US Congress Senate Bill 211 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 28-8-1)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Pending: Senate Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (currently, annual) budget resolutions; (2) biennial appropriations Acts; and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on that definition to a two-year fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on such period; and (2) report the findings to the House and Senate Budget Committees.

Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]
Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]
Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]
Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

HB114 (Related) 2012-01-24 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
SB1274 (Related) 2011-06-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
HB3082 (Related) 2011-11-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management.
SB1679 (Related) 2011-10-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
HB3669 (Related) 2011-12-14 - Referred to House Ways and Means
HB3577 (Related) 2011-12-07 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/211/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s211/BILLS-112s211is.pdf