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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 93

To improve and strengthen the budget process.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 19, 1999

Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GORTON, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr.

FRIST, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. KYL, Mr.

MACK, and Mr. VOINOVICH) 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 improve and strengthen the budget process.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

5 ‘‘Budget Enforcement Act of 1999’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con7 tents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS
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Sec. 101. Short title.

Sec. 102. Revision of timetable.

Sec. 103. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

Act of 1974.

Sec. 104. Pay-as-you-go in the Senate.

Sec. 105. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.

Sec. 106. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations Acts.

Sec. 107. Multiyear authorizations.

Sec. 108. Government plans on a biennial basis.

Sec. 109. Biennial appropriations bills.

Sec. 110. Report on two-year fiscal period.

Sec. 111. Effective date.

TITLE II—EMERGENCY SPENDING REFORMS

Sec. 201. Emergency designation guidance.

TITLE III—CLARIFYING CHANGES TO PAY-AS-YOU-GO

Sec. 301. Clarification on the application of section 202 of H. Con. Res. 67.

Sec. 302. Clarification of pay-as-you-go.

Sec. 303. Clarifications regarding extraneous matter.

TITLE IV—REFORM OF THE SENATE’S CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, BUDGET RESOLUTIONS, AND RECONCILIATION BILLS

Sec. 401. Short title.

Sec. 402. Amendment to title 31.

Sec. 403. Effective date and sunset.

TITLE V—BUDGET ACT AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE SENATE’S CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION BILLS

Sec. 501. Consideration of budget measures in the Senate.

Sec. 502. Definition.

Sec. 503. Conforming the compensation of the director and deputy director of

the Congressional Budget Office with other legislative branch

support agencies.

1 TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING

2 AND APPROPRIATIONS

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 and Appropriations Act’’.

6 SEC. 102. 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:
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1 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

3 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres4 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with

5 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.

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

7 of Congress that begins in any year immediately following

8 a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex-
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1 cept a President who succeeds himself) begins, the follow2 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.’’.

3 SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

4 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

6 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

7 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

8 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

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

12 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi13 ennium’’.

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

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

16 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 ‘‘bien7 nial’’; 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 bien25 nium’’;
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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. 104. 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. 105. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES

22 CODE.

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

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

25 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—

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

15 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

16 the biennium’’; and

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

18 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

19 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi20 ennium’’.

21 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNCONTROLLED EX22 PENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31,

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

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien25 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 bi14 ennium’’.

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 ESTI9 MATES.—

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 be9 gins’’.

10 SEC. 106. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE

11 OF 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. 107. 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:

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. 108. 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 fol23 lowing:

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 of 1974

8 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each

9 committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives

10 shall review the strategic plans, performance plans, and

11 performance reports, required under section 306 of title

12 5, United States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of

13 title 31, United States Code, of all agencies under the ju14 risdiction of the committee. Each committee may provide

15 its views on such plans or reports to the Committee on

16 the Budget 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 title, 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 title.
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1 SEC. 109. 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. 110. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

23 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

24 of this title, 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. 111. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

11 108 and 110 and subsection (b), this title and the amend12 ments made by this title shall take effect on January 1,

13 2001, and shall apply to budget resolutions and appropria14 tions 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 title and the

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

20 TITLE II—EMERGENCY

21 SPENDING REFORMS

22 SEC. 201. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION GUIDANCE.

23 The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—

24 (1) by adding the following new section at the

25 end of title III:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 318. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.

2 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATIONS.—

3 ‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—In making a designation of a

4 provision of legislation as an emergency requirement

5 under section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Bal6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

7 1985—

8 ‘‘(A) the President shall submit a message

9 to the Congress analyzing whether a proposed

10 emergency requirement meets all the criteria in

11 paragraph (2); and

12 ‘‘(B) the committee report, if any, accom13 panying that legislation shall analyze whether a

14 proposed emergency requirement meets all the

15 criteria in paragraph (2).

