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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2469 

To provide a biennial budget for the United States Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2007 

Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself and Mr. JONES of North Carolina) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, 

and in addition to the Committees on Rules and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide a biennial budget for the United States 

Government. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Biennial Budgeting Act of 2008’’. 

6 (b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 

7 (1) the annual appropriations and budget proc8 ess increasingly dominates the congressional agenda 


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1 and Congress regularly fails to meet the deadlines of 

2 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 

3 (2) the design of the budget process has led to 

4 repetitive and time-consuming budget votes, decreas5 ing the time available for the systematic and pro6 grammatic oversight of Federal programs and delay7 ing the enactment of legislation necessary to fund 

8 the Government; 

9 (3) Congress’s responsibility to improve the effi10 ciency, economy, and effectiveness of governmental 

11 operations, evaluate programs and performance, de12 tect and prevent poor administration, waste, or 

13 abuse in Government programs, ensure that execu14 tive policies reflect the public interest, ensure admin15 istrative compliance with legislative intent, and pre16 vent executive encroachment on legislative authority 

17 and prerogatives is undermined by the current time18 consuming and repetitive budget process; 

19 (4) an annual budget process encourages ineffi20 ciency in the management, stability, and predict21 ability of Federal funding, particularly for States 

22 and localities; and 

23 (5) a biennial budget process will reduce the 

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1 ment operations, encourage longer time horizons in 

2 policy planning and greater stability in fiscal policy. 

3 SEC. 2. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 

4 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

5 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

8 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres9 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 

10 the One Hundred Twelfth Congress) is as follows: 

‘‘First Session 

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed: 

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

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

to Budget Committees. 

Not later than 6 weeks after 

budget submission.

Committees submit views and estimates to 

Budget Committees. 

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

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

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

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

biennial appropriation bill. 

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

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

‘‘Second Session 

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed: 

February 15 ............................. President submits budget review. 

Not later than 6 weeks after 

President submits budget review.

Congressional Budget Office submits report 

to Budget Committees. 

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

the succeeding biennium. 

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

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


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

2 begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth 

3 in subsection (a): 

‘‘First Session 

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed: 

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

April 20 .................................... Committees submit views and estimates to 

Budget Committees. 

May 15 ..................................... Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget. 

June 1 ...................................... Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget. 

June 1 ...................................... Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House. 

July 1 ....................................... House Appropriations Committee reports last 

biennial appropriation bill. 

July 20 ..................................... House completes action on biennial appropriation bills. 

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

4 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

5 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974. 

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

7 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

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

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

10 (b) DEFINITIONS.— 

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

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

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

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

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

17 following new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(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) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 

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

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

9 by— 

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

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

13 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 

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

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

17 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 

18 on October 1 of such year’’ the second 

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 

20 year in such period’’; 

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

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

23 in the biennium’’; and 


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

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

3 in the biennium’’. 

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

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

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

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

8 in such biennium’’; and 

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

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

11 year in the biennium’’. 

12 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 

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

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

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

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

17 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by— 

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

19 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

20 (B) inserting after the second sentence the 

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

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

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


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1 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on 

2 October 1 of that year.’’. 

3 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.— 

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

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

7 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 

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

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

23 in the biennium,’’; 


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

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

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

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

6 in the biennium’’; 

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

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

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

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

12 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 

13 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

17 the resolution’’; and 

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

19 and inserting ‘‘May’’. 

20 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

22 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fis23 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ and by 

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

25 fiscal year of the biennium’’. 


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1 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section 

10 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended 

11 by— 

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

13 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

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

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

16 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO17 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2 

18 U.S.C. 635) is amended— 

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

20 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; 

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

22 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi23 ennium’’. 

24 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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1 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in2 serting ‘‘biennium’’. 

3 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

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

5 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 

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

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

8 section 300(b), July 1)’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien10 nial’’; 

11 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi12 ennium’’; and 

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

14 odd-numbered year’’. 

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

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

17 the following new subsection: 

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

19 of the Congressional Budget Office shall, as soon as prac20 ticable after the completion of each quarter of the fiscal 

21 year, prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending, 

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

23 assumptions included in the congressional budget resolu24 tion. In preparing this report, the Director of the Congres25 sional Budget Office shall combine actual budget figures 


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1 to date with projected revenue and spending for the bal2 ance of the fiscal year. The Director of the Congressional 

3 Budget Office shall include any other information in this 

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

5 current fiscal position of the Federal Government. The re6 ports mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by 

7 the Director to the Senate and House Committees on the 

8 Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make 

9 such reports available to any interested party upon re10 quest.’’. 

11 (j) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

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

13 U.S.C. 640) is amended— 

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

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

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

17 year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 

18 (3) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien19 nial’’; and 

20 (4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi21 ennium’’. 

