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H.R. 6186 111th Congress House

Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act

Official title: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish discretionary and mandatory deficit reduction accounts.

Introduced: September 22, 2010 See on congress.gov
Congress AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtBudget processLegislative rules and procedure
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Sep 22, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Sep 22, 2010
Referred to House Rules
Sep 22, 2010
Introduced in House
Sep 22, 2010
Referred to House Budget
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 Latest action September 22, 2010

Referred to House Budget

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require each of the chairs of the congressional budget committees to maintain a deficit reduction Discretionary Account and a deficit reduction Mandatory Account.

Prescribes procedures for the crediting to such accounts of the amounts of either discretionary or mandatory deficit reduction in any amendment to a bill that reduces the appropriate budget authority.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6186: Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6186/
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"H.R. 6186: Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6186/.
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H.R. 6186, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6186/.
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