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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1654 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2013 

Mr. RENACCI (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

HECK of Nevada, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. BARBER, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 

Mr. DELANEY, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. MEEHAN) 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 2013’’. 

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 and reports. 

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 114th 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 AND 

2 REPORTS. 

3 (a) PERFORMANCE REVIEW SCHEDULE AND RE4 PORTS.—(1) The Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter 

5 in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in conjunc6 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

7 Budget (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Di8 rector’’), shall conduct performance reviews of tax expend9 itures, as identified by the Joint Committee on Taxation, 

10 on an ongoing basis. The Secretary shall develop the 

11 schedule for these reviews, such that each tax expenditure 

12 is reviewed at least once in every four-year period. A four13 year schedule shall be submitted by the Secretary to the 

14 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 

16 during January of each calendar year. 

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

18 new tax expenditure, the Secretary shall revise the most 

19 recent four-year schedule of tax expenditure performance 

20 reviews and submit them to the Committee on Ways and 

21 Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

22 on Finance of the Senate. 

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

24 this Act, the Secretary shall have submitted to Congress 

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

26 the first performance reviews under paragraph (1). 


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1 (4) The Secretary shall endeavor to develop a four2 year schedule that provides for the simultaneous review 

3 of tax expenditures that have similar policy objectives. 

4 (b) REPORTS.— 

5 (1) The Secretary shall report each of its per6 formance reviews of tax expenditures to the Com7 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the 

9 Senate in quarterly reports and containing all of the 

10 performance reviews conducted since the preceding 

11 report. 

12 (2) The Secretary may conduct expedited per13 formance reviews for any tax expenditure that has 

14 an estimated annual fiscal impact of less than $1 

15 billion, annually adjusted for inflation, unless the 

16 chairs and ranking minority members of the Com17 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the 

19 Senate jointly request, in writing, a full review. 

20 (3) Each performance review, except for expe21 dited performance reviews, shall include the fol22 lowing explanations, descriptions, estimates, anal23 yses, and recommendations: 


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1 (A) An explanation of the tax expenditure 

2 and any relevant economic, social, or other con3 text under which it was first enacted. 

4 (B) A description of the intended purpose 

5 of the tax expenditure. 

6 (C) An analysis of the overall success of 

7 the tax expenditure in achieving such purpose, 

8 and evidence supporting such analysis. 

9 (D) An analysis of the extent to which fur10 ther extending the tax expenditure, or making 

11 it permanent, would contribute to achieving 

12 such purpose. 

13 (E) A description of the direct and indirect 

14 beneficiaries of the tax expenditure, also speci15 fying— 

16 (i) any unintended beneficiaries of the 

17 tax expenditure; 

18 (ii) the classes of individuals, types of 

19 organizations, or types of industries whose 

20 Federal tax liabilities are directly affected 

21 by the tax expenditure; 

22 (iii) the extent to which terminating 

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1 rently benefit from the tax preference and 

2 on the economy; and 

3 (iv) the extent to which the termi4 nation of the tax expenditure would affect 

5 the distribution of liability for payments of 

6 Federal taxes. 

7 (F) An analysis of whether the tax expend8 iture is the most cost-effective method for 

9 achieving the purpose for which it was intended, 

10 and a description of any more cost-effective 

11 methods through which such purpose could be 

12 accomplished, and in particular the extent to 

13 which a direct spending program might be pref14 erable to a tax expenditure, including— 

15 (i) whether an outlay program might 

16 achieve the same policy objectives as a tax 

17 expenditure; 

18 (ii) whether an outlay program might 

19 reduce deadweight losses and improve eco20 nomic efficiency in the national economy; 

21 and 

22 (iii) whether a direct spending pro23 gram might be more or less expense to ad24 minister. 


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1 (G) A description of any unintended effects 

2 of the tax expenditure that is useful in under3 standing the tax expenditure’s overall value. 

4 (H) A description of any interactions (ac5 tual or potential) with other tax expenditures or 

6 direct spending programs in the same or related 

7 budget function that should be studied further. 

