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S. 1294 (111th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010

An original bill making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

The federal budget process occurs in two stages: appropriations and authorizations. This is an appropriations bill, which sets overall spending limits by agency or program, typically for a single fiscal year (October 1 through September 30 of the next year).

Sponsor and status

Ben Nelson

Sponsor. Senator for Nebraska. Democrat.

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Last Updated: Jun 18, 2009
Length: 40 pages
Introduced
Jun 18, 2009
111th Congress (2009–2010)
Status
Enacted Via Other Measures

Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.

This bill was incorporated into:

H.R. 2918: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010
Enacted — Signed by the President on Oct 1, 2009. (compare text)
Source

History

Jun 18, 2009
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Jun 18, 2009
 
Ordered Reported

A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.

S. 1294 (111th) was 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. 1294. This is the one from the 111th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 111th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 22, 2010. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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