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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1536 

To modify the congressional budget and appropriations process to provide 

fiscal stability for the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2019 

Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mr. BYRNE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to 

the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To modify the congressional budget and appropriations process to provide fiscal stability for the United States, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; EFFEC4 TIVE DATE. 

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

6 ‘‘Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; effective date. 

TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 

Subtitle A—Congressional Budget Process 

Sec. 101. Updating purpose of Congressional Budget Act. 

Sec. 102. Definitions. 

Sec. 103. Revision of timetable. 

Sec. 104. Biennial concurrent resolutions on the budget. 

Sec. 105. Committee allocations. 

Sec. 106. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations. 

Sec. 107. Additional amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 

effectuate biennial budgeting. 

Subtitle B—Conforming Amendments to the Rules of the House of 

Representatives and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

Sec. 111. Rules Committee recommendations. 

Sec. 112. Conforming amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

Subtitle C—Conforming Amendments to Titles 1, 5, 31, and 39, United 

States Code 

Sec. 121. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriation Acts. 

Sec. 122. Amendments to title 31, United States Code. 

Sec. 123. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis. 

Subtitle D—Change of Fiscal Year 

Sec. 131. Change of fiscal year. 

TITLE II—DIRECT SPENDING PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL 

APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 201. Annual appropriations required for direct spending programs. 

TITLE III—ZERO-BASED BUDGETING 

Sec. 301. Zero-based budgeting. 

TITLE IV—PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH A BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Sec. 401. Adoption of reconciliation procedures for appropriations bills. 

TITLE V—NO BUDGET NO PAY 

Sec. 501. No budget no pay. 

1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Unless specifically provided 

2 for otherwise in this Act, the amendments made by this 

3 Act shall take effect immediately before noon on January 

4 3, 2021. 


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1 TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 

2 Subtitle A—Congressional Budget 

3 Process 

4 SEC. 101. UPDATING PURPOSE OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDG5 ET ACT. 

6 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres7 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg10 etary process and Federal spending; 

11 ‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination biennially of 

12 the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex13 penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 

14 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

15 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound16 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 

17 end the following new paragraphs: 

18 ‘‘(12) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean19 ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 

20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

21 Act of 1985. 

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

23 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 

24 any odd-numbered year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 103. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 

2 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

3 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘TIMETABLE

5 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the congres6 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 

7 the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress) is as follows: 

‘‘First Session 

On or before: Action to be completed: 

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

April 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. 

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

June 30 ...................................... Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget. 

July 1 ......................................... Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives. 

September 15 ............................. House Appropriations Committee reports last 

biennial appropriation bill. 

November 15 ............................. Congress completes action on biennial appropriation bills. 

January 1 .................................. Biennium begins. 

‘‘Second Session 

On or before: Action to be completed: 

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

Not later than 6 weeks after 

President submits budget review.

Congressional Budget Office submits report 

to Budget Committees. 

July 31 ....................................... Congress completes action on reconciliation 

legislation.’’. 

8 SEC. 104. BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE 

9 BUDGET. 

10 (a) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 301(a) of 

11 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) 

12 is amended— 


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

2 (A) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘June 30 of each odd-numbered 

4 year’’; 

5 (B) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 

6 October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap7 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on 

8 January 1 of the following year’’; 

9 (C) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 

10 October 1 of such year’’ the second place it ap11 pears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such 

12 period’’; and 

13 (D) striking ‘‘each of the 4 ensuing fiscal 

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

15 next 2 bienniums’’; 

16 (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(4) subtotals of new budget authority and out19 lays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense 

20 discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and 

21 other health-related spending, other direct spending 

22 (excluding interest), and net interest;’’; 

23 (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal 

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien25 nium’’; and 


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

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien3 nium’’. 

