3.0.0 2911 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z Senate S S 2009-12-18 111 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-19T00:14:19Z 2009-12-18 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2009-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL N B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2009-12-18 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-12-18 True L000572 Sen. LeMieux, George S. [R-FL] George LeMieux R FL S. 2009-12-18 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2009-12-18 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2009-12-18 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2009-12-18 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2009-12-18 True Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Legislative rules and procedure Economics and Public Finance 00 2009-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-22T21:05:38Z Common Sense Budgeting Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order to consider in either chamber any legislation that would exceed specified discretionary spending limits.

Sets discretionary spending limits for FY2010-FY2014.

Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair in the Senate only: (1) by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (67) of the Senate; or (2) in the case of the defense budget authority, a declaration of war by Congress.

Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for: (1) the current fiscal year; (2) the budget year; or (3) 5 to 10 ensuing fiscal years after the current fiscal year.

]]> Common Sense Budgeting Act Display Title Common Sense Budgeting Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce the deficit by establishing 5-year discretionary spending caps and strengthened Pay-As-You-Go procedures. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Common Sense Budgeting Act Introduced in Senate 2009-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2911is/xml/BILLS-111s2911is.xml 2009-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.