Calendar No. 503

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1824

[Report No. 103–297]

A BILL

of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

To improve the operations of the legislative branch

JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 503

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1824

[Report No. 103–297]

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

JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Reported by Mr. FORD, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

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

2 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.

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.
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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.

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
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1 of the House of Representatives, subject to and with

2 full recognition of the power of the House of Rep3 resentatives to enact or change any rule of the

4 House at any time in its exercise of its constitutional

5 right to determine the rules of its proceedings.

6 TITLE I—REFORM OF THE

7 SENATE

8 SEC. 101. SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

9 Rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is

10 amended to read as follows:

11 ‘‘RULE XXIV

12 ‘‘APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES

13 ‘‘Appointments to standing committees and all other

14 committees shall be made by the majority leader and the

15 minority leader for each member of their respective par16 ties. Such appointments shall be subject to any rules

17 adopted by the respective party caucuses.’’.

18 SEC. 102. SENATE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.

19 (a) COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGN20 MENTS.—Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of rule XXV of the

21 Standing Rules of the Senate are amended to read as fol22 lows:

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

24 4 of this rule, each of the following standing committees

25 shall consist of the number of Senators set forth in the
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1 following table on the line on which the name of that com2 mittee appears:

‘‘Committee: Members

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

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

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

‘‘Foreign Relations ...................................................................... ll

3 ‘‘(b) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of

4 this rule, each of the following standing committees shall

5 consist of the number of Senators set forth in the follow6 ing table on the line on which the name of that committee

7 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

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

9 for the Committee on Appropriations) shall not have more

10 than 3 subcommittees.

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

12 4 of this rule, each of the following standing committees

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

14 following table on the line on which the name of that com15 mittee appears:

‘‘Committee: Members

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

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

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

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

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

‘‘Veterans’ Affairs ........................................................................ ll
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1 ‘‘(b) The following committee shall consist of the

2 number of Senators set forth in the following table:

‘‘Committee: Members

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

‘‘Intelligence ................................................................................. ll

3 ‘‘(c) The committees listed in this paragraph shall not

4 have more than 2 subcommittees.

5 ‘‘4. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this para6 graph—

7 ‘‘(1) each Senator may serve on only one com8 mittee listed in paragraph 2(a) and only two com9 mittees listed in paragraph 2; and

10 ‘‘(2) each Senator may serve on only one com11 mittee listed in paragraph 3(a).

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

13 two subcommittees of each committee (other than the

14 Committee on Appropriations) listed in paragraph 2 of

15 which he is a member.

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

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

18 which he is a member.

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

20 Senator serving as chairman or ranking minority member

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

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

23 subcommittee of such committee.
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1 ‘‘(4) No committee of the Senate may establish any

2 subunit of that committee other than a subcommittee, un3 less the Senate by resolution has given permission there4 fore.

5 ‘‘(c) By agreement entered into by the majority lead6 er and the minority leader, the membership of one or more

7 standing committees may be increased temporarily from

8 time to time by such number or numbers as may be re9 quired to accord to the majority party a majority of the

10 membership of all standing committees. When any such

11 temporary increase is necessary to accord to the majority

12 party a majority of the membership of all standing com13 mittees, members of the majority party in such number

14 as may be required for that purpose may serve as mem15 bers of three standing committees listed in paragraph 2.

16 No such temporary increase in the membership of any

17 standing committee under this subparagraph shall be con18 tinued in effect after the need therefore has ended. No

19 standing committee may be increased in membership

20 under this subparagraph by more than two members in

21 excess of the number prescribed for that committee by

22 paragraph 2 or 3(a).

23 ‘‘(d)(1) No Senator shall serve at any time as chair24 man of more than one standing, select, or special commit25 tee of the Senate.
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1 ‘‘(2)(A) A Senator who is serving as the chairman

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

3 at any time as the chairman of only one subcommittee

4 of all committees listed in paragraphs 2 and 3(a) of which

5 he is a member.

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

7 division (A) may serve as—

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

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

10 which he is a member; and

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

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

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

14 waived by the Senate by a resolution designating the Sen15 ator or Senators receiving the waiver and adopted by an

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

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

18 leader with the approval of the minority leader. The reso19 lution shall be privileged and no amendment thereto shall

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

21 one hour, equally divided.’’.

22 (b) ABOLITION OF REDUCED COMMITTEES.—

23 (1) NOTIFICATION.—The majority leader and

24 the minority leader shall notify the chairman of the

25 Committee on Rules and Administration not later
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1 than 30 days after the convening of a Congress if

2 the number of majority and minority members of a

3 committee of the Senate for such Congress each fall

4 below 50 percent of the number of such members

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

6 Congress.

7 (2) RESOLUTION ABOLISHING.—The Committee

8 on Rules and Administration shall report to the Sen9 ate a resolution abolishing such committee not later

10 than 30 days after receiving notice under paragraph

11 (1). The Senate shall consider and act upon the res12 olution not later than 20 session days after the reso13 lution is reported.

14 (3) ADJUSTING OTHER COMMITTEES.—If a

15 committee is abolished by a resolution pursuant to

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

17 leader may adjust the membership of other commit18 tees to provide for members of the abolished com19 mittee.

20 SEC. 103. SENATE SCHEDULING.

21 Paragraph 3 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of

22 the Senate is amended to read as follows:

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

24 to the committees’ meetings (including meetings to con25 duct hearings) held on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.
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1 ‘‘(2) On Tuesdays, only those committees listed in

2 paragraph 2(a) of rule XXV (except the Committee on Ap3 propriations) shall meet for the transaction of business be4 fore the committee.

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

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

7 of business before the committee.

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

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

10 Budget) shall meet for the transaction of business before

11 the committee.

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

13 in division (2), (3), or (4) may only meet on the day as14 signed to the full committee. Subcommittees may not meet

15 when the full committee is meeting.

16 ‘‘(6) No committee of the Senate or any subcommit17 tee thereof may meet, without special leave, on a day not

18 designated for such committee or subcommittee under this

19 subparagraph unless consent therefore has been obtained

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

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

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

23 designee of the majority leader shall announce to the Sen24 ate whenever consent has been given under this division

25 and shall state the time and place of such meeting. The
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1 right to make such announcement of consent shall have

2 the same priority as the filing of a cloture motion.

3 ‘‘(b) If at least three members of any committee de4 sire that a special meeting of the committee be called by

5 the chairman and subject to the provisions of subpara6 graph (a), those members may file in the offices of the

7 committee their written request to the chairman for that

8 special meeting. Immediately upon the filing of the re9 quest, the clerk of the committee shall notify the chairman

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

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

12 the requested special meeting, to be held within seven cal13 endar days after the filing of the request, a majority of

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

15 the committee their written notice that a special meeting

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

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

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

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

20 committee that such special meeting will be held and in21 form them of its date and hour. If the chairman of any

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

23 or special meeting of the committee, the ranking member

24 of the majority party on the committee who is present

25 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.

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Reorganiza5 tion Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

Sec. 3. Rulemaking power of Senate and House of Representatives.

TITLE I—BUDGET PROCESS REFORMS

Subtitle A—Biennial Budgeting

Sec. 101. Revision of timetable.

Sec. 102. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

Act of 1974.

Sec. 103. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.

Sec. 104. Multiyear authorizations.

Subtitle B—Additional Budget Process Changes

Sec. 111. CBO reports to Budget Committees.

Sec. 112. Byrd rule clarifications.

Sec. 113. GAO assistance with authorizations and oversight.

TITLE II—REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL COVERAGE ACT

Sec. 301. Short title.

Sec. 302. Findings and impact study.

Sec. 303. Definitions.

Sec. 304. Rights and protections.

Sec. 305. Office of Employee Rights and Protections.

Sec. 306. Regulations and enforcement.

Sec. 307. Senate procedure for consideration of alleged violations.

Sec. 308. Step I: counseling.

Sec. 309. Step II: mediation.

Sec. 310. Step III: formal complaint and hearing.

Sec. 311. Review by the Select Committee on Ethics.

Sec. 312. Resolution of complaint.

Sec. 313. Judicial review.

Sec. 314. Prohibition of intimidation.

Sec. 315. Confidentiality.

Sec. 316. Exercise of rulemaking power.

Sec. 317. Political affiliation and place of residence.

Sec. 318. Rule XLII of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
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Sec. 319. Reports of Senate committees.

Sec. 320. Applicability.

Sec. 321. Technical and conforming amendments.

