Budget or Bust Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 112th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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Budget or Bust Act - Repeals requirements that the President submits annual budgets, including supplemental budget estimates and changes to Congress.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 2, 2012

Budget or Bust Act - Repeals requirements that the President submits annual budgets, including supplemental budget estimates and changes to Congress.

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise accordingly congressional procedures for considering budget resolutions.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit all payments otherwise required to be made for Members of Congress' compensation in an escrow account to be released to the Members only upon the adoption of a budget resolution, if on or before April 1 of any year Congress does not adopt a budget resolution for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of that year.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Budget or Bust Act

Latest action (Feb 8, 2012): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H590)

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 2, 2012

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.