Responsible and Effective Spending Cuts of Undesirable Expenditures Act or the RESCUE Act This bill temporarily modifies the requirements for the sequestration process (i.e., automatic spending reductions) that is used to enforce the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO Act), which generally prohibits revenue or direct spending legislation from increasing the deficit. With respect to the first sequestration order issued under the Statutory PAYGO Act after the enactment of this bill, the bill modifies the requirements to (1) require additional reductions to certain programs that were funded in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including programs that are unrelated to the direct health care treatment and prevention of COVID-19 in the United States; and (2) exempt Medicare from the process.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Economics and Public Finance
AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtBudget processCardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee benefits and pensionsForeign aid and international reliefInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternational organizations and cooperationMedicareMultilateral development programsState and local financeState and local government operationsUnited Nations
RESCUE Act
USA117th CongressHR-1955| House
| Updated: 3/17/2021
Responsible and Effective Spending Cuts of Undesirable Expenditures Act or the RESCUE Act This bill temporarily modifies the requirements for the sequestration process (i.e., automatic spending reductions) that is used to enforce the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO Act), which generally prohibits revenue or direct spending legislation from increasing the deficit. With respect to the first sequestration order issued under the Statutory PAYGO Act after the enactment of this bill, the bill modifies the requirements to (1) require additional reductions to certain programs that were funded in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including programs that are unrelated to the direct health care treatment and prevention of COVID-19 in the United States; and (2) exempt Medicare from the process.
AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtBudget processCardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee benefits and pensionsForeign aid and international reliefInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternational organizations and cooperationMedicareMultilateral development programsState and local financeState and local government operationsUnited Nations