I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7295 
To establish comprehensive, annual congressional budgeting. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2026 
Mr. MOORE of Utah (for himself and Mr. HURD of Colorado) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish comprehensive, annual congressional budgeting. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comprehensive Con-
gressional Budget Act of 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Federal deficits and debt are projected to 
keep growing at unsustainable rates. 
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(2) Congress does not consider a comprehensive 
budget with all spending and revenue at the level of 
spending accounts and revenue line items. 
(3) The number of Federal spending accounts 
has grown from 1,734 in March 2009 to 1,970 in 
January 2025. 
(4) The annual Congressional budget cycle sep-
arates appropriations legislation from the manage-
ment of direct spending and revenue policies. 
(5) Annual appropriations advance each year, 
but they have declined from 50 percent of Federal 
spending in 1974 to 26 percent in 2025. The decline 
is expected to continue. 
(6) Congress has not enacted all appropriations 
bills prior to the start of the fiscal year since 1996 
for fiscal year 1997. 
(7) Members have little opportunity to offer 
substantive amendments on budget and appropria-
tions legislation during floor consideration. 
(8) Programs outside of the annual appropria-
tions bills account for almost all projected spending 
growth compared to the economy. 
(9) Most committees of Congress and the Mem-
bers who serve on them have little direct involvement 
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with shaping the fiscal priorities of the Federal Gov-
ernment on an ongoing basis. 
(10) Authorizing committees haven’t enacted 
updated authorizations for $500,000,000,000 of ap-
propriations for fiscal year 2025. 
(11) Major trust funds face depletion within 10 
years including the Social Security Old-Age and Sur-
vivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Medicare Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund, and the Highway Trust 
Fund for highway and transit programs. 
(12) Direct spending and revenue policies lack 
a regular, comprehensive review around which Mem-
bers of Congress can anticipate developing proposals 
and building coalitions. 
(13) By contrast, the President’s budget pro-
posal provides a comprehensive account of Federal 
spending and revenue along with the legislative pro-
posals of the President. 
(14) An incomplete and divided congressional 
budget process may weaken Congress’ ability to de-
liver good results for the American people in part-
nership with the president. 
(15) Many States complete their annual or bi-
ennial budget cycle with a single bill or just a few 
bills. 
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(16) A comprehensive budget with all Federal 
spending and revenue with contributions from many 
committees can— 
(A) enable more effective budget manage-
ment; 
(B) involve more Members of Congress; 
(C) help set priorities and control deficits 
and debt; 
(D) improve program coordination; 
(E) add value for the people of the United 
States; and 
(F) make Congress a more effective legis-
lative body. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
622) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(11) as paragraphs (7) through (12), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘annual budget Act’ means an 
Act itemizing all Federal budget authority and rev-
enue through the contributions of the appropriations 
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committees and each other committee receiving allo-
cations under section 302(a).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 314(g)(1)(A) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 645(g)(1)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘If the Committee on Appro-
priations of either House reports an appropriation 
measure’’ and inserting ‘‘If the Committee on the 
Budget of either House reports an annual budget 
Act’’. 
(2) Section 401(a) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 651) is amended, in the mat-
ter following paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘appropria-
tion Acts’’ and inserting ‘‘an annual budget Act’’. 
(3) Section 3(15)(A)(ii) of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602(15)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 3(8) of the Congressional Budg-
et and Impoundment Control Act of 1974’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 3 of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622)’’. 
(4) Section 2009a(3) of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘deficit under section 
3(6) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974’’ and inserting ‘‘deficit, as de-
fined under section 3 of the Congressional Budget 
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and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
622)’’. 
SEC. 4. TIMETABLE. 
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘TIMETABLE 
‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the congres-
sional budget process for any fiscal year is as follows: 
‘‘On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in February ........
President submits to Congress the budget re-
quest of the President. 
February 15 ...............................
Congressional Budget Office submits report 
to Budget Committees. 
Not later than 6 weeks after 
President submits budget.
Committees submit views and estimates to 
Budget Committees. 
April 1 .......................................
Senate Budget Committee reports concurrent 
resolution on the budget. 
April 15 .....................................
Congress completes action on concurrent res-
olution on the budget. 
May 15 .......................................
Committees submit spending and revenue 
line items and any recommendations to 
Committees on the Budget. 
June 10 ......................................
House Budget Committee reports annual 
budget Act. 
June 15 ......................................
Congress completes action on reconciliation 
legislation. 
June 30 ......................................
House completes action on annual budget 
Act. 
October 1 ...................................
Fiscal year begins.’’. 
