Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
U.S. Congress · HR143 ·
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-01-03. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19.
Summary (plain-language)
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act This bill reduces budgetary levels for certain federal programs that are funded through the annual appropriations process and do not have an authorization of appropriations. Under the bill, budgetary levels are spending allocations provided to the congressional appropriations committees by a congressional budget resolution or a deeming resolution. The allocations are provided under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and are often referred to as 302(a) allocations. The bill applies to programs included in the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) annual report listing programs that are funded through the appropriations process and have an authorization of appropriations that has either expired or will expire during the year. If a program is listed in the CBO report, the bill requires specified reductions to be implemented over a three-year period and terminates the unauthorized programs at the end of the third unauthorized year.
Sponsors
- Kat Cammack (primary)
- Tom Barrett
- Derek Schmidt
Text versions
- Introduced in House — 2025-01-03 — XML
What analysts say
CBO cost estimates
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H.R. 143, Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
— 2026-03-13
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 2, 2025
Full estimate published at cbo.gov; it will appear here once an archived or committee-report copy is available.
What politicians say
No linked claims or utterances yet — no one on record has cited this measure to justify a public argument.
Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-12-02 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19. |
| 2025-01-03 | Introduced in House |
| 2025-01-03 | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |