Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

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United States federal law budget control law

The Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 was a landmark U.S. federal law that sought to reduce the federal budget deficit through automatic spending cuts if specified deficit targets were not met.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act	1
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985	1
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987	1
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ budget control law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ⓘ surface form: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ⓘ surface form: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act
amends	Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 ⓘ
appliesTo	certain mandatory spending programs ⓘ discretionary spending ⓘ
branch	legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 2 of the United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	December 12, 1985 ⓘ
enforcementAgency	Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
era	Reagan administration ⓘ
exempted	Social Security benefits from sequestration ⓘ some means-tested entitlement programs from sequestration ⓘ
foundUnconstitutionalInPartBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first major U.S. law to impose binding deficit targets with automatic cuts ⓘ
introducedConcept	sequestration in U.S. federal budgeting ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
laterModifiedBy	Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987
laterSupersededInPartBy	Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
mechanism	automatic across-the-board spending cuts ⓘ sequestration of budgetary resources ⓘ
namedAfter	Ernest Hollings ⓘ Phil Gramm ⓘ Warren Rudman ⓘ
partiallyInvalidatedIn	Bowsher v. Synar ⓘ
partOf	Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
policyArea	deficit reduction ⓘ federal budget ⓘ fiscal policy ⓘ
presidentAtSigning	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 99-177 ⓘ
purpose	to establish deficit targets for the federal government ⓘ to reduce the federal budget deficit ⓘ to require automatic spending cuts if deficit targets were not met ⓘ
relatedCourtCase	Bowsher v. Synar ⓘ
required	annual deficit targets leading toward a balanced budget ⓘ presidential sequestration orders if targets were missed ⓘ
shortName	GRH Act ⓘ
signedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
sponsors	Ernest Hollings ⓘ surface form: Senator Ernest Hollings Phil Gramm ⓘ surface form: Senator Phil Gramm Warren Rudman ⓘ surface form: Senator Warren Rudman
status	amended ⓘ
subjectOf	debate over fiscal discipline and budget process reform in the United States ⓘ
yearEnacted	1985 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

this entity surface form: Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act

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

this entity surface form: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

99th United States Congress → enacted → Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ⓘ

Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 → laterModifiedBy → Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987

Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 → partOf → Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act