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Union Calendar No. 176

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 981

[Report No. 107–200, Parts I and II]

To provide a biennial budget for the United States 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.

APRIL 4, 2001

Referral to the Committee on the Budget extended for a period ending not

later than September 5, 2001

SEPTEMBER 5, 2001

Reported from the Committee on the Budget with amendments
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

SEPTEMBER 5, 2001

Referral to the Committees on Rules and Government Reform extended for

a period ending not later than November 2, 2001

NOVEMBER 2, 2001

Referral to the Committees on Rules and Government Reform extended for

a period ending not later than November 9, 2001

NOVEMBER 9, 2001

Referral to the Committees on Rules and Government Reform extended for

a period ending not later than November 14, 2001

NOVEMBER 14, 2001

Additional sponsors: Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. CLEMENT, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of

Virginia, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr.

ISAKSON, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. HYDE, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.

WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr.

BISHOP, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. CAMP, Mr. HORN, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. MICA, Mr. CANNON, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. BONO, Mr. CRANE, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. DUNCAN,

Mr. SHAW, Mr. KING, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, Mr.

EHRLICH, Mr. HANSEN, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. TIBERI, Mr.

BOEHNER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. ARMEY,

Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr.

HALL of Texas, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. OTTER, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. PENCE,

Mr. KELLER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. PITTS, Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida,

Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SMITH of

New Jersey, and Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland

Deleted sponsors: Mr. GOODE (added March 13, 2001; deleted November 1,

2001), Mr. CALLAHAN (added March 19, 2001; deleted November 1,

2001), Mr. SKEEN (added May 21, 2001; deleted November 1, 2001),

Mr. YOUNG of Florida (added May 22, 2001; deleted October 31, 2001),

Mr. KOLBE (added May 24, 2001; deleted November 1, 2001), Mr.

LAHOOD (added May 24, 2001; deleted November 1, 2001), Mrs.

NORTHUP (added June 7, 2001; deleted November 1, 2001), Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania (added November 6, 2001; deleted November 8,

2001)

NOVEMBER 14, 2001

Reported from the Committee on Rules with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in bold face roman]

NOVEMBER 14, 2001

The Committee on Government Reform discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be

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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 13, 2001]

A BILL

To provide a biennial budget for the United States

Government.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commission on Federal

5 Budget Concepts Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

8 (1) President Lyndon Johnson created the Com9 mission on Federal Budget Concepts in 1967 by exec10 utive order to assess the basic budget concepts that

11 underlie the Federal budget process;

12 (2) the Commission’s report provided a common

13 framework for the development, presentation, and exe14 cution of the Federal budget for the ensuing decades;

15 (3) since the release of that report, the Federal

16 Government has experienced major changes in the

17 scope of its financial commitments, the nature of its

18 various budget transactions, the role of Congress in
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1 budget decisions, and the imposition of special con2 trols over spending and revenue; and

3 (4) in view of these changes, a new Commission

4 on Federal Budget Concepts should be created to as5 sess the present state of budget concepts and forge a

6 bipartisan consensus for necessary changes.

7 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to establish

8 the Commission on Federal Budget Concepts to review,

9 evaluate, and make recommendations respecting the budget

10 concepts that underlie the Federal budget and the Federal

11 budget process and to assess the feasibility of changing from

12 an annual to a biennial budget cycle.

13 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON FEDERAL

14 BUDGET CONCEPTS.

15 There is established a commission to be known as the

16 Commission on Federal Budget Concepts (hereinafter re17 ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).

18 SEC. 4. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

19 (a) DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.—

20 (1) The duties of the Commission shall include—

21 (A) an identification of activities, entities,

22 and transactions to be included in the Federal

23 budget and the criteria for making such deter24 minations;
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1 (B) an assessment of the appropriate meas2 ures of Federal financial commitments to allo3 cate resources and establish fiscal policy;

4 (C) an evaluation of the differences between

5 user fees and revenue, and between various forms

6 of user fees, and the circumstances when such

7 fees should be accounted for as offsetting spend8 ing or adding to revenue;

9 (D) an appraisal of the appropriate usage

10 of cash and accrual-based measures for various

11 types of Federal financial commitments, such as

12 Government insurance, loan guarantees, and

13 leasing;

14 (E) recommendations of the appropriate

15 means for recognizing the cost of acquisition and

16 disposition of various types of nonfinancial as17 sets;

18 (F) an evaluation of appropriate measures

19 of Federal debt, borrowing, and means of financ20 ing;

21 (G) an assessment of the adequacy of the

22 current account and fund structure for recording

23 revenue and expenditures for specific classes of

24 governmental activities;
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1 (H) recommendations for changes in Fed2 eral budget practices to accommodate the Federal

3 Accounting Standards Advisory Board’s rec4 ommended accounting standards;

5 (I) recommendations for changes in budget

6 practices to reflect the Federal Government’s

7 multi-year acquisitions;

8 (J) the appropriate means of accounting for

9 the financial risk the Federal Government incurs

10 from contractual and implied commitments; and

11 (K) an assessment of the value and feasi12 bility of changing the Federal budget cycle from

13 annual to biennial.

14 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph

15 (1), the Commission shall make no findings, conclu16 sions, or recommendations respecting the following:

17 (A) Social security and medicare.

