Calendar No. 88

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 92

[Report No. 106–12]

A BILL

To provide for a biennial budget process and a biGovernment. oversight and the performance of the Federal ennial appropriations process and to enhance

APRIL 12, 1999

Committee discharged pursuant to the order of August 4,

1977, and placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 88

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 92

[Report No. 106–12]

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, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. MACK, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr.

HAGEL, Mr. HATCH, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. LOTT, Mr. ENZI, Mr. DEWINE,

Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr.

COVERDELL, Mr. CHAFEE, and Mr. FEINGOLD) 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

MARCH 10, 1999

Reported by Mr. THOMPSON, with an amendment

MARCH 10, 1999

Referred to the Committee on the Budget for a period not to exceed thirty

calendar days

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

APRIL 12, 1999

Committee discharged pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, and placed

on the calendar
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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’’.

6 SEC. 2. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

7 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

8 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘TIMETABLE

10 ‘‘SEC. 300. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by

11 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres12 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with

13 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.
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‘‘First Session—Continued

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.

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

2 of Congress that begins in any year immediately following

3 a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex4 cept a President who succeeds himself) begins, the fol5 lowing dates shall supersede those set forth in subsection

6 (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.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. 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) BUDGET RESOLUTION.—Section 3(4) of

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

10 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi11 ennium’’.

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

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

14 end the following new paragraph:

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

16 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

17 any odd-numbered year.’’.

18 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

19 BUDGET.—

20 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section

21 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—

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

23 by—

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

25 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num26 bered year’’;
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1 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

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

3 it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be4 ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and

5 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

6 on October 1 of such year’’ the second

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

8 year in such period’’;

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

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

11 in the biennium’’; and

12 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the

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

14 year in the biennium’’.

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

16 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either

18 fiscal year in such biennium’’.

19 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section

20 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by

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

22 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.

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

24 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—
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1 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘biennium’’; and

3 (B) inserting after the second sentence the

4 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd5 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by

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

7 of each House shall report to its House the con8 current resolution on the budget referred to in

9 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on

10 October 1 of that year.’’.

11 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—

12 Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is

13 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap14 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

15 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section

16 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is

17 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘for a biennium’’.

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

20 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN21 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

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

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

24 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An25 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.
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1 (d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 is

2 amended—

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

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

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

6 4 ensuing fiscal years,’’;

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

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

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

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

11 biennum’’;

12 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘first

13 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bi14 ennium’’; and

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

16 and inserting ‘‘May’’.

17 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

19 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘first fis20 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bien21 nium’’.

22 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section

23 303(b)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is

24 amended—
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the

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

3 and

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

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

6 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section

7 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended

8 by—

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

10 ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

12 ‘‘each fiscal year of that biennium’’.

13 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO14 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act

15 (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

17 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

19 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi20 ennium’’.

21 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

23 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in24 serting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON APPROPRIA2 TION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is

3 amended—

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

5 odd-numbered year’’;

6 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien7 nial’’;

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

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

11 odd-numbered year’’.

12 (i) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO13 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

14 640) is amended—

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

16 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

17 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien18 nial’’; and

19 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi20 ennium’’.

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

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

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

24 striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any bien25 nium’’; and
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1 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fiscal

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

3 year covered by such resolution’’.

4 (k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

6 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in8 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

10 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

11 year of the biennium’’; and

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

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

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

15 such Act is amended—

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

17 and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year of the bien18 nium’’; and

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

20 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

21 in the biennium’’.

22 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section

23 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by—
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1 (A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’ and

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

3 and

4 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

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

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

8 amended—

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

10 ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

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

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

15 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien16 nium’’; and

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

18 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli19 cable fiscal year’’.

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

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

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

23 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(A) The period of the biennium covered

2 by the most recently adopted concurrent resolu3 tion on the budget.

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

5 covered by the most recently adopted concur6 rent resolution on the budget.

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

8 following the first six fiscal years covered by the

9 most recently adopted concurrent resolution on

10 the budget.’’.

