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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 981

To provide a biennial budget for the United State Government.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 13, 2001

Mr. BASS (for himself, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. CASTLE,

Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DREIER, Ms. DUNN,

Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GOODE,

Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GOSS, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Ms. HART, Mr.

HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr.

LARGENT, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LINDER, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri,

Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. OSE, Mr.

OXLEY, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. REGULA, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. RILEY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. ROYCE, Mr.

RYUN of Kansas, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SESSIONS,

Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr.

SUNUNU, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. THUNE,

Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WAMP, and Mr. WHITFIELD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the

Budget for a period ending not later than April 13, 2001, and in addition

to the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Government Reform,

for a period to be determined subsequently 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 State

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

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

5 ‘‘Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act of 2001’’.

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

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

9 and Congress regularly fails to meet the deadlines of

10 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;

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

12 repetitive and time-consuming budget votes, decreas13 ing the time available for the systematic and pro14 grammatic oversight of Federal programs and delay15 ing the enactment of legislation necessary to fund

16 the Government;

17 (3) Congress’ responsibility to improve the effi18 ciency, economy, and effectiveness of governmental

19 operations, evaluate programs and performance, de20 tect and prevent poor administration, waste, or

21 abuse in Government programs, ensure that execu22 tive policies reflect the public interest, ensure admin23 istrative compliance with legislative intent, and pre24 vent executive encroachment on legislative authority
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1 and prerogatives is undermined by the current time2 consuming and repetitive budget process;

3 (4) an annual budget process encourages ineffi4 ciency in the management, stability, and predict5 ability of Federal funding, particularly for States

6 and localities;

7 (5) a biennial budget process will reduce the

8 number of budget-related votes during each Con9 gress, enhance congressional oversight of Govern10 ment operations, encourage longer time horizons in

11 policy planning and greater stability in fiscal policy;

12 (6) a biennial budget process was a principal

13 recommendation of the 1993 Joint Committee on

14 the Organization of Congress and the Vice Presi15 dent’s National Performance Review;

16 (7) since the enactment of the Congressional

17 Budget Act of 1974, more than 50 bills addressing

18 a two-year budget cycle have been introduced, 10 bi19 ennial budget related provisions were reported by

20 congressional committees, 7 passed either chamber

21 and 4 were enacted; more than 40 congressional or

22 special committee hearings addressed the issue of bi23 ennial budgeting; and the Congressional Budget Of24 fice, the Office of Management and Budget, and 5

25 different special task forces or joint committees of
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1 Congress have either recommended biennial budg2 eting or further studies of it;

3 (8) the adoption of a biennial budget process

4 was recommended by President Reagan in the fiscal

5 year 1989 budget submission, by President Bush in

6 the fiscal year 1990 and 1991 budget submissions,

7 by President Clinton in the fiscal year 1995, 2000,

8 and 2001 budget submissions, and by President

9 Bush in the fiscal year 2002 budget submission; and

10 (9) a bipartisan majority of Members of the

11 House of Representatives support a biennial budget

12 process.

13 SEC. 2. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

14 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

15 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

18 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres19 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with

20 the One Hundred Ninth 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.
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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.

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

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

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

4 begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth

5 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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1 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

2 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

4 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

5 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

6 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

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

10 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi11 ennium’’.

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

13 U.S.C. 622) (as amended by section 3) is further

14 amended by adding at the end the following new

15 paragraph:

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

17 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

18 any odd-numbered year.’’.

19 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

20 BUDGET.—

21 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section

22 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—

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

24 by—
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1 (i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’

2 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num3 bered year’’;

4 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

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

6 it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be7 ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and

8 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

9 on October 1 of such year’’ the second

10 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

11 year in such period’’;

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

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

14 in the biennium’’; and

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

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

17 in the biennium’’.

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

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

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

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

22 in such biennium’’; and

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

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

25 year in the biennium’’.
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1 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section

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

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

4 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.

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

6 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—

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

8 ‘‘biennium’’; and

9 (B) inserting after the second sentence the

10 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd11 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by

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

13 of each House shall report to its House the con14 current resolution on the budget referred to in

15 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on

16 October 1 of that year.’’.

17 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—

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

19 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap20 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

21 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section

22 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is

23 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘for a biennium’’.
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1 (7) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of

2 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN3 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

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

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

6 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An7 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

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

9 Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by—

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

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

13 in the biennium,’’;

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

15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov16 ered by the resolution’’; and

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

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

19 in the biennium’’;

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

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

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

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the bien24 nium’’;

25 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by—
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1 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and

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

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

5 the resolution’’; and

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

7 and inserting ‘‘May’’.

