CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tom McClintock (R-CA)

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish certain procedures for consideration of annual appropriation bills, and for other purposes.

H.R. 8380 · House bill Economics and Public Finance

A Republican bill with 9 Republican cosponsors · See all 9 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It seeks to establish specific procedures for how annual appropriation bills are considered in Congress. In the Senate, the bill would limit debate on annual appropriation bills and related motions to 20 hours. In the House of Representatives, the bill would restrict the ability to adjourn for more than three days during July until certain appropriations bills are approved.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?

    The bill creates procedural incentives to pass all annual appropriation bills by restricting House adjournments until all subcommittees have budget authority.

  • Scored +1

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    The bill establishes clearer, more predictable timelines for the consideration of annual appropriation bills in both chambers.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.