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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1065 

To establish biennial budgets for the United States Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2017 

Mr. MESSER (for himself, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 

DESJARLAIS, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. ROE of 

Tennessee, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DELANEY, 

Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. 

SOTO, Mr. WALZ, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BOST, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. COOK, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. 

PITTENGER, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HILL, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. 

MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. JONES, Mr. UPTON, Mr. KATKO, Mr. 

GOODLATTE, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. 

BUSTOS, and Ms. JENKINS of Kansas) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to 

the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a 

period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish biennial budgets for the United States 

Government. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2017’’. 

4 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL 

5 BUDGET PROCESS 

6 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

7 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres8 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 

9 amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg11 etary process; 

12 ‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination biennially of 

13 the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex14 penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 

15 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

16 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound17 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following new paragraphs: 

19 ‘‘(12) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean20 ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 

21 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

22 Act of 1985. 

23 ‘‘(13) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 

24 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 

25 any odd-numbered year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 103. 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. The timetable with respect to the congres6 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 

7 the One Hundred Sixteenth 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. 

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

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

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

biennial appropriation bill. 

June 15 ...................................... Congress completes action on reconciliation 

legislation. 

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

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

‘‘Second Session 

On or before: Action to be completed: 

First Monday in February ........ President submits budget review. 

Not later than 6 weeks after 

President submits budget review.

Congressional Budget Office submits report 

to Budget Committees.’’. 

8 SEC. 104. BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE 

9 BUDGET. 

10 (a) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 301(a) of 

11 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) 

12 is amended— 


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

2 (A) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘April 15 of each odd-numbered 

4 year’’; 

5 (B) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 

6 October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap7 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on 

8 October 1 of such year’’; 

9 (C) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 

10 October 1 of such year’’ the second place it ap11 pears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such 

12 period’’; and 

13 (D) striking ‘‘each of the 4 ensuing fiscal 

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

15 next 2 bienniums’’; 

16 (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(4) subtotals of new budget authority and out19 lays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense 

20 discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and 

21 other health-related spending, other direct spending 

22 (excluding interest), and net interest;’’; 

23 (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal 

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien25 nium’’; and 


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

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien3 nium’’. 

4 (b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN CONCURRENT RESO5 LUTION.—Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act 

6 of 1974 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking paragraph (1), and by striking 

8 paragraphs (6) through (9); 

9 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

10 and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respec11 tively; 

12 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by strik13 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 

14 fiscal year in such biennium’’; 

15 (4) by striking paragraph (3), as redesignated, 

16 and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) set forth such other matters, and require 

18 such other procedures, relating to the budget as may 

19 be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, 

20 but shall not include a suspension or alteration of 

21 the application of the motion to strike a provision as 

22 set forth in section 310(d)(2) or (h)(2)(F);’’; and 

23 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by strik24 ing the semicolon and inserting a period. 


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1 (c) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 301(d) 

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

3 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

4 new sentences: ‘‘Each committee of the Senate or the 

5 House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans, 

6 performance plans, and performance reports required 

7 under section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sec8 tions 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, of 

9 all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each 

10 committee may provide its views on such plans or reports 

11 to the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House.’’. 

12 (d) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—Section 301(e) of the 

13 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

17 ‘‘biennium’’; and 

18 (B) by inserting after the second sentence 

19 the following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each 

20 odd-numbered year, the Committee on the 

21 Budget of each House shall report to its House 

22 the concurrent resolution on the budget referred 

23 to in subsection (a) for the biennium beginning 

24 on October 1 of that year.’’; 

25 (2) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

2 (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs 

3 (B), (C), (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively; 

4 (B) before subparagraph (B) (as redesig5 nated), by inserting the following new subpara6 graph: 

7 ‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 

8 each major functional category, based on alloca9 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 

10 subsection (a)(1);’’; 

11 (C) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 

12 by striking ‘‘mandatory’’ and inserting ‘‘direct 

13 spending’’; 

14 (D) after subparagraph (C) (as redesig15 nated), by inserting the following new subpara16 graph: 

17 ‘‘(D) total outlays, total Federal revenues, 

18 the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority 

19 and outlays for nondefense discretionary spend20 ing, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, 

