Amendment provides for the establishment of a deficit reduction lock-box ledger which will credit savings made through congressional floor actions and which is intended to result in current and outyear discretionary spending reductions.

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Amendment Number
948
Description
Amendment provides for the establishment of a deficit reduction lock-box ledger which will credit savings made through congressional floor actions and which is intended to result in current and outyear discretionary spending reductions.
Purpose
An amendment to amend the 1974 Budget Act to create a series of lock-boxes to capture savings from floor amendments that cut spending in order to reduce the federal budget deficit. It includes language to give appropriators maximum flexibility to allocate the savings as they see fit.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Mar 7, 1996
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Crapo amendment (A003) Agreed to by recorded vote: 329 - 89 (Roll no. 53).
Latest Action Time
17:19:04
Submitted Date
Mar 7, 1996
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 948 — Informed