4 (b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN CONCURRENT RESO5 LUTION.—Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act 

6 of 1974 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking paragraph (1), and by striking 

8 paragraphs (6) through (9); 

9 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

10 and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respec11 tively; 

12 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by strik13 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 

14 fiscal year in such biennium’’; 

15 (4) by striking paragraph (3), as redesignated, 

16 and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) set forth such other matters, and require 

18 such other procedures, relating to the budget as may 

19 be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, 

20 but shall not include a suspension or alteration of 

21 the application of the motion to strike a provision as 

22 set forth in section 310(d)(2) or (h)(2)(F);’’; and 

23 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by strik24 ing the semicolon and inserting a period. 


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1 (c) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 301(d) 

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

3 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

4 new sentences: ‘‘Each committee of the Senate or the 

5 House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans, 

6 performance plans, and performance reports required 

7 under section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sec8 tions 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, of 

9 all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each 

10 committee may provide its views on such plans or reports 

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

12 (d) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—Section 301(e) of the 

13 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

18 (B) by inserting after the second sentence 

19 the following: ‘‘On or before June 1 of each 

20 odd-numbered year, the Committee on the 

21 Budget of each House shall report to its House 

22 the concurrent resolution on the budget referred 

23 to in subsection (a) for the biennium beginning 

24 on January 1 of the following year.’’; 

25 (2) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

2 (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs 

3 (B), (C), (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively; 

4 (B) before subparagraph (B) (as redesig5 nated), by inserting the following new subpara6 graph: 

7 ‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 

8 each major functional category, based on alloca9 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 

10 subsection (a)(1);’’; 

11 (C) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 

12 by striking ‘‘mandatory’’ and inserting ‘‘direct 

13 spending’’; and 

14 (D) after subparagraph (C) (as redesig15 nated), by inserting the following new subpara16 graph: 

17 ‘‘(D) total outlays, total Federal revenues, 

18 the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority 

19 and outlays for nondefense discretionary spend20 ing, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, 

21 Medicaid and other health-related spending, 

22 other direct spending (excluding interest), social 

23 security and other major functional categories, 

24 as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in 


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1 such resolution as a percentage of the gross do2 mestic product of the United States;’’; and 

3 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (A)(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

5 and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec6 tively; 

7 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); 

8 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

9 subparagraph (D); and 

10 (iv) by striking the period and the end of 

11 subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and insert12 ing ‘‘; and’’; 

13 (B) before subparagraph (B), as redesig14 nated, by inserting the following new subpara15 graph: 

16 ‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 

17 each major functional category, based on alloca18 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 

19 subsection (a)(1);’’; and 

20 (C) at the end, by adding the following 

21 new subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(E) set forth, if required by subsection 

23 (f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion 

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1 ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em2 ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 

3 (e) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—Sec4 tion 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

5 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each 

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

7 (f) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g)(1) of 

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

9 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’. 

11 (g) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of sec12 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIEN14 NIAL’’. 

15 (h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to sec16 tion 301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 

17 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 

18 Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘Biennial’’. 

20 SEC. 105. COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS. 

21 Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

22 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 


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

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

3 in the biennium,’’; 

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

5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov6 ered by the resolution’’; and 

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

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

9 in the biennium’’; 

10 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by 

11 striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

12 (a)(1)’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (f)(1)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in15 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’; 

18 and 

19 (C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as 

20 reported’’; 

21 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 

22 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 


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

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

3 the resolution’’; and 

4 (5) by striking subsection (g). 

5 SEC. 106. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA6 TIONS. 

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

8 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 

9 315 the following new section: 

10 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

11 ‘‘SEC. 316. (a) It shall not be in order in the House 

12 of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure 

13 that contains an authorization of appropriations for any 

14 purpose unless the measure includes such an authorization 

15 of appropriations for that purpose for not less than each 

16 fiscal year in one or more bienniums. 

17 ‘‘(b)(1) For purposes of this section, an authorization 

18 of appropriations is an authorization for the enactment 

19 of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed 

20 an amount of appropriations (whether stated as a sum cer21 tain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be necessary) 

22 for any purpose for a fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(2) Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to 

24 an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 

25 for any program, project, or activity if the measure con26 taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 


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1 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza2 tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 

3 applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse4 quent fiscal year.’. 

