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S. 877 109th Congress Senate

Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Official title: A bill to provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.

Introduced: April 21, 2005 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance AppropriationsAuthorizationBiennial budgetsBudget reconciliation
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Budget resolutionsCongressCongressional budgetCongressional reporting requirementsFederal budget processFiscal yearGovernmental investigationsHouse rules and procedureLegislationPlanning-programming-budgetingSenate rules and procedureStrategic planning
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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
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 21, 2005

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

 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6024 Biennial Budgeting Act of 2006
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 2
R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Apr 7, 2006
Vitter, David
· Mar 1, 2006
Burr, Richard
· Jun 20, 2005
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Apr 21, 2005
Isakson, Johnny
· 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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