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Budget Process Enhancement Act

House

Modifies the federal budget process by tying pay to missed budget deadlines and changing Congressional Budget Office discretionary spending baseline assumptions

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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CBO Show Your Work Act

House

Requires the Congressional Budget Office to publicly disclose the models, data routines, assumptions, and calculation details behind its legislative cost estimates so they can be independently replicated

Latest action: Fri Jan 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Cost Estimates Improvement Act

House

Requires Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation cost estimates to include public debt servicing costs

Latest action: Wed Feb 05 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Fighting Budget Waste Act

House

Requires the President and the Office of Management and Budget to use GAO recommendations on reducing federal government duplication and inefficiency when preparing the annual budget

Latest action: Fri Jan 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

House

Establishes House rules for the 119th Congress by adopting prior rules with changes to floor procedure, budget limits, committee operations, and selected House entities

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Emergency Border Control Resolution

House

Establishes the FY2025 congressional budget, sets budget levels through FY2034, and directs budget reconciliation affecting deficits and the statutory debt limit

Latest action: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

House

Establishes the congressional budget for FY2025 through FY2034, including budget levels, reconciliation instructions, a reserve fund, and budget enforcement procedures

Latest action: Tue May 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act

House

Reduces budget allocations for federal programs with expired or expiring authorizations and ends them after their third unauthorized year

Latest action: Tue Dec 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes the Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2025 as a budget-related measure affecting crime victims

Latest action: Tue Jan 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Incentivize Savings Act

House

Establishes incentives for personal savings through a measure reported by committee on savings policy

Latest action: Wed Feb 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.

House

A balanced budget constitutional amendment that caps federal spending, restricts tax and debt increases, and requires supermajority approval for specified fiscal exceptions

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

House

A constitutional balanced budget amendment barring annual federal spending above receipts unless two thirds of each chamber approve the excess

Latest action: Mon Jan 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Improper Payments Transparency Act

Senate

Requires the President’s annual budget to report improper payment amounts and rates at certain federal agencies, explain causes and trends, and outline corrective actions

Latest action: Wed Feb 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.

House

Would amend the Constitution to require a federal balanced budget based on prior-year receipts, with supermajority exceptions for excess spending and tax increases

Latest action: Wed Mar 18 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A bill to require agencies submit zero-based budgets.

Senate

Require federal agencies to submit zero-based budgets and spending-cut recommendations for budget oversight, with Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration exempt from the reduction requirement

Latest action: Wed Jan 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A bill to repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Senate

Repeals the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, ending statutory limits and procedures governing presidential withholding of appropriated funds

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

No Budget, No Pay Act

House

Withholds pay for members of a chamber of Congress that fails to adopt the next fiscal year budget resolution by April 15

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

.Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.

House

A constitutional balanced budget amendment that limits federal spending, requires supermajority votes for certain fiscal actions, and mandates detailed agency funding justifications in the President's budget

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing a Federal debt limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

House

A constitutional amendment to set a federal debt limit under the Constitution of the United States

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act

House

Require the Office of Management and Budget to issue recurring governmentwide financial management plans and expand agency Chief Financial Officers' duties over budgeting, performance, risk, and financial systems

Latest action: Thu Jun 11 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2025 through 2034, including deficit-changing reconciliation instructions and budget enforcement procedures

Latest action: Fri Feb 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

No Budget, No Pay Act

Senate

Prohibits Members of Congress from receiving pay during a fiscal year until both chambers approve the budget resolution and pass all regular appropriations bills for that year, with no retroactive pay

Latest action: Tue Jan 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2026 and sets budgetary levels and enforcement rules through 2035

Latest action: Tue Sep 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Responsible Budgeting Act

House

Establishes a budgeting measure titled the Responsible Budgeting Act for House committee consideration

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

House

Repeals the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, ending statutory limits and procedures for presidential impoundment of appropriated funds

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

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.

House

A constitutional amendment to withhold Members of Congress pay unless both chambers agree on a fiscal year budget before that fiscal year begins

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Sustainable Budget Act of 2025

House

Establishes a legislative branch fiscal commission to recommend policies for balancing the budget and improving the long term federal fiscal outlook under expedited congressional consideration

Latest action: Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Balanced Budget Accountability Act

Senate

Withholds or sharply reduces House and Senate Members' pay when OMB does not certify that their chamber adopted a balanced budget, and requires a three-fifths vote for revenue increases

Latest action: Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.

Senate

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2026, sets budget levels through 2035, and directs reconciliation for deficit-increasing immigration enforcement and border security legislation

Latest action: Wed Apr 29 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025

Senate

Expand congressional scrutiny of major federal rules and agency guidance by requiring joint resolution approval, periodic reapproval, and a federal regulatory budget

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036.

House

Establishes the congressional budget for fiscal year 2027, sets budget levels through 2036, and includes reconciliation and budget enforcement procedures

Latest action: Thu Jul 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act

House

Modernize Department of Veterans Affairs fiscal management systems and practices through updated administrative processes

Latest action: Thu May 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Eliminate Shutdowns Act

Senate

Establishes automatic continuing appropriations at prior-year funding levels to prevent a federal government shutdown when annual appropriations are not enacted on time

Latest action: Mon Sep 29 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Improving Federal Financial Management Act

Senate

Require OMB and agency chief financial officers to carry out governmentwide financial management planning, reporting, and stronger federal financial control oversight

Latest action: Mon Jan 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Inaction Has Consequences Act

House

Withholds salaries of Members in a chamber of Congress that fails to pass all annual appropriations bills before the fiscal year begins, starting in FY2026

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act

House

Requires federal agencies and Intelligence Community elements to assess software inventories and implement stronger software asset management plans

Latest action: Thu Mar 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act

Senate

Require federal agencies to assess software inventories and submit plans to improve software asset management and oversight

Latest action: Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

House

Deems the House to have agreed to the Senate amendment and passed H.R. 4, adopting the Senate-amended rescissions measure

Latest action: Fri Jul 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026

House

Allows larger annual Medicare physician fee schedule adjustments while requiring CMS to reconcile certain excess spending and regularly update direct cost rates

Latest action: Thu May 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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