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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 252

To improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal

Government, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. HAMILTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and, in addition, to the Committees on Government Reform and Oversight, House Oversight, and Budget, for a period to be

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdication of the committee concerned

A BILL

To improve the operations of the legislative branch of the

Federal Government, and for other purposes.

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 ‘‘Legislative Reorganization Act of 1995’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Rulemaking power of Senate and House.

TITLE I—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Sec. 101. Scheduling.

Sec. 102. Committee reports.

Sec. 103. Notice of jurisdictional violations.

Sec. 104. Independent investigations and factfinding for ethics investigations.

Sec. 105. Use of independent factfinders by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

Sec. 106. Staff training.

Sec. 107. Availability of legislative information.

Sec. 108. Public understanding of Congress.

Sec. 109. House-senate staff salary parity.

Sec. 110. Expansion of unauthorized appropriations points of order.

Sec. 111. Recodification of Rules of the House of Representatives.

TITLE II—SENATE

TITLE III—JOINT HOUSE AND SENATE MATTERS

Subtitle A—Congressional Budget Process

CHAPTER I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING

Sec. 301. Revision of timetable.

Sec. 302. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

Act of 1974.

Sec. 303. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.

Sec. 304. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations Acts.

Sec. 305. Conforming amendments to Rules of House of Representatives.

Sec. 306. Multiyear authorizations.

CHAPTER 2—ADDITIONAL BUDGET PROCESS CHANGES

Sec. 321. CBO reports to budget committees.

Sec. 322. GNP budget analysis; fiscal and budget policy reports.

Sec. 323. Government-wide review.

Sec. 324. Content of budget resolutions.

CHAPTER 3—EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 331. Effective date; application.

Subtitle B—Staffing and Instrumentalities

Sec. 341. Authorization and funding of certain congressional instrumentalities.

Sec. 342. Coordination of legislative branch services.

Sec. 343. Competitive bidding for legislative branch services and facilities.

Subtitle C—Miscellaneous

Sec. 351. Sunset agency reporting requirements.

Sec. 352. Joint Committee on Information Management.

Subtitle D—Budget Control

Sec. 361. Short title; purpose.

Sec. 362. Establishment of direct spending targets.

Sec. 363. Annual review of direct spending and receipts by president.

Sec. 364. Special direct spending message by President.

Sec. 365. Required response by Congress.
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Sec. 366. Adjustments to direct spending targets.

Sec. 367. Relationship to Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985.

Sec. 368. Estimating margin.

Sec. 369. Consideration of appropriation bills.

Sec. 370. Means-tested programs.

Sec. 371. Effective date.

1 SEC. 2. RULEMAKING POWER OF SENATE AND HOUSE.

2 The provisions of this Act (as applicable) are enacted

3 by the Congress—

4 (1) insofar as applicable to the House of Rep5 resentatives, as an exercise of the rulemaking power

6 of the House of Representatives, subject to and with

7 full recognition of the power of the House of Rep8 resentatives to enact or change any rule of the

9 House at any time in its exercise of its constitutional

10 right to determine the rules of its proceedings; and

11 (2) insofar as applicable to the Senate, as an

12 exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and,

13 to the extent so applicable, those sections are

14 deemed a part of the Standing Rules of the Senate,

15 superseding other individual rules of the Senate only

16 to the extent that those sections are inconsistent

17 with those other individual Senate rules, subject to

18 and with full recognition of the power of the Senate

19 to enact or change any rule of the Senate at any

20 time in its exercise of its constitutional right to de21 termine the rules of its proceedings.
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1 TITLE I—HOUSE OF

2 REPRESENTATIVES

3 SEC. 101. SCHEDULING.

4 (a) LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE.—It is

5 the sense of the House of Representatives that there

6 should be established a schedule of legislative activities of

7 the House that—

8 (1) provides for 4 full days of legislative busi9 ness per week while the House is in session;

10 (2) sets aside specific periods exclusively for

11 floor proceedings and exclusively for committee

12 meetings and hearings;

13 (3) rationalizes the scheduling of committee and

14 subcommittee meetings and hearings to minimize

15 scheduling conflicts; and

16 (4) encourages the use of computerized schedul17 ing to minimize such conflicts and requires that the

18 House Information Systems provide training to com19 mittee and subcommittee staff on the use of comput20 erized scheduling.

21 (b) NOTIFICATION OF COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMIT22 TEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS.—Clause 2(g)(3) of rule

23 XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amend24 ed—
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1 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘committee

2 hearing’’ and inserting ‘‘committee or subcommittee

3 meeting or hearing’’;

4 (2) in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘meeting

5 or’’ before ‘‘hearing.’’; and

6 (3) in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘meet7 ing or’’ before ‘‘hearing’’.

8 SEC. 102. COMMITTEE REPORTS.

9 ‘‘Clause 3 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of

10 Representatives is amended to read as follows:

11 ‘‘3. A report from any committee accompanying any

12 bill authorizing or providing obligational authority or tax

13 expenditures (as defined by section 3(3) of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974), or the joint explanatory state15 ment accompanying a conference report on any bill au16 thorizing or providing obligational authority or tax ex17 penditures shall contain a concise statement—

18 ‘‘(1) describing fully the effect of any provision

19 of the accompanying bill or conference report which

20 directly or indirectly changes the application of ex21 isting laws; and

22 ‘‘(2) in a separate, clearly identifiable part of

23 the report or joint explanatory statement, list each

24 item in the accompanying bill (or that report) or

25 conference report (or that joint explanatory state-
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1 ment) that earmarks the required use of funds below

2 the appropriation account level or provides a specific

3 tax expenditure.’’.

4 SEC. 103. NOTICE OF JURISDICTIONAL VIOLATIONS.

5 Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa6 tives is amended by adding at the end the following new

7 clause:

8 ‘‘8. (a) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations

9 orders reported any general appropriation bill which in10 cludes any provision in violation of clause 2 or 6 and with11 in the jurisdiction of any other standing committee, it

12 shall immediately notify that committee.

13 ‘‘(b) Whenever any other committee of the House or14 ders reported any bill or resolution, or amendment thereto,

15 carrying an appropriation from a committee not having

16 jurisdiction to report appropriations in violation of clause

17 5, that committee shall immediately notify the Committee

18 on Appropriations.

19 ‘‘(c) The Committee on Appropriations shall deliver

20 copies of appropriation bills as passed the House with

21 numbered Senate amendments to the appropriate author22 izing committees at least 24 hours before requesting ap23 pointment of conferees thereon unless the Speaker deter24 mines otherwise. The Committee on Appropriations shall,

25 upon the filing of a conference report on an appropriation
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1 measure, deliver copies of the conference report and ac2 companying joint explanatory statement to the appro3 priate authorizing committees at least 24 hours before

4 floor action thereon unless the Speaker determines other5 wise.’’.

6 SEC. 104. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS AND FACTFIND7 ING FOR ETHICS INVESTIGATIONS.

8 (a) APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT PANEL.—(1)

9 The Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Rep10 resentatives shall appoint jointly 20 independent

11 factfinders at the beginning of each Congress to carry out

12 investigations on behalf of the House of Representatives

13 as required by the Committee on Standards of Official

14 Conduct. Independent factfinders appointed under this

15 section may include former Members of Congress, former

16 officers or employees of the Congress, or other private

17 citizens.

18 (2) No individual who engages in, or is otherwise em19 ployed in, lobbying of the Congress and who is required

20 under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act to register

21 with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the

22 Secretary of the Senate shall be considered eligible for ap23 pointment as an independent factfinder under this sub24 section.

25 (b) COMPENSATION OF FACTFINDERS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each independent factfinder

2 shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily

3 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed

4 for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section

5 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day

6 (including travel time) during which the independent

7 factfinder is engaged in the performance of his or

8 her duties under this section.

9 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each independent

10 factfinder shall be allowed travel expenses, including

11 per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized

12 for employees of agencies under subchapter I of

13 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while

14 away from his or her home or regular place of busi15 ness in the performance of his or her duties under

16 this section.

17 SEC. 105. USE OF INDEPENDENT FACTFINDERS BY THE

18 COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL

19 CONDUCT.

20 The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of

21 the House of Representatives shall adopt rules—

22 (1) allowing the committee to decide whether to

23 use, on a case-by-case basis, 4 or 6 independent

24 factfinders appointed in lieu of a 4- or 6-member in-
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1 vestigative subcommittee whenever the committee

2 votes to conduct a preliminary inquiry;

3 (2) providing for the joint selection of 4 or 6

4 independent factfinders by the chairman and rank5 ing minority party member from the pool of 20 inde6 pendent factfinders appointed pursuant to section

7 107(a);

8 (3) providing that whenever independent

9 factfinders are used in lieu of a 4- or 6-member in10 vestigative subcommittee—

11 (A) upon completion of an investigation,

12 the independent factfinders shall report their

13 findings of fact and recommendations, if any, to

14 the committee;

15 (B) if the independent factfinders, by ma16 jority vote, adopt a statement of alleged viola17 tion, the entire committee shall be deemed to be

18 an adjudicatory subcommittee and be governed

19 by the rules adopted by the committee to carry

20 out section 803(d) of the Ethics Reform Act of

21 1989;

22 (4) providing that independent factfinders con23 ducting an investigation pursuant to this subsection

24 shall have the same power to investigate as vested

25 in the investigative subcommittee, subject to the ap-
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1 proval of the chairman and ranking minority party

2 member; and

3 (5) providing that the staff of the committee

4 shall assist the independent factfinders in carrying

5 out their responsibilities.

6 SEC. 106. STAFF TRAINING.

7 It is the sense of the House that the Committee on

8 House Oversight should review the training and orienta9 tion programs currently available for the personal, com10 mittee, and administrative staff of the House, evaluate

11 their overall effectiveness and utility, and develop, admin12 ister, and coordinate a comprehensive training program

13 for House staff employees to enhance their subject exper14 tise, skills, and knowledge so they can better assist the

15 House of Representatives in the discharge of its respon16 sibilities.

17 SEC. 107. AVAILABILITY OF LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION.

18 It is the sense of the House that—

19 (1) the 3-day layover requirement for committee

20 reports on legislation and on conference reports may

21 not be waived unless the legislation and any accom22 panying committee report or conference report have

23 been available to each Member for at least 24 hours

24 prior to its consideration on the House floor;
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1 (2) an amendment to a bill to be considered

2 under suspension of the rules should be printed and

3 available to each Member for at least 24 hours prior

4 to its consideration;

5 (3) committees and conference committees

6 should endeavor to file reports on word processing

7 computer disks to facilitate availability to Members;

8 (4) an internal cable system, a cable channel, or

9 party specific channels should be developed to pro10 vide Members with summaries of the pending legisla11 tion and should be available to Members in their of12 fices, committee hearing rooms, and in the cloak13 rooms;

14 (5) the full text of bills, amendments, reports,

15 Congressional Budget Office cost estimates, General

16 Accounting Office reports, Office of Technology As17 sessment reports, Congressional Research Service re18 ports and Issue Briefs, the Code of Federal Regula19 tions, the annotated Code of Federal Regulations,

20 the Congressional Record, and the Federal Register

21 should be made available to all Members and con22 gressional staff via computer no later than the be23 ginning of the 105th Congress; and

24 (6) appropriate legislative information referred

25 to under paragraph (5) should also be made avail-
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1 able to the public and the Depository Libraries

2 through a low-cost computer connection.

3 SEC. 108. PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF CONGRESS.

4 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that

5 steps should be taken to improve the public’s understand6 ing of Congress and the legislative process by—

7 (1) enhancing floor debate on major national is8 sues and improving the deliberative process on the

9 floor of the House by, for example, implementing

10 Oxford Union-style debates and related innovations;

11 (2) endorsing the efforts of the United States

12 Capitol Preservation Commission to raise private

13 funds for the creation of a congressional education

14 center;

15 (3) creating a central information telephone line

16 to enable citizens to find out such information as the

17 daily floor schedule, committee schedules, bill status

18 information, issue summaries, newly released re19 ports, how to access on-line information, and visitor

20 information;

21 (4) encouraging civic education programs to

22 better inform students, teachers, and citizens in gen23 eral about the legislative process; and

24 (5) encouraging the media galleries to orient

25 new journalists to the galleries and the Capitol and
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1 to set up parliamentary procedure orientations

2 through the Congressional Research Service or some

3 other entity.

