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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986

Act Details

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986 was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1986-08-12 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 99 United States Congress by Dan Rostenkowski in relation with: Agricultural subsidies, Budget deficits, Congressional agencies, Cost of living adjustments, Cotton, Defense budgets, Defense contracts, District of Columbia, Economics and public finance, Federal budgets, Federal employees, Government operations and politics, Government spending reductions, Grain, Military pay, Public debt, Rice, Salaries, Urban transportation, Wheat.

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986 became law (1) in the United States on 1986-08-21. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Ways and Means (HSWM)

Sponsor

Dan Rostenkowski, member of the US congress
Dan Rostenkowski, Representative from Illinois, district 8

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Druie Douglas Barnard, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 10
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 15

Act Overview

Number: 5395 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: A bill to increase the statutory limit on the public debt (4)
Short Title: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986
Date First Introduced: 1986-08-12
Sponsor Name: Dan Rostenkowski
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1986-08-21
Type: hr (7)
Main Topic: Economics and public finance
Related Bills: (8)
hres534-99, Reason: rule, Type: bill
Summary of Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986

Increases the public debt limit to $2152000000000.

Act Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 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 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 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 (Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986)
[Note 4] A bill to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1986-08-12) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[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.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

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Agricultural subsidies
Budget deficits
Congressional agencies
Cost of living adjustments
Cotton
Defense budgets
Defense contracts
District of Columbia
Economics and public finance
Federal budgets
Federal employees
Government operations and politics
Government spending reductions
Grain
Military pay
Public debt
Rice
Salaries
Urban transportation
Wheat

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1986