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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–613

PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 853, THE

COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET PROCESS REFORM ACT OF 1999

MAY 10, 2000.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. GOSS, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 499]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House

Resolution 499, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999, under a structured

rule. The rule provides 90 minutes of general debate with 40 minutes divided equally between the chairman and ranking minority

member of the Committee on the Budget, 30 minutes divided

equally between the chairman and ranking minority member of the

Committee on Rules and 20 minutes divided equally between the

chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

The rule provides that, in lieu of the amendments recommended

by the Committees on the Budget, Appropriations and Rules now

printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original

bill for the purpose of amendment, the amendment in the nature

of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 4397, which shall be

considered as read. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in this report which may be offered only in the order

printed in this report, may be offered only be a Member designated

in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for

the time specified in this report equally divided between the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and

shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in

the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule also waives

all points of order against the amendments printed in this report.

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The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to

postpone votes during consideration of the bill and to reduce voting

time to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a

fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

COMMITTEE VOTES

Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of each

record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with

the names of those voting for and against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 98

Date: May 10, 2000.

Measure: H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of

1999.

Motion by: Mr. Moakley.

Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment by Representative Forbes to exempt veterans benefits, programs, and compensation from the bill’s requirement that all programs be reauthorized every ten years.

Results: Defeated 3–8.

Vote by Members: Goss—Nay; Linder—Nay; Pryce—Nay; DiazBalart—Nay; Hastings—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Reynolds—Nay;

Moakley—Yea; Frost—Yea; Slaughter—Yea; Dreier—Nay.

Rules Committee record vote No. 99

Date: May 10, 2000.

Measure: H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of

1999.

Motion by: Mr. Frost.

Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment by Representative Berkley to amend Title IV of the bill to exempt Medicare and any prescription drug benefit that may be included in

Medicare from the sunset requirement in H.R. 853.

Results: Defeated 3–8.

Vote by Members: Goss—Nay; Linder—Nay; Pryce—Nay; DiazBalart—Nay; Hastings—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Reynolds—Nay;

Moakley—Yea; Frost—Yea; Slaughter—Yea; Dreier—Nay.

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DRIER OF

CALIFORNIA, OR REPRESENTATIVE LUTHER OF MINNESOTA, OR A

DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 40 MINUTES

At the end, add the following new title:

TITLE VII—BIENNIAL BUDGETING

SEC. 701. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that—

(1) the annual appropriations and budget process increasingly dominates the congressional agenda and Congress regularly fails to meet the deadlines of the Congressional Budget

Act of 1974;

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(2) the design of the budget process has led to repetitive and

time-consuming budget votes, decreasing the time available for

the systematic and programmatic oversight of Federal programs and delaying the enactment of legislation necessary to

fund the Government;

(3) Congress’ responsibility to improve the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of governmental operations, evaluate

programs and performance, detect and prevent poor administration, waste, or abuse in Government programs, ensure that

executive policies reflect the public interest, ensure administrative compliance with legislative intent, and prevent executive

encroachment on legislative authority and prerogatives is undermined by the current time-consuming and repetitive budget

process;

(4) an annual budget process encourages inefficiency in the

management, stability, and predictability of Federal funding,

particularly for States and localities;

(5) a biennial budget process will reduce the number of budget-related votes during each Congress, enhance congressional

oversight of Government operations, encourage longer time horizons in policy planning and greater stability in fiscal policy;

(6) a biennial budget process was a principal recommendation of the 1993 Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress and the Vice President’s National Performance Review;

(7) since the enactment of the Congressional Budget Act of

1974, more than 50 bills addressing a two-year budget cycle

have been introduced, 10 biennial budget related provisions

were reported by congressional committees, 7 passed either

chamber and 4 were enacted; more than 40 congressional or

special committee hearings addressed the issue of biennial

budgeting; and the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of

Management and Budget, and 5 different special task forces or

joint committees of Congress have either recommended biennial budgeting or further studies of it;

(8) the adoption of a biennial budget process was recommended by President Reagan in the fiscal year 1989 budget

submission, by President Bush in the fiscal year 1990 and 1991

budget submissions, and by President Clinton in the fiscal year

1995, 2000, and 2001 budget submissions; and

(9) a bipartisan majority of Members of the House of Representatives support a biennial budget process.

SEC. 702. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

631) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘TIMETABLE

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

(b), the timetable with respect to the congressional budget process

for any Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Eighth Congress) is as follows:

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‘‘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.

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

that begins in any year during which the term of a President (except a President who succeeds himself) begins, the following dates

shall supersede those set forth 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.’’.

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SEC. 703. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is

amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

(b) DEFINITIONS.—

(1) BUDGET RESOLUTION.—Section 3(4) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

622(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

(2) BIENNIUM.—Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) (as

amended by section 203) is further amended by adding at the

end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(13) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 2 consecutive

fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered

year.’’.

(c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.—

(1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 301(a) of such Act (2

U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by—

(i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ and inserting

‘‘May 15 of each odd-numbered year’’;

(ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on October 1

of such year’’ the first place it appears and inserting

‘‘the biennium beginning on October 1 of such year’’;

and

(iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on October 1

of such year’’ the second place it appears and inserting

‘‘each fiscal year in such period’’;

(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal year’’ and

inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and

(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal year’’ and

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

(2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b) of such Act (2

U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended—

(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year in such biennium’’; and

(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’

and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

(3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 301(d) of such Act

(2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable, as

provided by section 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.

(4) HEARINGS.—Section 301(e)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

632(e)) is amended by—

(A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

(B) inserting after the second sentence the following:

‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b)), the Committee on

the Budget of each House shall report to its House the concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in subsection

(a) for the biennium beginning on October 1 of that year.’’.

(5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—Section 301(f) of

such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’

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

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(6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (2

U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and

inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’.

(7) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of section 301 of

such Act is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting

‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

(8) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to section 301 in

the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is

amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

(d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

633) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(1) by—

(A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year of the resolution,’’

and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the biennium,’’;

(B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal years’’ and inserting

‘‘for all fiscal years covered by the resolution’’; and

(C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that resolution’’ and

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

(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’;

(4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by—

(A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

year of the biennium’’; and

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

total of all fiscal years covered by the resolution’’; and

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

‘‘May’’.

(e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(a))

is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a

biennium’’ and by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and inserting

‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’.

(2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section 303(b) of such Act (2

U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended—

(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the budget year’’

and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’;

(B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and

inserting ‘‘the biennium’’; and

(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or June 1 whenever

section 300(b) is applicable)’’.

(3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section 303(c)(1) of such

Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended by—

(A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

(B) striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of

that biennium’’.

(f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE

BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

(3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such biennium’’.

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(g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.— Section 305(a)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) is amended by

striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

(h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON APPROPRIA- TION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each odd-numbered

year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b), July 1)’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’;

(3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

(4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each odd-numbered

year’’.

(i) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—Section 308 of such Act (2

U.S.C. 639) is amended by adding at the end the following new

subsection:

‘‘(d) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, as soon as practicable after the completion of each quarter of the fiscal year, prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending, and the deficit or surplus for the current fiscal year to assumptions included in the congressional budget resolution. In preparing this report, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall combine actual budget figures to date

with projected revenue and spending for the balance of the fiscal

year. The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall include

any other information in this report that it deems useful for a full

understanding of the current fiscal position of the Federal Government. The reports mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by the Director to the Senate and House Committees on the

Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make such reports available to any interested party upon request.’’.

(j) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR APPROPRIATION

BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘It’’ and inserting ‘‘Except whenever section

300(b) is applicable, it’’;

(2) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered calendar year’’ after

‘‘July’’;

(3) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

(4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

(k) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

641) is amended—

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

by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any biennium’’;

(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ each

place it appears and inserting ‘‘any fiscal year covered by such

resolution’’; and

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

as subsection (f).

(l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

(1) IN THE HOUSE.—Section 311(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

642(a)) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’;

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

fiscal year in the biennium’’.

(2) IN THE SENATE.—Section 311(a)(2) of such Act is

amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for the first fiscal

year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year of the biennium’’;

and

(B) in subparagraph (B)—

(i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ the first place

it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and

(ii) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year and the ensuing

fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

(3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 311(a)(3) of such Act

is amended by—

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

fiscal year in the biennium’’; and

(B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal

years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

(m) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF ORDER.—Section 312(c)

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is

amended—

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

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the biennium’’;

(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the biennium’’; and

(4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that

fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable fiscal year’’.

SEC. 704. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

(a) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd-numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

(b) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

(c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal year’’ and inserting

‘‘the biennium’’.

(d) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (5),

by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

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

long-term budgetary and economic implications, which would

include—

‘‘(A) hold hearings to receive testimony from committees of

jurisdiction to identify problem areas and to report on the results of oversight; and

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

to the Speaker which identifies the key issues facing the Congress in the next biennium.’’.

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(e) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘the same or preceding fiscal year’’.

(f) Clause 4(e) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘annually’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘biennially’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

(g) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd-numbered year’’ after ‘‘submits his budget’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

year in such ensuing biennium’’.

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

Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘five’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘six’’.

(i) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year after September 15

in the preceding fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium after September 15 of the year in which such biennium begins’’.

SEC. 705. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.

(a) DEFINITION.—Section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, is

amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

‘‘(3) ‘biennium’ has the meaning given to such term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(13)).’’.