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

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

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

14 following new paragraph:

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

16 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres17 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

18 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

19 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

20 CONGRESS.—

21 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para22 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United

23 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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

25 each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by
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1 section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974),

2 beginning with the One Hundred Seventh Congress, the

3 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for

4 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar

5 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall

6 include a budget message and summary and supporting

7 information. The President shall include in each budget

8 the following:’’.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis17 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the

18 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

19 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is

20 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

21 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section

22 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is

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

24 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.
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1 (5) FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section

2 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is

3 amended in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fis4 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien5 nium’’.

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

7 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

8 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi9 ennium’’.

10 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNCONTROLLED EX11 PENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31,

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

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien14 nium for which the budget is submitted’’.

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

16 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

18 in the biennium’’.

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

20 title 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

23 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

25 and inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis2 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi3 ennium’’.

4 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section

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

6 amended—

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

8 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com9 pleted fiscal years,’’;

10 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and

12 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

14 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section

15 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is

16 amended—

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

18 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com19 pleted fiscal years’’;

20 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and

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

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

24 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

25 AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES.—Section 1105(b) of title 31,
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1 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’

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

3 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE4 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

5 Code, is amended—

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

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

8 the biennium for’’;

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

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

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

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

13 each year of the biennium’’.

14 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

15 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

17 to which such budget relates’’.

18 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

19 CHANGES.—

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

21 United States Code, is amended—

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

23 by—
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1 (i) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each

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

3 of each even numbered year,’’; and

4 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘biennium’’;

6 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis7 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

8 such biennium’’;

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

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

11 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

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

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

15 United States Code, is amended by—

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

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

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

19 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each even20 numbered year’’; and

21 (C) striking ‘‘July 16’’ and inserting ‘‘Feb22 ruary 15 of each even-numbered year.’’.

23 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI24 MATES.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1109(a) of title 31,

2 United States Code, is amended—

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

4 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be5 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

6 the same time the budget required by section

7 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

10 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section

11 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

13 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis14 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable,

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

16 Budget Act of 1974)’’.

17 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

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

19 Code, is amended by—

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

21 31’’; and

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

23 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre24 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be25 gins’’.
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1 SEC. 6. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE OF

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

3 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend4 ed to read as follows:

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

6 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria7 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol8 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob9 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years

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

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

12 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

13 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

14 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

16 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres17 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

18 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

19 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

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

22 following new section:

23 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

25 in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate

26 to consider—
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1 ‘‘(1) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo2 tion, or conference report that authorizes appropria3 tions for a period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless

4 the program, project, or activity for which the ap5 propriations are authorized will require no further

6 appropriations and will be completed or terminated

7 after the appropriations have been expended; and

8 ‘‘(2) in any odd-numbered year, any authoriza9 tion or revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress

10 completes action on the biennial budget resolution,

11 all regular biennial appropriations bills, and all rec12 onciliation bills.

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

14 shall not apply to—

15 ‘‘(1) any measure that is privileged for consid16 eration pursuant to a rule or statute;

17 ‘‘(2) any matter considered in Executive Ses18 sion; or

19 ‘‘(3) an appropriations measure or reconcili20 ation bill.’’.

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

22 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres23 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

24 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313

25 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 316. Authorizations of appropriations.’’.
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1 SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.

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

3 United States Code, is amended—

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

5 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

6 (2) in subsection (b)—

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

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

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

10 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

12 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add13 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep14 tember 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of sub15 section (a)’’.

16 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON17 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31,

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

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

20 fiscal year 2002, a biennial’’.

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

22 United States Code, is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

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

26 and inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; and
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and in2 serting ‘‘a biennial’’;

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

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

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

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

7 after the semicolon,

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

9 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’

10 after the inserted semicolon; and

11 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol12 lowing:

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

14 first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’;

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

16 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

17 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik18 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

19 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI20 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re21 lating to managerial accountability, is amended—

22 (1) in subsection (a)—

23 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an24 nual’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;

3 (2) in subsection (e)—

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

5 or’’ before ‘‘years’’;

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

7 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse8 quent 2-year period’’; and

9 (C) in the third sentence by striking

10 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.

