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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1477

To provide for a two-year Federal budget cycle, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 21 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993

Mr. MCCAIN 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 provide for a two-year Federal budget cycle, and for

other purposes.

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 Budget Act

5 of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

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

8 that the present annual Federal budgeting process—
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1 (1) allows insufficient time for the fulfillment

2 by the Congress of its legislative and oversight re3 sponsibilities;

4 (2) allows insufficient time for the review and

5 consideration by the Congress of authorizing legisla6 tion, budget resolutions, and appropriation bills and

7 resolutions and other spending measures;

8 (3) allows insufficient time for the evaluation of

9 costly and complicated Federal programs, and there10 by contributes to the unrestrained growth of the

11 Federal budget; and

12 (4) allows insufficient time for agencies and

13 State and local governments to plan for the imple14 mentation of programs.

15 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act—

16 (1) to establish a process through which the

17 Federal budget will be adopted for a two-year

18 period;

19 (2) to improve congressional control over the

20 Federal budget process;

21 (3) to streamline the requirements of the budg22 et process in order to promote better accountability

23 to the public;
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1 (4) to improve the legislative and budgetary

2 processes by providing additional time for congres3 sional oversight and other vital legislative activities;

4 (5) to provide stability and coherence for recipi5 ents of Federal funds; and

6 (6) to implement other improvements in the

7 Federal budget process.

8 SEC. 3. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

9 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

10 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:

11 ‘‘TIMETABLE

12 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the Con13 gressional budget process for any Congress (beginning

14 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 Budget Committees.

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

Budget Committees.

March 31 .................................. Senate Budget Committee reports 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 Appropriations Committee reports 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:
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‘‘First Session—Continued

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

to Budget Committees.

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

for the succeeding biennium.’’.

1 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

2 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

4 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

5 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

6 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

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

10 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

11 (2) Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) is fur12 ther amended by adding at the end the following

13 new paragraph:

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

15 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

16 any odd-numbered year.’’.

17 (c) DUTIES OF CBO.—

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

19 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(f)(1)) is amend20 ed—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘February 15 of each

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each odd3 numbered calendar year’’;

4 (B) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year commenc5 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien6 nium commencing’’;

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

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

9 and

10 (D) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec11 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

12 year in such biennium’’.

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

14 602(f)) is further amended—

15 (A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘The Di16 rector shall from time to time’’ and inserting

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

18 at such other times as he or she deems appro19 priate, the Director shall’’; and

20 (B) in paragraph (3)—

21 (i) by striking ‘‘January 15’’ and in22 serting ‘‘February 15’’,

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and in24 serting ‘‘each even-numbered calendar

25 year’’,
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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year end2 ing September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

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

4 in the biennium beginning October 1 of the

5 preceding calendar year’’,

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

7 September 30 of that calendar year’’ in

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

9 of such biennium’’, and

10 (v) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning

11 October 1 of that calendar year’’ and in12 serting ‘‘succeeding biennium’’.

13 (d) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

14 BUDGET.—

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

16 632(a)) is amended—

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

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

19 year’’;

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

21 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap22 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium beginning on Oc23 tober 1 of such year’’;

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

25 on October 1 of such year’’ the second place it
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1 appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

2 period; and

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

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

5 the succeeding biennium’’.

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

7 632(b)) is amended—

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

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

10 resolution on the budget’’; and

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

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

13 in such biennium’’.

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

15 632(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘February 25 of

16 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 25 of each odd17 numbered year’’.

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

19 632(e)) is amended—

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

21 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

22 (B) by inserting between the second and

23 third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On

24 or before March 31 of each odd-numbered year

25 the Committee on the Budget of each House
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1 shall report to its House the concurrent resolu2 tion on the budget referred to in subsection (a)

3 for the biennium beginning on October 1 of

4 that year.’’; and

5 (C) in paragraph (6)—

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

7 ‘‘four’’,

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of such bien10 nium,’’, and

11 (iii) by striking ‘‘such period’’ and in12 serting ‘‘such four-fiscal-year period’’.

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

14 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

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

17 Act is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

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

20 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment

21 Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘An22 nual’’ in the item relating to section 301 and insert23 ing ‘‘Biennial’’.

24 (e) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—
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1 (1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 302(a) of

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

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

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

5 paragraph; and

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

7 such biennium’’ after ‘‘estimated allocation’’

8 each place it appears.

9 (2) Section 302(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

10 633(c)) is amended—

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

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal

13 year in a biennium’’; and

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

15 place it appears and inserting ‘‘for such bien16 nium’’.

