3.0.0 63 2022-11-01T13:49:21Z 2022-11-01T14:23:17Z Senate S 2019-01-09 116 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-09T17:00:18Z 2019-01-09 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2019-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2019-01-09 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-02-13 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2019-05-09 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2019-05-14 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-05-20 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2019-07-30 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-07-30 False Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget process Congressional committees Congressional oversight Defense spending Economic performance and conditions House Committee on the Budget Legislative rules and procedure Members of Congress Senate Committee on the Budget Unemployment Economics and Public Finance 00 2019-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2019-11-05T20:00:46Z Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2019

This bill modifies the federal budget process to require biennial congressional budget resolutions, instead of the annual budget resolutions required under current law. The bill retains the existing annual process for budget reconciliation and appropriations bills.

The bill also modifies the budget process to

  • allow budget resolutions that have bipartisan support, establish a target for the ratio of the public debt to the gross domestic product, and meet other specified requirements to be considered in the Senate using expedited procedures;
  • require the congressional budget committees to hold joint hearings to hear testimony from the Comptroller General regarding the audited financial statements of the executive branch and the financial position and condition of the federal government;
  • allow budget resolutions to include the total combined outlays and revenues for tax expenditures; and
  • require the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to serve on the Senate Budget Committee.
]]> Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2019 Display Title Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to implement the recommendations of the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s63is/xml/BILLS-116s63is.xml 2019-01-09 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.