HR 6906 · 97th Congress · Economics and Public Finance
A bill to amend the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the President to submit balanced budgets to the Congress, and for other purposes.
Bill Progress
✓
Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Executive Comment Requested from OMB, HHS, DOD, Treasury.(1982-08-13)
Plain Language Summary
[AI summary unavailable — showing source text]
Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the President to transmit to Congress during the first 15 days of each regular session a budget for the ensuing fiscal year which sets forth a recommended level of estimated expenditures that does not exceed estimated receipts during such fiscal year. Exempts from such requirement budgets for fiscal years when the increase in real economic growth for the period on which the economic assumptions for such fiscal year are based is less than three percent and unemployment is projected to be higher than six and one-half percent. Allows a suspension of such requirement in time of war or national emergency. Requires social insurance and national defense to receive first funding priority in reaching such outlay goals.…
Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only
Cosponsors (14)
14 Democrats