Impact of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Law: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, June 18, 19, and July 23, 1986, Volume 4

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Page 35 - NOTICE This statement is not available for public release until it is delivered at 10:00 am (EOT), Thursday, May 13, 1993.
Page 81 - Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I am delighted to be here. I have a prepared statement...
Page 6 - OF CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985 Mr.
Page 93 - Second, recent increases in imports, and softness in exports, to some extent reflect the impact of earlier oursourcing decisions as many new overseas plants become fully operational. Third, the US trade deficit with Canada, Latin America and the developing countries in the Far East, continues to grow, in part because of weak economic conditions and debt problems in some of those countries, and in part because the currencies of most of those countries have not appreciated relative to the US dollar....
Page 372 - Chairman Committee on Government Operations US House of Representatives 2157 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr.
Page 44 - ... programs. All savings from eliminating automatic spending increases in three other specific programs — the National Wool Act, the special milk program, and vocational rehabilitation — are applied to the required reduction in outlays for nondefense programs.
Page 8 - Directors referred to in section 251(a) or (c)(l) . . . shall be transmitted to the joint committee established under this subsection. "(2) Upon the invalidation of any such procedure there is established a Temporary Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, composed of the entire membership of the Budget Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate. . . . The purposes of the Joint Committee are to receive the reports of the Directors as described in paragraph (1), and to report (with respect...
Page 30 - We are delighted to welcome you to the Committee, and we look forward to your testimony.
Page 484 - Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515-6143 Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your June 26 letter transmitting for Postal Service comments a questionnaire on the impact of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings legislation on this agency.
Page 32 - Although the sequestration actually applies to new budget authority and other spending authority, the calculations use outlay estimates to determine the amount of sequestration. The first step is to divide the amount of excess deficit-S22.6 billion for 1987-into two halves.

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