Budget Enforcement Act of 1990

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The Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 was a U.S. federal law that reformed the budget process by imposing discretionary spending caps and a pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rule to control deficits.

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instanceOf United States federal statute
budget law
aimedAt controlling growth of federal spending
long-term deficit reduction
appliesTo congressional budget procedures
federal budget process
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
chamber United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enactedIn 101st United States Congress
enforcementTool sequestration
field budgetary policy
fiscal policy
public finance
hasEffect aimed to reduce federal budget deficits
constrained growth of discretionary spending
established PAYGO rule
imposed discretionary spending caps
reformed federal budget process
required offsets for new entitlement spending
required offsets for new tax cuts
implementedBy Congressional Budget Office
Office of Management and Budget
United States Department of the Treasury
influencedBy Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
surface form: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
legislativeBody United States Congress
notableConcept PAYGO
discretionary spending limits
sequestration as automatic cuts
partOf Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
policyMechanism discretionary spending caps
pay-as-you-go rule
sequestration enforcement mechanism
presidentAtEnactment George H. W. Bush
purpose control federal budget deficits
enforce fiscal discipline
strengthen budget enforcement procedures
regulates discretionary spending
mandatory spending changes
revenue legislation
replaced some enforcement mechanisms of Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act
requires budgetary offsets for new mandatory spending
budgetary offsets for new tax reductions
signedBy George H. W. Bush
timePeriod 1990s United States fiscal policy

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GRH Act influencedLaterLaw Budget Enforcement Act of 1990
subject surface form: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Public Law 99-177 laterSupersededInPartBy Budget Enforcement Act of 1990