Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
- Last Action
- 2/6/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-06Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- 2017-02-06Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-06 (00)
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require biennial budget resolutions, appropriations bills, and government strategic and performance plans, instead of the annual budget process required under current law.
The bill specifies that budget biennium is the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. The Office of Management and Budget must report to Congress on 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.
Cosponsors (16)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
- MICHAEL ENZI (R-WY)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Mark Warner (D-VA)
- Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Joseph Manchin (D-WV)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Budget process
- Financial crises and stabilization
- Homeland security
- Performance measurement
- Veterans' medical care
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