Session 116

HR 6628

Congressional Power of the Purse Act

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The Congressional Power of the Purse Act aims to strengthen congressional oversight and control over the federal budget. It requires the Office of Management and Budget to provide agencies with funding 90 days before expiration, limits presidential emergency declarations to 30 days unless Congress approves, and mandates agencies to report various financial information to Congress and the public. The bill also introduces new requirements for reporting expired and cancelled balances in the President’s budget, addressing potential lapses in appropriations, and clarifies the roles of the Comptroller General and the Government Accountability Office in budget and appropriations law decisions.

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2020-04-28House

Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.

2020-04-28House

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HR 6628

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