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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1807 

To improve the funding process. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2019 

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

to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To improve the funding process. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fix Funding First 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CHANGE OF FISCAL YEAR. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

8 (1) CHANGE OF CALENDAR PERIOD.—Section 

9 1102 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘October 1’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘January 1’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘September 30 of the fol2 lowing year’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31 of 

3 that year’’. 

4 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

5 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on January 1, 

6 2021. 

7 (b) TRANSITION TO NEW FISCAL YEAR.— 

8 (1) TRANSITION PERIOD BUDGET.—As soon as 

9 practicable, the President shall prepare and submit 

10 to Congress— 

11 (A) after consultation with the Committee 

12 on the Budget and the Committee on Appro13 priations of the House of Representatives and 

14 the Committee on the Budget and the Com15 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, budget 

16 estimates for the Federal Government for the 

17 period commencing October 1, 2020, and end18 ing on December 31, 2020, in such form and 

19 detail as the President may determine; and 

20 (B) proposed legislation the President con21 siders appropriate with respect to changes in 

22 law necessary to provide authorizations of ap23 propriations for that period. 

24 (2) AGENCY TRANSITION.—The Director of the 

25 Office of Management and Budget shall— 


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1 (A) provide by regulation, order, or other2 wise for the orderly transition by all depart3 ments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the 

4 Federal Government and the government of the 

5 District of Columbia from the use of the fiscal 

6 year in effect on the date of the enactment of 

7 this Act to the use of the new fiscal year pre8 scribed under the amendments made by sub9 section (a); and 

10 (B) prepare and submit to Congress such 

11 additional proposed legislation as the Director 

12 considers necessary to accomplish the orderly 

13 transition to such new fiscal year. 

14 (c) CONVERSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPRO15 PRIATIONS.—Any law providing for an authorization of 

16 appropriations commencing on October 1 of a year shall, 

17 if that year is any year after 2019, be considered as mean18 ing January 1 of the following year. Any law providing 

19 for an authorization of appropriations ending on Sep20 tember 30 of a year shall, if that year is any year after 

21 2019, be considered as meaning December 31 of that year. 

22 Any law providing for an authorization of appropriations 

23 for the fiscal year 2021 or any fiscal year thereafter shall 

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1 cember 31 of the calendar year having the same calendar 

2 year number as the fiscal year number. 

3 (d) TITLE OF APPROPRIATION ACTS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of title 1, 

5 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Sep6 tember 30’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31’’. 

7 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

8 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any fis9 cal year commencing on or after January 1, 2021. 

10 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202(e) of 

11 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 

12 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (A) in the first sentence— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘On or before February 

16 15 of each year, the Director shall’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘During an even-numbered year, 

18 the Director may’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘October 1 of that 

20 year’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1 of the next 

21 calendar year’’; and 

22 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

23 ‘‘shall also include’’ and inserting ‘‘may in24 clude’’; and 

25 (2) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘On or before January 15 

2 of each year, the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

3 Director’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘September 30’’ each place 

5 it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31’’; and 

6 (C) by striking ‘‘October 1 of that calendar 

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1 of the next cal8 endar year’’. 

9 SEC. 3. LEGALLY BINDING BIENNIAL BUDGET. 

10 (a) PURPOSES.—Section 2(2) of the Congressional 

11 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

12 621(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

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

14 the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex15 penditures by the Congress;’’. 

16 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 

17 Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

18 622) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(4) The term ‘joint resolution on the budget’ 

22 means— 

23 ‘‘(A) a joint resolution setting forth the 

24 budget for the United States Government for a 

25 biennium as provided in section 301; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) any other joint resolution revising the 

2 budget for the United States Government for a 

3 biennium as described in section 304.’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(12) The term ‘biennium’ means any period of 

6 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning with an even7 numbered fiscal year. 

8 ‘‘(13) The term ‘budget year’ has the meaning 

9 given that term in section 250(c)(12) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Control Act of 

11 1985.’’. 

12 (c) REVISION OF TIMETABLE.—Section 300 of the 

13 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631) is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 300. TIMETABLE. 

16 ‘‘The timetable with respect to the congressional 

17 budget process is as follows: 

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed: 

November 15 of each year (excluding a year during which a 

Presidential election is held, 

unless the individual serving 

as President is elected to succeed himself or herself as 

President).

President submits to Congress the budget of 

the President. 

Friday before the third Monday 

in February of each odd-numbered year.

Joint resolution on the budget for the next 

biennium enacted. 

Friday before the first Saturday 

after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal 

equinox of each year.

Senate and the House of Representatives 

have passed regular appropriations bills 

that appropriate not less than 25 percent 

of the total level of discretionary spending 

for the next fiscal year. 


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Friday before the last Monday 

in May of each year.

Senate and the House of Representatives 

have passed regular appropriations bills 

that appropriate not less than 50 percent 

of the total level of discretionary spending 

for the next fiscal year. 

Friday before July 4 of each 

year.

Senate and the House of Representatives 

have passed regular appropriations bills 

that appropriate not less than 75 percent 

of the total level of discretionary spending 

for the next fiscal year. 

July 31 of each year .................. Senate and the House of Representatives 

have passed all the regular appropriations 

bills for the next fiscal year. 

September 30 of each year ........ All regular appropriation bills for the next 

fiscal year have been enacted. 

September 30 of each even-numbered year.The Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

and the Committee on the Budget of the 

House of Representatives have reported 

the concurrent resolution setting forth a 

long-term budget projection required under 

section 308(e).’’. 

