Has The 2021 Federal Budget Been Passed
The approval was done during an emergency session.
Has the 2021 federal budget been passed. President of the senate ahmad lawan who disclosed this at plenary on wednesday said the development followed new items of expenditure transmitted to the national assembly by the executive. The 2021 budget which was scheduled to be passed today by the senate has been postponed till monday next week. The action on friday means the house has now passed 10 of the 12 individual appropriations bills for fiscal 2021.
President trump released his fiscal year 2021 a budget for america s future. The president s budget request marks the beginning of the fiscal year fy 2021 appropriations process. The house on friday approved a 1 3 trillion package of spending bills for the 2021 fiscal year.
The package passed in a largely party line 217 197 vote included the spending bills for defense. Last august congress enacted the bipartisan budget act of 2019 bba19 which provided congressional budgets for 2020 and 2021. It was a nail biting end which saw budget 2021 finally passed in the dewan rakyat despite a last ditch effort by the opposition to derail it through a bloc vote.
Budget 2021 which was tabled by finance minister tengku datuk seri zafrul abdul aziz on 6 november was passed through a majority voice at about 3 30pm reported new straits times. President muhammadu buhari had presented the proposed 2021 budget of n13 trillion to the national assembly on. Similar to previous budget requests the administration calls for sharp cuts to nondefense discretionary programs across the federal government.
The budget 2021 bill is only passed at the second reading stage which is the policy stage. President muhammadu buhari presents the proposed 2021 budget on october 8 2020. The national assembly monday passed the 2021 appropriation bill to the tune of n13 588 027 886 175 trillion as an aggregate expenditure.
The house passed a four bill 259 5 billion package last week that funds foreign.