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Union Calendar No. 492 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1869 

[Report No. 113–382, Part I] 

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 

MARCH 21, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on the Budget with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

MARCH 21, 2014 

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform discharged 

MARCH 21, 2014 

Referral to the Committee on Rules extended for a period ending not later 

than September 12, 2014 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 

Referral to the Committee on Rules extended for a period ending not later 

than December 11, 2014 

DECEMBER 11, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. HUIZENGA of 

Michigan, Mr. MULVANEY, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. YOHO, 

Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. YOUNG

of Indiana, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 

LIPINSKI, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, 


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Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. MESSER, Mr. ENYART, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. COOK, 

Mr. GIBSON, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 

WELCH, Mr. GARRETT, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. KIND, Mr. RADEL, Mr. 

NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. REED, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. HURT, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. HALL, Mr. 

PETRI, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. HARTZLER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 

PETERSON, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. BARTON, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 

LAMALFA, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 

DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. HANNA, Mr. 

BERA of California, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. PETERS of 

California, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. 

GABBARD, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BARROW of 

Georgia, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. KUSTER, 

Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. TERRY, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. 

PERRY, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. 

KILMER, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. BARR, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. BENISHEK, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. COLLINS

of New York, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. 

CRAMER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. JONES, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

STIVERS, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. STEWART, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. 

WALDEN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. RENACCI, 

Mr. TIPTON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. WALZ, Mr. AMODEI, Mrs. ELLMERS, 

Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. GARDNER, 

Mrs. NOEM, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. DESANTIS, 

Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. DAINES, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 

MCCAUL, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. GARCIA, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. POLIS, Mr. SEAN

PATRICK MALONEY of New York, and Mr. SCALISE

DECEMBER 11, 2014 

The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 8, 2013] 

A BILL 

To establish biennial budgets for the United States 

Government. 


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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 2014’’. 

6 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL 

7 BUDGET PROCESS 

8 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

9 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres10 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 

11 amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg13 etary process; 

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

15 the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex16 penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 

17 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

18 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound19 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following new paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(12) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean22 ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

24 Act of 1985. 


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

2 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 

3 any odd-numbered year.’’. 

4 SEC. 103. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 

5 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

6 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘TIMETABLE

8 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the congres9 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 

10 the One Hundred Fourteenth Fifteenth Congress) is as fol11 lows: 

‘‘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.’’. 


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1 SEC. 104. BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE 

2 BUDGET. 

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

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

5 is amended— 

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

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

8 inserting ‘‘April 15 of each odd-numbered 

9 year’’; 

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

11 October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap12 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on 

13 October 1 of such year’’; 

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

15 October 1 of such year’’ the second place it ap16 pears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such 

17 period’’; and 

18 (D) striking ‘‘each of the four 4 ensuing 

19 fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 

20 the next 2 bienniums’’; 

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

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(4) subtotals of new budget authority and out24 lays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense 

25 discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and 


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1 other health-related spending, other direct spending 

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

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

4 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien5 nium’’; and 

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

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien8 nium’’. 

9 (b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN CONCURRENT RESO10 LUTION.—Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act 

11 of 1974 is amended— 

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

13 paragraphs (6) through (9); 

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

15 and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respec16 tively; 

17 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by strik18 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 

19 fiscal year in such biennium’’; and 

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

21 and inserting the following: 

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

23 such other procedures, relating to the budget as may 

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

25 but shall not include a suspension or alteration of 


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1 the application of the motion to strike a provision as 

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

3 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by strik4 ing the semicolon and inserting a period. 

