Bill113th Congress
H.R. 773
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Department of Defense from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration pursuant to section 251A.
Introduced
Feb 15, 2013
Origin Chamber
House
Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
Latest Action
Feb 15, 2013
Latest Action
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sponsor
Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Republican·VA-4
Bioguide ID: F000445
First Name: J.
Middle Name: Randy
Last Name: Forbes
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Cosponsors
1
Committees
3
Actions
0
Amendments
0
Related Bills
5
Subjects
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Summaries
2
Titles
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Text Versions
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Nov 15, 2022
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Bill Type
- HR
- Bill Number
- 773
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Feb 15, 2013
- Policy Area
- Economics and Public Finance
- Is Law
- No
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Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Source: House floor actions
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Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Introduced in House· Feb 15, 20130
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to: (1) lower the $1.2 trillion total deficit reduction goal for each of FY2013-FY2021 to $600 billion, (2) lower the FY2013 deficit reduction goal from $24 billion to $12 billion, and (3) eliminate the Department of Defense (DOD) function reduction entirely.
Budget Committee
House· Standing
AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtDefense spendingDepartment of DefenseExecutive agency funding and structure
Introduced in House
Feb 15, 2013