1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Budget Submission After a Presidential Transition: Contextualizing the Biden Administrations FY2022 Request Updated August 11, 2021 Like other newly inaugurated Presidents Administrations, the Biden Administration was expe
2、cted to submit its first formal budget request to Congress later than the usual January/February statutory deadline. Unclear in such situations is the timing and format of the formal submission and any preliminary communications that are sent in advance of the full submission. This CRS Insight discu
3、sses the Biden Administrations first-year submission of preliminary budget materials in the context of statutory requirements and past practices. Background The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, as codified in Title 31 of the U.S. Code, requires the President to submit a budget annually to Congress
4、 toward the beginning of each regular session. The deadline for submission of the budget has changed several times over the years. Most recently, in 1990, the deadline was changed to “on or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year.” The 1990 chan
