Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Moore (UT)
Introduced
Summary
annual budget Act is the center of a new, Congress-wide budgeting plan that would force committees to pack appropriations, mandatory spending, and revenue changes into one line-item annual bill. It would also set a firm calendar so budget decisions happen on a predictable timetable instead of in separate, scattered laws.
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- Committees and Congress: Committees would have to submit spending and revenue line items and any recommended changes for inclusion in the annual budget Act. The bill sets a strict calendar from the President's budget on the first Monday in February through House action by June 30.
- Congressional Budget Office and Budget Committees: The Congressional Budget Office would analyze and include committee-level direct spending and revenue changes under section 302(d). Budget Committees gain new tools to return inconsistent submissions and to commit or recommit budget measures.
- Appropriations and off-budget rules: The measure shifts emphasis from standalone appropriation Acts to an integrated annual budget Act and replaces legacy references across statutes. It also removes a prior exemption for Social Security trust funds from certain off-budget definitions, changing how those activities are treated under the budget framework.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Change Social Security off-budget rules
The bill would remove a statutory exclusion that treated the OASI and DI Trust Funds differently under off-budget rules. If enacted, this would change how Social Security trust fund activities are shown and scored in budget reports. The change affects federal accounting and oversight of Social Security but would not by itself change individual benefit rules.
Fixed yearly budget calendar for Congress
This bill would set a strict yearly budget calendar for Congress. The President would send a budget by the first Monday in February. CBO would report to Budget Committees by February 15. Committees must give views within six weeks, the Senate Budget Committee would report by April 1, and Congress would complete the concurrent budget by April 15. By May 15 committees would send line items and recommendations; the House Budget Committee would report the annual budget Act by June 10; reconciliation would finish by June 15; the House would complete the annual budget Act by June 30; and the fiscal year would start October 1. If no concurrent resolution is adopted by April 15, each House Budget Committee Chair would report baseline levels within three legislative days and those baselines would apply. The House could not agree to a July adjournment of more than three days until it approves the annual budget Act.
New annual line-item budget process
The bill would create a legal "annual budget Act" that lists all federal budget authority and revenues as a line-item budget. Committees (except the House Appropriations Committee) would have to compile baseline direct spending and revenue projections by account, include effects of recommended changes, and prepare draft legislation for those changes. The House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees would send revenue statements and a tax expenditure budget. The Congressional Budget Office would score each committee submission. The bill would also update many laws to replace references to "appropriation Acts" with the annual budget Act and require the concurrent budget resolution before considering budget-related bills. The Budget Committee would be allowed to commit or recommit in points-of-order situations.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Moore (UT)
UT • R
Cosponsors
Hurd (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Moore (NC)
NC • R
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Roll Call Votes
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