Reduce Our Deficits Act

Reduce Our Deficits Act - Rescinds $1.6 billion of unobligated balances made available for the Bureau of the Census.

Requires any amounts received by the federal government as rentals or royalties to be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury and used for federal budget deficit reduction or, if there is no budget deficit, for reducing the national debt.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6096 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6096

To rescind certain amounts appropriated to the Bureau of the Census, to 
       reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 10, 2010

Mr. Edwards of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To rescind certain amounts appropriated to the Bureau of the Census, to 
       reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reduce Our Deficits Act''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION.

    From the unobligated balances made available for ``Department of 
Commerce--Bureau of the Census--Periodic Censuses and Programs'', 
$1,600,000,000 is rescinded.

SEC. 3. USE OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT AND 
              NATIONAL DEBT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts received by 
the Federal Government as rentals or royalties shall be deposited into 
the general fund of the Treasury and used for Federal budget deficit 
reduction or, if there is no Federal budget deficit, for reducing the 
national debt in such a manner as the Secretary of the Treasury 
considers appropriate.
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