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

23 Act (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended— 


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

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

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

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

6 year covered by such resolution’’; and 

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

8 subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

9 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

11 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 

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

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

15 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 

16 year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

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

20 such Act is amended— 

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

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

23 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

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

2 the first place it appears and inserting 

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

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

5 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘all fiscal years’’. 

7 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 

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

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

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

11 and 

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

14 years’’. 

15 (m) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF

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

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

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

19 ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

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

13 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 

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

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

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

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

19 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

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

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

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

24 committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas 

25 and to report on the results of oversight; and 


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

2 issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the 

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

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

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

7 preceding fiscal year’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

13 of Representatives is amended— 

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

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

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

17 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 

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

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

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

21 the House of Representatives is amended by striking 

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

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

24 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

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

2 which such biennium begins’’. 

3 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE. 

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

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

6 following new paragraph: 

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

8 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres9 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

10 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 

11 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

12 CONGRESS.— 

13 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para14 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

15 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

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

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

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

19 beginning with the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, the 

20 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for 

21 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar 

22 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall 

23 include a budget message and summary and supporting 

24 information. The President shall include in each budget 

25 the following:’’. 


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis9 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 

10 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

11 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

12 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 

13 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 

14 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

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

17 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI18 TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 

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

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

21 year in the biennium’’. 

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

23 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 

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1 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

2 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

3 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

5 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

6 submitted’’. 

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

8 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 

10 in the biennium’’. 

11 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 

12 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

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

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

16 in the biennium following the biennium’’; 

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

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

19 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis20 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi21 ennium’’. 

22 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section 

23 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

2 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com3 pleted fiscal years,’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 

6 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 

8 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section 

9 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

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

12 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com13 pleted fiscal years’’; 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 

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

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

18 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

22 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE23 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 

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

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

3 the biennium for’’; 

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

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

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

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

8 each year of the biennium’’. 

9 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 

10 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

12 to which such budget relates’’. 

13 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

14 CHANGES.— 

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

16 United States Code, is amended— 

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

18 by— 

19 (i) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 

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

21 July 16 of each year’’; and 

22 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘biennium’’; 


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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 ‘‘4 

6 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and 

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

8 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

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

10 United States Code, is amended by— 

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

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

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

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

15 16 of each year’’. 

16 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI17 MATES.— 

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

19 31, United States Code, is amended— 

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

21 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be22 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At 

23 the same time the budget required by section 

24 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 


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

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

3 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 

4 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

6 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis7 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, 

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

9 Budget Act of 1974)’’. 

10 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

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

12 Code, is amended by— 

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

14 31’’; and 

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

16 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre17 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be18 gins’’. 

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

20 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS. 

21 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend22 ed to read as follows: 

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1 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob2 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 

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

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

5 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium 

6 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided 

7 for each fiscal year in such period. 

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

9 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres10 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

11 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 

12 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS. 

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

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

15 following new section: 

16 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

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

19 Senate to consider any measure that contains a specific 

20 authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the 

21 measure includes such a specific authorization of appro22 priations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal year 

23 in one or more bienniums. 

24 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific au25 thorization of appropriations is an authorization for the 

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1 to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as 

2 a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be nec3 essary) for any purpose for a fiscal year. 

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

5 an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 

6 for any program, project, or activity if the measure con7 taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 

8 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza9 tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 

10 applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse11 quent fiscal year.’. 

12 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘meas13 ure’ means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 

14 conference report.’’. 

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

16 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres17 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 

18 amended by adding after the item relating to section 315 

19 the following new item: 

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

20 SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 

21 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 

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

23 United States Code, is amended— 

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

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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

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

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

5 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

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

7 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add8 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep9 tember 30, 2010, meeting the requirements of sub10 section (a)’’. 

11 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON12 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31, 

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

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

15 fiscal year 2010, a biennial’’. 

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

17 United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 after the semicolon; 

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

7 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 

8 after the inserted semicolon; and 

9 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be12 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

13 budget cycle.’’; 

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

15 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

16 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik17 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

18 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI19 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re20 lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an23 nual’’; and 

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

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1 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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

3 or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 

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

5 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse6 quent 2-year period’’; and 

7 (C) in the third sentence by striking 

8 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’. 

9 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG10 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik13 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

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

15 inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

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

17 United States Code, is amended— 

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

19 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’; 

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

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

22 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

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

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1 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by 

2 September 30, 2010, meeting the requirements of 

3 subsection (a)’’. 

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

5 39, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

8 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro9 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 

10 2 of the biennial plan’’; 

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

12 the semicolon; 

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

14 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be17 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

18 budget cycle.’’. 

