HR 222 · in committee · major
Sustainable Budget Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- Creates a National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to recommend policies for balancing the budget within 10 years.
- Affects Congress and federal spending on entitlements, as the commission must address revenue-expenditure gaps.
- Commission recommendations go through expedited legislative procedures for Congressional consideration.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the commission balance recommendations between reducing entitlement spending and increasing federal revenues to achieve a balanced budget?
- 02
What safeguards would ensure the expedited legislative procedures for commission recommendations don't bypass meaningful congressional debate and public input?
- 03
Which federal programs and taxpayer groups would likely be most affected by the commission's recommendations to close budget gaps?
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Sponsor · D-HI-1
Ed Case
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
7/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-07
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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