Sponsor: BURLESON, Omar Truman (D-TX)
Description: TO ADOPT A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND PIKE AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 195. THE BURLESON AMENDMENT INCREASES DEFENSE SPENDING BY $4.1 BILLION AND OUTLAYS BY $2.3 BILLION SO AS TO REACH THE SPENDING LEVELS RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Bill summary: (Measure failed of passage in House, roll call #165 (84-320))
Sets forth congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1978. States that the recommended level of Federal revenues is $398,094,000,000 and the amount by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be decreased is $1,073,000,000. States that the appropriate level of total new budget authority is $501,264,000,000. Establishes the appropriate level of the public debt at $794,468,000,000
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forth the appropriate level of new budget authority and the estimated budget outlays for each major functional category.
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Bill titles: Concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the U.S. Government for the fiscal year 1978.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 123-70, p. 3645;
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov