US SB1274 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 1274 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 23 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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. var spryselect1 = new Spry.Widget.ValidationSelect("spryselect1");

Title

Biennial Appropriations Act

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Same As/Similar To

HB114 (Related) 2012-01-24 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
SB211 (Related) 2011-01-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
HB3082 (Related) 2011-11-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management.
HB3669 (Related) 2011-12-14 - Referred to House Ways and Means
HB3577 (Related) 2011-12-07 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform