Government Spending Responsibility Act

Government Spending Responsibility Act - Prohibits the total discretionary appropriations for FY2011 from exceeding the total discretionary appropriations, calculated on an annualized basis, made for such fiscal year by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, as amended by the Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 188 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 188

To limit the total discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to 
       the level set by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2011

 Mr. Woodall introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on the Budget

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To limit the total discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to 
       the level set by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.

    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 ``Government Spending Responsibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF TOTAL DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 
              YEAR 2011 TO LEVEL SET BY CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
              2011.

    (a) Limitation.--The total discretionary appropriations for fiscal 
year 2011 may not exceed the total discretionary appropriations, 
calculated on an annualized basis, made for such fiscal year by the 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 111-242), as amended by 
the Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 (title I of Public Law 
111-322).
    (b) Definition of Discretionary Appropriations.--For purposes of 
this section, the term ``discretionary appropriations'' has the meaning 
given such term in section 250(c)(7) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)).
                                 <all>