8 (I) An estimate of the annual cost in for9 gone revenues of the tax expenditure, as well as 

10 a projection of the cost in foregone revenues for 

11 the ensuing ten fiscal years. 

12 (J) A description of any further informa13 tion needed to complete a more thorough exam14 ination and analysis of the tax expenditure, and 

15 what is necessary to make such information 

16 available. 

17 (K) A specific recommendation, based on 

18 analysis conducted in the performance review, 

19 as to whether the tax expenditure should be 

20 continued without modification, modified (in21 cluding converted fully or partly into a direct 

22 spending program), scheduled for sunset, re23 viewed at a later date, or terminated imme24 diately. The Secretary may decline to provide a 

25 specific recommendation, but in each such case 


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1 shall provide an explanation of why a rec2 ommendation has not been given. 

3 (4) An expedited performance review shall in4 clude at least the explanations, descriptions, esti5 mates, analyses, and recommendations as listed in 

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

7 of paragraph (3). 

8 (c) COMMITTEE HEARINGS.—After the submission of 

9 any performance review report under subsection (b), the 

10 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 

12 shall hold public hearings to consider the performance re13 view recommendations contained in that report. The Com14 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate may also hold hearings on such perform16 ance review recommendations. 

17 SEC. 104. ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING REPORT. 

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

19 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 

20 develop a proposal for the implementation of an accrual21 based accounting system for certain portions of the budg22 et, excluding— 

23 (1) insurance; 

24 (2) environmental liabilities; 

25 (3) Federal employee pensions; 


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1 (4) retiree health benefits; and 

2 (5) other budget items where accrual-based ac3 counting would feasibly capture significant future 

4 cash resource requirements that are not reflected in 

5 the cash-based budget; where appropriate and rea6 sonable. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Within one year of the date of enact8 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage9 ment and Budget shall submit a report to Congress set10 ting forth the legislation necessary for the implementation 

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

12 budget, along with any recommendations regarding its 

13 proposed legislation. 

14 SEC. 105. ANNUAL REVENUE STABILITY PROJECTION RE15 PORT. 

16 Not later than July 1 of each year, the Joint Com17 mittee on Taxation, shall publish a report that projects 

18 annual Federal revenues by source over the next 10 fiscal 

19 years and includes a discussion of the assumptions used 

20 to project such revenues. The Joint Committee on Tax21 ation shall transmit to the Committee on Ways and Means 

22 of the House of Representatives. 


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1 TITLE II—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 

2 SEC. 201. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 

3 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

4 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

7 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres8 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 

9 the One Hundred Fifteenth 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. 

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

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


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

2 begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth 

3 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.’’. 

4 SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

5 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 

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

7 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

8 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each 

9 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’. 

10 (b) DEFINITIONS.— 

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

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

13 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi14 ennium’’. 

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

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

17 following new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(12) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 

2 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 

3 any odd-numbered year.’’. 

4 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

5 BUDGET.— 

6 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 

7 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended— 

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

9 by— 

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

11 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num12 bered year’’; 

13 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 

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

15 it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be16 ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and 

17 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 

18 on October 1 of such year’’ the second 

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 

20 year in such period’’; 

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

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

23 in the biennium’’; and 


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

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

3 in the biennium’’. 

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

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

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

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

8 in such biennium’’; and 

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

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

11 year in the biennium’’. 

12 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 

13 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by 

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

15 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’. 

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

17 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by— 

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

19 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

20 (B) inserting after the second sentence the 

21 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd22 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 

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

24 of each House shall report to its House the con25 current resolution on the budget referred to in 


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1 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on 

2 October 1 of that year.’’. 

3 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.— 

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

5 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

7 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 

8 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘for a biennium’’. 

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

12 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN13 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’. 

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

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

16 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An17 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’. 

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

19 Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 

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

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

23 in the biennium,’’; 


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

2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov3 ered by the resolution’’; and 

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

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

6 in the biennium’’; 

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

8 and inserting ‘‘May 15’’; 

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

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

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

12 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the bien13 nium’’; 

14 (5) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 

15 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

19 the resolution’’; and 

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

21 and inserting ‘‘May’’. 

22 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

24 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fis25 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ and by 


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

2 fiscal year of the biennium’’. 

3 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section 

4 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended— 

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section 

12 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended 

13 by— 

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

15 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

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

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

18 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO19 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2 

20 U.S.C. 635) is amended— 

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

22 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; 

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

24 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi25 ennium’’. 


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1 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

3 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in4 serting ‘‘biennium’’. 

5 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

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

7 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 

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

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

10 section 300(b), July 1)’’; 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien12 nial’’; 

13 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi14 ennium’’; and 

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

16 odd-numbered year’’. 

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

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

19 the following new subsection: 

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

21 of the Congressional Budget Office shall, as soon as prac22 ticable after the completion of each quarter of the fiscal 

23 year, prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending, 

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

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1 tion. In preparing this report, the Director of the Congres2 sional Budget Office shall combine actual budget figures 

3 to date with projected revenue and spending for the bal4 ance of the fiscal year. The Director of the Congressional 

5 Budget Office shall include any other information in this 

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

7 current fiscal position of the Federal Government. The re8 ports mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by 

9 the Director to the Senate and House Committees on the 

10 Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make 

11 such reports available to any interested party upon re12 quest.’’. 

13 (j) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

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

15 U.S.C. 640) is amended— 

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

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

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

19 year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 

20 (3) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien21 nial’’; and 

22 (4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi23 ennium’’. 

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

25 Act (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended— 


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

2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in3 serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 

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

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

6 year covered by such resolution’’; and 

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

8 subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

9 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

11 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in13 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

15 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 

16 year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

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

20 such Act is amended— 

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

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

23 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

24 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 


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

2 the first place it appears and inserting 

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

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

5 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘all fiscal years’’. 

7 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 

8 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by— 

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

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

11 and 

12 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu13 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 

14 years’’. 

15 (m) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF

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

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

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

19 ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

21 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien22 nium’’; 

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

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

2 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli3 cable fiscal year’’. 

4 SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP5 RESENTATIVES. 

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

7 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd8 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 

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

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

11 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

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

13 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 

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

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

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

17 end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert18 ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding 

19 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

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

21 issues with long-term budgetary and economic implica22 tions, which would include— 

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

24 committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas 

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

2 issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the 

3 key issues facing the Congress in the next bien4 nium.’’. 

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

6 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘during the 

7 same or preceding fiscal year’’. 

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

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

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

11 ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

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

13 of Representatives is amended— 

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

15 year’’ after ‘‘the submission of budget by the Presi16 dent’’; 

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

18 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 

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

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

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

22 the House of Representatives is amended by striking 

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

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

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

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

3 which such biennium begins’’. 

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

5 CODE. 

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

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

8 following new paragraph: 

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

10 term in paragraph (12) of section 3 of the Congres11 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

12 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 

13 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

14 CONGRESS.— 

15 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para16 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

17 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

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

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

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

21 beginning with the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, the 

22 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for 

23 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar 

24 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall 

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1 information. The President shall include in each budget 

2 the following:’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis11 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 

12 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

13 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

14 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 

15 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 

16 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

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

19 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI20 TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 

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

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

23 year in the biennium’’. 

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

25 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 


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1 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi2 ennium’’. 

3 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

4 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

5 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

7 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

8 submitted’’. 

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

10 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 

12 in the biennium’’. 

13 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 

14 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

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

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

18 in the biennium following the biennium’’; 

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

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

21 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis22 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi23 ennium’’. 


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1 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section 

2 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

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

5 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com6 pleted fiscal years,’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 

11 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section 

12 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

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

15 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com16 pleted fiscal years’’; 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 

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

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

21 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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1 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE2 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 

3 Code, is amended— 

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

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

6 the biennium for’’; 

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

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

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

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

11 each year of the biennium’’. 

12 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 

13 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

15 to which such budget relates’’. 

