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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1383

To provide for a two-year Federal budget cycle, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 17, 1993

Mr. REGULA introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Government Operations and Rules

A BILL

To provide for a two-year Federal budget cycle, 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.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Biennial Budget Act

5 of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares

8 that the present annual Federal budgeting process—

9 (1) allows insufficient time for the fulfillment

10 by the Congress of its legislative and oversight re11 sponsibilities;
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1 (2) allows insufficient time for the review and

2 consideration by the Congress of authorizing legisla3 tion, budget resolutions, and appropriation bills and

4 resolutions and other spending measures;

5 (3) allows insufficient time for the evaluation of

6 costly and complicated Federal programs, and there7 by contributes to the unrestrained growth of the

8 Federal budget; and

9 (4) allows insufficient time for agencies and

10 State and local governments to plan for the imple11 mentation of programs.

12 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act—

13 (1) to establish a process through which the

14 Federal budget will be adopted for a two-year

15 period;

16 (2) to improve congressional control over the

17 Federal budget process;

18 (3) to streamline the requirements of the budg19 et process in order to promote better accountability

20 to the public;

21 (4) to improve the legislative and budgetary

22 processes by providing additional time for congres23 sional oversight and other vital legislative activities;

24 (5) to provide stability and coherence for recipi25 ents of Federal funds; and
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1 (6) to implement other improvements in the

2 Federal budget process.

3 SEC. 3. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

4 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

5 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘TIMETABLE

7 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the Con8 gressional budget process for any Congress (beginning

9 with the One Hundred Fourth Congress) is as follows:

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

First Monday after January 3 . 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 .................................. Senate 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 30 ........................... Congress completes action on reconciliation

legislation.

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

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

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

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

to Budget Committees.

The last day of the session ...... Congress completes action on bills and resolutions authorizing a new budget authority

for the succeeding biennium.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

2 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

4 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

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

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

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

8 (1) Section 3(4) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4))

9 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

10 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

11 (2) Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) is fur12 ther amended by adding at the end the following

13 new paragraph:

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

15 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

16 any odd-numbered year.’’.

17 (c) DUTIES OF CBO.—

18 (1) Section 202(f)(1) of the Congressional

19 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(f)(1)) is amend20 ed—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘February 15 of each

22 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each odd23 numbered calendar year’’;

24 (B) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year commenc25 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien26 nium commencing’’.
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

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

3 and

4 (D) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec5 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

6 year in such biennium’’.

7 (2) Section 202(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

8 602(f)) is further amended—

9 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘The Di10 rector shall from time to time’’ and inserting

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

12 at such other times as he or she deems appro13 priate, the Director shall’’.

14 (B) in paragraph (3)—

15 (i) by striking ‘‘January 15’’ and in16 serting ‘‘February 15’’,

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and in18 serting ‘‘each even-numbered calendar

19 year’’,

20 (iii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year end21 ing September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

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

23 in the biennium beginning October 1 of the

24 preceding calendar year’’,
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1 (iv) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year ending

2 September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

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

4 of such biennium’’, and

5 (v) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning

6 October 1 of that calendar year’’ and in7 serting ‘‘succeeding biennium’’.

8 (d) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

9 BUDGET.—

10 (1) Section 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

11 632(a)) is amended—

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

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

14 year’’;

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

16 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium beginning on Oc18 tober 1 of such year’’;

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

20 on October 1 of such year’’ the second place it

21 appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

22 period; and

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

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

25 the succeeding biennium’’.
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1 (2) Section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

2 632(b)) is amended—

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

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

5 resolution on the budget’’; and

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

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

8 in such biennium’’.

9 (3) Section 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

10 632(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘February 25 of

11 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 25 of each odd12 numbered year’’.

13 (4) Section 301(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

14 632(e)) is amended—

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

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

17 (B) by inserting between the second and

18 third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On

19 or before March 31 of each odd-numbered year

20 the Committee on the Budget of each House

21 shall report to its House the concurrent resolu22 tion on the budget referred to in subsection (a)

23 for the biennium beginning on October 1 of

24 that year.’’; and

25 (C) in paragraph (6)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘four’’,

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

4 inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of such bien5 nium,’’, and

6 (iii) by striking ‘‘such period’’ and in7 serting ‘‘such four-fiscal-year period’’.

8 (5) Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

9 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

11 (6) The section heading of section 301 of such

12 Act is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

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

15 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment

16 Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘An17 nual’’ in the item relating to section 301 and insert18 ing ‘‘Biennial’’.

19 (e) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—

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

21 such Act (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) are amended—

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ after

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

24 paragraph; and
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in

2 such biennium’’ after ‘‘estimated allocation’’

3 each place it appears.

4 (2) Section 302(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

5 633(c)) is amended—

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

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal

8 year in a biennium’’; and

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

10 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for such bien11 nium’’.

12 (3) Section 302(f)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

13 633(f)(1)) is amended—

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

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

17 place it appears in the matter preceding sub18 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘a fiscal year in

19 such biennium’’.

