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S. 625 113th Congress Senate

Biennial Appropriations Act

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

Introduced: March 20, 2013 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtBudget processCongressional oversightLegislative rules and procedure
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Mar 20, 2013
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 Latest action March 20, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Biennial Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require biennial (instead of annual) appropriations Acts, with the exception of annual defense appropriation bills.

Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1.

Requires the committees of the House and Senate with legislative jurisdiction over an agency, in each year that the agency's activities are not required to be funded, to hold a joint oversight hearing on the impact of biennial budgeting on the agency with the corresponding subcommittee of the respective Committee on Appropriations with jurisdiction over the agency.

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.

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  • HR 3059 Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2013
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All 2 Democratic 1
Isakson, Johnny
· Mar 20, 2013
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Mar 20, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 625: Biennial Appropriations Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-625/
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"S. 625: Biennial Appropriations Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-625/.
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