5 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘measure’ 

6 means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con7 ference report.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con9 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 

10 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in11 serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 

12 new item: 

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

13 SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES14 SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO EFFEC15 TUATE BIENNIAL BUDGETING. 

16 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 

17 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amend18 ed, is further amended by adding at the end the following 

19 new paragraphs: 

20 ‘‘(14) The term ‘Medicare’ means programs 

21 within budget function 570. 

22 ‘‘(15) The term ‘Medicaid and other health-re23 lated spending’ means programs within budget func24 tion 550. 


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1 ‘‘(16) The term ‘other direct spending’ means 

2 programs other than those within budget functions 

3 550 and 570, excluding Social Security and net in4 terest.’’. 

5 (b) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

6 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of the Congres7 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 

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

9 odd-numbered year’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien11 nial’’; 

12 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi13 ennium’’; and 

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

15 odd-numbered year’’. 

16 (c) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

17 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended to 

19 read as follows: 

20 ‘‘HOUSE APPROVAL OF REGULATION APPROPRIATION

21 BILLS

22 ‘‘SEC. 309. It shall not be in order in the House of 

23 Representatives to consider any resolution providing for 

24 an adjournment period of more than three calendar days 

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1 tives has approved annual appropriation bills providing 

2 new budget authority under the jurisdiction of all the sub3 committees of the Committee on Appropriations for the 

4 fiscal year beginning on January 1 of the following year.’’. 

5 (d) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310 of the 

6 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is 

7 amended— 

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

9 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in10 serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 

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

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

13 year covered by such resolution’’; and 

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

15 subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

16 (e) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 

17 (1) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

18 Section 311(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act 

19 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in21 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 

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

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

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

4 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 

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

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

7 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

10 the first place it appears and inserting 

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

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

13 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘all fiscal years’’. 

15 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 

16 311(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

17 is amended by— 

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

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

20 and 

21 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu22 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 

23 years’’. 

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1 ing ‘‘with respect to new budget authority or out2 lays’’ after ‘‘shall not apply’’. 

3 (f) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF ORDER.— 

4 Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

5 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended— 

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

7 ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

9 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien10 nium’’; 

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

12 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien13 nium’’; and 

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

15 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli16 cable fiscal year’’. 

17 Subtitle B—Conforming Amend18 ments to the Rules of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974 

21 SEC. 111. RULES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. 

22 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

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1 ments to the Rules of the House of Representatives to ef2 fectuate this title. 

3 SEC. 112. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES4 SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974. 

5 (a) SECTION 202(e).—Section 202(e)(1)(C) of the 

6 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes assumed to be extended 

8 under section 257(b)(2)(C)’’. 

9 (b) SECTION 302(f)(1).—Section 302(f)(1) of the 

10 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 

11 ‘‘or outlays’’ after ‘‘new budget authority’’. 

12 (c) SECTION 308(a).—Section 308(a)(3)(C) of the 

13 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed. 

14 (d) SECTION 308(d).—Section 308(d) of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘252(d)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘252(c)’’. 

17 Subtitle C—Conforming Amend18 ments to Titles 1, 5, 31, and 39, 

19 United States Code 

20 SEC. 121. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE 

21 OF APPROPRIATION ACTS. 

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1 ‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriation Acts 

2 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria3 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol4 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations [here insert the ob5 ject] for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 

6 [here insert the fiscal years of the biennium].’. 

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

8 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium 

9 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided 

10 for each fiscal year in such period. 

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

12 has the same meaning as in section 3(13) of the Congres13 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

14 U.S.C. 622(13)).’’. 

15 SEC. 122. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 

16 CODE. 

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

18 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new paragraph: 

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

21 term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Congres22 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

23 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’. 

