Has The 2021 Federal Budget Been Approved

Last august congress enacted the bipartisan budget act of 2019 bba19 which provided congressional budgets for 2020 and 2021.

Has the 2021 federal budget been approved. The house on friday approved a 1 3 trillion package of spending bills for the 2021 fiscal year. Similar to previous budget requests the administration calls for sharp cuts to nondefense discretionary programs across the federal government. Without congressional action statutory caps on discretionary funding set by the budget control act of 2011 bca would have forced deep cuts to defense and nondefense spending.

Last month budget 2021 was approved in the policy stage after parliament approved it via a voice vote when fewer than the 15 lawmakers needed to force bloc voting rose to make their rejection known. Congress passed laws to avoid severe cuts in 2013 2015 and 2018 and chairman yarmuth introduced the bba19 to raise the caps a final time before they expire after 2021.