16 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A proposed expendi18 ture or tax change is an emergency requirement

19 if it is—

20 ‘‘(i) necessary, essential, or vital (not

21 merely useful or beneficial);

22 ‘‘(ii) sudden, quickly coming into

23 being, and not building up over time;

24 ‘‘(iii) an urgent, pressing, and compel25 ling need requiring immediate action;
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1 ‘‘(iv) subject to subparagraph (B), un2 foreseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated;

3 and

4 ‘‘(v) not permanent, temporary in na5 ture.

6 ‘‘(B) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that

7 is part of an aggregate level of anticipated

8 emergencies, particularly when normally esti9 mated in advance, is not unforeseen.

10 ‘‘(3) JUSTIFICATION FOR FAILURE TO MEET

11 CRITERIA.—If the proposed emergency requirement

12 does not meet all the criteria set forth in paragraph

13 (2), the President or the committee report, as the

14 case may be, shall provide a written justification of

15 why the requirement is an emergency.

16 ‘‘(b) POINT OF ORDER.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid18 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con19 ference report, upon a point of order being made by

20 a Senator against any provision in that measure des21 ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to

22 section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced

23 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

24 and the Presiding Officer sustains that point of

25 order, that provision along with the language mak-
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1 ing the designation shall be stricken from the meas2 ure and may not be offered as an amendment from

3 the floor.

4 ‘‘(2) EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.—When the

5 Senate is considering an emergency supplemental

6 appropriations bill, an amendment thereto, a motion

7 thereto, or a conference report therefrom, upon a

8 point of order being made by a Senator against any

9 provision in that measure that is not designated as

10 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

11 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and

12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Pre13 siding Officer sustains that point of order, that pro14 vision shall be stricken from the measure and may

15 not be offered as an amendment from the floor.

16 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—A point of order

17 sustained under this subsection against a conference

18 report shall be disposed of as provided in section

19 313(d).

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

21 an emergency supplemental appropriations bill is a bill or

22 joint resolution that—

23 ‘‘(1) includes a provision designated as an

24 emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;

3 ‘‘(2) includes in the long title or short title of

4 that bill or joint resolution any of the following

5 words: emergency, urgent, or disaster; and

6 ‘‘(3) appropriates funds in addition to those en7 acted in the regular appropriations Act for that year

8 as defined in section 1311 of title 31, United States

9 Code.’’;

10 (2) in subsections (c)(2) and (d)(2) of section

11 904, by striking ‘‘and 312(c)’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘312(c), and 316’’; and

13 (3) in the table of contents in section 1(a), by

14 adding after the item for section 317 the following:

‘‘318. Emergency legislation.’’.

15 TITLE III—CLARIFYING

16 CHANGES TO PAY-AS-YOU-GO

17 SEC. 301. CLARIFICATION ON THE APPLICATION OF SEC18 TION 202 OF H. CON. RES. 67.

19 Section 202(b) of H. Con. Res. 67 (104th Congress)

20 is amended—

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the deficit’’

22 and inserting ‘‘the on-budget deficit or cause an on23 budget deficit’’; and

24 (2) in paragraph (6), by—
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1 (A) striking ‘‘increases the deficit’’ and in2 serting ‘‘increases the on-budget deficit or

3 causes an on-budget deficit’’; and

4 (B) striking ‘‘increase the deficit’’ and in5 serting ‘‘increase the on-budget deficit or cause

6 an on-budget deficit’’.

7 SEC. 302. CLARIFICATION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 252 of the Balanced

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

10 amended—

11 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the deficit’’

12 and inserting ‘‘the on-budget deficit or causes an on13 budget deficit’’;

14 (2) in subsection (b)(2)—

15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;

16 and’’ and inserting a semicolon;

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

18 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

19 (C) by adding at the end the following:

20 ‘‘(D) the estimate of the on-budget surplus

21 for the budget year determined under section

22 254(c)(3)(D).’’.

23 (b) BASELINE.—Section 254(c)(3) of the Balanced

24 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
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1 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara2 graph:

3 ‘‘(D) The estimated excess of on-budget re4 ceipts over on-budget outlays for the budget

5 year assuming compliance with the discre6 tionary spending limits and that the full adjust7 ments are made under subparagraphs (C), (E),

8 and (F) of section 251(b)(2).’’.

