HR 1654 · 113th Congress 2013โ€“2015, ended

Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013

Latest action · Apr 18, 2013 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 18, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require: (1) the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include a descriptive analysis for the second decade budget impact of a measure when submitting a cost estimate of it, and (2) the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) to provide such an analysis when its submitting revenue estimates to CBO.

Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to publish a report on the size, scope, risk, and cost of the contingent federal liabilities, including the implicit guarantees to government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct performance reviews of JCT-identified tax expenditures on an ongoing basis.

Requires OMB to: (1) develop a proposal for the implementation of an accrual-based accounting system for certain portions of the budget, and (2) report to Congress on legislation necessary to implement such system.

Requires the JCT to publish a report that projects annual federal revenues by source over the next 10 fiscal years and includes a discussion of the assumptions used to project such revenues.

Amends the CBA to require: (1) biennial (instead of annual) budget resolutions, (2) biennial appropriations Acts, and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans.

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 and report to Congress on 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 FY2016 to include: (1) an identification of the budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the FY2016-FY2017 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 114th 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 FY2016-FY2017 biennium.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2013 to Jun 28, 2013; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-DEJohn C. Carney, Jr.OriginalApr 18, 2013
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalApr 18, 2013
R-NVJoseph J. HeckOriginalApr 18, 2013
R-INLarry BucshonOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalApr 18, 2013
R-PAPatrick MeehanOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-AZRon BarberOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-NYWilliam L. OwensOriginalApr 18, 2013
D-WADerek KilmerJun 28, 2013

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseBudget Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2013
HouseRules Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2013
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2013
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 18, 2013Introduced in House
  2. Apr 18, 2013Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3020Mike Quigley D-ILJun 4, 2013

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2160.

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R41764Biennial Budgeting: Options, Issues, and Previous Congressional Action ArchivedReportFeb 2, 2015

Related bills 6

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 554Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations ActRelated billMar 13, 2013
S 625Biennial Appropriations ActRelated billMar 20, 2013
HR 879Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations ActRelated billFeb 28, 2013
HR 1762Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2013Related billApr 25, 2013
HR 1869Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014Related billDec 11, 2014
HR 3059Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2013Related billAug 2, 2013

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To improve the accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process.
Short Titles as Introduced
Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 18, 2013Introduced in House

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