Sustainable Budget Act of 2025
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What this bill does
Sustainable Budget Act of 2025
This bill establishes the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform within the legislative branch to identify policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long term.
The commission must propose recommendations that (1) are designed to balance the budget, excluding interest payments on the debt, within 10 years; and (2) meaningfully improve the long-term fiscal outlook, including changes to address the growth of entitlement spending and the gap between projected federal revenues and expenditures.
Congress must consider the commission's recommendations using specified expedited legislative procedures.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - HI District 1 · D-HI
7 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - AR District 3 · R-AR
U.S. Representative - CA District 50 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - IA District 3 · R-IA
U.S. Representative - NE District 2 · R-NE
Member of Congress · R-GA
U.S. Representative - PA District 1 · R-PA
U.S. Representative - NY District 1 · R-NY
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 222 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. |
| Policy Area | Economics and Public Finance |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 7, 2025 |
| Latest Action | January 7, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 7 · House vote — · 1 views |