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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1287

To reform the operations of Congress.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 27 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Mr. BENNETT introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

jointly pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, to the Committees on

the Budget and Governmental Affairs, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be

discharged

A BILL

To reform the operations of Congress.

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 ‘‘Congressional Reorga5 nization Act of 1993’’.

6 TITLE I—REDUCTIONS IN

7 CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING

8 SEC. 101. REDUCTION IN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE

9 BUDGETS AND SUPPORT STAFF.

10 Budget authority and outlays for—
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1 (1) committees of the Senate and the House of

2 Representatives; and

3 (2) the supporting offices of the Congress (as

4 listed in section 109(11) of the Ethics in Govern5 ment Act of 1978),

6 shall not exceed—

7 (A) in fiscal year 1994, 90 percent of the levels

8 for fiscal year 1993;

9 (B) in fiscal year 1995, 80 percent of the levels

10 for fiscal year 1993; and

11 (C) in fiscal year 1996, 75 percent of the levels

12 for fiscal year 1993.

13 SEC. 102. RETURN OF ALL FUNDS REMAINING IN THE SEN14 ATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE

15 EXPENSE ACCOUNT AT THE END OF A YEAR

16 TO THE TREASURY.

17 All unobligated funds remaining in the Senators’ Of18 ficial Personnel and Office Expense Account and all unob19 ligated funds available for House Members’ personnel and

20 office expenses on September 30 of a fiscal year shall be

21 returned to the Treasury for the purpose of reducing the

22 Federal deficit.
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1 TITLE II—CONGRESSIONAL

2 AGENDA AND PRIORITY NA3 TIONAL ISSUES

4 SEC. 201. TASK FORCE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—At the beginning of each Congress

6 and not later than February 15th, the Senate and the

7 House of Representatives shall determine not more than

8 5 issues that need priority attention during such Congress,

9 and by the vote of each House create not more than 5

10 independent task forces to study and recommend legisla11 tive remedies.

12 (b) TASK FORCE STAFF.—(1) Task forces are au13 thorized to utilize professional staff from the standing

14 committees and Federal agencies. Such staff shall serve

15 the task force without additional compensation.

16 (2) Task forces are authorized to hire consultants

17 and experts in related fields in order to accomplish their

18 purposes. The funds for such expenses shall come from

19 the Committee on Leadership and National Priorities.

20 (3) Task forces may not employ permanent staff.

21 SEC. 202. CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA.

22 The task forces created pursuant to section 201 shall

23 submit recommendations to the appropriate committees of

24 original jurisdiction no later than 12 months from the day

25 of its creation.
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1 SEC. 203. MEMBERSHIP.

2 Each Member of the Congress shall be appointed by

3 party leadership to sit on one task force.

4 TITLE III—REORGANIZATION OF

5 COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE

6 AND SENATE

7 SEC. 301. NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following standing commit9 tees shall be appointed at the commencement of each Con10 gress in the House of Representatives and in the Senate,

11 and shall continue and have the power to act until their

12 successors are appointed, with leave to report by bill or

13 otherwise on matters within their respective jurisdictions:

14 (1)(A) Committee on Leadership and National

15 Priorities, to which committee shall be referred—

16 (i) all concurrent resolutions on the budget

17 (as defined in section 3(a)(4) of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974) and all other mat19 ters required to be referred to committee under

20 titles III and IV of that Act, and messages, pe21 titions, memorials, and other matters relating

22 thereto; and

23 (ii) in the Senate—

24 (I) administration of the Senate office

25 buildings and the Senate wing of the Cap-
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1 itol, including the assignment of office

2 space;

3 (II) congressional organization rel4 ative to rules and procedures, and Senate

5 rules and regulations, including floor and

6 gallery rules;

7 (III) corrupt practices;

8 (IV) credentials and qualifications of

9 Members of the Senate; contested elec10 tions, and acceptance of incompatible of11 fices;

12 (V) Federal elections generally, in13 cluding the election of the President, Vice

14 President, and Members of Congress;

15 (VI) Government Printing Office, and

16 the printing and correction of the Congres17 sional Record, as well as those matters

18 provided under rule XI;

19 (VII) meetings of the Congress and

20 attendance of the Members;

21 (VIII) payments of money out of the

22 contingent fund of the Senate or creating

23 a charge upon the same (except that any

24 resolution relating to substantive matter

25 within the jurisdiction of any other stand-
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1 ing committee of the Senate shall first be

2 referred to such committee);

3 (IX) Presidential succession;

4 (X) purchase of books and manu5 scripts and erection of monuments to the

6 memory of individuals;

7 (XI) Senate Library and statuary,

8 art, and pictures in the Capitol and Senate

9 office buildings;

10 (XII) services to the Senate, including

11 the Senate restaurant; and

12 (XIII) United States Capitol and con13 gressional office buildings, the Library of

14 Congress, the Smithsonian Institution (and

15 the incorporation of similar institutions),

16 and the Botanic Gardens.

