Bill113th Congress

S. 625

Biennial Appropriations Act

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Introduced
Mar 20, 2013
Origin Chamber
Senate
Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
Latest Action
Mar 20, 2013

Sponsor

Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]

Republican·WY
First Name: MICHAEL
Middle Name: B.
Last Name: ENZI
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Bill Details

Update Date
Nov 15, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Bill Type
S
Bill Number
625
Congress
113
Introduced Date
Mar 20, 2013
Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
Is Law
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Mar 20, 2013IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Source: Senate

Mar 20, 2013IntroReferral10000

Introduced in Senate

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in Senate· Mar 20, 20130

Biennial Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require biennial (instead of annual) appropriations Acts, with the exception of annual defense appropriation bills.

Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1.

Requires the committees of the House and Senate with legislative jurisdiction over an agency, in each year that the agency's activities are not required to be funded, to hold a joint oversight hearing on the impact of biennial budgeting on the agency with the corresponding subcommittee of the respective Committee on Appropriations with jurisdiction over the agency.

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.

Budget Committee

Senate· Standing
AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtBudget processCongressional oversightLegislative rules and procedure

Introduced in Senate

Mar 20, 2013