# 114-hr-4512: Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016

114-hr-4512, Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA); status Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. (as of 2025-11-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4512
- As of: 2025-11-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4512
- Congress: 114
- Title: Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- Introduced: 2016-02-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestration, or automatic spending cuts, scheduled to occur because the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to recommend legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act
- 114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act
- 114-hr-6284: EPI Act
- 114-hr-6193: Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6149: POWER Act
- 114-hr-6097: Immigration Courts Bail Reform Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4512 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4512)

## Related
- [114-hr-6382: No Religious Registry Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6382)
- [114-hr-6340: Presidential Accountability Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6340)
- [114-hr-6284: EPI Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6284)
- [114-hr-6193: Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6193)
- [114-hr-6149: POWER Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6149)
- [114-hr-6097: Immigration Courts Bail Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6097)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4512 (as of 2025-11-18).