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S 2744 117th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance

Restraining Emergency War Spending Act

Introduced: September 14, 2021 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Sep 14, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restraining Emergency War Spending Act

This bill establishes (1) a statutory definition for emergency war funding, and (2) a budget point of order that may be raised in the Senate against legislation that provides new funding for a contingency operation that does not meet the requirements for emergency war funding.

Funding for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) is exempt from discretionary spending limits. If this point of order is successfully raised against a provision that provides OCO funding that does not meet the requirements for emergency war spending, the bill requires the provision to be stricken from the legislation and prohibits it from being offered as a floor amendment.

What's happening now September 14, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

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