11 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG12 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is

13 amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik15 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

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

17 inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

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

19 United States Code, is amended—

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

21 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

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

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

24 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and
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1 (4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma

2 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in3 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by

4 September 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of

5 subsection (a)’’.

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

7 39, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

10 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro11 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and

12 2 of the biennial plan’’;

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

14 the semicolon;

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

16 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

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

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

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

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

22 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee

23 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review

24 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance

25 reports, required under section 306 of title 5, United
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1 States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31,

2 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction

3 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views

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

5 of the applicable House.’’.

6 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

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

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

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

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

11 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub12 mit any plan or report in accordance with the

13 amendments made by this Act.

14 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

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

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

17 by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

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

20 Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year

21 to consider any regular bill providing new budget authority

22 or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of any

23 of the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropria24 tions for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless

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

26 authority or obligation limitation is provided will require
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1 no additional authority beyond 1 year and will be com2 pleted or terminated after the amount provided has been

3 expended.’’.

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

5 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres6 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

7 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313

8 the following new item:

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

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

10 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

11 of this Act, the Director of OMB shall—

12 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of

13 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the

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

15 fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on

16 the 2-year period; and

17 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com18 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa19 tives and the Senate.

20 SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

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

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

24 and shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations

25 for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2002.
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1 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE BIENNIUM.—For

2 purposes of authorizations for the biennium beginning

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

4 amendments made by this Act relating to 2-year author5 izations shall take effect January 1, 2000.

6 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Biennial Budgeting and

8 Appropriations Act’’.

9 SEC. 2. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

10 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

11 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:

12 ‘‘TIMETABLE

13 ‘‘SEC. 300. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by

14 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres15 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with the

16 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.
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‘‘First Session—Continued

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.

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

2 of Congress that begins in any year immediately following

3 a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex4 cept a President who succeeds himself) begins, the following

5 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.’’.

6 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

7 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

9 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
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1 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’

2 and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

5 Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal

6 year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bien7 nium’’.

8 (2) BIENNIUM.—Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

9 622) is further amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new paragraph:

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

12 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

13 any odd-numbered year.’’.

14 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

15 BUDGET.—

16 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 301(a)

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

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

19 by—

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

21 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num22 bered year’’;

23 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

24 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it
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1 appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium begin2 ning on October 1 of such year’’; and

3 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

4 on October 1 of such year’’ the second place

5 it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

6 in such period’’;

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

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

9 in the biennium’’; and

10 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the

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

12 year in the biennium’’.

13 (2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b)(3) of

14 such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended by striking

15 ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal

16 year in such biennium’’.

17 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section

18 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by

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

20 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.

21 (4) HEARINGS.—Section 301(e)(1) of such Act (2

22 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—

23 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi24 ennium’’; and
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1 (B) inserting after the second sentence the

2 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd3 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by

4 section 300(b)), the Committee on the Budget of

5 each House shall report to its House the concur6 rent resolution on the budget referred to in sub7 section (a) for the biennium beginning on Octo8 ber 1 of that year.’’.

9 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—

10 Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amend11 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and

12 inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

13 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g)(1)

14 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is amended by strik15 ing ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a bien16 nium’’.

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

18 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN19 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

20 (8) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to

21 section 301 in the table of contents set forth in section

22 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’

23 and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

24 (d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 of such

25 Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by—

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

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

4 in the biennium,’’;

5 (B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal years’’

6 and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years covered by the

7 resolution’’; and

8 (C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that reso9 lution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the

10 biennium’’;

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

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

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

14 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bien15 nium’’;

16 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by—

17 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and

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

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

21 the resolution’’; and

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

23 and inserting ‘‘May’’.

24 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of such Act (2

2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘first fiscal

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

5 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section

6 303(b)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended—

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

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

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

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

11 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section

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

13 by—

14 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi15 ennium’’; and

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

17 ‘‘each fiscal year of that biennium’’.

18 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO19 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act (2

20 U.S.C. 635) 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 bien25 nium’’.
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1 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

3 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘biennium’’.

5 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON APPROPRIA6 TION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is

7 amended—

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

9 odd-numbered year’’;

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

12 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien13 nium’’; and

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

15 odd-numbered year’’.

16 (i) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPROPRIA17 TION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 640) is

18 amended—

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

20 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

21 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien22 nial’’; and

23 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien24 nium’’.
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1 (j) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310(a) of

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

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

4 striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any bien5 nium’’; and

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

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

8 year covered by such resolution’’.

9 (k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

11 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in13 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

15 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year

16 of the biennium’’; and

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

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

19 (2) IN THE SENATE.—Section 311(a)(2) of such

20 Act is amended—

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

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

23 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and

24 (B) in subparagraph (B)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’

2 the first place it appears and inserting

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

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

5 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

7 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section

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

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

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

11 and

12 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu13 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

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

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

16 amended—

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

18 ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

20 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien21 nium’’;

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

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien24 nium’’; and
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1 (4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by

2 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the applica3 ble fiscal year’’.

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

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

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

7 amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(A) The period of the biennium covered by

9 the most recently adopted concurrent resolution

10 on the budget.

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

12 covered by the most recently adopted concurrent

13 resolution on the budget.

14 ‘‘(C) The period of the four fiscal years fol15 lowing the first six fiscal years covered by the

16 most recently adopted concurrent resolution on

17 the budget.’’.

18 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 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 1974

25 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.
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1 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE CON2 GRESS.—

3 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para4 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United States

5 Code, is amended to read as follows:

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

7 odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section

8 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), beginning

9 with the One Hundred Seventh Congress, the President shall

10 transmit to the Congress, the budget for the biennium begin11 ning on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget trans12 mitted under this subsection shall include a budget message

13 and summary and supporting information. The President

14 shall include in each budget the following:’’.

15 (2) EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(5) of title

16 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

17 fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the

18 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fis19 cal year in the biennium for which the budget is sub20 mitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

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

22 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

23 year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fis24 cal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal
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1 year in the biennium for which the budget is sub2 mitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

3 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section

4 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is

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

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

7 (5) FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section

8 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is amend9 ed in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’

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

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

12 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

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

15 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNCONTROLLED EXPENDI16 TURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United

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

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

19 the budget is submitted’’.

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

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

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

23 the biennium’’.

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

25 31, United States Code, is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year following

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

3 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

6 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fiscal

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bien8 nium’’.

9 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section

10 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is

11 amended—

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

13 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed

14 fiscal years,’’;

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

17 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

19 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section

20 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is

21 amended—

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

23 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed

24 fiscal years’’;
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and

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

4 appears and inserting ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

5 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE AND

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

7 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘each even-numbered year’’.

9 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DEFI10 CIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States Code,

11 is amended—

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

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

14 the biennium for’’;

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

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the

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

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

19 each year of the biennium’’.

20 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

21 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

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

23 which such budget relates’’.

24 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

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

2 United States Code, is amended—

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

4 by—

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

6 year,’’ and inserting ‘‘Before February 15 of

7 each even numbered year,’’; and

8 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘biennium’’;

10 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis11 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

12 biennium’’;

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

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

15 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

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

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

19 United States Code, is amended by—

20 (A) striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting

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

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

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each even24 numbered year’’; and
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1 (C) striking ‘‘July 16’’ and inserting ‘‘Feb2 ruary 15 of each even-numbered year.’’.

3 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI4 MATES.—

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

6 United States Code, is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first Mon8 day after January 3 of each year (on or before

9 February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At the

10 same time the budget required by section 1105 is

11 submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

14 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section

15 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

17 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submission

18 for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as pro19 vided by section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget

20 Act of 1974)’’.

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

23 is amended by—

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

25 31’’; and
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1 (2) striking ‘‘year before the year in which the

2 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre3 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be4 gins’’.

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

6 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

7 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended

8 to read as follows:

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

10 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria11 tions for the support of the Government shall be as follows:

12 ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the object) for

13 each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years (here insert

14 the fiscal years of the biennium).’.