Sec. 322. Savings provision.

Sec. 323. Effective date.

TITLE IV—STAFFING; ADMINISTRATION; AND SUPPORT AGENCIES

Sec. 401. Legislative branch streamlining and restructuring.

Sec. 402. Oversight of certain congressional instrumentalities.

TITLE V—LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE RELATIONS

Sec. 501. Committee oversight goals and reports for Federal program review.

TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 601. Effective date; application.

1 SEC. 3. 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 ex6 ercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and, to

7 the extent so applicable, those sections are deemed a

8 part of the Standing Rules of the Senate, superseding

9 other individual rules of the Senate only to the extent

10 that those sections are inconsistent with those other

11 individual Senate rules, subject to and with full rec12 ognition of the power of the Senate to enact or change

13 any rule of the Senate at any time in its exercise of

14 its constitutional right to determine the rules of its

15 proceedings; and

16 (2) insofar as applicable to the House of Rep17 resentatives, as an exercise of the rulemaking power
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1 of the House of Representatives, subject to and with

2 full recognition of the power of the House of Rep3 resentatives to enact or change any rule of the House

4 at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right

5 to determine the rules of its proceedings.

6 TITLE I—BUDGET PROCESS

7 REFORMS

8 Subtitle A—Biennial Budgeting

9 SEC. 101. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

10 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

11 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:

12 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

14 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres15 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with the

16 One Hundred Fourth Congress) is as follows:

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

First Monday in February.President submits budget recommendations.

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

Budget Committees.

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 .............................. Appropriation bills may be considered in the

House.

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

appropriation bill.

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

legislation.

June 30 ............................. Congress completes action on appropriation

bills.
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‘‘First Session—Continued

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

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

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

Budget Committees.

May 15 .............................. Appropriation bills may be considered in the

House.

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

appropriation bill.

June 30 ............................. Congress completes action on appropriation

bills.

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 a

3 leap year and during which the term of a President (except

4 a President who succeeds himself) begins, the following dates

5 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 esti9 mates to Budget Committees.

10 ‘‘(3) May 15, Budget Committees report concur11 rent resolution on the biennial budget.

12 ‘‘(4) June 1, Congress completes action on con13 current resolution on the biennial budget.

14 ‘‘(5) July 1, appropriation bills may be consid15 ered in the House.

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

17 reports last appropriation bill.’’.
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1 SEC. 102. 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 year’’

6 and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

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

9 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap10 pears 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 new

13 paragraph:

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

15 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

16 any odd-numbered year.’’.

17 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

18 BUDGET.—

19 (1) Section 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a))

20 is amended—

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

22 inserting ‘‘April 15 of each odd-numbered year’’;

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

24 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap25 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on

26 October 1 of such year’’;
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

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

3 appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such

4 period’’;

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

6 each of the two ensuing fiscal years’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘and the appropriate levels for each of the 3

8 ensuing fiscal years’’;

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

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

11 and inserting ‘‘for the biennium of the resolution

12 and each of the 3’’; and

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

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

15 and inserting ‘‘for the biennium of the resolution

16 and each of the 3’’.

17 (2) Section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b))

18 is amended—

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

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

21 resolution on the budget’’; and

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

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

24 in such biennium’’.
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1 (3) Section 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d))

2 is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable, as pro3 vided by section 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.

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

5 is amended—

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

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

8 (B) by inserting between the second and

9 third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On

10 or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year (or,

11 if applicable, as provided by section 300(b)) the

12 Committee on the Budget of each House shall re13 port to its House the concurrent resolution on

14 the budget referred to in subsection (a) for the bi15 ennium beginning on October 1 of that year.’’;

16 (C) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘such fis17 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of

18 such biennium,’’; and

19 (D) in paragraph (10) by striking ‘‘the fis20 cal year covered’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium

21 covered’’.

22 (5) Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f))

23 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap24 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 (6) Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (U.S.C.

2 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’

3 and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’.

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

5 Act is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

7 (8) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b)

8 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ in the

9 item relating to section 301 and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

10 (d) SECTION 302 COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section

11 302(a)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(2)) is amended by

12 striking ‘‘fiscal year of the resolution and each of the 4 suc13 ceeding fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium of the

14 resolution and each of the 3 succeeding fiscal years’’.

15 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

16 (1) Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(a))

17 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap18 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

19 (2) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b))

20 is amended—

21 (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para22 graph (1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ each place

23 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and
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1 (B) by striking paragraph (2), striking

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

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

4 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO5 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act (2

6 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

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

11 biennium’’.

12 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

14 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘biennium’’.

16 (h) REPORTS AND SUMMARIES OF CONGRESSIONAL

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

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

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

20 (i) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—

21 (1) Section 310(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 641(a))

22 is amended—

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

24 matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting

25 ‘‘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. 641(f))

7 is amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and in8 serting ‘‘for such biennium’’.

9 (j) 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 year

16 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 year’’;

22 and

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

24 and inserting ‘‘budget for either fiscal year in

25 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. 642(b))

15 is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the second

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in

17 such biennium’’.

18 (k) 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 place

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

22 fiscal year occurs’’.

23 (l) DATE OF ADJUSTING ALLOCATIONS.—Section

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

2 by June 15th)’’.

3 SEC. 103. 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 1974

11 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’.

12 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE CON13 GRESS.—

14 (1) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31, Unit15 ed States Code, as precedes paragraph (1) thereof is

16 amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

20 with the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the President shall

21 transmit to the Congress, the budget for the biennium begin22 ning on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget trans23 mitted under this subsection shall include a budget message

24 and summary and supporting information. The President

25 shall include in each budget the following:’’.
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1 (2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States

2 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for

3 which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years

4 after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the

5 biennium for which the budget is submitted and in

6 the succeeding 3 years’’.

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

8 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for

9 which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years

10 after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the

11 biennium for which the budget is submitted and in

12 the succeeding 3 years’’.

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

14 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’

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

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

17 Code, is amended—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in sub19 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

20 the biennium’’; and

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

22 year’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘3 fis23 cal years immediately following the second fiscal

24 year in such biennium’’.
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1 (6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United States

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

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

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

5 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which the

7 budget is submitted’’.

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

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

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

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

12 Code, is amended—

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

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

15 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

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

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

19 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bien20 nium’’.

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

22 States Code, is amended—

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

24 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed

25 fiscal years’’;
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

3 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

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

6 States Code, is amended—

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

8 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed

9 fiscal years’’;

10 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and

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

13 appears and inserting ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.

14 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE AND

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

16 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘each even-numbered year’’.

18 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DEFI19 CIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States Code,

20 is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it ap22 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;

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

24 case may be,’’ after ‘‘current fiscal year’’; and
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘that

2 period’’.

3 (e) STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN

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

5 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien6 nium’’.

7 (f) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section 1105(e)

8 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘en9 suing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium to which such

10 budget relates’’.

11 (g) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

12 CHANGES.—

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

14 Code, is amended—

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

16 by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien17 nium’’;

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

20 biennium’’;

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

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

23 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

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

25 (3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
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1 (2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States

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

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

4 (h) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI5 MATES.—

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

7 Code, is amended—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first Mon9 day after January 3 of each year (on or before

10 February 5 in 1994)’’ and inserting ‘‘At the

11 same time the budget required by section 1105 is

12 submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

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

16 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘March 1 of each year’’

17 and inserting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s

18 budget submission for each odd-numbered year (or, if

19 applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974)’’.

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

23 is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien25 nium (beginning on or after October 1, 1995)’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘year before the year in which

2 the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second calendar

3 year preceding the calendar year in which the bien4 nium begins’’.

5 (j) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV6 ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is

7 amended—

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

9 inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi10 ennium beginning on October 1, 1994, the’’; and

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

12 appears.

13 SEC. 104. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

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

16 following new section:

17 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

19 Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint res20 olution, amendment, or conference report that authorizes

21 appropriations for a period of less than 2 fiscal years, un22 less the program, project, or activity for which the funds

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

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

25 set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and
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1 Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding

2 after the item relating to section 313 the following new item:

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

3 Subtitle B—Additional Budget

4 Process Changes

5 SEC. 111. CBO REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.

6 Section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

7 is amended by—

8 (1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);

9 and

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

11 ‘‘(c) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—The Congres12 sional Budget Office shall, as soon as practicable after the

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

14 analysis comparing revenues, spending, and the deficit for

15 the current fiscal year to assumptions included in the Con16 gressional budget resolution. In preparing this report, the

17 Congressional Budget Office shall combine actual budget

18 figures to date with projected revenue and spending for the

19 balance of the fiscal year. The Congressional Budget Office

20 shall include any other information in this report that it

21 deems useful for a full understanding of the current fiscal

22 position of the Federal Government. The reports mandated

23 by this subsection shall be transmitted by the Director to

24 the Senate and House Committees on the Budget, and the
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1 Congressional Budget Office shall make such reports avail2 able to any interested party upon request.’’.

