Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
Latest action · Jan 27, 2011 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.
- IntroducedJan 27, 2011
- 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 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 27, 2011 to Oct 20, 2011; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Original | Jan 27, 2011 |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Original | Jan 27, 2011 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Jan 27, 2011 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Jan 27, 2011 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Jan 27, 2011 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Jan 27, 2011 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | Jan 27, 2011 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Jan 27, 2011 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Feb 7, 2011 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Feb 14, 2011 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Feb 14, 2011 | |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Feb 28, 2011 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Mar 17, 2011 | |
| R-NE | Mike Johanns | Mar 17, 2011 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Mar 17, 2011 |
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 Jan 27, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Jan 27, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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 S3143 | Johnny Isakson R-GA, Mike Johanns R-NE | May 15, 2012 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2124 | Kay R. Hagan D-NC | Apr 5, 2011 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1358 | Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, Tom Harkin D-IA | Mar 8, 2011 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41764 | Biennial Budgeting: Options, Issues, and Previous Congressional Action Archived | Report | Feb 2, 2015 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 114 | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2012 |
| S 1274 | Biennial Appropriations Act | Related bill | Jun 23, 2011 |
| S 1679 | Budget Reform Act of 2011 | Related bill | Oct 11, 2011 |
| HR 3082 | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011 | Related bill | Nov 2, 2011 |
| HR 3577 | Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011 | Related bill | Dec 7, 2011 |
| HR 3669 | Budget Process Improvement Act of 2011 | Related bill | Dec 14, 2011 |
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 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.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 27, 2011Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