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

16 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

17 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

18 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

20 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres21 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

22 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.
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1 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

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

4 following new section:

5 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

7 order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to

8 consider—

9 ‘‘(1) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo10 tion, or conference report that authorizes appropria11 tions for a period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless

12 the program, project, or activity for which the appro13 priations are authorized will require no further ap14 propriations and will be completed or terminated

15 after the appropriations have been expended; and

16 ‘‘(2) in any odd-numbered year, any authoriza17 tion or revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress

18 completes action on the biennial budget resolution, all

19 regular biennial appropriations bills, and all rec20 onciliation bills.

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

22 shall not apply to—

23 ‘‘(1) any measure that is privileged for consider24 ation pursuant to a rule or statute;

25 ‘‘(2) any matter considered in Executive Session;

26 or
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1 ‘‘(3) an appropriations measure or reconciliation

2 bill.’’.

3 (b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table

4 of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional

5 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended

6 by adding after the item relating to section 313 the fol7 lowing new item:

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

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

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

10 States Code, is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 30,

12 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

13 (2) in subsection (b)—

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

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

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

17 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and

18 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after

19 ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and adding ‘‘in20 cluding a strategic plan submitted by September 30,

21 1997 meeting the requirements of subsection (a)’’.

22 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON23 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31,

24 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning
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1 with fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with

2 fiscal year 2002, a biennial’’.

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

4 United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

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

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

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and in10 serting ‘‘a biennial’’;

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

12 ‘‘program activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years

13 1 and 2 of the biennial plan’’;

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

15 after the semicolon,

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

17 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’

18 after the inserted semicolon; and

19 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol20 lowing:

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

22 first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’;

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

24 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and
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1 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by striking

2 ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

3 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI4 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, relat5 ing to managerial accountability, is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (a)—

7 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an8 nual’’; and

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

10 inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;

11 (2) in subsection (e)—

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

13 or’’ before ‘‘years’’;

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

15 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subsequent

16 2-year period’’; and

17 (C) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘three’’

18 and inserting ‘‘four’’.

19 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG20 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is

21 amended—

22 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik23 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

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

25 inserting ‘‘biennial’’.
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1 (f) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 2802 of title 39,

2 United States Code, is amended—

3 (1) is subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 30,

4 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

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

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

7 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and

9 (4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after

10 ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and inserting

11 ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by September

12 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of subsection (a)’’.

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

14 39, United States Code, is amended—

15 (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by strik16 ing ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’;

17 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro18 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and

19 2 of the biennial plan’’;

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

21 semicolon;

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

23 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

24 (5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:
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1 ‘‘(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the

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

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

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

5 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee

6 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review

7 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance re8 ports, required under section 306 of title 5, United States

9 Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States

10 Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee.

11 Each committee may provide its views on such plans or

12 reports to the Committee on the Budget of the applicable

13 House.’’.

14 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

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

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

17 (2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and after the

18 date of enactment of this Act, each agency shall take

19 such actions as necessary to prepare and submit any

20 plan or report in accordance with the amendments

21 made by this Act.

22 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

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

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

25 adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

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

3 Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year

4 to consider any regular bill providing new budget authority

5 or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of any

6 of the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations

7 for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless the pro8 gram, project, or activity for which the new budget author9 ity or obligation limitation is provided will require no ad10 ditional authority beyond 1 year and will be completed or

11 terminated after the amount provided has been expended.’’.

12 (b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table

13 of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional

14 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended

15 by adding after the item relating to section 313 the fol16 lowing new item:

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

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

18 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

19 of this Act, the Director of OMB shall—

20 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of

21 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budg22 et process based on that definition to a 2-year fiscal

23 period with a biennial budget process based on the 2-

24 year period; and
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1 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com2 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representatives

3 and the Senate.

4 SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

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

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

8 shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations for the

9 biennium beginning with fiscal year 2002.

10 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE BIENNIUM.—For pur11 poses of authorizations for the biennium beginning with fis12 cal year 2002, the provisions of this Act and the amend13 ments made by this Act relating to 2-year authorizations

14 shall take effect January 1, 2000.