18 (B) Budget estimates and projections that

19 assume that selected tax policies will increase

20 gross domestic product and thereby cause an in21 direct increase in revenue, or that assume that

22 increased spending for human resources or cap23 ital development will cause an indirect reduction

24 in spending for other programs.

25 (C) Government-sponsored enterprises.
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1 (b) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—

2 (1) CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.—The Commission

3 may hold hearings, take testimony, receive evidence,

4 and undertake such other activities necessary to carry

5 out its duties.

6 (2) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Commission

7 may secure directly from any department of agency

8 of the United States information necessary to carry

9 out its duties. Upon request of the Chair of the Com10 mission, the head of that department or agency shall

11 furnish that information to the Commission.

12 (3) POSTAL SERVICE.—The Commission may use

13 the United States mails in the same manner and

14 under the same conditions as other departments and

15 agencies of the United States.

16 SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP.

17 (a) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be com18 posed of 14 voting members and 2 nonvoting members, as

19 follows:

20 (1) Three members appointed by the chairman of

21 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.

22 (2) Three members appointed by the chairman of

23 the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep24 resentatives.
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1 (3) Three members appointed by the ranking

2 member of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.

3 (4) Three members appointed by the ranking

4 member of the Committee on the Budget of the House

5 of Representatives.

6 (5) The Director of the Office of Management

7 and Budget (or his designee).

8 (6) The Secretary of the Treasury (or his des9 ignee).

10 (7) The Comptroller General of the United States

11 (or his designee) and the Director of the Congressional

12 Budget Office (or his designee), who shall be non13 voting members.

14 (b) QUALIFICATIONS AND TERM.—

15 (1) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members appointed to the

16 Commission pursuant to subsection (a) shall—

17 (A) have expertise and experience in the

18 fields or disciplines related to the subject areas to

19 be considered by the Commission; and

20 (B) not be Members of Congress.

21 (2) TERM OF APPOINTMENT.—The term of an

22 appointment to the Commission shall be for the life

23 of the Commission.

24 (3) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The member of the

25 Commission serving under subsection (a)(5) shall be
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1 the Chair of the Commission. A Vice Chair may be

2 elected from among the voting members of the Com3 mission and shall assume the duties of the Chair in

4 the Chair’s absence.

5 (c) MEETINGS; QUORUM; AND VACANCIES.—

6 (1) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at

7 least once a month on a day to be decided by the

8 Commission. The Commission may meet at such other

9 times at the call of the Chair or of a majority of its

10 voting members. The meetings of the Commission

11 shall be open to the public, unless by public vote, the

12 Commission shall determine to close a meeting or any

13 portion of a meeting to the public.

14 (2) QUORUM.—A majority of the voting member15 ship shall constitute a quorum of the Commission, ex16 cept that 3 or more voting members may conduct

17 hearings.

18 (3) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission

19 shall be filled in the same manner in which the origi20 nal appointment was filled under subsection (a).

21 (d) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.—Members of the

22 Commission shall serve without pay for their service on the

23 Commission, but may receive travel expenses, including per

24 diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ-
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1 ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,

2 United States Code.

3 SEC. 6. STAFF AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

4 (a) STAFF.—With the advance approval of the Com5 mission, the executive director may appoint such personnel

6 as is appropriate. The staff of the Commission shall be ap7 pointed without regard to political affiliation and without

8 regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov9 erning appointments in the competitive service, and may

10 be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and

11 subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classi12 fications and General Schedule pay rates.

13 (b) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Chairman shall ap14 point an executive director, who shall be paid the rate of

15 basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule.

16 (c) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—With the advance

17 approval of the Commission, the executive director may

18 procure temporary and intermittent services under section

19 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code.

20 (d) TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE.—

21 Upon the request of the Commission—

22 (1) the head of any agency, office, or establish23 ment within the executive or legislative branches of

24 the United States shall provide, without reimburse-
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1 ment, such technical assistance as the Commission de2 termines is necessary to carry out its duties; and

3 (2) the Administrator of the General Services

4 Administration shall provide, on a reimbursable

5 basis, such administrative support services as the

6 Commission may require.

7 (e) DETAIL OF FEDERAL PERSONNEL.—Upon the re8 quest of the Commission, the head of an agency, office, or

9 establishment in the executive or legislative branch of the

10 United States is authorized to detail, without reimburse11 ment, any of the personnel of that agency, office, or estab12 lishment to the Commission to assist the Commission in

13 carrying out its duties. Any such detail shall not interrupt

14 or otherwise affect the employment status or privileges of

15 that employee.

16 (f) CBO.—The Director of the Congressional Budget

17 Office shall provide the Commission with its latest research

18 on the accuracy of its past budget and economic projections

19 as compared to those of the Office of Management and

20 Budget and, if possible, those of private sector forecasters.

21 The Commission shall work with the Directors of the Con22 gressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and

23 Budget in their efforts to explain the factors affecting the

24 accuracy of budget projections.
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1 SEC. 7. REPORT.

2 Not later than November 15, 2002, the Commission

3 shall transmit a report to the President and to each House

4 of Congress. The report shall contain a detailed statement

5 of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together

6 with its recommendations for such legislative or adminis7 trative actions as it considers appropriate. No finding, con8 clusion, or recommendation may be made by the Commis9 sion unless approved by a majority of those voting (includ10 ing in such majority at least two members serving under

11 paragraph (2), (3), (5), or (6) of section 5(a) and at least

12 two members serving under paragraph (1) or (4) of such

13 section), a quorum being present. At the request of any

14 Commission member, the report shall include that member’s

15 dissenting findings, conclusions, or recommendations.