17 (B) Such committee shall have the duty—

18 (i) to report the matters required to be re19 ported by committee under titles III and IV of

20 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;

21 (ii) to make continuing studies of the ef22 fect on budget outlays of relevant existing and

23 proposed legislation and to report the results of

24 such studies to the Senate or House, as appro25 priate, on a recurring basis;
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1 (iii) to request and evaluate continuing

2 studies of tax expenditures, to devise methods

3 of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and

4 programs with direct budget outlays, and to re5 port the results of such studies to the Senate or

6 House, as appropriate, on a recurring basis;

7 (iv) to review, on a continuing basis, the

8 conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of

9 its functions and duties; and

10 (v) to establish legislative priorities and a

11 schedule for the Senate or House, as appro12 priate, at the beginning of each Congress.

13 (2) Committee on Agriculture, to which com14 mittee shall be referred all proposed legislation (in15 cluding appropriations bills), messages, petitions,

16 memorials, and other matters relating to the De17 partment of Agriculture.

18 (3) Committee on Commerce, to which commit19 tee shall be referred all proposed legislation (includ20 ing appropriations bills), messages, petitions, memo21 rials, and other matters relating to the Department

22 of Commerce.

23 (4) Committee on Defense, to which committee

24 shall be referred all proposed legislation (including

25 appropriations bills), messages, petitions, memorials,
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1 and other matters relating to the Department of De2 fense.

3 (5) Committee on Education, to which commit4 tee shall be referred all proposed legislation (includ5 ing appropriations bills), messages, petitions, memo6 rials, and other matters relating to the Department

7 of Education.

8 (6) Committee on Energy and Interior, to

9 which committee shall be referred all proposed legis10 lation (including appropriations bills), messages, pe11 titions, memorials, and other matters relating to the

12 following subjects:

13 (A) Department of Energy.

14 (B) Department of the Interior.

15 (7) Committee on the Environment, to which

16 committee shall be referred all proposed legislation

17 (including appropriations bills), messages, petitions,

18 memorials, and other matters relating to the Envi19 ronmental Protection Agency.

20 (8) Committee on Foreign Relations, to which

21 committee shall be referred all proposed legislation

22 (including appropriations bills), messages, petitions,

23 memorials, and other matters relating to the De24 partment of State.
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1 (9) Committee on Governmental Affairs, to

2 which committee shall be referred all proposed legis3 lation (including appropriations bills), messages, pe4 titions, memorials, and other matters relating to the

5 following subjects:

6 (A) Executive branch general organization.

7 (B) Federal employees and the Post Office.

8 (10) Committee on Health and Human Serv9 ices, to which committee shall be referred all pro10 posed legislation (including appropriations bills),

11 messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters

12 relating to the Department of Health and Human

13 Services.

14 (11) Committee on Housing and Urban Devel15 opment, to which committee shall be referred all pro16 posed legislation (including appropriations bills),

17 messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters

18 relating to the Department of Housing and Urban

19 Development.

20 (12) Committee on the Judiciary, to which com21 mittee shall be referred all proposed legislation (in22 cluding appropriations bills), messages, petitions,

23 memorials, and other matters relating to the follow24 ing subjects:

25 (A) Judicial Branch.
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1 (B) Department of Justice.

2 (C) Elections.

3 (D) Law enforcement.

4 (E) Constitutional amendments.

5 (F) Civil liberties.

6 (13) Committee on Labor, to which committee

7 shall be referred all proposed legislation (including

8 appropriations bills), messages, petitions, memorials,

9 and other matters relating to the Department of

10 Labor.

11 (14) Committee on Transportation, to which

12 committee shall be referred all proposed legislation

13 (including appropriations bills), messages, petitions,

14 memorials, and other matters relating to the De15 partment of Transportation.

