Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S972-975)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2008 to Feb 29, 2008; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | Feb 13, 2008 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Feb 29, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Budget Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Feb 13, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S971-972)
- Feb 13, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S972-975)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1591 | George V. Voinovich R-OH | Mar 5, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S994–S996 | Jeff Sessions R-AL, Lamar Alexander R-TN | Feb 14, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S971Text printed S972–S975 | Pete V. Domenici R-NM (text) | Feb 13, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Appropriations
- Authorization
- Biennial budgets
- Budget reconciliation
- Budget resolutions
- Congress
- Congressional budget
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal budget process
- Fiscal year
- Governmental investigations
- House rules and procedure
- Legislation
- Planning-programming-budgeting
- Senate rules and procedure
- Strategic planning
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2008Introduced in Senate
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