3 SEC. 112. BYRD RULE CLARIFICATIONS.

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

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

6 section 904(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are

7 amended by inserting ‘‘313,’’ after ‘‘306,’’.

8 (b) BYRD RULE CLARIFICATIONS.—Section 313 of the

9 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘, includ11 ing changes in outlays and revenues brought about by

12 changes in the terms and conditions under which out13 lays are made or revenues are required to be col14 lected’’;

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

16 subsections (e) and (f);

17 (3) by redesignating subsection (c), the second

18 time it appears, as subsection (d) and inserting before

19 ‘‘When’’ the following:

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

21 (4) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by para22 graph (3))—

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

24 and
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1 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as

2 paragraph (3) and inserting after paragraph (1)

3 the following:

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

5 provision producing an increase in outlays in any

6 fiscal year shall be considered extraneous if the net ef7 fect of provisions affecting outlays reported by the

8 conferees would cause a Senate committee to fail to

9 achieve its outlay instruction, and

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

11 provision producing a reduction in revenues in any

12 fiscal year shall be considered extraneous if the net ef13 fect of provisions affecting revenues reported by the

14 conferees would cause a Senate committee to fail to

15 achieve its revenue instruction, and’’.

16 SEC. 113. GAO ASSISTANCE WITH AUTHORIZATIONS AND

17 OVERSIGHT.

18 Section 717 of title 31, United States Code, is amended

19 by adding at the end thereof the following:

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

21 Comptroller General shall give priority to requests from

22 Congress for audits and evaluations of Government pro23 grams and activities.’’.
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1 TITLE II—REFORM OF THE

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

3 TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL

4 COVERAGE ACT

5 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Coverage

7 Act’’.

8 SEC. 302. FINDINGS AND IMPACT STUDY.

9 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—

10 (1) employees of Senate offices are entitled to

11 basic rights and protections in their workplaces;

12 (2) the Senate has made substantial progress in

13 ensuring such rights and protections by extending to

14 employees of Senate offices the provisions of the Civil

15 Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em16 ployment Act of 1967, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,

17 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the

18 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993;

19 (3) the Senate should expand upon the base of

20 rights and protections established under such Acts by

21 extending fair employment standards and safety and

22 health provisions to employees of Senate offices;

23 (4) the extension of the rights and protections es24 tablished under such standards and provisions must

25 be accomplished in a manner consistent with fun-
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1 damental constitutional principles and the Senate’s

2 unique history, status, and function in the United

3 States system of representational democracy; and

4 (5) the extension of the rights and protections

5 provided by this title affecting the members of the

6 Capitol Police force must be accomplished in a man7 ner that ensures that police assigned to either the

8 House of Representatives or the Senate are treated in

9 a consistent manner.

10 (b) IMPACT STUDY.—Not later than January 1, 1995,

11 the General Accounting Office, in consultation with the

12 Congressional Budget Office, shall prepare and submit to

13 the Senate a study of the impact of implementing this title.

14 This title shall not take effect until 90 days after the date

15 the study is submitted to the Senate.

16 SEC. 303. DEFINITIONS.

17 As used in this title:

18 (1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the

19 Director of the Office.

20 (2) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means—

21 (A) any individual whose pay is disbursed

22 by the Secretary of the Senate and who is em23 ployed by—

24 (i) the personal office of a Senator;
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1 (ii) a standing, select, special, perma2 nent, temporary, or other committee of the

3 Senate, or a joint committee of Congress;

4 (iii) the Office of the Vice President (as

5 President of the Senate), the Office of the

6 President pro tempore, the Office of the Ma7 jority Leader, the Office of the Minority

8 Leader, the Office of the Majority Whip, the

9 Office of the Minority Whip, the Conference

10 of the Majority, the Office of the Secretary

11 of the Conference of the Majority, the Con12 ference of the Minority, the Office of the

13 Secretary of the Conference of the Minority,

14 the Office of the Secretary for the Majority,

15 the Office of the Secretary for the Minority,

16 the Majority Policy Committee, and the Mi17 nority Policy Committee;

18 (iv) the Office of the Secretary of the

19 Senate, the Office of the Sergeant at Arms

20 and Doorkeeper, the Office of the Chaplain,

21 the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the

22 Senate, and the Office of the Senate Legal

23 Counsel;

24 (v) the United States Senate Caucus

25 on International Narcotics Control; and
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1 (vi) the Office;

2 (B) in the case of an individual alleging a

3 violation described in paragraph (6)(A), any ap4 plicant for a position that will last 90 days or

5 more and that is to be occupied by an individual

6 described in subparagraph (A);

7 (C) in the case of an individual alleging a

8 violation described in paragraph (A) or (B) of

9 paragraph (6), any individual who was formerly

10 an individual described in subparagraph (A)

11 and whose claim of a violation arises out of the

12 individual’s employment by an employing office;

13 and

14 (D) in the case of an individual alleging a

15 violation described in paragraph (6)(C), any in16 dividual described in subparagraph (A) who has

17 been employed—

18 (i) for at least 12 months on other than

19 a temporary or intermittent basis by any

20 employing office; and

21 (ii) for at least 1,250 hours of service

22 during the previous 12-month period.

23 (3) EMPLOYING OFFICE.—The term ‘‘employing

24 office’’ means an office or entity described in para25 graph (2)(A).
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1 (4) HEAD OF EMPLOYING OFFICE.—The term

2 ‘‘head of employing office’’ means the individual who

3 has final authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and

4 set the terms, conditions, or privileges of the employ5 ment of an employee by an employing office.

6 (5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’, without further

7 modification, means the Office of Employee Rights

8 and Protections established under section 305(a).

9 (6) VIOLATION.—The term ‘‘violation’’ means—

10 (A) a personnel action that violates section

11 304(a)(2);

12 (B) an act that violates a protection de13 scribed in section 304(b); and

14 (C) an act that violates a right or protec15 tion described in section 304(c).

16 SEC. 304. RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS.

17 (a) CIVIL RIGHTS.—

18 (1) POLICY OF THE SENATE.—It is the policy of

19 the Senate that the employees of Senate offices are en20 titled to basic civil rights protections in the work21 place.

22 (2) PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.—All

23 personnel actions affecting an employee shall be made

24 free from any discrimination based on—
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1 (A) race, color, religion, sex, or national or2 igin, within the meaning of section 717 of the

3 Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16);

4 (B) age, within the meaning of section 15

5 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of

6 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a); or

7 (C) handicap or disability, within the

8 meaning of section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act

9 of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791) and sections 102

10 through 104 of the Americans with Disabilities

11 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12112–14).

12 (b) LABOR.—The protections established under—

13 (1) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29

14 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) (as limited by the exemptions

15 specified in section 13 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 213)

16 and except with respect to any employee whose work

17 schedule is dependent upon the legislative schedule of

18 the Senate); or

19 (2) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of

20 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.);

21 shall apply with respect to an employee and an employing

22 office, as provided in regulations issued under section

23 306(a).

24 (c) FAMILY LEAVE.—
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1 (1) APPLICATION.—The rights and protections

2 established under sections 101 through 105 of the

3 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C.

4 2601 et seq.) shall apply with respect to an employee

5 and an employing office.

6 (2) TERMS USED.—For purposes of the applica7 tion of sections 101 through 105 of the Family and

8 Medical Leave Act of 1993 by this subsection—

9 (A) the term ‘‘eligible employee’’ as used in

10 such sections means an employee; and

11 (B) the term ‘‘employer’’ as used in such

12 sections means an employing office.

13 SEC. 305. OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND PROTEC14 TIONS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established, as an office of

16 the Senate, the Office of Employee Rights and Protections,

17 which shall—

18 (1) administer the processes set forth in sections

19 308 through 310;

20 (2) issue the regulations described in section

21 306(a);

22 (3) conduct the study described in section 306(b);

23 and
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1 (4) implement programs for the Senate to height2 en awareness of employee rights in order to prevent

3 violations from occurring.

