Office of Management and Budget Act
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
Office of Management and Budget Act - Title I: Office of Management and Budget - Establishes, as an agency within the legislative branch of the Government, an Office of Mangement and Budget. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Director of Management and Budget who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and who shall serve for a term of ten years. Transfers to the Office all powers, duties, and functions, and all property, records, and files of the Office of Mangement and Budget originally established by the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, and redesignated by Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1970. Transfers to the Director all powers, duties, and functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and all powers, duties, and functions of the President insofar as such powers, duties, and functions are vested by or derived from the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, or any law related or supplementary to such Acts. Title II: Joint Committee on the Budget - Establishes a joint committee of the Congress which shall be known as the Joint Committee on the Budget. States that the joint committee shall be composed of twelve members. Sets forth the method and criteria for selecting the twelve members. States that it shall be the duty and function of the joint committee to oversee and supervise the operations and activities of the Office of Management and Budget, including the preparation and submission to the Congress of the Budget of the United States Government for each fiscal year. Sets forth the administrative functions and responsibilities of the committee.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on May 30, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 30, 1973: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
WILLIAM SCOTT (R-VA) introduced it on May 30, 1973, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 1 Democrat, 2 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 30, 1973, 19461 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19461 days ago, on May 30, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers