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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 92

To provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process

and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 19, 1999

Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. THOMAS,

Ms. SNOWE, Mr. ROTH, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. NICKLES, Mr.

ABRAHAM, Mr. FRIST, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr. MCCAIN,

Mr. KYL, Mr. LUGAR, and Ms. COLLINS) 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 provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial

appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the

performance of the Federal Government.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 and Appropriations Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. 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. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by

6 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres7 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with

8 the One Hundred Seventh Congress) is as follows:

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

First Monday in

February.

President submits budget recommendations.

February 15 .................... Congressional Budget Office submits report

to Budget Committees.

Not later than 6 weeks

after budget submission.

Committees submit views and estimates to

Budget Committees.

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

May 15 ............................ Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.

May 15 ............................ Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House.

June 10 ........................... House Appropriations Committee reports last

biennial appropriation bill.

June 30 ........................... House completes action on biennial appropriation bills.

August 1 .......................... Congress completes action on reconciliation

legislation.

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

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

February 15 .................... President submits budget review.

Not later than 6 weeks

after President submits

budget review.

Congressional Budget Office submits report

to Budget Committees.

The last day of the

session.

Congress completes action on bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority for

the succeeding biennium.

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

10 of Congress that begins in any year immediately following
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1 a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex2 cept a President who succeeds himself) begins, the follow3 ing dates shall supersede those set forth in subsection (a):

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

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

April 20 ........................... Committees submit views and estimates to

Budget Committees.

May 15 ............................ Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.

June 1 ............................. Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.

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

July 20 ............................ House completes action on biennial appropriation bills.

August 1 .......................... Congress completes action on reconciliation

legislation.

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

4 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

5 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

7 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

8 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

9 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

10 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

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

13 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi14 ennium’’.

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

16 U.S.C. 622) is further amended by adding at the

17 end the following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(11) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of

2 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

3 any odd-numbered year.’’.

4 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

5 BUDGET.—

6 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section

7 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—

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

9 by—

10 (i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’

11 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num12 bered year’’;

13 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

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

15 it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be16 ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and

17 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

18 on October 1 of such year’’ the second

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

20 year in such period’’;

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

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

23 in the biennium’’; and
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1 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the

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

3 year in the biennium’’.

4 (2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b)(3)

5 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either

7 fiscal year in such biennium’’.

8 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section

9 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by

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

11 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.

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

13 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—

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

15 ‘‘biennium’’; and

16 (B) inserting after the second sentence the

17 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd18 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by

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

20 of each House shall report to its House the con21 current resolution on the budget referred to in

22 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on

23 October 1 of that year.’’.

24 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—

25 Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

3 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section

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

5 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘for a biennium’’.

7 (7) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of

8 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN9 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

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

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

12 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An13 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

14 (d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 is

15 amended—

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘for the

17 first fiscal year of the resolution,’’ and inserting ‘‘for

18 each fiscal year in the biennium, for at least each of

19 4 ensuing fiscal years,’’;

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

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

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

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the

24 biennum’’;
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1 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘first

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

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

5 and inserting ‘‘May’’.

6 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

8 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘first fis9 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bien10 nium’’.

11 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section

12 303(b)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is

13 amended—

14 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the

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

16 and

17 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the

18 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’.

19 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section

20 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended

21 by—

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

23 ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

25 ‘‘each fiscal year of that biennium’’.
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1 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO2 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act

3 (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

5 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

7 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi8 ennium’’.

9 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

11 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in12 serting ‘‘biennium’’.

13 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON APPROPRIA14 TION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is

15 amended—

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

17 odd-numbered year’’;

18 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien19 nial’’;

20 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi21 ennium’’; and

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

23 odd-numbered year’’.
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1 (i) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO2 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

3 640) is amended—

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

5 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

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

7 ‘‘biennial’’; and

8 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi9 ennium’’.

10 (j) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310(a) of

11 such Act (2 U.S.C. 641(a)) is amended—

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

13 striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any bien14 nium’’; and

15 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fiscal

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

17 year covered by such resolution’’.

18 (k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

20 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in22 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

24 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

25 year of the biennium’’; and
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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

4 such Act is amended—

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

6 and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year of the bien7 nium’’; and

8 (B) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ each

9 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

10 in the biennium’’.

11 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section

12 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by—

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

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

15 and

16 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

18 (l) MDA POINT OF ORDER.—Section 312(c) of the

19 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is

20 amended—

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

22 ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the

25 biennium’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fiscal

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien3 nium’’; and

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

5 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli6 cable fiscal year’’.

7 SEC. 4. PAY-AS-YOU-GO IN THE SENATE.

8 Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 202(b)(2)

9 of House Concurrent Resolution 67 (104th Congress) are

10 amended to read as follows:

11 ‘‘(A) The period of the biennium covered

12 by the most recently adopted concurrent resolu13 tion on the budget.

14 ‘‘(B) The period of the first six fiscal years

15 covered by the most recently adopted concur16 rent resolution on the budget.

17 ‘‘(C) The period of the four fiscal years

18 following the first six fiscal years covered by the

19 most recently adopted concurrent resolution on

20 the budget.’’.

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

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

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

24 following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(3) ‘biennium’ has the meaning given to such

2 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres3 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

4 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

5 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

6 CONGRESS.—

7 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para8 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United

9 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

13 beginning with the One Hundred Seventh Congress, the

14 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for

15 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar

16 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall

17 include a budget message and summary and supporting

18 information. The President shall include in each budget

19 the following:’’.

