3.0.0 515 2023-01-11T13:28:19Z 2023-01-11T13:28:19Z Senate S 2015-02-12 114 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-12T22:18:49Z 2015-02-12 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-02-12 True Economics and Public Finance Aviation and airports Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Child safety and welfare Defense spending Educational facilities and institutions Executive agency funding and structure Health programs administration and funding Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Infrastructure development Marine and inland water transportation Medical research Navigation, waterways, harbors Parks, recreation areas, trails Poverty and welfare assistance Public transit Railroads Research administration and funding Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Water quality Water use and supply Economics and Public Finance 00 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-30T22:54:45Z Sequestration Relief Act of 2015

This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise the discretionary spending limits for FY2016 and FY2017 and eliminate spending reductions required by sequestration. Current law requires a sequestration, or automatic across-the-board spending cuts, to enforce deficit reduction requirements.

]]> Sequestration Relief Act of 2015 Display Title Sequestration Relief Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide relief during fiscal years 2016 and 2017 from the reductions in the discretionary spending limits imposed by sequestration. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Sequestration Relief Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s515is/xml/BILLS-114s515is.xml 2015-02-12 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.