21 Medicaid and other health-related spending, 

22 other direct spending (excluding interest), social 

23 security and other major functional categories, 

24 as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in 


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1 such resolution as a percentage of the gross do2 mestic product of the United States;’’; and 

3 (E) after subparagraph (F) (as redesig4 nated), by inserting the following new subpara5 graph: 

6 ‘‘(G) if the concurrent resolution on the 

7 budget includes any allocation to a committee 

8 other than the Committee on Appropriations of 

9 levels in excess of current law levels, a justifica10 tion for not subjecting any program, project, or 

11 activity (for which the allocation is made) to 

12 annual discretionary appropriations;’’; and 

13 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (A)(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

15 and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec16 tively; 

17 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); 

18 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

19 subparagraph (D); and 

20 (iv) by striking the period at the end of 

21 subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and insert22 ing ‘‘; and’’; 

23 (B) before subparagraph (B), as redesig24 nated, by inserting the following new subpara25 graph: 


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1 ‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 

2 each major functional category, based on alloca3 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 

4 subsection (a)(1);’’; and 

5 (C) at the end, by adding the following 

6 new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(E) set forth, if required by subsection 

8 (f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion 

9 of the Congress, the goals for reducing unem10 ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em11 ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 

12 (e) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—Sec13 tion 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 

14 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each 

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

16 (f) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g)(1) of 

17 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

18 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’. 

20 (g) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of sec21 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIEN23 NIAL’’. 

24 (h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to sec25 tion 301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 


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1 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 

2 Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘Biennial’’. 

4 SEC. 105. COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS. 

5 Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

6 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 

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

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

10 in the biennium,’’; 

11 (B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal 

12 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov13 ered by the resolution’’; and 

14 (C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that 

15 resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 

16 in the biennium’’; 

17 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by 

18 striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

19 (a)(1)’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (f)(1)— 

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

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

24 inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’; 

25 and 


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1 (C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as 

2 reported’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 

4 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

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

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

8 the resolution’’; and 

9 (5) by striking subsection (g). 

10 SEC. 106. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA11 TIONS. 

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

13 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 

14 315 the following new section: 

15 ‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

16 ‘‘SEC. 316. (a) It shall not be in order in the House 

17 of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure 

18 that contains an authorization of appropriations for any 

19 purpose unless the measure includes such an authorization 

20 of appropriations for that purpose for not less than each 

21 fiscal year in one or more bienniums. 

22 ‘‘(b)(1) For purposes of this section, an authorization 

23 of appropriations is an authorization for the enactment 

24 of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed 

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1 tain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be necessary) 

2 for any purpose for a fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(2) Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to 

4 an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 

5 for any program, project, or activity if the measure con6 taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 

7 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza8 tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 

9 applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse10 quent fiscal year.’. 

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

12 means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con13 ference report.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con15 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 

16 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in17 serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 

18 new item: 

‘‘Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’. 

19 SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES20 SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO EFFEC21 TUATE BIENNIAL BUDGETING. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 

23 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amend24 ed, is further amended by adding at the end the following 

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1 ‘‘(14) The term ‘Medicare’ means programs 

2 within budget function 570. 

3 ‘‘(15) The term ‘Medicaid and other health-re4 lated spending’ means programs within budget func5 tion 550. 

6 ‘‘(16) The term ‘other direct spending’ means 

7 programs other than those within budget functions 

8 550 and 570, excluding Social Security and net in9 terest.’’. 

10 (b) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON

11 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 

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

14 odd-numbered year’’; 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien16 nial’’; 

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

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

20 odd-numbered year’’. 

21 (c) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR

22 APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of the Congres23 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended— 

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

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien2 nial’’; and 

3 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi4 ennium’’. 

5 (d) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310 of the 

6 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

9 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in10 serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 

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

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

13 year covered by such resolution’’; and 

14 (3) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating 

15 subsection (g) as subsection (f). 

16 (e) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 

17 (1) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

18 Section 311(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act 

19 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in21 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 

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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 the 

4 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 

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

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

7 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

10 the first place it appears and inserting 

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

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

13 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘all fiscal years’’. 

