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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]

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.
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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.

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.
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‘‘First Session—Continued

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 follow5 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.’’.

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

10 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

11 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

14 such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended by striking
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1 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi2 ennium’’.

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

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

5 end the following new paragraph:

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

7 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

8 any odd-numbered year.’’.

9 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

10 BUDGET.—

11 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section

12 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—

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

14 by—

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

16 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num17 bered year’’;

18 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

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

20 it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be21 ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and

22 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

23 on October 1 of such year’’ the second

24 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

25 year in such period’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the

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

3 in the biennium’’; and

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

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

6 year in the biennium’’.

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

8 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either

10 fiscal year in such biennium’’.

11 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section

12 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by

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

14 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.

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

16 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—

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

18 ‘‘biennium’’; and

19 (B) inserting after the second sentence the

20 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd21 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by

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

23 of each House shall report to its House the con24 current resolution on the budget referred to in
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1 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on

2 October 1 of that year.’’.

3 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—

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

5 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

7 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section

8 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is

9 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘for a biennium’’.

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

12 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN13 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

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

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

16 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An17 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

18 (d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 is

19 amended—

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

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

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

23 4 ensuing fiscal years,’’;

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

25 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’;
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1 (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal

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

3 biennum’’;

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

5 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bi6 ennium’’; and

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

8 and inserting ‘‘May’’.

9 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

11 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘first fis12 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bien13 nium’’.

14 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section

15 303(b)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is

16 amended—

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

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

19 and

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

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

22 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section

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

24 by—
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1 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

5 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO6 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act

7 (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

9 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

11 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi12 ennium’’.

13 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

15 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in16 serting ‘‘biennium’’.

17 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON APPROPRIA18 TION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is

19 amended—

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

21 odd-numbered year’’;

22 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien23 nial’’;

24 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi25 ennium’’; and
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1 (4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

2 odd-numbered year’’.

3 (i) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO4 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

5 640) is amended—

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

7 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

8 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien9 nial’’; and

10 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi11 ennium’’.

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

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

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

15 striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any bien16 nium’’; and

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

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

19 year covered by such resolution’’.

20 (k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

22 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—

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

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

3 year of the biennium’’; and

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

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

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

7 such Act is amended—

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

9 and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year of the bien10 nium’’; and

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

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

13 in the biennium’’.

14 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section

15 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by—

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

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

18 and

19 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.

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

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

23 amended—

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

25 ‘‘for a biennium’’;
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1 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal

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

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

5 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien6 nium’’; and

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

8 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli9 cable fiscal year’’.

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

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

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

13 amended to read as follows:

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

15 by the most recently adopted concurrent resolu16 tion on the budget.

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

18 covered by the most recently adopted concur19 rent resolution on the budget.

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

21 following the first six fiscal years covered by the

22 most recently adopted concurrent resolution on

23 the budget.’’.
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1 SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.

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

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

4 following new paragraph:

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

6 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres7 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

8 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

9 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

10 CONGRESS.—

11 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para12 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United

13 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

17 beginning with the One Hundred Seventh Congress, the

18 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for

19 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar

20 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall

21 include a budget message and summary and supporting

22 information. The President shall include in each budget

23 the following:’’.

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

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

26 ‘‘the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted
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1 and the 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting

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

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

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

5 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis6 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the

7 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

8 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is

9 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

10 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section

11 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is

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

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

14 (5) FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section

15 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is

16 amended in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fis17 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien18 nium’’.

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

20 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

21 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi22 ennium’’.

23 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNCONTROLLED EX24 PENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31,

25 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that
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1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien2 nium for which the budget is submitted’’.

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

4 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

6 in the biennium’’.

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

8 title 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

11 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

14 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis15 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi16 ennium’’.

17 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section

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

19 amended—

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

21 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com22 pleted fiscal years,’’;

23 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

3 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section

4 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is

5 amended—

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

7 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com8 pleted fiscal years’’;

9 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and

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

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

13 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

17 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE18 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

19 Code, is amended—

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

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

22 the biennium for’’;

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

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

25 the biennium, as the case may be,’’; and
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘for

2 each year of the biennium’’.

3 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

4 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

6 to which such budget relates’’.