16 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

17 CHANGES.— 

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

19 United States Code, is amended— 

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

21 by— 

22 (i) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 

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

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1 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘biennium’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis4 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 

5 such biennium’’; 

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

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

8 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and 

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

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

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

12 United States Code, is amended by— 

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

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

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

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

17 16 of each year’’. 

18 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI19 MATES.— 

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

21 31, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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1 the same time the budget required by section 

2 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 

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

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

5 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 

6 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

8 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis9 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, 

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

11 Budget Act of 1974)’’. 

12 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

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

14 Code, is amended by— 

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

16 31’’; and 

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

18 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre19 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be20 gins’’. 

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

22 OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS. 

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

2 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria3 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol4 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob5 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 

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

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

8 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium 

9 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided 

10 for each fiscal year in such period. 

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

12 has the same meaning as in section 3(12) of the Congres13 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

14 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’. 

15 SEC. 206. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS. 

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

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

18 following new section: 

19 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

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

22 Senate to consider any measure that contains a specific 

23 authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the 

24 measure includes such a specific authorization of appro25 priations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal year 

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1 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific au2 thorization of appropriations is an authorization for the 

3 enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not 

4 to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as 

5 a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be nec6 essary) for any purpose for a fiscal year. 

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

8 an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 

9 for any program, project, or activity if the measure con10 taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 

11 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza12 tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 

13 applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse14 quent fiscal year.’. 

15 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘meas16 ure’ means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 

17 conference report.’’. 

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

19 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres20 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 

21 amended by adding after the item relating to section 315 

22 the following new item: 

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1 SEC. 207. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 

2 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 

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

4 United States Code, is amended— 

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

6 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

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

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

11 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

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

13 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add14 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep15 tember 30, 2016, meeting the requirements of sub16 section (a)’’. 

17 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON18 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31, 

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

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

21 fiscal year 2018, a biennial’’. 

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

23 United States Code, is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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

2 striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a bien3 nial’’; 

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

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

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

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

8 after the semicolon; 

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

10 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 

11 after the inserted semicolon; and 

12 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be15 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

16 budget cycle.’’; 

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

18 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

19 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik20 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

21 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI22 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re23 lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 

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1 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Be2 ginning with fiscal year 1999, the’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2018, the bien4 nial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; and 

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

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

7 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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

9 or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 

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

11 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse12 quent 2-year period’’; and 

13 (C) in the third sentence by striking 

14 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’. 

15 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG16 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik19 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

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

21 inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

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

23 United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

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

3 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

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

6 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in7 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by 

8 September 30, 2016, meeting the requirements of 

9 subsection (a)’’. 

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

11 39, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

14 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro15 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 

16 2 of the biennial plan’’; 

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

18 the semicolon; 

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

20 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be23 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

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

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

3 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee 

4 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review 

5 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance 

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

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

8 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction 

9 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views 

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

11 of the applicable House.’’. 

12 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

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

14 this section shall take effect on September 30, 2016. 

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

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

17 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub18 mit any plan or report in accordance with the 

19 amendments made by it. 

20 SEC. 208. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS. 

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

22 Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep23 resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 

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1 ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap2 propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 

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

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

5 provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob6 ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 

7 a biennium. 

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

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

10 project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con11 taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 

12 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 

13 funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 

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

15 will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 

16 has been expended.’. 

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

18 set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria19 tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 

20 activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 

21 or amendment thereto.’’. 

22 (2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the Rules of the 

23 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ 

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1 (b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Congres2 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) (as 

3 amended by section 206) is further amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS

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

7 any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropria8 tion bill providing new budget authority or a limitation 

9 on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on 

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

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

12 budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will 

13 require no additional authority beyond one year and will 

14 be completed or terminated after the amount provided has 

15 been expended.’’. 

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

17 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 

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

19 section 316 the following new item: 

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

20 SEC. 209. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STAND21 ING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE 

22 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

23 (a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA24 TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of 

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1 out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency 

2 which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju3 risdiction of such committee shall provide to such com4 mittee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and 

5 assistance as may be requested by the chairman and rank6 ing minority member of the committee. 

