H.R. 9452

Budgeting for a Better America Act

Official summary

No official summary yet.

Text of the bill

Expand all

I Biennial Budget Resolutions

Sec. 109. Amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives to effectuate biennial budgeting

(a) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking any allocations and inserting its allocations for the budget year and by striking fiscal year and inserting biennium.

(b) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking for each fiscal year.

(c) Clause 4(b) of rule X is amended by striking and at the end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and inserting ; and at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

Text this section adds to the law

(7) use the second session of each Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic implications.

(d) Clause 4(f) of rule X is amended—

(1) by striking fiscal year the first place it appears and inserting biennium;

(2) by striking that fiscal year and inserting each fiscal year in such ensuing biennium; and

(3) in subparagraph (1) by striking six weeks after the submission of the budget by the President and inserting March 1.

(e) Clause 3(d)(1)(A) of rule XIII is amended by striking five both places it appears and inserting six.

II National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

III Other Matters