Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2023
The Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2023 establishes a process for handling federal programs that have expired authorizations (unauthorized programs). It requires a 10% budget reduction in the first year after authorization expires, followed by 15% reductions in the second and third years. If a program remains unauthorized for three years, it must be terminated unless Congress reauthorizes it with a 3-year sunset provision. The bill creates a Spending and Accountability Commission to review direct spending programs and propose spending reductions that could prevent these budget cuts from taking effect.
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Introduced Mar 9, 2023
Last action Mar 9, 2023
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Mar 9, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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.
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Mar 9, 2023
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1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers
RRepublican
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Brad Finstad
RRepublican
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Byron Donalds
RRepublican
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Jay Obernolte
RRepublican
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Jeff Duncan
RRepublican
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Lance Gooden
RRepublican
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Lloyd Smucker
RRepublican
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Michael Cloud
RRepublican
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Neal P. Dunn
RRepublican
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Randy K. Weber, Sr.
RRepublican
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Tom McClintock
RRepublican
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