15 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section 

16 311(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

17 is amended by— 

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

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

20 and 

21 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu22 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 

23 years’’. 

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1 ing ‘‘with respect to new budget authority or out2 lays’’ after ‘‘shall not apply’’. 

3 (f) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF ORDER.— 

4 Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

5 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended— 

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

7 ‘‘for a biennium’’; 

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

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

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

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

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

15 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli16 cable fiscal year’’. 


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1 TITLE II—CONFORMING AMEND2 MENTS TO THE RULES OF 

3 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA4 TIVES AND THE CONGRES5 SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 

6 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 

7 REPRESENTATIVES TO EFFECTUATE BIEN8 NIAL BUDGETING. 

9 (a) Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

10 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following new subparagraph: 

12 ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap13 propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 

14 bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and 

15 may not be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it 

16 provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob17 ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 

18 a biennium. 

19 ‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with respect to 

20 an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, 

21 project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con22 taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 

23 stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 

24 funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 

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1 will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 

2 has been expended.’. 

3 ‘‘(C) For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement 

4 set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria5 tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 

6 activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 

7 or amendment thereto.’’. 

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

9 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd10 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 

11 (c) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

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

13 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 

14 (d) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

15 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’. 

17 (e) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

18 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

19 end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert20 ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding 

21 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(7) use the second session of each Congress to 

23 study issues with long-term budgetary and economic 

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1 (f) Clause 4(e) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

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

3 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’ and by striking 

4 ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

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

6 of Representatives is amended— 

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd-numbered 

8 year’’ after ‘‘the submission of the budget by the 

9 President’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place it 

11 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 

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

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

14 (h) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep15 resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’. 

17 (i) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

18 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘during the 

19 same or preceding fiscal year’’. 

20 (j) Clause 3(d)(2)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

21 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘five’’ 

22 both places it appears and inserting ‘‘six’’. 

23 (k) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

24 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

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1 inserting ‘‘biennium after September 15 of the calendar 

2 year in which such biennium begins’’. 

3 SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES4 SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974. 

5 (a) SECTION 202(e).—Section 202(e)(1)(C) of the 

6 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes assumed to be extended 

8 under section 257(b)(2)(C)’’. 

9 (b) SECTION 302(f)(1).—Section 302(f)(1) of the 

10 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 

11 ‘‘or outlays’’ after ‘‘new budget authority’’. 

12 (c) SECTION 308(a).—Section 308(a)(3)(C) of the 

13 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed. 

14 (d) SECTION 308(d).—Section 308(d) of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘252(d)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘252(c)’’. 

17 TITLE III—CONFORMING 

18 AMENDMENTS TO TITLES 1, 5, 

19 31, AND 39, UNITED STATES 

20 CODE 

21 SEC. 301. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE 

22 OF APPROPRIATION ACTS. 

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1 ‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriation Acts 

2 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria3 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol4 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations [here insert the ob5 ject] for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 

6 [here insert 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(13) of the Congres13 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

14 U.S.C. 622(13)).’’. 

15 SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 

16 CODE. 

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

18 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new paragraph: 

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

21 term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Congres22 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

23 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’. 

24 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

25 CONGRESS.— 


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1 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para2 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

3 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Tuesday in February of 

5 each odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hundred 

6 Sixteenth Congress, the President shall transmit to the 

7 Congress the budget for the biennium beginning on Octo8 ber 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under 

9 this subsection shall include a budget message and sum10 mary and supporting information. The President shall in11 clude in each budget submission the following:’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis20 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 

21 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

22 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

23 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 

24 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section 

25 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 


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

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

3 (5) GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVI4 TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 

5 States Code, is amended in subparagraph (A), by 

6 striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 

7 year in the biennium’’. 

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

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

10 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi11 ennium’’. 

12 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNANTICIPATED AND

13 UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 

14 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

16 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 

17 submitted’’. 

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

19 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik20 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 

21 in the biennium’’. 

22 (9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 

23 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

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

3 in the biennium following the biennium’’; 

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

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

6 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis7 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi8 ennium’’. 

9 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section 

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

11 amended— 

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

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

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

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

19 (11) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO

20 CONGRESS.—Section 1105(a)(28) of title 31, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning with 

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

23 fiscal year 2019, a biennial’’. 

