981 -- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reduce and maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product. | Poliscope

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reduce and maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product.

981

119th Congress

Economics and Public Finance

In Committee

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

January 7, 2026

Latest Action

January 7, 2026

Primary Sponsor

Bill HuizengaRepublican(MI)

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Summary

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) Congress should adopt a fiscal target to reduce the federal budget deficit to 3% of gross domestic product or less as soon as possible and no later than the end of FY2030; and (2) after the target is achieved, Congress should continue to pursue further deficit reduction with the goal of achieving a balanced federal budget.

Actions (2)

January 7, 2026

Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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.

January 7, 2026

Submitted in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1025, H11100

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Rules Committee	House	Referred To	January 7, 2026
Ways and Means Committee	House	Referred To	January 7, 2026
Budget Committee	House	Referred To	January 7, 2026

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	January 7, 2026	XML

Cosponsors (20)

Name	Party	State
Blake D. Moore	Republican	UT
Chrissy Houlahan	Democratic	PA
Chuck Edwards	Republican	NC

Related Bills (1)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
SRES 654	119th	Identical bill

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Sources: Congress.gov