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S.1182: Emergency Spending Control Act of 1997
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 105th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced Sept. 16, 1997
- Latest Major Action Sept. 16, 1997
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
3 (All Republicans)
Bill Summary
Emergency Spending Control Act of 1997 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to prohibit adjustments of discretionary spending limits for statutes that designate emergency appropriations but contain appropriations for other matters. Permits such statutes to contain rescissions of budget authority. Bars designation of new budget authority, outlays, or receipts as emergency...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of of August 4, 1977, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.
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| Sept. 16, 1997 |
Introduced in the Senate by Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) |