9 SEC. 303. CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING EXTRANEOUS MAT10 TER.

11 Section 313(b)(1)(E) of the Congressional Budget

12 Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘such year;’’ and in13 serting ‘‘such year or such increases or decreases, when

14 taken with other provisions in such bill, would cause an

15 on-budget deficit in such year;’’.

16 TITLE IV—REFORM OF THE SEN17 ATE’S CONSIDERATION OF AP18 PROPRIATIONS BILLS, BUDG19 ET RESOLUTIONS, AND REC20 ONCILIATION BILLS

21 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Government Shutdown

23 Prevention Act’’.
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1 SEC. 402. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 31, United

3 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1310

4 the following new section:

5 ‘‘§ 1311. Continuing appropriations

6 ‘‘(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal

7 year does not become law prior to the beginning of such

8 fiscal year or a joint resolution making continuing appro9 priations is not in effect, there is appropriated, out of any

10 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and

11 out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and

12 funds, such sums as may be necessary to continue any

13 project or activity for which funds were provided in the

14 preceding fiscal year—

15 ‘‘(A) in the corresponding regular appropriation

16 Act for such preceding fiscal year; or

17 ‘‘(B) if the corresponding regular appropriation

18 bill for such preceding fiscal year did not become

19 law, then in a joint resolution making continuing ap20 propriations for such preceding fiscal year.

21 ‘‘(2) Appropriations and funds made available, and

22 authority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal

23 year pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of oper24 ations not in excess of the lower of—
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1 ‘‘(A) the rate of operations provided for in the

2 regular appropriation Act providing for such project

3 or activity for the preceding fiscal year;

4 ‘‘(B) in the absence of such an Act, the rate of

5 operations provided for such project or activity pur6 suant to a joint resolution making continuing appro7 priations for such preceding fiscal year;

8 ‘‘(C) the rate provided in the budget submission

9 of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31,

10 United States Code, for the fiscal year in question;

11 or

12 ‘‘(D) the annualized rate of operations provided

13 for in the most recently enacted joint resolution

14 making continuing appropriations for part of that

15 fiscal year or any funding levels established under

16 the provisions of this Act.

17 ‘‘(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and

18 authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this sec19 tion for a project or activity shall be available for the pe20 riod beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropria21 tions and ending with the earlier of—

22 ‘‘(A) the date on which the applicable regular

23 appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law

24 (whether or not such law provides for such project
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1 or activity) or a continuing resolution making appro2 priations becomes law, as the case may be; or

3 ‘‘(B) the last day of such fiscal year.

4 ‘‘(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or au5 thority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year

6 pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and

7 conditions imposed with respect to the appropriation made

8 or funds made available for the preceding fiscal year, or

9 authority granted for such project or activity under cur10 rent law.

11 ‘‘(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and

12 authority granted, for any project or activity for any fiscal

13 year pursuant to this section shall cover all obligations or

14 expenditures incurred for such project or activity during

15 the portion of such fiscal year for which this section ap16 plies to such project or activity.

17 ‘‘(d) Expenditures made for a project or activity for

18 any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be charged

19 to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization

20 whenever a regular appropriation bill or a joint resolution

21 making continuing appropriations until the end of a fiscal

22 year providing for such project or activity for such period

23 becomes law.
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1 ‘‘(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activ2 ity during a fiscal year if any other provision of law (other

3 than an authorization of appropriations)—

4 ‘‘(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds

5 available, or grants authority for such project or ac6 tivity to continue for such period; or

7 ‘‘(2) specifically provides that no appropriation

8 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or

9 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac10 tivity to continue for such period.

11 ‘‘(f) In this section, the term ‘regular appropriation

12 bill’ means any annual appropriation bill making appro13 priations, otherwise making funds available, or granting

14 authority, for any of the following categories of projects

15 and activities:

16 ‘‘(1) Agriculture, rural development, and relat17 ed agencies programs.

18 ‘‘(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice,

19 and State, the judiciary, and related agencies.

