U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) on Jan. 30 led the introduction of the Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act of 2026, which would reform the annual budget and appropriations process.
The congressman sponsored H.R. 7295 with lead original cosponsor U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) to require Congress to vote on the entire congressional budget each year, rather than only on the 12 appropriations bills that cover one quarter of all federal spending.
“The Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse to allocate taxpayer dollars in the interests of the American people. Yet Congress has slowly surrendered this role to mandatory or autopilot spending programs that account for almost 75 percent of the budget and are renewed without any Congressional oversight,” Rep. Moore said. “This bill requires Congress to vote on the whole budget every year, rather than just one quarter, allowing greater accountability to the taxpayer for how their dollars are spent.”
If enacted, H.R. 7295 would allow appropriations committees in both chambers of Congress to continue managing discretionary spending, and require each committee with direct spending or revenue jurisdiction to submit line items for each spending or revenue account along with any proposed changes to each appropriations committee.
Additionally, H.R. 7295 would require the U.S. House Budget Committee to compile the 12 appropriations bills and submissions from other committees and send the complete budget to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, and would require both the House Budget Committee and the U.S. Senate Budget Committee to report a budget baseline level if Congress fails to agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget by April 15 of each year.
Americans for Prosperity has endorsed the bill, which is under consideration by both the House Budget Committee and the U.S. House Rules Committee.