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A deficit-reduction package, known as Pub. L. 112-25 and signed into law on August 2, 2011, which raises the debt ceiling and is designed to set forth a structure, through a Joint Select Committee, to reduce the deficit by increasing revenues and eliminating expenditures.

Synonyms: Budget Control Act
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Budget Control Act