8 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

10 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fis11 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ and by

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

13 fiscal year of the biennium’’.

14 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section

15 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended—

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section

23 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended

24 by—
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1 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

5 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO6 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2

7 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

9 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

11 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi12 ennium’’.

13 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

15 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in16 serting ‘‘biennium’’.

17 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

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

19 U.S.C. 638) is amended—

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

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

22 section 300(b), July 1)’’;

23 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien24 nial’’;
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi2 ennium’’; and

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

4 odd-numbered year’’.

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

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

7 the following new subsection:

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

9 of the Congressional Budget Office shall, as soon as prac10 ticable after the completion of each quarter of the fiscal

11 year, prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending,

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

13 assumptions included in the congressional budget resolu14 tion. In preparing this report, the Director of the Congres15 sional Budget Office shall combine actual budget figures

16 to date with projected revenue and spending for the bal17 ance of the fiscal year. The Director of the Congressional

18 Budget Office shall include any other information in this

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

20 current fiscal position of the Federal Government. The re21 ports mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by

22 the Director to the Senate and House Committees on the

23 Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make

24 such reports available to any interested party upon re25 quest.’’.
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1 (j) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

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

3 U.S.C. 640) is amended—

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

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

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

7 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

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

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

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

13 Act (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended—

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

15 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in16 serting ‘‘any biennium’’;

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

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

19 year covered by such resolution’’; and

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

21 subsection (g) as subsection (f).

22 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

24 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in2 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

4 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

5 year of the biennium’’; and

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

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

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

9 such Act is amended—

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

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

12 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and

13 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

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

15 the first place it appears and inserting

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

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

18 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

20 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section

21 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by—

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

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

24 and
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1 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu2 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal

3 years’’.

4 (m) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF

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

6 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended—

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

8 ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

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

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

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien14 nium’’; and

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

16 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli17 cable fiscal year’’.

18 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP19 RESENTATIVES.

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

21 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd22 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

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

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

25 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 (c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House

2 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal

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

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

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

6 end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert7 ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding

8 at the end the following new subparagraph:

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

10 issues with long-term budgetary and economic implica11 tions, which would include—

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

13 committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas

14 and to report on the results of oversight; and

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

16 issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the

17 key issues facing the Congress in the next bien18 nium.’’.

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

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

21 preceding fiscal year’’.

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

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

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

25 ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.
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1 (g) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House

2 of Representatives is amended—

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

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

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

6 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

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

10 the House of Representatives is amended by striking

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

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

13 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal

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

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

16 which such biennium begins’’.

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

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

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

20 following new paragraph:

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

22 term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Congres23 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

24 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(13)).’’.
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1 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

2 CONGRESS.—

3 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para4 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United

5 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

9 beginning with the One Hundred Ninth Congress, the

10 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for

11 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar

12 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall

13 include a budget message and summary and supporting

14 information. The President shall include in each budget

15 the following:’’.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis24 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the

25 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each
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1 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is

2 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

3 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section

4 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is

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

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

7 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI8 TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United

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

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

11 year in the biennium’’.

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

13 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

14 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi15 ennium’’.

16 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

17 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section

18 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is

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

20 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is

21 submitted’’.

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

23 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik24 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

25 in the biennium’’.
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1 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section

2 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is

3 amended—

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

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

6 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

9 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis10 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi11 ennium’’.

12 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section

13 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is

14 amended—

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

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

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

20 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

22 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section

23 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is

24 amended—
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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’’ each place

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

8 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

12 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE13 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

14 Code, is amended—

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

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

17 the biennium for’’;

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

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

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

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

22 each year of the biennium’’.

23 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

24 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended
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1 by striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium

2 to which such budget relates’’.

3 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

4 CHANGES.—

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

6 United States Code, is amended—

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

8 by—

9 (i) inserting ‘‘and before February 15

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

11 July 16 of each year’’; and

12 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘biennium’’;

14 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis15 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

16 such biennium’’;

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

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

19 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

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

21 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

23 United States Code, is amended by—

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

25 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and
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1 (B) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 of

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

3 16 of each year’’.

