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S 1848 97th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Congressional budget Federal budgets Gross national product Legislative procedure Legislative resolutions

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to impose limits on the amount of total budget outlays contained in concurrent resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 16, 1981 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 97th Congress (1981–1982) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Dec 22, 1981
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GAO; CBO; OMB; Council of Economic Advisers.
Nov 16, 1981
Read second time and referred jointly to Senate Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.
Nov 16, 1981
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to limit the level of total budget outlays in any concurrent resolution on the budget to 20 percent of the gross national product by fiscal year 1987. Makes it in order to consider a concurrent resolution containing budget outlays which exceed the specified limits within a specified "margin of error."

Imposes reporting requirements upon the President and the congressional budget committees with respect to this requirement.

What's happening now December 22, 1981

Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GAO; CBO; OMB; Council of Economic Advisers.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Dec 15, 1981
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1848: A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to impose limits on the amount of total budget outlays contained in concurrent resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1848/
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"S. 1848: A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to impose limits on the amount of total budget outlays contained in concurrent resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1848/.
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S. 1848, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1848/.
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[S. 1848: A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to impose limits on the amount of total budget outlays contained in concurrent resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1848/)
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