HR 828
113th Congress
House
Economics and Public Finance
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Decrease Spending Now Act
Introduced: February 26, 2013
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Became law
Feb 26, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Feb 26, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress a list of the accounts reduced by the rescission, including the amounts rescinded from each such account.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
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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