(b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE CONGRESS.—

(1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding paragraph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read

as follows:

‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in February of each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the

Congressional Budget Act of 1974), beginning with the One Hundred Seventh Congress, the President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such

calendar year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall

include a budget message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each budget the following:’’.

(2) EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for which

the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year’’

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

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

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

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for which the

budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and

inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

(4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31,

United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’

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

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(5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section

1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is amended in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

fiscal year in the biennium’’.

(6) ALLOWANCES.—Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

(7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND UNCONTROLLABLE

EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted’’.

(8) TAX EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31,

United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’

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

(9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 1105(a)(17) of

title 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium following

the biennium’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘that following fiscal year’’ and inserting

‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and

(C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the biennium’’.

(10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31,

United States Code, is amended—

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

of the 2 most recently completed fiscal years,’’;

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

(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and inserting ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

(11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31,

United States Code, is amended—

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

of the 2 most recently completed fiscal years’’;

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

(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each place it appears and

inserting ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

(c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL

BRANCHES.—Section 1105(b) of title 31, United States Code, is

amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each even numbered year’’.

(d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DEFICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for’’;

(2) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium, as the

case may be,’’; and

(3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each year of the

biennium’’.

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(e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 1105(e)(1) of title

31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal

year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium to which such budget relates’’.

(f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND CHANGES.—

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

Code, is amended—

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

(i) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 of each even

numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before July 16 of each year’’;

and

(ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and

inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such biennium’’;

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

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

biennium’’; and

(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

Code, is amended by—

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

year in the biennium’’; and

(B) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 of each even numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before July 16 of each year’’.

(g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTIMATES.—

(1) THE PRESIDENT.—Section 1109(a) of title 31, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 in 1986)’’ and

inserting ‘‘At the same time the budget required by section

1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘the following fiscal year’’ and inserting

‘‘each fiscal year of such period’’.

(2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 1109(b) of title 31,

United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘March 1 of each

year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget

submission for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as

provided by section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of

1974)’’.

(h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—

(1) striking ‘‘May 16’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31’’; and

(2) striking ‘‘year before the year in which the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year preceding the calendar year

in which the biennium begins’’.

SEC. 706. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as

follows:

‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts

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propriations (here insert the object) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years (here insert the fiscal years of the biennium).’.

‘‘(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the support of the

Government shall be enacted for a biennium and shall specify the

amount of appropriations provided for each fiscal year in such period.

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

same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congressional Budget and

Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

SEC. 707. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

1974 (as amended by section 206(a) is further amended by adding

at the end the following new section:

‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

‘‘SEC. 318. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—(1)(A) It shall not be in order

in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any

measure that contains a specific authorization of appropriations for

any purpose unless the measure includes such a specific authorization of appropriations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal

year in one or more bienniums.

‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific authorization of

appropriations is an authorization for the enactment of an amount

of appropriations or amounts not to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums

as may be necessary) for any purpose for a fiscal year.

‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year for any program,

project, or activity if the measure containing that authorization includes a provision expressly stating the following: ‘Congress finds

that no authorization of appropriation will be required for [Insert

name of applicable program, project, or activity] for any subsequent

fiscal year.’.

‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘measure’ means a

bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report.’’

(b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents

set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 317 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 318. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’.

SEC. 708. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE PLANS ON A

BIENNIAL BASIS.

(a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title 5, United States Code,

is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 30, 1997’’ and

inserting ‘‘September 30, 2002’’;

(2) in subsection (b)—

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

‘‘at least every 4 years’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and inserting ‘‘six

years forward’’; and

(3) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after ‘‘section’’ the

second place it appears and adding ‘‘including a strategic plan

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submitted by September 30, 2002, meeting the requirements of

subsection (a)’’.

(b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is

amended by striking ‘‘beginning with fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with fiscal year 2004, a biennial’’.

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

Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

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

(i) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and inserting

‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; and

(ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’;

(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after ‘‘program activity’’

the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan’’;

(C) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon,

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

a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ after the inserted semicolon; and

(E) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:

‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium beginning with

the first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’;

(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

(3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and

inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

(d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY.—Section

9703 of title 31, United States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘annual’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;

(2) in subsection (e)—

(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘one or’’ before

‘‘years’’;

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

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

(C) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.

(e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDGETING.—Section

1119 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by striking ‘‘annual’’

and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

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

Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 30, 1997’’ and

inserting ‘‘September 30, 2002’’;

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’

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

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(3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and inserting ‘‘six years

forward’’; and

(4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after ‘‘section’’ the

second place it appears and inserting ‘‘including a strategic

plan submitted by September 30, 2002, meeting the requirements of subsection (a)’’.

