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S 3474 111th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Legislative rules and procedure Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010

Introduced: June 9, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Jun 9, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4750-4752)
Jun 9, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4749-4750)
Jun 9, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to transmit, within 45 calendar days after enactment of the funding in question, a message to Congress with specified information requesting any rescission the President proposes under the procedures in this Act.

Prescribes requirements for timing and packaging of rescission requests.

Authorizes OMB, subject to a specified time limit, to withhold funding from obligation temporarily if the President proposes a rescission.

Prohibits the President from invoking such expedited procedures or such authority to withhold funding on more than one occasion for any Act providing funding.

Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of proposed rescissions.

What's happening now June 9, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4750-4752)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5454 Related bill Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 5 Republican 5
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 29, 2010
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Sep 13, 2010
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 13, 2010
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Aug 5, 2010
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Aug 2, 2010
 R
Risch, James E.
Idaho · Jul 29, 2010
 D
Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Jul 29, 2010
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jun 21, 2010
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jun 9, 2010
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jun 9, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3474: Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3474/
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