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Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act [S.284]
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Requires biennial budget resolutions, appropriations bills, and government strategic and performance plans, instead of the annual budget process required under current law. The bill specifies that budget biennium is the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. The Office of Management and Budget must 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 01/30/2019
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CBO Show Your Work Act [S.278]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation. For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate. For
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 01/30/2019
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Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 [S.245]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Elections ]
[Energy ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Defense ]
[Science ]
Addresses various intelligence issues, including by reauthorizing intelligence-related activities, establishing certain bodies, and directing the intelligence community to report on topics such as election infrastructure security and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The bill reauthorizes through FY2019 various intelligence-related activities in specified government bodies, including the Department of Defense, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency. It also reauthorizes for FY2019 the Central Intelligence Agency
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Select Committee On Intelligence. on 01/28/2019
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Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act [S.229]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizes advance appropriations for several covered appropriations accounts of (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education within the Department of the Interior, and (2) the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year. The covered accounts within the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education include (1) Operation of Indian Programs, (2) Contract Support
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 01/25/2019
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No Budget, No Recess Act [S.186]
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Prohibits a recess or adjournment of Congress for more than eight hours (1) on and after April 15 of each year, if Congress has not adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget for the next fiscal year; and (2) on and after August 1 of each year, if Congress has not passed all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year. No amount may be obligated or expended for official travel by a Member of Congress while the prohibition applies, unless the Member is returning to the seat of government after being away when the prohibition began.
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/17/2019
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Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2019 [S.63]
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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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Angus S. King
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 01/09/2019
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Balanced Budget Accountability Act [S.44]
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[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), upon adoption by a chamber of Congress of a concurrent budget resolution for a fiscal year, to certify to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro tempore of the Senate whether that chamber has adopted a balanced budget. Balanced budget means a concurrent budget resolution providing that for FY2027 and each succeeding fiscal year to which the resolution applies total outlays do not exceed total receipts and are not more than 18% of the projected domestic product for such
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Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/08/2019
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No Budget, No Pay Act [S.39]
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[Ethics ]
Prohibits Members of Congress from being paid in a fiscal year until both chambers approve the budget resolution and pass all regular appropriations bills for that fiscal year. Retroactive pay is prohibited for such a period.
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 01/08/2019
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation during a fiscal year unless both Houses of Congress have agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year prior to the beginning of that fiscal year. [HJR-10]
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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting Members of Congress from receiving compensation during a fiscal year unless both chambers have agreed to an identical concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year before October 1.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Gallagher
Introduced In House on 01/03/2019
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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [HJR-6]
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[National Security ]
[Defense ]
[Military ]
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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The amendment prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding one-fifth of the economic output of the United States, unless two-thirds of each house of Congress provides for a specific increase above
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Banks
Introduced In House on 01/03/2019
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. [HJR-5]
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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The amendment prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding 18% of the gross domestic product of the United States, unless two-thirds of each house of Congress provides for a specific increase above this amount.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vern Buchanan
Introduced In House on 01/03/2019
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress must amend the United States Code to prevent any future lapse in appropriations, and to permanently end government shutdowns. [HR-84]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
This resolution expresses the commitment of the House of Representatives to (1) take bipartisan action to amend the U.S Code to prevent lapses in appropriations and permanently end government shutdowns, and (2) ensure that no Americans have to suffer the consequences of future government shutdowns.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Mitchell
Introduced In House on 01/28/2019
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Providing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should not adjourn until the annual appropriation bills within the jurisdiction of all the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations for the current fiscal year are enacted into law. [HR-11]
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This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should not adjourn until all of the annual appropriations bills for the current fiscal year have been enacted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin McCarthy
Introduced In House on 01/03/2019
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Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, and for other purposes. [HR-6]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
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[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
This resolution adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress. The resolution adopts the rules of the 115th Congress with amendments that include allowing Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to vote in the Committee of the Whole; revising annual ethics training requirements; providing mandatory anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies for House offices; prohibiting Members, officers, and employees of the House from serving as an officer or director of a public company; requiring Members to pay for any discrimination
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steny H. Hoyer
Motion To Reconsider Laid On The Table Agreed To Without Objection. on 01/09/2019
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San Francisco Bay Restoration Act [HB-1132]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Provides support for the protection and restoration of the San Francisco Bay estuary and the recovery of certain species in the estuary. Specifically, it establishes a San Francisco Bay Program Office in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In addition, the EPA must annually compile a list of funding priorities for projects or studies that advance the goals and objectives of the comprehensive conservation and management plan approved under the National Estuary Program for the San Francisco Bay estuary. The list must include projects or studies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Received In The Senate. on 02/10/2020
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Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act [HB-1128]
[Budget and Spending ]
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[Healthcare ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizes advance appropriations for several covered appropriations accounts of (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education within the Department of the Interior, and (2) the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year. The covered accounts within the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education include (1) Operation of Indian Programs, (2) Contract Support
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 09/25/2019
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CBO Show Your Work Act [HB-1077]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
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Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation. For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate. For
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 02/07/2019
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No Budget, No Recess Act [HB-1059]
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[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Requires Members of Congress to record their presence by electronic device for purposes of establishing a quorum (1) on April 16 and on every other calendar day thereafter until adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget for the next fiscal year, and (2) on October 1 and on every other calendar day thereafter until passage of each of the general appropriation bills for that fiscal year. This requirement does not apply on weekends or holidays. During such periods, the House of Representatives may not adjourn for more than one calendar day,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Gallagher
Introduced In House on 02/07/2019
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No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act [HB-968]
[Immigration ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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[National Security ]
Prohibits the use of federal funds to construct physical barriers or related infrastructure along the southern U.S. border by federal departments or states that receive federal funding. The President is authorized to enter into a treaty where a foreign country agrees to pay for constructing such a physical barrier. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall conduct yearly audits of federal departments and states that receive federal funding to ensure compliance with this prohibition. The bill authorizes penalties against departments or states
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Speier
Referred To The Subcommittee On Border Security, Facilitation, And Operations. on 02/22/2019
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Inaction Has Consequences Act [HB-857]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Requires the salaries of Members of Congress to be held in escrow if their chamber has not passed each of the annual appropriations bills before the beginning of the fiscal year, beginning with FY2020. Salaries are released once the bills are passed or at the end of the Congress.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Introduced In House on 01/29/2019