Relief From Sequestration Act of 2019 2019-04-04 Introduced in House Relief From Sequestration Act of 2019

This bill eliminates the sequestration, or automatic spending cuts, scheduled to occur because the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to recommend legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

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