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

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

21 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee 

22 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review 

23 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance 

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

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1 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction 

2 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views 

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

4 of the applicable House.’’. 

5 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

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

7 this section shall take effect on March 1, 2011. 

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

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

10 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub11 mit any plan or report in accordance with the 

12 amendments made by it. 

13 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS. 

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

15 Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep16 resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 

17 new subparagraph: 

18 ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap19 propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 

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

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

22 provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob23 ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 

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

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

3 project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con4 taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 

5 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 

6 funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 

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

8 will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 

9 has been expended.’. 

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

11 set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria12 tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 

13 activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 

14 or amendment thereto.’’. 

15 (2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep16 resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’. 

18 (b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS

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

23 any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropria24 tion bill providing new budget authority or a limitation 

25 on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on 

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

2 budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will 

3 require no additional authority beyond one year and will 

4 be completed or terminated after the amount provided has 

5 been expended.’’. 

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

7 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 

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

9 section 316 the following new item: 

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

10 SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING 

11 COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE 

12 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

13 (a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA14 TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of 

15 the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 

16 out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency 

17 which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju18 risdiction of such committee shall provide to such com19 mittee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and 

20 assistance as may be requested by the chairman and rank21 ing minority member of the committee. 

22 (b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM

23 ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of 

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1 nish to such committee documentation, containing infor2 mation received, compiled, or maintained by the agency 

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

4 or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support 

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

6 chairman and ranking minority member of such com7 mittee. 

8 (c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With9 in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair10 man and ranking minority member of a standing com11 mittee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed 

12 and studied by such committee under this section, the 

13 Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish to 

14 such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of 

15 such program which the Comptroller General has com16 pleted during the preceding six years. 

17 (d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with 

18 their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen19 eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres20 sional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congres21 sional Research Service shall continue to furnish (con22 sistent with established protocols) to each standing com23 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such 

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1 the committee in conducting reviews and studies of pro2 grams under this section. 

3 SEC. 11. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

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

6 Budget shall— 

7 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of 

8 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the 

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

10 fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on 

11 the 2-year period; and 

12 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com13 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa14 tives and the Senate and the Committee on Rules of 

15 the House of Representatives. 

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

17 CONGRESS. 

18 (a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

19 YEAR 2010.—The budget submission of the President 

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

21 Code, for fiscal year 2010 shall include the following: 

22 (1) An identification of the budget accounts for 

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1 (2) Budget authority that should be provided 

2 for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts 

3 identified under paragraph (1). 

4 (b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COM5 MITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committee on Ap6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen7 ate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection 

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

9 year 2010 and include its recommendations thereon in its 

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

11 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that 

12 budget submission. 

13 (c) ACTIONS BY THE COMMITTEES ON THE BUDG14 ET.—(1) The Committee on the Budget of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Senate shall review the items in16 cluded pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submis17 sion of the President for fiscal year 2010 and the rec18 ommendations submitted by the Committee on Appropria19 tions of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in 

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

21 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

23 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 

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1 also include allocations to the Committee on Appropria2 tions of its House of total new budget authority and total 

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

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

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

6 for fiscal year 2011 from which the Committee on Appro7 priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal 

8 year 2010 that include funding for certain accounts for 

9 each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

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

11 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 

12 the budget for fiscal year 2010 and the joint explanatory 

13 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 

14 also include the assumptions upon which such allocations 

15 referred to in paragraph (2) are based. 

16 (d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT ASSIST17 ANCE.—(1) During the first session of the 110th Congress 

18 the committees of the House of Representatives and the 

19 Senate are directed to work with the Comptroller General 

20 of the United States to develop plans to transition pro21 gram authorizations to a multi-year schedule. 

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1 gress in designing and conforming programmatic oversight 

2 procedures for the fiscal year 2010–2011 biennium. 

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

4 January 15, 2010, the Director of the Congressional 

5 Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate 

6 committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, 

7 shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all pro8 grams and activities funded during fiscal year 2010 for 

9 which authorizations for appropriations have not been en10 acted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activi11 ties funded during fiscal year 2010 for which authoriza12 tions for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, 

13 fiscal year 2011, or fiscal year 2012. 

14 (f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

15 YEAR 2011.—The budget submission of the President 

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

17 Code, for fiscal year 2011 shall include an evaluation of, 

18 and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial 

19 budget process for the fiscal year 2010–2011 biennium 

20 that was carried out pursuant to this section. 

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

22 March 31, 2010, the Director of the Congressional Budget 

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1 process for the fiscal year 2010–2011 biennium that was 

2 carried out pursuant to this section. 

3 SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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

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

6 January 1, 2011, and shall apply to budget resolutions 

7 and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal 

8 year 2010. 

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