20 ‘‘(3) The Department of Defense.

21 ‘‘(4) The government of the District of Colum22 bia and other activities chargeable in whole or in

23 part against the revenues of the District.
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1 ‘‘(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and

2 Human Services, and Education, and related agen3 cies.

4 ‘‘(6) The Department of Housing and Urban

5 Development, and sundry independent agencies,

6 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices.

7 ‘‘(7) Energy and water development.

8 ‘‘(8) Foreign assistance and related programs.

9 ‘‘(9) The Department of the Interior and relat10 ed agencies.

11 ‘‘(10) Military construction.

12 ‘‘(11) The Department of Transportation and

13 related agencies.

14 ‘‘(12) The Treasury Department, the U.S.

15 Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President,

16 and certain independent agencies.

17 ‘‘(13) The legislative branch.’’.

18 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis of chap19 ter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by in20 serting after the item relating to section 1310 the follow21 ing new item:

‘‘1311. Continuing appropriations.’’.

22 (c) PROTECTION OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS.—Nothing

23 in the amendments made by this section shall be construed

24 to effect Government obligations mandated by other law,
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1 including obligations with respect to Social Security, Medi2 care, and Medicaid.

3 SEC. 403. EFFECTIVE DATE AND SUNSET.

4 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

5 this title shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning

6 with fiscal year 2000.

7 (b) SUNSET.—The amendments made by this title

8 shall sunset and have no force or effect after fiscal year

9 2001.

10 TITLE V—BUDGET ACT AMEND11 MENTS REGARDING THE SEN12 ATE’S CONSIDERATION OF

13 BUDGET RESOLUTION AND

14 RECONCILIATION BILLS

15 SEC. 501. CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET MEASURES IN THE

16 SENATE.

17 (a) PROHIBITION AGAINST INCLUSION OF PRECA18 TORY LANGUAGE IN A BUDGET RESOLUTION.—Section

19 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend20 ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The concurrent

21 resolution shall not include precatory language.’’.

22 (b) PROCEDURE.—Section 305(b) of the Congres23 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) PROCEDURE IN SENATE FOR THE CONSIDER2 ATION OF A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDG3 ET.—

4 ‘‘(1) LEGISLATION AVAILABLE.—It shall not be

5 in order to proceed to the consideration of a concur6 rent resolution on the budget unless the text of that

7 resolution has been available to Members for at least

8 1 calendar day (excluding Sundays and legal holi9 days unless the Senate is in session) prior to the

10 consideration of the measure.

11 ‘‘(2) TIME FOR DEBATE.—

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Debate in the Senate

13 on any concurrent resolution on the budget, and

14 all amendments thereto and debatable motions

15 and appeals in connection therewith, shall be

16 limited to not more than 30 hours, except that

17 with respect to any concurrent resolution re18 ferred to in section 304(a) all such debate shall

19 be limited to not more than 10 hours. Of this

20 30 hours, 10 hours shall be reserved for general

21 debate on the resolution (including debate on

22 economic goals and policies) and 20 hours shall

23 be reserved for debate of amendments, motions,

24 and appeals. The time for general debate shall

25 be equally divided between, and controlled by,
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1 the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader

2 or their designees.

3 ‘‘(B) DISPOSITION OF AMENDMENTS AND

4 OTHER MATTERS.—After no more than 30

5 hours of debate on the concurrent resolution on

6 the budget, the Senate shall, except as provided

7 in subparagraph (C), proceed, without any fur8 ther action or debate on any question, to vote

9 on the final disposition thereof.

10 ‘‘(C) ACTION PERMITTED AFTER 30

11 HOURS.—After no more than 30 hours of de12 bate on the concurrent resolution on the budg13 et, the only further action in order shall be dis14 position of—

15 ‘‘(i) all amendments then pending be16 fore the Senate;

17 ‘‘(ii) all points of order arising under

18 this Act which have been previously raised;

19 and

20 ‘‘(iii) motions to reconsider and 1

21 quorum call on demand to establish the

22 presence of a quorum (and motions re23 quired to establish a quorum) immediately

24 before the final vote begins.
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1 Disposition shall include raising points of order

2 against pending amendments, motions to table, and

3 motions to waive.

