A bill to clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.

Bill: 115-s-2817
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2018-05-10
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing

Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Corporate finance and management

Financial services and investments
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill provides that any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is inapplicable to funding of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. (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: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2817 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 10, 2018 Mr. Enzi introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.

1. Clarification Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a ) does not apply with respect to the funding of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.