7 (b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM

8 ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of 

9 the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 

10 out its responsibilities, the head of any agency shall fur11 nish to such committee documentation, containing infor12 mation received, compiled, or maintained by the agency 

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

14 or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support 

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

16 chairman and ranking minority member of such com17 mittee. 

18 (c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With19 in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair20 man and ranking minority member of a standing com21 mittee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed 

22 and studied by such committee under this section, the 

23 Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish to 

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1 such program which the Comptroller General has com2 pleted during the preceding six years. 

3 (d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with 

4 their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen5 eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres6 sional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congres7 sional Research Service shall continue to furnish (con8 sistent with established protocols) to each standing com9 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such 

10 information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chair11 man and ranking minority member may request to assist 

12 the committee in conducting reviews and studies of pro13 grams under this section. 

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

15 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

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

17 Budget shall— 

18 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of 

19 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the 

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

21 fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on 

22 the 2-year period; and 

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1 tives and the Senate and the Committee on Rules of 

2 the House of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 211. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 114TH 

4 CONGRESS. 

5 (a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

6 YEAR 2016.—The budget submission of the President 

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

8 Code, for fiscal year 2016 shall include the following: 

9 (1) An identification of the budget accounts for 

10 which an appropriation should be made for each fis11 cal year of the fiscal year 2016–2017 biennium. 

12 (2) Budget authority that should be provided 

13 for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts 

14 identified under paragraph (1). 

15 (b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COM16 MITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committee on Ap17 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen18 ate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection 

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

20 year 2016 and include its recommendations thereon in its 

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

22 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that 

23 budget submission. 

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1 Representatives and the Senate shall review the items in2 cluded pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submis3 sion of the President for fiscal year 2016 and the rec4 ommendations submitted by the Committee on Appropria5 tions of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in 

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

7 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

9 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 

10 the budget for fiscal year 2016 and the joint explanatory 

11 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 

12 also include allocations to the Committee on Appropria13 tions of its House of total new budget authority and total 

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

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

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

17 for fiscal year 2017 from which the Committee on Appro18 priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal 

19 year 2014 that include funding for certain accounts for 

20 each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017. 

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

22 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 

23 the budget for fiscal year 2016 and the joint explanatory 

24 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 


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1 also include the assumptions upon which such allocations 

2 referred to in paragraph (2) are based. 

3 (d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT ASSIST4 ANCE.—(1) During the first session of the 114th Congress 

5 the committees of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate are directed to work with the Comptroller General 

7 of the United States to develop plans to transition pro8 gram authorizations to a multi-year schedule. 

9 (2) During the 114th Congress, the Comptroller Gen10 eral of the United States will continue to provide assist11 ance to the Congress with respect to programmatic over12 sight and in particular will assist the committees of Con13 gress in designing and conforming programmatic oversight 

14 procedures for the fiscal year 2016–2017 biennium. 

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

16 January 15, 2016, the Director of the Congressional 

17 Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate 

18 committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, 

19 shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all pro20 grams and activities funded during fiscal year 2016 for 

21 which authorizations for appropriations have not been en22 acted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activi23 ties funded during fiscal year 2016 for which authoriza24 tions for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, 

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1 (f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

2 YEAR 2017.—The budget submission of the President 

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

4 Code, for fiscal year 2017 shall include an evaluation of, 

5 and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial 

6 budget process for the fiscal year 2016–2017 biennium 

7 that was carried out pursuant to this section. 

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

9 March 31, 2016, the Director of the Congressional Budget 

10 Office shall submit to Congress an evaluation of, and rec11 ommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget 

12 process for the fiscal year 2016–2017 biennium that was 

13 carried out pursuant to this section. 

14 SEC. 212. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

15 Except as provided by sections 207, 209, 210, and 

16 211, this Act and the amendments made by it shall take 

17 effect on January 1, 2017, and shall apply to budget reso18 lutions and appropriations for the biennium beginning 

19 with fiscal year 2018. 

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