24 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

25 CONGRESS.— 


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1 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para2 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

3 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in April of each 

5 odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hundred Sev6 enteenth Congress, the President shall transmit to the 

7 Congress the budget for the biennium beginning on Janu8 ary 1 of the following calendar year. The budget trans9 mitted under this subsection shall include a budget mes10 sage and summary and supporting information. The 

11 President shall include in each budget submission the fol12 lowing:’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis21 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 

22 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

23 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

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1 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 

2 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

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

5 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI6 TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 

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

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

9 year in the biennium’’. 

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

11 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 

12 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi13 ennium’’. 

14 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

15 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

16 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

18 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

19 submitted’’. 

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

21 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 

23 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) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO

23 CONGRESS.—Section 1105(a)(28) of title 31, United 

24 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning with 


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

2 fiscal year 2022, a biennial’’. 

3 (12) INFORMATION SUPPORTING BIENNIAL

4 BUDGETS.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

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

6 following new paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(40) Totals of new budget authority and out8 lays. 

9 ‘‘(41) Total Federal revenues and the amount, 

10 if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal reve11 nues should be increased or decreased by bills and 

12 resolutions to be reported by the appropriate com13 mittees. 

14 ‘‘(42) The surplus or deficit in the budget. 

15 ‘‘(43) Subtotals of new budget authority and 

16 outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, de17 fense discretionary spending, direct spending (ex18 cluding interest), contingencies, and net interest. 

19 ‘‘(44) The public debt.’’. 

20 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

23 and inserting ‘‘each even-numbered year’’. 


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1 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE2 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 

3 Code, is amended— 

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

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

6 the biennium for’’; 

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

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

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

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

11 each year of the biennium’’. 

12 (e) ADDITIONAL OUTYEAR DATA.—Section 1105(d) 

13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

14 ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’ and by adding at the end the following 

15 new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(2) Each budget submission shall include a budget 

17 message and summary and supporting information and, 

18 as a separately delineated statement, the levels required 

19 in paragraphs (40) through (44) of subsection (a) for at 

20 least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years after the biennium 

21 covered by the budget submission under such subsection.’’. 

22 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 

23 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

25 to which such budget relates’’. 


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1 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

2 CHANGES.— 

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

4 United States Code, is amended— 

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

6 by— 

7 (i) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each 

8 year’’ and inserting ‘‘Before April 7 of 

9 each even-numbered year and before Sep10 tember 15 of each year’’; and 

11 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘biennium’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis14 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 

15 such biennium’’; 

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

17 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘at least 4 fiscal years following the biennium’’; 

19 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) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each year’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘Before April 7 of each even3 numbered year and before September 15 of 

4 each year’’. 

5 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVI6 TIES ESTIMATES.— 

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

8 31, United States Code, is amended— 

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

10 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be11 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At 

12 the same time the budget required by section 

13 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 

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

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

16 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 

17 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

18 by striking ‘‘before March 1 of each year’’ and in19 serting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget 

20 submission for each odd-numbered year’’. 

21 (i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG22 ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code, 

23 is hereby repealed. 

24 (j) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, 

25 United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1) by 

3 striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a bien4 nial’’; 

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

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

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

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

9 after the semicolon; 

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

11 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 

12 after the inserted semicolon; and 

13 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be16 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

17 budget cycle.’’; 

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

19 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

20 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik21 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

22 (k) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG23 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik2 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

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

4 inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

5 (l) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI6 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re7 lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Be10 ginning with fiscal year 1999, the’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2022, the bien12 nial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; and 

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

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

15 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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

17 or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 

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

19 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse20 quent 2-year period’’; and 

21 (C) in the third sentence by striking 

22 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’. 

23 SEC. 123. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 

24 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 

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1 (1) TITLE 5.—Section 306 of title 5, United 

2 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘February of 

3 any year following’’ and inserting ‘‘April of’’. 

4 (2) TITLE 39.—Section 2802 of title 39, United 

5 States Code, is amended— 

6 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Sep7 tember 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

8 2022’’; 

9 (B) in subsection (b), by— 

10 (i) striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

12 (ii) striking ‘‘at least every three 

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

14 years’’; and 

15 (C) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, in16 cluding a strategic plan submitted by Sep17 tember 30, 2022, meeting the requirements of 

18 subsection (a)’’ before the period. 