4 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI5 MATES.—

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

7 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

9 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be10 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

11 the same time the budget required by section

12 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

15 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section

16 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

18 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis19 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable,

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

21 Budget Act of 1974)’’.

22 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

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

24 Code, is amended by—
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1 (1) striking ‘‘May 16’’ and inserting ‘‘March

2 31’’; and

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

4 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre5 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be6 gins’’.

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

8 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

9 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend10 ed to read as follows:

11 ‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts

12 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria13 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol14 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob15 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years

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

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

18 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

19 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

20 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

22 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres23 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

24 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.
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1 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

3 Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 6(a) is further

4 amended by adding at the end the following new section:

5 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

6 ‘‘SEC. 318. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—(1)(A) It shall

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

8 Senate to consider any measure that contains a specific

9 authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the

10 measure includes such a specific authorization of appro11 priations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal year

12 in one or more bienniums.

13 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific au14 thorization of appropriations is an authorization for the

15 enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not

16 to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as

17 a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be nec18 essary) for any purpose for a fiscal year.

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

20 an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year

21 for any program, project, or activity if the measure con22 taining that authorization includes a provision expressly

23 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza24 tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of

25 applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse26 quent fiscal year.’.
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1 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘meas2 ure’ means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or

3 conference report.’’.

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

5 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres6 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

7 amended by adding after the item relating to section 317

8 the following new item:

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

9 SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE

10 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.

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

12 United States Code, is amended—

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

14 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2004’’;

15 (2) in subsection (b)—

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

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

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

19 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

21 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add22 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep23 tember 30, 2004, meeting the requirements of sub24 section (a)’’.
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1 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON2 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31,

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

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

5 fiscal year 2006, a biennial’’.

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

7 United States Code, is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

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

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

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and in13 serting ‘‘a biennial’’;

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

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

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

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

18 after the semicolon,

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

20 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’

21 after the inserted semicolon; and

22 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol23 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be2 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial

3 budget cycle.’’;

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

5 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

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

8 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI9 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re10 lating to managerial accountability, is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (a)—

12 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an13 nual’’; and

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

15 inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;

16 (2) in subsection (e)—

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

18 or’’ before ‘‘years’’;

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

20 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse21 quent 2-year period’’; and

22 (C) in the third sentence by striking

23 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.
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1 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG2 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is

3 amended—

4 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik5 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

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

7 inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

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

9 United States Code, is amended—

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

11 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2004’’;

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

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

14 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

17 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in18 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by

19 September 30, 2004, meeting the requirements of

20 subsection (a)’’.

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

22 39, United States Code, is amended—

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

24 striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’;
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1 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro2 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and

3 2 of the biennial plan’’;

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

5 the semicolon;

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

7 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

9 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be10 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial

11 budget cycle.’’.

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

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

14 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee

15 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review

16 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance

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

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

19 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction

20 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views

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

22 of the applicable House.’’.

23 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

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

25 this section shall take effect on March 1, 2005.
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1 (2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and after

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

3 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub4 mit any plan or report in accordance with the

5 amendments made by it.

6 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.

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

8 Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep9 resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following

10 new subparagraph:

11 ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap12 propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation

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

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

15 provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob16 ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of

17 a biennium.

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

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

20 project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con21 taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly

22 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional

23 funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the

24 [Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity]
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1 will be completed or terminated after the amount provided

2 has been expended.’.

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

4 set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria5 tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or

6 activity may be included in a general appropriation bill

7 or amendment thereto.’’.

8 (2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep9 resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’.

11 (b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) (as

13 amended by section 7) is further amended by adding at

14 the end the following:

15 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS

16 ‘‘SEC. 319. It shall not be in order in the Senate in

17 any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropria18 tion bill providing new budget authority or a limitation

19 on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on

20 Appropriations for only the first fiscal year of a biennium,

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

22 budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will

23 require no additional authority beyond one year and will

24 be completed or terminated after the amount provided has

25 been expended.’’.
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1 (2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of

2 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act

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

4 section 318 the following new item:

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

5 SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING

6 COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE

7 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

8 (a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA9 TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying

11 out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency

12 which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju13 risdiction of such committee shall provide to such com14 mittee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and

15 assistance as may be requested by the chairman and rank16 ing minority member of the committee.