20 (C) Section 302(f)(2) of such Act is

21 amended—

22 (i) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and

23 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’, and

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

25 and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’.
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1 (f) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

2 (1) Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

3 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

5 (2) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

6 634(b)) is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

8 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

9 (B) in the matter following paragraph (2)

10 by striking ‘‘any calendar year’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘any odd-numbered calendar year’’.

12 (g) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RES13 OLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2

14 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

16 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

18 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such

19 biennium’’.

20 (h) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

21 RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305(b)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

22 636(b)(3)) is amended—

23 (1) striking ‘‘the concurrent’’ and inserting ‘‘a

24 concurrent’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi2 ennium’’.

3 (i) REPORT AND SUMMARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL

4 BUDGET ACTIONS.—

5 (1)(A) Section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional

6 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a)(1)) is amend7 ed—

8 (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph

9 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi10 ennium’’,

11 (ii) in subparagraph (a) by striking ‘‘fiscal

12 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’, and

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

14 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘such biennium’’.

15 (B) Section 308(a)(2) of such Act is amended

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

17 (2) Section 308(b)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

18 639(b)(1)) is amended—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place

20 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

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

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

24 such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

25 in the biennium preceding such biennium’’.
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1 (3) Section 308(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

2 639(c)) is amended—

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

4 heading and inserting ‘‘Four’’;

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

6 appears in the manner preceding paragraph (1)

7 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

8 (C) by striking ‘‘5 fiscal years’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘4 fiscal years’’.

10 (j) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO11 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

12 640) is amended—

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

14 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

15 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘regu16 lar’’; and

17 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi18 ennium’’.

19 (k) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—

20 (1) Section 310(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

21 641(a)) is amended—

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

23 matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting

24 ‘‘any biennium’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fis2 cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting

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

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

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

6 (2) Section 310(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

7 641(e)) is amended—

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

9 (2) and inserting ‘‘100 hours’’; and

10 (B) by adding at the end the following new

11 paragraph:

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

13 the House of Representatives to consider any rec14 onciliation bill or resolution or any amendment

15 thereto or any conference report thereon which

16 changes any provision of law other than provisions

17 of law which—

18 ‘‘(A) provide new budget authority or

19 spending authority described in section

20 401(c)(2);

21 ‘‘(B) relate to revenues; or

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

23 limit on the public debt.’’.

24 (3) Section 310(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

25 641(f)) is amended—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered cal2 endar year’’ after ‘‘July’’,

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

4 October 1 of the calendar year to which the ad5 journment resolution pertains’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘biennium beginning on October 1 of such cal7 endar year’’, and

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

9 inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’.

10 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

11 (1) Section 311(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

12 642(a)) is amended—

13 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in14 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

15 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first,

16 second, and third places it appears and insert17 ing ‘‘a fiscal year in such biennium’’;

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

19 after ‘‘outlays’’;

20 (D) by striking ‘‘concurrent resolution on

21 the budget for such fiscal year’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget for the bi23 ennium in which such fiscal year occurs’’;

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

25 after ‘‘revenues’’ the first place it appears; and
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1 (F) by inserting ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

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

3 (2) Section 311(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

4 642(b)) is amended—

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

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

7 and

8 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec9 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

10 year in such biennium’’.

11 (m) BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHOR12 ITY.—Section 401(b)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 651(b)(2))

13 is amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the second

14 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for the biennium in which

15 such fiscal year occurs’’.

16 (n) ANALYSIS BY CBO.—Section 403(a) of the Con17 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653(a)) is

18 amended—

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

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

21 (2) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years following such

22 year’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

23 year in the succeeding biennium’’;
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in paragraph

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

3 and

4 (4) by striking ‘‘four fiscal years following such

5 fiscal year’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘each

6 fiscal year in the succeeding biennium’’.

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

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

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow10 ing new paragraph:

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

12 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres13 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

14 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)’’.

15 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

16 CONGRESS.—

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

18 United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1) is

19 amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday after January 3

21 of each odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hun22 dred Fourth Congress, the President shall transmit to the

23 Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning on Octo24 ber 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under

25 this subsection shall include a budget message and sum-
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1 mary and supporting information. The President shall in2 clude in each budget the following:’’.

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

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

5 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

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

7 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit8 ted and in the succeeding biennium’’.

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

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

11 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

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

13 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit14 ted and in the succeeding biennium’’.

15 (4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United

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

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien18 nium’’.

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

20 States Code, is amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in sub22 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

23 in the biennium’’; and

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

25 year’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘2 fis-
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1 cal years immediately following the second fiscal

2 year in such biennium’’.

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

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

5 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien6 nium’’.

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

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

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

10 the budget is submitted’’.

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

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

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien14 nium’’.

15 (9) Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United

16 States Code, is amended—

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

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

19 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

22 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis23 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi24 ennium’’.
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1 (10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United

2 States Code, is amended—

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

4 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com5 pleted fiscal years’’;

6 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

8 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

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

11 States Code, is amended—

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

13 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com14 pleted fiscal years’’;

15 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

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

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

19 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

23 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE24 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

25 Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it

2 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;

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

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

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

6 period’’.

