Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill overhauls how Congress creates the federal budget. Instead of passing a dozen separate appropriations bills each year, it would require Congress to pass a single comprehensive "annual budget Act" that covers all federal spending and revenue. It updates the budget timetable, requires all committees to submit spending and revenue line items to the Budget Committees, and brings off-budget programs back onto the regular budget.
Who Benefits and How
Congressional members on authorizing committees gain more influence over budget priorities, since every committee would submit spending and revenue proposals. Budget hawks and deficit-reduction advocates benefit because the unified budget makes total spending more transparent and harder to hide. The general public benefits from a potentially more functional budget process that could reduce government shutdowns and continuing resolutions.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees lose some of their exclusive control over discretionary spending, as their work gets folded into a single omnibus-style annual budget Act. Congressional leadership faces tighter deadlines and a more complex legislative calendar. Programs currently off-budget (except Social Security) would face new scrutiny as they are brought back on-budget.
Key Provisions
- Creates a new "annual budget Act" that consolidates all federal spending and revenue into one bill
- Requires every committee with spending or revenue jurisdiction to submit line items to the Budget Committee
- Sets a new timetable: budget resolution by April 15, House Budget Committee reports annual budget Act by June 10, House completes action by June 30
- Brings off-budget agencies and programs back on-budget (except Social Security trust funds)
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reforms the congressional budget process by creating a comprehensive annual budget Act that consolidates all federal spending and revenue into a single legislative vehicle, replacing the fragmented appropriations process.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Federal Budget, Congressional Procedure
Primary Purpose
Reforms the congressional budget process by creating a comprehensive annual budget Act that consolidates all federal spending and revenue into a single legislative vehicle, replacing the fragmented appropriations process.
Policy Domains
Congressional Budget Process Reform
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Authorizing committees and their members
- Budget transparency advocates
- Congressional Budget Office
- General public
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- House and Senate Appropriations Committees
- Off-budget federal programs
- Congressional leadership
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Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Moore of Utah (for himself and Mr. Hurd of …
Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Appropriations Committee, Budget Committee, Budget Committee Chair
Positive-direction: Budget Committee, Budget Committee Chair
Negative-direction: Congressional Authorizing Committees, Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Committees, Finance Committee, House Budget Committee, House Committees, Ways and Means Committee
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "cbo"
- → Congressional Budget Office
- "authorizing_committees"
- → All committees with spending or revenue jurisdiction
- "house_budget_committee"
- → Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
- "senate_budget_committee"
- → Committee on the Budget of the Senate
- "appropriations_committees"
- → House and Senate Appropriations Committees
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An Act itemizing all Federal budget authority and revenue through the contributions of the appropriations committees and each other committee receiving allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act.
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