16 (15) Committee on Treasury, Banking, and Fi17 nance, to which committee shall be referred all pro18 posed legislation (including appropriations bills),

19 messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters

20 relating to the following subjects:

21 (A) Department of the Treasury.

22 (B) Federal Service Board.

23 (C) Securities and Exchange Commission.

24 (16) Committee on Veterans Affairs, to which

25 committee shall be referred all proposed legislation
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1 (including appropriations bills), messages, petitions,

2 memorials, and other matters relating to the De3 partment of Veterans Affairs.

4 (17) Other agencies. The Committees listed in

5 paragraphs (2) through (16) shall have jurisdiction

6 over any Federal agency not listed with such com7 mittee that is responsible for laws related to the

8 committee’s jurisdiction.

9 (b) COMMITTEE ON LEADERSHIP AND NATIONAL

10 PRIORITIES.—The Committee on Leadership and Na11 tional Priorities shall consist of—

12 (1) the chairman and ranking member of each

13 standing committee; and

14 (2) 6 additional members, 4 from the majority

15 party and 2 from the minority party.

16 (c) SERVICE ON COMMITTEES.—A Member of Con17 gress may serve on not more than 2 committees except

18 that members of the Committee on Leadership and Na19 tional Priorities may serve on 3.

20 SEC. 302. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS IN

21 THE SENATE.

22 (a) REDESIGNATIONS.—Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and

23 7 of rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate are

24 repealed, and paragraphs 5 and 8 are renumbered as

25 paragraphs ‘‘1’’ and ‘‘2’’, respectively.
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1 (b) COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.—

2 (1) Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 4 of rule

3 XVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amend4 ed by striking out ‘‘(except the Committee on Appro5 priations)’’.

6 (2) Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the

7 Senate is amended—

8 (A) by striking out ‘‘(except the Committee

9 on Appropriations)’’ in each instance where it

10 appears,

11 (B) by striking out ‘‘(except the Committee

12 on Appropriations and the Committee on the

13 Budget)’’ in each instance where it appears,

14 and inserting in lieu thereof the following ‘‘(ex15 cept the Committee on National Priorities)’’,

16 (C) by striking out ‘‘The prohibition con17 tained in the preceding sentence shall not apply

18 to the Committee on Appropriations or the

19 Committee on the Budget.’’ in subparagraph

20 5(a) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The prohibi21 tion contained in the preceding sentence shall

22 not apply to the Committee on National Prior23 ities.’’,

24 (D) by striking out the last sentence of

25 subparagraph 10(b), and
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1 (E) by striking out ‘‘(except those by the

2 Committee on Appropriations)’’ in subpara3 graph 11(b).

4 SEC. 303. EFFECTIVE DATE.

5 The provisions of this title shall take effect on the

6 first day of the first Congress following the date of enact7 ment.

8 TITLE IV—BIENNIAL BUDGET

9 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Biennial Budget Act

11 of 1993’’.

12 SEC. 402. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

13 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares

14 that the present annual Federal budgeting process—

15 (1) allows insufficient time for the fulfillment

16 by the Congress of its legislative and oversight re17 sponsibilities;

18 (2) allows insufficient time for the review and

19 consideration by the Congress of authorizing legisla20 tion, budget resolutions, and appropriation bills and

21 resolutions and other spending measures;

22 (3) allows insufficient time for the evaluation of

23 costly and complicated Federal programs, and there24 by contributes to the unrestrained growth of the

25 Federal budget; and
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1 (4) allows insufficient time for agencies and

2 State and local governments to plan for the imple3 mentation of programs.

4 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title—

5 (1) to establish a process through which the

6 Federal budget will be adopted for a two-year

7 period;

8 (2) to improve congressional control over the

9 Federal budget process;

10 (3) to streamline the requirements of the budg11 et process in order to promote better accountability

12 to the public;

13 (4) to improve the legislative and budgetary

14 processes by providing additional time for congres15 sional oversight and other vital legislative activities;

16 (5) to provide stability and coherence for recipi17 ents of Federal funds; and

18 (6) to implement other improvements in the

19 Federal budget process.

20 SEC. 403. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

21 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

22 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘TIMETABLE

2 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the Con3 gressional budget process for any Congress (beginning

4 with the One Hundred Fourth Congress) is as follows:

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

First Monday after January 3 . President submits budget recommendations.

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

to Committees on Leadership and National

Priorities.

