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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 19, 1999
Truth-in-Budgeting Act of 1999 - Requires the President's budget, the budget report of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) required under the Congressional Budget Act, and the concurrent budget resolution to include, effective for FY 2001: (1) the receipts and disbursements totals of the on-budget trust funds, including the projected levels for at least the next five fiscal years; and (2) the deficit or surplus excluding such trust funds, including the projected levels for at least the next five fiscal years. Requires the President's budget and the CBO budget report to include an itemization of the on-budget trust funds for the budget year, including receipts, outlays, and balances.
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Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL] · R–IL
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Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, that if one Committee report, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.
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