3.0.0 3889 2023-01-11T13:46:18Z 2023-01-11T13:46:18Z Senate S 2020-06-04 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-04T15:09:42Z Congressional Power of the Purse Act 116 6628 HR 2020-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS Protecting Our Democracy Act 116 8363 HR 2020-09-23 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, the Budget, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. Related bill CRS Protecting Our Democracy Act 116 4880 S 2020-10-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS 2020-06-04 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2020-06-04 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-06-04 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-06-04 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-06-04 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-06-04 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-06-04 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-06-04 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-06-04 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2020-06-04 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-06-04 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-06-04 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2020-06-04 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2020-06-04 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-06-04 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-06-04 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-06-04 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-06-04 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2020-06-04 True Economics and Public Finance Economics and Public Finance 00 2020-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-03T16:00:36Z Congressional Power of the Purse Act

This bill modifies the budget and appropriations process to establish various requirements for federal agencies, add several new disclosure and reporting requirements, and expand congressional oversight authorities.

Among other changes, the bill requires

  • the Office of Management and Budget to release funding to agencies at least 90 days before the funding expires;
  • certain presidential emergency declarations to expire within 30 days unless Congress approves the declaration;
  • federal agencies to make various reports, documents, and legal opinions available to Congress and the public; and
  • federal agencies to respond to certain Government Accountability Office requests within 20 days unless the request includes a different deadline.
]]> Congressional Power of the Purse Act Display Title Congressional Power of the Purse Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Congressional Power of the Purse Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to strengthen congressional control and review, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3889is/xml/BILLS-116s3889is.xml 2020-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.