S. 379: Decrease Spending Now Act

Introduced:
Feb 26, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Feb 26, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 26, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed Senate ...
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Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

0% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.

Only 12% of Senate bills made it past committee and only 2% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

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Full Title

A bill to rescind $45 billion of unobligated discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Feb 26, 2013.
2 pages

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Library of Congress Summary

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2/26/2013--Introduced.
Decrease Spending Now Act - Rescinds $45 billion of unobligated balances of current discretionary appropriations.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to:
(1) determine which appropriation accounts the rescission shall apply to and the amount that each such account shall be reduced, and
(2) report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress a list of the accounts reduced by the rescission, including the amounts rescinded from each such account.
Exempts from such rescission the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA).

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