Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to provide for a balanced budget by FY 2002 by reducing spending by $333.1 billion and increasing revenue by $486.6 billion. It would have provided for decreased funding for defense over six years; maintained Medicare and Medicaid expenditures at levels that CBO estimates is required to maintain current services; increased funding for education, job training, and social service; and provided for revenue increases by revising tax provisions relating to capital gains, and multinational and foreign controlled corporations.

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Amendment Number
1061
Description
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to provide for a balanced budget by FY 2002 by reducing spending by $333.1 billion and increasing revenue by $486.6 billion. It would have provided for decreased funding for defense over six years; maintained Medicare and Medicaid expenditures at levels that CBO estimates is required to maintain current services; increased funding for education, job training, and social service; and provided for revenue increases by revising tax provisions relating to capital gains, and multinational and foreign controlled corporations.
Purpose
An amendment in the nature of a substitute, printed in the Congressional Record of May 15, 1996, to provide for a balanced budget by FY 2002 by reducing spending by $333.1 billion and increasing revenue by $486.6 billion, primarily through business taxes. The amendment would reduce the level of defense expenditures by $280.6 billion over six years and maintain Medicare and Medicaid expenditures at levels CBO estimates is required to maintain current services.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
May 16, 1996
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Payne (NJ) amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 63 - 362 (Roll No. 176).
Latest Action Time
12:40:00
Submitted Date
May 16, 1996
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 1061 — Informed