To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the section 251A sequestrations.

United States115th CongressHR-1745House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 27, 2017

Summary

Relief From Sequestration Act of 2017 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate 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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  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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  2. Introduced in House

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