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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 4178

Introduced

Enforce the Caps Act

Sponsor
RGlenn Grothman· Wisconsin
Introduced
June 26, 2025
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.June 26, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4178 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4178

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to provide for discretionary spending limits for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2029, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 26, 2025

Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Barr, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Rouzer) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Budget

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A BILL

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to provide for discretionary spending limits for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2029, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Enforce the Caps Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 
2029.

Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)), as amended by the Fiscal Responsibility 
Act of 2023, is further amended--
(1) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
``(11) for fiscal year 2026, for the discretionary 
category, $1,621,959,000,000 in new budget authority;
``(12) for fiscal year 2027, for the discretionary 
category, $1,638,179,000,000 in new budget authority;
``(13) for fiscal year 2028, for the discretionary 
category, $1,654,560,000,000 in new budget authority; and
``(14) for fiscal year 2029, for the discretionary 
category, $1,671,106,000,000 in new budget authority;''.
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