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HR 879 113th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget process Performance measurement

Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Introduced: June 20, 2013 Introduced by: Wilson, Joe Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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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.
Feb 28, 2013
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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 (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 February 28, 2013

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.

 Related & companion bills 7
  • HR 1654 Related bill Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013
  • HR 1762 Related bill Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2013
  • HR 1869 Related bill Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014
  • HR 3059 Related bill Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2013
  • S 280 Related bill Budget Reform Act of 2013
  • S 554 Related bill Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
  • S 625 Related bill Biennial Appropriations Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 4
TERRY, LEE
· Jun 20, 2013
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 15, 2013
 R
Stutzman, Marlin A.
Indiana · Mar 5, 2013
WALDEN, GREG
· Mar 5, 2013
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Feb 28, 2013
JONES, WALTER
· Feb 28, 2013
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Feb 28, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 879: Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-879/
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