4 SEC. 109. HOUSE-SENATE STAFF SALARY PARITY.

5 It is the sense of the House that the Committee on

6 House Oversight and the Committee on Appropriations of

7 the House of Representatives, in consultation with the

8 Committee on Rules and Administration and the Commit9 tee on Appropriations of the Senate, should conduct a

10 study of the salary ranges of House and Senate personal,

11 committee, and administrative staff with a view toward

12 achieving bicameral salary parity for House and Senate

13 staff performing analogous functions.

14 SEC. 110. EXPANSION OF UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIA15 TIONS POINTS OF ORDER.

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

17 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the

18 following new sentence: ‘‘It shall not be in order to con19 sider any provision of a general appropriation bill (except

20 a conference report) that would exceed any applicable au21 thorization level as set forth in any authorization measure

22 as passed by the House.’’.
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1 SEC. 111. RECODIFICATION OF RULES OF THE HOUSE OF

2 REPRESENTATIVES.

3 The Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives

4 shall, at the beginning of the 105th Congress, commence

5 to recodify the Rules of the House of Representatives by

6 clarifying conflicting definitions, eliminating anachro7 nisms, and reorganizing the rules into a more coherent

8 and logical structure. Such recodification shall be com9 pleted prior to the commencement of the 106th Congress.

10 For the purpose of carrying out the recodification, the

11 Parliamentarian may utilize the services of personnel in

12 the Congressional Research Service and the Government

13 Printing Office.

14 TITLE II—SENATE

15 øLanguage to be supplied.¿

16 TITLE III—JOINT HOUSE AND

17 SENATE MATTERS

18 Subtitle A—Congressional Budget

19 Process

20 CHAPTER I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING

21 SEC. 301. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

22 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

23 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

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

5 the One Hundred Fifth 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.

Within 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.

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

biennial appropriation bill.

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

legislation.

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

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

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

May 15 ............................ Congressional Budget Office submits report

to Budget Committees.

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

for the succeeding biennium.

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

7 Congress that begins in any year immediately following

8 a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex9 cept a President who succeeds himself) begins, the follow10 ing dates shall supersede those set forth in subsection (a):
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1 ‘‘(1) First Monday in April, President submits

2 budget recommendations.

3 ‘‘(2) April 20, committees submit views and es4 timates to Budget Committees.

5 ‘‘(3) May 15, Budget Committees report con6 current resolution on the biennial budget.

7 ‘‘(4) June 1, Congress completes action on con8 current resolution on the biennial budget.

9 ‘‘(5) July 1, biennial appropriation bills may be

10 considered in the House.

11 ‘‘(6) July 20, House Appropriations Committee

12 reports last biennial appropriation bill.’’.

13 SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

14 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

16 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

17 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

18 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

19 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

20 (1) Section 3(4) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4))

21 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

22 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

23 (2) Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) is fur24 ther amended by adding at the end the following

25 new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(11) 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) Section 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

7 632(a)) is amended—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’

9 and inserting ‘‘April 15 of each odd-numbered

10 year’’;

11 (B) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

12 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap13 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on

14 October 1 of such year’’;

15 (C) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

16 on October 1 of such year’’ the second place it

17 appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

18 period’’;

19 (D) by striking ‘‘and planning levels for

20 each of the 2 ensuing fiscal years’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘and the appropriate levels for each of the

22 3 ensuing fiscal years’’;

23 (E) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘for the

24 fiscal year of the resolution and for each of the
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1 4’’ and inserting ‘‘for the biennium of the reso2 lution and each of the 3’’; and

3 (F) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘for the

4 fiscal year of the resolution and for each of the

5 4’’ and inserting ‘‘for the biennium of the reso6 lution and each of the 3’’.

7 (2) Section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

8 632(b)) is amended—

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

10 by inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ after ‘‘concurrent

11 resolution on the budget’’; and

12 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘for such

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

14 in such biennium’’.

15 (3) Section 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

16 632(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable,

17 as provided by section 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States

18 Code’’.

19 (4) Section 301(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

20 632(e)) is amended—

21 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘fiscal

22 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

23 (B) by inserting between the second and

24 third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On

25 or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year
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1 (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b))

2 the Committee on the Budget of each House

3 shall report to its House the concurrent resolu4 tion on the budget referred to in subsection (a)

5 for the biennium beginning on October 1 of

6 that year.’’;

7 (C) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘such fis8 cal year,’’ and inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of

9 such biennium,’’; and

10 (D) in paragraph (10) by striking ‘‘the fis11 cal year covered’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium

12 covered’’.

13 (5) Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

14 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

16 (6) Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

17 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’

18 and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’.

19 (7) The section heading of section 301 of such

20 Act is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

22 (8) The table of contents set forth in section

23 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’

24 in the item relating to section 301 and inserting

25 ‘‘Biennial’’.
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1 (d) SECTION 302 COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Sec2 tion 302(a)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(2)) is amend3 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal year of the resolution and for each

4 of the 4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘the bien5 nium of the resolution and each of the 3 succeeding fiscal

6 years’’.

7 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

8 (1) Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

9 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

11 (2) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

12 634(b)) is amended—

13 (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para14 graph (1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ each

15 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

16 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘any cal17 endar year’’ and inserting ‘‘any odd-numbered

18 calendar year (or, if applicable, as provided by

19 section 300(b))’’; and

20 (C) by striking paragraph (2), striking

21 ‘‘(1)’’, and redesignating subparagraphs (A)

22 and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.

23 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO24 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act

25 (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first two places

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

4 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such

5 biennium’’.

6 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

8 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in9 serting ‘‘biennium’’.

10 (h) REPORTS AND SUMMARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL

11 BUDGET ACTIONS.—Section 308(a)(1)(A) of such Act (2

12 U.S.C. 639(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year (or

13 fiscal years)’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

14 (i) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO15 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

16 640) is amended—

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

18 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

19 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘regu20 lar’’; and

21 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi22 ennium’’.

23 (j) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—

24 (1) Section 310(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

25 641(a)) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ in the

2 matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting

3 ‘‘any biennium’’;

4 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fis5 cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting

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

7 (C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘for each

8 fiscal year in such biennium’’ after ‘‘revenues’’.

9 (2) Section 310(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

10 641(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

11 and inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’.

12 (k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

13 (1)(A) Section 311(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

14 642(a)) is amended—

15 (i) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in16 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

18 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

19 year in such biennium’’;

20 (iii) by striking ‘‘during such fiscal year’’

21 and inserting ‘‘during either fiscal year in such

22 biennium’’;

23 (iv) by striking ‘‘revenues for such fiscal

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘revenues for a fiscal

25 year’’; and
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1 (v) by striking ‘‘budget for such fiscal

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

3 year in such biennium’’.

4 (B) Section 311(a)(2)(A) of such Act is amend5 ed—

6 (i) by striking ‘‘for the first’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘for either’’;

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘covering such fiscal year’’

9 and inserting ‘‘covering such biennium’’;

10 (iii) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year cov11 ered’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in such

12 biennium covered’’;

13 (iv) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year plus’’

14 and inserting ‘‘the biennium plus’’; and

15 (v) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘3 fiscal years’’.

17 (2) Section 311(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

18 642(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’

19 the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fis20 cal year in such biennium’’.

21 (l) BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY.—

22 Section 401(b)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 651(b)(2)) is

23 amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the second

24 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for the biennium in which

25 such fiscal year occurs’’.
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1 (m) DATE OF ADJUSTING ALLOCATIONS.—Section

2 603(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 665b) is amended by insert3 ing after ‘‘April 15’’ the following ‘‘(or if section 300(b)

4 applies by June 15th)’’.

5 SEC. 303. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES

6 CODE.

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

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

9 following new paragraph:

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

11 term in paragraph (12) of section 3 of the Congres12 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

13 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’.

14 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

15 CONGRESS.—

16 (1) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31,

17 United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1)

18 thereof is amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

22 beginning with the One Hundred Fifth Congress, the

23 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for

24 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar

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1 include a budget message and summary and supporting

2 information. The President shall include in each budget

3 the following:’’.

4 (2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United

5 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year

6 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

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

8 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit9 ted and in the succeeding 3 years’’.

10 (3) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United

11 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year

12 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

13 years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

14 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit15 ted and in the succeeding 3 years’’.

16 (4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United

17 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

18 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the

19 biennium’’.

20 (5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United

21 States Code, is amended—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in sub23 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

24 in the biennium’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years after that

2 year’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘3 fis3 cal years immediately following the second fiscal

4 year in such biennium’’.

5 (6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United

6 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the

8 biennium’’.

9 (7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United

10 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which

12 the budget is submitted’’.

13 (8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United

14 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

15 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the

16 biennium’’.

17 (9) Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United

18 States Code, is amended—

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

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

21 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

23 and inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis2 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi3 ennium’’.

4 (10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United

5 States Code, is amended—

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

7 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com8 pleted fiscal years’’;

9 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

11 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

13 (11) Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United

14 States Code, is amended—

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

16 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com17 pleted fiscal years’’;

18 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

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

21 it appears and inserting ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

22 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

25 and inserting ‘‘each even-numbered 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 ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it

5 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;

6 (2) by inserting ‘‘or current biennium, as the

7 case may be,’’ after ‘‘current fiscal year’’; and

8 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘that

9 period’’.

10 (e) STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

11 CHANGES.—Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States

12 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘biennium’’.

14 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

15 1105(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

16 striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium to

17 which such budget relates’’.

18 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

19 CHANGES.—

20 (1) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States

21 Code, is amended—

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

23 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien24 nium’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘that fis2 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

3 such biennium’’;

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

5 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘3

6 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

7 (D) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ in paragraph

8 (3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

9 (2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and

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

12 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI13 MATES.—

14 (1) Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States

15 Code, is amended—

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

17 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be18 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

19 the same time the budget required by section

20 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

23 (2) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States

24 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘before March 1 of

25 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the
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1 President’s budget submission for each odd-num2 bered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section

3 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)’’.

4 (i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG5 ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code,

6 is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi8 ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1997)’’;

9 and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘year before the year in which

11 the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal12 endar year preceding the calendar year in which the

13 biennium begins’’.

14 (j) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV15 ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is

16 amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ each place it appears and

18 inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi19 ennium beginning on October 1, 1996, the’’; and

20 (2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it

21 appears.

22 SEC. 304. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE

23 OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

24 (a) TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 105 of

25 title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
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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 the biennium ending September 30 (here insert

6 the odd-numbered calendar year).’.

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(11) of the Congres13 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

14 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

15 (b) CONFORMING CHANGE.—The chapter analysis of

16 chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by

17 inserting ‘‘and style’’ after ‘‘Title’’ in the item relating to

18 section 105.

19 SEC. 305. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF

20 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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

22 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd23 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

24 (b) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House

25 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal
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1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium in which such fiscal

2 year begins’’.

3 (c)(1) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the

4 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘concur5 rent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal year’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget required

7 under section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of

8 1974 for each biennium’’.

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

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

11 end of subparagraph (4), by striking the period and insert12 ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (5), and by adding

13 at the end the following new subparagraph:

14 ‘‘(6) to use the second year of each biennium to

15 study issues with long-term budgetary and economic

16 implications, which would include—

17 ‘‘(A) holding hearings to receive testimony

18 from committees of jurisdiction to identify prob19 lem areas and to report on the results of over20 sight; and

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

22 year, issuing a report to the Speaker which

23 identifies the key issues facing the Congress in

24 the next biennium.’’.
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1 (d) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House

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

3 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

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

5 of Representatives is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘February 25 of each year’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-numbered year (or,

8 if applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the

9 Congressional Budget Act of 1974)’’;

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

11 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

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

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

16 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

17 (g) Subdivision (C) of clause 2(l)(1) of rule XI of the

18 Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed.

19 (h) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House

20 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year if

21 reported after September 15 preceding the beginning of

22 such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium if reported after

23 August 1 of the year in which such biennium begins’’.
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1 SEC. 306. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

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

4 following new section:

5 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

6 ‘‘SEC. 314. (a) It shall not be in order in the House

7 of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint

8 resolution, amendment, or conference report that author9 izes appropriations for a period of less than 2 fiscal years,

10 unless the program, project, or activity for which the

11 funds are to be spent is of less than 2 years duration.

