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A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986

A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986

Act Details

A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1986-07-17 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 99 United States Congress by James Wright in relation with: Budget deficits, Economics and public finance, Federal budgets, Government spending reductions.

A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986 became law (1) in the United States on 1986-07-31. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

Sponsor

James Wright, Representative from Texas, district 12

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Chester Greenough Atkins, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 5
Helen Delich Bentley, Republican, Representative, from Maryland, district 2
Tom Bevill, Democrat, Representative, from Alabama, district 4
Barbara Boxer, Democrat, Senator, from California, district 6
John Wiley Bryant, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 5
Sala Burton, Representative, from California, district 5
Albert Bustamante, Representative, from Texas, district 23
William Carney, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 1
George William Crockett, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 13
George (buddy) Darden, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 7
Hal Daub, Representative, from Nebraska, district 2
Brian Joseph Donnelly, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 11
Byron Leslie Dorgan, Democrat, Senator, from North Dakota
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 31
Walter Edward Fauntroy, Democrat, Delegate, from Washington DC
Victor Herbert Fazio, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 4
Edward Farrell Feighan, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 19
Thomas Foley, Representative, from Washington, district 5
Jonas Martin Frost, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 24
Jamie Fuster, Representative
Robert Garcia, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 21
William Herbert Gray, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 2
Charles Arthur Hayes, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 1
Willie Gathrel (bill) Hefner, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 8
Frank Jefferson Horton, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 34
Steny Hamilton Hoyer, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 5
Joseph Paul Kolter, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 4
Richard Henry Lehman, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 18
William Lehman, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 13
Sander Martin Levin, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 17
William Oliver Lipinski, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 5
Marilyn Laird Lloyd, Democrat, Representative, from Tennessee, district 3
Thomas J. Manton, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 9
Matthew Martinez, Representative, from California, district 30
Norman Y. Mineta, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 13
Major Robert Odell Owens, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 12
Carl Christopher Perkins, Democrat, Representative, from Kentucky, district 7
Charles B. Rangel, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 19
Ralph Straus Regula, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 16
Harry Reid, Democrat, Senator, from Nevada, district 1
Donald Lawrence Ritter, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 15
Martin Olav Sabo, Democrat, Representative, from Minnesota, district 5
Ike Skelton, Representative, from Missouri, district 4
Lawrence Jack Smith, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 16
Louis Stokes, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 21
Foto Sunia, Representative
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon, Democrat, Representative, from South Carolina, district 6
James A. Traficant, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 17
Jagt Vander, Representative, from Michigan, district 9
George Cornelius Wortley, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 32
Ronald Lee Wyden, Democrat, Senator, from Oregon, district 3

Act Overview

• Number: 672 (3)
• Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986 (4)
• Date First Introduced: 1986-07-17
• Sponsor Name: James Wright
• Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
• Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
• Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1986-07-31
• Type: hjres (7)
• Main Topic: Economics and public finance
• Related Bills: (8)

  hjres674-99, Reason: identical, Type: bill
  hjres676-99, Reason: identical, Type: bill
  sjres374-99, Reason: identical, Type: bill

• Summary of A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
• Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986

Ratifies and affirms as law the report issued by the Directors of the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget on January 15 1986 setting forth FY 1986 budget cuts pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Act Notes

• [Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
• [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986 are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
• [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986)
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• [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
• [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
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• [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about A joint resolution ratifying and affirming the report of January 15, 1986, of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office with respect to fiscal year 1986 submitted yet.

Budget deficits
Economics and public finance
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions

Further Reading

• “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
• “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
• “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.