GRH Act

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United States federal statute budget control law

The GRH Act is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1985 that sought to reduce and eventually eliminate the federal budget deficit through automatic spending cuts if deficit targets were not met.

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Label	Occurrences
GRH Act canonical	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ budget control law ⓘ
affectedArea	certain mandatory spending programs ⓘ discretionary spending ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ⓘ surface form: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act
appliesTo	federal government spending ⓘ
branch	legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
budgetTargetType	fixed deficit ceilings by year ⓘ
containsProvision	across-the-board spending cuts if targets missed ⓘ annual deficit targets ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enactedBy	99th United States Congress ⓘ
enactedInYear	1985 ⓘ
enforcementAgencyInitially	Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
enforcementStyle	automatic across-the-board cuts rather than targeted cuts ⓘ
exempted	interest on the federal debt ⓘ some entitlement programs ⓘ
geographicScope	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
historicalContext	Reagan administration fiscal policy debates ⓘ
influencedConcept	automatic sequestration as enforcement tool ⓘ statutory budget caps ⓘ
influencedLaterLaw	Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 ⓘ
introducedAutomaticCutsType	sequestration ⓘ
laterEnforcementRole	Congressional Budget Office ⓘ Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
legalChallenge	Bowsher v. Synar ⓘ
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
mechanism	automatic spending cuts if deficit targets were not met ⓘ
motivatedBy	growing federal budget deficits in early 1980s ⓘ
namedAfter	Ernest Hollings ⓘ Phil Gramm ⓘ Warren Rudman ⓘ
partiallyInvalidatedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Supreme Court
partiallyInvalidatedInCase	Bowsher v. Synar ⓘ surface form: Bowsher v. Synar (1986)
policyArea	budgetary policy ⓘ fiscal policy ⓘ
primaryGoal	eliminate the federal budget deficit by a specified target date ⓘ reduce the federal budget deficit ⓘ
revisedBy	Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ⓘ surface form: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987
shortName	GRH Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
status	partially superseded by later budget laws ⓘ
subjectMatter	deficit reduction ⓘ federal budget process ⓘ
timeHorizon	multi-year deficit reduction path ⓘ
typeOfControl	deficit-targeting framework ⓘ

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Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 → shortName → GRH Act ⓘ

GRH Act → shortName → GRH Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

Public Law 99-177 → hasAcronym → GRH Act ⓘ