16 SEC. 8. TERMINATION.

17 The Commission shall terminate 30 days after the date

18 of transmission of the report required in section 7.

19 SEC. 9. FUNDING.

20 There are authorized to be appropriated not more than

21 $1,000,000 to carry out this Act. Sums so appropriated

22 shall remain available until expended.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

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

3 the ‘‘Budget Responsibility and Efficiency Act

4 of 2001’’.

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

6 (1) the annual appropriations and

7 budget process increasingly dominates

8 the congressional agenda and Congress

9 regularly fails to meet the deadlines of

10 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;

11 (2) the design of the budget process

12 has led to repetitive and time-consuming

13 budget votes, decreasing the time avail14 able for the systematic and programmatic

15 oversight of Federal programs and delay16 ing the enactment of legislation nec17 essary to fund the Government;

18 (3) Congress’ responsibility to im19 prove the efficiency, economy, and effec20 tiveness of governmental operations,

21 evaluate programs and performance, de22 tect and prevent poor administration,

23 waste, or abuse in Government programs,

24 ensure that executive policies reflect the

25 public interest, ensure administrative

26 compliance with legislative intent, and
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1 prevent executive encroachment on legis2 lative authority and prerogatives is un3 dermined by the current time-consuming

4 and repetitive budget process;

5 (4) an annual budget process encour6 ages inefficiency in the management, sta7 bility, and predictability of Federal fund8 ing, particularly for States and localities;

9 (5) a biennial budget process will re10 duce the number of budget-related votes

11 during each Congress, enhance congres12 sional oversight of Government oper13 ations, encourage longer time horizons in

14 policy planning and greater stability in

15 fiscal policy;

16 (6) a biennial budget process was a

17 principal recommendation of the 1993

18 Joint Committee on the Organization of

19 Congress and the Vice President’s Na20 tional Performance Review;

21 (7) since the enactment of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974, more than

23 50 bills addressing a two-year budget

24 cycle have been introduced, 10 biennial

25 budget related provisions were reported
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1 by congressional committees, 7 passed ei2 ther chamber and 4 were enacted; more

3 than 40 congressional or special com4 mittee hearings addressed the issue of bi5 ennial budgeting; and the Congressional

6 Budget Office, the Office of Management

7 and Budget, and 5 different special task

8 forces or joint committees of Congress

9 have either recommended biennial budg10 eting or further studies of it;

11 (8) the adoption of a biennial budget

12 process was recommended by President

13 Reagan in the fiscal year 1989 budget

14 submission, by President Bush in the fis15 cal years 1990 and 1991 budget submis16 sions, by President Clinton in the fiscal

17 years 1995, 2000, and 2001 budget submis18 sions, and by President Bush in the fiscal

19 year 2002 budget submission; and

20 (9) a bipartisan majority of Members

21 of the House of Representatives support

22 a biennial budget process.
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1 SEC. 2. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

2 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget

3 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read

4 as follows:

5 ‘‘TIMETABLE

6 ‘‘SEC. 300. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro7 vided by subsection (b), the timetable with re8 spect to the congressional budget process for

9 any Congress (beginning with the One Hun10 dred 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.

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.

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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

2 session of Congress that begins in any year

3 during which the term of a President (except

4 a President who succeeds himself) begins, the

5 following dates shall supersede those set forth

6 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.’’.

7 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

8 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

9 (a) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section

10 2(2) of the Congressional Budget and Im11 poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

12 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’

13 and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.
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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

2 (1) BUDGET RESOLUTION.—Section 3(4)

3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended

4 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap5 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

6 (2) BIENNIUM.—Section 3 of such Act

7 (2 U.S.C. 622) (as amended by section 3) is

8 further amended by adding at the end

9 the following new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(13) (11) term ‘biennium’ means the

11 period of 2 consecutive fiscal years begin12 ning on October 1 of any odd-numbered

13 year.’’.

14 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON

15 THE BUDGET.—

16 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section

17 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is

18 amended—

19 (A) in the matter preceding para20 graph (1) by—

21 (i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each

22 year’’ and inserting ‘‘May 15 of

23 each odd-numbered year’’;

24 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year

25 beginning on October 1 of such
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1 year’’ the first place it appears

2 and inserting ‘‘the biennium be3 ginning on October 1 of such

4 year’’; and

5 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year

6 beginning on October 1 of such

7 year’’ the second place it appears

8 and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

9 such period’’;

10 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking

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

12 each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and

13 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking

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

15 each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

16 (2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section

17 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is

18 amended—

19 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking

20 ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘for either fiscal year in such bien22 nium’’; and

23 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking

24 ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’ and insert-
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1 ing ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien2 nium’’.

3 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Sec4 tion 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is

5 amended by inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable,

6 as provided by section 300(b))’’ after

7 ‘‘United States Code’’.

