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H.R. 4898 109th Congress House

Common Sense Budget Act of 2006

Official title: To reallocate funds toward sensible priorities such as improved children's education, increased children's access to health care, expanded job training, and in… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To reallocate funds toward sensible priorities such as improved children's education, increased children's access to health care, expanded job training, and increased energy efficiency and conservation through a reduction of wasteful defense spending, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 8, 2006 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Alternative energy sourcesBallistic missile defensesBudget deficitsBuilding construction
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Crime and Law EnforcementDefense budgetsDepartment of DefenseDepartment of EducationDepartment of EnergyDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of LaborDepartment of StateDeveloping countriesDisaster reliefDislocated workersEconomic assistanceEconomics and Public FinanceEducationElementary and secondary educationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnergy conservationEnergy efficiencyFamiliesFederal aid to child health servicesFederal aid to educationFederal aid to researchFederal budgetsFighter aircraftFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment spending reductionsHealthHealth insuranceIlliteracyInternational AffairsInternational reliefJob huntingLabor and EmploymentMedical researchMedically uninsuredMilitary aircraftMilitary personnelMilitary researchNuclear shipsNuclear weaponsPoor childrenPovertyProductivity in governmentReprogramming of appropriated fundsResearch and developmentResearch grantsSchool buildingsScience, Technology, CommunicationsSecurity measuresSocial WelfareSpace activitiesSpace warfareSubmarinesSustainable developmentTerrorismUnemploymentWarshipsWaste in government spendingWorld health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 1, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
May 1, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Mar 22, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 17, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 8, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, Homeland Security, and International Relations, 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.
Mar 8, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 1, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Common Sense Budget Act of 2006 - Requires certain reductions in amounts appropriated for FY2007 for specified Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) programs. Makes amounts from such reductions available for: (1) modernization of school facilities; (2) state child health plans; (3) adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities; (4) programs to increase energy efficiency and conservation and increase investment in sustainable and renewable energy alternatives; (5) sustainable development and humanitarian assistance programs to alleviate global poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, disease, and disaster; (6) homeland security safeguard improvements; (7) reduction of the deficit; and (8) medical research.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 8
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Apr 4, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 4, 2006
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 30, 2006
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 30, 2006
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 30, 2006
Watson, Diane
· Mar 30, 2006
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· Mar 28, 2006
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 8, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2006
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 8, 2006
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 8, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4898: Common Sense Budget Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4898/
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"H.R. 4898: Common Sense Budget Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4898/.
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H.R. 4898, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4898/.
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