12 ‘‘(b) It shall not be in order in the House of Rep13 resentatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu14 tion, amendment, or conference report that—

15 ‘‘(1) appropriates an amount for a program,

16 project, or activity not authorized by existing law in

17 excess of the amount previously appropriated for

18 such program, project, or activity; or

19 ‘‘(2) appropriates an amount for a program,

20 project, or activity not authorized by law within the

21 2-year period prior to the date of the appropriation.

22 ‘‘(c) By January 2 of each odd-numbered year, each

23 standing committee of the House of Representatives and

24 the Senate shall file a report with its House outlining its

25 oversight activities during the Congress. Each report shall

26 consider the appropriateness of agency missions, the suc-
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1 cess of programs in meeting their goals, and issues to con2 sider when reauthorizing these programs.’’.

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con4 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

5 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by

6 adding after the item relating to section 313 the following

7 new item:

‘‘Sec. 314. Authorizations of appropriations.’’.

8 CHAPTER 2—ADDITIONAL

9 BUDGET PROCESS CHANGES

10 SEC. 321. CBO REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.

11 Section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

12 is amended by—

13 (1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection

14 (d); and

15 (2) inserting after subsection (b) the following:

16 ‘‘(c) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—The Congres17 sional Budget Office shall, as soon as practicable after the

18 completion of each quarter of the fiscal year, prepare an

19 analysis comparing revenues, spending, and the deficit for

20 the current fiscal year to assumptions included in the Con21 gressional budget resolution. In preparing this report, the

22 Congressional Budget Office shall combine actual budget

23 figures to date with projected revenue and spending for

24 the balance of the fiscal year. The Congressional Budget

25 Office shall include any other information in this report
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1 that it deems useful for a full understanding of the current

2 fiscal position of the Federal Government. The reports

3 mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by the

4 Director to the Senate and House Committees on the

5 Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make

6 such reports available to any interested party upon

7 request.’’.

8 SEC. 322. GNP BUDGET ANALYSIS; FISCAL AND BUDGET

9 POLICY REPORTS.

10 (a) GNP BUDGET ANALYSIS.—Section 3(a) of the

11 Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1022(a)) is amended

12 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3), by striking

13 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph

14 (4), and by adding at the end the following new para15 graph:

16 ‘‘(5) a GNP budget analysis comprising—

17 ‘‘(A) a statement of broad policy objectives

18 for the performance of the economy and the al19 location of national output among broad major

20 categories of spending over the next 10 fiscal

21 years; and

22 ‘‘(B) a GNP analysis showing how the cur23 rent national output is allocated among dif24 ferent major categories and how that allocation

25 will be affected in 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years
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1 under the policies the President recommends in

2 pursuit of the statement of objectives.’’.

3 (b) FISCAL POLICY REPORTS.—Not later than 7 days

4 after the President’s submission under section 3(a) of the

5 Employment Act of 1946, the President shall transmit to

6 the Congress written reports setting forth—

7 (1) the President’s long-term budget and fiscal

8 policy goals as set forth in the most recent analysis

9 under section 3(a) of the Employment Act of 1946;

10 (2) other material including a 10-year projec11 tion of Federal revenues by source, outlays by func12 tion, and the Federal budget deficit; international

13 comparisons that would help Congress compare

14 United States taxes, spending, deficits, debt, and al15 location of national output to that of other coun16 tries, especially our international competitors; and

17 program performance indicators to allow Congress to

18 assess the effectiveness of Federal programs in

19 meeting stated objectives.

20 (c) COMMITTEE REVIEW.—Section 301(a) of the Full

21 Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 (15

22 U.S.C. 3131(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘System,’’

23 the following: ‘‘the fiscal and budget policy reports re24 quired under section 322 of the Legislative Reorganization

25 Act of 1993,’’.
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1 SEC. 323. GOVERNMENT-WIDE REVIEW.

2 (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office

3 shall, within 90 days of the enactment of this Act, conduct

4 a review of all Government user fees. This report will set

5 forth the current level of such fees, the dates at which

6 the current fees were established, and any alteration in

7 such fees required to adjust their levels as a result of

8 changes in consumer price levels since the most recent ad9 justment. The Director shall transmit such findings to the

10 Congress and to the President.

11 (b) It shall not be in order in the House of Represent12 atives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution

13 on the budget for the fiscal year beginning the following

14 October 1 after the date of enactment of this Act until

15 the report described in subsection (a) has been received

16 by each House of Congress, and referred to the appro17 priate committees.

18 SEC. 324. CONTENT OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.

19 Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of

20 1974 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (3) through

21 (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively, and by

22 inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:

23 ‘‘(3) total revenue losses attributable to provi24 sions of Federal tax laws which allow a special exclu25 sion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or

26 which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of
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1 tax, or a deferral of tax liability and the aggregate

2 amount by which such total shall be increased or

3 decreased;’’.

4 CHAPTER 3—EFFECTIVE DATE

5 SEC. 331. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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

7 (b), chapter 1 of this subtitle and the amendments made

8 by it shall become effective January 1, 1997, and shall

9 apply to bienniums beginning after September 30, 1997.

10 (b) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—Notwithstanding subsection

11 (a), the provisions of—

12 (1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and

13 (2) title 31, United States Code,

14 (as such provisions were in effect on the day before the

15 effective date of chapter 1 of this subtitle) shall apply to

16 the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1996.

17 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

18 term ‘‘biennium’’ shall have the meaning given to such

19 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congressional

20 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

21 622(11)), as added by section 302(b)(2) of this Act.
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1 Subtitle B—Staffing and

2 Instrumentalities

3 SEC. 341. AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING OF CERTAIN CON4 GRESSIONAL INSTRUMENTALITIES.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the intent of Congress that

6 the General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Of7 fice, Congressional Research Service of the Library of

8 Congress, Government Printing Office, and Office of

9 Technology Assessment shall be authorized for 8 fiscal

10 years in accordance with this section.

