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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger.

Introduced: March 6, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Sep 9, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.
Mar 6, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Mar 6, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to direct the chairman of the Budget Committee to maintain a Discretionary Spending Ledger, divided into entries corresponding to Appropriations Committee subcommittees. States that each entry will consist of the Deficit Reduction Safeguard Balance which may be credited with any reductions in new budget authority offered in an amendment to an appropriation bill.

Requires such chairman to maintain a Mandatory Spending Ledger, divided into entries corresponding to the House Committees receiving budget allocations, excluding Appropriations. States that each entry will consist of the First Year Deficit Reduction Safeguard Balance and the Five Year Deficit Reduction Safeguard Balance which may be credited with applicable reductions in new budget authority offered in an amendment to a bill.

Permits such reductions to be used to offset an increase in other new budget authority or remain within the applicable allocation.

Prohibits the entry of a negative amount.

Requires the chairman to maintain and make available to Members running tallies of the amendments adopted, reflecting increases and decreases of budget authority in bills as reported.

What's happening now September 9, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jan 27, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 133: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-133/
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"H. Res. 133: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-133/.
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H. Res. 133, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HRES-133/.
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