SEC. 5. ANNUAL ADOPTION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
ON THE BUDGET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter following 
paragraph (7)— 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 
as subsections (e) through (h), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) COMMITTEES SUBMIT LINE ITEMS AND PRO-
POSALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each committee to which 
an allocation is made under this section other than 
the Committee on Appropriations of a House shall— 
‘‘(A) compile— 
‘‘(i) direct spending and revenue pro-
jections for budget accounts within its ju-
risdiction, which shall include the effect of 
any recommended changes described in 
clause (ii); and 
‘‘(ii) legislation to effect any rec-
ommended changes to policies within its 
jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Committee on the 
Budget of its House, for inclusion in the annual 
budget Act, spending and revenue line items 
and legislation to effect such recommended 
changes. 
‘‘(2) LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES.—Recommended 
changes described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) should 
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produce a change in outlays or revenues, including 
changes in outlays and revenues brought about by 
changes in the terms and conditions under which 
outlays are made or revenue are required to be col-
lected. 
‘‘(3) INCONSISTENT SUBMISSIONS.—If any sub-
mission under this subsection is inconsistent with 
the requirements of the concurrent resolution on the 
budget, the Committee on the Budget shall return 
the submission to the originating committee.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘(f)(1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(g)(1)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 904 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘302(f)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘302(g)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘302(f)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘302(g)’’. 
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SEC. 7. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET MUST 
BE 
ADOPTED 
BEFORE 
BUDGET-RELATED 
LEGISLATION IS CONSIDERED. 
Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 634) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or the Sen-
ate’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Senate’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘any gen-
eral appropriation bill or amendment thereto’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the annual budget Act or amendment 
thereto’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘any appro-
priation bill or joint resolution, amendment or mo-
tion thereto, or conference report thereon’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the annual budget Act, any amendment or 
motion thereto, or any conference report thereon’’. 
SEC. 8. HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE ANNUAL 
BUDGET ACT TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 10. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 307 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET 
ACT TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 10 
‘‘SEC. 307. (a) On or before June 10 of each year, 
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
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tives shall report the annual budget act, which shall in-
clude, without substantive revision— 
‘‘(1) new budget authority under the jurisdic-
tion of all subcommittees of the House Appropria-
tions Committee for the fiscal year, which begins on 
October 1 of that year; and 
‘‘(2) all line items and any recommended 
changes submitted by each other committee of the 
House with jurisdiction over spending or revenue 
policies. 
‘‘(b) If 1 or more committees of the House fails to 
submit the legislation described in subsection (a), the 
Committee on the Budget of the House shall include base-
line line items with respect to matters within the jurisdic-
tion of each committee that failed to submit line items.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344; 88 
Stat. 297) is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 307 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 307. House committee action on the annual budget Act to be completed 
by June 10.’’. 
SEC. 9. HOUSE APPROVAL OF ANNUAL BUDGET ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘HOUSE APPROVAL OF ANNUAL BUDGET ACT 
‘‘SEC. 309. (a) It shall not be in order in the House 
of Representatives to consider any resolution providing for 
an adjournment period of more than three calendar days 
during the month of July until the House of Representa-
tives has approved the annual budget Act— 
‘‘(1) providing new budget authority under the 
jurisdiction of all the subcommittees of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations for the fiscal year begin-
ning on October 1 of such year; and 
‘‘(2) which shall include— 
‘‘(A) all line-item levels; 
‘‘(B) any recommended changes submitted 
by each committee of the House of Representa-
tives with jurisdiction over direct spending or 
revenue policies; and 
‘‘(C) any further changes agreed to during 
consideration on the floor of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the chair of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives shall periodically advise the Speaker as to changes 
in jurisdiction among its various subcommittees.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
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poundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344; 88 
Stat. 297) is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 309 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 309. House approval of annual budget Act.’’. 
SEC. 10. DETERMINATIONS AND POINTS OF ORDER. 
Section 312(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 643(f)) is amended by inserting ‘‘commit 
or’’ before ‘‘recommit’’. 
SEC. 11. ANALYSIS BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE. 
Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 653) is amended, in the matter preceding para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘(except the Committee on Appro-
priations of each House)’’ and inserting ‘‘and for each 
submission by a committee of a House of Congress to the 
Committee on the Budget of its House of recommended 
direct spending or revenue changes to be included under 
section 302(d) in an annual budget Act’’. 
SEC. 12. OFF-BUDGET AGENCIES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVI-
TIES. 
Section 405(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 655(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘imme-
diately prior to the date of enactment of this section, not 
including activities of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Funds,’’. 
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