S3951-119

In Committee

Balanced Budget Responsibility Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Balanced Budget Responsibility Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Social Welfare.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Balanced Budget Responsibility Act of 2026.
  • Section id0b56bbae0a5348929591c626c435cd14: 2. Authority and discretion of the President over budgetary resources to achieve a balanced budget In this section— the term budgetary resources— has the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Balanced Budget Responsibility Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Finance, Social Welfare

Primary Purpose

This bill, Balanced Budget Responsibility Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Finance Social Welfare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 26, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Feb 26, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Feb 26, 2026

Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Finance Social Welfare
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"covered budgetary resources" §id0b56bbae0a5348929591c626c435cd14

any budgetary resources, except for budgetary resources to carry out— the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.)

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