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H.R. 1536 116th Congress House

Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019

Official title: To modify the congressional budget and appropriations process to provide fiscal stability for the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 11, 2019 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtBudget processExecutive agency funding and structure
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Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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.
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 5, 2019

Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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.

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Protecting Our Children's Future Act of 2019

This bill makes several changes to the federal budget process. The changes to the budget process include

  • converting the existing annual budget and appropriations process to a biennial process;
  • changing the calendar period for the federal fiscal year (currently October 1 through September 30) to January 1 through December 31;
  • requiring mandatory spending programs to be subject to the appropriations process with exceptions for Social Security, Medicare, programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and TRICARE;
  • requiring the baseline budget of each department or agency to be assumed to be zero and each proposed expenditure to be justified as if it were a new expenditure;
  • requiring Congress to consider appropriations bills using procedures similar to the existing budget reconciliation process, which includes expedited procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate; and
  • withholding pay for Members of Congress if the House and Senate have not jointly agreed to a congressional budget resolution by June 30 of the first year of a Congress.
 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5538 Mandatory Spending Control and Accountability Act
  • HR 236 No Budget, No Pay Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 11, 2019
Byrne, Bradley
· Mar 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1536: Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1536/
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"H.R. 1536: Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1536/.
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H.R. 1536, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1536/.
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