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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1869 

To establish biennial budgets for the United States Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 8, 2013 

Mr. RIBBLE (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. POCAN, Mr. ROKITA, 

Mr. SCHRADER, and Mr. DUFFY) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 establish biennial budgets 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. 

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

5 and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2013’’. 


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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL 

2 BUDGET PROCESS 

3 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

4 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres5 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 

6 amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg8 etary process; 

9 ‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination biennially of 

10 the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex11 penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 

12 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

13 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

14 is amended by adding at the end the following new para15 graphs: 

16 ‘‘(12) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean17 ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 

18 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

19 Act of 1985. 

20 ‘‘(13) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 

21 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 

22 any odd-numbered year.’’. 

23 SEC. 103. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 

24 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

25 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘TIMETABLE

2 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the congres3 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 

4 the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress) is as follows: 

‘‘First Session 

On or before: Action to be completed: 

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

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

to Budget Committees. 

Not later than 6 weeks after 

budget submission.

Committees submit views and estimates to 

Budget Committees. 

April 1 ....................................... Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget. 

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

May 15 ....................................... Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives. 

June 10 ...................................... House Appropriations Committee reports last 

biennial appropriation bill. 

June 15 ...................................... Congress completes action on reconciliation 

legislation. 

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

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

‘‘Second Session 

On or before: Action to be completed: 

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

Not later than 6 weeks after 

President submits budget review.

Congressional Budget Office submits report 

to Budget Committees.’’. 

5 SEC. 104. BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE 

6 BUDGET. 

7 (a) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 301(a) of 

8 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by— 


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1 (A) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘April 15 of each odd-numbered 

3 year’’; 

4 (B) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 

5 October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on 

7 October 1 of such year’’; 

8 (C) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 

9 October 1 of such year’’ the second place it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such 

11 period’’; and 

12 (D) striking ‘‘each of the four ensuing fis13 cal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the 

14 next 2 bienniums’’; 

15 (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(4) subtotals of new budget authority and out18 lays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense 

19 discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and 

20 other health-related spending, other direct spending 

21 (excluding interest), and net interest;’’; 

22 (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal 

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien24 nium’’; and 


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

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien3 nium’’. 

4 (b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN CONCURRENT RESO5 LUTION.—Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act 

6 of 1974 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking paragraph (1), and by striking 

8 paragraphs (6) through (9); 

9 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

10 and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respec11 tively; 

12 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by strik13 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 

14 fiscal year in such biennium’’; and 

15 (4) by striking paragraph (3), as redesignated, 

16 and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) set forth such other matters, and require 

18 such other procedures, relating to the budget as may 

19 be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, 

20 but shall not include a suspension or alteration of 

21 the application of the motion to strike a provision as 

22 set forth in section 310(d)(2) or (h)(2)(F).’’. 

23 (c) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 301(d) 

24 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

25 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 


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1 new sentences: ‘‘Each committee of the Senate or the 

2 House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans, 

3 performance plans, and performance reports required 

4 under section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sec5 tions 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, of 

6 all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each 

7 committee may provide its views on such plans or reports 

8 to the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House.’’. 

9 (d) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—Section 301(e) of the 

10 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

14 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

15 (B) by inserting after the second sentence 

16 the following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each 

17 odd-numbered year, the Committee on the 

18 Budget of each House shall report to its House 

19 the concurrent resolution on the budget referred 

20 to in subsection (a) for the biennium beginning 

21 on October 1 of that year.’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

24 (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs 

25 (B), (C), (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively; 


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1 (B) before subparagraph (B) (as redesig2 nated), by inserting the following new subpara3 graph: 

4 ‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 

5 each major functional category, based on alloca6 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 

7 subsection (a)(1);’’; 

8 (C) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 

9 by striking ‘‘mandatory’’ and inserting ‘‘direct 

10 spending’’; 

11 (D) after subparagraph (C) (as redesig12 nated), by inserting the following new subpara13 graph: 

14 ‘‘(D) total outlays, total Federal revenues, 

15 the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority 

16 and outlays for nondefense discretionary spend17 ing, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, 

