A bill to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
117th Congress (2021–2023)
Ordered Reported on Mar 17, 2021
The committees assigned to this bill sent it to the House or Senate as a whole for consideration on March 17, 2021.
4 Cosponsors (3 Republicans, 1 Democrat)
Position statements
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Nov 6, 2019
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Ordered Reported
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 2560 (116th). |
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Feb 8, 2021
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Introduced
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Mar 17, 2021
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Ordered Reported
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May 27, 2021
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Reported by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A committee issued a report on the bill, which often provides helpful explanatory background on the issue addressed by the bill and the bill's intentions. |
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Signed by the President
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S. 272 is a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 272. This is the one from the 117th Congress.
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