24 (12) INFORMATION SUPPORTING BIENNIAL

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1 States Code, is amended by redesignating the second 

2 paragraph (37) as paragraph (39) and by adding at 

3 the end the following new paragraphs: 

4 ‘‘(40) Totals of new budget authority and out5 lays. 

6 ‘‘(41) Total Federal revenues and the amount, 

7 if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal reve8 nues should be increased or decreased by bills and 

9 resolutions to be reported by the appropriate com10 mittees. 

11 ‘‘(42) The surplus or deficit in the budget. 

12 ‘‘(43) Subtotals of new budget authority and 

13 outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, de14 fense discretionary spending, direct spending (ex15 cluding interest), contingencies, and net interest. 

16 ‘‘(44) The public debt.’’. 

17 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

21 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE22 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 

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

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

3 the biennium for’’; 

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

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

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

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

8 each year of the biennium’’. 

9 (e) ADDITIONAL OUTYEAR DATA.—Section 1105(d) 

10 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

11 ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’ and by adding at the end the following 

12 new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(2) Each budget submission shall include a budget 

14 message and summary and supporting information and, 

15 as a separately delineated statement, the levels required 

16 in paragraphs (40) through (44) of subsection (a) for at 

17 least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years after the biennium 

18 covered by the budget submission under such subsection.’’. 

19 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 

20 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

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

22 to which such budget relates’’. 

23 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

24 CHANGES.— 


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

2 United States Code, is amended— 

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

4 by— 

5 (i) inserting ‘‘and before February 1 

6 of each even-numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before 

7 July 16 of each year’’; and 

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

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

12 such biennium’’; 

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

14 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘at least 4 fiscal years following the biennium’’; 

16 and 

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

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

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

20 United States Code, is amended by— 

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

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

23 (B) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 of 

24 each even-numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before July 

25 16 of each year’’. 


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1 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVI2 TIES ESTIMATES.— 

3 (1) THE PRESIDENT.—Section 1109(a) of title 

4 31, United States Code, is amended— 

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

6 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be7 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At 

8 the same time the budget required by section 

9 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 

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

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

12 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section 

13 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

14 by striking ‘‘before March 1 of each year’’ and in15 serting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget 

16 submission for each odd-numbered year’’. 

17 (i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG18 ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code, 

19 is amended by— 

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

21 31’’; and 

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

23 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre24 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be25 gins’’. 


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1 (j) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1) by 

5 striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a bien6 nial’’; 

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

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

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

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

11 after the semicolon; 

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

13 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 

14 after the inserted semicolon; and 

15 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be18 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

19 budget cycle.’’; 

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

21 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

22 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik23 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 


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1 (k) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG2 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik5 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 

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

7 inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 

8 (l) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI9 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re10 lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Be13 ginning with fiscal year 1999, the’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2018, the bien15 nial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; and 

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

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

18 (2) in subsection (e)— 

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

20 or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 

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

22 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse23 quent 2-year period’’; and 

24 (C) in the third sentence by striking 

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1 SEC. 303. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 

2 PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 

3 (a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—(1) Section 306 of title 5, 

4 United States Code, is amended— 

5 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 

6 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’; 

7 (B) in subsection (b)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’ 

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

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

12 (C) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma 

13 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add14 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep15 tember 30, 2018, meeting the requirements of sub16 section (a)’’. 

17 (2) Section 2802 of title 39, United States Code, is 

18 amended— 

19 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 

20 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’; 

21 (B) in subsection (b), by— 

22 (i) striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and in23 serting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 

24 (ii) striking ‘‘at least every three years’’ 

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1 (C) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, including 

2 a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2018, 

3 meeting the requirements of subsection (a)’’ before 

4 the period. 

5 (b) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title 

6 39, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

9 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro10 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 

11 2 of the biennial plan’’; 

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

13 the semicolon; 

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

15 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be18 ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 

19 budget cycle.’’. 

20 TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE 

21 SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection 

23 (b), the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

24 immediately before noon January 3, 2019. 


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1 (b) EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by section 

2 303 shall take effect on September 30, 2018. 

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