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

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

7 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

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

9 House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans, 

10 performance plans, and performance reports required 

11 under section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sec12 tions 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, of 

13 all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each 

14 committee may provide its views on such plans or reports 

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

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

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

18 amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

21 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

22 (B) by inserting after the second sentence 

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

24 odd-numbered year, the Committee on the 

25 Budget of each House shall report to its House 


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1 the concurrent resolution on the budget referred 

2 to in subsection (a) for the biennium beginning 

3 on October 1 of that year.’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

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

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

8 (B) before subparagraph (B) (as redesig9 nated), by inserting the following new subpara10 graph: 

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

12 each major functional category, based on alloca13 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 

14 subsection (a)(1);’’; 

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

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

17 spending’’; 

18 (D) after subparagraph (C) (as redesig19 nated), by inserting the following new subpara20 graph: 

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

22 the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority 

23 and outlays for nondefense discretionary spend24 ing, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, 

25 Medicaid and other health-related spending, 


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1 other direct spending (excluding interest), social 

2 security and other major functional categories, 

3 as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in 

4 such resolution as a percentage of the gross do5 mestic product of the United States;’’; and 

6 (E) after subparagraph (F) (as redesig7 nated), by inserting the following new subpara8 graph: 

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

10 budget includes any allocation to a committee 

11 other than the Committee on Appropriations of 

12 levels in excess of current law levels, a justifica13 tion for not subjecting any program, project, or 

14 activity (for which the allocation is made) to 

15 annual discretionary appropriations;’’; and 

16 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

17 (A)(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

18 and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec19 tively; 

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

21 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

22 subparagraph (D); and 

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

24 subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and insert25 ing ‘‘; and’’; 


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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);’’; and 

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

9 new subparagraph: 

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

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

12 of the Congress, the goals for reducing unem13 ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em14 ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 

15 (e) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—Sec16 tion 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

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

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

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

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

21 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’. 

23 (g) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of sec24 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 


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1 amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIEN2 NIAL’’. 

3 (h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to sec4 tion 301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 

5 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 

6 Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘Biennial’’. 

8 SEC. 105. COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS. 

9 Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

10 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 

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

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

14 in the biennium,’’; 

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

16 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov17 ered by the resolution’’; and 

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

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

20 in the biennium’’; 

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

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

23 (a)(1)’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (f)(1)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in2 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’; 

5 and 

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

7 reported’’; 

8 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 

9 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

13 the resolution’’; and 

14 (5) by striking subsection (g). 

15 SEC. 106. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA16 TIONS. 

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

18 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 

19 315 the following new section: 

20 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

22 of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure 

23 that contains an authorization of appropriations for any 

24 purpose unless the measure includes such an authorization 

25 of appropriations for that purpose for not less than each 

26 fiscal year in one or more bienniums. 


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

2 of appropriations is an authorization for the enactment 

3 of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed 

4 an amount of appropriations (whether stated as a sum cer5 tain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be necessary) 

6 for any purpose for a fiscal year. 

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

16 means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con17 ference report.’’. 

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con19 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 

20 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in21 serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 

22 new item: 

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


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1 SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES2 SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO EFFEC3 TUATE BIENNIAL BUDGETING. 

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

5 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend6 ed, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end 

7 the following new paragraphs: 

8 ‘‘(12) (14) The term ‘Medicare’ means pro9 grams within budget function 570. 

10 ‘‘(13) (15) The term ‘Medicaid and other 

11 health-related spending’ means programs within 

12 budget function 550. 

13 ‘‘(14) (16) The term ‘other direct spending’ 

14 means programs other than those within budget 

15 functions 550 and 570, excluding Social Security 

16 and net interest.’’. 

17 (b) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

18 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 

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

21 odd-numbered year’’; 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien23 nial’’; 

24 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi25 ennium’’; and 


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

2 odd-numbered year’’. 

3 (c) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

4 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended— 

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

7 year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien9 nial’’; and 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi11 ennium’’. 

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

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

14 amended— 

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

16 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in17 serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 

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

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

20 year covered by such resolution’’; and 

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

22 subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

23 (e) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 


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1 (1) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

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

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

4 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in5 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 

8 year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

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

12 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 

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

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

15 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

16 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

18 the first place it appears and inserting 

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

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

21 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘all fiscal years’’. 

