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S 726 112th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt

Decrease Spending Now Act

Introduced: April 5, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Apr 5, 2011
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Decrease Spending Now Act - Rescinds $45 billion of unobligated balances of current discretionary appropriations.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine which appropriation accounts the rescission shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced, and (2) report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress a list of the accounts reduced by the rescission, including the amounts rescinded from each such account.

Exempts from such rescission the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).



What's happening now April 5, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

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