Amendment sought to establish a Budget Protection Mandatory Account and a Budget Protection Discretionary Account to allow Congress to target spending and redirect that spending toward deficit reduction or tax relief at the end of the fiscal year.

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Amendment Number
618
Description
Amendment sought to establish a Budget Protection Mandatory Account and a Budget Protection Discretionary Account to allow Congress to target spending and redirect that spending toward deficit reduction or tax relief at the end of the fiscal year.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 108-566 to establish Budget Protection Accounts which would allow Congress to target spending during the appropriation and direct spending processes and redirect that spending for deficit reduction at the end of the fiscal year.
Congress
108
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 24, 2004
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Ryan (WI) amendment (A010) Failed by recorded vote: 137 - 272 (Roll no. 312).
Latest Action Time
21:46:08
Submitted Date
Jun 24, 2004
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Sep 29, 2021
Amendment 618 — Informed