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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3669 

To improve the accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2011 

Mr. RENACCI (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 

OWENS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. HIMES, and Mr. WEBSTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in 

addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Government Reform, 

and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To improve the accuracy and transparency of the Federal 

budget process. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Budget Process Improvement Act of 2011’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—IMPROVED ACCURACY AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE 

FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS 


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Sec. 101. CBO and JCT descriptive analyses for second decade budget impact. 

Sec. 102. OMB reports on unbudgeted fiscal exposures. 

Sec. 103. Tax expenditure performance reviews. 

Sec. 104. Accrual accounting report. 

Sec. 105. Annual revenue stability projection report. 

TITLE II—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 

Sec. 201. Revision of timetable. 

Sec. 202. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 

Act of 1974. 

Sec. 203. Amendments to rules of House of Representatives. 

Sec. 204. Amendments to title 31, United States Code. 

Sec. 205. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations Acts. 

Sec. 206. Multiyear authorizations. 

Sec. 207. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis. 

Sec. 208. Biennial appropriation bills. 

Sec. 209. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives. 

Sec. 210. Report on two-year fiscal period. 

Sec. 211. Special transition period for the 113th Congress. 

Sec. 212. Effective date. 

1 TITLE I—IMPROVED ACCURACY 

2 AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE 

3 FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS 

4 SEC. 101. CBO AND JCT DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES FOR SEC5 OND DECADE BUDGET IMPACT. 

6 (a) CBO.—Section 402 of the Congressional Budget 

7 Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘402.’’, 

8 by striking the last sentence, and by adding at the end 

9 the following new subsections: 

10 ‘‘(b) Whenever the Director of the Congressional 

11 Budget Office submits a cost estimate under subsection 

12 (a) of a bill or resolution, the Director shall also provide 

13 a descriptive analysis for the second decade budget impact 

14 of such bill or resolution. 


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1 ‘‘(c) The estimates, comparison, and description so 

2 submitted shall be included in the report accompanying 

3 such bill or resolution if timely submitted to such com4 mittee before such report is filed.’’. 

5 (b) JCT.—Section 202(f) of the Congressional Budg6 et Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘REV7 ENUE ESTIMATES.—’’ and by adding at the end the fol8 lowing new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(2) Whenever the Joint Committee on Taxation pro10 vides revenue estimates to the Congressional Budget Of11 fice under paragraph (1), the Joint Committee on Tax12 ation shall also provide a descriptive analysis for the sec13 ond decade budget impact.’’. 

14 SEC. 102. OMB REPORTS ON UNBUDGETED FISCAL EXPO15 SURES. 

16 Not later than July 1 of each year, the Director of 

17 the Office of Management and Budget, in conjunction 

18 with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall publish a report 

19 on the size, scope, risk, and cost of the contingent liabil20 ities of the Government, including the implicit guarantees 

21 to government sponsored enterprises such as the Federal 

22 National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home 

23 Loan Mortgage Corporation. 


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1 SEC. 103. TAX EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS. 

2 (a) PERFORMANCE REVIEW SCHEDULE AND RE3 PORTS.—(1) The Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter 

4 in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in conjunc5 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

6 Budget (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Di7 rector’’), shall conduct performance reviews of tax expend8 itures, as identified by the Joint Committee on Taxation, 

9 on an ongoing basis. The Secretary shall develop the 

10 schedule for these reviews, such that each tax expenditure 

11 is reviewed at least once in every four-year period. A four12 year schedule shall be submitted by the Secretary to Con13 gress and to the Director during January of each calendar 

14 year. 

15 (2) Within three months after the enactment of any 

16 new tax expenditure, the Secretary shall revise the most 

17 recent four-year schedule of tax expenditure performance 

18 reviews and submit them to Congress and to the Director. 

19 (3) Not later than one year after the enactment of 

20 this Act, the Secretary shall have submitted to Congress 

21 and to the Director the first four-year schedule and begin 

22 the first performance reviews under paragraph (1). 

23 (4) The Secretary shall endeavor to develop a four24 year schedule that provides for the simultaneous review 

25 of tax expenditures that have similar policy objectives. 

26 (b) REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) The Secretary shall report each of its per2 formance reviews of tax expenditures to Congress 

3 and to the Director in quarterly reports and con4 taining all of the performance reviews conducted 

5 since the preceding report. 

