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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2049

To reform the budget and oversight processes of the Congress.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 3, 1996

Mr. THOMPSON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred jointly pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, to the Committees

on the Budget and Governmental Affairs, with instructions that if one

committee reports, the other committee have thirty days to report or be

discharged

A BILL

To reform the budget and oversight processes of the

Congress.

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 ‘‘Budget Process and

5 Oversight Reform Act of 1996’’.

6 TITLE I—LIMITED SESSIONS

7 SEC. 101. ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.

8 (a) REPEAL OF ADJOURNMENT PROVISION.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 132 of the Legisla2 tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 198; 60

3 Stat. 831) is repealed.

4 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND5 MENT.—The table of contents for the Legislative

6 Reorganization Act of 1946 is amended by striking

7 out the item relating to section 132.

8 (b) ADJOURNMENT.—

9 (1) ODD-NUMBERED CALENDAR YEARS.—In

10 each odd-numbered calendar year, the Congress may

11 adjourn sine die on any date provided by the Con12 gress.

13 (2) EVEN-NUMBERED CALENDAR YEARS.—(A)

14 Subject to subparagraph (B), in each even-numbered

15 calendar year, the Congress shall adjourn sine die no

16 later than July 31.

17 (B) In an even-numbered calendar year, the

18 Congress may remain in session after July 31, only

19 if—

20 (i) a state of war exists pursuant to a dec21 laration of war by the Congress; or

22 (ii) Congress enacts a concurrent resolu23 tion citing this section and stating the necessity

24 of Congress remaining in session to enact legis25 lation relating to—
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1 (I) a natural disaster;

2 (II) an increase in the public debt

3 limit; or

4 (III) appropriations to provide for

5 emergencies involving the safety of human

6 life or the protection of property.

7 SEC. 102. PAY AND BENEFITS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

8 (a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

9 term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means each Senator, Member

10 of the House of Representatives, the Resident Commis11 sioner from Puerto Rico, the Speaker of the House of Rep12 resentatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and

13 the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the

14 House of Representatives.

15 (b) PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS RELATING TO

16 SESSIONS OF CONGRESS AND COMPLETION OF CONGRES17 SIONAL FUNCTIONS.—

18 (1) FIRST SESSION.—During any calendar year

19 in which the first session of a Congress occurs, each

20 Member of Congress shall not receive pay for any

21 period after September 30 during which the Con22 gress has not completed action on reconciliation leg23 islation and biennial appropriation bills in accord24 ance with the timetable under section 300 of the
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1 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631),

2 as amended by section 202 of this Act.

3 (2) SECOND SESSION.—Subject to paragraph

4 (4), during any calendar year in which the second

5 session of a Congress occurs, each Member of Con6 gress shall not receive pay for any period after July

7 31 during which Congress has not adjourned sine

8 die in accordance with the timetable under section

9 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2

10 U.S.C. 631), as amended by section 202 of this Act.

11 (3) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO CALENDAR

12 YEARS.—(A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a cal13 endar year in which the first session of a Congress

14 continues from the preceding calendar year.

15 (B) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to—

16 (i) a calendar year in which the second ses17 sion of a Congress continues from the preceding

18 calendar year; or

19 (ii) any period of a third session of a Con20 gress.

21 (4) EXCEPTION RELATING TO WAR OR EMER22 GENCY.—Members of Congress shall receive pay at

23 the rate of pay as provided by law for any period

24 after July 31 described under paragraph (2), if Con-
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1 gress remains in session as provided under section

2 101(b)(2)(B).

3 (5) CLARIFICATION OF PAY NOT RECEIVED.—

4 Pay not received by Members of Congress under

5 paragraph (1) or (2) shall be forfeited and shall not

6 be payable at any later time.

7 (c) LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.—

8 (1) ADJUSTMENTS IN WITHHOLDINGS.—During

9 the period of January 1 through September 30 of

10 any calendar year in which the first session of a

11 Congress occurs and during the period of January 1

12 through July 31 of any calendar year in which the

13 second session of a Congress occurs, the Secretary

14 of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Rep15 resentatives may make any necessary adjustment in

16 the withholdings and deductions from the pay of

17 Members of Congress under sections 8707 and 8906

18 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the

19 payment of employee contributions for the entire cal20 endar year, as applicable.

21 (2) NO LAPSE IN COVERAGE.—Nothing in this

22 section shall result in the lapse of life insurance cov23 erage under chapter 87 of title 5, United States

24 Code, or health insurance coverage under chapter 89
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1 of title 5, United States Code, for any Member of

2 Congress.

3 (d) RETIREMENT.—For purposes of chapters 83 and

4 84 of title 5, United States Code, any period of a calendar

5 year in which a Member of Congress does not receive pay

6 in accordance with this section—

7 (1) shall not be a period of creditable service;

8 and

9 (2) shall not be construed as a separation from

10 service.

11 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Senate and

12 the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in consultation

13 with the Office of Personnel Management, may promul14 gate regulations to carry out this section.

15 TITLE II—TWO-YEAR

16 BUDGETING

17 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Biennial Budgeting

19 Act of 1996’’.

20 SEC. 202. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

21 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

22 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘TIMETABLE

2 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the Con3 gressional budget process for any Congress (beginning

4 with the One Hundred Fifth 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.

February 25 .................... Committees submit views and estimates to

Budget Committees.

March 31 ......................... House Budget Committee reports concurrent

resolution on the biennial budget.

April 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.

September 1 .................... OMB submits report setting forth estimate of

surplus/deficit for current fiscal year.

September 30 .................. Congress completes action on reconciliation

legislation.

September 30 .................. Congress completes action on biennial appropriation bills.

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

October 15 ....................... OMB submits report setting forth actual surplus/deficit for fiscal year ending September 30.

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

May 15 ............................ Congressional Budget Office submits report

to Budget Committees.

July 31 ............................ Congress completes oversight hearings on fiscal and policy goals of the United States

Government for the succeeding biennium

and adjourns.

September 1 .................... OMB submits report setting forth estimate of

surplus/deficit for current fiscal year.

October 15 ....................... OMB submits report setting forth actual surplus/deficit for fiscal year ending September 30.’’.
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1 SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

2 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

3 (a) AMENDMENT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

4 ACT OF 1974.—Whenever in this section an amendment

5 or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or

6 repeal of, a section or other provision, the references shall

7 be to a section or other provision of the Congressional

8 Budget Act of 1974.

9 (b) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section 2(2) (2

10 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

12 (c) DEFINITIONS.—

13 (1) Section 3(4) (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended

14 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and

15 inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

16 (2) Section 3 (2 U.S.C. 622) is further amend17 ed by adding at the end thereof the following new

18 paragraph:

19 ‘‘(11) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of

20 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

21 any odd-numbered year.’’.

22 (d) DUTIES OF CBO.—

23 (1) Section 202(f)(1) (2 U.S.C. 602(f)(1)) is

24 amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘February 15 of each

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each odd3 numbered calendar year’’;

4 (B) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year commenc5 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien6 nium commencing’’;

7 (C) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘such biennium’’;

9 and

10 (D) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec11 ond place it appears and ‘‘each fiscal year in

12 such biennium’’.

13 (2) Section 202(f) (2 U.S.C. 602(f)) is further

14 amended—

15 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘The Di16 rector shall from time to time’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘On May 15 of each even numbered year and

18 at such other times as he or she deems appro19 priate, the Director shall’’.

20 (B) in paragraph (3)—

21 (i) by striking ‘‘January 15’’ and in22 serting ‘‘February 15’’,

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and in24 serting ‘‘each even-numbered calendar

25 year’’,
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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year end2 ing September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

3 clause (A) and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year

4 in the biennium beginning October 1 of the

5 preceding calendar year’’,

6 (iv) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year ending

7 September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

8 clause (B) and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year

9 of such biennium’’, and

10 (v) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning

11 October 1 of that calendar year’’ and in12 serting ‘‘succeeding biennium’’.

13 (e) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

14 BUDGET.—

15 (1) Section 301(a) (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amend16 ed—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’

18 and inserting ‘‘April 15 of each odd-numbered

19 year’’;

20 (B) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

21 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap22 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on

23 October 1 of such year’’;

24 (C) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

25 on October 1 of such year’’ the second place it
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1 appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

2 period’’; and

3 (D) by striking ‘‘each of the two ensuing

4 fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

5 the succeeding biennium’’.

