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S. 1985 112th Congress Senate

Deficit Reduction Implementation Act

Official title: A bill to allow a bipartisan group of Members of Congress to propose and have an up or down vote on a balanced deficit reduction bill pursuant to this Act, suc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to allow a bipartisan group of Members of Congress to propose and have an up or down vote on a balanced deficit reduction bill pursuant to this Act, such as proposed by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform report, reducing the deficit by a goal of $4,000,000,000,000 over 10 years.

Introduced: December 13, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Dec 13, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 13, 2011
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 Latest action December 13, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deficit Reduction Implementation Act - Authorizes a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, by February 29, 2012, to introduce a bipartisan deficit reduction bill that: (1) has a specified minimum number of sponsors in the Senate and in the House who caucus with Democrats and who caucus with Republicans; (2) states as its purpose to reduce the deficit by a goal of $4 trillion, but at least $1.5 trillion between FY2012-FY2021; and (3) specifies that it is being introduced pursuant to this Act.

Prescribes legislative procedures for considering such a bill.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Dec 13, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1985: Deficit Reduction Implementation Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1985/
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"S. 1985: Deficit Reduction Implementation Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1985/.
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