3.0.0 849 2022-11-15T16:34:49Z 2022-11-15T16:34:49Z House H HR 2013-02-27 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SMITH of Washington:H.R. 849.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, 2, 14, 18[Page H702]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-02-27T15:01:10Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-02-27T15:01:05Z 2013-02-27 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2013-02-27 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2013-02-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-02-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 N B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2013-02-27 True G000572 Rep. Gallego, Pete P. [D-TX-23] Pete Gallego D TX P. 23 2013-02-27 True V000131 Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] Marc Veasey D TX A. 33 2013-02-28 False B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2013-03-20 False Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Economics and Public Finance 00 2013-02-27 Introduced in House 2013-04-26T15:55:13Z Sequestration Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Controlled Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal automatic sequestration to enforce a specified budget goal.

Reduces the discretionary spending limits for security and nonsecurity categories by $320 billion for FY2014-FY2021.

Confines the current meaning of "security category" under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to FY2012-FY2013.

Revises the definition of "security category" for FY2014-FY2021 to mean discretionary appropriations in all of budget function 050 (national defense).

Amends the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 to suspend through January 31, 2017, the current $16.394 trillion public debt limit.

Postpones until February 1, 2017, an automatic increase in the public debt limit to the extent that: (1) the face amount of obligations issued and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the federal government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on February 1, 2017, exceeds (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of enactment of the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (February 24, 2013). Prohibits an obligation from being taken into account unless its issuance was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the federal government that required payment before February 1, 2017.

]]> Sequestration Relief Act of 2013 Display Title Sequestration Relief Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Sequestration Relief Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the section 251A sequestrations and to reduce the security and nonsecurity discretionary spending limits by $320 billion from fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2021, and to suspend the statutory limit on the public debt until February 1, 2017. Introduced in House 2013-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr849ih/xml/BILLS-113hr849ih.xml 2013-02-27 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 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.