(g) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title 39, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’;

(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘program activity’’ the

following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan’’;

(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

(4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘;

and’’; and

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

‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium beginning with

the first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’.

(h) COMMITTEE VIEWS OF PLANS AND REPORTS.—Section 301(d) of

the Congressional Budget Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans, performance plans,

and performance reports, required under section 306 of title 5,

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

States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee.

Each committee may provide its views on such plans or reports to

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

(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section

shall take effect on March 1, 2003.

(2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency shall take such actions as necessary to prepare and submit any plan or report in accordance

with the amendments made by this title.

SEC. 709. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.

(a) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(1) Clause 2(a) of rule

XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by

adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an appropriation

may not be reported in a general appropriation bill (other than a

supplemental appropriation bill), and may not be in order as an

amendment thereto, unless it provides new budget authority or establishes a level of obligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of a biennium.

‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with respect to an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or activity if

the bill or amendment thereto containing that appropriation includes a provision expressly stating the following: ‘Congress finds

that no additional funding beyond one fiscal year will be required

and the [Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity]

will be completed or terminated after the amount provided has

been expended.’.

‘‘(C) For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement set forth in

subdivision (B) with respect to an appropriation for a single fiscal

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year for any program, project, or activity may be included in a general appropriation bill or amendment thereto.’’.

(2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Representatives is

amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’.

(b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Congressional Budget Act

of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) (as amended by section 707) is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS

‘‘SEC. 319. It shall not be in order in the Senate in any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropriation bill providing new

budget authority or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations for only the first fiscal

year of a biennium, unless the program, project, or activity for

which the new budget authority or obligation limitation is provided

will require no additional authority beyond one year and will be

completed or terminated after the amount provided has been expended.’’.

(2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended

by adding after the item relating to section 318 the following new

item:

‘‘Sec. 319. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills.’’.

SEC. 710. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

(a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS RE- QUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the

head of each Federal agency which administers the laws or parts

of laws under the jurisdiction of such committee shall provide to

such committee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and

assistance as may be requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee.

(b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM ADMINISTRA- TION.—To assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the

head of any agency shall furnish to such committee documentation,

containing information received, compiled, or maintained by the

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

specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support of a review

of a program, as may be requested by the chairman and ranking

minority member of such committee.

(c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Within thirty days

after the receipt of a request from a chairman and ranking minority member of a standing committee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and studied by such committee under this

section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish

to such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such program which the Comptroller General has completed during the preceding six years.

(d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with their duties

and functions under law, the Comptroller General of the United

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rector of the Congressional Research Service shall continue to furnish (consistent with established protocols) to each standing committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and ranking

minority member may request to assist the committee in conducting reviews and studies of programs under this section.

SEC. 711. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,

the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall—

(1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on that definition to a 2-year fiscal period with a biennial budget process

based on the 2-year period; and

(2) report the findings of the study to the Committees on the

Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate and

the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 712. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 107TH CONGRESS.

(a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.—

The budget submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a)

of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2002 shall include

the following:

(1) An identification of the budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the fiscal

year 2002–2003 biennium.

(2) Budget authority that should be provided for each such

fiscal year for the budget accounts identified under paragraph

(1).

(b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committee on Appropriations of the House of

Representatives and the Senate shall review the items included

pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2002 and include its recommendations thereon

in its views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that budget submission.

(c) ACTIONS BY THE COMMITTEES ON THE BUDGET.—(1) The Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection (a) in

the budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2002 and the

recommendations submitted by the Committee on Appropriations of

its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in its views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act

of 1974.

(2) The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year

2002 and the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall also include allocations to the Committee on Appropriations of its House of total new budget authority

and total outlays (which shall be deemed to be made pursuant to

section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for purposes

of budget enforcement under section 302(f)) for fiscal year 2003

from which the Committee on Appropriations may report regular

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appropriation bills for fiscal year 2002 that include funding for certain accounts for each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003.

(3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year

2002 and the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall also include the assumptions upon

which such allocations referred to in paragraph (2) are based.

(d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT ASSISTANCE.—(1) During the

first session of the 107th Congress the committees of the House of

Representatives and the Senate are directed to work with the

Comptroller General of the United States to develop plans to transition program authorizations to a multi-year schedule.

(2) During the 107th Congress, the Comptroller General of the

United States will continue to provide assistance to the Congress

with respect to programmatic oversight and in particular will assist

the committees of Congress in designing and conforming programmatic oversight procedures for the fiscal year 2003–2004 biennium.

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

2002, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all programs and activities funded during fiscal year 2002

for which authorizations for appropriations have not been enacted

for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activities funded during fiscal year 2002 for which authorizations for appropriations will

expire during that fiscal year, fiscal year 2003, or fiscal year 2004.

