Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

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The Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 was a landmark U.S. federal law that sought to reduce the federal budget deficit through automatic spending cuts if specified deficit targets were not met.

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instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
budget control law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ⓘ
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act ⓘ
amends Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 ⓘ
appliesTo certain mandatory spending programs ⓘ
discretionary spending ⓘ
branch legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 2 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted December 12, 1985 ⓘ
enforcementAgency Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
era Reagan administration ⓘ
exempted Social Security benefits from sequestration ⓘ
some means-tested entitlement programs from sequestration ⓘ
foundUnconstitutionalInPartBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance first major U.S. law to impose binding deficit targets with automatic cuts ⓘ
introducedConcept sequestration in U.S. federal budgeting ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
laterModifiedBy Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 ⓘ
laterSupersededInPartBy Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
mechanism automatic across-the-board spending cuts ⓘ
sequestration of budgetary resources ⓘ
namedAfter Ernest Hollings ⓘ
Phil Gramm ⓘ
Warren Rudman ⓘ
partiallyInvalidatedIn Bowsher v. Synar ⓘ
partOf Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act ⓘ
policyArea deficit reduction ⓘ
federal budget ⓘ
fiscal policy ⓘ
presidentAtSigning Ronald Reagan ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 99-177 ⓘ
purpose to establish deficit targets for the federal government ⓘ
to reduce the federal budget deficit ⓘ
to require automatic spending cuts if deficit targets were not met ⓘ
relatedCourtCase Bowsher v. Synar ⓘ
required annual deficit targets leading toward a balanced budget ⓘ
presidential sequestration orders if targets were missed ⓘ
shortName GRH Act ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
sponsors Senator Ernest Hollings ⓘ
linked to: Ernest Hollings

Senator Phil Gramm ⓘ
linked to: Phil Gramm

Senator Warren Rudman ⓘ
linked to: Warren Rudman
status amended ⓘ
subjectOf debate over fiscal discipline and budget process reform in the United States ⓘ
yearEnacted 1985 ⓘ

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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 → relatedTo → Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act ⓘ
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Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 → titleOfPublicLaw → An Act to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reinstate and strengthen certain budget enforcement mechanisms ⓘ
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