18 Medicaid and other health-related spending, 

19 other direct spending (excluding interest), social 

20 security and other major functional categories, 

21 as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in 

22 such resolution as a percentage of the gross do23 mestic product of the United States;’’; and 


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1 (E) after subparagraph (F) (as redesig2 nated), by inserting the following new subpara3 graph: 

4 ‘‘(G) if the concurrent resolution on the 

5 budget includes any allocation to a committee 

6 other than the Committee on Appropriations of 

7 levels in excess of current law levels, a justifica8 tion for not subjecting any program, project, or 

9 activity (for which the allocation is made) to 

10 annual discretionary appropriations;’’; and 

11 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

12 (A)(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

13 and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec14 tively; 

15 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); 

16 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

17 subparagraph (D); and 

18 (iv) by striking the period and the end of 

19 subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and insert20 ing ‘‘; and’’; 

21 (B) before subparagraph (B), by inserting 

22 the following new subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 

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1 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 

2 subsection (a)(1);’’; and 

3 (C) at the end, by adding the following 

4 new subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(E) set forth, if required by subsection 

6 (f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion 

7 of the Congress, the goals for reducing unem8 ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em9 ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 

10 (e) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—Sec11 tion 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

12 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each 

13 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

14 (f) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g)(1) of 

15 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

16 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’. 

18 (g) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of sec19 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIEN21 NIAL’’. 

22 (h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to sec23 tion 301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 

24 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 

25 striking ‘‘Annual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’. 


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1 SEC. 105. COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS. 

2 Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

3 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 

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

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

7 in the biennium,’’; 

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

9 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov10 ered by the resolution’’; and 

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

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

13 in the biennium’’; 

14 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by 

15 striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

16 (a)(1)’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (f)(1)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in19 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and in21 serting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’; 

22 and 

23 (C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as 

24 reported’’; 

25 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 


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1 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

5 the resolution’’; and 

6 (5) by striking subsection (g). 

7 SEC. 106. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA8 TIONS. 

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

10 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 

11 315 the following new section: 

12 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

13 ‘‘SEC. 316. (a) It shall not be in order in the House 

14 of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure 

15 that contains an authorization of appropriations for any 

16 purpose unless the measure includes such an authorization 

17 of appropriations for that purpose for not less than each 

18 fiscal year in one or more bienniums. 

19 ‘‘(b)(1) For purposes of this section, an authorization 

20 of appropriations is an authorization for the enactment 

21 of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed 

22 an amount of appropriations (whether stated as a sum cer23 tain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be necessary) 

24 for any purpose for a fiscal year. 

25 ‘‘(2) Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to 

26 an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 


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1 for any program, project, or activity if the measure con2 taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 

3 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza4 tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 

5 applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse6 quent fiscal year.’. 

7 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘measure’ 

8 means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con9 ference report.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con11 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 

12 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in13 serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 

14 new item: 

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

15 SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES16 SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO EFFEC17 TUATE BIENNIAL BUDGETING. 

18 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 

19 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend20 ed by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(12) The term ‘Medicare’ means programs 

22 within budget function 570. 

23 ‘‘(13) The term ‘Medicaid and other health-re24 lated spending’ means programs within budget func25 tion 550. 


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1 ‘‘(14) The term ‘other direct spending’ means 

2 programs other than those within budget functions 

3 550 and 570, excluding Social Security and net in4 terest.’’. 

5 (b) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

6 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of the Congres7 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 

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

9 odd-numbered year’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien11 nial’’; 

12 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi13 ennium’’; and 

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

15 odd-numbered year’’. 

16 (c) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

17 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered calendar 

20 year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien22 nial’’; and 

23 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi24 ennium’’. 


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1 (d) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310 of the 

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is 

3 amended— 

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

5 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in6 serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 

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

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

9 year covered by such resolution’’; and 

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

11 subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

12 (e) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 

13 (1) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

14 Section 311(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act 

15 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 

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

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

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 

20 year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

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

24 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 


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

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

3 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

6 the first place it appears and inserting 

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

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

9 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘all fiscal years’’. 

11 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 

12 311(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

13 is amended by— 

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

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

16 and 

17 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu18 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 

19 years’’. 

