Enforce the Caps Act

Bill: 118-hr-4245
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-21
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Enforce the Caps Act</strong></p><p>This bill establishes annual discretionary spending limits for FY2026-FY2029. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4245 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2023 Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Babin , Mr. Barr , Mr. Good of Virginia , Ms. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Harris , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , Mr. LaMalfa , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Norman , Mr. Rouzer , and Mr. Santos ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for discretionary spending limits for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enforce the Caps Act . 2. Discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2026 through 2029 Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(c) ), as amended by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, is further amended— (1) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking and at the end; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following: (11) for fiscal year 2026, for the discretionary category, $1,621,959,000,000 in new budget authority; (12) for fiscal year 2027, for the discretionary category, $1,638,179,000,000 in new budget authority; (13) for fiscal year 2028, for the discretionary category, $1,654,560,000,000 in new budget authority; and (14) for fiscal year 2029, for the discretionary category, $1,671,106,000,000 in new budget authority; .