HR 981 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001

Introduced Mar 13, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Charles F. Bass R-NH

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 14, 2001 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 176.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 13, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable.

(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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NYAmo HoughtonOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NYBenjamin A. GilmanOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-ALBob RileyOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-COBob SchafferOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-GACharles W. NorwoodOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-MDConstance A. MorellaOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-CADarrell IssaOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-CADavid DreierOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-OHDeborah PryceOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-WADoc HastingsOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-CADoug OseOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-KYEd WhitfieldOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-CAEdward R. RoyceOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.OriginalMar 13, 2001
R-MIFred UptonOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-CAGeorge RadanovichOriginalMar 13, 2001
D-OHJames A. Traficant Jr.OriginalMar 13, 2001
R-WAJennifer DunnOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-KSJim RyunOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-TXJoe BartonOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NHJohn E. SununuOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-GAJohn LinderOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-ILJohn ShimkusOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalMar 13, 2001
D-MOKaren McCarthyOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-TXLamar SmithOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NELee TerryOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-FLLincoln Diaz-BalartOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-TXMac ThornberryOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NJMarge RoukemaOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-WIMark GreenOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-PAMelissa A. HartOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-FLMichael BilirakisOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-OHMichael G. OxleyOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-DEMichael N. CastleOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-MIPeter HoekstraOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-PAPhil EnglishOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-FLPorter J. GossOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-OHRalph RegulaOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-OHRobert W. NeyOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NYSherwood BoehlertOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-OKSteve LargentOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-COThomas G. TancredoOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NYThomas M. ReynoldsOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-VATom DavisOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-MIVernon J. EhlersOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-CAWally HergerOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-MDWayne T. GilchrestOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-TNWilliam L. JenkinsOriginalMar 13, 2001
R-TNZach WampOriginalMar 13, 2001
D-TNBob ClementMar 19, 2001
R-OHRob PortmanMar 19, 2001
R-VAJo Ann DavisMar 20, 2001
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoMar 22, 2001
R-PAGeorge W. GekasMar 28, 2001
R-COJoel HefleyMay 8, 2001
R-OHPaul E. GillmorMay 8, 2001
D-MNBill LutherMay 21, 2001
R-GAJohnny IsaksonMay 21, 2001
R-ILHenry J. HydeMay 24, 2001
D-CAGary A. ConditJun 5, 2001
R-OKJ. C. Watts Jr.Jun 5, 2001
R-LAJim McCreryJun 5, 2001
R-COScott McInnisJun 5, 2001
R-FLMark FoleyJun 7, 2001
R-CAHoward P. "Buck" McKeonJun 12, 2001
D-VARick BoucherJun 12, 2001
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Jun 12, 2001
R-MIDave CampJun 13, 2001
R-CTRob SimmonsJun 13, 2001
R-CAStephen HornJun 13, 2001
R-UTChris CannonJun 14, 2001
R-MNJim RamstadJun 14, 2001
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggJun 14, 2001
R-FLJohn L. MicaJun 14, 2001
R-CTNancy L. JohnsonJun 14, 2001
R-WYBarbara CubinJun 25, 2001
R-FLE. Clay Shaw Jr.Jun 25, 2001
R-TNJohn J. Duncan, Jr.Jun 25, 2001
R-CAMary BonoJun 25, 2001
R-NYPeter T. KingJun 25, 2001
R-ILPhilip M. CraneJun 25, 2001
R-MORoy BluntJun 25, 2001
R-INJohn N. HostettlerJun 28, 2001
R-OKFrank D. LucasJul 17, 2001
R-MDRobert L. Ehrlich Jr.Jul 18, 2001
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenJul 19, 2001
R-UTJames V. HansenJul 19, 2001
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiJul 19, 2001
R-FLCliff StearnsJul 20, 2001
R-OHJohn A. BoehnerJul 20, 2001
R-NEDoug BereuterJul 23, 2001
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonJul 23, 2001
R-TXRichard K. ArmeyJul 24, 2001
R-ORGreg WaldenAug 1, 2001
R-GASaxby ChamblissAug 2, 2001
R-GABob BarrSep 21, 2001
R-TXRalph M. HallSep 21, 2001
R-SCLindsey GrahamOct 12, 2001
R-IDC. L. (Butch) OtterNov 5, 2001
R-NVJim GibbonsNov 6, 2001
R-INMike PenceNov 7, 2001
R-PACurt WeldonNov 8, 2001
R-AZJ. D. HayworthNov 8, 2001
R-FLJeff MillerNov 8, 2001
R-PAJoseph R. PittsNov 8, 2001
R-FLRic KellerNov 8, 2001
R-NJChristopher H. SmithNov 14, 2001
R-INDan BurtonNov 14, 2001
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettNov 14, 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.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseBudget Committee
Referred Mar 13, 2001Markup Aug 1, 2001Reported Sep 6, 2001
HouseRules Committee
Referred Mar 13, 2001Reported Nov 14, 2001
HouseOversight 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.

  1. Nov 14, 2001Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 107-200, Part II.
  2. Nov 14, 2001Committee on Government Reform discharged.
  3. Nov 14, 2001Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 176.
  4. Nov 9, 2001House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 14, 2001.
  5. Nov 9, 2001House Committee on Government Reform Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 14, 2001.
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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

  1. 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>
  2. 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
  3. 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>
  4. 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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R44732Biennial Budgeting: Issues, Options, and Congressional Actions ArchivedReportJan 10, 2017
R41764Biennial Budgeting: Options, Issues, and Previous Congressional Action ArchivedReportFeb 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.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 14, 2001Reported in House
  2. Mar 13, 2001Referral Instructions House

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