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Expressing the sense of Congress that any bill or joint resolution that provides for the establishment of a new Federal program should contain a provision that eliminates one or more current Federal…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that any bill or joint resolution that provides for the establishment of a new Federal program should contain a provision that eliminates one or more current Federal programs of equal or greater cost.

Introduced: December 16, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Nov 16, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Nov 16, 2005
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that any bill or joint resolution that provides for the establishment of a new federal program should contain a provision that eliminates one or more current federal programs of equal or greater cost.

What's happening now November 16, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 5
R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 8, 2006
INGLIS, BOB
· Dec 16, 2005
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Nov 18, 2005
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Nov 18, 2005
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Nov 18, 2005
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Nov 18, 2005
SHADEGG, JOHN
· Nov 18, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 301: Expressing the sense of Congress that any bill or joint resolution that provides for the establishment of a new Federal program should contain a provision that eliminates one or more current Federal programs of equal or greater cost.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-301/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 301: Expressing the sense of Congress that any bill or joint resolution that provides for the establishment of a new Federal program should contain a provision that eliminates one or more current Federal programs of equal or greater cost.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-301/.
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H. Con. Res. 301, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-301/.
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[H. Con. Res. 301: Expressing the sense of Congress that any bill or joint resolution that provides for the establishment of a new Federal program should contain a provision that eliminates one or more current Federal programs of equal or greater cost.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-301/)
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