S 877 · 109th Congress · Economics and Public Finance
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
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House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4124-4127)(2005-04-21)
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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 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.…
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Cosponsors (20)
3 Democrats17 Republicans