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

18 633(f)(1)) is amended—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in20 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

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

22 place it appears in the matter preceding sub23 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘a fiscal year in

24 such biennium’’; and
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1 (C) Section 302(f)(2) of such Act is

2 amended—

3 (i) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’, and

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

6 and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’.

7 (f) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

9 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

11 (2) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

12 634(b)) is amended—

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

14 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

17 ‘‘any odd-numbered calendar year’’.

18 (g) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RES19 OLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2

20 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

22 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

24 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such

25 biennium’’.
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1 (h) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

3 636(b)(3)) is amended—

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

5 concurrent’’; and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi7 ennium’’.

8 (i) REPORT AND SUMMARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL

9 BUDGET ACTIONS.—

10 (1)(A) Section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional

11 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a)(1)) is amend12 ed—

13 (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph

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

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

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’, and

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

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

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

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

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

23 639(b)(1)) is amended—

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

25 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’ after

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

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

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

5 in the biennium preceding such biennium’’.

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

7 639(c)) is amended—

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

9 heading and inserting ‘‘Four’’;

10 (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it

11 appears in the manner preceding paragraph (1)

12 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

13 (C) by striking ‘‘5 fiscal years’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘4 fiscal years’’.

15 (j) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO16 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

17 640) is amended—

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

19 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

20 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘regu21 lar’’; and

22 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi23 ennium’’.

24 (k) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—
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1 (1) Section 310(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

2 641(a)) is amended—

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

4 matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting

5 ‘‘any biennium’’;

6 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fis7 cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting

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

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

10 fiscal year in such biennium’’ after ‘‘revenues’’.

11 (2) Section 310(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

12 641(e)) is amended—

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

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

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

16 paragraph:

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

18 the House of Representatives to consider any rec19 onciliation bill or resolution or any amendment

20 thereto or any conference report thereon which

21 changes any provision of law other than provisions

22 of law which—

23 ‘‘(A) provide new budget authority or

24 spending authority described in section

25 401(c)(2);
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1 ‘‘(B) relate to revenues; or

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

3 limit on the public debt.’’.

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

5 641(f)) is amended—

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered cal7 endar year’’ after ‘‘July’’,

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

9 October 1 of the calendar year to which the ad10 journment resolution pertains’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘biennium beginning on October 1 of such cal12 endar year’’, and

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

14 inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’.

15 (l) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

17 642(a)) is amended—

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

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

21 second, and third places it appears and insert22 ing ‘‘a fiscal year in such biennium’’;

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

24 after ‘‘outlays’’;
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1 (D) by striking ‘‘concurrent resolution on

2 the budget for such fiscal year’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget for the bi4 ennium in which such fiscal year occurs’’;

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

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

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

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

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

10 642(b)) is amended—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

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

13 and

14 (B) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec15 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

16 year in such biennium’’.

17 (m) BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHOR18 ITY.—Section 401(b)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 651(b)(2))

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

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

21 such fiscal year occurs’’.

22 (n) ANALYSIS BY CBO.—Section 403(a) of the Con23 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653(a)) is

24 amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in paragraph

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

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

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

5 year in the succeeding biennium’’;

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

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

8 and

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

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

11 fiscal year in the succeeding biennium’’.

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

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

14 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow15 ing new paragraph:

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

17 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres18 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

19 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)’’.

20 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

21 CONGRESS.—

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

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

24 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday after January 3

2 of each odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hun3 dred Fourth Congress, the President shall transmit to the

4 Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning on Octo5 ber 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under

6 this subsection shall include a budget message and sum7 mary and supporting information. The President shall in8 clude in each budget the following:’’.

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

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

11 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

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

13 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit14 ted and in the succeeding biennium’’.

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

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

17 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal

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

19 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit20 ted and in the succeeding biennium’’.

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

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

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien24 nium’’.
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1 (5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United

2 States Code, is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in sub4 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

5 in the biennium’’; and

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

7 year’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘2 fis8 cal years immediately following the second fiscal

9 year in such biennium’’.

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

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

12 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien13 nium’’.

14 (7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United

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

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

17 the budget is submitted’’.

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

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

20 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien21 nium’’.

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

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

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

3 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

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

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

10 States Code, is amended—

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

12 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com13 pleted fiscal years’’;

14 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

16 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

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

19 States Code, is 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 that fiscal year’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each place

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

3 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

7 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE8 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

9 Code, is amended—

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

11 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;

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

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

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

15 period’’.

