Cancel the Sequester Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-900
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-28
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E250)

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Cancel the Sequester Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Controlled Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to repeal certain sequestration requirements for enforcement of a specified budget goal. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 900 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, 2013 Mr. Conyers (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Wilson of Florida , and Mr. Grayson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To eliminate the sequestration under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cancel the Sequester Act of 2013 . 2. Repeal of 251A sequestration Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.