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42 results for “balanced budget”
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 1226 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Feb 12, 2025
H.R. 1226: Restoring Checks and Balances Act
…action related to a covered rule that has sunset. The Office of Management and Budget or the relevant agency may oversee the sunset of covered rules. If the agency that issues covered rules wants to request a reauthorization for such…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 7113 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Jan 15, 2026
H.R. 7113: To redesignate the Congressional Budget Office as the "China Budget Office".
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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Bill (official record) · H.Res. 1479 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Aug 06, 2026
H.Res. 1479: Impeaching Russell Thurlow Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 2221 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Mar 18, 2025
H.R. 2221: Office of Management and Budget Inspector General Act
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 5184 · 113th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Sep 26, 2014
H.R. 5184: National Regulatory Budget Act of 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 3279 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · May 08, 2025
H.R. 3279: REG Budgeting Act of 2025
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 7867 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Dec 18, 2024
H.R. 7867: REG Budgeting Act of 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 736.
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 1558 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Sep 15, 2025
H.R. 1558: Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act
…and Accountability Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to take certain actions to improve financial management systems across the federal government and expands the responsibilities of federal agency Chief…
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Bill (official record) · S. 709 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Dec 23, 2024
S. 709: Federal Agency Performance Act of 2024
…annually and consistent with guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget, each agency must take specified actions, including for each goal or objective established in the agency's strategic plan, review the progress achieved…
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Bill (official record) · H.Res. 807 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Oct 14, 2025
H.Res. 807: Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the firings, dismissal, reduction in force, or withholding of pay for the period of the lapse in appropriations of furloughed employees of the United States Government.
…efforts to create a legal determination at the Office of Management and Budget finding or suggesting that the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 does not create a self-executing requirement that furloughed federal employees…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 7525 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Dec 09, 2024
H.R. 7525: Special District Grant Accessibility Act
…Grant Accessibility Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance within 180 days that clarifies how a federal agency recognizes a special district as a unit of local government for the purpose of being…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 5235 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Feb 24, 2026
H.R. 5235: Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
…education and experience. The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to issue implementing guidance to federal agencies, including instructions for contracting officers that encourage using alternatives to education…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 6329 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Feb 25, 2026
H.R. 6329: Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025
…Quality Assurance Act of 2025 This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to revise the guidelines for federal agencies with respect to the dissemination or use of influential information or evidence, which means information or…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 7219 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Dec 09, 2024
H.R. 7219: Information Quality Assurance Act
…Quality Assurance Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to revise the guidelines for federal agencies with respect to the dissemination or use of influential information or evidence, which includes scientific,…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 2532 · 112th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Jul 14, 2011
H.R. 2532: United States Secret Service Retirement Act of 2011
…on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 1722 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Jul 23, 2026
H.R. 1722: Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from federal agencies and report to Congress regarding projects that are behind schedule or have expenditures that have…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 9386 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Jul 07, 2026
H.R. 9386: United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2026
…modes of security; and (4) methods of assessing the risks posed by terrorism, balanced against the needs and values of open access. Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 489 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Jan 16, 2025
H.R. 489: Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2025
…or a new program. The Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Congressional Research Service, shall prepare an inventory of federal programs to assist Congress and the commission in…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 142 · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Jan 03, 2025
H.R. 142: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025
…on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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…
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Bill (official record) · H.R. 9648 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics · Sep 18, 2024
H.R. 9648: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2024
…to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of…