4 (b) DIRECTOR.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed by

6 a Director who shall be appointed by the President

7 pro tempore, upon the recommendation of the Major8 ity Leader, in consultation with the Minority Leader.

9 The appointment shall be made without regard to po10 litical affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to

11 perform the duties of the position. The Director shall

12 be appointed for a term of service that shall expire at

13 the end of the Congress following the Congress during

14 which the Director is appointed. A Director may be

15 reappointed at the termination of any term of service.

16 The President pro tempore, upon the recommendation

17 of the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Mi18 nority Leader, may remove the Director at any time.

19 (2) SALARY.—The President pro tempore, upon

20 the recommendation of the Majority Leader in con21 sultation with the Minority Leader, shall establish the

22 rate of pay for the Director. The salary of the Direc23 tor may not be reduced during the employment of the

24 Director and shall be increased at the same time and

25 in the same manner as fixed statutory salary rates
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1 within the Senate are adjusted as a result of annual

2 comparability increases.

3 (3) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR.—The first Di4 rector shall be appointed and begin service within 90

5 days after the date of enactment of this title, and

6 thereafter the Director shall be appointed and begin

7 service within 30 days after the beginning of the ses8 sion of the Congress immediately following the termi9 nation of a Director’s term of service or within 60

10 days after a vacancy occurs in the position.

11 (c) STAFF OF THE OFFICE.—

12 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Director may appoint

13 and fix the compensation of such additional staff, in14 cluding hearing officers, as are necessary to carry out

15 the duties of the Office.

16 (2) DETAILED PERSONNEL.—The Director may,

17 with the prior consent of the Government department

18 or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and

19 Administration, use on a reimbursable or

20 nonreimbursable basis the services of any such depart21 ment or agency, including the services of members or

22 personnel of the General Accounting Office Personnel

23 Appeals Board.

24 (3) CONSULTANTS.—In carrying out the func25 tions of the Office, the Director may procure the tem-
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1 porary (not to exceed 1 year) or intermittent services

2 of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, in

3 the same manner and under the same conditions as

4 a standing committee of the Senate may procure such

5 services under section 202(i) of the Legislative Reor6 ganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)).

7 (d) EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE.—

8 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In

9 fiscal year 1995, the expenses of the Office shall be

10 paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate from

11 the appropriation account Miscellaneous Items. Be12 ginning in fiscal year 1996, and for each fiscal year

13 thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated for

14 the expenses of the Office such sums as may be nec15 essary to carry out the functions of the Office.

16 (2) ANNUAL BUDGET.—The Director shall submit

17 an annual budget estimate to the Secretary of the

18 Senate for inclusion in the President’s budget.

19 (3) EXPENSES.—In all cases, the expenses de20 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be paid out of the Con21 tingent Fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved

22 by the Director, except that a voucher shall not be re23 quired—

24 (A) for the disbursement of salaries of em25 ployees who are paid at an annual rate; or
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1 (B) in any circumstance in which a voucher

2 is not required under section 1 of the Legislative

3 Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 68–

4 8).

5 (4) COSTS OF ATTENDING PROCEEDINGS.—Sub6 ject to the approval of the Director, an employee with

7 respect to whom a proceeding is held under this title

8 may be reimbursed for actual and reasonable costs of

9 attending the proceeding, consistent with Senate trav10 el regulations. Senate Resolution 259, 100th Congress,

11 agreed to August 5, 1987, shall apply to witnesses ap12 pearing in such a proceeding.

13 (5) ADVANCES.—The Secretary of the Senate is

14 authorized to advance such sums as may be necessary

15 to defray the expenses incurred in carrying out this

16 section.

17 (6) TRAVEL.—The expenses described in para18 graph (1) shall include authorized travel for personnel

19 of the Office.

20 (e) REPRESENTATION BY THE SENATE LEGAL COUN21 SEL.—For the purpose of representation by the Senate

22 Legal Counsel, the Office shall be deemed to be a committee,

23 within the meaning of title VII of the Ethics in Government

24 Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C. 288 et seq.).
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1 SEC. 306. REGULATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT.

2 (a) FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AND OSHA REGULA3 TIONS.—

4 (1) APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS.—

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—

6 (i) FAIR LABOR STANDARDS.—The Di7 rector shall issue regulations regarding—

8 (I) the manner in which the pro9 tections specified in section 304(b)(1)

10 shall apply to employing offices and

11 employees;

12 (II) the remedies available for vio13 lations of the protections described in

14 subclause (I); and

15 (III) the enforcement authorities

16 available with respect to such viola17 tions.

18 (ii) OSHA.—The Director shall issue

19 regulations regarding—

20 (I) the manner in which the occu21 pational safety and health protections

22 provided by section 19(a) of the Occu23 pational Safety and Health Act of

24 1970 (29 U.S.C. 668(a)), and as speci25 fied in section 304(b)(2), shall apply to

26 employing offices and employees; and
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1 (II) the manner in which the au2 thority provided in subsection (c) shall

3 apply to employing offices.

4 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the

5 regulations described in subparagraph (A), the

6 Director shall consider—

7 (i) any appropriate rules issued by the

8 Secretary of Labor and the Office of Person9 nel Management with respect to the provi10 sions specified in section 304(b) and related

11 procedures, remedies, and enforcement au12 thorities, especially rules issued with respect

13 to government employers;

14 (ii) the views of affected parties within

15 the Senate, including heads of employing of16 fices, employees, and appropriate adminis17 trative offices;

18 (iii) the need to maintain the confiden19 tiality of information relating to allega20 tions, and the disposition of allegations, of

21 violations of rights or protections described

22 in subparagraph (A)(i); and

23 (iv) the need to ensure the protections,

24 remedies, and enforcement authorities de25 scribed in subparagraph (A) are consistent
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1 with fundamental constitutional principles

2 and the Senate’s unique history, status, and

3 function in the United States system of rep4 resentative democracy.

5 (C) TIMING.—The Director shall issue pro6 posed regulations as described in subparagraphs

7 (A) and (B) for public comment not later than

8 180 days after the date on which the first Direc9 tor begins service pursuant to section 305(b)(3).

10 The Director shall issue final regulations as de11 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) not earlier

12 than 30 days and not later than 60 days after

13 the date on which the Director issues the pro14 posed regulations. The regulations shall, subject

15 to the approval of the Committee on Rules and

16 Administration, take effect on January 3, 1997.

17 (2) PROCEDURES.—The Director, upon the ap18 proval of the Committee on Rules and Administra19 tion, shall issue regulations governing the procedures

20 of the Office.

21 (3) PUBLICATION AND ISSUANCE.—The Director

22 shall issue the regulations described in paragraphs (1)

23 and (2), in accordance with section 553 of title 5,

24 United States Code. In lieu of publishing a general

25 notice of proposed rulemaking under section 553(b) of
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1 title 5, United States Code, the Director shall submit

2 such notice for publication in the Congressional

3 Record, prior to issuing such regulations. The Direc4 tor shall provide a public comment period of at least

5 30 days prior to issuing the regulations described in

6 paragraph (1) or (2).

7 (4) AMENDMENT.—The regulations described in

8 paragraphs (1) and (2) may be amended in the same

9 manner as is described in paragraphs (1), (2), and

10 (3).

11 (5) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall consult

12 with—

13 (A) the Chairman of the Administrative

14 Conference of the United States;

15 (B) the Secretary of Labor; and

16 (C) the Director of the Office of Personnel

17 Management;

18 on the issuance of regulations.

19 (b) LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.—

20 (1) STUDY.—Beginning after the date on which

21 the Director issues final regulations pursuant to sub22 section (a)(1), the Director shall study and determine

23 the manner and extent to which the protections, pro24 cedures, and remedies of—
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1 (A) chapter 71 of title 5, United States

2 Code; and

3 (B) the Labor Management Relations Act,

4 1947 (29 U.S.C. 141 et seq.) and the National

5 Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.);

6 should apply to the Senate.

7 (2) REPORT.—The Director shall report the find8 ings and conclusions of the study required by para9 graph (1) to the Majority Leader and the Minority

10 Leader not later than 180 days after the date on

11 which the Director issues final regulations pursuant

12 to subsection (a)(1).