4 ‘‘(3) AMENDMENTS.—

5 ‘‘(A) DEBATE.—Debate in the Senate on

6 any amendment to a concurrent resolution on

7 the budget shall be limited to 1 hour, to be

8 equally divided between, and controlled by, the

9 mover and the manager of the concurrent reso10 lution, and debate on any amendment to an

11 amendment, debatable motion, or appeal shall

12 be limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided

13 between, and controlled by, the mover and the

14 manager of the concurrent resolution, except

15 that in the event the manager of the concurrent

16 resolution is in favor of any such amendment,

17 motion, or appeal, the time in opposition there18 to shall be controlled by the Minority Leader or

19 his designee. No amendment that is not ger20 mane to the provisions of that concurrent reso21 lution shall be received. An amendment that in22 cludes precatory language shall not be consid23 ered germane. Such leaders, or either of them,

24 may, from the time for general debate under

25 their control on the adoption of the concurrent
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1 resolution, allot additional time to any Senator

2 during the consideration of any amendment, de3 batable motion, or appeal.

4 ‘‘(B) FILING OF AMENDMENTS.—Except

5 by unanimous consent, no amendment shall be

6 proposed after 15 hours of debate of a concur7 rent resolution on the budget have elapsed, un8 less it has been submitted in writing to the

9 Journal Clerk by the 15th hour if an amend10 ment in the first degree (or if a complete sub11 stitute for the underlying measure), and unless

12 it has been so submitted by the 20th hour if an

13 amendment to an amendment (or an amend14 ment to the language proposed to be stricken).

15 ‘‘(C) RECOGNITION.—For the purpose of

16 providing an opportunity for the offering

17 amendments in the first degree (or amendments

18 which are a complete substitute for the underly19 ing measure), the Presiding Officer of the Sen20 ate shall alternate recognition between members

21 of the majority party and the minority party.

22 No Senator shall call up more than a total of

23 2 amendments until every other Senator shall

24 have had the opportunity to do likewise.
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1 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SECOND

2 DEGREE AMENDMENTS.—No more than a total

3 of 2 consecutive amendments to any amend4 ment may be offered by either the majority or

5 minority party.

6 ‘‘(4) DEBATE.—General debate time may only

7 be yielded back by unanimous consent and a motion

8 to further limit the time for general debate shall be

9 debatable for 30 minutes. A motion to recommit (ex10 cept a motion to recommit with instructions to re11 port back within a specified number of days, not to

12 exceed 3, not counting any day on which the Senate

13 is not in session) is not in order. Debate on any

14 such motion to recommit shall be limited to 1 hour,

15 to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the

16 mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution.

17 ‘‘(5) MATHEMATICAL CONSISTENCY.—

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any

19 other rule, and except as provided in subpara20 graph (B), an amendment or series of amend21 ments to a concurrent resolution on the budget

22 proposed in the Senate shall always be in order

23 if such amendment or series of amendments

24 proposes to change any figure or figures then

25 contained in such concurrent resolution so as to
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1 make such concurrent resolution mathemati2 cally consistent or so as to maintain such con3 sistency.

4 ‘‘(B) EFFECT OF ADOPTION OF SUB5 STITUTE AMENDMENTS.—Once an amendment

6 to an amendment (which is a complete sub7 stitute for the underlying amendment) has been

8 agreed to, no further amendments to the under9 lying amendment shall be in order.’’.

10 (c) CONFERENCE REPORTS IN THE SENATE.—Sec11 tion 305(c) is amended to read as follows:

12 ‘‘(c) ACTION ON CONFERENCE REPORTS IN THE

13 SENATE.—

14 ‘‘(1) MOTION TO PROCEED.—A motion to pro15 ceed to the consideration of the conference report on

16 any concurrent resolution on the budget (or a rec17 onciliation bill or resolution) may be made even

18 though a previous motion to the same effect has

19 been disagreed to.

