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H.R. 3: Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act

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H.R. 3: Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-09 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Motion to discharge Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Budget rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 134.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 134 (2018): On the Motion to Discharge, HR3 (2018-06-20), Motion to Discharge Rejected. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to discharge Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Budget rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 50. Record Vote Number: 134. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act

Plain summary

Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act This bill rescinds approximately $15 billion in budget authority over 2018-2028 that was proposed to be rescinded by the President under procedures included in the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. (A rescission is legislation enacted by Congress that cancels the availability of previously enacted budget authority before the authority would otherwise expire. Under current law, the President may propose rescissions to Congress, which must be enacted into law to take effect. Congress may rescind all, part, or none of the amounts proposed by the President. If Congress does not pass rescission legislation within 45 days of continuous session of Congress, the President must make the funds available.) The bill rescinds budget authority from specified programs and accounts within: the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Department of State, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Railroad Retirement Board.

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Official text

Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] · 16 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (2018-05-11); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3, Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act (2018-06-07)

Cosponsors on this site

Tom Cole (R-OK), Steve Womack (R-AR), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr3 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115