13 (c) INSPECTIONS.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with regulations

15 issued pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii), the Office

16 shall inspect the facilities of the Senate in order to

17 ensure compliance with the Occupational Safety and

18 Health Act of 1970.

19 (2) DATE AND SCOPE OF INSPECTIONS.—The Of20 fice shall determine the dates and scope of such in21 spections, in accordance with regulations issued in

22 accordance with subsection (a).

23 (3) REPORT.—After conducting such an inspec24 tion, the Office shall prepare and submit to the Archi25 tect of the Capitol a report, along with copies to the
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1 Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, containing

2 information on the results of the inspection.

3 (d) CIVIL RIGHTS AND FAMILY LEAVE.—The rules

4 adopted pursuant to section 303(e) of the Government Em5 ployee Rights Act of 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1203(e)), as in effect

6 on the day before the repeal required by section 321(a)(2),

7 to the extent such rules are not inconsistent with this title,

8 shall be adopted by the Director and shall govern the man9 ner in which the protections specified in subsections (a) and

10 (c) of section 304 shall apply to employing offices and em11 ployees.

12 SEC. 307. SENATE PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF

13 ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.

14 (a) CIVIL RIGHTS AND FAMILY LEAVE.—The Senate

15 procedure for consideration of alleged violations described

16 in paragraph (6)(A) or (6)(C) of section 303 shall consist

17 of 4 steps as follows:

18 (1) Step I, counseling, as set forth in section 308.

19 (2) Step II, mediation, as set forth in section

20 309.

21 (3) Step III, formal complaint and hearing by

22 a hearing board, as set forth in section 310.

23 (4) Step IV, review of a hearing board decision,

24 as set forth in section 311 or 313.
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1 (b) FAIR LABOR STANDARDS.—The Senate procedure

2 for consideration of alleged violations of rights described in

3 section 304(b)(1) shall consist of procedures developed pur4 suant to section 306(a) and subject to review under section

5 313.

6 (c) OSHA.—The Senate procedure for consideration of

7 alleged violations of rights described in section 304(b)(2)

8 shall consist of procedures developed pursuant to section

9 306(a).

10 SEC. 308. STEP I: COUNSELING.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—

12 (1) REQUEST.—A Senate employee alleging a

13 violation described in paragraph (6)(A) or (6)(C) of

14 section 303 may request counseling by the Office. The

15 Office shall provide the employee with all relevant in16 formation with respect to the rights of the employee.

17 (2) LIMITATION.—

18 (A) CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.—A request

19 for counseling with respect to a violation de20 scribed in section 303(6)(A) shall be made not

21 later than 180 days after the alleged violation

22 forming the basis of the request for counseling oc23 curred. No request for such counseling may be

24 made until the date on which the first Director

25 begins service pursuant to section 305(b)(3).
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1 (B) FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE VIOLA2 TIONS.—A request for counseling with respect to

3 a violation described in section 303(6)(C) shall

4 be made not later than 2 years after the date of

5 the last event constituting the alleged violation

6 for which the counseling is requested, or not later

7 than 3 years after such date in the case of a will8 ful violation described in section 303(6)(C). No

9 request for such counseling may be made until

10 the date on which the first Director begins serv11 ice pursuant to section 305(b)(3).

12 (b) PERIOD OF COUNSELING.—The period for counsel13 ing shall be 30 days unless the employee and the Office

14 agree to reduce the period. The period shall begin on the

15 date the request for counseling is received.

16 SEC. 309. STEP II: MEDIATION.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after the

18 end of the counseling period, the employee may file a request

19 for mediation with the Office. Mediation may include the

20 Office, the employee, and the employing office in a process

21 involving meetings with the parties separately or jointly for

22 the purpose of resolving the dispute between the employee

23 and the employing office.

24 (b) MEDIATION PERIOD.—The mediation period shall

25 be 30 days beginning on the date the request for mediation
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1 is received and may be extended for an additional 30 days

2 at the discretion of the Office. The Office shall notify the

3 employee and the head of the employing office when the me4 diation period has ended.

5 SEC. 310. STEP III: FORMAL COMPLAINT AND HEARING.

6 (a) FORMAL COMPLAINT AND REQUEST FOR HEAR7 ING.—Not later than 30 days after the Office notifies the

8 employee of the end of the mediation period, the employee

9 may file a formal complaint with the Office against the em10 ploying office. No complaint may be filed unless the em11 ployee has made a timely request for counseling and has

12 completed the procedures set forth in sections 308 and 309.

13 (b) HEARING BOARD.—A board of 3 independent hear14 ing officers (referred to in this title as a ‘‘hearing board’’),

15 who are not Senators or officers or employees of the Senate

16 and at least one of whom is a member of the bar or a retired

17 judge, chosen by the Director from a master list on a ran18 dom basis shall be assigned to consider each complaint filed

19 under this section. One of the hearing officers who is a mem20 ber of the bar or a retired judge shall be designated by the

21 Director as presiding hearing officer of the hearing board.

22 The Director shall develop the master list after considering

23 any candidates who are recommended to the Director by

24 the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Ad25 ministrative Conference of the United States, or organiza-
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1 tions composed primarily of individuals experienced in ad2 judicating or arbitrating personnel matters. A hearing

3 board shall act by majority vote.

4 (c) DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS.—Prior to a hearing under

5 subsection (d), a hearing board may dismiss any claim that

6 fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

7 (d) HEARING.—A hearing shall be conducted—

8 (1) in closed session on the record by a hearing

9 board;

10 (2) no later than 30 days after filing of the com11 plaint under subsection (a), except that the Office

12 may, for good cause, extend up to an additional 60

13 days the time for conducting a hearing; and

14 (3) except as specifically provided in this title

15 and to the greatest extent practicable, in accordance

16 with the principles and procedures set forth in sec17 tions 554 through 557 of title 5, United States Code.

18 (e) DISCOVERY.—Reasonable prehearing discovery

19 may be permitted at the discretion of the hearing board.

20 (f) SUBPOENA.—

21 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—A hearing board may au22 thorize subpoenas, which shall be issued by the presid23 ing hearing officer on behalf of the hearing board, for

24 the attendance of witnesses at proceedings of the hear-
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1 ing board and for the production of correspondence,

2 books, papers, documents, and other records.

3 (2) OBJECTIONS.—If a witness refuses, on the

4 basis of relevance, privilege, or other objection, to tes5 tify in response to a question or to produce records

6 in connection with the proceedings of a hearing

7 board, the hearing board shall rule on the objection.

8 At the request of the witness, the employee, or employ9 ing office, or on its own initiative, the hearing board

10 may refer the objection to the Select Committee on

11 Ethics for a ruling.

12 (3) ENFORCEMENT.—The Select Committee on

13 Ethics may make to the Senate any recommendations

14 by report or resolution, including recommendations

15 for criminal or civil enforcement by or on behalf of

16 the Office, which the Select Committee on Ethics may

17 consider appropriate with respect to—

18 (A) the failure or refusal of any person to

19 appear in proceedings under this title or to

20 produce records in obedience to a subpoena or

21 order of the hearing board; or

22 (B) the failure or refusal of any person to

23 answer questions during his or her appearance

24 as a witness in a proceeding under this section.
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1 For purposes of section 1365 of title 28, United States

2 Code, the Office shall be deemed to be a committee of

3 the Senate.

4 (g) DECISION.—The hearing board shall issue a writ5 ten decision as expeditiously as possible, but in no case

6 more than 45 days after the conclusion of the hearing. The

7 written decision shall be transmitted by the Office to the

8 employee and the employing office. The decision shall state

9 the issues raised by the complaint, describe the evidence in

10 the record, and contain a determination as to whether a

11 violation has occurred.

12 (h) REMEDIES.—

13 (1) CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.—If the hearing

14 board determines that a violation described in section

15 303(6)(A), other than a violation based on age, has

16 occurred, it shall order such remedies as would be ap17 propriate if awarded under section 706 (g) and (k)

18 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5

19 (g) and (k)), and may also order the award of such

20 compensatory damages as would be appropriate if

21 awarded under section 1977 and section 1977A (a)

22 and (b)(2) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981

23 and 1981A (a) and (b)(2)). In the case of a deter24 mination that a violation described in section

25 303(6)(A) based on age has occurred, the hearing
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1 board shall order such remedies as would be appro2 priate if awarded under section 15(c) of the Age Dis3 crimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C.

4 633a(c)).

5 (2) FAMILY LEAVE.—The remedies applicable to

6 individuals who demonstrate a violation described in

7 section 303(6)(C) shall be such remedies as would be

8 appropriate if awarded under paragraph (1) or (3)

9 of section 107(a) of the Family and Medical Leave

10 Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2617(a)).