7 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

8 CHANGES.—

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

10 United States Code, is amended—

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

12 by—

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

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

15 of each even numbered year,’’; and

16 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘biennium’’;

18 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis19 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

20 such biennium’’;

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

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

23 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

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

25 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 (2) CHANGES.—Section 1106(b) of title 31,

2 United States Code, is amended by—

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

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

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

6 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each even7 numbered year’’; and

8 (C) striking ‘‘July 16’’ and inserting ‘‘Feb9 ruary 15 of each even-numbered year.’’.

10 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI11 MATES.—

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

13 United States Code, is amended—

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

15 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be16 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

17 the same time the budget required by section

18 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

21 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section

22 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

24 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis25 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable,
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1 as provided by section 300(b) of the Congressional

2 Budget Act of 1974)’’.

3 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

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

5 Code, is amended by—

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

7 31’’; and

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

9 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre10 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be11 gins’’.

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

13 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

14 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend15 ed to read as follows:

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

17 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria18 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol19 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob20 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years

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

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

23 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

24 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

25 for each fiscal year in such period.
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1 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘biennium’

2 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres3 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

4 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

5 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

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

8 following new section:

9 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

11 in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate

12 to consider—

13 ‘‘(1) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo14 tion, or conference report that authorizes appropria15 tions for a period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless

16 the program, project, or activity for which the ap17 propriations are authorized will require no further

18 appropriations and will be completed or terminated

19 after the appropriations have been expended; and

20 ‘‘(2) in any odd-numbered year, any authoriza21 tion or revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress

22 completes action on the biennial budget resolution,

23 all regular biennial appropriations bills, and all rec24 onciliation bills.

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

26 shall not apply to—
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1 ‘‘(1) any measure that is privileged for consid2 eration pursuant to a rule or statute;

3 ‘‘(2) any matter considered in Executive Ses4 sion; or

5 ‘‘(3) an appropriations measure or reconcili6 ation bill.’’.

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

8 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres9 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

10 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313

11 the following new item:

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

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

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

14 United States Code, is amended—

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

16 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

17 (2) in subsection (b)—

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

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

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

21 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

23 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add24 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep-
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1 tember 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of sub2 section (a)’’.

3 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON4 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31,

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

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

7 fiscal year 2002, a biennial’’.

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

9 United States Code, is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

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

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

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and in15 serting ‘‘a biennial’’;

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

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

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

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

20 after the semicolon,

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

22 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’

23 after the inserted semicolon; and

24 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol25 lowing:
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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 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

5 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik6 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

7 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXIBIL8 ITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, relat9 ing to managerial accountability, is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)—

11 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an12 nual’’; and

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

14 inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;

15 (2) in subsection (e)—

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

17 or’’ before ‘‘years’’;

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

19 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse20 quent 2-year period’’; and

21 (C) in the third sentence by striking

22 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.

23 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDGET24 ING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is

25 amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik2 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

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

4 inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

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

6 United States Code, is amended—

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

8 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

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

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

11 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

14 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in15 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by

16 September 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of

17 subsection (a)’’.

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

19 39, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

22 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro23 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and

24 2 of the biennial plan’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

2 the semicolon;

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

4 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

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

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

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

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

10 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee

11 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review

12 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance

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

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

15 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction

16 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views

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

18 of the applicable House.’’.

19 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

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

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

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

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

24 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub-
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1 mit any plan or report in accordance with the

2 amendments made by this Act.

3 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

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

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

6 by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

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

9 Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year

10 to consider any regular bill providing new budget authority

11 or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of any

12 of the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropria13 tions for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless

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

15 authority or obligation limitation is provided will require

16 no additional authority beyond 1 year and will be com17 pleted or terminated after the amount provided has been

18 expended.’’.

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

20 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres21 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

22 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313

23 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriations bills.’’.
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1 SEC. 10. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

3 of this Act, the Director of OMB shall—

4 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of

5 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the

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

7 fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on

8 the 2-year period; and

9 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com10 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa11 tives and the Senate.

12 SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

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

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

16 and shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations

17 for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2002.

18 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE BIENNIUM.—For

19 purposes of authorizations for the biennium beginning

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

21 amendments made by this Act relating to 2-year author22 izations shall take effect January 1, 2000.

23 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

25 Appropriations Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

2 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

3 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

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

8 One Hundred Seventh Congress) is as follows:

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

First Monday in February.President submits budget recommendations.

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

Budget Committees.

Not later than 6 weeks

after budget submission.

Committees submit views and estimates to

Budget Committees.

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

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

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

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

biennial appropriation bill.

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

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

legislation.

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

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

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

Not later than 6 weeks

after President submits

budget review.

Congressional Budget Office submits report to

Budget Committees.

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

the succeeding biennium.

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

10 of Congress that begins in any year immediately following
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1 a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex2 cept a President who succeeds himself) begins, the following

3 dates shall supersede those set forth in subsection (a):

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

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

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

Budget Committees.

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

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

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

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

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

legislation.

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

4 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

5 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

7 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

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

9 and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

10 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

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

13 year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bien14 nium’’.

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

16 622) is further amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing 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 301(a)

7 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 it

15 appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium begin16 ning on October 1 of such year’’; and

17 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

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

19 it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

20 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) of

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

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

7 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 (2

13 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—

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

20 each House shall report to its House the concur21 rent resolution on the budget referred to in sub22 section (a) for the biennium beginning on Octo23 ber 1 of that year.’’.

24 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—

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

2 inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

4 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a bien6 nium’’.

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 to

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

12 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’

13 and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

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

15 Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended—

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by—

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

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

19 in the biennium,’’;

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

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

22 resolution’’; and

23 (C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that reso24 lution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the

25 biennium’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal

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

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

4 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bien5 nium’’;

6 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by—

7 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and

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

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

11 the resolution’’; and

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

13 and inserting ‘‘May’’.

14 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of such Act (2

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

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

19 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section

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

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

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

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

24 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’.
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1 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section

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

3 by—

4 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi5 ennium’’; and

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

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

8 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO9 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act (2

10 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

12 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

14 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bien15 nium’’.

16 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

18 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘biennium’’.

20 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON APPROPRIA21 TION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is

22 amended—

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

24 odd-numbered year’’;
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien2 nial’’;

3 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien4 nium’’; and

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

6 odd-numbered year’’.

7 (i) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPROPRIA8 TION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 640) is

9 amended—

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

11 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

12 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien13 nial’’; and

14 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien15 nium’’.

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

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

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

19 striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any bien20 nium’’; and

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

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

23 year covered by such resolution’’.

24 (k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—
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1 (1) IN THE HOUSE.—Section 311(a)(1) of such

2 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in4 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

6 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year

7 of the biennium’’; and

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

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

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

11 Act is amended—

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

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

14 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and

15 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

16 (i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’

17 the first place it appears and inserting

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

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

20 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

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 the ensu5 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

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 applica19 ble 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 by

2 the most recently adopted concurrent resolution

3 on the budget.

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

5 covered by the most recently adopted concurrent

6 resolution on the budget.

7 ‘‘(C) The period of the four fiscal years fol8 lowing 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 1974

18 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

19 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE CON20 GRESS.—

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

23 Code, is amended to read as follows:

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

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

2 with the One Hundred Seventh Congress, the President shall

3 transmit to the Congress, the budget for the biennium begin4 ning on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget trans5 mitted under this subsection shall include a budget message

6 and summary and supporting information. The President

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

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

9 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

10 fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the

11 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fis12 cal year in the biennium for which the budget is sub13 mitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

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

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

16 year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fis17 cal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

18 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit19 ted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

20 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section

21 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is

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

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

24 (5) FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section

25 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is amend-
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1 ed in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’

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

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

4 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

5 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi6 ennium’’.

7 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNCONTROLLED EXPENDI8 TURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United

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

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

11 the budget is submitted’’.

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

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

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

15 the biennium’’.

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

17 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

20 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

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

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bien25 nium’’.
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1 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section

2 1105(a)(18) 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 completed

6 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’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

11 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section

12 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is

13 amended—

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

15 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed

16 fiscal years’’;

17 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and

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

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

21 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE AND

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

23 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘each even-numbered year’’.
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1 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DEFI2 CIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States Code,

3 is amended—

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

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

6 the biennium for’’;

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

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

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

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

11 each year of the biennium’’.

12 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

13 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

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

15 which such budget relates’’.

16 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

17 CHANGES.—

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

19 United States Code, is amended—

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

21 by—

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

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

24 each even numbered year,’’; and
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1 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘biennium’’;

3 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis4 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

5 biennium’’;

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

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

8 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

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

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

12 United States Code, is amended by—

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

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

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

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each even17 numbered year’’; and

18 (C) striking ‘‘July 16’’ and inserting ‘‘Feb19 ruary 15 of each even-numbered year.’’.