(f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003.—

The budget submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a)

of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2003 shall include

an evaluation of, and recommendations regarding, the transitional

biennial budget process for the fiscal year 2002-2003 biennium that

was carried out pursuant to this section.

(g) CBO TRANSITIONAL REPORT.—On or before March 31, 2002,

the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall submit to

Congress an evaluation of, and recommendations regarding, the

transitional biennial budget process for the fiscal year 2002-2003

biennium that was carried out pursuant to this section.

SEC. 713. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Except as provided by sections 708, 711, and 712, this title and

the amendments made by this title shall take effect on January 1,

2003, and shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations for

the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2004.

In section 1(b), at the end of the table of contents, insert the following new items:

TITLE VII—BIENNIAL BUDGETING

Sec. 701. Findings.

Sec. 702. Revision of timetable.

Sec. 703. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act

of 1974.

Sec. 704. Amendments to rules of House of Representatives.

Sec. 705. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.

Sec. 706. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations acts.

Sec. 707. Multiyear authorizations.

Sec. 708. Government plans on a biennial basis.

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Sec. 709. Biennial appropriation bills.

Sec. 710. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate and

the House of Representatives.

Sec. 711. Report on two-year fiscal period.

Sec. 712. Special transition period for the 107th Congress.

Sec. 713. Effective date.

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GEKAS OF

PENNSYLVANIA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 40 MINUTES

At the end of title VI, add the following new subtitle:

Subtitle C—Automatic Continuing

Resolution

SEC. 631. AUTOMATIC CONTINUING RESOLUTION.

(a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.—Chapter 13 of title 31, United

States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1310 the following new section:

‘‘§ 1311. Continuing appropriations

‘‘(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not

become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year and a joint

resolution making continuing appropriations (other than pursuant

to this subsection) is not in effect, there is appropriated, out of any

moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, such sums

as may be necessary to continue any program, project, or activity

for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year—

‘‘(A) in the corresponding regular appropriation Act for such

preceding fiscal year; or

‘‘(B) if the corresponding regular appropriation bill for such

preceding fiscal year did not become law, then in a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal

year.

‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided by subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D),

appropriations and funds made available, and authority granted,

for a program, project, or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to

this section shall be at a rate of operations not in excess of the rate

of operations provided for in the regular appropriation Act providing for such program, project, or activity for the preceding fiscal

year, or in the absence of such an Act, the rate of operations provided for such program, project, or activity pursuant to a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal

year.

‘‘(B) The applicable rate of operations for a program, project, or

activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall exclude

amounts—

‘‘(i) for which any adjustment was made under section

251(b)(2)(A) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 before the date of enactment of this section;

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‘‘(ii) provided for emergencies for which an exemption from

section 251 or 252 of such Act is granted under section 317(c)

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; or

‘‘(iii) for which any adjustment is made under section

251(b)(2) (C) or (D) of such Act.

‘‘(C) The applicable rate of operations for a program, project, or

activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall include

amounts provided and rescinded for such program, project, or activity in any supplemental or special appropriations Act and in any

rescission bill for that year that is enacted into law.

‘‘(D) The applicable rate of operations for a program, project, or

activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be reduced

by the amount of budgetary resources cancelled in any such program, project, or activity resulting from the prior year’s sequestration under section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 as published in OMB’s final sequestration

report for the prior fiscal year.

‘‘(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority

granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section for a program,

project, or activity shall be available for the period beginning with

the first day of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the earlier of—

‘‘(A) the date on which the applicable regular appropriation

bill for such fiscal year becomes law (whether or not such law

provides for such program, project, or activity) or a continuing

resolution making appropriations becomes law, as the case

may be, or

‘‘(B) the last day of such fiscal year.

‘‘(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or authority

granted, for a program, project, or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions

imposed with respect to the appropriation made or funds made

available for the preceding fiscal year, or authority granted for

such program, project, or activity under current law.

‘‘(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority

granted, for any program, project, or activity for any fiscal year

pursuant to this section shall cover all obligations or expenditures

incurred for such program, project, or activity during the portion of

such fiscal year for which this section applies to such program,

project, or activity.

‘‘(d) Expenditures made for a program, project, or activity for any

fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a regular appropriation bill or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations

until the end of a fiscal year providing for such program, project,

or activity for such period becomes law.

‘‘(e) This section shall not apply to a program, project, or activity

during a fiscal year if any other provision of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)—

‘‘(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or

grants authority for such program, project, or activity to continue for such period, or

‘‘(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be

made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall

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be granted for such program, project, or activity to continue for

such period; or

‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘regular appropriation

bill’ means any annual appropriation bill making appropriations,

otherwise making funds available, or granting authority, for any of

the following categories of programs, projects, and activities:

‘‘(1) Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies

programs.