11 (3) ORDER REQUIRING PAYMENT OF MONEY.—

12 Any order requiring the payment of money under this

13 subsection must be approved by a Senate Resolution

14 reported by the Committee on Rules and Administra15 tion.

16 (4) PROHIBITION ON PUNITIVE DAMAGES.—The

17 hearing board shall have no authority to award puni18 tive damages.

19 (5) LIMIT ON NONPECUNIARY LOSSES.—The sum

20 of the amount of compensatory damages awarded

21 under this subsection for future pecuniary losses, emo22 tional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish,

23 loss of enjoyment of life, and other nonpecuniary

24 losses shall not exceed, for each employee filing a com25 plaint under subsection (a), $300,000.
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1 (i) PRECEDENT AND INTERPRETATIONS.—Hearing

2 boards shall be guided by judicial decisions under the Acts

3 referred to in section 304 and subsection (h) of this section,

4 as well as the precedents developed by the Select Committee

5 on Ethics under section 311, and other Senate precedents.

6 SEC. 311. REVIEW BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—An employee or the head of an em8 ploying office may request that the Select Committee on

9 Ethics (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Committee’’) re10 view a decision under section 310, including any decision

11 following a remand under subsection (c), by filing a request

12 for review with the Office not later than 10 days after the

13 hearing board notifies the parties of its decision. The Office,

14 at the discretion of the Director, on its own initiative and

15 for good cause, may file a request for review by the Commit16 tee of a decision of a hearing board not later than 5 days

17 after the time for the employee to file a request for review

18 has expired. The Office shall transmit a copy of any request

19 for review under this subsection to the Committee and no20 tify the interested parties of the filing of the request for re21 view.

22 (b) REVIEW.—Review under this section shall be based

23 on the record of the hearing board. The Committee shall

24 adopt and publish in the Congressional Record procedures

25 for requests for review under this section.
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1 (c) REMAND.—Within the time for a decision under

2 subsection (d), the Committee may remand a decision no

3 more than one time to the hearing board for the purpose

4 of supplementing the record or for further consideration.

5 (d) FINAL DECISION.—

6 (1) HEARING BOARD.—If no timely request for

7 review is filed under subsection (a), the Office shall

8 enter as a final decision, the decision of the hearing

9 board.

10 (2) SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.—

11 (A) DECISION.—If the Committee does not

12 remand under subsection (c), it shall transmit a

13 written final decision to the Office for entry in

14 the records of the Office. The Committee shall

15 transmit the decision not later than 60 calendar

16 days during which the Senate is in session after

17 the filing of a request for review under subsection

18 (a). The Committee may extend for 15 calendar

19 days during which the Senate is in session the

20 period for transmission to the Office of a final

21 decision.

22 (B) FINAL DECISION ABSENT REMAND OR

23 REVERSAL.—The decision of the hearing board

24 shall be deemed to be a final decision, and en25 tered in the records of the Office as a final deci-
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1 sion, unless a majority of the Committee votes to

2 reverse or remand the decision of the hearing

3 board within the time for transmission to the Of4 fice of a final decision.

5 (C) FINAL DECISION IF COMMITTEE DE6 CIDES NOT TO REVIEW.—The decision of the

7 hearing board shall be deemed to be a final deci8 sion, and entered in the records of the Office as

9 a final decision, if the Committee, in its discre10 tion, decides not to review, pursuant to a request

11 for review under subsection (a), a decision of the

12 hearing board, and notifies the interested parties

13 of such decision.

14 (3) ENTRY OF A FINAL DECISION.—The entry of

15 a final decision in the records of the Office shall con16 stitute a final decision for purposes of judicial review

17 under section 313.

18 (e) STATEMENT OF REASONS.—Any decision of the

19 Committee under subsection (c) or subsection (d)(2)(A) shall

20 contain a written statement of the reasons for the Commit21 tee’s decision.

22 SEC. 312. RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINT.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—If, after a formal complaint is filed

24 under section 310, the employee and the head of the employ25 ing office resolve the issues involved, the employee may dis-
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1 miss the complaint or the parties may enter into a written

2 agreement, subject to the approval of the Director.

3 (b) ACCOUNT.—

4 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in

5 the Contingent Fund of the Senate a ‘‘Settlements

6 and Awards Reserve’’ appropriation account—

7 (A) into which shall be deposited appro8 priated funds and amounts transferred by the

9 Secretary of the Senate from funds available to

10 the Secretary for disbursement by the Secretary;

11 and

12 (B) that shall be available as provided in

13 paragraph (2).

14 (2) PAYMENTS.—The appropriation account es15 tablished by paragraph (1) shall be available for the

16 payment of awards under section 311 or 313 and

17 payments pursuant to agreements under subsection

18 (a).

19 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

20 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as

21 are necessary for the purposes of paragraph (2).

22 (c) SETTLEMENTS.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, at any time after an em24 ployee files a formal complaint under section 310

25 with the Office—
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1 (A) such employee and the head of an em2 ploying office resolve the issues involved and

3 enter into a written settlement agreement requir4 ing the payment of money as provided in para5 graph (7); and

6 (B) the agreement is approved by the Direc7 tor;

8 the Director shall submit the agreement, together with

9 a letter of advice by the Director that the agreement

10 is reasonable and appropriate, to the Chairman and

11 Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Rules

12 and Administration (referred to in this section as the

13 ‘‘Chairman and Ranking Member’’) for approval.

14 (2) REVIEW BY SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL.—Such

15 settlement agreement that includes any provision re16 garding Senate payment of a Senate employee’s attor17 ney’s fees shall be forwarded by the Director to the

18 Senate Legal Counsel who shall also review that pro19 vision and advise the Chairman and Ranking Mem20 ber whether that provision is reasonable and appro21 priate.

22 (3) DISAPPROVAL.—If the Chairman and Rank23 ing Member disapprove the agreement, the agreement

24 shall be returned to the Director with a written expla25 nation for the disapproval. Following such dis-
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1 approval, a new or revised agreement that is ap2 proved by the Director may be submitted by the Di3 rector to the Chairman and Ranking Member, and, if

4 appropriate, forwarded to the Senate Legal Counsel,

5 in the same manner as the original. If the Chairman

6 and Ranking Member disapprove such a new or re7 vised agreement, such agreement shall be returned to

8 the Director with a written explanation and such in9 structions as the Chairman and Ranking Member

10 may consider to be appropriate.

11 (4) APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT.—If the Chair12 man and Ranking Member approve the agreement,

13 the payment of money under the terms of such agree14 ment may be authorized as provided in paragraph

15 (7).

16 (5) PERIOD FOR HEARING.—The time necessary

17 to complete the procedures under paragraphs (1)(B),

18 (2), and (3) shall be excluded in calculating the pe19 riod within which a hearing shall be conducted under

20 section 310.

21 (6) APPROVAL OF PAYMENTS.—If, upon the con22 clusion of all proceedings conducted pursuant to sec23 tion 310, and upon the conclusion of any proceeding

24 conducted pursuant to section 311 or 313 (with re25 spect to a proceeding under section 310 or 311), there
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1 is a final order requiring the payment of money, the

2 Chairman and Ranking Member may (notwithstand3 ing section 310(h)(3)) approve and authorize the pay4 ment of money as provided in paragraph (7). The

5 Senate Legal Counsel shall provide such advice and

6 assistance as the Chairman and Ranking Member

7 may request for the purposes of this paragraph.

8 (7) ACCOUNT.—The payment of any monetary

9 amount approved as part of a settlement agreement

10 approved under paragraph (4) and any payment

11 pursuant to an order under paragraph (6) shall be

12 paid from the Contingent Fund of the Senate from

13 the appropriations account established by subsection

14 (b), upon vouchers approved by the Chairman and

15 Ranking Member.

16 (8) INFORMATION.—The Chairman and Ranking

17 Member, the Senate Legal Counsel, and the Director

18 may review information necessary to carry out the

19 provisions of this title notwithstanding the provisions

20 of section 315.

21 (9) APPLICATION.—The provisions of this title

22 shall apply to an allegation of a violation, including

23 an allegation of an unlawful employment practice de24 scribed in section 314.
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1 SEC. 313. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any party aggrieved by a final de3 cision entered pursuant to the provisions of section

4 311(d)(2), or by a final decision entered after a proceeding

5 required by regulations issued under section 306(a)(1)(A)(i)

6 with respect to a violation of rights described in section

7 304(b)(1), may petition for review by the United States

8 Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. A decision may

9 not be reviewed under this section unless a timely request

10 for review of such decision was filed.