17 (b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM

18 ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of

19 the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying

20 out its responsibilities, the head of any agency shall fur21 nish to such committee documentation, containing infor22 mation received, compiled, or maintained by the agency

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

24 or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support

25 of a review of a program, as may be requested by the
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1 chairman and ranking minority member of such com2 mittee.

3 (c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With4 in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair5 man and ranking minority member of a standing com6 mittee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed

7 and studied by such committee under this section, the

8 Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish to

9 such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of

10 such program which the Comptroller General has com11 pleted during the preceding six years.

12 (d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with

13 their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen14 eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres15 sional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congres16 sional Research Service shall continue to furnish (con17 sistent with established protocols) to each standing com18 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such

19 information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chair20 man and ranking minority member may request to assist

21 the committee in conducting reviews and studies of pro22 grams under this section.
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1 SEC. 11. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

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

4 Budget shall—

5 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of

6 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the

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

8 fiscal period with a biennial budget process based

9 on the 2-year period; and

10 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com11 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa12 tives and the Senate and the Committee on Rules of

13 the House of Representatives.

14 SEC. 12. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 107TH

15 CONGRESS.

16 (a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

17 YEAR 2004.—The budget submission of the President

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

19 Code, for fiscal year 2004 shall include the following:

20 (1) An identification of the budget accounts for

21 which an appropriation should be made for each fis22 cal year of the fiscal year 2004–2005 biennium.

23 (2) Budget authority that should be provided

24 for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts

25 identified under paragraph (1).
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1 (b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COM2 MITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committee on Ap3 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen4 ate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection

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

6 year 2004 and include its recommendations thereon in its

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

8 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that

9 budget submission.

10 (c) ACTIONS BY THE COMMITTEES ON THE BUDG11 ET.—(1) The Committee on the Budget of the House of

12 Representatives and the Senate shall review the items in13 cluded pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submis14 sion of the President for fiscal year 2004 and the rec15 ommendations submitted by the Committee on Appropria16 tions of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in

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

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

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

20 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on

21 the budget for fiscal year 2004 and the joint explanatory

22 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall

23 also include allocations to the Committee on Appropria24 tions of its House of total new budget authority and total

25 outlays (which shall be deemed to be made pursuant to
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1 section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

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

3 for fiscal year 2005 from which the Committee on Appro4 priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal

5 year 2004 that include funding for certain accounts for

6 each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005.

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

8 each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on

9 the budget for fiscal year 2004 and the joint explanatory

10 statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall

11 also include the assumptions upon which such allocations

12 referred to in paragraph (2) are based.

13 (d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT ASSIST14 ANCE.—(1) During the first session of the 108th Congress

15 the committees of the House of Representatives and the

16 Senate are directed to work with the Comptroller General

17 of the United States to develop plans to transition pro18 gram authorizations to a multi-year schedule.

19 (2) During the 108th Congress, the Comptroller Gen20 eral of the United States will continue to provide assist21 ance to the Congress with respect to programmatic over22 sight and in particular will assist the committees of Con23 gress in designing and conforming programmatic oversight

24 procedures for the fiscal year 2005–2006 biennium.
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1 (e) CBO AUTHORIZATION REPORT.—On or before

2 January 15, 2004, the Director of the Congressional

3 Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate

4 committees of the House of Representatives and Senate,

5 shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all pro6 grams and activities funded during fiscal year 2004 for

7 which authorizations for appropriations have not been en8 acted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activi9 ties funded during fiscal year 2004 for which authoriza10 tions for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year,

11 fiscal year 2005, or fiscal year 2006.

12 (f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL

13 YEAR 2005.—The budget submission of the President

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

15 Code, for fiscal year 2005 shall include an evaluation of,

16 and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial

17 budget process for the fiscal year 2004–2005 biennium

18 that was carried out pursuant to this section.

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

20 March 31, 2004, the Director of the Congressional Budget

21 Office shall submit to Congress an evaluation of, and rec22 ommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget

23 process for the fiscal year 2004–2005 biennium that was

24 carried out pursuant to this section.
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1 SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

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

4 January 1, 2005, and shall apply to budget resolutions

5 and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal

6 year 2006.