11 (b) CYCLE.—The instrumentalities listed in sub12 section (a) shall be authorized by the enactment every

13 eighth year beginning for fiscal year 1997 of an Act to

14 authorize appropriations for those offices for the next 8

15 fiscal years.

16 (c) REPEALERS.—

17 (1) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.—Section

18 736 of title 31, United States Code, is repealed.

19 (2) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.—Section

20 201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2

21 U.S.C. 601(f)) is repealed.

22 (3) CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE.—Any

23 authorization of appropriations for the Congressional

24 Research Service of the Library of Congress in effect

25 on the effective date of this paragraph is repealed.
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1 (4) GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.—Any au2 thorization of appropriations for the Government

3 Printing Office in effect on the effective date of this

4 paragraph is repealed.

5 (5) OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.—

6 Section 12 of the Technology Assessment Act of

7 1972 (2 U.S.C. 481) is repealed.

8 (6) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall

9 take effect with respect to fiscal years beginning

10 with fiscal year 1997.

11 SEC. 342. COORDINATION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SERV12 ICES.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of the sec14 ond session of the 104th Congress, the appropriate com15 mittees of the House and the appropriate committees of

16 the Senate are to study and report to their leadership rec17 ommendations providing for better coordination of the leg18 islative branch services, positions, and entities specified in

19 subsection (b). The study should consider the need for the

20 creation of a bicameral management board to provide such

21 coordination.

22 (b) SERVICES, POSITIONS, AND ENTITIES.—The

23 services, positions, and entities referred to in subsection

24 (a) are (1) printing, (2) recording, (3) photography, (4)

25 guide service, (5) folding and packaging, (6) chaplain, (7)
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1 flag office, (8) parking permits, (9) security, (10) Con2 gressional Budget Office, (11) disbursements and receipts,

3 (12) legal services, (13) Architect of the Capitol, (14)

4 maintenance of grounds and buildings, (15) library, (16)

5 drafting services, (17) research, and (18) computer

6 services.

7 SEC. 343. COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR LEGISLATIVE

8 BRANCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of the sec10 ond session of the 104th Congress, the appropriate com11 mittees of the House and the appropriate committees of

12 the Senate are to study and report on the feasibility of

13 providing for competitive bidding for the right to operate

14 the legislative branch facilities and provide the legislative

15 branch services specified in subsection (b). The study is

16 to consider whether the periodic reauthorization of such

17 facilities and services is necessary and the appropriate du18 ration for such reauthorizations.

19 (b) FACILITIES AND SERVICES.—The facilities and

20 services referred to in subsection (a) are (1) barber and

21 beauty shops, (2) gymnasium, (3) health and medical, (4)

22 restaurants, (5) automobile services, and (6) child care.
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1 Subtitle C—Miscellaneous

2 SEC. 351. SUNSET AGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Government

4 Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives

5 and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate

6 shall conduct, with the assistance of the General Account7 ing Office, a comprehensive survey of all statutory report8 ing requirements, soliciting the views of House and Senate

9 standing committees, during the One Hundred Fourth

10 Congress and report legislation on or before December 31,

11 1996, to eliminate obsolete, nonessential, or duplicative re12 ports.

13 (b) 5-Year Period.—The Committee on Government

14 Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives

15 and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate

16 shall establish a uniform and appropriate procedure for

17 requiring agency reports to Congress to expire after 5

18 years, subject to their specific reauthorization, and report

19 legislation by December 31, 1996, to sunset statutory re20 porting requirements.

21 SEC. 352. JOINT COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION MANAGE22 MENT.

23 (a) ABOLITION OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINT24 ING.—Chapter 1 of title 44, United States Code, is re25 pealed.
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1 (b) ABOLITION OF JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS

2 ON THE LIBRARY.—Sections 223 and 224 of the Legisla3 tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 132B and 133)

4 are repealed.

5 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IN6 FORMATION MANAGEMENT.—(1) There is established a

7 Joint Committee on Information Management (hereafter

8 in this section referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’).

9 (2) The Committee shall be composed of 10 members

10 as follows:

11 (A) 5 members from the Committee on House

12 Oversight of the House of Representatives to be ap13 pointed by the Speaker and 5 members of the Rules

14 and Administration of the Senate to be appointed by

15 lll.

16 (d) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall—

17 (1) coordinate information management for

18 Congress;

19 (2) establish standards and applications policies

20 for Congress and its support agencies for informa21 tion technologies, including telecommunications, elec22 tronic files and indexing, publishing, and informa23 tion dissemination within Congress and to the public

24 pursuant to chapters 17 and 19 of title 44, United

25 States Code;
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1 (3) ensure dissemination of executive branch in2 formation to the public as provided in title 44, Unit3 ed States Code; and

4 (4) carry out all functions heretofore carried

5 out by the Joint Committee on Printing and the

6 Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.

7 (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Effective upon the

8 effective date of this section, all functions of the Joint

9 Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Con10 gress on the Library except those functions carried out

11 by the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library related

12 to the supervision of the Botanic Garden and the Capitol

13 art collection, which shall be transferred to the Committee

14 on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and

15 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate,

16 are transferred to the Committee.

17 (f) VACANCIES; CHAIRMANSHIP.—Vacancies in the

18 membership of the Committee shall not affect the power

19 of the remaining members to execute the functions of the

20 Committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as the

21 original selection. The chairmanship and vice chairman22 ship of the Committee shall alternate between the chair23 man of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the

24 Senate and the chairman of the Committee on House

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1 gress. The initial chairman of the Committee shall be the

2 chairman of the Committee on House Oversight and the

3 initial vice chairman shall be the chairman of the Commit4 tee on Rules and Administration.

5 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

6 at the beginning of the One Hundred Fifth Congress.

7 Subtitle D—Budget Control

8 SEC. 361. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.

9 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the

10 ‘‘Budget Control Act of 1995’’.

11 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subtitle is to cre12 ate a mechanism to monitor total costs of direct spending

13 programs, and, in the event that actual or projected costs

14 exceed targeted levels, to require the President and Con15 gress to address adjustments in direct spending.

16 SEC. 362. ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT SPENDING TARGETS.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The initial direct spending targets

18 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1999 shall equal

19 total outlays for all direct spending except net interest and

20 deposit insurance as determined by the Director of the Of21 fice of Management and Budget (hereinafter referred to

22 in this subtitle as the ‘‘Director’’) under subsection (b).

