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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: November 4, 2011 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 October 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 5
FILNER, BOB
· Nov 4, 2011
REYES, SILVESTRE
· Nov 4, 2011
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 13, 2011
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Oct 13, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 13, 2011
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Oct 13, 2011
JACKSON, JESSE
· Oct 13, 2011
KUCINICH, DENNIS
· Oct 13, 2011
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 13, 2011
WOOLSEY, LYNN
· Oct 13, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3201: To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3201/
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"H.R. 3201: To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3201/.
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H.R. 3201, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3201/.
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