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Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011

Introduced: May 31, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jan 24, 2012
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 17, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.
Feb 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management .
Jan 5, 2011
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 5, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (instead of annual) budget resolutions, (2) biennial appropriations Acts, and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans.

Makes conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives.

Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.

Requires: (1) a federal agency, upon request by a congressional committee, to provide appropriate information regarding its appropriations requests and program administration, (2) the Comptroller General to furnish to such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such program which the Comptroller General has completed during the preceding six years, and (3) the Comptroller General, Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to furnish such committee appropriate information, studies, analyses, and reports.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine and report to Congress on 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.

Requires the President's budget submission for FY2014 to include: (1) an identification of the budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the FY2014-FY2015 biennium, and (2) budget authority that should be provided for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts.

Directs: (1) the House and Senate committees, during the first session of the 113th Congress, to work with the Comptroller General to develop plans to transition program authorizations to a multi-year schedule, and (2) the Comptroller General, during such Congress, to continue to provide assistance to Congress with respect to programmatic oversight, and in particular to assist the congressional committees in designing and conforming programmatic oversight procedures for FY2014-FY2015 biennium.

What's happening now January 24, 2012

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 3082 Related bill Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011
  • HR 3577 Related bill Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011
  • S 211 Related bill Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
  • S 1274 Related bill Biennial Appropriations Act
  • S 1679 Related bill Budget Reform Act of 2011
  • HR 3669 Related bill Budget Process Improvement Act of 2011
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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Republican 9
R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Oct 26, 2011
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Oct 13, 2011
Poe, Ted
· May 31, 2011
WALDEN, GREG
· May 2, 2011
JOHNSON, TIMOTHY
· Apr 14, 2011
HASTINGS, DOC
· Apr 8, 2011
HERGER, WALLY
· Apr 8, 2011
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Apr 7, 2011
UPTON, FRED
· Apr 7, 2011
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Apr 5, 2011
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 5, 2011
BILBRAY, BRIAN
· Apr 1, 2011
 R
Harris, Andy
Maryland · Apr 1, 2011
 R
Stutzman, Marlin A.
Indiana · Apr 1, 2011
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Mar 16, 2011
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Mar 15, 2011
Rokita, Todd
· Mar 15, 2011
Ross, Dennis
· Mar 14, 2011
STEARNS, CLIFF
· Mar 9, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 114: Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-114/
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