8 (4) HEARINGS.—Section 301(e)(1) of

9 such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—

10 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in11 serting ‘‘biennium’’; and

12 (B) inserting after the second sen13 tence the following: ‘‘On or before

14 April 1 of each odd-numbered year

15 (or, if applicable, as provided by sec16 tion 300(b)), the Committee on the

17 Budget of each House shall report to

18 its House the concurrent resolution

19 on the budget referred to in sub20 section (a) for the biennium begin21 ning on October 1 of that year.’’.

22 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOY23 MENT.—Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

24 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal
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1 year’’ each place it appears and inserting

2 ‘‘biennium’’.

3 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section

4 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is

5 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’

6 and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’.

7 (7) SECTION HEADING.—The section

8 heading of section 301 of such Act is

9 amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

11 (8) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item re12 lating to section 301 in the table of con13 tents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act

14 is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ and in15 serting ‘‘Biennial’’.

16 (d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302

17 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by—

19 (A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal

20 year of the resolution,’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien22 nium,’’;

23 (B) striking ‘‘for that period of fis24 cal years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal

25 years covered by the resolution’’; and
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1 (C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of

2 that resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for

3 each fiscal year in the biennium’’;

4 (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking

5 ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a bi6 ennium’’;

7 (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking

8 ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘either

9 fiscal year of the biennium’’;

10 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by—

11 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bi13 ennium’’; and

14 (B) striking ‘‘the total of fiscal

15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘the total of all

16 fiscal years covered by the resolu17 tion’’; and

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

19 ‘‘April’’ and inserting ‘‘May’’.

20 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of

22 such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by

23 striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘for a biennium’’ and by striking ‘‘the
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1 first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fis2 cal year of the biennium’’.

3 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section

4 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is

5 amended—

6 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by strik7 ing ‘‘the budget year’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘the biennium’’;

9 (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by strik10 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘the biennium’’; and

12 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting

13 ‘‘(or June 1 whenever section 300(b) is

14 applicable)’’ after ‘‘May 15’’.

15 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Sec16 tion 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c))

17 is amended by—

18 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in19 serting ‘‘biennium’’; and

20 (B) striking ‘‘that year’’ and in21 serting ‘‘each fiscal year of that bien22 nium’’.

23 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT

24 RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of

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

2 two places it appears and inserting ‘‘bien3 nium’’;

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

5 and

6 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for

7 such biennium’’.

8 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF

9 BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305(a)(3) of

10 such Act (2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) is amended by

11 striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien12 nium’’.

13 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE AC14 TION ON APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of

15 such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘each odd-numbered year (or, if ap18 plicable, as provided by section 300(b),

19 July 1)’’;

20 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘biennial’’;

22 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in23 serting ‘‘biennium’’; and

24 (4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘each odd-numbered year’’.
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1 (i) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—Section

2 308 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 639) is amended by

3 adding at the end the following new sub4 section:

5 ‘‘(d) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—The Di6 rector of the Congressional Budget Office

7 shall, as soon as practicable after the comple8 tion of each quarter of the fiscal year, prepare

9 an analysis comparing revenues, spending,

10 and the deficit or surplus for the current fis11 cal year to assumptions included in the con12 gressional budget resolution. In preparing

13 this report, the Director of the Congressional

14 Budget Office shall combine actual budget fig15 ures to date with projected revenue and

16 spending for the balance of the fiscal year.

17 The Director of the Congressional Budget Of18 fice shall include any other information in

19 this report that it deems useful for a full un20 derstanding of the current fiscal position of

21 the Federal Government. The reports man22 dated by this subsection shall be transmitted

23 by the Director to the Senate and House Com24 mittees on the Budget, and the Congressional
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1 Budget Office shall make such reports avail2 able to any interested party upon request.’’.

3 (j) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REG4 ULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of

5 such Act (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘It’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex7 cept whenever section 300(b) is applica8 ble, it’’;

9 (2) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered

10 calendar year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

11 (3) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘biennial’’; and

13 (4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in14 serting ‘‘biennium’’.

15 (k) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310

16 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended—

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

18 preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any

19 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any bien20 nium’’;

21 (2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking

22 ‘‘such fiscal year’’ each place it appears

23 and inserting ‘‘any fiscal year covered by

24 such resolution’’; and
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1 (3) by striking subsection (f) and re2 designating subsection (g) as subsection

3 (f).

4 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

6 such Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’

8 and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

9 (B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal

10 year’’ each place it appears and in11 serting ‘‘either fiscal year of the bien12 nium’’; and

13 (C) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal

14 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

15 in the biennium’’.

16 (2) IN THE SENATE.—Section 311(a)(2)

17 of such Act is amended—

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by strik19 ing ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’ and in20 serting ‘‘for either fiscal year of the

21 biennium’’; and

22 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

23 (i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal

24 year’’ the first place it appears
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1 and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

2 the biennium’’; and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘that first fis4 cal year and the ensuing fiscal

5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal

6 years’’.

7 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section

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

9 (A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

11 in the biennium’’; and

12 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and

13 the ensuing fiscal years’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

15 (m) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF

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

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

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

19 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

21 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

22 year in the biennium’’;

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

24 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

25 year in the biennium’’; and
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1 (4) in the matter following paragraph

2 (2), by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and in3 serting ‘‘the applicable fiscal year’’.

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

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

7 of the House of Representatives is amended

8 by inserting ‘‘odd-numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

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

10 the House of Representatives is amended by

11 striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien12 nium’’.

