Budget Control Act of 2011

Budget Control Act of 2011

Long title	An Act to provide for budget control.
Enacted by	the 112th United States Congress
Effective	August 2, 2011
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 112–25 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	125 Stat. 239
Codification
Acts amended	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
Titles amended	2 U.S.C.: Congress
U.S.C. sections amended	2 U.S.C. ch. 20 § 901
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as "An original bill to make a technical amendment to the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002" (S. 365) by Tom Harkin (D-IA) on February 16, 2011 Committee consideration by Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Passed the Senate on February 17, 2011 (Unanimous consent) Passed the House as the "Budget Control Act of 2011" on August 1, 2011 (269–161) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on August 2, 2011 (74–26) Signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011

The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112–25 (text) (PDF), S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute enacted by the 112th United States Congress and signed into law by US President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011. The Act brought conclusion to the 2011 US debt-ceiling crisis.

The law involves the introduction of several complex mechanisms, such as creation of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (sometimes called the "super committee"),^[1] options for a balanced budget amendment, and automatic budget sequestration.