6 (2) Section 301(b) (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amend7 ed—

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

9 by inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ after ‘‘concurrent

10 resolution on the budget’’; and

11 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘for such

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

13 in such biennium’’.

14 (3) Section 301(d) (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amend15 ed by striking ‘‘Within 6 weeks after the President

16 submits a budget under section 1105(a) of title 31,

17 United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘On or before

18 February 25 of each odd-numbered year’’.

19 (4) Section 301(e) (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amend20 ed—

21 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘fiscal

22 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

23 (B) by inserting between the second and

24 third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On

25 or before March 31 of each odd-numbered year
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1 the Committee on the Budget of each House

2 shall report to its House the concurrent resolu3 tion on the budget referred to in subsection (a)

4 for the biennium beginning on October 1 of

5 that year.’’; and

6 (C) in paragraph (6)—

7 (i) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘four’’,

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of such bien11 nium,’’, and

12 (iii) by striking ‘‘such period’’ and in13 serting ‘‘such four-fiscal-year period’’.

14 (5) Section 301(f) (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amend15 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears

16 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

17 (6) The section heading of section 301 is

18 amended by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien19 nial’’.

20 (7) The table of contents set forth in section

21 1(b) is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ in the item

22 relating to section 301 and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

23 (f) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—

24 (1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 302(a) (2

25 U.S.C. 633(a)) are amended—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ after

2 ‘‘budget’’ the first place it appears in each such

3 paragraph; and

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in

5 such biennium’’ after ‘‘estimated allocation’’

6 each place it appears.

7 (2) Section 302(c) (2 U.S.C. 633(c)) is amend8 ed—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ each

10 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal

11 year in a biennium’’; and

12 (B) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ each

13 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for such bien14 nium’’.

15 (3) Section 302(f)(1) (2 U.S.C. 633(f)(1)) is

16 amended—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in18 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’, and

19 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ each

20 place it appears in the matter preceding sub21 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘a fiscal year in

22 such biennium’’.

23 (4) Section 302(f)(2) is amended—

24 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in25 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’,
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’, and

3 (C) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘3 succeeding’’.

5 (g) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

6 (1) Section 303(a) (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amend7 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears

8 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

9 (2) Section 303(b) (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amend10 ed—

11 (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para12 graph (1) and paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘the

13 fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting

14 ‘‘biennium’’; and

15 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘any cal16 endar year’’ and inserting ‘‘any odd-numbered

17 calendar year’’.

18 (h) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RES19 OLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 (2 U.S.C. 635)

20 is amended—

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

22 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

24 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi25 ennium’’.
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1 (i) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

2 RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305(b)(3) (2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3))

3 is amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘the concurrent’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘a concurrent’’; and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi7 ennium’’.

8 (j) REPORTS AND SUMMARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL

9 BUDGET ACTIONS.—

10 (1)(A) Section 308(a)(1) (2 U.S.C. 639(a)(1))

11 is amended—

12 (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph

13 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year (or fiscal years)’’

14 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’,

15 (ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal

16 year (or fiscal years)’’ and inserting ‘‘bien17 nium’’, and

18 (iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘such

19 fiscal year (or fiscal years)’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘such biennium’’.

21 (B) Section 308(a)(2) is amended by striking

22 ‘‘fiscal year (or fiscal years)’’ and inserting ‘‘bien23 nium’’.

24 (2) Section 308(b)(1) (2 U.S.C. 639(b)(1)) is

25 amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘each fiscal year covered

2 by a concurrent resolution on the budget’’ the

3 first place it appears and inserting ‘‘a bien4 nium’’;

5 (B) by inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’ after

6 ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget’’; and

7 (C) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year preceding

8 the first fiscal year covered by the appropriate

9 concurrent resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘each fis10 cal year in the biennium preceding such bien11 nium’’.

12 (3) Section 308(c) (2 U.S.C. 639(c)) is amend13 ed—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘Five’’ in the subsection

15 heading and inserting ‘‘Four’’;

16 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

17 appears in the matter preceding paragraph (1)

18 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

19 (C) by striking ‘‘5 fiscal years’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘4 fiscal years’’.

21 (k) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO22 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amend23 ed—

24 (1) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered calendar

25 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘regu2 lar’’; and

3 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi4 ennium’’.

