House to deliberate final readings of budget bill on Aug 15-17
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The 2013 budget bill will be sent back to the House for the second and third readings on August 15 to 17, the spokesman of the special House budget committee said Monday.
Yutthapong Jarassathien, Pheu Thai MP and spokesman of the ad hoc House panel, said the panel had yet to vet requested spending of 156 government agencies.
He said the vetting would require about 72 hours and the vetting should be done by the end of this month.
He said the bill would be sent to the Senate on September 3 and would be sent for a royal command on September 7.
The Nation
