HR 879 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Latest action · Feb 28, 2013 Referred 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.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 28, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2013 to Jun 20, 2013; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalFeb 28, 2013
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalFeb 28, 2013
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalFeb 28, 2013
R-ORGreg WaldenMar 5, 2013
R-INMarlin A. StutzmanMar 5, 2013
R-VARobert J. WittmanMar 15, 2013
R-FLC. W. Bill YoungMar 20, 2013
R-NELee TerryJun 20, 2013

Committees 3

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseBudget Committee
Referred Feb 28, 2013
HouseRules Committee
Referred Feb 28, 2013
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Feb 28, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 28, 2013Introduced in House
  2. Feb 28, 2013Referred 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.

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
HouseLists H816H.R. 879–932—Feb 28, 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 I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H816.

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 7

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 280Budget Reform Act of 2013Related billFeb 12, 2013
S 554Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations ActRelated billMar 13, 2013
S 625Biennial Appropriations ActRelated billMar 20, 2013
HR 1654Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013Related billApr 18, 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 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.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 28, 2013Introduced in House

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