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Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Introduced: January 27, 2011 See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Jan 27, 2011

Introduced in Senate

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 (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.

What's happening now January 27, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

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