3.0.0 385 2023-01-11T13:28:23Z 2023-01-11T13:28:23Z Senate S 2015-02-05 114 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-05T18:23:09Z Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act 114 150 S 2015-11-04 Committee on the Budget. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2015-02-05 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2015-02-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2015-02-05 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2015-02-05 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-02-05 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-02-05 True Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Congressional oversight Legislative rules and procedure Economics and Public Finance 00 2015-02-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-30T22:48:52Z Biennial Appropriations Act

This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to change the annual appropriations process to a biennial process for nondefense spending. Congress must consider the defense appropriations bill annually and the remaining appropriations bills in either odd-numbered or even-numbered years. In each year that the appropriations bill for an agency is not considered, Congress must conduct oversight hearings.

The bill requires the congressional budget resolution to be accompanied by committee allocations for biennial appropriations and the President's budget to include details that reflect the biennial process.

It also creates a point of order against considering: (1) legislation authorizing appropriations for less than two years unless the program requires no further appropriations and will be completed after appropriations are expended, and (2) authorization or revenue legislation until Congress completes action on the budget resolution, appropriations bills, and reconciliation bills.

The Office of Management and Budget must report to Congress on the impact and feasibility of a biennial budget process.

]]> Biennial Appropriations Act Display Title Biennial Appropriations Act Official Title as Introduced 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 in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Biennial Appropriations Act Introduced in Senate 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s385is/xml/BILLS-114s385is.xml 2015-02-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.