Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011
Latest action · Nov 2, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management.
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.
- IntroducedOct 3, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (instead of annual) budget resolutions, (2) biennial appropriations Acts, and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans.
Requires a three-fifths vote in each chamber for passage of a bill or joint resolution making supplemental appropriations during the second session of a Congress, unless Congress designates all of the provisions specified in such measure as emergency requirements or for Global War on Terrorism.
Makes conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives.
Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.
Requires: (1) a federal agency, upon request by a congressional committee, to provide appropriate information regarding its appropriations requests and program administration; (2) the Comptroller General to furnish to such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such program which the Comptroller General has completed during the preceding six years; and (3) the Comptroller General, Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to furnish such committee appropriate information, studies, analyses, and reports.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to 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.
Requires the President's budget submission for FY2014 to include: (1) an identification of the budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the FY2014-FY2015 biennium, and (2) budget authority that should be provided for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts.
Directs: (1) the House and Senate committees, during the first session of the 113th Congress, to work with the Comptroller General to develop plans to transition program authorizations to a multi-year schedule; and (2) the Comptroller General, during such Congress, to continue to provide assistance to Congress with respect to programmatic oversight, and in particular to assist the congressional committees in designing and conforming programmatic oversight procedures for FY2014-FY2015 biennium.
Establishes within the legislative branch the Biennial Budget Commission to provide recommendations and legislative language to move a biennial budget concurrent resolution forward in the event that the House and Senate are unable to pass a biennial budget by July 31 of an odd-numbered year.
Prescribes procedures for expedited consideration of the Commission's recommendations.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 3, 2011 to Dec 15, 2011; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Oct 3, 2011 |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Dec 15, 2011 |
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 Oct 3, 2011 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Oct 3, 2011 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 3, 2011 |
| Government Operations Subcommittee | Referred Nov 2, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management.
- Oct 3, 2011Introduced in House
- Oct 3, 2011Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 7, 2011P.L. 111-322, the Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011CBO estimate of the Act providing funding for discretionary activities through March 4, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6505.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-48 | H.R. 1291, H.R. 1234 AND H.R. 142188 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jul 12, 2011 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41771 | FY2011 Appropriations in Budgetary Context Archived | Report | Apr 14, 2011 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 112 | To encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jan 24, 2011 |
| HR 114 | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2012 |
| S 211 | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act | Related bill | Jan 27, 2011 |
| S 1274 | Biennial Appropriations Act | Related bill | Jun 23, 2011 |
| HR 3577 | Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011 | Related bill | Dec 7, 2011 |
Titles 2
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, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Accounting and auditing
- Advisory bodies
- Appropriations
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- Congressional committees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Economics and Public Finance
- Government studies and investigations
- House Committee on the Budget
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Senate Committee on the Budget
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2011Introduced in House
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