Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001
Latest action · Nov 14, 2001 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 176.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(Sec. 3) Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to define the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.
(Sec. 4) Conforms provisions of the Rules of the House of Representatives, provisions governing the President's budget, and requirements for certain strategic and performance plans and reports to the biennial framework.
(Sec. 7) Provides a point of order against any measure that contains a specific authorization of appropriations unless such authorization is for each fiscal year in a biennium.
(Sec. 8) Places Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial timetable, excluding pilot projects for performance budgeting.
(Sec.10) Requires agency heads, the Comptroller General, and the Directors of the Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Service to provide congressional committees with the necessary information for program review.
(Sec.11) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to report to both congressional budget committees and the House Rules Committee on the impact and feasibility of changing the fiscal year and budget process to a biennial framework.
(Sec.12) Requires the President's budget submission for FY 2004 to identify budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the FY 2004-2005 biennium. Directs congressional committees, during the 108th Congress, to work with the Comptroller General to develop plans to transition program authorizations to a multi-year schedule. Sets forth additional transition requirements.
(Sec.13) Makes this Act applicable to budget resolutions and appropriations for the biennium beginning with FY 2006.
Cosponsors 119
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2001 to Nov 14, 2001; 59 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-NY | Amo Houghton | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-NY | Benjamin A. Gilman | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-AL | Bob Riley | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-CO | Bob Schaffer | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-MD | Constance A. Morella | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-CA | David Dreier | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-OH | Deborah Pryce | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-CA | Doug Ose | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | Mar 13, 2001 |
Withdrew 9 C. W. Bill Young R-FL Oct 31, 2001·Anne M. Northup R-KY Nov 1, 2001·Jim Kolbe R-AZ Nov 1, 2001·Joe Skeen R-NM Nov 1, 2001·Ray LaHood R-IL Nov 1, 2001·Sonny Callahan R-AL Nov 1, 2001·Virgil H. Goode Jr. R-VA Nov 1, 2001·John E. Peterson R-PA Nov 6, 2001·Larry Combest R-TX Nov 8, 2001
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2001Markup Aug 1, 2001Reported Sep 6, 2001 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2001Reported Nov 14, 2001 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2001Discharged Nov 14, 2001 |
| Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2001 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2001Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 107-200, Part II.
- Nov 14, 2001Committee on Government Reform discharged.
- Nov 14, 2001Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 176.
- Nov 9, 2001House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 14, 2001.
- Nov 9, 2001House Committee on Government Reform Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 14, 2001.
- Nov 2, 2001House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 9, 2001.
- Nov 2, 2001House Committee on Government Reform Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 9, 2001.
- Sep 5, 2001Reported (Amended) by the Committee on The Budget. H. Rept. 107-200, Part I.
- Sep 5, 2001House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 2, 2001.
- Sep 5, 2001House Committee on Government Reform Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 2, 2001.
- Aug 1, 2001Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Aug 1, 2001Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 4, 2001House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 5, 2001.
- Mar 23, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations.
- Mar 13, 2001Introduced in House
- Mar 13, 2001Referred to the Committee on the Budget for a period ending not later than April 13, 2001, and in addition to the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be determined subsequently by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 4
- Nov 7, 2001H.R. 981, Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Rules on November 1, 2001</p>
- Nov 7, 2001H.R. 981, Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Rules on November 1, 2001
- Aug 20, 2001H.R. 981, Commission on Federal Budget Concepts Act of 2001<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Budget Committee on August 2, 2001</p>
- Aug 20, 2001H.R. 981, Commission on Federal Budget Concepts Act of 2001Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Budget Committee on August 2, 2001
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44732 | Biennial Budgeting: Issues, Options, and Congressional Actions Archived | Report | Jan 10, 2017 |
| R41764 | Biennial Budgeting: Options, Issues, and Previous Congressional Action Archived | Report | Feb 2, 2015 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide a biennial budget for the United States Government.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001
- Commission on Federal Budget Concepts Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Accounting
- Appropriations
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Biennial budgets
- Budget deficits
- Budget reconciliation
- Budget resolutions
- Budget surpluses
- Capital budgets
- Capital investments
- Congress
- Congressional budget
- Congressional budget process
- Congressional committees (House)
- Congressional committees (Senate)
- Congressional conference committees
- Congressional hearings
- Congressional information resources
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional publicity
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional sessions
- Congressional-executive relations
- Continuing resolutions
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal budget process
- Federal budgets
- Federal receipts and expenditures
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fiscal year
- Government consultants
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Government property
- Government service contracts
- House Appropriations
- House Budget
- House rules and procedure
- Legislation
- Legislative amendments
- Performance measurement
- Planning-programming-budgeting
- Senate Appropriations
- Senate Budget
- Senate rules and procedure
- Strategic planning
- User charges
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2001Reported in House
- Mar 13, 2001Referral Instructions House
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