US SB834 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 20 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-04-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 20 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-04-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to use any agency, department, or authorized but completed program appropriations remaining at the end of a fiscal year to pay down the federal debt. Requires a department or agency to report to the committees of jurisdiction in both chambers and the congressional budget committees on how the money was saved, and possibilities for future savings in that program.
Title
A bill to require that funding for Federal departments and agencies and programs that remain available at the end of a fiscal year shall be used to pay down the Federal debt.
Sponsors
| Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-04-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Subjects
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/834/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s834/BILLS-111s834is.pdf |
