An original concurrent resolution setting forth an alternative congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982 and revising the Second Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 1979.
Latest action. Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
Sets forth an alternative congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982. States that the recommended levels of Federal revenues are: $503,600,000,000 for 1980; $561,000,000,000 for 1981; and $632,600,000,000 for 1982. States that the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased is $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, and decreased is $14,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 and $35,900,000,000 for fiscal year 1982. States that the appropriate levels of total new budget authority for fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982 respectively are: $601,800,000,000, $641,200,000,000; and $693,400,000,000. Lists the appropriate levels of total budget outlays for fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982 respectively as follows: $533,500,000,000; $579,200,000,000; and $620,300,000. States that the amounts of the deficit or surplus in the budget which are appropriate in the light of economic conditions are as follows: deficits of $29,900,000,000 in fiscal year 1980 and $18,200,000,000 in fiscal year in 1981 and a surplus of $12,300,000,000 in fiscal year 1982. States that the appropriate level of the public debt is: $891,800,000,000 for 1980, and the amount by which the temporary statutory limit on such debt should be accordingly increased is $61,800,000,000; $941,000,000,000 for 1981, and the amount by which the temporary statutory limit on such debt should be increased is $111,000,000,000; and $967,700,000,000 for 1982, and the amount by which the temporary statutory limit on such debt should be increased is $137,700,000,000. Specifies the appropriate levels of new budget authority and the estimated budget outlays for each major functional category. Revises the second concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1979.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on April 12, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
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The record's latest action, on April 25, 1979: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
What is a concurrent resolution, exactly?
A concurrent resolution is how the two chambers agree on something between themselves, such as a budget framework or the date they adjourn. Both chambers adopt it, the President plays no part, and it does not carry the force of law.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
EDMUND MUSKIE (D-ME) introduced it on April 12, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on April 12, 1979, 17318 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17305 days ago, on April 25, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
That deadline applies to this measure too, even though it was never headed for the President's desk.
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Vote history
- SenateMeasure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action