HR 2936 · 101th Congress · Economics and Public Finance

Fiscal and Institutional Reform Budget Act of 1989

Introduced 1989-07-19· Sponsored by Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-4]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative Process.(1989-08-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Fiscal and Institutional Reform Budget Act of 1989 - Title I: Use of Nonadjusted Baseline in President's Budget and Congressional Budget - Amends Federal law to require both the President and the Congress to draft a budget based on estimates of current fiscal year spending, proposing increases or decreases based on this level (rather than on an estimated baseline). Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to use such a current fiscal year baseline in its report to the congressional budget committees, projecting growth for entitlement and discretionary spending based on current fiscal year spending. Title II: Membership of Budget Committees - Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives and rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to include certain House and Senate leaders and certain other committee chairmen as members of the budget committees. Title III: Joint Budget Resolutions - Replaces the concurrent resolution on the budget with a joint resolution on the budget. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the enactment of an automatic budget resolution if the Congress has not adopted a joint resolutio…

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Cosponsors (4)

1 Democrat3 Republicans