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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99th United States Congress enacted Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 alsoKnownAs Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act
linked to: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 alsoKnownAs Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
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Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 partOf Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
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Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 laterModifiedBy Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987
linked to: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 relatedTo Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act
linked to: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 alsoKnownAs Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act
subject linked to: GRH Act
linked to: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 revisedBy Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987
subject linked to: GRH Act
linked to: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Phil Gramm notableWork Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act
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Phil Gramm sponsored Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act
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Warren Rudman coSponsorOf Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act
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Warren Rudman notableWork Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Public Law 99-177 hasOfficialName Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
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Public Law 99-177 hasShortTitle Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
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Public Law 99-177 hasCommonName Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act
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Public Law 99-177 laterModifiedBy Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987
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Bowsher v. Synar concernsStatute Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
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Bowsher v. Synar concernsStatute Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act
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Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 influencedBy Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 relatedTo Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act
linked to: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
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
linked to: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 amends Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
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