3.0.0 897 2023-01-11T13:19:22Z 2023-01-11T13:19:22Z Senate S S 2009-04-24 111 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-24T16:58:09Z Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009 111 2169 HR 2009-04-29 Referred to House Rules Related bill CRS 2009-04-24 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2009-04-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4722-4723) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-05-13 False Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Legislative rules and procedure Economics and Public Finance 00 2009-04-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-22T17:50:14Z Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to define GDP as the gross domestic product for the relevant fiscal year as most recently estimated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

Defines federal spending limits for: (1) FY2011, as outlays not exceeding 22% of the GDP; (2) FY2012, as outlays not exceeding 21% of the GDP; and (3) FY2013 and fiscal years thereafter, as outlays not exceeding 20% of the GDP.

Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any legislation that includes any provision that would result in a deficit for a fiscal year that exceeds the maximum deficit amount or federal spending limit, as applicable, for such fiscal year.

Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.


]]> Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009 Display Title Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to limit Federal spending to 20 percent of GDP. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s897is/xml/BILLS-111s897is.xml 2009-04-24 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.