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HR 1702 110th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Alternative energy sources Armed Forces and National Security Budget deficits Child health Defense budgets Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Department of Veterans Affairs Disasters Dislocated workers Economic assistance Emergency Management Energy conservation Energy efficiency Families Federal aid to child health services

Common Sense Budget Act of 2007

Introduced: March 26, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 9, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Jun 27, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Apr 20, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Mar 27, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Mar 27, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 26, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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 26, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Common Sense Budget Act of 2007 - Requires certain reductions in amounts appropriated for FY2008 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) the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act; (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) deficit reduction; and (8) veterans health care.

What's happening now July 9, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 11
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 3, 2007
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 3, 2007
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 3, 2007
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 3, 2007
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 3, 2007
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 1, 2007
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 23, 2007
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 23, 2007
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Apr 19, 2007
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 26, 2007
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 26, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 26, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1702: Common Sense Budget Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1702/
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"H.R. 1702: Common Sense Budget Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1702/.
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H.R. 1702, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1702/.
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