US HR733 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-0)
Status: Introduced on July 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any deal on taxes and spending to replace the Budget Control Act of 2011 should: (1) not cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits; (2) contain serious revenue increases, including closing corporate tax loopholes and increasing individual income tax rates for the highest earners; (3) significantly reduce defense spending to focus the U.S. Armed Forces on combating 21st century risks; and (4) promote economic growth and expanded economic opportunity by including strong levels of job-creating federal investments in areas such as infrastructure and education, and by promoting private investment.
Title
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any deal replacing the Budget Control Act of 2011 should contain serious revenue increases and no Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefit cuts.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-20 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2012-07-19 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. |
| 2012-07-18 | House | Referred to House Education and the Workforce |
| 2012-07-18 | House | Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure |
| 2012-07-18 | House | Referred to House Armed Services |
| 2012-07-18 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
| 2012-07-18 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2012-07-18 | House | Referred to House Budget |
| 2012-07-18 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
Subjects
Budget deficits and national debt
Corporate finance and management
Defense spending
Economic development
Economics and public finance
Education programs funding
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Infrastructure development
Medicaid
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance
Corporate finance and management
Defense spending
Economic development
Economics and public finance
Education programs funding
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Infrastructure development
Medicaid
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-resolution/733/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hres733/BILLS-112hres733ih.pdf |