5 (l) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—

6 (1) Section 310(a) (2 U.S.C. 641(a)) is amend7 ed—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ in the

9 matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting

10 ‘‘any biennium’’;

11 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fis12 cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting

13 ‘‘each fiscal year in such biennium’’; and

14 (C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘for each

15 fiscal year in such biennium’’ after ‘‘revenues’’.

16 (2) Section 310(e) (2 U.S.C. 641(e)) is amend17 ed—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘20 hours’’ in paragraph

19 (2) and inserting ‘‘50 hours’’; and

20 (B) by adding at the end thereof the fol21 lowing new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(3) It shall not be in order in the Senate or

23 the House of Representatives to consider any rec24 onciliation bill or resolution or any amendment

25 thereto or any conference report thereon which
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1 changes any provision of law other than provisions

2 of law which—

3 ‘‘(A) provide new budget authority or

4 spending authority described in section

5 401(c)(2);

6 ‘‘(B) relate to revenues; or

7 ‘‘(C) specify the amount of the statutory

8 limit on the public debt.’’.

9 (3) Section 310(f) (2 U.S.C. 641(f)) is amend10 ed—

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered cal12 endar year’’ after ‘‘July’’,

13 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning on

14 October 1 of the calendar year to which the ad15 journment resolution pertains’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘biennium beginning on October 1 of such cal17 endar year’’, and

18 (C) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’.

20 (m) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

21 (1) Section 311(a)(1) (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is

22 amended—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in24 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first,

2 second, and third places it appears and insert3 ing ‘‘a fiscal year in such biennium’’;

4 (C) by inserting ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

5 after ‘‘outlays’’;

6 (D) by striking ‘‘concurrent resolution on

7 the budget for such fiscal year’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget for the bi9 ennium in which such fiscal year occurs’’;

10 (E) by inserting ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

11 after ‘‘revenues’’ the first place it appears; and

12 (F) by inserting ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

13 after ‘‘set forth’’ the second place it appears.

14 (2) Section 311(b) (2 U.S.C. 642(b)) is amend15 ed—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

17 place it appears and inserting ‘‘a biennium’’;

18 and

19 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec20 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

21 year in such biennium’’.

22 (n) BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHOR23 ITY.—Section 401(b)(2) (2 U.S.C. 651(b)(2)) is amended

24 by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the second place it ap-
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1 pears and inserting ‘‘for the biennium in which such fiscal

2 year occurs’’.

3 (o) ANALYSIS BY CBO.—Section 403(a) (2 U.S.C.

4 653(a)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in paragraph

6 (1) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’;

7 (2) by striking ‘‘each of the 4 fiscal years fol8 lowing such year’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting

9 ‘‘each fiscal year in the succeeding biennium’’;

10 (3) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in paragraph

11 (2) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’;

12 and

13 (4) by striking ‘‘each of the four fiscal years

14 following such fiscal year’’ in paragraph (2) and in15 serting ‘‘each fiscal year in the succeeding bien16 nium’’.

17 SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES

18 CODE.

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

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

21 following new paragraph:

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

23 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres24 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

25 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.
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1 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

2 CONGRESS.—

3 (1) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31,

4 United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1)

5 thereof is amended to read as follows:

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

7 each odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hundred

8 Fifth Congress, the President shall transmit to the Con9 gress, the budget for the biennium beginning on October

10 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under

11 this subsection shall include a budget message and sum12 mary and supporting information. The President shall in13 clude in each budget the following:’’.

14 (2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United

15 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year

16 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

17 years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

18 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit19 ted and in the succeeding biennium’’.

20 (3) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year

22 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

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

24 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit25 ted and in the succeeding biennium’’.
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1 (4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United

2 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

3 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien4 nium’’.

5 (5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United

6 States Code, is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in sub8 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

9 in the biennium’’; and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years after that

11 year’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘2 fis12 cal years immediately following the second fiscal

13 year in such biennium’’.

14 (6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United

15 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien17 nium’’.

18 (7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United

19 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and

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

21 the budget is submitted’’.

22 (8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United

23 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien25 nium’’.
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1 (9) Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United

2 States Code, is amended—

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

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

5 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

8 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis9 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi10 ennium’’.