6 (2) The Secretary may conduct expedited per7 formance reviews for any tax expenditure that has 

8 an estimated annual fiscal impact of less than $1 

9 billion, annually adjusted for inflation, unless the 

10 Director requests or the chairs and ranking minority 

11 members of the Committees on the Budget of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Senate jointly re13 quest, in writing, a full review. 

14 (3) Each performance review, except for expe15 dited performance reviews, shall include the fol16 lowing explanations, descriptions, estimates, anal17 yses, and recommendations: 

18 (A) An explanation of the tax expenditure 

19 and any relevant economic, social, or other con20 text under which it was first enacted. 

21 (B) A description of the intended purpose 

22 of the tax expenditure. 

23 (C) An analysis of the overall success of 

24 the tax expenditure in achieving such purpose, 

25 and evidence supporting such analysis. 


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1 (D) An analysis of the extent to which fur2 ther extending the tax expenditure, or making 

3 it permanent, would contribute to achieving 

4 such purpose. 

5 (E) A description of the direct and indirect 

6 beneficiaries of the tax expenditure, also speci7 fying— 

8 (i) any unintended beneficiaries of the 

9 tax expenditure; 

10 (ii) the classes of individuals, types of 

11 organizations, or types of industries whose 

12 Federal tax liabilities are directly affected 

13 by the tax expenditure; 

14 (iii) the extent to which terminating 

15 the tax expenditure may have negative ef16 fects on the category of taxpayers that cur17 rently benefit from the tax preference and 

18 on the economy; and 

19 (iv) the extent to which the termi20 nation of the tax expenditure would affect 

21 the distribution of liability for payments of 

22 Federal taxes. 

23 (F) An analysis of whether the tax expend24 iture is the most cost-effective method for 

25 achieving the purpose for which it was intended, 


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1 and a description of any more cost-effective 

2 methods through which such purpose could be 

3 accomplished, and in particular the extent to 

4 which a direct spending program might be pref5 erable to a tax expenditure, including— 

6 (i) whether an outlay program might 

7 achieve the same policy objectives as a tax 

8 expenditure; 

9 (ii) whether an outlay program might 

10 reduce deadweight losses and improve eco11 nomic efficiency in the national economy; 

12 and 

13 (iii) whether a direct spending pro14 gram might be more or less expense to ad15 minister. 

16 (G) A description of any unintended effects 

17 of the tax expenditure that is useful in under18 standing the tax expenditure’s overall value. 

19 (H) A description of any interactions (ac20 tual or potential) with other tax expenditures or 

21 direct spending programs in the same or related 

22 budget function that should be studied further. 

23 (I) An estimate of the annual cost in for24 gone revenues of the tax expenditure, as well as 


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1 a projection of the cost in foregone revenues for 

2 the ensuing ten fiscal years. 

3 (J) A description of any further informa4 tion needed to complete a more thorough exam5 ination and analysis of the tax expenditure, and 

6 what is necessary to make such information 

7 available. 

8 (K) A specific recommendation, based on 

9 analysis conducted in the performance review, 

10 as to whether the tax expenditure should be 

11 continued without modification, modified (in12 cluding converted fully or partly into a direct 

13 spending program), scheduled for sunset, re14 viewed at a later date, or terminated imme15 diately. The Secretary may decline to provide a 

16 specific recommendation, but in each such case 

17 shall provide an explanation of why a rec18 ommendation has not been given. 

19 (4) An expedited performance review shall in20 clude at least the explanations, descriptions, esti21 mates, analyses, and recommendations as listed in 

22 subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (I), (J), and (K) 

23 of paragraph (3). 

24 (c) COMMITTEE HEARINGS.—Not later than 60 days 

25 after the submission of any performance review report 


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1 under subsection (b), the Committees on Ways and Means 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

3 Finance of the Senate shall hold public hearings to con4 sider the performance review recommendations contained 

5 in that report. The Committees on the Budget of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate may also hold 

7 hearings on such performance review recommendations. 

8 (d) CBO COMMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after 

9 submission of a performance review report pursuant to 

10 section 204(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

11 the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall pro12 vide to Congress, the Secretary, and the Director detailed, 

13 written comments on the performance review rec14 ommendations, stating whether the Director of the Con15 gressional Budget Office agrees or disagrees with all or 

16 any part of the report or, if no opinion is given, providing 

17 an explanation of why he has no opinion or has not given 

18 one. 