16 (e) STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

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

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

19 ‘‘biennium’’.

20 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

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

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

23 which such budget relates’’.

24 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

25 CHANGES.—
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1 (1) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States

2 Code, is amended—

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

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

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

8 such biennium’’;

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

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

11 fiscal years following the biennium’’;

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

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

14 following the biennium for which the budget is

15 submitted’’; and

16 (E) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ in paragraph

17 (3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

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

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

21 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI22 MATES.—

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

24 Code, is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first

2 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be3 fore February 5 in 1994)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

4 the same time the budget required by section

5 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

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

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

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 25 of each odd-num11 bered year’’.

12 (i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG13 ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code,

14 is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi16 ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1995)’’,

17 and

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

19 the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal20 endar year preceding the calendar year in which the

21 biennium begins’’.

22 (j) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV23 ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is

24 amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ each place it appears and

2 inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi3 ennium beginning on October 1, 1995, the’’; and

4 (2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it ap5 pears.

6 SEC. 6. TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

7 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend8 ed to read as follows:

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

10 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria11 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol12 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob13 ject) for the biennium ending September 30 (here insert

14 the odd-numbered calendar year).’.

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

16 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

17 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

18 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

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

22 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.
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1 SEC. 7. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING

2 COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE

3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

4 (a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA5 TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of

6 the Senate and the House of Representatives in carrying

7 out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency

8 which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju9 risdiction of such committee shall provide to such commit10 tee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and as11 sistance as may be requested by the chairman and ranking

12 minority member of the committee.

13 (b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM

14 ADMINISTRATION.—

15 (1) FURNISHING INFORMATION.—To assist

16 each standing committee of the Senate and the

17 House of Representatives in carrying out its respon18 sibilities, the head of any agency shall furnish with19 out charge to such committee computer tapes or

20 disks, together with explanatory documentation, con21 taining information received, compiled, or main22 tained by the agency as part of the operation or ad23 ministration of a program, or specifically compiled

24 pursuant to a request in support of a review of a

25 program, as may be requested by the chairman and

26 ranking minority member of such committee.
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1 (2) MINIMIZING REQUESTS.—The Committee

2 on House Administration of the House of Represent3 atives and the Committee on Rules and Administra4 tion of the Senate shall prescribe rules and regula5 tions for their respective Houses which will minimize

6 duplication of requests under paragraph (1) of this

7 subsection.

8 (c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With9 in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair10 man and ranking minority member of a standing commit11 tee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and

12 studied by such committee under this section, the Comp13 troller General of the United States shall furnish to such

14 committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such pro15 gram which the Comptroller General has completed during

16 the preceding six years.

17 (d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with

18 their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen19 eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres20 sional Budget Office, the Director of the Office of Tech21 nology Assessment, and the Director of the Congressional

22 Research Service shall furnish to each standing committee

23 of the Senate or the House of Representatives such infor24 mation, studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and

25 ranking minority member may request to assist the com-
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1 mittee in conducting reviews and studies of programs

2 under this section.

3 (e) SECRET AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PRO4 TECTED.—This section does not require the public disclo5 sure of matters that are specifically authorized under cri6 teria established by an Executive order to be kept secret

7 in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and

8 are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive

9 order, or which are otherwise specifically protected by law.

10 This section does not require any committee of the Senate

11 to disclose publicly information the disclosure of which is

12 governed by Senate Resolution 400, Ninety-fourth Con13 gress, or any other rule of the Senate.

14 SEC. 8. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP15 RESENTATIVES.

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

17 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd18 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

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

20 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal

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

22 year begins’’.

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

24 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent

25 resolution on the budget for each fiscal year’’ and insert-
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1 ing ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget required under

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

3 for each biennium’’.

4 (d) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House

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

6 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

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

8 of Representatives is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘March 15 of each year’’ and in10 serting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-numbered year’’;

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

12 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

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

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

17 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

19 Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed.

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

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

22 reported after September 15 preceding the beginning of

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

24 August 1 of the year in which such biennium begins’’.
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1 (i) Clause 2 of rule XLIX of the Rules of the House

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

3 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

4 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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

6 (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

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

8 bienniums beginning after September 30, 1995.

9 (b) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—Notwithstanding subsection

10 (a), the provisions of—

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

12 (2) title 31, United States Code,

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

14 effective date of this Act) shall apply to the fiscal year

15 beginning on October 1, 1994.

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

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

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

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

20 as added by section 3(b)(2) of this Act.

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