20 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI21 MATES.—

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

23 United States Code, is amended—

24 (A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first Mon25 day after January 3 of each year (on or before
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1 February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At the

2 same time the budget required by section 1105 is

3 submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

6 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section

7 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

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

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

10 for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as pro11 vided by section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget

12 Act of 1974)’’.

13 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG14 ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code,

15 is amended by—

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

17 31’’; and

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

19 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre20 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be21 gins’’.

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

23 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

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

25 to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts

2 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria3 tions for the support of the Government shall be as follows:

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

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

6 the fiscal years of the biennium).’.

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

8 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

9 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

10 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

12 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres13 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

14 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

15 SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

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

18 following new section:

19 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

21 order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to

22 consider—

23 ‘‘(1) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo24 tion, or conference report that authorizes appropria25 tions for a period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless

26 the program, project, or activity for which the appro-
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1 priations are authorized will require no further ap2 propriations and will be completed or terminated

3 after the appropriations have been expended; and

4 ‘‘(2) in any odd-numbered year, any authoriza5 tion or revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress

6 completes action on the biennial budget resolution, all

7 regular biennial appropriations bills, and all rec8 onciliation bills.

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

10 shall not apply to—

11 ‘‘(1) any measure that is privileged for consider12 ation pursuant to a rule or statute;

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

14 or

15 ‘‘(3) an appropriations measure or reconciliation

16 bill.’’.

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

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

19 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended

20 by adding after the item relating to section 313 the follow21 ing new item:

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

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

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

24 States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 30,

2 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

3 (2) in subsection (b)—

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

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

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

7 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

9 ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and adding ‘‘in10 cluding a strategic plan submitted by September 30,

11 1997 meeting the requirements of subsection (a)’’.

12 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON13 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31,

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

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

16 fiscal year 2002, a biennial’’.

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

18 United States Code, is amended—

19 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

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

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

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and in24 serting ‘‘a biennial’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after

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

3 1 and 2 of the biennial plan’’;

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

5 after the semicolon,

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

7 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’

8 after the inserted semicolon; and

9 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol10 lowing:

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

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

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

14 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

15 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by striking

16 ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

17 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXIBIL18 ITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, relating

19 to managerial accountability, is amended—

20 (1) in subsection (a)—

21 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an22 nual’’; and

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

24 inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;

25 (2) in subsection (e)—
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1 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘one

2 or’’ before ‘‘years’’;

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

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

5 2-year period’’; and

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

7 and inserting ‘‘four’’.

8 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDGET9 ING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is

10 amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik12 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

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

14 inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

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

16 United States Code, is amended—

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

18 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

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

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

21 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and

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

24 ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and inserting
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1 ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by September

2 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of subsection (a)’’.

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

4 39, United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by strik6 ing ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’;

7 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro8 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and

9 2 of the biennial plan’’;

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

11 semicolon;

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

13 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

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

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

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

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

19 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee

20 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review

21 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance re22 ports, required under section 306 of title 5, United States

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

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

25 Each committee may provide its views on such plans or
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1 reports to the Committee on the Budget of the applicable

2 House.’’.

3 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

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

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

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

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

8 such actions as necessary to prepare and submit any

9 plan or report in accordance with the amendments

10 made by this Act.

11 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

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

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

14 adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

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

17 Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year

18 to consider any regular bill providing new budget authority

19 or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of any

20 of the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations

21 for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless the pro22 gram, project, or activity for which the new budget author23 ity or obligation limitation is provided will require no ad24 ditional authority beyond 1 year and will be completed or

25 terminated after the amount provided has been expended.’’.
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1 (b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table

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

3 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended

4 by adding after the item relating to section 313 the follow5 ing new item:

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

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

7 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

8 of this Act, the Director of OMB shall—

9 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of

10 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budg11 et process based on that definition to a 2-year fiscal

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

13 year period; and

14 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com15 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representatives

16 and the Senate.

17 SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

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

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

21 shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations for the

22 biennium beginning with fiscal year 2002.

23 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE BIENNIUM.—For pur24 poses of authorizations for the biennium beginning with fis25 cal year 2002, the provisions of this Act and the amend-
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1 ments made by this Act relating to 2-year authorizations

2 shall take effect January 1, 2000.

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