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H.R. 222119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Jan 7, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 222 would create an 18-member bipartisan commission to recommend a federal budget plan that Congress must vote on quickly.
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This bill would set up a National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform with 18 members. The commission would have one year to write a report recommending how to balance the federal budget, not counting interest payments, within 10 years. At least 12 of the 18 members, including at least 4 from each major party, must agree before a report can be officially released.
The commission would include presidential appointees and current members of both the Senate and House from both major parties. Once the commission delivers its report, the President must propose a law to carry it out, and Congress must vote on it quickly without the option to make changes.
The commission would be directed to look at the gap between what the government spends and what it collects, including the growth of programs like Social Security and Medicare. Its recommendations could lead to changes in federal taxes, spending programs, and government services that affect all Americans.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — 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.