Directing the Committee on the Budget to hold a public hearing on the President's fiscal year 2017 budget request with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as a witness.

Bill: 114-hres-624
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2016-02-24
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process

Congressional committees

Congressional oversight

Evidence and witnesses

House Committee on the Budget

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Directs the House Budget Committee to hold a public hearing on the President's FY2017 budget request with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as a witness. </p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 624 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 24, 2016 Mr. Van Hollen submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Directing the Committee on the Budget to hold a public hearing on the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as a witness.

Whereas the Committee on the Budget has held a hearing on the President’s budget request every year for 40 years; Whereas the Committee on the Budget has postponed the markup of the fiscal year 2017 Republican budget resolution; and Whereas the Committee on the Budget has ample time to hold a hearing on the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request: Now, therefore, be it

That the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall hold a public hearing on the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as a witness.