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Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Introduced: April 21, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 21, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4124-4127)
Apr 21, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4123-4124)
Apr 21, 2005
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now April 21, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4124-4127)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6024 Related bill Biennial Budgeting Act of 2006
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Apr 7, 2006
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Apr 21, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 877: Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-877/
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"S. 877: Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-877/.
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