23 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 

24 311(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

25 is amended by— 


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

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

3 and 

4 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu5 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 

6 years’’. 

7 (4) EXCEPTION.—Section 311(c) of the Con8 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by insert9 ing ‘‘with respect to new budget authority or out10 lays’’ after ‘‘shall not apply’’. 

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

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

13 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended— 

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

15 ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien18 nium’’; 

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

20 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien21 nium’’; and 

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

23 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli24 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) (b) 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) (c) SECTION 308(a).—Section 308(a)(3)(C) of 

20 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed. 

21 (e) (d) SECTION 308(d).—Section 308(d) of the Con22 gressional 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 Fifteenth Congress, the President shall trans18 mit to the Congress the budget for the biennium beginning 

19 on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget trans20 mitted under this subsection shall include a budget mes21 sage and summary and supporting information. The 

22 President shall include in each budget submission the fol23 lowing:’’. 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

8 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

9 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 

10 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 year in the biennium’’. 

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

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

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

23 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

24 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

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

2 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

3 submitted’’. 

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

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

7 in the biennium’’. 

8 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 

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

10 amended— 

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

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

13 in the biennium following the biennium’’; 

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

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

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

19 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section 

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

21 amended— 

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

23 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com24 pleted fiscal years,’’; 


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

3 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 

5 (11) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO

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

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

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

9 fiscal year 2016 2017, a biennial’’. 

10 (12) INFORMATION SUPPORTING BIENNIAL

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

12 States Code, is amended by redesignating the second 

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

14 the end the following new paragraphs: 

15 ‘‘(40) Totals of new budget authority and out16 lays. 

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

18 if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal reve19 nues should be increased or decreased by bills and 

20 resolutions to be reported by the appropriate com21 mittees. 

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

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

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1 fense discretionary spending, direct spending (ex2 cluding interest), contingencies, and net interest. 

3 ‘‘(44) The public debt.’’. 

4 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

8 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE9 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 

10 Code, is amended— 

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

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

13 the biennium for’’; 

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

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

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

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

18 each year of the biennium’’. 

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

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

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

22 new paragraph: 

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

24 message and summary and supporting information and, 

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

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

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

4 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 

5 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

7 to which such budget relates’’. 

8 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

9 CHANGES.— 

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

11 United States Code, is amended— 

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

13 by— 

14 (i) inserting ‘‘and before February 1 

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

16 July 16 of each year’’; and 

17 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘biennium’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis20 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 

21 such biennium’’; 

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

23 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting 

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

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

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

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

4 United States Code, is amended by— 

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

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

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

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

9 16 of each year’’. 

10 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVI11 TIES ESTIMATES.— 

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

13 31, United States Code, is amended— 

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

15 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be16 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At 

17 the same time the budget required by section 

18 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 

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

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

21 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 

22 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘before March 1 of each year’’ and in24 serting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget 

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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 2017, the 

22 biennial’’ 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 2016’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (b)— 

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

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

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

19 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

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

21 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add22 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep23 tember 30, 2014 2016, meeting the requirements of 

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

2 amended— 

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

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

5 2016’’; 

6 (B) in subsection (b), by— 

7 (i) striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and in8 serting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

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

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

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

12 a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2014 

13 2016, meeting the requirements of subsection (a)’’ 

14 before the period. 

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

16 39, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

19 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro20 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 

21 2 of the biennial plan’’; 

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

23 the semicolon; 

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

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

2 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be3 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

4 budget cycle.’’. 

5 TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE 

6 SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

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

9 immediately before noon January 3, 2015 2017. 

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

11 303 shall take effect on September 30, 2014 2016. 


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Union Calendar No. 492 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1869 

[Report No. 113–382, Part I] 

A BILL 

To establish biennial budgets for the United States 

Government. 

DECEMBER 11, 2014 

The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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