23 (b) INITIAL REPORT BY DIRECTOR.—

24 (1) Not later than 30 days after the date of en25 actment of this Act, the Director shall submit a re-
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1 port to Congress setting forth projected direct

2 spending targets for each of fiscal years 1996

3 through 1999.

4 (2) The Director’s projections shall be based on

5 legislation enacted as of 5 days before the report is

6 submitted under paragraph (1). To the extent fea7 sible, the Director shall use the same economic and

8 technical assumptions used in preparing the concur9 rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1995

10 (H. Con. Res. 218).

11 (c) ADJUSTMENTS.—Direct spending targets shall be

12 subsequently adjusted by the Director under section 386.

13 SEC. 363. ANNUAL REVIEW OF DIRECT SPENDING AND RE14 CEIPTS BY PRESIDENT.

15 As part of each budget submitted under section

16 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the President

17 shall provide an annual review of direct spending and re18 ceipts, which shall include (1) information supporting the

19 adjustment of direct spending targets pursuant to section

20 366, (2) information on total outlays for programs covered

21 by the direct spending targets, including actual outlays for

22 the prior fiscal year and projected outlays for the current

23 fiscal year and the 5 succeeding fiscal years, and (3) infor24 mation on the major categories of Federal receipts, includ25 ing a comparison between the levels of those receipts and
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1 the levels projected as of the date of enactment of this

2 Act.

3 SEC. 364. SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING MESSAGE BY PRESI4 DENT.

5 (a) TRIGGER.—In the event that the information sub6 mitted by the President under section 363 indicates—

7 (1) that actual outlays for direct spending in

8 the prior fiscal year exceeded the applicable direct

9 spending target, or

10 (2) that outlays for direct spending for the cur11 rent or budget year are projected to exceed the ap12 plicable direct spending targets,

13 the President shall include in his budget a special direct

14 spending message meeting the requirements of subsection

15 (b).

16 (b) CONTENTS.—(1) The special direct spending

17 message shall include:

18 (A) An explanation of any adjustments to the

19 direct spending targets pursuant to section 366.

20 (B) An analysis of the variance in direct spend21 ing over the adjusted direct spending targets.

22 (C) The President’s recommendations for ad23 dressing the direct spending overages, if any, in the

24 prior, current, or budget year.
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1 (2) The President’s recommendations may consist of

2 any of the following:

3 (A) Proposed legislative changes to reduce di4 rect spending outlays, increase revenues, or both, in

5 order to recoup or eliminate the overage for the

6 prior, current, and budget years in the current year,

7 the budget year, and the 4 outyears.

8 (B) Proposed legislative changes to reduce di9 rect spending outlays, increase revenues, or both, in

10 order to recoup or eliminate part of the overage for

11 the prior, current, and budget year in the current

12 year, the budget year, and the 4 outyears, accom13 panied by a finding by the President that, because

14 of economic conditions or for other specified reasons,

15 only some of the overage should be recouped or

16 eliminated by direct spending outlay reductions or

17 revenue increases, or both.

18 (C) A proposal to make no legislative changes

19 to recoup or eliminate any overage, accompanied by

20 a finding by the President that, because of economic

21 conditions or for other specified reasons, no legisla22 tive changes are warranted.

23 (3) Any proposed legislative change under paragraph

24 (2) to reduce outlays may include reductions in direct

25 spending.
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1 (c) PROPOSED SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING RESOLU2 TION.—

3 (1) PRESIDENT’S RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE

4 SUBMITTED AS DRAFT RESOLUTION.—If the Presi5 dent recommends reductions consistent with sub6 section (b)(2) (A) or (B), the special direct spending

7 message shall include the text of a special direct

8 spending resolution implementing the President’s

9 recommendations through reconciliation directives

10 instructing the appropriate committees of the House

11 of Representatives and Senate to determine and rec12 ommend changes in laws within their jurisdictions to

13 reduce direct spending outlays or increase revenues

14 by specified amounts. If the President recommends

15 no reductions pursuant to (b)(2)(C), the special di16 rect spending message shall include the text of a

17 special resolution concurring in the President’s rec18 ommendation of no legislative action.

19 (2) RESOLUTION TO BE INTRODUCED IN

20 HOUSE.—Within 10 days after the President’s spe21 cial direct spending message is submitted, the text

22 required by paragraph (1) shall be introduced as a

23 concurrent resolution in the House of Representa24 tives by the chairman of the Committee on the

25 Budget of the House of Representatives without sub-
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1 stantive revision. If the chairman fails to do so, after

2 the tenth day the resolution may be introduced by

3 any Member of the House of Representatives. A con4 current resolution introduced under this paragraph

5 shall be referred to the Committee on the Budget.

6 SEC. 365. REQUIRED RESPONSE BY CONGRESS.

7 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING

8 RESOLUTION.—Whenever the President submits a special

9 direct spending message under section 364, the Committee

10 on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall re11 port, not later than April 15, the concurrent resolution

12 on the budget and include in it a separate title that meets

13 the requirements of subsections (b) and (c).

14 (b) CONTENTS OF SEPARATE TITLE.—The separate

15 title of the concurrent resolution on the budget shall con16 tain reconciliation directives to the appropriate committees

17 of the House of Representatives and Senate to determine

18 and recommend changes in laws within their jurisdictions

19 to reduce direct spending outlays or increase revenues by

20 specified amounts (which in total equal or exceed the re21 ductions recommended by the President, up to the amount

22 of the overage). If this separate title recommends that no

23 legislative changes be made to recoup or eliminate an over24 age, then a statement to that effect shall be set forth in

25 that title.
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1 (c) REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATE VOTE TO IN2 CREASE TARGETS.—If the separate title of a concurrent

3 resolution on the budget proposes to recoup or eliminate

4 less than the entire overage for the prior, current, and

5 budget years, then the Committee on the Budget of the

6 House of Representatives shall report a resolution direct7 ing the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

8 to report legislation increasing the direct spending targets

9 for each applicable year by the full amount of the overage

10 not recouped or eliminated. It shall not be in order in the

11 House of Representatives to consider that concurrent reso12 lution on the budget until the House of Representatives

13 has agreed to the resolution directing the increase in direct

14 spending targets.

