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HRES 707 114th Congress House Congress Appropriations Budget process Congressional committees Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives House Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Legislative rules and procedure

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget authority and outlays for each category of spending.

Introduced: April 27, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Apr 27, 2016
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget authority and outlays for each category of spending, namely:

  • allocations, suballocations, and discretionary and direct spending authority for each department, agency, program, or other line item in any appropriation Act; and
  • discretionary and direct spending authority for each department, agency, and program as set forth in budget proposals of the President.

All such data shall:

  • cover the 10 fiscal years immediately preceding the budget year; and
  • be kept up-to-date and provided on the Committee's public website in a downloadable, searchable, and sortable format.
What's happening now April 27, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2