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

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

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

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

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

25 budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.
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1 (3) RECEIPTS.—Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31,

2 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis3 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the

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

5 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is

6 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

7 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section

8 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is

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

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

11 (5) FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section

12 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is

13 amended in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fis14 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien15 nium’’.

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

17 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

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

19 biennium’’.

20 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNCONTROLLED EX21 PENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31,

22 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien24 nium for which the budget is submitted’’.
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1 (8) TAX EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(16)

2 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

4 in the biennium’’.

5 (9) FUTURE YEARS.—Section 1105(a)(17) of

6 title 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

9 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

12 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis13 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the

14 biennium’’.

15 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section

16 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is

17 amended—

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

19 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com20 pleted fiscal years,’’;

21 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and

23 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.
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1 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section

2 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is

3 amended—

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

5 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com6 pleted fiscal years’’;

7 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and

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

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

11 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

15 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE16 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

17 Code, is amended—

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

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

20 the biennium for’’;

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

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

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

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

25 each year of the biennium’’.
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1 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

2 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

4 to which such budget relates’’.

5 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

6 CHANGES.—

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

8 United States Code, is amended—

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

10 by—

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

12 year,’’ and inserting ‘‘Before February 15

13 of each even numbered year,’’; and

14 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘biennium’’;

16 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis17 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

18 such biennium’’;

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

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

21 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

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

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

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

2 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’;

3 (B) striking ‘‘April 11 and July 16 of each

4 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each even5 numbered year’’; and

6 (C) striking ‘‘July 16’’ and inserting ‘‘Feb7 ruary 15 of each even-numbered year.’’.

8 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

9 ESTIMATES.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1109(a) of title 31,

11 United States Code, is amended—

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

13 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be14 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

15 the same time the budget required by section

16 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

19 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section

20 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

22 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis23 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable,

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

25 Budget Act of 1974)’’.
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1 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

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

3 Code, is amended by—

4 (1) striking ‘‘May 16’’ and inserting ‘‘March

5 31’’; and

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

7 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre8 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium

9 begins’’.

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

11 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

12 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend13 ed to read as follows:

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

15 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria16 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol17 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob18 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years

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

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

21 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

22 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

23 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

25 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres-
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1 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

3 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

5 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the

6 following new section:

7 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

8 ‘‘SEC. 316. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be

9 in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate

10 to consider—

11 ‘‘(1) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo12 tion, or conference report that authorizes appropria13 tions for a period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless

14 the program, project, or activity for which the ap15 propriations are authorized will require no further

16 appropriations and will be completed or terminated

17 after the appropriations have been expended; and

18 ‘‘(2) in any odd-numbered year, any authoriza19 tion or revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress

20 completes action on the biennial budget resolution,

21 all regular biennial appropriations bills, and all rec22 onciliation bills.

23 ‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, subsection (a)

24 shall not apply to—

25 ‘‘(1) any measure that is privileged for consid26 eration pursuant to a rule or statute;
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1 ‘‘(2) any matter considered in Executive Ses2 sion; or

3 ‘‘(3) an appropriations measure or reconcili4 ation bill.’’.

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

6 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres7 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

8 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313

9 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 316. Authorizations of appropriations.’’.

10 SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.

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

12 United States Code, is amended—

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

14 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

15 (2) in subsection (b)—

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

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

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

19 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

21 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add22 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep23 tember 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of sub24 section (a)’’.
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1 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON2 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31,

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

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

5 fiscal year 2002, a biennial’’.

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

7 United States Code, is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 after the semicolon,

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

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

21 after the inserted semicolon; and

22 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the

25 first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

3 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik4 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

5 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXIBIL6 ITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, relat7 ing to managerial accountability, is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a)—

9 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an10 nual’’; and

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

12 inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;

13 (2) in subsection (e)—

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

15 or’’ before ‘‘years’’;

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

17 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse18 quent 2-year period’’; and

19 (C) in the third sentence by striking

20 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.

21 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDGET22 ING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is

23 amended—

24 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik25 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and
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1 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘annual’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

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

4 United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) is subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September

6 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

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

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

9 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

12 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in13 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by

14 September 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of

15 subsection (a)’’.

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

17 39, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

20 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro21 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and

22 2 of the biennial plan’’;

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

24 the semicolon;
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1 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and

2 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

4 ‘‘(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the

5 first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’.

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

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

8 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee

9 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review

10 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance

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

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

13 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction

14 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views

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

16 of the applicable House.’’.

17 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

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

19 this section shall take effect on March 1, 2000.

20 (2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and after

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

22 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub23 mit any plan or report in accordance with the

24 amendments made by this Act.
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1 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

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

3 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended

4 by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

6 ‘‘SEC. 317. It shall not be in order in the House of

7 Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year

8 to consider any regular bill providing new budget authority

9 or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of any

10 of the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropria11 tions for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless

12 the program, project, or activity for which the new budget

13 authority or obligation limitation is provided will require

14 no additional authority beyond 1 year and will be com15 pleted or terminated after the amount provided has been

16 expended.’’.

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

18 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres19 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

20 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313

21 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriations bills.’’.

22 SEC. 10. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

23 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

24 of this Act, the Director of OMB shall—
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1 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of

2 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the

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

4 fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on

5 the 2-year period; and

6 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com7 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa8 tives and the Senate.

9 SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sections 8

11 and 10 and subsection (b), this Act and the amendments

12 made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 2001,

13 and shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations

14 for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2002.

15 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE BIENNIUM.—For

16 purposes of authorizations for the biennium beginning

17 with fiscal year 2002, the provisions of this Act and the

18 amendments made by this Act relating to 2-year author19 izations shall take effect January 1, 2000.

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