19 SEC. 104. ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING REPORT. 

20 (a) ACCRUAL-BASED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.—The 

21 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

22 develop a proposal for the implementation of an accrual23 based accounting system for certain portions of the budg24 et, excluding— 

25 (1) insurance; 


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1 (2) environmental liabilities; 

2 (3) Federal employee pensions; 

3 (4) retiree health benefits; and 

4 (5) other budget items where accrual-based ac5 counting would feasibly capture significant future 

6 cash resource requirements that are not reflected in 

7 the cash-based budget; where appropriate and rea8 sonable. 

9 (b) REPORT.—Within one year of the date of enact10 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage11 ment and Budget shall submit a report to Congress set12 ting forth the legislation necessary for the implementation 

13 of an accrual-based accounting system for part of the 

14 budget, along with any recommendations regarding its 

15 proposed legislation. 

16 SEC. 105. ANNUAL REVENUE STABILITY PROJECTION RE17 PORT. 

18 Not later than July 1 of each year, the Director of 

19 the Congressional Budget Office, in conjunction with the 

20 Joint Committee on Taxation, shall publish a report that 

21 projects annual Federal revenues by source over the next 

22 10 fiscal years and includes a discussion of the assump23 tions used to project such revenues. The Director shall 

24 transmit the report to the Committee on Appropriations, 

25 the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee on 


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1 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives for the 

2 purpose of considering and setting annual budget author3 ity. 

4 TITLE II—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 

5 SEC. 201. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 

6 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

7 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘TIMETABLE

9 ‘‘SEC. 300. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 

10 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres11 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 

12 the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress) is as follows: 

‘‘First Session 

On or before: Action to be completed: 

First Monday in February ................... President submits budget recommendations. 

February 15 ......................................... Congressional Budget Office submits 

report to Budget Committees. 

Not later than 6 weeks after budget 

submission.

Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees. 

April 1 .................................................. Budget Committees report concurrent 

resolution on the biennial budget. 

May 15 ................................................. Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget. 

May 15 ................................................. Biennial appropriation bills may be 

considered in the House. 

June 10 ................................................ House Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill. 

June 30 ................................................ House completes action on biennial 

appropriation bills. 

October 1 ............................................. Biennium begins. 

Second Session 

On or before: Action to be completed: 

February 15 ......................................... President submits budget review. 

Not later than 6 weeks after President 

submits budget review.

Congressional Budget Office submits 

report to Budget Committees. 


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The last day of the session .................. Congress completes action on bills and 

resolutions authorizing new budget 

authority for the succeeding biennium. 

1 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of any first session 

2 of Congress that begins in any year during which the term 

3 of a President (except a President who succeeds himself) 

4 begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth 

5 in subsection (a): 

‘‘First Session 

On or before: Action to be completed: 

First Monday in April .......................... President submits budget recommendations. 

April 20 ................................................ Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees. 

May 15 ................................................. Budget Committees report concurrent 

resolution on the biennial budget. 

June 1 .................................................. Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget. 

June 1 .................................................. Biennial appropriation bills may be 

considered in the House. 

July 1 ................................................... House Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill. 

July 20 ................................................. House completes action on biennial 

appropriation bills. 

October 1 ............................................. Biennium begins.’’. 

6 SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

7 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 

8 (a) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section 2(2) of the 

9 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

10 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each 

11 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’. 

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.— 

13 (1) BUDGET RESOLUTION.—Section 3(4) of 

14 such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended by striking 


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1 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi2 ennium’’. 

3 (2) BIENNIUM.—Section 3 of such Act (2 

4 U.S.C. 622) is amended by adding at the end the 

5 following new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(11) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 

7 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 

8 any odd-numbered year.’’. 

9 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

10 BUDGET.— 

11 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 

12 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended— 

13 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

14 by— 

15 (i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num17 bered year’’; 

18 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 

19 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place 

20 it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be21 ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and 

22 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 

23 on October 1 of such year’’ the second 

24 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 

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1 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the 

2 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 

3 in the biennium’’; and 

4 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the 

5 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 

6 in the biennium’’. 

7 (2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b) of 

8 such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended— 

9 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for such 

10 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year 

11 in such biennium’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the 

13 first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal 

14 year in the biennium’’. 

