Budget Reform Act 2025

Budget Reform Act 2025

Passed by the Senate and signed by the President on 8 August 2025.

By Democracy-foryou

Section 1: Funding Resolution Adjustments

§1. Rolling Budget Act of 2025, Article 4: Interim Funding Resolutions, §1. shall add the additional sub-clause of

 §1.2. The President or a senator can propose an emergency funding amendment to alter amounts allocated within the interim funding resolutions. Such amendments may be introduced as either a motion or proposal.

§2. §2. And §3. of Article 6: Implementation of Rolling Budget Act of 2025 shall be repealed

Section 2: Budget Surplus

§1. A new article shall be introduced to the Rolling Budget Act of 2025 that shall be called “Article 7: Department Budget Surplus” that shall read as follows

 Article 7: Department Budget Surplus
   §1. Any excess budgetary funds appropriated, or funds gained, by a department that are not used by the end of a budget cycle must be sent back to the Government Reserve account.
   §2. All departments must report the total of a surplus they have and send to the Government Reserve account to the Treasurer or Secretary of the Treasury.
   §3. The President, Secretary of Treasury, Treasurer, relevant Secretary, or Department’s relevant executive officer may transfer the funds. Furthermore, any transfers to the Government Reserve must be recorded in the Treasury Records.

§2. EO 142-06 Departmental Budget Surplus shall be repealed

Section 3: Implementation

§1. This Act shall come into effect upon passage.