HR 1585
100th Congress
House
Economics and Public Finance
Congress and Members of Congress
Congressional oversight
Federal budgets
Hidden Budget Accountability Act
Introduced: March 12, 1987
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Mar 12, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Mar 12, 1987
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Hidden Budget Accountability Act - Directs the President to submit with the annual Federal budget transmitted to the Congress a presentation of the estimated budget outlays and requested budget authority, by agency and function, for programs that are included in the budget in a manner designed to conceal their existence and scope.
Requires the first budget submitted after enactment of this Act to set forth: (1) estimated budget outlays and requested budget authority for such programs included in the budget for each of the five previous years; and (2) the actual amounts appropriated by agency and function for such programs for each of such years.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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