A bill to freeze Federal discretionary spending at fiscal year 2000 levels, to extend the discretionary budget caps until the year 2010, and to require a two-thirds vote of the Senate to breach caps.
Fiscal Discipline for a New Millenium Act of 1999 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to set discretionary spending limits for FY 2001 through 2010 at the limits of new budget authority and outlays for FY 2000.
Requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds (currently, three-fifths) of Members of the Senate to waive a point of order against legislation that would exceed discretionary spending limits.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1173-1175)
Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977 with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.
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