‘‘(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the

judiciary, and related agencies.

‘‘(3) The Department of Defense.

‘‘(4) The government of the District of Columbia and other

activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues

of the District.

‘‘(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,

and Education, and related agencies.

‘‘(6) The Department of Housing and Urban Development,

and sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices.

‘‘(7) Energy and water development.

‘‘(8) Foreign assistance and related programs.

‘‘(9) The Department of the Interior and related agencies.

‘‘(10) Military construction.

‘‘(11) The Department of Transportation and related agencies.

‘‘(12) The Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the

Executive Office of the President, and certain independent

agencies.

‘‘(13) The legislative branch.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 202(e)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘and on or before September 30’’ before ‘‘of each year’’.

(c) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis of chapter 13 of title 31,

United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating

to section 1310 the following new item:

‘‘1311. Continuing appropriations.’’.

(d) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS.—Nothing in the amendments made

by this section shall be construed to affect Government obligations

mandated by other law, including obligations with respect to social

security, medicare, and medicaid.

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CALLAHAN

OF ALABAMA, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 40 MINUTES

Strike title I and redesignate the succeeding sections accordingly.

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSONLEE OF TEXAS, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Section 103(a) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and by striking ‘‘(2)’’.

Section 103(c) is amended—

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(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new

paragraph:

(1) Redesignate subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (D), (E), (G), and (H), respectively.

(2) by striking paragraph (2);

(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (C) (as redesignated)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’;

(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (C) (as redesignated)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and by striking

‘‘(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)’’; and

(5) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (F) (as redesignated)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E) (as redesignated)’’

and by striking ‘‘(G)’’ and inserting ‘‘(F)’’.

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TANCREDO

OF COLORADO, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Subtitle B of title IV is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

SEC. 426. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS REPORTS.

Clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(B) a list of all appropriations contained in the bill for expenditures not currently authorized by law along with the last

year for which the expenditures were authorized, the level of

expenditures authorized that year, the actual level of expenditures that year, and the level of expenditures contained in the

bill (except classified intelligence or national security programs, projects, or activities).’’.

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RYAN OF

WISCONSIN, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

At the end, add the following new title:

TITLE VII—BUDGETING IN AN ERA OF

SURPLUSES

SEC. 701. PAYGO REQUIREMENTS AND THE ON-BUDGET SURPLUS.

(a) Section 252(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to trigger an offsetting sequestration in the amount by which any excess of decreases

in receipts and increases in direct spending over increases in receipts and decreases in direct spending, caused by all direct spending and receipts legislation enacted prior to October 1, 2002, exceeds estimates of the on-budget surplus.’’.

(b) TIMING AND CALCULATION OF SEQUESTRATION.—Section

252(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(b) SEQUESTRATION.—

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‘‘(1) TIMING.—Not later than 15 calendar days after the date

Congress adjourns to end a session and on the same day as a

sequestration (if any) under section 251, there shall be a sequestration to offset an amount equal to—

‘‘(A) any excess of decreases in receipts and increases in

direct spending over increases in receipts and decreases in

direct spending for legislation enacted prior to October 1,

2002; minus

‘‘(B) the estimated on-budget surplus (which shall not be

less than zero),

as calculated under paragraph (2).

‘‘(2) CALCULATION OF SEQUESTRATION.—OMB shall calculate

the amount of the sequestration by adding—

‘‘(A) all OMB estimates for the budget year of direct

spending and receipts legislation transmitted under subsection (d) for legislation enacted prior to October 1, 2002;

‘‘(B) the estimated amount of savings in direct spending

programs applicable to the budget year resulting from the

prior year’s sequestration under this section, if any, as

published in OMB’s final sequestration report for that

prior year; and

‘‘(C) all OMB estimates for the current year that were

not reflected in the final OMB sequestration report for

that year; and

then by subtracting from such sum the OMB estimate for the

budget year of the on-budget surplus (if any) as set forth in the

OMB final sequestration report increased by the amount of

budgetary resources cancelled in any such program, project, or

activity resulting from a sequestration for the budget year on

the same day under section 251 as published in OMB’s final

sequestration report.’’.

(c) PREVIEW REPORTS.—Section 254(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D) and by adding after

subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(C)(i) MANDATORY.—In projecting the on-budget surplus

(if any) for the budget year, direct spending and receipts

shall be calculated consistent with the assumptions under

section 257(b) but shall exclude all estimates of direct

spending and receipts legislation for such year enacted

after the date of enactment of this subparagraph (as estimated by OMB when such legislation was originally enacted).