11 (10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United

12 States Code, is amended—

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

14 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com15 pleted fiscal years’’;

16 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

18 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

20 (11) Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United

21 States Code, is amended—

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

23 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com24 pleted fiscal years’’;
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

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

4 it appears and inserting ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

5 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

9 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE10 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

11 Code, is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it

13 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;

14 (2) by inserting ‘‘or current biennium, as the

15 case may be,’’ after ‘‘current fiscal year’’; and

16 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘that

17 period’’.

18 (e) STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

19 CHANGES.—Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States

20 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘biennium’’.

22 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

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

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

25 which such budget relates’’.
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1 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

2 CHANGES.—

3 (1) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States

4 Code, is amended—

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

6 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien7 nium’’;

8 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘that fis9 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

10 such biennium’’;

11 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal

12 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘2

13 fiscal years following the biennium’’;

14 (D) by striking ‘‘future fiscal years’’ in

15 paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘the 2 fiscal years

16 following the biennium for which the budget is

17 submitted’’; and

18 (E) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ in paragraph

19 (3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

20 (2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States

21 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and

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

23 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

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

25 Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi2 ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1997)’’,

3 and

4 (2) by striking ‘‘year before the year in which

5 the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal6 endar year preceding the calendar year in which the

7 biennium begins’’.

8 (i) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV9 ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is

10 amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ each place it appears and

12 inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi13 ennium beginning on October 1, 1997, the’’; and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it ap15 pears.

16 SEC. 205. TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

17 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend18 ed to read as follows:

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

20 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria21 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol22 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob23 ject) for the biennium ending September 30 (here insert

24 the odd-numbered calendar year).’.
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1 ‘‘(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the

2 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

3 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

4 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

6 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres7 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

8 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

9 SEC. 206. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP10 RESENTATIVES.

11 The Rules of the House of Representatives are

12 amended as follows:

13 (1) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X is amended by

14 inserting ‘‘odd-numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

15 (2) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X is amended by

16 striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the bien17 nium in which such fiscal year begins’’.

18 (3) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X is amended by

19 striking ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget for

20 each fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘concurrent resolu21 tion on the budget required under section 301(a) of

22 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for each bien23 nium’’.
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1 (4) Clause 4(f) of rule X is amended by striking

2 ‘‘annually’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi3 ennially’’.

4 (5) Clause 4(g) of rule X is amended—

5 (A) by striking ‘‘March 15 of each year’’

6 and inserting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-numbered

7 year’’;

8 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place

9 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

10 (C) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and in11 serting ‘‘each fiscal year in such ensuing bien12 nium’’.

13 (6) Clause 4(h) of rule X is amended by strik14 ing ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

15 (7) Subdivision (C) of clause 2(l)(1) of rule XI

16 is repealed.

17 (8) Clause 4(a) of rule XI is amended by strik18 ing ‘‘fiscal year if reported after September 15 pre19 ceding the beginning of such fiscal year’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘biennium if reported after August 1 of the year

21 in which such biennium begins’’.

22 (9) Clause 2 of rule XLIX is amended by strik23 ing ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 SEC. 207. REAUTHORIZATION OF DISCRETIONARY PRO2 GRAMS.

3 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Effective October 1, 1997,

4 spending authority for each discretionary spending pro5 gram is terminated unless such spending authority is re6 authorized after the date of enactment of this Act.

7 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in

8 the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider

9 any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report

10 that includes any provision that appropriates funds unless

11 such appropriation has been previously authorized by law.

12 (c) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION.—This section may be

13 waived or suspended in the House of Representatives or

14 the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of

15 the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

16 SEC. 208. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

18 (b) and section 207, this title and the amendments made

19 by it shall become effective January 1, 1997, and shall

20 apply to bienniums beginning after September 30, 1997.

21 (b) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—Notwithstanding subsection

22 (a), the provisions of—

23 (1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and

24 (2) title 31, United States Code,
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1 (as such provisions were in effect on the day before the

2 effective date of this Act) shall apply to the fiscal year

3 beginning on October 1, 1997.

4 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

5 term ‘‘biennium’’ shall have the meaning given to such

6 term in section 3(11) of the Congressional Budget and

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

8 as added by section 203(c)(2) of this title.

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