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Proposing a Federal debt limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

House

A constitutional amendment to set a federal debt limit under the Constitution of the United States

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Emergency Border Control Resolution

House

Establishes the FY2025 congressional budget, sets budget levels through FY2034, and directs budget reconciliation affecting deficits and the statutory debt limit

Latest action: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Incentivize Savings Act

House

Establishes incentives for personal savings through a measure reported by committee on savings policy

Latest action: Wed Feb 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Cost Estimates Improvement Act

House

Requires Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation cost estimates to include public debt servicing costs

Latest action: Wed Feb 05 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

No Budget, No Pay Act

House

Withholds pay for members of a chamber of Congress that fails to adopt the next fiscal year budget resolution by April 15

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

House

A constitutional balanced budget amendment barring annual federal spending above receipts unless two thirds of each chamber approve the excess

Latest action: Mon Jan 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets.

Senate

Require federal agencies to submit zero-based budgets and spending-cut recommendations for budget oversight, with Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration exempt from the reduction requirement

Latest action: Wed Jan 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Responsible Budgeting Act

House

Establishes a budgeting measure titled the Responsible Budgeting Act for House committee consideration

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.

House

A balanced budget constitutional amendment that caps federal spending, restricts tax and debt increases, and requires supermajority approval for specified fiscal exceptions

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.

House

Would amend the Constitution to require a federal balanced budget based on prior-year receipts, with supermajority exceptions for excess spending and tax increases

Latest action: Wed Mar 18 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

House

Establishes the congressional budget for FY2025 through FY2034, including budget levels, reconciliation instructions, a reserve fund, and budget enforcement procedures

Latest action: Tue May 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Balanced Budget Accountability Act

Senate

Withholds or sharply reduces House and Senate Members' pay when OMB does not certify that their chamber adopted a balanced budget, and requires a three-fifths vote for revenue increases

Latest action: Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

.Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.

House

A constitutional balanced budget amendment that limits federal spending, requires supermajority votes for certain fiscal actions, and mandates detailed agency funding justifications in the President's budget

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Budget Process Enhancement Act

House

Modifies the federal budget process by tying pay to missed budget deadlines and changing Congressional Budget Office discretionary spending baseline assumptions

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2026 and sets budgetary levels and enforcement rules through 2035

Latest action: Tue Sep 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Sustainable Budget Act of 2025

House

Establishes a legislative branch fiscal commission to recommend policies for balancing the budget and improving the long term federal fiscal outlook under expedited congressional consideration

Latest action: Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2025 through 2034, including deficit-changing reconciliation instructions and budget enforcement procedures

Latest action: Fri Feb 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2026, sets budget levels through 2035, and directs reconciliation for deficit-increasing immigration enforcement and border security legislation

Latest action: Wed Apr 29 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

House

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2027, sets budget levels through 2036, and includes reconciliation and budget enforcement procedures

Latest action: Thu Jul 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

House

Establishes House rules for the 119th Congress by adopting prior rules with changes to floor procedure, budget limits, committee operations, and selected House entities

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

DEBT Act

House

Require the Treasury Secretary to explain planned debt limit extraordinary measures to the tax-writing committees before the debt limit is reached or default-avoidance steps begin

Latest action: Tue Jan 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

House

A constitutional balanced budget amendment barring federal spending above annual receipts and imposing supermajority votes for debt limit and revenue increases

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the United States Government from increasing its debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of the membership of each House of Congress.

House

A constitutional amendment to bar increases in federal debt unless three-fourths of each chamber approves a law for a specific purpose

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets for the Government.

House

A constitutional balanced budget amendment that generally bars federal spending from exceeding receipts except with supermajority approval or specified emergency waivers

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds the House legislative branch and related congressional agencies for FY2026 and sets conditions on how those appropriations may be used

Latest action: Mon Jun 30 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

House

A constitutional balanced budget amendment that limits federal spending to receipts and sets supermajority voting rules for debt increases and deficit spending

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Extraordinary Measures Transparency Act

House

Require the Treasury Department to report to Congress on planned, ongoing, and completed extraordinary measures used to avoid exceeding the federal debt limit

Latest action: Fri Jan 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Default Prevention Act

House

Exempts specified federal debt and benefit payments from the debt limit and sets Treasury payment priorities and reporting requirements once the limit is reached

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

House

Expands federal spending transparency requirements by making other transaction agreement expenditures reportable on USAspending.gov and requiring oversight of missing data

Latest action: Mon Aug 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

Senate

Expands federal spending transparency requirements by adding other transaction agreement expenditures to USAspending.gov reporting and oversight

Latest action: Mon Jun 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025

House

Establishes a congressional approval requirement for major agency rules while keeping the existing review process for nonmajor rules

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

BLOCK Act

Senate

Establishes the BLOCK Act as a Senate bill referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for consideration

Latest action: Mon Feb 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Restoring Trade Fairness Act

Senate

Revokes China’s normal trade status and raises tariffs on Chinese imports while tightening de minimis rules for goods from China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran

Latest action: Thu Jan 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Restoring Trade Fairness Act

House

Revokes China's normal trade status and raises tariffs on Chinese imports while tightening low value import rules for goods from China North Korea Russia and Iran

Latest action: Thu Jan 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds FY2026 financial services, general government, national security, Department of State, and related foreign assistance programs while setting conditions on the use of appropriated funds

Latest action: Thu Jan 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

House

Implement reconciliation under title II of H. Con. Res. 14 through an enacted budget reconciliation measure

Latest action: Fri Jul 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Recognizing the national debt as a threat to national security.

House

Recognizes the national debt as a national security threat and commits to restoring regular appropriations order while addressing the fiscal crisis

Latest action: Tue Aug 05 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds multiple federal departments and agencies for the rest of FY2026, continues Homeland Security funding temporarily, and extends several expiring federal programs and authorities

Latest action: Tue Feb 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027

House

Continues FY2027 appropriations for federal agencies through early December 2026 or until regular appropriations are enacted, while extending several expiring programs and authorities

Latest action: Wed Jul 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026

Senate

Provides continuing fiscal year 2026 funding for federal agencies, permanently extends expanded health insurance tax credits, and extends several expiring programs and authorities

Latest action: Thu Oct 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)