20 (4) EXCEPTION.—Section 311(c) of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by insert22 ing ‘‘with respect to new budget authority or out23 lays’’ after ‘‘shall not apply’’. 


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1 (f) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF ORDER.— 

2 Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

3 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended— 

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

5 ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien8 nium’’; 

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

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien11 nium’’; and 

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

13 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli14 cable fiscal year’’. 


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1 TITLE II—CONFORMING AMEND2 MENTS TO THE RULES OF 

3 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA4 TIVES, THE BALANCED BUDG5 ET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT 

6 CONTROL ACT OF 1985, AND 

7 THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDG8 ET ACT OF 1974 

9 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 

10 REPRESENTATIVES TO EFFECTUATE BIEN11 NIAL BUDGETING. 

12 (a) Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

13 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following new subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap16 propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 

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

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

19 provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob20 ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 

21 a biennium. 

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

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

24 project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con25 taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 


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1 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 

2 funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 

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

4 will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 

5 has been expended.’. 

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

7 set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria8 tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 

9 activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 

10 or amendment thereto.’’. 

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

12 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd13 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 

14 (c) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

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

16 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

17 (d) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

18 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 

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

20 (e) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

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

22 end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert23 ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding 

24 at the end the following new subparagraph: 


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

2 study issues with long-term budgetary and economic 

3 implications.’’. 

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 ‘‘the submission of the budget by the 

12 President’’; 

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

14 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 

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

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

17 (h) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep18 resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’. 

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

21 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘during the 

22 same or preceding fiscal year’’. 

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

24 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘five’’ 

25 both places it appears and inserting ‘‘six’’. 


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1 (k) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

2 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

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

4 inserting ‘‘biennium after September 15 of the calendar 

5 year in which such biennium begins’’. 

6 SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES7 SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974. 

8 (a) SECTION 202(e).—Section 202(e)(1)(C) of the 

9 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes assumed to be extended 

11 under section 257(b)(2)(C)’’. 

12 (b) SECTION 302(a)(1).—Section 302(a)(1) of the 

13 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘(except in the case of the Committee on Appropriations 

15 only for the fiscal year of that resolution)’’. 

16 (c) SECTION 302(f)(1).—Section 302(f)(1) of the 

17 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 

18 ‘‘or outlays’’ after ‘‘new budget authority’’. 

19 (d) SECTION 308(a).—Section 308(a)(3)(C) of the 

20 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed. 

21 (e) SECTION 308(d).—Section 308(d) of the Congres22 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘252(d)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘252(c)’’. 


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1 TITLE III—CONFORMING 

2 AMENDMENTS TO TITLES 1, 5, 

3 31, AND 39, UNITED STATES 

4 CODE 

5 SEC. 301. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE 

6 OF APPROPRIATION ACTS. 

7 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend8 ed to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriation Acts 

10 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria11 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol12 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations [here insert the ob13 ject] for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 

14 [here insert the fiscal years of the biennium].’. 

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

16 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium 

17 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided 

18 for each fiscal year in such period. 

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

20 has the same meaning as in section 3(13) of the Congres21 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

22 U.S.C. 622(13)).’’. 


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1 SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 

2 CODE. 

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

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new paragraph: 

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

7 term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Congres8 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

9 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’. 

10 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

11 CONGRESS.— 

12 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para13 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

14 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Tuesday in February of 

16 each odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hundred 

17 Fourteenth Congress, the President shall transmit to the 

18 Congress the budget for the biennium beginning on Octo19 ber 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under 

20 this subsection shall include a budget message and sum21 mary and supporting information. The President shall in22 clude in each budget submission the following:’’. 

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

4 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis5 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 

6 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

7 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

8 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 

9 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 

10 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

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

13 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI14 TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 

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

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

17 year in the biennium’’. 

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

19 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 

20 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi21 ennium’’. 

22 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

23 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

24 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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


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1 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

2 submitted’’. 

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

4 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 

6 in the biennium’’. 

7 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 

8 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

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

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

12 in the biennium following the biennium’’; 

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

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

15 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis16 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi17 ennium’’. 