15 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 

16 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by 

17 inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable, as provided by section 

18 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’. 

19 (4) HEARINGS.—Section 301(e)(1) of such Act 

20 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by— 

21 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

23 (B) inserting after the second sentence the 

24 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd25 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 


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1 section 300(b)), the Committee on the Budget 

2 of each House shall report to its House the con3 current resolution on the budget referred to in 

4 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on 

5 October 1 of that year.’’. 

6 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.— 

7 Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap9 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

10 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 

11 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘for a biennium’’. 

14 (7) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of 

15 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN16 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’. 

17 (8) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating 

18 to section 301 in the table of contents set forth in 

19 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An20 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’. 

21 (d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 of such 

22 Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 


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1 (A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year of the 

2 resolution,’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 

3 in the biennium,’’; 

4 (B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal 

5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov6 ered by the resolution’’; and 

7 (C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that 

8 resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 

9 in the biennium’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘April 15’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘May 15’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal 

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

14 (4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal 

15 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the bien16 nium’’; 

17 (5) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 

18 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

20 (B) striking ‘‘the total of fiscal years’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘the total of all fiscal years covered by 

22 the resolution’’; and 

23 (6) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘April’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘May’’. 

25 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of such Act 

2 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fis3 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ and by 

4 striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

5 fiscal year of the biennium’’. 

6 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section 

7 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the 

9 budget year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the 

11 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’; and 

12 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or 

13 June 1 whenever section 300(b) is applicable)’’. 

14 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section 

15 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended 

16 by— 

17 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

19 (B) striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘each fiscal year of that biennium’’. 

21 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO22 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2 

23 U.S.C. 635) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first two places 

25 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’; and 

2 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi3 ennium’’. 

4 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

5 RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305(a)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

6 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in7 serting ‘‘biennium’’. 

8 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

9 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 

10 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

12 odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 

13 section 300(b), July 1)’’; 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien15 nial’’; 

16 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi17 ennium’’; and 

18 (4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

19 odd-numbered year’’. 

20 (i) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—Section 308 of 

21 such Act (2 U.S.C. 639) is amended by adding at the end 

22 the following new subsection: 

23 ‘‘(d) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—The Director 

24 of the Congressional Budget Office shall, as soon as prac25 ticable after the completion of each quarter of the fiscal 


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1 year, prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending, 

2 and the deficit or surplus for the current fiscal year to 

3 assumptions included in the congressional budget resolu4 tion. In preparing this report, the Director of the Congres5 sional Budget Office shall combine actual budget figures 

6 to date with projected revenue and spending for the bal7 ance of the fiscal year. The Director of the Congressional 

8 Budget Office shall include any other information in this 

9 report that it deems useful for a full understanding of the 

10 current fiscal position of the Federal Government. The re11 ports mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by 

12 the Director to the Senate and House Committees on the 

13 Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make 

14 such reports available to any interested party upon re15 quest.’’. 

16 (j) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

17 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 

18 U.S.C. 640) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘It’’ and inserting ‘‘Except 

20 whenever section 300(b) is applicable, it’’; 

21 (2) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered calendar 

22 year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 

23 (3) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien24 nial’’; and 


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1 (4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi2 ennium’’. 

3 (k) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310 of such 

4 Act (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

6 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in7 serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘such fiscal 

9 year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘any fiscal 

10 year covered by such resolution’’; and 

11 (3) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating 

12 subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

13 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 

14 (1) IN THE HOUSE.—Section 311(a)(1) of such 

15 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in17 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ each 

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 

20 year of the biennium’’; and 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’. 

23 (2) IN THE SENATE.—Section 311(a)(2) of 

24 such Act is amended— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 

2 the first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 

3 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ 

6 the first place it appears and inserting 

7 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year 

9 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘all fiscal years’’. 

11 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 

12 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by— 

13 (A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu17 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 

18 years’’. 

19 (m) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF

20 ORDER.—Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act 

21 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘for a biennium’’; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal 

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien3 nium’’; 

4 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fiscal 

5 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien6 nium’’; and 

7 (4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by 

8 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli9 cable fiscal year’’. 

10 SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP11 RESENTATIVES. 

12 (a) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the 

13 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd14 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 

15 (b) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

16 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

18 (c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

19 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 

20 year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’. 