19 (b) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title 

20 39, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

23 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro24 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 

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

2 the semicolon; 

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

4 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be7 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

8 budget cycle.’’. 

9 Subtitle D—Change of Fiscal Year 

10 SEC. 131. CHANGE OF FISCAL YEAR. 

11 (a) CHANGE OF CALENDAR PERIOD.—Section 1102 

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

13 (1) by striking ‘‘October 1’’ and inserting ‘‘Jan14 uary 1’’; and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘September 30 of the following 

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31 of that year’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

18 subsection (a) shall be effective on January 1, 2022. 

19 (c) TRANSITION.—During the period between Octo20 ber 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021, Congress shall pro21 vide discretionary appropriations at a rate comparable to 

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1 TITLE II—DIRECT SPENDING 

2 PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO AN3 NUAL APPROPRIATIONS 

4 SEC. 201. ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED FOR DI5 RECT SPENDING PROGRAMS. 

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

7 Budget Act of 1974 is further amended by adding after 

8 section 316, as added by section 106(a) of this Act, the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUIRED FOR DIRECT

11 SPENDING PROGRAMS

12 ‘‘SEC. 317. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law, in the biennium beginning in fiscal year 2022 and 

14 each biennium thereafter— 

15 ‘‘(1) each direct spending program shall be subject 

16 to annual discretionary appropriations; and 

17 ‘‘(2) no funds may be obligated for any such program 

18 using any amounts other than amounts provided in ad19 vance in appropriations Acts. 

20 ‘‘(b) In this section— 

21 ‘‘(1) the term ‘biennium’ has the meaning given 

22 that term in section 3(13); and 

23 ‘‘(2) the term ‘direct spending program’— 

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1 ‘‘(i) any program with respect to 

2 which budget authority is provided (before 

3 the date of enactment of this section) by 

4 law other than appropriation Acts; 

5 ‘‘(ii) any program that is funded (be6 fore the date of enactment of this section) 

7 through entitlement authority; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) the Supplemental Nutrition As9 sistance Program; and 

10 ‘‘(B) does not include— 

11 ‘‘(i) the old-age and survivors insur12 ance program established under title II of 

13 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et 

14 seq.), but not including disability insurance 

15 benefits under section 223 of such Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 423); 

17 ‘‘(ii) Medicare programs; 

18 ‘‘(iii) all programs administered by 

19 the Department of Veterans Affairs; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) the TRICARE program (as de21 fined in section 1072 of title 10, United 

22 States Code).’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

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1 by inserting after the item relating to section 316 the fol2 lowing new items: 

‘‘Sec. 317. Annual appropriations required for direct spending programs.’’. 

3 (c) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION.—Section 

4 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by 

5 section 122(b)(12), is further amended by adding at the 

6 end the following: 

7 ‘‘(45) such information as is necessary for the 

8 making of accurate biennial appropriations for direct 

9 spending programs subject to the biennial appropria10 tions process, and recommendations on legislative 

11 changes to bring spending on such programs to a 

12 sustainable basis, if applicable.’’. 

13 (d) RULES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

14 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

15 Act, the Committee on Rules of the House of Representa16 tives shall submit to the House conforming amendments 

17 to the Rules of the House of Representatives to effectuate 

18 this title, including the requirement that the authority to 

19 appropriate funds for direct spending programs subject to 

20 the biennial appropriations process is with the Committee 

21 on Appropriations. 


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1 TITLE III—ZERO-BASED 

2 BUDGETING 

3 SEC. 301. ZERO-BASED BUDGETING. 

4 Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by striking subsection (a)(2) and inserting 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(2) consistent with subsection (i), a budget for 

9 each department and agency which contains the fol10 lowing information— 

11 ‘‘(A) A description of each activity for 

12 which the department or agency receives an ap13 propriation in the current fiscal year or for 

14 which the department or agency requests an ap15 propriation for the budget year. 

