Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 13, 2013)
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (currently annual) budget resolutions, (2) biennial appropriations Acts, and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans.
Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on that definition to a two-year fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on such period, and (2) report the findings to the House and Senate Budget Committees.
What just happenedMar 13, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 13, 2013
- Mar 13, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- Mar 13, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate