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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1824

To improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal

Government, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 3 (legislative day, JANUARY 25), 1994

Mr. BOREN (for himself and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and

Administration

A BILL

To improve the operations of the legislative branch of the

Federal Government, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

5 ‘‘Legislative Reorganization Act of 1994’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is

7 as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Rulemaking power of Senate and House of Representatives.

TITLE I—REFORM OF THE SENATE

Sec. 101. Senate committee assignments.

Sec. 102. Senate committee structure.
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Sec. 103. Senate scheduling.

Sec. 104. Proxy votes.

Sec. 105. Senate committee attendance.

Sec. 106. Senate floor proceedings.

Sec. 107. Dedication of unexpended funds to deficit reduction.

TITLE II—REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

TITLE III—REFORM OF THE CONGRESS

Subtitle A—Budget Process

PART I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING

Sec. 301. Revision of timetable.

Sec. 302. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

Act of 1974.

Sec. 303. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.

Sec. 304. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations Acts.

Sec. 305. Conforming amendments to rules of House of Representatives.

Sec. 306. Multiyear authorizations.

PART II—ADDITIONAL BUDGET PROCESS CHANGES

Sec. 311. CBO reports to budget committees.

Sec. 312. Byrd rule clarifications.

Sec. 313. GAO assistance with authorizations and oversight.

Subtitle B—Staffing; Administration; and Support Agencies

Sec. 331. Legislative branch streamlining and restructuring.

Sec. 332. Authorization of certain congressional instrumentalities.

Sec. 333. Detailees from congressional support agencies and executive agencies.

Subtitle C—Abolishing the Joint Committees

PART I—JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

Sec. 361. Joint Economic Committee.

PART II—JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

Sec. 362. Joint Committee on Taxation.

PART III—JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Sec. 363. Joint Committee on the Library of Congress.

PART IV—JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

Sec. 371. Joint Committee on Printing.

Sec. 372. Deputy Public Printers.

Sec. 373. Annual report to Congress.

Sec. 374. Superintendent of Documents.

Sec. 375. Requirement of printing by the Government Printing Office.

Sec. 376. Report on costs for printing by Federal agencies other than the Government Printing Office.

Sec. 377. Technical and conforming amendments.
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Subtitle D—Legislative and Executive Relations

Sec. 381. Committee oversight goals and reports for Federal program review.

Sec. 382. Sunset agency reporting requirements.

TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 401. Effective date; application.

1 SEC. 2. RULEMAKING POWER OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF

2 REPRESENTATIVES.

3 The provisions of this Act (as applicable) are enacted

4 by the Congress—

5 (1) insofar as applicable to the Senate, as an

6 exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and,

7 to the extent so applicable, those sections are

8 deemed a part of the Standing Rules of the Senate,

9 superseding other individual rules of the Senate only

10 to the extent that those sections are inconsistent

11 with those other individual Senate rules, subject to

12 and with full recognition of the power of the Senate

13 to enact or change any rule of the Senate at any

14 time in its exercise of its constitutional right to de15 termine the rules of its proceedings; and

16 (2) insofar as applicable to the House of Rep17 resentatives, as an exercise of the rulemaking power

18 of the House of Representatives, subject to and with

19 full recognition of the power of the House of Rep20 resentatives to enact or change any rule of the

21 House at any time in its exercise of its constitutional

22 right to determine the rules of its proceedings.
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1 TITLE I—REFORM OF THE

2 SENATE

3 SEC. 101. SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

4 Rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is

5 amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘RULE XXIV

7 ‘‘APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES

8 ‘‘Appointments to standing committees and all other

9 committees shall be made by the majority leader and the

10 minority leader for each member of their respective par11 ties. Such appointments shall be subject to any rules

12 adopted by the respective party caucuses.’’.

13 SEC. 102. SENATE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.

14 (a) COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGN15 MENTS.—Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of rule XXV of the

16 Standing Rules of the Senate are amended to read as fol17 lows:

18 ‘‘2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph

19 4 of this rule, each of the following standing committees

20 shall consist of the number of Senators set forth in the

21 following table on the line on which the name of that com22 mittee appears:

‘‘Committee: Members

‘‘Appropriations ........................................................................... ll

‘‘Armed Services .......................................................................... ll

‘‘Finance ...................................................................................... ll

‘‘Foreign Relations ...................................................................... ll
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1 ‘‘(b) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of

2 this rule, each of the following standing committees shall

3 consist of the number of Senators set forth in the follow4 ing table on the line on which the name of that committee

5 appears:

‘‘Committee: Members

‘‘Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry ......................................... ll

‘‘Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ...................................... ll

‘‘Commerce, Science, and Transportation ................................... ll

‘‘Energy and Natural Resources ................................................. ll

‘‘Environment and Public Works ................................................ ll

‘‘Governmental Affairs ................................................................. ll

‘‘Judiciary .................................................................................... ll

‘‘Labor and Human Resources .................................................... ll

6 ‘‘(c) The committees listed in this paragraph (except

7 for the Committee on Appropriations) shall not have more

8 than 3 subcommittees.

9 ‘‘3. (a) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph

10 4 of this rule, each of the following standing committees

11 shall consist of the number of Senators set forth in the

12 following table on the line on which the name of that com13 mittee appears:

‘‘Committee: Members

‘‘Aging .......................................................................................... ll

‘‘Budget ....................................................................................... ll

‘‘Indian Affairs ............................................................................ ll

‘‘Rules and Administration .......................................................... ll

‘‘Small Business ........................................................................... ll

‘‘Veterans’ Affairs ........................................................................ ll

14 ‘‘(b) The following committee shall consist of the

15 number of Senators set forth in the following table:

‘‘Committee: Members

‘‘Ethics ......................................................................................... ll

‘‘Intelligence ................................................................................. ll
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1 ‘‘(c) The committees listed in this paragraph shall not

2 have more than 2 subcommittees.

3 ‘‘4. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this para4 graph—

5 ‘‘(1) each Senator may serve on only one com6 mittee listed in paragraph 2(a) and only two com7 mittees listed in paragraph 2; and

8 ‘‘(2) each Senator may serve on only one com9 mittee listed in paragraph 3(a).

10 ‘‘(b)(1) Each Senator may serve on not more than

11 two subcommittees of each committee (other than the

12 Committee on Appropriations) listed in paragraph 2 of

13 which he is a member.

14 ‘‘(2) Each Senator may serve on not more than one

15 subcommittee of a committee listed in paragraph 3(a) of

16 which he is a member.

17 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), a

18 Senator serving as chairman or ranking minority member

19 of a standing, select, or special committee of the Senate

20 may serve ex officio, without vote, as a member of any

21 subcommittee of such committee.

22 ‘‘(4) No committee of the Senate may establish any

23 subunit of that committee other than a subcommittee, un24 less the Senate by resolution has given permission there25 fore.
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1 ‘‘(c) By agreement entered into by the majority lead2 er and the minority leader, the membership of one or more

3 standing committees may be increased temporarily from

4 time to time by such number or numbers as may be re5 quired to accord to the majority party a majority of the

6 membership of all standing committees. When any such

7 temporary increase is necessary to accord to the majority

8 party a majority of the membership of all standing com9 mittees, members of the majority party in such number

10 as may be required for that purpose may serve as mem11 bers of three standing committees listed in paragraph 2.

12 No such temporary increase in the membership of any

13 standing committee under this subparagraph shall be con14 tinued in effect after the need therefore has ended. No

15 standing committee may be increased in membership

16 under this subparagraph by more than two members in

17 excess of the number prescribed for that committee by

18 paragraph 2 or 3(a).

19 ‘‘(d)(1) No Senator shall serve at any time as chair20 man of more than one standing, select, or special commit21 tee of the Senate.

22 ‘‘(2)(A) A Senator who is serving as the chairman

23 of a committee listed in paragraph 2 or 3(a) may serve

24 at any time as the chairman of only one subcommittee
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1 of all committees listed in paragraphs 2 and 3(a) of which

2 he is a member.

3 ‘‘(B) Any Senator other than a Senator described in

4 division (A) may serve as—

5 ‘‘(i) the chairman of only one subcommittee of

6 each committee listed in paragraph 2 or 3(a), of

7 which he is a member; and

8 ‘‘(ii) the chairman of only two subcommittees of

9 the committees listed in paragraphs 2 and 3(a).

10 ‘‘(e) The provisions of this paragraph may only be

11 waived by the Senate by a resolution designating the Sen12 ator or Senators receiving the waiver and adopted by an

13 affirmative yea-and-nay vote of the Senators duly chosen

14 and sworn. The resolution shall be offered by the majority

15 leader with the approval of the minority leader. The reso16 lution shall be privileged and no amendment thereto shall

17 be in order. Debate on the resolution shall be limited to

18 one hour, equally divided.’’.

19 (b) ABOLITION OF REDUCED COMMITTEES.—

20 (1) NOTIFICATION.—The majority leader and

21 the minority leader shall notify the chairman of the

22 Committee on Rules and Administration not later

23 than 30 days after the convening of a Congress if

24 the number of majority and minority members of a

25 committee of the Senate for such Congress each fall
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1 below 50 percent of the number of such members

2 serving on the committee at the end of the 102d

3 Congress.

4 (2) RESOLUTION ABOLISHING.—The Committee

5 on Rules and Administration shall report to the Sen6 ate a resolution abolishing such committee not later

7 than 30 days after receiving notice under paragraph

8 (1). The Senate shall consider and act upon the res9 olution not later than 20 session days after the reso10 lution is reported.

11 (3) ADJUSTING OTHER COMMITTEES.—If a

12 committee is abolished by a resolution pursuant to

13 paragraph (2), the majority leader and the minority

14 leader may adjust the membership of other commit15 tees to provide for members of the abolished com16 mittee.

17 SEC. 103. SENATE SCHEDULING.

18 Paragraph 3 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of

19 the Senate is amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘3. (a)(1) The provisions of this subparagraph apply

21 to the committees’ meetings (including meetings to con22 duct hearings) held on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

23 ‘‘(2) On Tuesdays, only those committees listed in

24 paragraph 2(a) of rule XXV (except the Committee on Ap-
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1 propriations) shall meet for the transaction of business be2 fore the committee.

3 ‘‘(3) On Wednesdays, only those committees listed in

4 paragraph 2(b) of rule XXV shall meet for the transaction

5 of business before the committee.

6 ‘‘(4) On Thursdays, only those committees listed in

7 paragraph 3(a) of rule XXV (except the Committee on the

8 Budget) shall meet for the transaction of business before

9 the committee.

10 ‘‘(5) Subcommittees of a full committee referred to

11 in division (2), (3), or (4) may only meet on the day as12 signed to the full committee. Subcommittees may not meet

13 when the full committee is meeting.

14 ‘‘(6) No committee of the Senate or any subcommit15 tee thereof may meet, without special leave, on a day not

16 designated for such committee or subcommittee under this

17 subparagraph unless consent therefore has been obtained

18 from the majority leader and the minority leader (or in

19 the event of the absence of either of such leader, from

20 the designee of the leaders). The majority leader or the

21 designee of the majority leader shall announce to the Sen22 ate whenever consent has been given under this division

23 and shall state the time and place of such meeting. The

24 right to make such announcement of consent shall have

25 the same priority as the filing of a cloture motion.
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1 ‘‘(b) If at least three members of any committee de2 sire that a special meeting of the committee be called by

3 the chairman and subject to the provisions of subpara4 graph (a), those members may file in the offices of the

5 committee their written request to the chairman for that

6 special meeting. Immediately upon the filing of the re7 quest, the clerk of the committee shall notify the chairman

8 of the filing of the request. If, within three calendar days

9 after the filing of the request, the chairman does not call

10 the requested special meeting, to be held within seven cal11 endar days after the filing of the request, a majority of

12 the members of the committee may file in the offices of

13 the committee their written notice that a special meeting

14 of the committee will be held, specifying the date and hour

15 of that special meeting. The committee shall meet on that

16 date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the notice,

17 the clerk of the committee shall notify all members of the

18 committee that such special meeting will be held and in19 form them of its date and hour. If the chairman of any

20 such committee is not present at any regular, additional,

21 or special meeting of the committee, the ranking member

22 of the majority party on the committee who is present

23 shall preside at that meeting.’’.
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1 SEC. 104. PROXY VOTES.

2 The paragraph 7 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules

3 of the Senate is amended by adding at the end thereof

4 the following:

5 ‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

6 paragraph, no vote of any member of any committee may

7 be cast by proxy unless the addition of the vote to the

8 vote totals does not effect the result of the vote totals.’’.

9 SEC. 105. SENATE COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE.

10 Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is

11 amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

12 ‘‘(14) The chairman of each committee of the

13 Senate shall publish, in the Congressional Record,

14 the committee attendance and voting records of each

15 member of the committee on or before July 1 and

16 December 31.’’.

17 SEC. 106. SENATE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS.

18 (a) REQUIREMENT OF A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE TO

19 OVERTURN THE CHAIR POST-CLOTURE.—The third un20 designated paragraph of paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the

21 Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at

22 the end thereof the following: ‘‘Appeals from the decision

23 of the Presiding Officer shall require an affirmative vote

24 of three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn—

25 except on a measure or motion to amend the Senate rules,
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1 in which case the necessary affirmative vote shall be two2 thirds of the Senators present and voting.’’.

3 (b) NONDEBATABLE MOTION TO PROCEED.—Para4 graph 2 of rule VIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate

5 is amended by striking the period at the end thereof and

6 inserting the following: ‘‘; except those motions to proceed

7 made by the majority leader, or his designee, on which

8 there shall be a time limitation for debate of two hours

9 equally divided between the majority and the minority

10 leaders, or their designees. Any such motion to proceed,

11 by the majority leader, or any other Senator, to any mo12 tion, resolution, or proposal to change any of the Standing

13 Rules of the Senate shall be debatable.’’.

14 (c) CHARGING QUORUM CALLS AGAINST AN INDIVID15 UAL’S TIME UNDER CLOTURE.—The first sentence of the

16 third undesignated paragraph of paragraph 2 of rule XXII

17 of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by strik18 ing the period and inserting the following: ‘‘, with the time

19 consumed by quorum calls being charged to the Senator

20 who requested the call of the quorum.’’.

21 (d) DISPENSING WITH THE READING OF CON22 FERENCE REPORTS.—Paragraph 1 of rule XXVIII of the

23 Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by striking ‘‘and

24 shall be determined without debate.’’ and inserting the fol25 lowing: ‘‘notwithstanding a request for the reading of the
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1 conference report (if such report is printed and available

2 one day prior to the motion to consider), and shall be de3 termined without debate.’’.

4 (e) SENSE OF THE SENATE RESOLUTIONS.—Rule

5 XV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by

6 inserting at the end thereof the following:

7 ‘‘6. On a point of order made by any Senator, no

8 amendment expressing the sense of the Senate or the

9 sense of the Congress, or an amendment to such amend10 ment, shall be received unless the amendment is signed

11 by at least 10 Senators.’’.

12 SEC. 107. DEDICATION OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS TO DEFI13 CIT REDUCTION.

14 (a) INTERIM RULES.—Not later than January 1,

15 1995 and each year thereafter through 1998, the Sec16 retary of the Senate shall certify and publish in the Con17 gressional Record a list identifying each member of the

18 Senate who has used less than the amount allocated to

19 the personal office of the member during the preceding

20 fiscal year and the amount of such unused allocation.

21 (b) DEDICATION OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS BEGIN22 NING WITH FISCAL YEAR 1999.—Not later than January

23 1, 1999 and each year thereafter, the Secretary of the

24 Senate shall notify each Member of the Senate of the dif25 ference between the total obligations incurred by his per-
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1 sonal office and the allocations for administrative ex2 penses, legislative assistants, and clerk hire available to

3 the Member for the preceding fiscal year. Within 30 days

4 after the date of such notification, any Member pursuant

5 to this subsection may direct the Secretary of the Senate

6 to submit a rescission request for such amount from unob7 ligated balances for that fiscal year.

8 (c) PERFORMANCE REVIEW GUIDANCE.—In conduct9 ing the performance review required by section 331, the

10 Senate committees shall include a plan to reduce the dis11 parity between appropriations and allocations to Members.

12 TITLE II—REFORM OF THE

13 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

14 TITLE III—REFORM OF THE

15 CONGRESS

16 Subtitle A—Budget Process

17 PART I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING

18 SEC. 301. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

19 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

20 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:

21 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

23 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres24 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with

25 the One Hundred Fourth Congress) is as follows:
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‘‘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.

Within 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.

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

biennial appropriation bill.

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

legislation.

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

2 Congress that begins in any year immediately following

3 a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex4 cept a President who succeeds himself) begins, the follow5 ing dates shall supersede those set forth in subsection (a):

6 ‘‘(1) First Monday in April, President submits

7 budget recommendations.

8 ‘‘(2) April 20, committees submit views and es9 timates to Budget Committees.

10 ‘‘(3) May 15, Budget Committees report con11 current resolution on the biennial budget.
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1 ‘‘(4) June 1, Congress completes action on con2 current resolution on the biennial budget.

3 ‘‘(5) July 1, biennial appropriation bills may be

4 considered in the House.

5 ‘‘(6) July 20, House Appropriations Committee

6 reports last biennial appropriation bill.’’.

7 SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

8 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

10 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

11 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

12 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

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

16 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

17 (2) Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) is fur18 ther amended by adding at the end the following

19 new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(12) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of

21 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

22 any odd-numbered year.’’.

23 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

24 BUDGET.—
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1 (1) Section 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

2 632(a)) is amended—

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

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

5 year’’;

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

7 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on

9 October 1 of such year’’;

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

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

12 appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

13 period’’;

14 (D) by striking ‘‘and planning levels for

15 each of the two ensuing fiscal years’’ and in16 serting ‘‘and the appropriate levels for each of

17 the 3 ensuing fiscal years’’;

18 (E) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘for the

19 fiscal year of the resolution and each of the 4’’

20 and inserting ‘‘for the biennium of the resolu21 tion and each of the 3’’; and

22 (F) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘for the

23 fiscal year of the resolution and each of the 4’’

24 and inserting ‘‘for the biennium of the resolu25 tion and each of the 3’’.
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1 (2) Section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

2 632(b)) is amended—

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

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

5 resolution on the budget’’; and

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

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

8 in such biennium’’.

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

10 632(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable,

11 as provided by section 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States

12 Code’’.

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

14 632(e)) is amended—

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

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

17 (B) by inserting between the second and

18 third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On

19 or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year

20 (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b))

21 the Committee on the Budget of each House

22 shall report to its House the concurrent resolu23 tion on the budget referred to in subsection (a)

24 for the biennium beginning on October 1 of

25 that year.’’;
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1 (C) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘such fis2 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of

3 such biennium,’’; and

4 (D) in paragraph (10) by striking ‘‘the fis5 cal year covered’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium

6 covered’’.

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

8 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

10 (6) Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (U.S.C.

11 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’

12 and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’.

13 (7) The section heading of section 301 of such

14 Act is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

16 (8) The table of contents set forth in section

17 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’

18 in the item relating to section 301 and inserting

19 ‘‘Biennial’’.

20 (d) SECTION 302 COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Sec21 tion 302(a)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(2)) is amend22 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal year of the resolution and each of

23 the 4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium

24 of the resolution and each of the 3 succeeding fiscal

25 years’’.
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1 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

3 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each

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

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

6 634(b)) is amended—

7 (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para8 graph (1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ each

9 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

10 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘any cal11 endar year’’ and inserting ‘‘any odd-numbered

12 calendar year (or, if applicable, as provided by

13 section 300(b))’’; and

14 (C) by striking paragraph (2), striking

15 ‘‘(1)’’, and redesignating subparagraphs (A)

16 and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.

17 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO18 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act

19 (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

21 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

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

24 biennium’’.
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1 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

3 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in4 serting ‘‘biennium’’.

5 (h) REPORTS AND SUMMARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL

6 BUDGET ACTIONS.—Section 308(a)(1)(A) of such Act (2

7 U.S.C. 639(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year (or

8 fiscal years)’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

9 (i) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO10 PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C.

11 640) is amended—

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

13 year’’ after ‘‘July’’;

14 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘regu15 lar’’; and

16 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi17 ennium’’.

18 (j) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—

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

20 641(a)) is amended—

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

22 matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting

23 ‘‘any biennium’’;
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1 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fis2 cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting

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

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

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

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

7 641(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’

8 and inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’.

9 (k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

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

11 642(a)) is amended—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in13 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first

15 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

16 year in such biennium’’;

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘during such fiscal year’’

18 and inserting ‘‘during either fiscal year in such

19 biennium’’;

20 (iv) by striking ‘‘revenues for such fiscal

21 year’’ and inserting ‘‘revenues for a fiscal

22 year’’; and

23 (v) by striking ‘‘budget for such fiscal

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘budget for either fiscal

25 year in such biennium’’.
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1 (B) Section 311(a)(2)(A) of such Act is amend2 ed—

3 (i) by striking ‘‘for the first’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘for either’’;

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

6 and inserting ‘‘covering such biennium’’;

7 (iii) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year cov8 ered’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in such

9 biennium covered’’;

10 (iv) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year plus’’

11 and inserting ‘‘the biennium plus’’; and

12 (v) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘3 fiscal years’’.

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

15 642(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’

16 the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fis17 cal year in such biennium’’.

18 (l) BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY.—

19 Section 401(b)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 651(b)(2)) is

20 amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the second

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

22 such fiscal year occurs’’.

23 (m) DATE OF ADJUSTING ALLOCATIONS.—Section

24 603(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 665b) is amended by insert-
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1 ing after ‘‘April 15’’ the following ‘‘(or if section 300(b)

2 applies by June 15th)’’.

3 SEC. 303. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES

4 CODE.

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

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

7 following new paragraph:

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

9 term in paragraph (12) of section 3 of the Congres10 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

11 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’.

12 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

13 CONGRESS.—

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

15 United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1)

16 thereof is amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

20 beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the

21 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for

22 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar

23 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall

24 include a budget message and summary and supporting
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1 information. The President shall include in each budget

2 the following:’’.

3 (2) Section 1105(a)(5) 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 3 years’’.

9 (3) Section 1105(a)(6) 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 3 years’’.

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

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

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

18 biennium’’.

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

20 States Code, is amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in sub22 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

23 in the biennium’’; and

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

25 year’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘3 fis-
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1 cal years immediately following the second fiscal

2 year in such biennium’’.

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

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

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

6 biennium’’.

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

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

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

10 the budget is submitted’’.

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

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

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

14 biennium’’.

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

16 States Code, is amended—

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

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

19 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

22 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis23 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi24 ennium’’.
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1 (10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United

2 States Code, is amended—

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

4 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com5 pleted fiscal years’’;

6 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

8 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

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

11 States Code, is 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 that fiscal year’’; and

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

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

19 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

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

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

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

23 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE24 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

25 Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it

2 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;

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

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

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

6 period’’.

7 (e) STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

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

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

10 ‘‘biennium’’.

11 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

12 1105(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by

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

14 which such budget relates’’.

15 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

16 CHANGES.—

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

18 Code, is amended—

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

20 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien21 nium’’;

22 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘that fis23 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

24 such biennium’’;
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1 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal

2 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘3

3 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

4 (D) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ in paragraph

5 (3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

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

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

9 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI10 MATES.—

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

12 Code, is amended—

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

14 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be15 fore February 5 in 1994)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

16 the same time the budget required by section

17 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

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

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

22 year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the Presi23 dent’s budget submission for each odd-numbered

24 year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b)

25 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)’’.
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1 (i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG2 ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code,

3 is amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi5 ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1995)’’;

6 and

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

8 the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal9 endar year preceding the calendar year in which the

10 biennium begins’’.

11 (j) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV12 ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is

13 amended—

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

15 inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi16 ennium beginning on October 1, 1994, the’’; and

17 (2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it

18 appears.

19 SEC. 304. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE

20 OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

21 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend22 ed to read as follows:

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

24 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria25 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol-
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1 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob2 ject) for the biennium ending September 30 (here insert

3 the odd-numbered calendar year).’.

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

5 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

6 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

7 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

9 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres10 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

11 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

12 SEC. 305. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF

13 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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

15 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd16 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.

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

18 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal

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

20 year begins’’.

21 (c)(1) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the

22 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘concur23 rent resolution on the budget for each fiscal year’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget required
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1 under section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of

2 1974 for each biennium’’.

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

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

5 end of subparagraph (4), by striking the period and insert6 ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (5), and by adding

7 at the end the following new subparagraph:

8 ‘‘(6) to use the second year of each biennium to

9 study issues with long-term budgetary and economic

10 implications, which would include—

11 ‘‘(A) holding hearings to receive testimony

12 from committees of jurisdiction to identify prob13 lem areas and to report on the results of over14 sight; and

15 ‘‘(B) by January 1 of each odd-numbered

16 year, issuing a report to the Speaker which

17 identifies the key issues facing the Congress in

18 the next biennium.’’.

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

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

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

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

23 of Representatives is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘March 15 of each year’’ and in25 serting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-numbered year (or,
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1 if applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974)’’;

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

4 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

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

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

9 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

11 Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed.

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

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

14 reported after September 15 preceding the beginning of

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

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

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

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

19 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

20 SEC. 306. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

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

23 following new section:

24 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

25 ‘‘SEC. 314. It shall not be in order in the House of

26 Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint
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1 resolution, amendment, or conference report that author2 izes appropriations for a period of less than 2 fiscal years,

3 unless the program, project, or activity for which the

4 funds are to be spent is of less than 2 years duration.’’.

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con6 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

7 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by

8 adding after the item relating to section 313 the following

9 new item:

‘‘Sec. 314. Authorizations of appropriations.’’.

10 PART II—ADDITIONAL BUDGET PROCESS

11 CHANGES

12 SEC. 311. CBO REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.

13 Section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

14 is amended by—

15 (1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection

16 (d); and

17 (2) inserting after subsection (b) the following:

18 ‘‘(c) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—The Congres19 sional Budget Office shall, as soon as practicable after the

20 completion of each quarter of the fiscal year, prepare an

21 analysis comparing revenues, spending, and the deficit for

22 the current fiscal year to assumptions included in the Con23 gressional budget resolution. In preparing this report, the

24 Congressional Budget Office shall combine actual budget

25 figures to date with projected revenue and spending for
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1 the balance of the fiscal year. The Congressional Budget

2 Office shall include any other information in this report

3 that it deems useful for a full understanding of the current

4 fiscal position of the Federal Government. The reports

5 mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by the

6 Director to the Senate and House Committees on the

7 Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make

8 such reports available to any interested party upon re9 quest.’’.

10 SEC. 312. BYRD RULE CLARIFICATIONS.

11 (a) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF BYRD RULE.—The

12 first sentence of section 904(c) and the second sentence

13 of section 904(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

14 are amended by inserting ‘‘313,’’ after ‘‘306,’’.

15 (b) BYRD RULE CLARIFICATIONS.—Section 313 of

16 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—

17 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘, in18 cluding changes in outlays and revenues brought

19 about by changes in the terms and conditions under

20 which outlays are made or revenues are required to

21 be collected’’;

22 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as

23 subsections (e) and (f);
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1 (3) by redesignating subsection (c), the second

2 time it appears, as subsection (d) and inserting be3 fore ‘‘When’’ the following:

4 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO CONFERENCE REPORTS.—’’;

5 and

6 (4) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by para7 graph (3))—

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’;

9 and

10 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as

11 paragraph (3) and inserting after paragraph

12 (1) the following:

13 ‘‘(2)(A) a point of order being made against

14 any provision producing an increase in outlays in

15 any fiscal year shall be considered extraneous if the

16 net effect of provisions affecting outlays reported by

17 the conferees would cause a Senate committee to fail

18 to achieve its outlay instruction, and

19 ‘‘(B) a point of order being made against any

20 provision producing a reduction in revenues in any

21 fiscal year shall be considered extraneous if the net

22 effect of provisions affecting revenues reported by

23 the conferees would cause a Senate committee to fail

24 to achieve its revenue instruction, and’’.
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1 SEC. 313. GAO ASSISTANCE WITH AUTHORIZATIONS AND

2 OVERSIGHT.

3 Section 717 of title 31, United States Code, is

4 amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

5 ‘‘(e) During the second session of each Congress, the

6 Comptroller General shall give priority to requests from

7 Congress for audits and evaluations of Government pro8 grams and activities.’’.

9 Subtitle B—Staffing; Administra10 tion; and Support Agencies

11 SEC. 331. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH STREAMLINING AND RE12 STRUCTURING.

13 (a) PERFORMANCE REVIEW.—Not later than one

14 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commit15 tee on Rules and Administration and the Committee on

16 Appropriations of the Senate and the appropriate commit17 tees or task force of the House of Representatives shall

18 submit to the leadership of their respective Houses a per19 formance review together with any necessary implement20 ing legislation for achieving efficiencies, economies, and

21 reductions in the total number of full time equivalent posi22 tions in the legislative branch comparable to those pro23 posed and implemented for the executive branch in the

24 President’s National Performance Review, submitted Sep25 tember 1993.
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1 (b) REDUCTION BASE.—The reductions required by

2 this section shall be made from a base of the total number

3 of full time equivalent positions in the legislative branch

4 on the date of introduction of S. Con. Res. 57 (102d Con5 gress, 1st Session), the concurrent resolution establishing

6 the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress.

7 SEC. 332. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL

8 INSTRUMENTALITIES.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the intent of Congress that

10 the General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Of11 fice, Library of Congress, Government Printing Office,

12 and Office of Technology Assessment shall be authorized

13 for 8 fiscal years in accordance with this section.

14 (b) CYCLES.—

15 (1) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.—The Gen16 eral Accounting Office shall be authorized by the en17 actment every eighth year beginning with fiscal year

18 1997 of an Act to authorize appropriations for that

19 office for the next 8 fiscal years.

20 (2) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—The Library of

21 Congress shall be authorized by the enactment every

22 eighth year beginning with fiscal year 1999 of an

23 Act to authorize appropriations for that office for

24 the next 8 fiscal years.
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1 (3) GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.—The

2 Government Printing Office shall be authorized by

3 the enactment every eighth year beginning with fis4 cal year 2001 of an Act to authorize appropriations

5 for that office for the next 8 fiscal years.

6 (4) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE AND OF7 FICE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT.—The

8 Congressional Budget Office and Office of Tech9 nology Assessment shall be authorized by the enact10 ment every eighth year beginning with fiscal year

11 2003 of an Act to authorize appropriations for those

12 offices for the next 8 fiscal years.

13 (c) JURISDICTION.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Rules

15 and Administration of the Senate and the appro16 priate committee in the House of Representatives

17 shall have jurisdiction over the authorizations re18 quired by this section.

19 (2) OVERSIGHT.—In reauthorizing instrumen20 talities as required by this section, the committees

21 referred to in paragraph (1) shall seek to—

22 (A) eliminate duplication between instru23 mentalities;

24 (B) consolidate activities; and
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1 (C) increase efficiency within instrumental2 ities.

3 (d) COST ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS.—Effective

4 on January 1, 1995, each instrumentality of the Congress

5 providing support to the Congress shall prepare by not

6 later than December 31 of each year an annual report de7 tailing the cost to the instrumentality of providing support

8 to each committee of the Senate and Senator. The report

9 shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate and in10 cluded in the Secretary’s semiannual report.

11 (e) VOUCHER ALLOCATION SYSTEM.—The Commit12 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the

13 appropriate committee of the House of Representatives

14 shall study and report to their respective Houses as a part

15 of their authorization responsibilities under subsection (c)

16 concerning the feasibility of establishing a voucher alloca17 tion system for committees using the services of instru18 mentalities of Congress.

19 (f) REPEALERS.—

20 (1) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.—Section

21 736 of title 31, United States Code, is repealed.

22 (2) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.—Section

23 201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2

24 U.S.C. 601(f)) is repealed.
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1 (3) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Any authorization

2 of appropriations for the Library of Congress in ef3 fect on the effective date of this paragraph is re4 pealed.

5 (4) GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.—Any au6 thorization of appropriations for the Government

7 Printing Office in effect on the effective date of this

8 paragraph is repealed.

9 (5) OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.—

10 Section 12 of the Technology Assessment Act of

11 1972 (2 U.S.C. 481) is repealed.

12 (6) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraphs (1) and (2)

13 shall take effect with respect to fiscal years begin14 ning with fiscal year 1997. Paragraphs (3), (4), and

15 (5) shall take effect with respect to fiscal years be16 ginning with fiscal year 1999.

17 SEC. 333. DETAILEES FROM CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT

18 AGENCIES AND EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.

19 (a) REIMBURSEMENT.—The cost of the service on de20 tail to a committee of the Senate or House of Representa21 tives or the personal office of a member of the Senate or

22 House of Representatives of a person who is regularly em23 ployed by an instrumentality of Congress or an executive

24 agency shall be fully reimbursed to the instrumentality of
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1 Congress or executive agency by the committee or personal

2 office that receives the service.

3 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘instru4 mentality of Congress’’ means—

5 (1) the General Accounting Office;

6 (2) the Congressional Budget Office;

7 (3) the Library of Congress;

8 (4) the Government Printing Office; and

9 (5) the Office of Technology Assessment.

10 Subtitle C—Abolishing the Joint

11 Committees

12 PART I—JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

13 SEC. 361. JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.

14 (a) ABOLITION.—Effective beginning with the 104th

15 Congress, the Joint Economic Committee is abolished.

16 (b) TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY.—The Commit17 tee on the Budget and the appropriate committee of the

18 House of Representatives shall be responsible for review

19 of the Economic Report of the President required by sec20 tion 103 of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth

21 Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 1022).

22 PART II—JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

23 SEC. 362. JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION.

24 (a) ABOLITION.—Effective beginning with the 104th

25 Congress, the Joint Committee on Taxation is abolished.
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1 (b) TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 202(b)

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by—

3 (1) designating the text of such subsection as

4 paragraph (1); and

5 (2) adding at the end thereof the following:

6 ‘‘(2) The Office shall provide technical guidance to

7 the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Ways

8 and Means with respect to taxation and tax legislation.

9 The Office shall perform the responsibilities formerly as10 signed to the Joint Committee on Taxation upon the abol11 ishment of such committee.’’.

12 (c) COMMITTEE TRANSFER OVERSIGHT.—The Com13 mittee on Rules and Administration and the appropriate

14 committee of the House of Representatives shall report to

15 the Congress a plan for the transfer of responsibilities and

16 staff as required by this section.

17 PART III—JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY

18 OF CONGRESS

19 SEC. 363. JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY OF CON20 GRESS.

21 (a) ABOLITION.—Effective beginning with the 104th

22 Congress, the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress

23 is abolished.

24 (b) TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY.—Effective be25 ginning with the 104th Congress, the responsibilities of
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1 the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress shall be

2 performed by the Committee on Rules and Administration

3 of the Senate and the appropriate committee of the House

4 of Representatives.

5 PART IV—JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

6 SEC. 371. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.

7 (a) ABOLITION.—Chapter 1 of title 44, United States

8 Code, is repealed.

9 (b) TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY.—Subject to sub10 section (c), all duties, authorities, responsibilities, and

11 functions performed by the Joint Committee on Printing

12 before the effective date of this part shall be performed

13 by the Public Printer on and after such date.

14 (c) OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS.—All legislative over15 sight jurisdiction, duties, authorities, responsibilities, and

16 functions performed by the Joint Committee on Printing

17 before the effective date of this part shall be performed

18 by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen19 ate and the Committee on House Administration of the

20 House of Representatives on and after such date.

21 (d) REFERENCES.—Reference in any other Federal

22 law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of au23 thority, or any document of or relating to the Joint Com24 mittee on Printing shall be deemed to refer to the Commit25 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the
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1 Committee on House Administration of the House of Rep2 resentatives, or the Public Printer, as appropriate.

3 SEC. 372. DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTERS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of title 44, United

5 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘§ 302. Deputy Public Printers; appointments; duties

7 ‘‘(a)(1) The President of the United States shall

8 nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the

9 Senate, appoint the—

10 ‘‘(A) Legislative Deputy Public Printer who

11 shall also serve as the Superintendent of Documents;

12 ‘‘(B) Executive Deputy Public Printer; and

13 ‘‘(C) Judicial Deputy Public Printer.

14 ‘‘(2) Each Deputy Printer shall be a suitable person,

15 who is a practical printer and versed in the art of book16 binding.

17 ‘‘(b) In addition to any other duties required by the

18 Public Printer, the Legislative Deputy Public Printer shall

19 perform all duties of the Government Printing Office re20 lating to the Legislative branch, including all applicable

21 duties performed under—

22 ‘‘(1) chapter 7 relating to Congressional print23 ing and binding;

24 ‘‘(2) chapter 9 relating to the Congressional

25 Record;
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1 ‘‘(3) chapter 13 relating to particular reports

2 and documents, including sections 1326 and 1332;

3 ‘‘(4) chapter 17 relating to the distribution and

4 sale of public documents;

5 ‘‘(5) chapter 19 relating to the Depository Li6 brary Program;

7 ‘‘(6) chapter 27 relating to Advisory Committee

8 on Records of Congress; and

9 ‘‘(7) section 3511 relating to services performed

10 for the Federal Information Locator System.

11 ‘‘(c) In addition to any other duties required by the

12 Public Printer, the Executive Deputy Public Printer shall

13 perform all duties of the Government Printing Office re14 lating to the Executive branch, including all applicable du15 ties performed under—

16 ‘‘(1) chapter 5 relating to the production and

17 procurement of printing and binding;

18 ‘‘(2) chapter 11 relating to Executive printing

19 and binding;

20 ‘‘(3) chapter 13 relating to particular reports

21 and documents; and

22 ‘‘(4) chapters 15, 21, 22, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33,

23 35, 37, and 39.

24 ‘‘(d) In addition to any other duties required by the

25 Public Printer, the Judicial Deputy Public Printer shall
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1 perform all duties of the Government Printing Office re2 lating to the Judicial branch, including all applicable du3 ties performed under—

4 ‘‘(1) chapter 11 relating to Judiciary printing

5 and binding, including printings under section 1120;

6 and

7 ‘‘(2) chapter 13 relating to particular reports

8 and documents.

9 ‘‘(e) The Public Printer, in consultation with the

10 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and

11 the Committee on House Administration of the House of

12 Representatives, shall determine the respective duties of

13 the Deputy Public Printers under this section.’’.

14 (b) COMPENSATION.—Section 303 of title 44, United

15 States Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking

16 out ‘‘the Deputy Public Printer’’ and inserting in lieu

17 thereof ‘‘each of the Deputy Public Printers’’.

18 (c) SUCCESSION.—Section 304 of title 44, United

19 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘the Deputy Pub20 lic Printer’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘one of the Dep21 uty Public Printers designated by the President’’.

22 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

23 (1) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United

24 States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating
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1 to section 302 and inserting in lieu thereof the following

2 new item:

‘‘302. Deputy Public Printers; appointments; duties.’’.

3 (2) Section 313 of title 44, United States Code, is

4 amended—

5 (A) in the first sentence—

6 (i) by striking out ‘‘Deputy Public Print7 er’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘3 Deputy

8 Public Printers’’; and

9 (ii) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on

10 Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Com11 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Sen12 ate and the Committee on Administration of the

13 House of Representatives’’;

14 (B) in the second sentence—

15 (i) by striking out ‘‘Deputy Public Print16 er’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘3 Deputy

17 Public Printers’’; and

18 (ii) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on

19 Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Com20 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Sen21 ate and the Committee on Administration of the

22 House of Representatives’’; and

23 (C) in the third sentence—
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1 (i) by striking out ‘‘Deputy Public Print2 er’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘3 Deputy

3 Public Printers’’; and

4 (ii) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on

5 Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Com6 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Sen7 ate and the Committee on Administration of the

8 House of Representatives’’.

9 SEC. 373. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.

10 Section 309(c) of title 44, United States Code, is

11 amended—

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and

13 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following

14 new paragraph:

15 ‘‘(2) The annual program submitted under this sub16 section shall include a report on—

17 ‘‘(A) the printing costs of each branch of the

18 Government;

19 ‘‘(B) with regard to Government publications, a

20 cost comparison of—

21 ‘‘(i) publications published by the Govern22 ment Printing Office;

23 ‘‘(ii) Federal agency publications that are

24 published by such agency;
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1 ‘‘(iii) publications that are published by

2 commercial sources that are not Federal enti3 ties under any contract with a Federal agency

4 (other than the Government Printing Office);

5 and

6 ‘‘(iv) publications that are published by

7 commercial sources that are not Federal enti8 ties under any contract with the Government

9 Printing Office; and

10 ‘‘(C) the cost of all individual printing orders

11 printed under section 501(a)(1)(C).’’.

12 SEC. 374. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.

13 Section 1702 of title 44, United States Code, is

14 amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting

15 in lieu thereof ‘‘The Legislative Deputy Public Printer ap16 pointed under section 302 shall also serve as the Super17 intendent of Documents for no additional compensation.’’.

18 SEC. 375. REQUIREMENT OF PRINTING BY THE GOVERN19 MENT PRINTING OFFICE.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of title 44, United

21 States Code, is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘§ 501. Government printing, binding, and blank-book

2 work to be done at Government Printing

3 Office

4 ‘‘(a)(1) All printing, binding, and blank-book work

5 for Congress, the Executive Office, the Judiciary, other

6 than the Supreme Court of the United States, and every

7 executive department, independent office and establish8 ment of the Government, shall be done at the Government

9 Printing Office, except—

10 ‘‘(A) classes of work the Public Printer consid11 ers to be urgent or necessary to have done else12 where;

13 ‘‘(B) printing in field printing plants operated

14 by an executive department, independent office or

15 establishment, and the procurement of printing by

16 an executive department, independent office or es17 tablishment from allotments for contract field print18 ing, if approved by the Public Printer;

19 ‘‘(C) individual printing orders may be ordered

20 by an executive department or agency costing not

21 more than $1,500, if—

22 ‘‘(i) the work is printed by any executive

23 department or agency; or

24 ‘‘(ii) the work is printed under a contract

25 by a commercial source that is not a Federal

26 entity;
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1 ‘‘(D) printing for the Central Intelligence Agen2 cy, the Defense Intelligence Agency, or the National

3 Security Agency; or

4 ‘‘(E) printing from other sources that is specifi5 cally authorized by law.

6 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘print7 ing’ means the process of composition, platemaking, press8 work, silk screen processes, binding, microform, and the

9 end items of such processes.

10 ‘‘(b) Any Federal officer who orders or contracts for

11 an individual printing order described under subsection

12 (a)(1)(C) shall include as a term of such order or contract

13 that the executive agency or department, or the commer14 cial source that provides the printing shall deliver a suffi15 cient number of any document printed under such order

16 or contract to the Superintendent of Documents for inclu17 sion in the depository library program under chapter 19.

18 The Public Printer shall promulgate regulations to define

19 the term ‘sufficient number’ for purposes of this sub20 section.

21 ‘‘(c) Printing or binding may be done at the Govern22 ment Printing Office only when authorized by law.’’.

23 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

24 Section 207 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
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1 1993 (44 U.S.C. 501 note; Public Law 102–392; 106

2 Stat. 1719) is repealed.

3 SEC. 376. REPORT ON COSTS FOR PRINTING BY FEDERAL

4 AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT

5 PRINTING OFFICE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 44, United

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

8 following new section:

9 ‘‘§ 1124. Report on costs for printing by Federal agen10 cies

11 ‘‘No later than November 1 of each year, the head

12 of each Federal department and agency shall submit a re13 port to the Public Printer of the cost of publishing all Gov14 ernment publications that were published by such agency

15 in the preceding fiscal year. Such costs shall not include

16 Government publications published by the Government

17 Printing Office or under contract with a commercial

18 source that is not a Federal entity.’’.

19 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

20 The table of sections for chapter 11 of title 44, United

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

22 following new item:

‘‘1124. Report on costs for printing by Federal agencies.’’.

23 SEC. 377. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

24 (1) Section 107 of title 1, United States Code, is

25 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’
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1 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer in consulta2 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of

3 the House of Representatives’’.

4 (2) Section 208 of title 1, United States Code, is

5 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

6 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

7 (3) Section 4 of the joint resolution entitled ‘‘A joint

8 resolution to provide for the printing and distribution of

9 the Precedents of the House of Representatives compiled

10 and prepared by Lewis Deschler’’, approved October 18,

11 1976 (2 U.S.C. 28e) is amended—

12 (A) in subsection (a) by striking out ‘‘Joint

13 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

14 ‘‘Committee on Rules and Administration of the

15 Senate and the Committee on House Administration

16 of the House of Representatives’’; and

17 (B) in subsection (b) by striking out ‘‘Joint

18 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

19 ‘‘Committee on Rules and Administration of the

20 Senate and the Committee on House Administration

21 of the House of Representatives’’.

22 (4) Section 3 of the Joint Resolution of December

23 24, 1970 (2 U.S.C. 168b) is amended by striking out

24 ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu

25 thereof ‘‘Committee on Rules and Administration of the
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1 Senate and the Committee on House Administration of

2 the House of Representatives’’.

3 (5) Section 145 of title 4, United States Code, is

4 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

5 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Committee on Rules and Ad6 ministration of the Senate and the Committee on House

7 Administration of the House of Representatives’’.

8 (6) Section 312 of the Federal Water Power Act (16

9 U.S.C. 825k) is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Commit10 tee on Printing’’ each place it appears and inserting in

11 each such place ‘‘Public Printer’’.

12 (7) Section 5(c) of the National Foundation on the

13 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(c))

14 is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing

15 of the Congress’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public

16 Printer’’.

17 (8) Section 7(c) of the National Foundation on the

18 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 956(c))

19 is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

20 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

21 (9) Section 411 of title 28, United States Code, is

22 amended in subsection (a) by striking out ‘‘Joint Commit23 tee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public

24 Printer’’.
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1 (10) Section 602 of the Federal Property and Admin2 istrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474(18)) is

3 amended—

4 (A) by striking out paragraph (18); and

5 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (19) through

6 (21) as paragraphs (18) through (20), respectively.

7 (11) The table of chapters for title 44, United States

8 Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to

9 chapter 1.

10 (12) The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 44,

11 United States Code, is repealed.

12 (13) Section 305 of title 44, United States Code, is

13 amended in subsection (a)—

14 (A) in the fourth sentence by striking out

15 ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu

16 thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’; and

17 (B) in the fifth sentence by striking out ‘‘either

18 party may appeal to the Joint Committee on Print19 ing, and the decision of the Joint Committee is

20 final.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘an appeal may

21 be made under subchapter III of chapter 71 of title

22 5.’’.

23 (14) Section 309 of title 44, United States Code, is

24 amended in subsection (a) by striking out ‘‘Joint Commit-
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1 tee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public

2 Printer’’.

3 (15) Section 312 of title 44, United States Code, is

4 amended by striking out ‘‘, with the approval of the Joint

5 Committee on Printing,’’.

6 (16) Section 502 of title 44, United States Code, is

7 amended by striking out ‘‘with the approval of the Joint

8 Committee on Printing’’.

9 (17) Section 504 of title 44, United States Code, is

10 amended by striking out ‘‘The Joint Committee on Print11 ing may permit the Public Printer to’’ and inserting in

12 lieu thereof ‘‘The Public Printer may’’.

13 (18) Section 505 of title 44, United States Code, is

14 amended by striking out ‘‘, under regulations of the Joint

15 Committee on Printing’’.

16 (19) Section 508 of title 44, United States Code, is

17 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

18 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Committee on Rules and Ad19 ministration of the Senate and the Committee on House

20 Administration of the House of Representatives’’.

21 (20) Section 509 of title 44, United States Code, is

22 amended—

23 (A) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Print24 ing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public Print25 er’’; and
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1 (B) by striking out ‘‘, under their direction,’’.

2 (21) Section 510 of title 44, United States Code, is

3 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

4 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

5 (22) Section 511 of title 44, United States Code, is

6 amended—

7 (A) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘Joint

8 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

9 ‘‘Public Printer’’;

10 (B) in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘The

11 committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Public

12 Printer’’; and

13 (C) in the third sentence by striking out ‘‘The

14 Committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Pub15 lic Printer’’.

16 (23) Section 512 of title 44, United States Code, is

17 amended—

18 (A) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘Joint

19 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

20 ‘‘Public Printer’’; and

21 (B) by striking out ‘‘the Committee’’ and in22 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public Printer’’.

23 (24) Section 513 of title 44, United States Code, is

24 amended—
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1 (A) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘stand2 ard of quality fixed upon by the Joint Committee on

3 Printing,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable

4 fixed standard of quality’’; and

5 (B) in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘the

6 Committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public

7 Printer’’.

8 (25) Section 514 of title 44, United States Code, is

9 amended—

10 (A) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Print11 ing shall determine’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

12 ‘‘Public Printer shall apply the provisions of sub13 chapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, United States

14 Code, to resolve’’; and

15 (B) by striking out ‘‘; and the decision of the

16 Committee is final as to the United States’’.

17 (26) Section 515 of title 44, United States Code, is

18 amended—

19 (A) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘report

20 the default to the Joint Committee on Printing, and

21 under its direction,’’; and

22 (B) in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘,

23 under the direction of the Joint Committee on Print24 ing,’’.
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1 (27) Section 517 of title 44, United States Code, is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘The Joint Committee on Print3 ing may authorize the Public Printer to’’ and inserting

4 in lieu thereof ‘‘The Public Printer may’’.

5 (28) Section 702 of title 44, United States Code, is

6 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

7 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

8 (29) Section 703 of title 44, United States Code, is

9 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

10 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Committee on Rules and Ad11 ministration of the Senate or the Committee on House Ad12 ministration of the House of Representatives’’.

13 (30) Section 707 of title 44, United States Code, is

14 amended by striking out ‘‘the Joint Committee on Print15 ing may authorize the printing of a bill or resolution, with

16 index and ancillaries, in the style and form the Joint Com17 mittee on Printing considers most suitable in the interest

18 of economy and efficiency, and to so continue until final

19 enactment in both Houses of Congress. The committee’’

20 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public Printer, in con21 sultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the appro22 priate official of the House of Representatives, may print

23 a bill or resolution, with index and ancillaries, in the style

24 and form the Public Printer considers most suitable in the

25 interest of economy and efficiency, and to so continue until
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1 final enactment in both Houses of Congress. The Public

2 Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate

3 and the appropriate official of the House of Representa4 tives’’.

5 (31) Section 709 of title 44, United States Code, is

6 amended in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘Joint

7 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

8 ‘‘Public Printer’’.

9 (32) Section 714 of title 44, United States Code, is

10 amended by striking out ‘‘The Joint Committee on Print11 ing shall establish rules to be observed by the Public Print12 er,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Public Printer, in

13 consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the ap14 propriate official of the House of Representatives, shall

15 establish rules’’.

16 (33) Section 717 of title 44, United States Code, is

17 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

18 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta19 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

20 official of the House of Representatives’’.

21 (34) Section 718 of title 44, United States Code, is

22 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta24 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

25 official of the House of Representatives’’.
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1 (35) Section 721(a) of title 44, United States Code,

2 is amended—

3 (A) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘Joint

4 Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

5 ‘‘Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary

6 of the Senate and the appropriate official of the

7 House of Representatives’’; and

8 (B) in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘The

9 Joint Committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The

10 Public Printer’’.

11 (36) Section 722 of title 44, United States Code, is

12 amended by striking out ‘‘, under the direction of the

13 Joint Committee on Printing,’’.

14 (37) Section 723 of title 44, United States Code, is

15 amended—

16 (A) by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Print17 ing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in

18 consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and

19 the appropriate official of the House of Representa20 tives’’; and

21 (B) by striking out ‘‘the Joint Committee’’ and

22 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public Printer, in con23 sultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the

24 appropriate official of the House of Representa25 tives,’’.
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1 (38) Section 724 of title 44, United States Code, is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

4 (39) Section 728 of title 44, United States Code, is

5 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

6 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta7 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

8 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

9 (40) Section 738 of title 44, United States Code, is

10 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

11 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta12 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

13 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

14 (41) Section 901 of title 44, United States Code, is

15 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta17 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

18 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

19 (42) Section 902 of title 44, United States Code, is

20 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Public Printer, in con22 sultation with the Committee on Rules and Administration

23 of the Senate and the Committee on House Administra24 tion of the House of Representatives,’’.
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1 (43) Section 903 of title 44, United States Code, is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta4 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

5 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

6 (44) Section 904 of title 44, United States Code, is

7 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

8 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta9 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

10 official of the House of Representatives’’.

11 (45) Section 905 of title 44, United States Code, is

12 amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

13 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer, in consulta14 tion with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate

15 official of the House of Representatives,’’.

16 (46) Section 906 of title 44, United States Code, is

17 amended—

18 (A) by striking out ‘‘to the Committee on Print19 ing not to exceed one hundred copies;’’ and inserting

20 in lieu thereof ‘‘to the Committee on Rules and Ad21 ministration of the Senate and the Committee on

22 House Administration of the House of Representa23 tives not to exceed one hundred copies each;’’;

24 (B) by striking out ‘‘to each Joint Committee

25 and Joint Commission in Congress, as may be des-
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1 ignated by the Joint Committee on Printing’’ and

2 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘to each Joint Committee

3 and Joint Commission in Congress, as may be des4 ignated by the Committee on Rules and Administra5 tion of the Senate and the Committee on House Ad6 ministration of the House of Representatives’’;

7 (C) by striking out ‘‘to the Joint Committee on

8 Printing, ten semimonthly copies;’’ and inserting in

9 lieu thereof ‘‘to the Committee on Rules and Admin10 istration of the Senate and the Committee on House

11 Administration of the House of Representatives, ten

12 semimonthly copies;’’;

13 (D) by striking out ‘‘of which eight copies may

14 be bound in the style and manner approved by the

15 Joint Committee on Printing;’’ and inserting in lieu

16 thereof ‘‘of which eight copies may be bound in the

17 style and manner approved by the Public Printer, in

18 consultation with the appropriate official of the

19 House of Representatives’’; and

20 (E) by striking out ‘‘Copies of the daily edition,

21 unless otherwise directed by the Joint Committee on

22 Printing, shall be supplied and delivered’’ and insert23 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Copies of the daily edition, un24 less otherwise directed by the Public Printer, shall

25 be supplied and delivered’’.
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1 (47) Section 1108 of title 44, United States Code,

2 is amended by striking out ‘‘, subject to regulation by the

3 Joint Committee on Printing,’’.

4 (48) Section 1112 of title 44, United States Code,

5 is amended by striking out ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’

6 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

7 (49) Section 1121 of title 44, United States Code,

8 is amended by striking out ‘‘, under direction of the Joint

9 Committee on Printing,’’.

10 (50) Section 1301 of title 44, United States Code,

11 is amended by striking out ‘‘, in accordance with directions

12 of the Joint Committee on Printing’’.

13 (51) Section 1320A of title 44, United States Code,

14 is amended by striking out ‘‘, and with the approval of

15 the Joint Committee on Printing’’.

16 (52) Section 1333 of title 44, United States Code,

17 is amended in subsection (b) by striking out ‘‘Joint Com18 mittee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Public

19 Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate

20 and the appropriate official of the House of Representa21 tives,’’.

22 (53) Section 1338 of title 44, United States Code,

23 is amended—

24 (A) in the first sentence—
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1 (i) by striking out ‘‘, under limitations and

2 conditions prescribed by the Joint Committee

3 on Printing,’’; and

4 (ii) by striking out ‘‘under limitations and

5 conditions prescribed by the Joint Committee

6 on Printing’’; and

7 (B) in the second sentence, by striking out

8 ‘‘Joint Committee on Printing’’ and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘Public Printer’’.

10 (54) Section 1705 of title 44, United States Code,

11 is amended by striking out ‘‘, subject to regulation by the

12 Joint Committee on Printing and’’.

13 (55) Section 1710 of title 44, United States Code,

14 is amended—

15 (A) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘, upon

16 a plan approved by the Joint Committee on Print17 ing’’; and

18 (B) in the fourth sentence by striking out ‘‘as

19 the Joint Committee on Printing directs’’.

20 (56) Section 1914 of title 44, United States Code,

21 is amended by striking out ‘‘, with the approval of the

22 Joint Committee on Printing, as provided by section 103

23 of this title,’’.

24 (57) Section 5 of the Federal Records Management

25 Amendments of 1976 (44 U.S.C. 2901 note; Public Law
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1 94–575; 90 Stat. 2727) is amended in subsection (b) by

2 striking out ‘‘the Joint Committee on Printing or’’.

3 Subtitle D—Legislative and

4 Executive Relations

5 SEC. 381. COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT GOALS AND REPORTS

6 FOR FEDERAL PROGRAM REVIEW.

7 (a) COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT GOALS AND REPORTS.—

8 It shall be the responsibility of each standing committee

9 of the House of Representatives and the Senate to—

10 (1) no later than March 1 of each year in which

11 a first session of a Congress occurs, develop, adopt,

12 and submit Committee Review Agendas, which shall

13 list the discretionary programs, entitlement pro14 grams, and tax expenditures under the committee’s

15 jurisdiction which the committee intends to review

16 during that Congress and the next 3 Congresses;

17 (2) coordinate, to the maximum extent prac18 ticable, in preparing their oversight agenda with

19 other House and Senate committees having jurisdic20 tion over the same or related laws, programs, or

21 agencies;

22 (3) provide, after preparation of the first over23 sight agenda required under this statute, a separate

24 section in their oversight agenda that summarizes

25 what actions and recommendations occurred with re-
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1 spect to implementing their agenda for that Con2 gress;

3 (4) transmit their oversight agenda to the Com4 mittee on House Administration of the House of

5 Representatives and the Committee on Rules and

6 Administration of the Senate, respectively, for con7 sideration during the committee funding process;

8 and

9 (5) adopt legislative procedures to assure, to

10 the greatest extent practicable, that any rec11 ommendation proposed by the committee under

12 paragraph (3) is considered by the full Senate or

13 House of Representatives.

14 (b) HEARINGS ON INSPECTOR GENERAL, GAO, AND

15 AGENCY AUDIT REPORTS.—Each committee of the House

16 of Representatives and the Senate shall hold hearings dur17 ing each Congress for the purpose of reviewing appro18 priate reports relating to the activities of executive agen19 cies over which the committee has oversight responsibility

20 filed during the preceding Congress, including reports of

21 the inspectors general, the General Accounting Office, as

22 well as agency audit reports.
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1 SEC. 382. SUNSET AGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any law requiring an executive

3 agency to report to Congress shall be effective for not to

4 exceed 5 years after the date of enactment of such law.

5 (b) LAWS IN EFFECT.—Any law requiring an execu6 tive agency to report to Congress in effect on the date

7 of enactment of this Act shall expire 5 years after such

8 date unless the law provides for an earlier expiration date

9 in which case the law shall expire on the earlier date.

10 TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE

11 SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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

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

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

15 bienniums beginning after September 30, 1995.

16 (b) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—Notwithstanding subsection

17 (a), the provisions of—

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

19 (2) title 31, United States Code,

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

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

22 beginning on October 1, 1994.

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

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

25 term in paragraph (12) of section 3 of the Congressional
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1 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.

2 622(12)), as added by section 302(b)(2) of this Act.

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