Children's Budget Act
Latest action · Jul 16, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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.
- IntroducedJul 16, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Children's Budget Act - Requires the President's annual budget to Congress to include a detailed, separate analysis for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, and the ensuing fiscal year identifying the amounts of gross and net appropriations or obligational authority and outlays directed to children and children's programs within the United States and territories.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 16, 2008 to Sep 16, 2008; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jul 16, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jul 16, 2008 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Jul 16, 2008 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Jul 16, 2008 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Jul 16, 2008 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Jul 16, 2008 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Sep 16, 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 Jul 17, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jul 16, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7229 | Children's Budget Act | Related bill | Sep 29, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President's budget.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Children's Budget Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Aid to dependent children
- Appropriations
- Authorization
- Cash welfare block grants
- Child health
- Child welfare
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Entitlements
- Families
- Federal aid programs
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to education
- Federal budgets
- Health
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2008Introduced in Senate
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