3.0.0 6716 2019-02-20T22:44:33Z 2019-02-24T05:58:29Z House H HR 2012-12-30 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DICKS:H.R. 6716.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The principal constitutional authority for this legislationis clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution ofthe United States (the appropriation power), which states:`No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but inConsequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .' In addition,clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (thespending power) provides: `The Congress shall have the Power. . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense andgeneral welfare of the United States . . .' Together, thesespecific constitutional provisions establish thecongressional power of the purse, granting Congress theauthority to appropriate funds, to determine their purpose,amount, and period of availability and to set forth terms andconditions governing their use.[Page H7469]]]> hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-12-30T19:00:40Z 2012-12-30 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2012-12-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-12-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000327 Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] NORMAN DICKS D WA 6 N Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Economics and Public Finance 00 2012-12-30 Introduced in House 2013-01-25T16:22:32Z Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate automatic sequestrations for FY2013.

(The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 to revise the discretionary spending limits and reduce the discretionary appropriations and direct spending specified in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act unless a joint committee bill achieving an amount greater than $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction is enacted by January 15, 2012.)

Prohibits the President from issuing a sequestration order to carry out any sequestration that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimates is required for FY2013.

]]> To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestrations for fiscal year 2013. Display Title To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestrations for fiscal year 2013. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestrations for fiscal year 2013. Introduced in House 2012-12-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6716ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6716ih.xml 2012-12-30 Referred to the House 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.