Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 232
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 4, 2021
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Feb 4, 2021
Latest Action
Feb 4, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
232
Congress
117
Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
Economics and Public Finance
Primary focus of measure is budgetary matters such as appropriations, public debt, the budget process, government lending, government accounts and trust funds; monetary policy and inflation; economic development, performance, and economic theory.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Kentucky
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2021

This bill establishes discretionary spending limits for FY2022 and FY2023.

Specifically, the bill

  • establishes discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending,
  • establishes a separate discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending,
  • specifies the appropriations accounts and programs that are categorized as infrastructure spending for the purposes of the discretionary spending limits, and
  • excludes infrastructure spending from the existing defense and nondefense categories of spending.

(Under current law, the existing discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending will expire at the end of FY2021, and there is no discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending.)

Text (1)
February 4, 2021
Actions (2)
02/04/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
02/04/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:46:39 PM