Biennial Budgeting Act of 2006

Summary

Biennial Budgeting Act of 2006 - 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. Makes conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Requires: (1) a federal agency, upon request by a congressional committee, to provide appropriate information regarding its appropriations requests and program administration; (2) the Comptroller General to furnish to such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such program which the Comptroller General has completed during the preceding six years; and (3) the Comptroller General, Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to furnish such committee appropriate information, studies, analyses, and reports. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine and report to Congress on 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. Requires the President's budget submission for FY2008 to include: (1) an identification of the budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the FY2008-FY2009 biennium; and (2) budget authority that should be provided for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts. Directs: (1) the House and Senate committees, during the first session of the 110th Congress, to work with the Comptroller General to develop plans to transition program authorizations to a multi-year schedule; and (2) the Comptroller General, during such Congress, to continue to provide assistance to Congress with respect to programmatic oversight, and in particular to assist the congressional committees in designing and conforming programmatic oversight procedures for FY2009-FY2010 biennium.

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Timeline

1. 28 July 2006

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 July 2006

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 July 2006

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Government Reform, 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 28 July 2006

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Government Reform, 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Referral Instructions House · 28 July 2006 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Referral Instructions House (text)

  Referral Instructions House · EN · 28 July 2006

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• Referral Instructions House (PDF)

  Referral Instructions House · EN · 28 July 2006

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 July 2006

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Sponsors

• Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] · R · Sponsor
• WALTER JONES · R · Sponsor
• FRED UPTON · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] · R · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2005
• related to ← Budget and Transparency Act
• related to ← Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act