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Balanced Budget Accountability Act

Introduced: February 6, 2013 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Feb 6, 2013
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Feb 6, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Balanced Budget Accountability Act - Requires each house of Congress to adopt a concurrent budget resolution for a fiscal year which provides that, for each fiscal year for which a budget is provided under the resolution (beginning by FY2023), total outlays do not exceed total receipts.

Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), upon the adoption by a chamber of a concurrent budget resolution for a fiscal year, to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro Tempore of the Senate (as the case may be) a certification as to whether or not that chamber has met the requirements of this Act with respect to the resolution.

Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each chamber to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that chamber if CBO does not certify that it has adopted a concurrent budget resolution for FY2015 before April 16, 2014.

Requires deposits to begin on such date and to be released to appropriate Members on the earlier of:

      • the day on which CBO certifies that the house of Congress has met the requirements of this Act with respect to FY2015, or
      • the last day of the 113th Congress.
What's happening now February 6, 2013

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 3
Bridenstine, Jim
· Mar 6, 2014
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
· Mar 6, 2014
Pearce, Stevan
· Mar 6, 2014
Pittenger, Robert
· Feb 27, 2014
Rokita, Todd
· Feb 27, 2014
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Feb 11, 2014
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Feb 11, 2014
Meadows, Mark
· Feb 11, 2014
Roe, David
· Feb 11, 2014
Yoho, Ted
· Feb 11, 2014
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Feb 6, 2014
Messer, Luke
· Feb 6, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 522: Balanced Budget Accountability Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-522/
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"H.R. 522: Balanced Budget Accountability Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-522/.
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H.R. 522, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-522/.
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