11 (b) LAW APPLICABLE.—Chapter 158 of title 28, United

12 States Code, shall apply to a review under this section, ex13 cept that—

14 (1) service of the petition shall be on the employ15 ing office or the employee, as appropriate, and on the

16 Senate Legal Counsel;

17 (2) the petition for review shall be filed not later

18 than 90 days after the entry in the Office of a final

19 decision described in subsection (a); and

20 (3)(A) the employing office or the employee, as

21 appropriate, shall be the respondent in any proceed22 ing under this section;

23 (B) the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment

24 shall represent the employing office upon its consent;

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1 (C) the Senate Legal Counsel may intervene in

2 such review, in the name of the Senate, or in the

3 name of the Office, in accordance with section 703(c)

4 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C.

5 288b(c)).

6 (c) STANDARD OF REVIEW.—

7 (1) SCOPE.—To the extent necessary to decision

8 and when presented, the court shall decide all relevant

9 questions of law and interpret constitutional and

10 statutory provisions.

11 (2) STANDARD.—The court shall set aside the

12 final decision if it is determined that the decision

13 was—

14 (A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis15 cretion, or otherwise not consistent with law;

16 (B) not made consistent with required pro17 cedures; or

18 (C) unsupported by substantial evidence.

19 (3) RECORD.—In making the foregoing deter20 minations, the court shall review the whole record, or

21 those parts of it cited by a party, and due account

22 shall be taken of the rule of prejudicial error. The

23 record on review shall include the record before, and

24 the decision of, the hearing board described in section

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1 decisionmaker in the proceeding described in sub2 section (a).

3 (d) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—If an employee is the prevail4 ing party in a proceeding under this section alleging a vio5 lation of paragraph 6(A) of section 303, attorney’s fees may

6 be allowed by the court in accordance with any standards

7 prescribed under section 706(k) of the Civil Rights Act of

8 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(k)). If an employee is the prevail9 ing party in a proceeding under this section alleging a vio10 lation of paragraph 6(C) of section 303, attorney’s fees may

11 be allowed by the court in accordance with any standards

12 prescribed under section 107(a)(3) of the Family and Medi13 cal Leave Act of 1993.

14 (e) OTHER REVIEW.—No employee may commence a

15 judicial proceeding to redress discriminatory practices pro16 hibited under section 304(a) or to enforce the protections

17 established under subsection (b)(1) or (c) of section 304, ex18 cept as provided in this section.

19 SEC. 314. PROHIBITION OF INTIMIDATION.

20 Any intimidation of, or reprisal against, any employee

21 by any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate because

22 of the exercise of a right under this title constitutes an un23 lawful employment practice, which may be remedied in the

24 same manner under this title as is a violation.
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1 SEC. 315. CONFIDENTIALITY.

2 (a) COUNSELING.—All counseling conducted under

3 this title shall be strictly confidential except that the Office

4 and the employee may agree to notify the head of the em5 ploying office of the allegations.

6 (b) MEDIATION.—All mediation conducted under this

7 title shall be strictly confidential.

8 (c) HEARINGS.—Except as provided in subsections (d)

9 and (e), the hearings, deliberations, and decisions of hearing

10 boards and the Select Committee on Ethics, shall be con11 fidential.

12 (d) FINAL DECISION OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON ETH13 ICS.—The final decision of the Select Committee on Ethics

14 under section 311 shall be made public if the decision is

15 in favor of the complaining Senate employee or if the deci16 sion reverses a decision of the hearing board which had been

17 in favor of the employee. The Select Committee on Ethics

18 may decide to release any other decision at its discretion.

19 In the absence of a proceeding under section 311, a decision

20 of the hearing board that is favorable to the employee shall

21 be made public.

22 (e) RELEASE OF RECORDS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.—

23 The records and decisions of such hearing boards and

24 decisionmakers may be made public if required for the pur25 pose of judicial review under section 313.
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1 SEC. 316. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.

2 Except for section 313, the provisions of this title are

3 enacted by the Senate as an exercise of the rulemaking

4 power of the Senate, with full recognition of the right of

5 the Senate to change its rules, in the same manner, and

6 to the same extent, as in the case of any other rule of the

7 Senate. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, en8 forcement and adjudication with respect to alleged viola9 tions arising out of employment within the Senate shall be

10 within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Senate.

11 SEC. 317. POLITICAL AFFILIATION AND PLACE OF RESI12 DENCE.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be a violation described

14 in section 303(6)(A) to consider the—

15 (1) party affiliation;

16 (2) domicile; or

17 (3) political compatibility with the employing

18 office;

19 of an employee described in subsection (b) with respect to

20 employment decisions.

21 (b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

22 term ‘‘employee’’ means—

23 (1) an employee on the staff of the Senate leader24 ship;

25 (2) an employee on the staff of a committee or

26 subcommittee;
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1 (3) an employee on the staff of a Member of the

2 Senate;

3 (4) an officer or employee of the Senate elected

4 by the Senate or appointed by a Member, other than

5 those described in paragraphs (1) through (3); or

6 (5) an applicant for a position that is to be oc7 cupied by an individual described in any of para8 graphs (1) through (4).

9 SEC. 318. RULE XLII OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE

10 SENATE.

11 Notwithstanding any provision of this title, including

12 any provision authorizing orders for remedies to Senate em13 ployees to redress employment discrimination, the Select

14 Committee on Ethics shall retain full power, in accordance

15 with its authority under Senate Resolution 338, 88th Con16 gress, agreed to July 24, 1964, with respect to disciplinary

17 action against a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate

18 for a violation of rule XLII of the Standing Rules of the

19 Senate.

20 SEC. 319. REPORTS OF SENATE COMMITTEES.

21 Each report accompanying a bill or joint resolution

22 of a public character reported by any committee of the Sen23 ate (except the Committee on Appropriations and the Com24 mittee on the Budget) shall contain a listing of the provi25 sions of the bill or joint resolution that apply to the Senate
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1 and an evaluation of the impact of such provisions on the

2 Senate.

3 SEC. 320. APPLICABILITY.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The protections established pursu5 ant to section 304(b) shall apply only to the extent provided

6 in regulations issued under this title and in accordance

7 with procedures established by such regulations.

8 (b) RETROACTIVITY.—This title shall not apply with

9 respect to violations of the protections described in section

10 304(b) that occur prior to the effective date of the regula11 tions issued pursuant to section 306(a)(1)(A).

12 SEC. 321. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

13 (a) CIVIL RIGHTS REMEDIES.—

14 (1) Sections 301 and 302 of the Government Em15 ployee Rights Act of 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1201 and 1202)

16 are amended to read as follows:

17 ‘‘SEC. 301. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT OF 1991.

18 ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the

19 ‘Government Employee Rights Act of 1991’.

20 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to provide

21 procedures to protect the rights of certain government em22 ployees, with respect to their public employment, to be free

23 of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,

24 national origin, age, or disability.
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1 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this title, the term

2 ‘violation’ means a practice that violates section 302(a) of

3 this title.

4 ‘‘SEC. 302. DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES PROHIBITED.

5 ‘‘(a) PRACTICES.—All personnel actions affecting the

6 appointees described in section 303(a)(1) or the individuals

7 described in section 304(a) shall be made free from any dis8 crimination based on—

9 ‘‘(1) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin,

10 within the meaning of section 717 of the Civil Rights

11 Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16);

12 ‘‘(2) age, within the meaning of section 15 of the

13 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29

14 U.S.C. 633a); or

15 ‘‘(3) handicap or disability, within the meaning

16 of section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29

17 U.S.C. 791) and sections 102 through 104 of the

18 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

19 12112–14).

20 ‘‘(b) REMEDIES.—The remedies referred to in sections

21 303(a) and 304(a)—

22 ‘‘(1) may include, in the case of a determination

23 that a violation, other than a violation based on age,

24 has occurred, such remedies as would be appropriate

25 if awarded under section 706 (g) and (k) of the Civil
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1 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5 (g) and (k)),

2 and such compensatory damages as would be appro3 priate if awarded under section 1977 and section

4 1977A (a) and (b)(2) of the Revised Statutes (42

5 U.S.C. 1981 and 1981A (a) and (b)(2));

6 ‘‘(2) may include, in the case of a determination

7 that a violation based on age has occurred, such rem8 edies as would be appropriate if awarded under sec9 tion 15(c) of the Age Discrimination in Employment

10 Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a(c)); and

11 ‘‘(3) may not include punitive damages.’’.