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

14 the House of Representatives is amended by

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

16 biennium’’.

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

18 House of Representatives is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (5), by

20 striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at

21 the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding at

22 the end the following new subparagraph:

23 ‘‘(7) use the second session of each Con24 gress to study issues with long-term budg-
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1 etary and economic implications, which

2 would include—

3 ‘‘(A) hold hearings to receive testi4 mony from committees of jurisdiction to

5 identify problem areas and to report on

6 the results of oversight; and

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

8 year, issuing a report to the Speaker

9 which identifies the key issues facing the

10 Congress in the next biennium.’’.

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

12 the House of Representatives is amended by

13 striking ‘‘the same or preceding fiscal year’’.

14 (f) Clause 4(e) of rule X of the Rules of the

15 House of Representatives is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘annually’’ each place it appears and in17 serting ‘‘biennially’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’

18 and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

19 (g) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the

20 House of Representatives is amended—

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd22 numbered year’’ after ‘‘submits his budg23 et’’;
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘bien3 nium’’; and

4 (3) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and

5 inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such ensu6 ing biennium’’.

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

8 Rules of the House of Representatives is

9 amended by striking ‘‘five’’ both places it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘six’’.

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

12 of the House of Representatives is amended

13 by striking ‘‘fiscal year after September 15 in

14 the preceding fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien15 nium after September 15 of the year in which

16 such biennium begins’’.

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

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

19 United States Code, is amended by adding at

20 the end thereof the following new paragraph:

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

22 to such term in paragraph (13) of section

23 3 of the Congressional Budget and Im24 poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

25 622(13)).’’.
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1 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO

2 THE CONGRESS.—

3 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding

4 paragraph (1) in section 1105(a) of title

5 31, United States Code, is amended to

6 read as follows:

7 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in Feb8 ruary of each odd-numbered year (or, if appli9 cable, as provided by section 300(b) of the

10 Congressional Budget Act of 1974), beginning

11 with the One Hundred Ninth Congress, the

12 President shall transmit to the Congress, the

13 budget for the biennium beginning on Octo14 ber 1 of such calendar year. The budget trans15 mitted under this subsection shall include a

16 budget message and summary and supporting

17 information. The President shall include in

18 each budget the following:’’.

19 (2) EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(5)

20 of title 31, United States Code, is amend21 ed by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for which

22 the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

23 years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

24 fiscal year in the biennium for which the
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1 budget is submitted and in the suc2 ceeding 4 years’’.

3 (3) RECEIPTS.—Section 1105(a)(6) of

4 title 31, United States Code, is amended

5 by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for which the

6 budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years

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

8 year in the biennium for which the budg9 et is submitted and in the succeeding 4

10 years’’.

11 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section

12 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States

13 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

14 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

15 the biennium’’.

16 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND AC17 TIVITIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31,

18 United States Code, is amended in sub19 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fiscal

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

21 the biennium’’.

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

23 of title 31, United States Code, is amend24 ed by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien2 nium’’.

3 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED

4 AND UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Sec5 tion 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States

6 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that year’’

7 and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi8 ennium for which the budget is sub9 mitted’’.

10 (8) TAX EXPENDITURES.—Section

11 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United States Code,

12 is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’

13 and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi14 ennium’’.

15 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—

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

17 States Code, is amended—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year fol19 lowing the fiscal year’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium fol21 lowing the biennium’’;

22 (B) by striking ‘‘that following fis23 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each such fis24 cal year’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before

2 the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien3 nium before the biennium’’.

4 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section

5 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code,

6 is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal

8 year,’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the 2

9 most recently completed fiscal

10 years,’’;

11 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘with respect to those fiscal

13 years’’; and

14 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and

15 inserting ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

16 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section

17 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code,

18 is amended—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal

20 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the 2

21 most recently completed fiscal years’’;

22 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and

23 inserting ‘‘with respect to those fiscal

24 years’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘in

3 those fiscal years’’.

4 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLA5 TIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES.—Section 1105(b)

6 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

7 striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each even8 numbered year’’.

9 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED

10 DEFICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31,

11 United States Code, is amended—

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

13 the first place it appears and inserting

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

15 (2) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’

16 the second place it appears and inserting

17 ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium, as the

18 case may be,’’; and

19 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘for each year of the biennium’’.

21 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Sec22 tion 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code,

23 is amended by striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’

24 and inserting ‘‘biennium to which such budg25 et relates’’.
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1 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

2 CHANGES.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106(a) of

4 title 31, United States Code, is amended—

5 (A) in the matter preceding para6 graph (1), by—

7 (i) inserting ‘‘and before Feb8 ruary 15 of each even-numbered

9 year’’ after ‘‘Before July 16 of

10 each year’’; and

11 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking

14 ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

15 fiscal year in such biennium’’;

16 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking

17 ‘‘4 fiscal years following the fiscal

18 year’’ and inserting ‘‘4 fiscal years fol19 lowing the biennium’’; and

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

21 ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien22 nium’’.

23 (2) CHANGES.—Section 1106(b) of title

24 31, United States Code, is amended by—
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1 (A) striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi3 ennium’’; and

4 (B) inserting ‘‘and before Feb5 ruary 15 of each even-numbered

6 year’’ after ‘‘Before July 16 of each

7 year’’.