16 ‘‘(B) The legal basis for each activity. 

17 ‘‘(C) For each activity, three alternative 

18 funding levels for the budget year, and a sum19 mary of the priorities that would be accom20 plished within each level, and the additional in21 crements of value that would be added by the 

22 higher funding levels. At least two of these 

23 funding levels shall be below the funding level 

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1 ‘‘(D) For each activity, one or more meas2 ures of its cost efficiency and effectiveness.’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(i) As soon as practicable, the Director of the Office 

6 of Management and Budget shall publish guidelines to 

7 carry out subsection (a)(2). The guidelines shall require 

8 that the baseline budget of each department or agency is 

9 assumed to be zero and each proposed expenditure shall 

10 be justified as if it were a new expenditure.’’. 

11 TITLE IV—PROCEDURE FOR 

12 CONSIDERATION OF APPRO13 PRIATIONS MEASURES CON14 SISTENT WITH A BUDGET 

15 RESOLUTION 

16 SEC. 401. ADOPTION OF RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES 

17 FOR APPROPRIATIONS BILLS. 

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

19 Budget Act of 1974 is further amended by adding after 

20 section 317, as added by section 201(a) of this Act, the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘SENATE PROCEDURES FOR APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

23 ‘‘SEC. 318. (a) An appropriation bill or joint resolu24 tion reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations 

25 in compliance with the allocations made under section 

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1 the motion to proceed shall be non-debatable. Except as 

2 provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of section 305 

3 shall also apply to the consideration in the Senate of ap4 propriations bills that comply with the allocations made 

5 under section 302(b). 

6 ‘‘(b) Debate in the Senate on any appropriations 

7 measure reported under this subsection, and all amend8 ments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in con9 nection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 20 

10 hours, except in the case of an omnibus appropriations 

11 bill, where each subcommittees section shall be subject to 

12 20 hours of debate. 

13 ‘‘EXTRANEOUS MATTER IN APPROPRIATIONS MEASURES

14 ‘‘SEC. 319. (a) Upon a point of order being made by 

15 any Senator against material extraneous to an appropria16 tions measure as defined by this section, and the point 

17 of order is sustained by the Chair, any part of said title 

18 or provision that contains material extraneous shall be 

19 deemed stricken from the bill and may not be offered as 

20 an amendment from the floor. 

21 ‘‘(b) A provision of an appropriations measure con22 sidered pursuant to this section shall be considered extra23 neous if it authorizes or otherwise establishes one or more 

24 Federal agencies or programs, establishes new terms and 

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1 specifies how appropriated funds are to be used. Notwith2 standing the previous sentence, limitation amendments or 

3 amendments to direct spending programs that are subject 

4 to the appropriations process which make such programs 

5 consistent with their 302(b) allocation shall not be consid6 ered extraneous. 

7 ‘‘(c) Upon the reporting or discharge of an appropria8 tions measure, and upon the submission of a conference 

9 report on such appropriations measure, the Committee on 

10 Appropriations of the Senate shall submit for the record 

11 a list of material considered to be extraneous under this 

12 section. The inclusion or exclusion of a provision shall not 

13 constitute a determination of extraneousness by the Pre14 siding Officer of the Senate. 

15 ‘‘(d) When the Senate is considering a conference re16 port on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation 

17 to, an appropriations measure considered pursuant to this 

18 section, upon— 

19 ‘‘(1) a point of order being made by any Sen20 ator against extraneous material pursuant to this 

21 section; and 

22 ‘‘(2) such point of order being sustained, 

23 such material contained in such conference report or 

24 amendment shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall 

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1 the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its 

2 amendment and concur with a further amendment, or con3 cur in the House amendment with a further amendment, 

4 as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist 

5 of only that portion of the conference report or House 

6 amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such 

7 motion in the Senate shall be debatable for two hours. In 

8 any case in which such point of order is sustained against 

9 a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from 

10 such conference report by operation of this subsection), 

11 no further amendment shall be in order. 

