through the establishment of a budget reserve account, and for other purposes.
Introduced: February 3, 1999
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Feb 3, 1999
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Feb 3, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Requires the establishment of a budget reserve account to provide for funding in the event of natural disasters and national security emergencies.
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to include such funding in the budget process.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal provisions relating to emergency appropriations.
Requires annual reports to the Congress on expenditures from such account.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
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