February 25 ............................. Committees submit views and estimates to

Committees on Leadership and National

Priorities.

March 31 .................................. Committees on Leadership and National Priorities 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.

June 10 .................................... House Committees report last biennial appropriation bill.

September 30 ........................... Congress completes action on reconciliation

legislation.

September 30 ........................... Congress completes action on biennial appropriation bills.

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

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

May 15 ..................................... Congressional Budget Office submits report

to Committees on Leadership and National

Priorities.

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

for the succeeding biennium.’’.

5 SEC. 404. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

6 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

8 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

9 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.
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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

2 (1) Section 3(4) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4))

3 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

4 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

5 (2) Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) is fur6 ther amended by adding at the end the following

7 new paragraph:

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

9 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

10 any odd-numbered year.’’.

11 (c) DUTIES OF CBO.—

12 (1) Section 202(f)(1) of the Congressional

13 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(f)(1)) is amend14 ed—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘February 15 of each

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each odd17 numbered calendar year’’;

18 (B) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year commenc19 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien20 nium commencing’’;

21 (C) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘such biennium’’;

23 and
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1 (D) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec2 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

3 year in such biennium’’.

4 (2) Section 202(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

5 602(f)) is further amended—

6 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘The Di7 rector shall from time to time’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘On May 15 of each even numbered year and

9 at such other times as he or she deems appro10 priate, the Director shall’’; and

11 (B) in paragraph (3)—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘January 15’’ and in13 serting ‘‘February 15’’,

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and in15 serting ‘‘each even-numbered calendar

16 year’’,

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year end18 ing September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

19 clause (A) and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year

20 in the biennium beginning October 1 of the

21 preceding calendar year’’,

22 (iv) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year ending

23 September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

24 clause (B) and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year

25 of such biennium’’, and
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1 (v) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning

2 October 1 of that calendar year’’ and in3 serting ‘‘succeeding biennium’’.

4 (d) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

5 BUDGET.—

6 (1) Section 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

7 632(a)) is amended—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’

9 and inserting ‘‘April 15 of each odd-numbered

10 year’’;

11 (B) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

12 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap13 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium beginning on Oc14 tober 1 of such year’’;

15 (C) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

16 on October 1 of such year’’ the second place it

17 appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

18 period; and

19 (D) by striking ‘‘each of the two ensuing

20 fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

21 the succeeding biennium’’.

22 (2) Section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

23 632(b)) is amended—
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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)

2 by inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ after ‘‘concurrent

3 resolution on the budget’’; and

4 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘for such

5 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year

6 in such biennium’’.

7 (3) Section 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

8 632(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘February 25 of

9 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 25 of each odd10 numbered year’’.

11 (4) Section 301(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

12 632(e)) is amended—

13 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘fiscal

14 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

15 (B) by inserting between the second and

16 third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On

17 or before March 31 of each odd-numbered year

18 the Committee on the Budget of each House

19 shall report to its House the concurrent resolu20 tion on the budget referred to in subsection (a)

21 for the biennium beginning on October 1 of

22 that year.’’; and

23 (C) in paragraph (6)—

24 (i) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘four’’,
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of such bien3 nium,’’, and

4 (iii) by striking ‘‘such period’’ and in5 serting ‘‘such four-fiscal-year period’’.

6 (5) Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

7 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

9 (6) The section heading of section 301 of such

10 Act is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

12 (7) The table of contents set forth in section

13 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment

14 Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘An15 nual’’ in the item relating to section 301 and insert16 ing ‘‘Biennial’’.

17 (e) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—

18 (1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 302(a) of

19 such Act (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) are amended—

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ after

21 ‘‘budget’’ the first place it appears in each such

22 paragraph; and

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in

24 such biennium’’ after ‘‘estimated allocation’’

25 each place it appears.
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1 (2) Section 302(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

2 633(c)) is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ each

4 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal

5 year in a biennium’’; and

6 (B) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ each

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for such bien8 nium’’.

9 (3) Section 302(f)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

10 633(f)(1)) is amended—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in12 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’, and

13 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ each

14 place it appears in the matter preceding sub15 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘a fiscal year in

16 such biennium’’.

17 (4) Section 302(f)(2) of such Act is amended—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in19 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’, and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’.

22 (f) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

23 (1) Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

24 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

25 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 (2) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

2 634(b)) is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

4 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

5 (B) in the matter following paragraph (2)

6 by striking ‘‘any calendar year’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘any odd-numbered calendar year’’.

