Cancel the Sequester Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-782
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2015-02-05
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Cancel the Sequester Act of 2015 </b></p> <p>This bill repeals provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 that authorize sequestration to enforce specified deficit reduction goals. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 782 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2015 Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Moore , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Ellison , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Pocan , and Mr. Grijalva ) 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 2015 . 2. Repeal of 251A sequestration Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a ) is repealed.