21 (d) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

22 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

23 end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert24 ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding 

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1 ‘‘(7) use the second session of each Congress to study 

2 issues with long-term budgetary and economic implica3 tions, which would include— 

4 ‘‘(A) hold hearings to receive testimony from 

5 committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas 

6 and to report on the results of oversight; and 

7 ‘‘(B) by January 1 of each odd-number year, 

8 issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the 

9 key issues facing the Congress in the next bien10 nium.’’. 

11 (e) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

12 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘during the 

13 same or preceding fiscal year’’. 

14 (f) Clause 4(e) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

15 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘annually’’ each 

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’ and by striking 

17 ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

18 (g) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

19 of Representatives is amended— 

20 (1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd-numbered 

21 year’’ after ‘‘the submission of budget by the Presi22 dent’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place it 

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1 (3) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘each fiscal year in such ensuing biennium’’. 

3 (h) Clause 3(d)(2)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

4 the House of Representatives is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘five’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘six’’. 

6 (i) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

7 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

8 year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘biennium after September 15 of the year in 

10 which such biennium begins’’. 

11 SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 

12 CODE. 

13 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 1101 of title 31, United 

14 States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 

15 following new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(3) ‘biennium’ has the meaning given to such 

17 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres18 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

19 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 

20 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

21 CONGRESS.— 

22 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para23 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

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1 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in February of 

2 each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 

3 section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), 

4 beginning with the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, 

5 the President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget 

6 for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar 

7 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall 

8 include a budget message and summary and supporting 

9 information. The President shall include in each budget 

10 the following:’’. 

11 (2) EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(5) of 

12 title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted 

14 and the 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which the 

16 budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 

17 (3) RECEIPTS.—Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, 

18 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis19 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 

20 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

21 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

22 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 

23 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’. 

3 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI4 TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 

5 States Code, is amended in subparagraph (A), by 

6 striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 

7 year in the biennium’’. 

8 (6) ALLOWANCES.—Section 1105(a)(13) of title 

9 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 

10 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi11 ennium’’. 

12 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

13 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

14 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

16 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

17 submitted’’. 

18 (8) TAX EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(16) 

19 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik20 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 

21 in the biennium’’. 

22 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 

23 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year following 

2 the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 

3 in the biennium following the biennium’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘that following fiscal year’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and 

6 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis7 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi8 ennium’’. 

9 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section 

10 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com14 pleted fiscal years,’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 

17 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 

19 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section 

20 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is 

21 amended— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each place 

4 it appears and inserting ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 

5 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

6 AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES.—Section 1105(b) of title 31, 

7 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘each even numbered year’’. 

9 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE10 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 

11 Code, is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the first 

13 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 

14 the biennium for’’; 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the second 

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of 

17 the biennium, as the case may be,’’; and 

18 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘for 

19 each year of the biennium’’. 

20 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 

21 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

22 by striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium 

23 to which such budget relates’’. 

24 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106(a) of title 31, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

4 by— 

5 (i) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 

6 of each even numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before 

7 July 16 of each year’’; and 

8 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘biennium’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis11 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 

12 such biennium’’; 

13 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘4 fiscal 

14 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘4 

15 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and 

16 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

18 (2) CHANGES.—Section 1106(b) of title 31, 

19 United States Code, is amended by— 

20 (A) striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and 

22 (B) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 of 

23 each even numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before July 

24 16 of each year’’. 


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1 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI2 MATES.— 

3 (1) THE PRESIDENT.—Section 1109(a) of title 

4 31, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first 

6 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be7 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At 

8 the same time the budget required by section 

9 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘the following fiscal year’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of such period’’. 

12 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 

13 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

14 by striking ‘‘March 1 of each year’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis16 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, 

17 as provided by section 300(b) of the Congressional 

18 Budget Act of 1974)’’. 

19 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

20 LEGISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States 

21 Code, is amended by— 

22 (1) striking ‘‘May 16’’ and inserting ‘‘March 

23 31’’; and 

24 (2) striking ‘‘year before the year in which the 

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1 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be2 gins’’. 

3 SEC. 205. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE 

4 OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS. 

5 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend6 ed to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts 

8 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria9 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol10 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob11 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 

12 (here insert the fiscal years of the biennium).’. 

13 ‘‘(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the 

14 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium 

15 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided 

16 for each fiscal year in such period. 

17 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘biennium’ 

18 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres19 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

20 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 

21 SEC. 206. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 

23 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 

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1 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

2 ‘‘SEC. 316. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—(1)(A) It shall 

3 not be in order in the House of Representatives or the 

4 Senate to consider any measure that contains a specific 

5 authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the 

6 measure includes such a specific authorization of appro7 priations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal year 

8 in one or more bienniums. 

9 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific au10 thorization of appropriations is an authorization for the 

11 enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not 

12 to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as 

13 a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be nec14 essary) for any purpose for a fiscal year. 

15 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to 

16 an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 

17 for any program, project, or activity if the measure con18 taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 

19 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza20 tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 

21 applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse22 quent fiscal year.’. 

23 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘meas24 ure’ means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 

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1 (b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The 

2 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres3 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 

4 amended by adding after the item relating to section 315 

5 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’. 

6 SEC. 207. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 

7 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 

8 (a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title 5, 

9 United States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 

11 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma 

18 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add19 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep20 tember 30, 2014, meeting the requirements of sub21 section (a)’’. 

22 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON23 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31, 

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1 with fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with 

2 fiscal year 2016, a biennial’’. 

3 (c) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, 

4 United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1) by 

7 striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a bien8 nial’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after 

10 ‘‘program activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both 

11 years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan’’; 

12 (C) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

13 after the semicolon; 

14 (D) in paragraph (6) by striking the period 

15 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 

16 after the inserted semicolon; and 

17 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be20 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

21 budget cycle.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

24 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik25 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 


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1 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI2 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re3 lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Be6 ginning with fiscal year 1999, the’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2016, the bien8 nial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (e)— 

12 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘one 

13 or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 

14 (B) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘a 

15 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse16 quent 2-year period’’; and 

17 (C) in the third sentence by striking 

18 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’. 

19 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG20 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik23 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘annual’’ and 

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1 (f) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 2802 of title 39, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 

4 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least every 

6 three years’’ and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; 

7 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

9 (4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma 

10 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in11 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by 

12 September 30, 2014, meeting the requirements of 

13 subsection (a)’’. 

14 (g) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title 

15 39, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 

17 striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro19 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 

20 2 of the biennial plan’’; 

21 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

22 the semicolon; 

23 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 

24 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be2 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

3 budget cycle.’’. 

4 (h) COMMITTEE VIEWS OF PLANS AND REPORTS.— 

5 Section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act (2 U.S.C. 

6 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee 

7 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review 

8 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance 

9 reports, required under section 306 of title 5, United 

10 States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, 

11 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction 

12 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views 

13 on such plans or reports to the Committee on the Budget 

14 of the applicable House.’’. 

15 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

17 this section shall take effect on September 30, 2014. 

18 (2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, each agency shall 

20 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub21 mit any plan or report in accordance with the 

22 amendments made by it. 

23 SEC. 208. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS. 

24 (a) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(1) 

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1 resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 

2 new subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap4 propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 

5 bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and 

6 may not be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it 

7 provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob8 ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 

9 a biennium. 

10 ‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with respect to 

11 an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, 

12 project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con13 taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 

14 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 

15 funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 

16 [Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity] 

17 will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 

18 has been expended.’. 

19 ‘‘(C) For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement 

20 set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria21 tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 

22 activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 

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1 (2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep2 resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’. 

4 (b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS

8 ‘‘SEC. 317. It shall not be in order in the Senate in 

9 any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropria10 tion bill providing new budget authority or a limitation 

11 on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on 

12 Appropriations for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, 

13 unless the program, project, or activity for which the new 

14 budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will 

15 require no additional authority beyond one year and will 

16 be completed or terminated after the amount provided has 

17 been expended.’’. 

18 (2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of 

19 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 

20 of 1974 is amended by adding after the item relating to 

21 section 316 the following new item: 

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1 SEC. 209. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STAND2 ING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE 

3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

4 (a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA5 TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 

7 out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency 

8 which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju9 risdiction of such committee shall provide to such com10 mittee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and 

11 assistance as may be requested by the chairman and rank12 ing minority member of the committee. 

13 (b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM

14 ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of 

15 the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 

16 out its responsibilities, the head of any agency shall fur17 nish to such committee documentation, containing infor18 mation received, compiled, or maintained by the agency 

19 as part of the operation or administration of a program, 

20 or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support 

21 of a review of a program, as may be requested by the 

22 chairman and ranking minority member of such com23 mittee. 

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1 mittee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed 

2 and studied by such committee under this section, the 

3 Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish to 

4 such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of 

5 such program which the Comptroller General has com6 pleted during the preceding six years. 

7 (d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with 

8 their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen9 eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres10 sional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congres11 sional Research Service shall continue to furnish (con12 sistent with established protocols) to each standing com13 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such 

14 information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chair15 man and ranking minority member may request to assist 

16 the committee in conducting reviews and studies of pro17 grams under this section. 

18 SEC. 210. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD. 

19 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 

21 Budget shall— 

22 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of 

23 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the 

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1 fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on 

2 the 2-year period; and 

3 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com4 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa5 tives and the Senate and the Committee on Rules of 

6 the House of Representatives. 

7 SEC. 211. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 113TH 

8 CONGRESS. 

9 (a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

10 YEAR 2014.—The budget submission of the President 

11 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

12 Code, for fiscal year 2014 shall include the following: 

13 (1) An identification of the budget accounts for 

14 which an appropriation should be made for each fis15 cal year of the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium. 

16 (2) Budget authority that should be provided 

17 for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts 

18 identified under paragraph (1). 

19 (b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COM20 MITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committee on Ap21 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen22 ate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection 

23 (a) in the budget submission of the President for fiscal 

24 year 2014 and include its recommendations thereon in its 

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1 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that 

2 budget submission. 

3 (c) ACTIONS BY THE COMMITTEES ON THE BUDG4 ET.—(1) The Committee on the Budget of the House of 

5 Representatives and the Senate shall review the items in6 cluded pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submis7 sion of the President for fiscal year 2014 and the rec8 ommendations submitted by the Committee on Appropria9 tions of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in 

10 its views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the 

11 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

12 (2) The report of the Committee on the Budget of 

13 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 

14 the budget for fiscal year 2014 and the joint explanatory 

15 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 

16 also include allocations to the Committee on Appropria17 tions of its House of total new budget authority and total 

18 outlays (which shall be deemed to be made pursuant to 

19 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

20 for purposes of budget enforcement under section 302(f)) 

21 for fiscal year 2015 from which the Committee on Appro22 priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal 

23 year 2014 that include funding for certain accounts for 

24 each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 


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1 (3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of 

2 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 

3 the budget for fiscal year 2014 and the joint explanatory 

4 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 

5 also include the assumptions upon which such allocations 

6 referred to in paragraph (2) are based. 

7 (d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT ASSIST8 ANCE.—(1) During the first session of the 113th Congress 

9 the committees of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Senate are directed to work with the Comptroller General 

11 of the United States to develop plans to transition pro12 gram authorizations to a multi-year schedule. 

13 (2) During the 113th Congress, the Comptroller Gen14 eral of the United States will continue to provide assist15 ance to the Congress with respect to programmatic over16 sight and in particular will assist the committees of Con17 gress in designing and conforming programmatic oversight 

18 procedures for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium. 

19 (e) CBO AUTHORIZATION REPORT.—On or before 

20 January 15, 2014, the Director of the Congressional 

21 Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate 

22 committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, 

23 shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all pro24 grams and activities funded during fiscal year 2014 for 

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1 acted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activi2 ties funded during fiscal year 2014 for which authoriza3 tions for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, 

4 fiscal year 2015, or fiscal year 2016. 

5 (f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

6 YEAR 2015.—The budget submission of the President 

7 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

8 Code, for fiscal year 2015 shall include an evaluation of, 

9 and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial 

10 budget process for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium 

11 that was carried out pursuant to this section. 

12 (g) CBO TRANSITIONAL REPORT.—On or before 

13 March 31, 2014, the Director of the Congressional Budget 

14 Office shall submit to Congress an evaluation of, and rec15 ommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget 

16 process for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium that was 

17 carried out pursuant to this section. 

18 SEC. 212. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

19 Except as provided by sections 8, 11, and 12, this 

20 Act and the amendments made by it shall take effect on 

21 January 1, 2015, and shall apply to budget resolutions 

22 and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal 

23 year 2016. 

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