8 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ES9 TIMATES.—

10 (1) THE PRESIDENT.—Section 1109(a) of

11 title 31, United States Code, is amended—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘On or before the

13 first Monday after January 3 of each

14 year (on or before February 5 in

15 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At the same

16 time the budget required by section

17 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’;

18 and

19 (B) by striking ‘‘the following fis20 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

21 year of such period’’.

22 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Sec23 tion 1109(b) of title 31, United States

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

25 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 6 weeks
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1 of the President’s budget submission for

2 each odd-numbered year (or, if applica3 ble, as provided by section 300(b) of the

4 Congressional Budget Act of 1974)’’.

5 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHOR6 IZING LEGISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31,

7 United States Code, is amended by—

8 (1) striking ‘‘May 16’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘March 31’’; and

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

11 which the fiscal year begins’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘calendar year preceding the cal13 endar year in which the biennium be14 gins’’.

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

16 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

17 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code,

18 is amended to read as follows:

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

20 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making

21 appropriations for the support of the Govern22 ment shall be as follows: ‘An Act making ap23 propriations (here insert the object) for each

24 fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years

25 (here insert the fiscal years of the biennium).’.
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1 ‘‘(b) All Acts making regular appropria2 tions for the support of the Government shall

3 be enacted for a biennium and shall specify

4 the amount of appropriations provided for

5 each fiscal year in such period.

6 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term

7 ‘biennium’ has the same meaning as in section

8 3(11) of the Congressional Budget and Im9 poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

10 622(11)).’’.

11 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congres13 sional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by sec14 tion 6(a) is further is amended by adding at

15 the end the following new section:

16 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF

17 APPROPRIATIONS

18 ‘‘SEC. 318. 316. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—(1)(A)

19 It shall not be in order in the House of Rep20 resentatives or the Senate to consider any

21 measure that contains a specific authoriza22 tion of appropriations for any purpose unless

23 the measure includes such a specific author24 ization of appropriations for that purpose for

25 not less than each fiscal year in one or more

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1 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a spe2 cific authorization of appropriations is an au3 thorization for the enactment of an amount of

4 appropriations or amounts not to exceed an

5 amount of appropriations (whether stated as

6 a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as

7 may be necessary) for any purpose for a fiscal

8 year.

9 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply with re10 spect to an authorization of appropriations

11 for a single fiscal year for any program,

12 project, or activity if the measure containing

13 that authorization includes a provision ex14 pressly stating the following: ‘Congress finds

15 that no authorization of appropriation will be

16 required for [Insert name of applicable pro17 gram, project, or activity] for any subsequent

18 fiscal year.’.

19 ‘‘(3) For ‘‘(b) For purposes of this sub20 section section, the term ‘measure’ means a

21 bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or

22 conference report.’’.

23 (b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

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

25 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
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1 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by add2 ing after the item relating to section 317 315

3 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 318. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’.

4 SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE

5 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.

6 (a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title

7 5, United States Code, is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Sep9 tember 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep10 tember 30, 2004 2003’’;

11 (2) in subsection (b)—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘at least every

13 three years’’ and inserting ‘‘at least

14 every 4 years’’; and

15 (A) by striking ‘‘at least every

16 three years’’ and all that follows

17 thereafter and inserting ‘‘at least

18 every 4 years, except that strategic

19 plans submitted by September 30,

20 2003, shall be updated and revised by

21 September 30, 2006.’’; and

22 (B) by striking ‘‘five years for23 ward’’ and inserting ‘‘six years for24 ward’’; and
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1 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting a

2 comma after ‘‘section’’ the second place it

3 appears and adding ‘‘including a stra4 tegic plan submitted by September 30,

5 2004 2003, meeting the requirements of

6 subsection (a)’’.

7 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO

8 CONGRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a)

9 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

10 striking ‘‘beginning with fiscal year 1999, a’’

11 and inserting ‘‘beginning with fiscal year

12 2006, a biennial’’.

13 (c) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of

14 title 31, United States Code, is amended—

15 (1) in subsection (a)—

16 (A) in the matter before para17 graph (1)—

18 (i) by striking ‘‘section

19 1105(a)(29)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

20 1105(a)(28)’’; and

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’

22 and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’;

23 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting

24 after ‘‘program activity’’ the fol-
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1 lowing: ‘‘for both years 1 and 2 of the

2 biennial plan’’;

3 (C) in paragraph (5) by striking

4 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon,

5 (D) in paragraph (6) by striking

6 the period and inserting a semicolon;

7 and inserting ‘‘and’’ after the inserted

8 semicolon; and

9 (E) by adding after paragraph (6)

10 the following:

11 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the bien12 nium beginning with the first fiscal year

13 of the next biennial budget cycle.’’;

14 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘an15 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

16 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f)

17 by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien18 nial’’.

19 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND

20 FLEXIBILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United

21 States Code, relating to managerial account22 ability, is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a)—

24 (A) in the first sentence by strik25 ing ‘‘annual’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘section

2 1105(a)(29)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

3 1105(a)(28)’’;

4 (2) in subsection (e)—

5 (A) in the first sentence by strik6 ing ‘‘one or’’ before ‘‘two years’’;

7 (B) in the second sentence by

8 striking ‘‘a subsequent year’’ and in9 serting ‘‘for a subsequent 2-year pe10 riod’’; and

11 (C) in the third sentence by strik12 ing ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.

