S. 391: RESET Act
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S. 391: RESET Act
112th Congress · introduced 2011-02-17 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-02-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
RESET Act
Plain summary
Recovering Excessive Stimulus Expenditures for Taxpayers Act or RESET Act - Rescinds all unobligated balances of the discretionary appropriations made available by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus funds). Requires such rescinded appropriations to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury for federal budget deficit reduction.
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Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s391.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s391 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112