,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #e1  
#bjbd,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,rules   
and ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require submission of the ,national     
,security ,strategy and the budget of   
the ,president before the ,president may
 deliver the ,state of the ,union       
address4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,send ,us ,budget   
,materials and ,international ,tactics  
,in ,time ,act or the ,,submit ,,it     
,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act-- 
7#a7 the term ,national ,security       
,strategy means the report described in 
section #ajh of the ,national ,security 
,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjdc72 and
  7#b7 the term ,president's ,budget    
,request means the materials that are   
described in section #aaje of title #ca1
 ,united ,states ,code1 and are required
 to be submitted to ,congress on or     

before the first ,monday in ,february   
under section #cjj of the ,congressional
 ,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#fca74  #c4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3 7#a7 ,article ,,ii1      
section #c of the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states states that the         
,president shall from time to time give 
to the ,congress ,information of the    
,state of the ,union4  7#b7 ,though not 
constitutionally required1 it has become
 customary for the ,president to deliver
 a ,state of the ,union ,address to a   
joint session of the ,congress assembled
 in the ,hall of the ,house4  7#c7 ,the 
,president is statutorily required to   
transmit to ,congress certain           
information that supports congressional 
deliberations on annual budget1         
appropriations1 and security            
legislation1 and those reports are due  
around the time the ,president          
customarily delivers a ,state of the    
,union ,address4  7#d7 ,section #cjj of 
the ,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd

 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fca7 requires that the  
,president submits his budget on or     
before the ,first ,monday in ,february4 
,section #aaje of title #ca1 ,united    
,states ,code1 sets other requirements  
for the ,president's ,budget ,request4  
7#e7 ,section #ajh of the ,national     
,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjdc7 states that ,the ,president shall
 transmit to ,congress each year a      
comprehensive report on the national    
security strategy of the ,united        
,states1 which shall be transmitted on  
the date on which the ,president submits
 to ,congress the budget for the next   
fiscal year4 ,the ,national ,security   
,strategy proposal provides a framework 
for defense1 military1 intelligence1    
nuclear1 diplomacy1 and development     
strategies4  7#f7 ,congress has received
 budget requests from ,president ,joseph
 ,biden #aaf1 #di1 and #ca days late for
 fiscal years #bjbb1 #bjbc1 and #bjbd1  
respectively1 from ,president ,donald   
,trump #ch1 #g1 #ce1 and #g days late   

for fiscal years #bjah1 #bjai1 #bjbj1   
and #bjba1 respectively1 from ,president
 ,barack ,obama an average of #ag4e days
 late and ranging from on time twice to 
#fe days late1 and from ,president      
,george ,w4 ,bush on time except1 for   
the fiscal year #bjjb request4  7#g7    
,congress received a ,national ,security
 ,strategy from ,president ,biden on    
,october #ab1 #bjbb1 from ,president    
,trump on ,december #ah1 #bjag1 from    
,president ,obama on ,may #bf1 #bjaj1   
and ,february #f1 #bjae1 and from       
,president ,bush on ,march #af1 #bjjf1  
and on ,september #ag1 #bjjb4  7#h7 ,one
 submission of a ,national ,security    
,strategy per presidential term with    
variable timing is inconsistent with the
 ,president's statutory mandate under   
section #ajh of the ,national ,security 
,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjdc74    
7#i7 ,each year that ,president ,bush1  
,obama1 ,trump1 or ,biden has given a   
,state of the ,union address1 he has    
done so prior to submitting the         

,president's ,budget ,request and the   
,national ,security ,strategy4  #d4     
,state of the ,union to follow the      
budget and security submissions  7a7    
,statement of policy ,neither the       
leadership of the ,senate nor the       
leadership of the ,house of             
,representatives may invite the         
,president to deliver a ,state of the   
,union ,address to a joint session of   
,congress until the ,president has      
transmitted1 and ,congress has received1
 the ,national ,security ,strategy and  
the ,president's ,budget ,request for   
the subsequent fiscal year4  7b7        
,conforming amendment ,section #cjj of  
the ,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd
 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fca7 is amended in the  
table by striking the item relating to  
the ,first ,monday in ,february and     
inserting the following3 ,first ,monday 
in ,february,president submits budget   
request prior to delivering any ,state  
of the ,union address4 4