18 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section 

19 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

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

22 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com23 pleted fiscal years,’’; 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 


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1 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 

3 (11) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO

4 CONGRESS.—Section 1105(a)(28) of title 31, United 

5 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning with 

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

7 fiscal year 2016, a biennial’’. 

8 (12) INFORMATION SUPPORTING BIENNIAL

9 BUDGETS.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

10 States Code, is amended by redesignating the second 

11 paragraph (37) as paragraph (39) and by adding at 

12 the end the following new paragraphs: 

13 ‘‘(40) Totals of new budget authority and out14 lays. 

15 ‘‘(41) Total Federal revenues and the amount, 

16 if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal reve17 nues should be increased or decreased by bills and 

18 resolutions to be reported by the appropriate com19 mittees. 

20 ‘‘(42) The surplus or deficit in the budget. 

21 ‘‘(43) Subtotals of new budget authority and 

22 outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, de23 fense discretionary spending, direct spending (ex24 cluding interest), contingencies, and net interest. 

25 ‘‘(44) The public debt.’’. 


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1 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

4 and inserting ‘‘each even-numbered year’’. 

5 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE6 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 

7 Code, is amended— 

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

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

10 the biennium for’’; 

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

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

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

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

15 each year of the biennium’’. 

16 (e) ADDITIONAL OUTYEAR DATA.—Section 1105(d) 

17 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

18 ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’ and by adding at the end the following 

19 new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(2) Each budget submission shall include a budget 

21 message and summary and supporting information and, 

22 as a separately delineated statement, the levels requires 

23 in paragraphs (40) through (44) of subsection (a) for at 

24 least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years after the biennium 

25 covered by the budget submission under such subsection.’’. 


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1 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 

2 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

4 to which such budget relates’’. 

5 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

6 CHANGES.— 

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

8 United States Code, is amended— 

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

10 by— 

11 (i) inserting ‘‘and before February 1 

12 of each even-numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before 

13 July 16 of each year’’; and 

14 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘biennium’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis17 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 

18 such biennium’’; 

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

20 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘at least 4 fiscal years following the biennium’’; 

22 and 

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

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

2 United States Code, is amended by— 

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

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

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

6 each even-numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before July 

7 16 of each year’’. 

8 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVI9 TIES ESTIMATES.— 

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

11 31, United States Code, is amended— 

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

13 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be14 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At 

15 the same time the budget required by section 

16 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 

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

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

19 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 

20 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

22 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis23 sion for each odd-numbered year’’. 


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1 (i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG2 ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code, 

3 is amended by— 

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

5 31’’; and 

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

7 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre8 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be9 gins’’. 

10 (j) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, 

11 United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

14 striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a bien15 nial’’; 

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

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

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

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

20 after the semicolon; 

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

22 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 

23 after the inserted semicolon; and 

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

3 budget cycle.’’; 

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

5 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

6 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik7 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

8 (k) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG9 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik12 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

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

14 inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

15 (l) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI16 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re17 lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Be20 ginning with fiscal year 1999, the’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2016, the bien22 nial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; and 

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

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

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

2 or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 

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

4 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse5 quent 2-year period’’; and 

6 (C) in the third sentence by striking 

7 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’. 

8 SEC. 303. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 

9 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 

10 (a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—(1) Section 306 of title 5, 

11 United States Code, is amended— 

12 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 

13 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (b)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’ 

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

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

19 (C) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma 

20 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add21 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep22 tember 30, 2014, meeting the requirements of sub23 section (a)’’. 

24 (2) Section 2802 of title 39, United States Code, is 

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

2 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’; 

3 (B) in subsection (b), by— 

4 (i) striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and in5 serting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

6 (ii) striking ‘‘at least every three years’’ 

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

8 (C) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, including 

9 a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2014, 

10 meeting the requirements of subsection (a)’’ before 

11 the period. 

12 (b) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title 

13 39, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

16 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro17 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 

18 2 of the biennial plan’’; 

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

20 the semicolon; 

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

22 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

3 budget cycle.’’. 

4 TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE 

5 SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection 

7 (b), the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

8 immediately before noon January 3, 2015. 

9 (b) EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by section 

10 303 shall take effect on September 30, 2014. 

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