Congressional Power of the Purse Act

S. 3889 · 116th Congress · Jun 4, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to strengthen congressional control and review, and for other purposes.

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Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Congressional Power of the Purse Act”.

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Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

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Jun 4, 2020viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Coons, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Manchin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs