What is the timeline for appropriations bills?
First Monday in February – President submits budget for following fiscal year to Congress February 15 to April 15 – Congress considers and passes a budget resolution Late February through late March – House Appropriations subcommittees begin hearings on 12 appropriations bills – begins “marking-up” (amending) bills. March through June – Senate Committee considers its 12 appropriations bills. June 10 – House Appropriation Committee reports to full House the last of its appropriations bills. June 30 – House concludes action on regular appropriations bills. By August – Senate and House usually have voted on their appropriations bills. Some bills will have already gone through conference committee, approved by the House and Senate and sent to the President. September – Remaining conference committees meet to finalize appropriations bills. They are voted on and sent to the President for signature October 1 – New fiscal year begins October – If necessary, Continuing Resolutions allow the fed