13 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE

14 BUDGETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United

15 States Code, is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d),

17 by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien18 nial’’; and

19 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘an20 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

21 (f) (e) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 2802 of

22 title 39, United States Code, is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Sep24 tember 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep25 tember 30, 2004 2003’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at

2 least every three years’’ and inserting ‘‘at

3 least every 4 years except that strategic

4 plans submitted by September 30, 2003,

5 shall be updated and revised by Sep6 tember 30, 2006’’;

7 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘five

8 years forward’’ and inserting ‘‘six years

9 forward’’; and

10 (4) in subsection (c), by inserting a

11 comma after ‘‘section’’ the second place it

12 appears and inserting ‘‘including a stra13 tegic plan submitted by September 30,

14 2004 2003, meeting the requirements of

15 subsection (a)’’.

16 (g) (f) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section

17 2803(a) of title 39, United States Code, is

18 amended—

19 (1) in the matter before paragraph

20 (1), by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘a biennial’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting

23 after ‘‘program activity’’ the following:

24 ‘‘for both years 1 and 2 of the biennial

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

2 after the semicolon;

3 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the

4 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

6 following:

7 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the bien8 nium beginning with the first fiscal year

9 of the next biennial budget cycle.’’.

10 (h) (g) COMMITTEE VIEWS OF PLANS AND RE11 PORTS.—Section 301(d) of the Congressional

12 Budget Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by

13 adding at the end ‘‘Each committee of the Sen14 ate or the House of Representatives shall re15 view the strategic plans, performance plans,

16 and performance reports, required under sec17 tion 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sec18 tions 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States

19 Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction of

20 the committee. Each committee may provide

21 its views on such plans or reports to the Com22 mittee on the Budget of the applicable

23 House.’’.

24 (i) (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments

2 made by this section shall take effect on

3 March 1, 2005.

4 (2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and

5 after the date of enactment of this Act,

6 each agency shall take such actions as

7 necessary to prepare and submit any

8 plan or report in accordance with the

9 amendments made by it.

10 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.

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

12 Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the

13 House of Representatives is amended by add14 ing at the end the following new subpara15 graph:

16 ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision

17 (B), an appropriation may not be reported in

18 a general appropriation bill (other than a sup19 plemental appropriation bill), and may not be

20 in order as an amendment thereto, unless it

21 provides new budget authority or establishes

22 a level of obligations under contract authority

23 for each fiscal year of a biennium.

24 ‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with

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1 year for any program, project, or activity if

2 the bill or amendment thereto containing that

3 appropriation includes a provision expressly

4 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no

5 additional funding beyond one fiscal year will

6 be required and the [Insert name of applica7 ble program, project, or activity] will be com8 pleted or terminated after the amount pro9 vided has been expended.’.

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

11 statement set forth in subdivision (B) with re12 spect to an appropriation for a single fiscal

13 year for any program, project, or activity may

14 be included in a general appropriation bill or

15 amendment thereto.’’.

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

17 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘or

18 (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’.

19 (b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et

21 seq.) (as amended by section 7) is further

22 amended by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION

24 BILLS

25 ‘‘SEC. 319. 317. It shall not be in order in

26 the Senate in any odd-numbered year to con-
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1 sider any regular appropriation bill providing

2 new budget authority or a limitation on obli3 gations under the jurisdiction of the Com4 mittee on Appropriations for only the first fis5 cal year of a biennium, unless the program,

6 project, or activity for which the new budget

7 authority or obligation limitation is provided

8 will require no additional authority beyond

9 one year and will be completed or terminated

10 after the amount provided has been ex11 pended.’’.

12 (2) The table of contents set forth in sec13 tion 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im14 poundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by

15 adding after the item relating to section 318

16 316 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 319. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills.’’.

17 SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING

18 COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE

19 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

20 (a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY AP21 PROPRIATIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each

22 standing committee of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate in carrying out

24 its responsibilities, the head of each Federal

25 agency which administers the laws or parts of
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1 laws under the jurisdiction of such committee

2 shall provide to such committee such studies,

3 information, analyses, reports, and assistance

4 as may be requested by the chairman and

5 ranking minority member of the committee.

6 (b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PRO7 GRAM ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each stand8 ing committee of the House of Representa9 tives and the Senate in carrying out its re10 sponsibilities, the head of any agency shall

11 furnish to such committee documentation,

12 containing information received, compiled, or

13 maintained by the agency as part of the oper14 ation or administration of a program, or spe15 cifically compiled pursuant to a request in

16 support of a review of a program, as may be

17 requested by the chairman and ranking mi18 nority member of such committee.

19 (c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GEN20 ERAL.—Within thirty days after the receipt of

21 a request from a chairman and ranking mi22 nority member of a standing committee hav23 ing jurisdiction over a program being re24 viewed and studied by such committee under

25 this section, the Comptroller General of the
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1 United States shall furnish to such committee

2 summaries of any audits or reviews of such

3 program which the Comptroller General has

4 completed during the preceding six years.