12 ‘‘(e) Notwithstanding any other law or rule of the 

13 Senate, it shall be in order for a Senator to raise a single 

14 point of order that several provisions of a bill, joint resolu15 tion, amendment, motion, or conference report violates 

16 this section. The Presiding Officer may sustain the point 

17 of order as to some or all of the provisions against which 

18 the Senator raised the point of order. If the Presiding Of19 ficer so sustains the point of order as to some of the provi20 sions (including provisions of an amendment, motion, or 

21 conference report) against which the Senator raised the 

22 point of order, then only those provisions (including provi23 sions of an amendment, motion, or conference report) 

24 against which the Presiding Officer sustains the point of 

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1 Before the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of 

2 order, any Senator may move to waive such a point of 

3 order as it applies to some or all of the provisions against 

4 which the point of order was raised by the affirmative vote 

5 of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

6 Such a motion to waive is amendable in accordance with 

7 the rules and precedents of the Senate. After the Presiding 

8 Officer rules on such a point of order, any Senator may 

9 appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer on such a point 

10 of order as it applies to some or all of the provisions on 

11 which the Presiding Officer ruled.’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (1) CONFORMING.—Section 904(c)(1) of the 

14 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 

15 Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘319,’’ after 

16 ‘‘313,’’. 

17 (2) CLERICAL.—The table of contents set forth 

18 in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by in19 serting after the item relating to section 316 the fol20 lowing new items: 

‘‘Sec. 318. Senate procedures for appropriations bills. 

‘‘Sec. 319. Extraneous matter in appropriations measures.’’. 

21 TITLE V—NO BUDGET NO PAY 

22 SEC. 501. NO BUDGET NO PAY. 

23 (a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If by June 30, 2021, and 

2 June 30th of the first year of a Congress (beginning 

3 with the 117th Congress), both Houses of Congress 

4 have not jointly agreed to a concurrent resolution on 

5 the budget, during the period described in paragraph 

6 (2) the payroll administrator of each House of Con7 gress shall deposit in an escrow account all pay8 ments otherwise required to be made during such 

9 period for the compensation of Members of Congress 

10 and shall release such payments to such Members 

11 only upon the expiration of such period. 

12 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 

13 in this paragraph is the period which begins on June 

14 30, 2021, or June 30th of the first year of a Con15 gress, and ends on the earlier of— 

16 (A) the day on which both Houses of Con17 gress agree to a concurrent resolution on the 

18 budget for that Congress pursuant to section 

19 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 

20 or 

21 (B) the last day of the applicable Con22 gress. 

23 (3) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF

24 AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The 

25 payroll administrator shall provide for the same 


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1 withholding and remittance with respect to a pay2 ment deposited in an escrow account under para3 graph (1) that would apply to the payment if the 

4 payment were not subject to paragraph (1). 

5 (4) RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF THE

6 CONGRESS.—In order to ensure that this section is 

7 carried out in a manner that shall not vary the com8 pensation of Senators or Representatives in violation 

9 of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the 

10 Constitution of the United States, the payroll ad11 ministrator of a House of Congress shall release for 

12 payments to Members of that House of Congress 

13 any amounts remaining in any escrow account under 

14 this section on the last day of the One Hundred Six15 teenth Congress or the Congress in which the 

16 amounts were withheld (as the case may be). 

17 (5) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— 

18 The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay19 roll administrators of the Houses of Congress with 

20 such assistance as may be necessary to enable the 

21 payroll administrators to carry out this section. 

22 (b) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS.—In 

23 this section, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ includes a 

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1 (c) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this 

2 section, the term ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of 

3 Congress means— 

4 (1) in the case of the House of Representatives, 

5 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 

6 Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the 

7 Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by 

8 the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 

9 section; and 

10 (2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of 

11 the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Sec12 retary of the Senate who is designated by the Sec13 retary to carry out this section. 

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