3.0.0 44 2022-11-01T13:49:25Z 2022-11-01T14:24:28Z Senate S 2019-01-08 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-08T23:29:25Z Balanced Budget Accountability Act 116 298 HR 2019-01-08 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Rules, 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. Related bill CRS 2019-01-08 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-01-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT N Congress Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Income tax rates Legislative rules and procedure Members of Congress Congress 00 2019-01-08 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-01T14:34:27Z Balanced Budget Accountability Act

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), upon adoption by a chamber of Congress of a concurrent budget resolution for a fiscal year, to certify to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro tempore of the Senate whether that chamber has adopted a balanced budget.

Balanced budget means a concurrent budget resolution providing that for FY2027 and each succeeding fiscal year to which the resolution applies total outlays do not exceed total receipts and are not more than 18% of the projected domestic product for such fiscal year.

The bill requires the salary of Members of Congress to be held in escrow if OMB determines a chamber has not adopted a balanced budget for FY2020 before April 16, 2019, and for FY2021 before April 16, 2020. The bill also provides for the release of such funds to the Members.

Beginning in FY2022, if OMB does not certify that a chamber has adopted a balanced budget before April 16 of the prior fiscal year, each Member of that chamber shall be paid at the rate of $1 annually for pay periods after that date in the same calendar year.

This bill requires legislation in either chamber that increases revenue to be agreed upon only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of that chamber.

]]> Balanced Budget Accountability Act Display Title Balanced Budget Accountability Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Balanced Budget Accountability Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce a portion of the annual pay of Members of Congress for the failure to adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which does not provide for a balanced budget, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s44is/xml/BILLS-116s44is.xml 2019-01-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.