5 (d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Con6 sistent with their duties and functions under

7 law, the Comptroller General of the United

8 States, the Director of the Congressional

9 Budget Office, and the Director of the Con10 gressional Research Service shall continue to

11 furnish (consistent with established proto12 cols) to each standing committee of the House

13 of Representatives or the Senate such infor14 mation, studies, analyses, and reports as the

15 chairman and ranking minority member may

16 request to assist the committee in conducting

17 reviews and studies of programs under this

18 section.

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

20 Not later than 180 days after the date of

21 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of22 fice of Management and Budget shall—

23 (1) determine the impact and feasi24 bility of changing the definition of a fis25 cal year and the budget process based on
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1 that definition to a 2-year fiscal period

2 with a biennial budget process based on

3 the 2-year period; and

4 (2) report the findings of the study to

5 the Committees on the Budget of the

6 House of Representatives and the Senate

7 and the Committee on Rules of the House

8 of Representatives.

9 SEC. 12. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 108TH

10 CONGRESS.

11 (a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR

12 FISCAL YEAR 2004.—The budget submission of

13 the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of

14 title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year

15 2004 shall include the following:

16 (1) An identification of the budget ac17 counts for which an appropriation should

18 be made for each fiscal year of the fiscal

19 year 2004–2005 biennium.

20 (2) Budget authority that should be

21 provided for each such fiscal year for the

22 budget accounts identified under para23 graph (1).

24 (b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

25 COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Com-
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1 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate shall review the

3 items included pursuant to subsection (a) in

4 the budget submission of the President for fis5 cal year 2004 and include its recommenda6 tions thereon in its views and estimates made

7 under section 301(d) of the Congressional

8 Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that

9 budget submission.

10 (c) ACTIONS BY THE COMMITTEES ON THE

11 BUDGET.—(1) The Committee on the Budget of

12 the House of Representatives and the Senate

13 shall review the items included pursuant to

14 subsection (a) in the budget submission of the

15 President for fiscal year 2004 and the rec16 ommendations submitted by the Committee

17 on Appropriations of its House pursuant to

18 subsection (b) included in its views and esti19 mates made under section 301(d) of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974.

21 (2) The report of the Committee on the

22 Budget of each House accompanying the con23 current resolution on the budget for fiscal

24 year 2004 and the joint explanatory statement

25 of managers accompanying such resolution
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1 shall also include allocations to the Com2 mittee on Appropriations of its House of total

3 new budget authority and total outlays

4 (which shall be deemed to be made pursuant

5 to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget

6 Act of 1974 for purposes of budget enforce7 ment under section 302(f)) for fiscal year 2005

8 from which the Committee on Appropriations

9 may report regular appropriation bills for fis10 cal year 2004 that include funding for certain

11 accounts for each of fiscal years 2004 and

12 2005.

13 (3) The report of the Committee on the

14 Budget of each House accompanying the con15 current resolution on the budget for fiscal

16 year 2004 and the joint explanatory statement

17 of managers accompanying such resolution

18 shall also include the assumptions upon

19 which such allocations referred to in para20 graph (2) are based.

21 (d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC OVERSIGHT ASSIST22 ANCE.—(1) During the first session of the 108th

23 Congress the committees of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate are directed to

25 work with the Comptroller General of the
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1 United States to develop plans to transition

2 program authorizations to a multi-year sched3 ule.

4 (2) During the 108th Congress, the Comp5 troller General of the United States will con6 tinue to provide assistance to the Congress

7 with respect to programmatic oversight and

8 in particular will assist the committees of

9 Congress in designing and conforming pro10 grammatic oversight procedures for the fiscal

11 year 2005–2006 biennium.

12 (e) CBO AUTHORIZATION REPORT.—On or

13 before January 15, 2004, the Director of the

14 Congressional Budget Office, after consulta15 tion with the appropriate committees of the

16 House of Representatives and Senate, shall

17 submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all

18 programs and activities funded during fiscal

19 year 2004 for which authorizations for appro20 priations have not been enacted for that fiscal

21 year and (B) all programs and activities fund22 ed during fiscal year 2004 for which author23 izations for appropriations will expire during

24 that fiscal year, fiscal year 2005, or fiscal year

25 2006.
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1 (f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR

2 FISCAL YEAR 2005.—The budget submission of

3 the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of

4 title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year

5 2005 shall include an evaluation of, and rec6 ommendations regarding, the transitional bi7 ennial budget process for the fiscal year 2004–

8 2005 biennium that was carried out pursuant

9 to this section.

10 (g) CBO TRANSITIONAL REPORT.—On or be11 fore March 31, 2004, the Director of the Con12 gressional Budget Office shall submit to Con13 gress an evaluation of, and recommendations

14 regarding, the transitional biennial budget

15 process for the fiscal year 2004–2005 biennium

16 that was carried out pursuant to this section.

17 SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.

18 Except as provided by sections 8, 11, and

19 12, this Act and the amendments made by it

20 shall take effect on January 1, 2005, and shall

21 apply to budget resolutions and appropria22 tions for the biennium beginning with fiscal

23 year 2006.
Union Calendar No. 176

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 981

[Report No. 107–200, Parts I and II]

A BILL

To provide a biennial budget for the United States

Government.

NOVEMBER 14, 2001

Reported from the Committee on Rules with amendments

NOVEMBER 14, 2001

Committee on Government Reform discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

state of the Union and ordered to be printed