20 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the consider22 ation in the Senate of the conference report (or

23 a message between Houses) on any concurrent

24 resolution on the budget, and all amendments

25 in disagreement, and all amendments thereto,
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1 and debatable motions and appeals in connec2 tion therewith, debate shall be limited to 10

3 hours, to be equally divided between, and con4 trolled by, the Majority Leader and Minority

5 Leader or their designees. Debate on any debat6 able motion or appeal related to the conference

7 report (or a message between Houses) shall be

8 limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between,

9 and controlled by, the mover and the manager

10 of the conference report (or a message between

11 Houses).

12 ‘‘(B) DISPOSITION.—After no more than

13 10 hours of debate on the conference report (or

14 message between Houses) accompanying a con15 current resolution on the budget, and all

16 amendments in disagreement, and all amend17 ments thereto, the Senate shall, except as pro18 vided in subparagraph (C), proceed, without

19 any further action or debate on any question, to

20 vote on the final disposition thereof.

21 ‘‘(C) ACTION PERMITTED AFTER 10

22 HOURS.—After no more than 10 hours of de23 bate on the conference report (or message be24 tween the Houses) accompanying a concurrent

25 resolution on the budget, and all amendments
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1 in disagreement, and all amendments thereto,

2 the only further action in order shall be disposi3 tion of: all amendments then pending before the

4 Senate; all points of order arising under this

5 Act which have been previously raised; and mo6 tions to reconsider and 1 quorum call on de7 mand to establish the presence of a quorum

8 (and motions required to establish a quorum)

9 immediately before the final vote begins. Dis10 position shall include raising points of order

11 against pending amendments, motions to table,

12 and motions to waive.

13 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE REPORT DEFEATED.—

14 Should the conference report be defeated, debate on

15 any request for a new conference and the appoint16 ment of conferees shall be limited to 1 hour, to be

17 equally divided between, and controlled by, the man18 ager of the conference report and the Minority Lead19 er or his designee, and should any motion be made

20 to instruct the conferees before the conferees are

21 named, debate on that motion shall be limited to

22 one-half hour, to be equally divided between, and

23 controlled by, the mover and the manager of the

24 conference report. Debate on any amendment to any

25 such instructions shall be limited to 20 minutes, to
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1 be equally divided between and controlled by the

2 mover and the manager of the conference report. In

3 all cases when the manager of the conference report

4 is in favor of any motion, appeal, or amendment, the

5 time in opposition shall be under the control of the

6 minority leader or his designee.

7 ‘‘(4) AMENDMENTS IN DISAGREEMENT.—In any

8 case in which there are amendments in disagree9 ment, time on each amendment shall be limited to

10 30 minutes, to be equally divided between, and con11 trolled by, the manager of the conference report and

12 the Minority Leader or his designee. No amendment

13 that is not germane to the provisions of such amend14 ments shall be received.’’.

15 (c) RECONCILIATION.—Section 310(e) is amended to

16 read as follows:

17 ‘‘(e) PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.—The provisions

18 of section 305 for the consideration in the Senate of con19 current resolutions on the budget and conference reports

20 thereon, except for the provisions of subsection (b)(5) of

21 that section, shall also apply to the consideration in the

22 Senate of reconciliation bills considered under subsection

23 (b) and conference reports thereon.’’.
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1 SEC. 502. DEFINITION.

2 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

3 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:

4 ‘‘(13) The term ‘major functional category’

5 means the allocation of budget authority and outlays

6 separated into the following subtotals:

7 ‘‘(A) Defense discretionary.

8 ‘‘(B) Nondefense discretionary.

9 ‘‘(C) Direct spending.

10 ‘‘(D) If deemed necessary, other subsets of

11 discretionary and direct spending.’’.

12 SEC. 503. CONFORMING THE COMPENSATION OF THE DI13 RECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE

14 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE WITH

15 OTHER LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SUPPORT

16 AGENCIES.

17 Section 201(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act

18 of 1974 is amended—

19 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(III)’’ and

20 inserting ‘‘(II)’’; and

21 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘(IV)’’

22 and inserting ‘‘(III)’’.

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