12 (2) Sections 303 through 319, and sections 322,

13 324, and 325 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (2

14 U.S.C. 1203 et seq. and 1221, 1223, and 1224) are

15 repealed.

16 (3) Sections 320 and 321 of the Civil Rights Act

17 of 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1219 and 1220) are redesignated as

18 sections 303 and 304, respectively.

19 (4) Sections 303 and 304 of the Civil Rights Act

20 of 1991, as so redesignated, are each amended by

21 striking ‘‘and 307(h) of this title’’.

22 (5) Section 1205 of the Supplemental Appropria23 tions Act of 1993 (2 U.S.C. 1207a) is repealed.

24 (6) Senate Resolution 139, 103d Congress, agreed

25 to August 4, 1993, is repealed.
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1 (b) FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993.—Sec2 tion 501 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (2

3 U.S.C. 60m) is repealed.

4 (c) APPLICATION.—On the date on which the Director

5 of the Office of Employee Rights and Protections begins

6 service pursuant to section 305(b)(3) of this title, the au7 thority of sections 303 through 319, and sections 322, 324,

8 and 325 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, section 501 of the

9 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, section 1205 of the

10 Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993, and Senate Res11 olution 139, 103d Congress, agreed to August 4, 1993, shall

12 terminate with respect to employees and employing offices.

13 SEC. 322. SAVINGS PROVISION.

14 If, on the date this title takes effect with respect to a

15 violation, an employee to whom this title applies—

16 (1) has requested counseling with respect to such

17 violation pursuant to the Government Employee

18 Rights Act of 1991—

19 (A) if the counseling period has not ended—

20 (i) the authority of such Act shall con21 tinue with respect to the employee and the

22 employing office of the employee, until the

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1 (ii) the employee shall participate in

2 such counseling, as provided in such Act;

3 and

4 (iii) if the employee completes the

5 counseling, the employee shall be deemed to

6 have complied with the requirements of sec7 tion 308, and shall not be eligible to par8 ticipate in mediation under such Act; and

9 (B) if the counseling period has ended and

10 the employee would otherwise be eligible to re11 quest mediation pursuant to the Government

12 Employee Rights Act of 1991, the employee shall

13 be deemed to have complied with the require14 ments of section 308, and shall not be eligible to

15 request mediation under such Act;

16 (2) has requested mediation with respect to such

17 violation pursuant to the Government Employee

18 Rights Act of 1991—

19 (A) if the mediation period has not ended—

20 (i) the authority of such Act shall con21 tinue with respect to the employee and the

22 employing office of the employee, until the

23 end of the mediation period;

24 (ii) the employee and the employing of25 fice of the employee shall continue to par-
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1 ticipate in such mediation, as provided in

2 such Act; and

3 (iii) if the employee completes the me4 diation, the employee shall be deemed to

5 have complied with the requirements of sec6 tion 309, and shall not be eligible to file a

7 complaint under such Act; and

8 (B) if the mediation period has ended and

9 the employee would otherwise be eligible to file a

10 complaint pursuant to the Government Em11 ployee Rights Act of 1991, the employee shall be

12 deemed to have complied with the requirements

13 of section 309, and shall not be eligible to file a

14 complaint under such Act; or

15 (3) has filed a complaint with respect to such

16 violation pursuant to the Government Employee

17 Rights Act of 1991—

18 (A)(i) the authority of such Act shall con19 tinue with respect to the employee and the em20 ploying office of the employee until the end of the

21 Senate proceedings specified under such Act and

22 any review of any decision issued in such pro23 ceedings;
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1 (ii) the employee and the office of the em2 ployee shall participate in the Senate proceed3 ings specified under such Act; and

4 (iii) if the employee or office completes par5 ticipation in the proceedings, the employee or of6 fice of the employee, respectively, may request

7 such review of any decision issued in such pro8 ceedings as the employee or office would other9 wise have been eligible to obtain prior to the ef10 fective date of this title; and

11 (B) if the employee or office of the employee

12 requests such review—

13 (i) the authority of such Act shall con14 tinue with respect to the employee and the

15 office until the end of the review; and

16 (ii) the employee and the office shall

17 participate in the proceedings specified

18 under such Act.

19 SEC. 323. EFFECTIVE DATE.

20 Except as provided in section 302(b), this title and the

21 amendments made by this title shall take effect on January

22 3, 1995.
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1 TITLE IV—STAFFING; ADMINIS2 TRATION; AND SUPPORT

3 AGENCIES

4 SEC. 401. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH STREAMLINING AND RE5 STRUCTURING.

6 Not later than one year after the date of enactment

7 of this Act, the Committee on Rules and Administration

8 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and

9 the appropriate committees or task force of the House of

10 Representatives shall submit to the leadership of their re11 spective Houses a performance review together with any

12 necessary implementing legislation for achieving effi13 ciencies, economies, and reductions in the total number of

14 full time equivalent positions in the legislative branch. Such

15 review shall take into consideration reductions made in leg16 islative branch appropriations since the 101st Congress.

17 SEC. 402. OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL IN18 STRUMENTALITIES.

19 (a) OVERSIGHT.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate committees

21 in the House of Representatives and the Senate shall

22 conduct annual oversight reviews of the congressional

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1 (2) REVIEW.—In reviewing the congressional in2 strumentalities as required by this section, the com3 mittees referred to in paragraph (1) shall seek to—

4 (A) avoid duplication between instrumen5 talities;

6 (B) consolidate activities; and

7 (C) increase efficiency within instrumental8 ities.

9 (b) CONGRESSIONAL INSTRUMENTALITIES.—For pur10 poses of this section, the term ‘‘congressional instrumental11 ities’’ means the General Accounting Office, Congressional

12 Budget Office, Library of Congress, Government Printing

13 Office, and Office of Technology Assessment.

14 TITLE V—LEGISLATIVE AND

15 EXECUTIVE RELATIONS

16 SEC. 501. COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT GOALS AND REPORTS

17 FOR FEDERAL PROGRAM REVIEW.

18 (a) COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT GOALS AND REPORTS.—

19 It shall be the responsibility of each standing committee of

20 the House of Representatives and the Senate to—

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

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

23 and submit Committee Review Agendas, which shall

24 list the discretionary programs, entitlement programs,

25 and tax expenditures under the committee’s jurisdic-
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1 tion which the committee intends to review during

2 that Congress and the next 3 Congresses;

3 (2) coordinate, to the maximum extent prac4 ticable, in preparing their oversight agenda with

5 other House and Senate committees having jurisdic6 tion over the same or related laws, programs, or agen7 cies;

8 (3) provide, after preparation of the first over9 sight agenda required under this section, a separate

10 section in their oversight agenda that summarizes

11 what actions and recommendations occurred with re12 spect to implementing their agenda for that Congress;

13 (4) adopt legislative procedures to assure, to the

14 greatest extent practicable, that any recommendation

15 proposed by the committee under paragraph (3) is

16 considered by the full Senate or House of Representa17 tives; and

18 (5) during each Congress review the reporting re19 quirements imposed on agencies and department sub20 ject to the committee’s oversight jurisdiction and make

21 recommendations for the elimination or modification

22 of any unnecessary reports.

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

24 AGENCY AUDIT REPORTS.—Each committee of the House

25 of Representatives and the Senate shall hold hearings dur-
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1 ing each Congress for the purpose of reviewing appropriate

2 reports relating to the activities of executive agencies over

3 which the committee has oversight responsibility filed dur4 ing the preceding Congress, including reports of the inspec5 tors general, the General Accounting Office, as well as agen6 cy audit reports.

7 TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE

8 SEC. 601. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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

10 (b) and title III, this Act and the amendments made by

11 this Act shall become effective January 1, 1995, and shall

12 apply to bienniums beginning after September 30, 1995.

13 (b) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—Notwithstanding subsection

14 (a), the provisions of—

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

16 (2) title 31, United States Code,

17 (as such provisions were in effect on the day before the effec18 tive date of this title) shall apply to the fiscal year begin19 ning on October 1, 1994.

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

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

22 in paragraph (12) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget

23 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)),

24 as added by section 302(b)(2) of this Act.

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