8 (g) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RES9 OLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 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

15 biennium’’.

16 (h) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

18 636(b)(3)) is amended—

19 (1) striking ‘‘the concurrent’’ and inserting ‘‘a

20 concurrent’’; and

21 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi22 ennium’’.

23 (i) REPORT AND SUMMARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL

24 BUDGET ACTIONS.—
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1 (1)(A) Section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional

2 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a)(1)) is amend3 ed—

4 (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph

5 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi6 ennium’’,

7 (ii) in subparagraph (a) by striking ‘‘fiscal

8 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’, and

9 (iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘such

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

11 (B) Section 308(a)(2) of such Act is amended

12 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

13 (2) Section 308(b)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

14 639(b)(1)) is amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place

16 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

17 (B) by inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’ after

18 ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget’’; and

19 (C) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year preceding

20 such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

21 in the biennium preceding such biennium’’.

22 (3) Section 308(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

23 639(c)) is amended—

24 (A) by striking ‘‘Five’’ in the subsection

25 heading and inserting ‘‘Four’’;
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

2 appears in the manner preceding paragraph (1)

3 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

4 (C) by striking ‘‘5 fiscal years’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘4 fiscal years’’.

6 (j) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO7 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

8 640) is amended—

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

10 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

11 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘regu12 lar’’; and

13 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi14 ennium’’.

15 (k) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—

16 (1) Section 310(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

17 641(a)) is amended—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ in the

19 matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting

20 ‘‘any biennium’’;

21 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fis22 cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting

23 ‘‘each fiscal year in such biennium’’; and

24 (C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘for each

25 fiscal year in such biennium’’ after ‘‘revenues’’.
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1 (2) Section 310(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

2 641(e)) is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘20 hours’’ in paragraph

4 (2) and inserting ‘‘100 hours’’; and

5 (B) by adding at the end the following new

6 paragraph:

7 ‘‘(3) It shall not be in order in the Senate or

8 the House of Representatives to consider any rec9 onciliation bill or resolution or any amendment

10 thereto or any conference report thereon which

11 changes any provision of law other than provisions

12 of law which—

13 ‘‘(A) provide new budget authority or

14 spending authority described in section

15 401(c)(2);

16 ‘‘(B) relate to revenues; or

17 ‘‘(C) specify the amount of the statutory

18 limit on the public debt.’’.

19 (3) Section 310(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

20 641(f)) is amended—

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered cal22 endar year’’ after ‘‘July’’,

23 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning on

24 October 1 of the calendar year to which the ad25 journment resolution pertains’’ and inserting
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1 ‘‘biennium beginning on October 1 of such cal2 endar year’’, and

3 (C) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’.

5 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

6 (1) Section 311(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

7 642(a)) is amended—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in9 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

10 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first,

11 second, and third places it appears and insert12 ing ‘‘a fiscal year in such biennium’’;

13 (C) by inserting ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

14 after ‘‘outlays’’;

15 (D) by striking ‘‘concurrent resolution on

16 the budget for such fiscal year’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget for the bi18 ennium in which such fiscal year occurs’’;

19 (E) by inserting ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

20 after ‘‘revenues’’ the first place it appears; and

21 (F) by inserting ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

22 after ‘‘set forth’’ the second place it appears.

23 (2) Section 311(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

24 642(b)) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘a biennium’’;

3 and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec5 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

6 year in such biennium’’.

7 (m) BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHOR8 ITY.—Section 401(b)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 651(b)(2))

9 is amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the second

10 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for the biennium in which

11 such fiscal year occurs’’.

12 (n) ANALYSIS BY CBO.—Section 403(a) of the Con13 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653(a)) is

14 amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in paragraph

16 (1) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’;

17 (2) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years following such

18 year’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

19 year in the succeeding biennium’’;

20 (3) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in paragraph

21 (2) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’;

22 and

23 (4) by striking ‘‘four fiscal years following such

24 fiscal year’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘each

25 fiscal year in the succeeding biennium’’.
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1 SEC. 405. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES

2 CODE.

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

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow5 ing new paragraph:

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

7 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres8 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

9 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

10 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

11 CONGRESS.—

12 (1) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31,

13 United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1) is

14 amended to read as follows:

15 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday after January 3

16 of each odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hun17 dred Fourth Congress, the President shall transmit to the

18 Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning on Octo19 ber 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under

20 this subsection shall include a budget message and sum21 mary and supporting information. The President shall in22 clude in each budget the following:’’.

