US Congress Senate Bill 554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]
Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

HB879 (Related) 2013-02-28 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
SB625 (Related) 2013-03-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
HB1654 (Related) 2013-04-18 - Referred to House Ways and Means
HB1762 (Related) 2013-04-25 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
HB1869 (Related) 2014-12-11 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.
HB3059 (Related) 2013-08-02 - Referred to House Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/554/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s554/BILLS-113s554is.pdf