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HR 4512 114th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Budget process

Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016

Introduced: February 9, 2016 Introduced by: Smith, Adam Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016

This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestration, or automatic spending cuts, scheduled to occur because the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to recommend legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

What's happening now February 9, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4512: Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4512/
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"H.R. 4512: Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4512/.
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H.R. 4512, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4512/.
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