‘‘(ii) DISCRETIONARY.—Except as provided by the preceding sentence, the following assumptions shall apply to

the calculation of such estimated surplus:

‘‘(I) For programs, projects, and activities for which

a regular appropriation Act or a joint resolution (other

than pursuant to section 1311 of title 31, United

States Code) continuing appropriations through the

end of the budget year is enacted, budgetary resources

other than unobligated balances shall be at the level

provided by that Act with the following adjustments:

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‘‘(aa) Include amounts of budget authority provided and rescinded for such year in any supplemental or special appropriation Act or rescission

bill that is enacted into law.

‘‘(bb) Reduce the level by the amount of budgetary resources canceled in any such program,

project, or activity by a sequestration under section 251 as published in OMB’s final sequestration

report for such year.

Substantive changes to or restrictions on entitlement

law or other mandatory spending law in an appropriation Act shall be counted in determining the level of

direct spending and receipts for purposes of calculating the on-budget surplus under this section.

‘‘(II) For programs, projects, and activities for which

a regular appropriation Act or a joint resolution (other

than pursuant to section 1311 of title 31, United

States Code) continuing appropriations through the

end of the budget year is not enacted, budgetary resources other than unobligated balances shall be at

the level provided for the current year in regular appropriation Acts or a joint resolution (other than pursuant to section 1311 of title 31, United States Code)

continuing appropriations through the end of the current year with the following adjustments:

‘‘(aa) Include amounts of budget authority provided and rescinded for such year in any supplemental or special appropriation Act or rescission

bill that is enacted into law.

‘‘(bb) Reduce the level by the amount of budgetary resources canceled in any such program,

project, or activity by a sequestration under section 251 as published in OMB’s final sequestration

report for such year.

Substantive changes to or restrictions on entitlement

law or other mandatory spending law in an appropriation Act shall be counted in determining the level of

direct spending and receipts for purposes of calculating the on-budget surplus under this section. After

making such adjustments, further adjust such amount

using the assumptions set forth in section 257(c) (1)–

(5).’’.

(d) DEFINITION OF ON-BUDGET SURPLUS.—Section 250(c) of the

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(20) The term ‘on-budget surplus’ means, with respect to a

fiscal year, the amount by which receipts exceed outlays for all

spending and receipt accounts of the United States Government that are designated as on-budget. Such term does not include outlays and receipts of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance

Trust Fund, or any other off-budget entity.’’.

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(e) EXPEDITED RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 258C of the

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

amended as follows:

(1) The side heading of subsection (a) is amended by inserting ‘‘OR IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ after ‘‘SENATE’’.

(2) In paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a), insert

‘‘or House’’ after ‘‘Senate’’ each place it appears.

(3) In subsection (a)(7), strike ‘‘For’’ and insert ‘‘In the Senate, for’’.

(4) In subsection (b)(1), insert ‘‘or House’’ after ‘‘Senate’’.

(5) In the side heading of subsection (b)(4), insert ‘‘OTHER’’ after ‘‘THE’’.

(6) In subsection (b)(4), strike ‘‘in the Senate from the

House’’ and insert ‘‘in the Senate or House of Representatives

from the other House’’, strike ‘‘Senate’’ the second place it appears and insert ‘‘Senate or House of Representatives, as the

case may be,’’, and strike ‘‘Senate’’ the third place it appears

and insert ‘‘in the applicable House’’.

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RYAN OF

WISCONSIN, OR A DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title VI, add the following new subtitle:

Subtitle C—Spending Accountability Lockbox

SEC. 631. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Spending Accountability Lockbox Act of 1999’’.

SEC. 632. SPENDING ACCOUNTABILITY LOCK-BOX LEDGER.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEDGER.—Title III of the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by sections 104(c) and 206(a)) is

further amended by adding after section 317 the following new section:

‘‘SPENDING ACCOUNTABILITY LOCK-BOX LEDGER

‘‘SEC. 318. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEDGER.—The chairman of the

Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the

chairman on the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall each

maintain a ledger to be known as the ‘Spending Accountability

Lock-box Ledger’. The Ledger shall be divided into entries corresponding to the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations. Each entry shall consist of three components: the ‘House

Lock-box Balance’; the ‘Senate Lock-box Balance’; and the ‘Joint

House-Senate Lock-box Balance’.

‘‘(b) COMPONENTS OF LEDGER.—Each component in an entry shall

consist only of amounts credited to it under subsection (c). No entry

of a negative amount shall be made.

‘‘(c) CREDIT OF AMOUNTS TO LEDGER.—(1) In the House of Representatives or the Senate, whenever a Member offers an amendment to an appropriation bill to reduce new budget authority in

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any account, that Member may state the portion of such reduction

that shall be—

‘‘(A) credited to the House or Senate Lock-box Balance, as

applicable; or

‘‘(B) used to offset an increase in new budget authority in

any other account;

‘‘(C) allowed to remain within the applicable section 302(b)

suballocation.