23 (2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United

24 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year

25 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

26 years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal
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1 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit2 ted and in the succeeding biennium’’.

3 (3) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United

4 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year

5 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

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

7 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit8 ted and in the succeeding biennium’’.

9 (4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United

10 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

11 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien12 nium’’.

13 (5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United

14 States Code, is amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in sub16 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

17 in the biennium’’; and

18 (B) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years after that

19 year’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘2 fis20 cal years immediately following the second fiscal

21 year in such biennium’’.

22 (6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United

23 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien25 nium’’.
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1 (7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United

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

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

4 the budget is submitted’’.

5 (8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United

6 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien8 nium’’.

9 (9) Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United

10 States Code, is amended—

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

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

13 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

16 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis17 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi18 ennium’’.

19 (10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United

20 States Code, is amended—

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

22 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com23 pleted fiscal years’’;

24 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

3 (11) Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United

4 States Code, is amended—

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

6 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com7 pleted fiscal years’’;

8 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

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

11 it appears and inserting ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

12 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

16 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE17 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

18 Code, is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it

20 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;

21 (2) by inserting ‘‘or current biennium, as the

22 case may be,’’ after ‘‘current fiscal year’’; and

23 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘that

24 period’’.
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1 (e) STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

2 CHANGES.—Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States

3 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘biennium’’.

5 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

6 1105(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

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

8 which such budget relates’’.

9 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

10 CHANGES.—

11 (1) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States

12 Code, is amended—

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

14 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien15 nium’’;

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

18 such biennium’’;

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

20 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘2

21 fiscal years following the biennium’’;

22 (D) by striking ‘‘future fiscal years’’ in

23 paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘the 2 fiscal years

24 following the biennium for which the budget is

25 submitted’’; and
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1 (E) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ in paragraph

2 (3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

3 (2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States

4 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and

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

6 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI7 MATES.—

8 (1) Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States

9 Code, is amended—

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

11 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be12 fore February 5 in 1994)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

13 the same time the budget required by section

14 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

17 (2) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States

18 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘March 1 of each

19 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 25 of each odd-num20 bered year’’.

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

23 is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi2 ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1995)’’,

3 and

4 (2) by striking ‘‘year before the year in which

5 the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal6 endar year preceding the calendar year in which the

7 biennium begins’’.

8 (j) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV9 ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is

10 amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ each place it appears and

12 inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi13 ennium beginning on October 1, 1995, the’’; and

14 (2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it ap15 pears.

16 SEC. 406. TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

17 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend18 ed to read as follows:

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

20 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria21 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol22 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob23 ject) for the biennium ending September 30 (here insert

24 the odd-numbered calendar year).’.
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1 ‘‘(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the

2 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

3 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

4 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

6 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres7 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

8 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

9 SEC. 407. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP10 RESENTATIVES.

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

12 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd13 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

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

15 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium in which such fiscal

17 year begins’’.

18 (c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House

19 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent

20 resolution on the budget for each fiscal year’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget required under

22 section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

23 for each biennium’’.
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1 (d) Clause 4(f) 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’’.

4 (e) Clause 4(g) of rule X of the Rules of the House

5 of Representatives is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘March 15 of each year’’ and in7 serting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-numbered year’’;

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

9 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

12 (f) Clause 4(h) of rule X of the Rules of the House

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

14 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

15 (g) Subdivision (C) of clause 2(l)(1) of rule XI of the

16 Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed.

17 (h) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House

18 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year if

19 reported after September 15 preceding the beginning of

20 such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium if reported after

21 August 1 of the year in which such biennium begins’’.

22 (i) Clause 2 of rule XLIX of the Rules of the House

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

24 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 SEC. 408. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

3 (b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall

4 become effective January 1, 1995, and shall apply to

5 bienniums beginning after September 30, 1995.

6 (b) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—Notwithstanding subsection

7 (a), the provisions of—

8 (1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and

9 (2) title 31, United States Code,

10 (as such provisions were in effect on the day before the

11 effective date of this title) shall apply to the fiscal year

12 beginning on October 1, 1994.

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

14 term ‘‘biennium’’ shall have the meaning given to such

15 term in section 3(11) of the Congressional Budget and

16 Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)),

17 as added by section 403(b)(2) of this Act.

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