Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform Act of 2018

2018-01-30

Introduced in House

Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform Act of 2018

This bill establishes an independent commission known as the Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform to:

study procedures on the budget and federal expenditures;
conduct public hearings to examine potential budget process reforms;
seek recommendations on ways to reform the congressional budget process;
draft a bill that amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974; and
report to Congress regarding the proposed bill, findings regarding specified federal budget issues, and any other appropriate matters.

Congress must consider the commission's bill using specified expedited legislative procedures.

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