If no such statement is made, the amount of reduction in new

budget authority resulting from the amendment shall be credited

to the House or Senate Lock-box Balance, as applicable, if the

amendment is agreed to.

‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), the chairmen of

the Committees on the Budget shall, upon the engrossment of any

appropriation bill by the House of Representatives and upon the

engrossment of Senate amendments to that bill, credit to the applicable entry balance of that House amounts of new budget authority

and outlays equal to the net amounts of reductions in new budget

authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by

that House to that bill.

‘‘(B) When computing the net amounts of reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to

by the House of Representatives or the Senate to an appropriation

bill, the chairmen of the Committees on the Budget shall only

count those portions of such amendments agreed to that were so

designated by the Members offering such amendments as amounts

to be credited to the House or Senate Lock-box Balance, as applicable, or that fall within the last sentence of paragraph (1).

‘‘(3) The chairmen of the Committees on the Budget shall, upon

the engrossment of Senate amendments to any appropriation bill,

credit to the applicable Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balance the

amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal to—

‘‘(A) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i) the

amount of new budget authority in the House Lock-box Balance plus (ii) the amount of new budget authority in the Senate Lock-box Balance for that subcommittee; and

‘‘(B) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i) the

amount of outlays in the House Lock-box Balance plus (ii) the

amount of outlays in the Senate Lock-box Balance for that subcommittee.

‘‘(4) CALCULATION OF LOCK-BOX SAVINGS IN SENATE.—For purposes of calculating under this section the net amounts of reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by the Senate on an appropriation bill, the amendments reported to the Senate by its Committee on Appropriations

shall be considered to be part of the original text of the bill.

‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term ‘appropriation

bill’ means any general or special appropriation bill, and any bill

or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing

appropriations through the end of a fiscal year.

‘‘(e) TALLY DURING HOUSE CONSIDERATION.—The chairman of the

Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall

maintain a running tally of the amendments adopted reflecting increases and decreases of budget authority in the bill as reported.

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This tally shall be available to Members in the House of Representatives during consideration of any appropriations bill by the

House.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents set forth in

section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 317 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 318. Spending accountability lock-box ledger.’’.

SEC. 633. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF SECTION 302(a) ALLOCATIONS

AND SECTION 302(b) SUBALLOCATIONS.

(a) ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget

Act of 1974 (as amended by section 422) is further amended by

adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(6) ADJUSTMENT OF ALLOCATIONS.—Upon the engrossment

of Senate amendments to any appropriation bill (as defined in

section 318(d)) for a fiscal year, the amounts allocated under

paragraph (1) to the Committee on Appropriations of each

House upon the adoption of the most recent joint resolution on

the budget for that fiscal year shall be adjusted downward by

the amounts credited to the applicable Joint House-Senate

Lock-box Balance under section 318(c)(2). The revised levels of

new budget authority and outlays shall be submitted to each

House by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of that

House and shall be printed in the Congressional Record.’’.

(b) SUBALLOCATIONS.—Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new

sentence: ‘‘Whenever an adjustment is made under subsection

(a)(6) to an allocation under that subsection, the Committee on Appropriations of each House shall make downward adjustments in

the most recent suballocations of new budget authority and outlays

under this subparagraph to the appropriate subcommittees of that

committee in the total amounts of those adjustments under section

318(c)(2). The revised suballocations shall be submitted to each

House by the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of that

House and shall be printed in the Congressional Record.’’.

SEC. 634. PERIODIC REPORTING OF LEDGER STATEMENTS.

Section 308(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Such

reports shall also include an up-to-date tabulation of the amounts

contained in the ledger and each entry established by section

318(a).’’.

SEC. 635. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

LIMITS.

The discretionary spending limits for new budget authority and

outlays for any fiscal year set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be

reduced by the amounts set forth in the final regular appropriation

bill for that fiscal year or joint resolution making continuing appropriations through the end of that fiscal year. Those amounts shall

be the sums of the Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balances for that

fiscal year, as calculated under section 302(a)(6) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. That bill or joint resolution shall contain

the following statement of law: ‘‘As required by section 635 of the

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Spending Accountability Lock-box Act of 1999, for fiscal year [insert appropriate fiscal year] and each outyear, the adjusted discretionary spending limit for new budget authority is reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction] and the adjusted discretionary limit for outlays is reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount

of reduction] for the fiscal year and each outyear.’’. Section 306

shall not apply to any bill or joint resolution because of such statement. This adjustment shall be reflected in reports under sections

254(f) and 254(g) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

Control Act of 1985.

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