7 (e) STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

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

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

10 ‘‘biennium’’.

11 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

12 1105(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

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

14 which such budget relates’’.

15 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

16 CHANGES.—

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

18 Code, is amended—

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

20 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien21 nium’’;

22 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘that fis23 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

24 such biennium’’;
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1 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal

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

3 fiscal years following the biennium’’;

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

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

6 following the biennium for which the budget is

7 submitted’’; and

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

9 (3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

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

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

13 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI14 MATES.—

15 (1) Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States

16 Code, is amended—

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

18 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be19 fore February 5 in 1994)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

20 the same time the budget required by section

21 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

24 (2) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States

25 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘March 1 of each
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1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 25 of each odd-num2 bered year’’.

3 (i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG4 ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code,

5 is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi7 ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1995)’’,

8 and

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

10 the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal11 endar year preceding the calendar year in which the

12 biennium begins’’.

13 (j) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV14 ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is

15 amended—

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

17 inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi18 ennium beginning on October 1, 1995, the’’; and

19 (2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it ap20 pears.

21 SEC. 6. TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

22 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend23 ed to read as follows:
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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 the biennium ending September 30 (here insert

6 the odd-numbered calendar year).’.

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(11) of the Congres13 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

14 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

15 SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING

16 COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE

17 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

18 (a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA19 TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of

20 the Senate and the House of Representatives in carrying

21 out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency

22 which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju23 risdiction of such committee shall provide to such commit24 tee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and as25 sistance as may be requested by the chairman and ranking

26 minority member of the committee.
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1 (b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM

2 ADMINISTRATION.—

3 (1) FURNISHING INFORMATION.—To assist

4 each standing committee of the Senate and the

5 House of Representatives in carrying out its respon6 sibilities, the head of any agency shall furnish with7 out charge to such committee computer tapes or

8 disks, together with explanatory documentation, con9 taining information received, compiled, or main10 tained by the agency as part of the operation or ad11 ministration of a program, or specifically compiled

12 pursuant to a request in support of a review of a

13 program, as may be requested by the chairman and

14 ranking minority member of such committee.

15 (2) MINIMIZING REQUESTS.—The Committee

16 on House Administration of the House of Represent17 atives and the Committee on Rules and Administra18 tion of the Senate shall prescribe rules and regula19 tions for their respective Houses which will minimize

20 duplication of requests under paragraph (1) of this

21 subsection.

22 (c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With23 in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair24 man and ranking minority member of a standing commit25 tee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and
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1 studied by such committee under this section, the Comp2 troller General of the United States shall furnish to such

3 committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such pro4 gram which the Comptroller General has completed during

5 the preceding six years.

6 (d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with

7 their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen8 eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres9 sional Budget Office, the Director of the Office of Tech10 nology Assessment, and the Director of the Congressional

11 Research Service shall furnish to each standing committee

12 of the Senate or the House of Representatives such infor13 mation, studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and

14 ranking minority member may request to assist the com15 mittee in conducting reviews and studies of programs

16 under this section.

17 (e) SECRET AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PRO18 TECTED.—This section does not require the public disclo19 sure of matters that are specifically authorized under cri20 teria established by an Executive order to be kept secret

21 in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and

22 are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive

23 order, or which are otherwise specifically protected by law.

24 This section does not require any committee of the Senate

25 to disclose publicly information the disclosure of which is
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1 governed by Senate Resolution 400, Ninety-fourth Con2 gress, or any other rule of the Senate.

3 SEC. 8. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP4 RESENTATIVES.

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

6 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd7 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

8 (b) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House

9 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium in which such fiscal

11 year begins’’.

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

13 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent

14 resolution on the budget for each fiscal year’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget required under

16 section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

17 for each biennium’’.

18 (d) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House

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

20 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

21 (e) Clause 4(g) of rule X of the Rules of the House

22 of Representatives is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘March 15 of each year’’ and in24 serting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-numbered year’’;
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place it

2 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

5 (f) Clause 4(h) of rule X of the Rules of the House

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

7 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

8 (g) Subdivision (C) of clause 2(l)(1) of rule XI of the

9 Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed.

10 (h) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House

11 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year if

12 reported after September 15 preceding the beginning of

13 such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium if reported after

14 August 1 of the year in which such biennium begins’’.

15 (i) Clause 2 of rule XLIX of the Rules of the House

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

17 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

18 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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

20 (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

21 become effective January 1, 1995, and shall apply to

22 bienniums beginning after September 30, 1995.

23 (b) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—Notwithstanding subsection

24 (a), the provisions of—

25 (1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and
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1 (2) title 31, United States Code,

2 (as such provisions were in effect on the day before the

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

4 beginning on October 1, 1994.

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

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

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

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

9 as added by section 3(b)(2) of this Act.

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