HR 3201
112th Congress
House
Congress
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Introduced: October 13, 2011
Introduced by:
Waters, Maxine
Democratic
· California
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Became law
Oct 13, 2011
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.
Oct 13, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 to repeal: (1) establishment of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction; and (2) the mandatory reduction in discretionary appropriations and direct spending unless a joint committee bill achieving more than $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction is enacted by January 15, 2012 (enforcement of the budget goal).
What's happening now
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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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