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A bill to require that any debt limit increase be balanced by equal spending cuts over the next decade.

USA115th CongressS-716| Senate 
| Updated: 3/23/2017
Rob Portman

Rob Portman

Republican Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (5)
Mike Lee (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Johnny Isakson (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Budget Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue a debt limit warning to Congress if Treasury determines that the United States will reach the statutory debt limit within 60 days. The warning must include a determination of when extraordinary measures may be necessary to prolong the funding of the U.S. government in the absence of a debt limit increase. Any formal Presidential request to increase the debt limit must include: (1) the amount of the proposed increase, and (2) proposed legislation to reduce spending over the sum of the current and following 10 years by at least the amount of the requested increase. The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to create a point of order in the House and Senate against legislation increasing the debt limit, unless the legislation reduces spending over the sum of the current and following 10 years by at least the amount of the increase.
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Timeline
Mar 23, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 23, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
  • March 23, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 23, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Economics and Public Finance

Budget deficits and national debtBudget processExecutive agency funding and structureLegislative rules and procedurePresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

A bill to require that any debt limit increase be balanced by equal spending cuts over the next decade.

USA115th CongressS-716| Senate 
| Updated: 3/23/2017
Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue a debt limit warning to Congress if Treasury determines that the United States will reach the statutory debt limit within 60 days. The warning must include a determination of when extraordinary measures may be necessary to prolong the funding of the U.S. government in the absence of a debt limit increase. Any formal Presidential request to increase the debt limit must include: (1) the amount of the proposed increase, and (2) proposed legislation to reduce spending over the sum of the current and following 10 years by at least the amount of the requested increase. The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to create a point of order in the House and Senate against legislation increasing the debt limit, unless the legislation reduces spending over the sum of the current and following 10 years by at least the amount of the increase.
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Timeline
Mar 23, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 23, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
  • March 23, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 23, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Rob Portman

Rob Portman

Republican Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (5)
Mike Lee (Republican)John Barrasso (Republican)Johnny Isakson (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Budget Committee

Economics and Public Finance

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Budget deficits and national debtBudget processExecutive agency funding and structureLegislative rules and procedurePresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents