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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2664 

To provide a biennial budget for the United States Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 26, 2005 

Mr. DREIER (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. REGULA, Mr. 

WHITFIELD, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. BASS, and Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Budget, for a period ending not later than July 11, 

2005, and in addition to the Committees on Rules and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To provide a biennial budget for the United States 

Government. 

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; FINDINGS. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Biennial Budgeting 

5 and Appropriations Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 

7 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

8 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

3 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres4 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 

5 the One Hundred Eleventh 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. 

The last day of the session ....... Congress completes action on bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority for 

the succeeding biennium. 

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

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

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

9 begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth 

10 in subsection (a): 
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‘‘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.’’. 

1 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

2 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 

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

4 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

5 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each 

6 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’. 

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.— 

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

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

10 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi11 ennium’’. 

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

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

14 following new paragraph: 

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

16 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 

17 any odd-numbered year.’’. 
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1 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

2 BUDGET.— 

3 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 

4 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended— 

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

6 by— 

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

8 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num9 bered year’’; 

10 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 

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

12 it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be13 ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and 

14 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 

15 on October 1 of such year’’ the second 

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 

17 year in such period’’; 

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

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

20 in the biennium’’; and 

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

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

23 in the biennium’’. 

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

25 such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for such 

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

3 in such biennium’’; and 

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

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

6 year in the biennium’’. 

7 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 

8 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by 

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

10 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’. 

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

12 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by— 

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

14 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

15 (B) inserting after the second sentence the 

16 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd17 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 

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

19 of each House shall report to its House the con20 current resolution on the budget referred to in 

21 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on 

22 October 1 of that year.’’. 

23 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.— 

24 Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is 
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1 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

3 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 

4 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘for a biennium’’. 

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

8 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN9 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’. 

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

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

12 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An13 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’. 

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

15 Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 

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

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

19 in the biennium,’’; 

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

21 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov22 ered by the resolution’’; and 

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

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

25 in the biennium’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal 

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

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

4 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the bien5 nium’’; 

6 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 

7 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

11 the resolution’’; and 

12 (5) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘April’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘May’’. 

14 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

16 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fis17 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ and by 

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

19 fiscal year of the biennium’’. 

20 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section 

21 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended— 

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

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

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

25 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’; and 
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1 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or 

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

3 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section 

4 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended 

5 by— 

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

7 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

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

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

10 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO11 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2 

12 U.S.C. 635) is amended— 

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

14 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; 

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

16 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi17 ennium’’. 

18 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

20 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in21 serting ‘‘biennium’’. 

22 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

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

24 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

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

3 section 300(b), July 1)’’; 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien5 nial’’; 

6 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi7 ennium’’; and 

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

9 odd-numbered year’’. 

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

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

12 the following new subsection: 

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

14 of the Congressional Budget Office shall, as soon as prac15 ticable after the completion of each quarter of the fiscal 

16 year, prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending, 

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

18 assumptions included in the congressional budget resolu19 tion. In preparing this report, the Director of the Congres20 sional Budget Office shall combine actual budget figures 

21 to date with projected revenue and spending for the bal22 ance of the fiscal year. The Director of the Congressional 

23 Budget Office shall include any other information in this 

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

25 current fiscal position of the Federal Government. The re-
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1 ports mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by 

2 the Director to the Senate and House Committees on the 

3 Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make 

4 such reports available to any interested party upon re5 quest.’’. 

6 (j) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

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

8 U.S.C. 640) is amended— 

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

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

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

12 year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 

13 (3) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien14 nial’’; and 

15 (4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi16 ennium’’. 

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

18 Act (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended— 

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

20 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in21 serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 

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

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

24 year covered by such resolution’’; and 
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1 (3) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating 

2 subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

3 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

5 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in7 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

9 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 

10 year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

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

14 such Act is amended— 

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

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

17 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

20 the first place it appears and inserting 

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

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

23 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘all fiscal years’’. 
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1 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 

2 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by— 

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

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

5 and 

6 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu7 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 

8 years’’. 

9 (m) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF

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

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

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

13 ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

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

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

18 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien19 nium’’; and 

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

21 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli22 cable fiscal year’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP2 RESENTATIVES. 

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

4 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd5 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 

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

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

8 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

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

10 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 

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

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

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

14 end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert15 ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding 

16 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

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

18 issues with long-term budgetary and economic implica19 tions, which would include— 

20 ‘‘(A) holding hearings to receive testimony from 

21 committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas 

22 and to report on the results of oversight; and 

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

24 issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the 

25 key issues facing the Congress in the next bien26 nium.’’. 
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1 (e) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

2 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘the same or 

3 preceding fiscal year’’. 

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

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

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

7 ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

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

9 of Representatives is amended— 

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

11 year’’ after ‘‘submits his budget’’; 

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

13 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 

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

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

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

17 the House of Representatives is amended by striking 

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

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

20 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

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

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

23 which such biennium begins’’. 
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1 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE. 

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

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

4 following new paragraph: 

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

6 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres7 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

8 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 

9 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

10 CONGRESS.— 

11 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para12 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

13 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

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

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

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

17 beginning with the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, the 

18 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for 

19 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar 

20 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall 

21 include a budget message and summary and supporting 

22 information. The President shall include in each budget 

23 the following:’’. 

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

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

26 ‘‘the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted 
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1 and the 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting 

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

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

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

5 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis6 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 

7 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

8 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

9 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 

10 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 

11 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

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

14 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI15 TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 

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

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

18 year in the biennium’’. 

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

20 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 

21 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi22 ennium’’. 

23 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

24 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

25 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 
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1 amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

2 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

3 submitted’’. 

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

5 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 

7 in the biennium’’. 

8 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 

9 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

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

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

13 in the biennium following the biennium’’; 

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

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

16 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis17 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi18 ennium’’. 

19 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section 

20 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 

21 amended— 

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

23 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com24 pleted fiscal years,’’; 
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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’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 

5 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section 

6 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

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

9 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com10 pleted fiscal years’’; 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 

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

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

15 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

19 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE20 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 

21 Code, is amended— 

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

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

24 the biennium for’’; 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the second 

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

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

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

5 each year of the biennium’’. 

6 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 

7 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

9 to which such budget relates’’. 

10 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

11 CHANGES.— 

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

13 United States Code, is amended— 

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

15 by— 

16 (i) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 

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

18 July 16 of each year’’; and 

19 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘biennium’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis22 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 

23 such biennium’’; 
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1 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘4 fiscal 

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

3 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and 

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

5 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

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

7 United States Code, is amended by— 

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

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

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

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

12 16 of each year’’. 

13 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI14 MATES.— 

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

16 31, United States Code, is amended— 

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

18 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be19 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At 

20 the same time the budget required by section 

21 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 

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

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

24 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 

25 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
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1 by striking ‘‘March 1 of each year’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis3 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, 

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

5 Budget Act of 1974)’’. 

6 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

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

8 Code, is amended by— 

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

10 31’’; and 

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

12 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre13 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be14 gins’’. 

15 SEC. 6. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE OF 

16 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS. 

17 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend18 ed to read as follows: 

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

20 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria21 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol22 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob23 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 

24 (here insert the fiscal years of the biennium).’. 
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1 ‘‘(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the 

2 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium 

3 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided 

4 for each fiscal year in such period. 

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

6 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres7 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

8 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 

9 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS. 

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

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

12 following new section: 

13 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

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

16 Senate to consider any measure that contains a specific 

17 authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the 

18 measure includes such a specific authorization of appro19 priations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal year 

20 in one or more bienniums. 

21 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific au22 thorization of appropriations is an authorization for the 

23 enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not 

24 to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as 

25 a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be nec26 essary) for any purpose for a fiscal year. 
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1 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to 

2 an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 

3 for any program, project, or activity if the measure con4 taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 

5 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza6 tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 

7 applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse8 quent fiscal year.’. 

9 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘meas10 ure’ means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 

11 conference report.’’. 

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

13 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres14 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 

15 amended by adding after the item relating to section 315 

16 the following new item: 

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

17 SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 

18 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 

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

20 United States Code, is amended— 

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

22 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

25 and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

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

4 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add5 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep6 tember 30, 2008, meeting the requirements of sub7 section (a)’’. 

8 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON9 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31, 

10 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning 

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

12 fiscal year 2010, a biennial’’. 

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

14 United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and in20 serting ‘‘a biennial’’; 

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

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

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

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

25 after the semicolon, 
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1 (D) in paragraph (6) by striking the period 

2 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 

3 after the inserted semicolon; and 

4 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be7 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

8 budget cycle.’’; 

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

10 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

11 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik12 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

13 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI14 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re15 lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an18 nual’’; and 

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

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

21 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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

23 or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 
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1 (B) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘a 

2 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse3 quent 2-year period’’; and 

4 (C) in the third sentence by striking 

5 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’. 

6 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG7 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik10 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

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

12 inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

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

14 United States Code, is amended— 

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

16 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’; 

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

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

19 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

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

22 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in23 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by 

24 September 30, 2008, meeting the requirements of 

25 subsection (a)’’. 
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1 (g) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title 

2 39, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

5 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro6 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 

7 2 of the biennial plan’’; 

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

9 the semicolon; 

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

11 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following: 

13 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be14 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

15 budget cycle.’’. 

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

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

18 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee 

19 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review 

20 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance 

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

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

23 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction 

24 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views 
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1 on such plans or reports to the Committee on the Budget 

2 of the applicable House.’’. 

3 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

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

5 this section shall take effect on March 1, 2009. 

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

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

8 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub9 mit any plan or report in accordance with the 

10 amendments made by it. 

11 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS. 

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

13 Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep14 resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 

15 new subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap17 propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 

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

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

20 provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob21 ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 

22 a biennium. 

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

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

25 project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con-
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1 taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 

2 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 

3 funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 

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

5 will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 

6 has been expended.’. 

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

8 set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria9 tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 

10 activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 

11 or amendment thereto.’’. 

12 (2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep13 resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’. 

15 (b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS

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

20 any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropria21 tion bill providing new budget authority or a limitation 

22 on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on 

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

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

25 budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will 

26 require no additional authority beyond one year and will 
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1 be completed or terminated after the amount provided has 

2 been expended.’’. 

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

4 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 

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

6 section 316 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills.’’. 

7 SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING 

8 COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE 

9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

10 (a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA11 TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of 

12 the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 

13 out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency 

14 which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju15 risdiction of such committee shall provide to such com16 mittee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and 

17 assistance as may be requested by the chairman and rank18 ing minority member of the committee. 

19 (b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM

20 ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 

22 out its responsibilities, the head of any agency shall fur23 nish to such committee documentation, containing infor24 mation received, compiled, or maintained by the agency 

25 as part of the operation or administration of a program, 
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1 or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support 

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

3 chairman and ranking minority member of such com4 mittee. 

5 (c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With6 in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair7 man and ranking minority member of a standing com8 mittee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed 

9 and studied by such committee under this section, the 

10 Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish to 

11 such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of 

12 such program which the Comptroller General has com13 pleted during the preceding six years. 

14 (d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with 

15 their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen16 eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres17 sional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congres18 sional Research Service shall continue to furnish (con19 sistent with established protocols) to each standing com20 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such 

21 information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chair22 man and ranking minority member may request to assist 

23 the committee in conducting reviews and studies of pro24 grams under this section. 
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1 SEC. 11. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD. 

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

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

4 Budget shall— 

5 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of 

6 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the 

7 budget process based on that definition to a 2-year 

8 fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on 

9 the 2-year period; and 

10 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com11 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa12 tives and the Senate and the Committee on Rules of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 SEC. 12. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 110TH 

15 CONGRESS. 

16 (a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

17 YEAR 2008.—The budget submission of the President 

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

19 Code, for fiscal year 2008 shall include the following: 

20 (1) An identification of the budget accounts for 

21 which an appropriation should be made for each fis22 cal year of the fiscal year 2008–2009 biennium. 

23 (2) Budget authority that should be provided 

24 for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts 

25 identified under paragraph (1). 
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1 (b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COM2 MITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committee on Ap3 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen4 ate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection 

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

6 year 2008 and include its recommendations thereon in its 

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

8 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that 

9 budget submission. 

10 (c) ACTIONS BY THE COMMITTEES ON THE BUDG11 ET.—(1) The Committee on the Budget of the House of 

12 Representatives and the Senate shall review the items in13 cluded pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submis14 sion of the President for fiscal year 2008 and the rec15 ommendations submitted by the Committee on Appropria16 tions of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in 

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

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

20 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 

21 the budget for fiscal year 2008 and the joint explanatory 

22 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 

23 also include allocations to the Committee on Appropria24 tions of its House of total new budget authority and total 

25 outlays (which shall be deemed to be made pursuant to 
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1 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

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

3 for fiscal year 2009 from which the Committee on Appro4 priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal 

5 year 2008 that include funding for certain accounts for 

6 each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 

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

8 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 

9 the budget for fiscal year 2008 and the joint explanatory 

10 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 

11 also include the assumptions upon which such allocations 

12 referred to in paragraph (2) are based. 

13 (d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT ASSIST14 ANCE.—(1) Beginning with the 110th Congress, the com15 mittees of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

16 are directed to work with the Comptroller General of the 

17 United States to develop plans to transition program au18 thorizations to a multi-year schedule. 

19 (2) During the 110th Congress, the Comptroller Gen20 eral of the United States will continue to provide assist21 ance to the Congress with respect to programmatic over22 sight and in particular will assist the committees of Con23 gress in designing and conforming programmatic oversight 

24 procedures for the fiscal year 2009–2010 biennium. 
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1 (e) CBO AUTHORIZATION REPORT.—On or before 

2 January 15, 2008, the Director of the Congressional 

3 Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate 

4 committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, 

5 shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all pro6 grams and activities funded during fiscal year 2008 for 

7 which authorizations for appropriations have not been en8 acted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activi9 ties funded during fiscal year 2008 for which authoriza10 tions for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, 

11 fiscal year 2009, or fiscal year 2010. 

12 (f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

13 YEAR 2006.—The budget submission of the President 

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

15 Code, for fiscal year 2009 shall include an evaluation of, 

16 and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial 

17 budget process for the fiscal year 2008–2009 biennium 

18 that was carried out pursuant to this section. 

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

20 March 31, 2008, the Director of the Congressional Budget 

21 Office shall submit to Congress an evaluation of, and rec22 ommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget 

23 process for the fiscal year 2008–2009 biennium that was 

24 carried out pursuant to this section. 
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1 SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

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

4 January 1, 2009, and shall apply to budget resolutions 

5 and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal 

6 year 2010. 

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