15 (d) CONFERENCE REPORTS MUST FULLY ADDRESS

16 OVERAGE.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep17 resentatives to consider a conference report on a concur18 rent resolution on the budget unless that conference report

19 fully addresses the entirety of any overage contained in

20 the applicable report of the President under section 364

21 through reconciliation directives requiring direct spending

22 reductions, revenue increases, or changes in the direct

23 spending targets.

24 (e) PROCEDURE IF HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE

25 FAILS TO REPORT REQUIRED RESOLUTION.—
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1 (1) AUTOMATIC DISCHARGE OF HOUSE BUDGET

2 COMMITTEE.—If a special direct spending resolution

3 is required and the Committee on the Budget of the

4 House of Representatives fails to report a resolution

5 meeting the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)

6 by April 15, then the committee shall be automati7 cally discharged from further consideration of the

8 concurrent resolution reflecting the President’s rec9 ommendations introduced pursuant to section

10 364(c)(2) and the concurrent resolution shall be

11 placed on the appropriate calendar.

12 (2) CONSIDERATION BY HOUSE.—Ten days

13 after the Committee on the Budget of the House of

14 Representatives has been discharged under para15 graph (1), any Member may move that the House

16 proceed to consider the resolution. Such motion shall

17 be highly privileged and not debatable.

18 (f) APPLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

19 ACT.—To the extent that they are relevant and not incon20 sistent with this subtitle, the provisions of title III of the

21 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall apply in the

22 House of Representatives and the Senate to special direct

23 spending resolutions, resolutions increasing targets under

24 subsection (c), and reconciliation legislation reported pur25 suant to directives contained in those resolutions.
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1 SEC. 366. ADJUSTMENTS TO DIRECT SPENDING TARGETS.

2 (a) REQUIRED ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—Prior to

3 the submission of the President’s budget for each of fiscal

4 years 1997 through 1999, the Director shall adjust the

5 direct spending targets in accordance with this section.

6 Any such adjustments shall be reflected in the targets

7 used in the President’s report under section 363 and mes8 sage (if any) under section 364.

9 (b) ADJUSTMENT FOR INCREASES IN BENE10 FICIARIES.—(1) The Director shall adjust the direct

11 spending targets for increases (if any) in actual or pro12 jected numbers of beneficiaries under direct spending pro13 grams for which the number of beneficiaries is a variable

14 in determining costs.

15 (2) The adjustment shall be made by—

16 (A) computing, for each program under para17 graph (1), the percentage change between (i) the an18 nual average number of beneficiaries under that pro19 gram (including actual numbers of beneficiaries for

20 the prior fiscal year and projections for the budget

21 and subsequent fiscal years) to be used in the Presi22 dent’s budget with which the adjustments will be

23 submitted, and (ii) the annual average number of

24 beneficiaries used in the adjustments made by the

25 Director in the previous year (or, in the case of ad26 justments made in 1996, the annual average number
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1 of beneficiaries used in the Director’s initial report

2 under section 362(b));

3 (B) applying the percentages computed under

4 subparagraph (A) to the projected levels of outlays

5 for each program consistent with the direct spending

6 targets in effect immediately prior to the adjust7 ment; and

8 (C) adding the results of the calculations re9 quired by subparagraph (B) to the direct spending

10 targets in effect immediately prior to the adjust11 ment.

12 (3) No adjustment shall be made for any program

13 for a fiscal year in which the percentage increase com14 puted under paragraph (2)(A) is less than or equal to

15 zero.

16 (c) ADJUSTMENTS FOR REVENUE LEGISLATION.—

17 (1) The Director shall adjust the targets as follows—

18 (A) they shall be increased by the amount of

19 any increase in receipts; or

20 (B) they shall be decreased by the amount of

21 any decrease in receipts,

22 resulting from receipts legislation enacted after the date

23 of enactment of this subtitle, except legislation enacted

24 under section 365.
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1 (d) ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CONGRESSIONAL

2 DECISIONS.—Upon enactment of a reconciliation bill pur3 suant to instructions under section 365, the Director shall

4 adjust direct spending targets for the current year, the

5 budget year, and each outyear through 1997 by—

6 (1) increasing the target for the current year

7 and the budget year by the amount stated for that

8 year in that reconciliation bill (but if a separate vote

9 was required by section 365(c), only if that vote has

10 occurred); and

11 (2) decreasing the target for the current, budg12 et, and outyears through 1997 by the amount of re13 ductions in direct spending enacted in that reconcili14 ation bill.

15 (e) DESIGNATED EMERGENCIES.—The Director shall

16 adjust the targets to reflect the costs of legislation that

17 is designated as an emergency by Congress and the Presi18 dent under section 252(b) of the Balanced Budget and

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

20 SEC. 367. RELATIONSHIP TO BALANCED BUDGET AND

21 EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.

22 Reductions in outlays or increases in receipts result23 ing from legislation reported pursuant to section 365 shall

24 not be taken into account for purposes of any budget en-
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1 forcement procedures under the Balanced Budget and

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

3 SEC. 368. ESTIMATING MARGIN.

4 For any fiscal year for which the overage is less than

5 one-half of 1 percent of the direct spending target for that

6 year, the procedures set forth in sections 364 and 365

7 shall not apply.

8 SEC. 369. CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS.

9 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in

10 the House of Representatives to consider any general ap11 propriation bill if the President has submitted a direct

12 spending message under section 364 until Congress has

13 adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget for the

14 budget year that meets the requirements of section 365.

15 (b) WAIVER.—The point of order established by sub16 section (a) may only be waived for all general appropria17 tion bills for that budget year through the adoption of one

18 resolution waiving that point of order.

19 SEC. 370. MEANS-TESTED PROGRAMS.

20 In making recommendations under sections 364 and

21 365, the President and the Congress should seriously con22 sider all other alternatives before proposing reductions in

23 means-tested programs.
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1 SEC. 371. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 This subtitle shall apply to direct spending targets

3 for fiscal years 1996 through 1999 and shall expire at the

4 end of fiscal year 1999.

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