1 (d) BIENNIAL JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDG2 ET.— 

3 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(a) of the 

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

6 632(a)) is amended— 

7 (i) in the subsection heading by strik8 ing ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘JOINT’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘On or before April 

11 15’’ and all that follows through the end of 

12 the matter following paragraph (7) and in13 serting ‘‘On or before the Friday before 

14 the third Monday in February of each odd15 numbered calendar year, a joint resolution 


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1 on the budget for the biennium beginning 

2 on January 1 of the next calendar year 

3 shall be enacted. The joint resolution shall 

4 include an allocation of the levels for each 

5 fiscal year in the biennium of total new 

6 budget authority and total outlays for each 

7 committee of the House of Representatives 

8 or the Senate that has jurisdiction over 

9 legislation providing or creating such 

10 amounts.’’. 

11 (B) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN RESOLU12 TION.—Section 301(b) of the Congressional 

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

14 amended— 

15 (i) in the subsection heading by strik16 ing ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘JOINT’’; 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each 

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

20 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for 

21 such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 

22 fiscal year in such biennium’’; 

23 (iv) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the 

24 adoption of the resolution’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘the date of enactment of the resolution’’; 


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1 (v) in paragraph (8), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (vi) in paragraph (9), by striking the 

4 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

5 and 

6 (vii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(10) set forth appropriate levels for the bien9 nium beginning on January 1 of the next calendar 

10 year and the ensuing fiscal years for— 

11 ‘‘(A) totals of new budget authority and 

12 outlays; 

13 ‘‘(B) total Federal revenues and the 

14 amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of 

15 Federal revenues should be increased or de16 creased by bills and resolutions to be reported 

17 by the appropriate committees; 

18 ‘‘(C) the surplus or deficit in the budget; 

19 ‘‘(D) new budget authority and outlays for 

20 each major functional category, based on alloca21 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 

22 subparagraph (A); 

23 ‘‘(E) the public debt; 

24 ‘‘(F) for purposes of Senate enforcement 

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1 vivors, and disability insurance program estab2 lished under title II of the Social Security Act; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(G) for purposes of Senate enforcement 

5 under this title, revenues of the old-age, sur6 vivors, and disability insurance program estab7 lished under title II of the Social Security Act 

8 (and the related provisions of the Internal Rev9 enue Code of 1986).’’. 

10 (2) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN MATTERS IN

11 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 301(c) 

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

13 632(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each 

14 place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 

15 (3) COMMITTEE VIEWS AND ESTIMATES.—Sec16 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

17 (2 U.S.C. 632) is amended by striking subsection 

18 (d). 

19 (4) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—Section 301(e) of 

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

21 632(e)) is amended— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it 

23 appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘referred to in subsection (a) for each fis3 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each bien4 nium’’; and 

5 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

6 ‘‘Each of the recommendations’’ and all 

7 that follows through ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘Any recommendations of the 

9 Joint Economic Committee’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik12 ing ‘‘REQUIRED CONTENTS OF REPORT’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘INFORMATION REGARDING

14 LEVELS’’; 

15 (ii) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A), by striking ‘‘shall’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘may’’; 

18 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by adding 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

21 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and 

22 (v) by striking subparagraph (F). 

23 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.— 

24 Section 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it 

2 appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

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

4 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘It shall’’ 

6 and all that follows through ‘‘subsection (a)) set 

7 forth in such resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘If such 

8 resolution sets forth estimates, amounts, and 

9 levels described in subsection (b)(10), it shall be 

10 in order to amend the provisions of such resolu11 tion setting forth such year only if the amend12 ment thereto also proposes to alter such esti13 mates, amounts, and levels in such resolution’’. 

14 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g) 

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

16 632(g)) is amended— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in20 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’. 

21 (7) CONSULTATION WITH COMMITTEES.—Sec22 tion 301(h) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(h)) is amended by striking 

24 ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 


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1 (8) SOCIAL SECURITY.—Section 301(i) of the 

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(i)) 

3 is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it 

4 appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 

5 (9) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 301 

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

7 632) is amended in the section heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘ANNUAL ADOPTION OF CONCURRENT’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘ADOPTION OF BIENNIAL JOINT’’; 

10 (e) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 of the 

11 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it 

15 appears, except the second place it appears in 

16 paragraph (5)(A), and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

17 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert18 ing the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) ALLOCATION FOR BIENNIUM.—As speci20 fied in section 301(a), the joint resolution on the 

21 budget shall include an allocation of the levels for 

22 each fiscal year in the biennium of total new budget 

23 authority and total outlays for each committee of the 

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1 risdiction over legislation providing or creating such 

2 amounts.’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (5)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘adopted by April 

6 15’’ and inserting ‘‘enacted on or be7 fore the Friday before the third Mon8 day in February of the applicable odd9 numbered year’’; 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘an allocation 

11 under’’ and inserting ‘‘an allocation 

12 described in’’; and 

13 (III) by striking ‘‘the most re14 cently agreed to concurrent resolution 

15 on the budget’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

16 most recently enacted joint resolution 

17 on the budget (or, until the first joint 

18 resolution on the budget is enacted, 

19 the most recently agreed to concur20 rent resolution on the budget)’’; and 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

22 ‘‘under paragraph (1) is submitted under 

23 this section’’ and inserting ‘‘described in 

24 paragraph (1) is enacted as part of a joint 

25 resolution on the budget’’; and 


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1 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(6) DEFAULT ALLOCATIONS IF JOINT RESOLU3 TION NOT ENACTED.—After the Friday before the 

4 third Monday in February of each odd-numbered 

5 year, if a joint resolution on the budget for the next 

6 biennium has not been enacted, the allocations de7 scribed in paragraph (1) for each year in the next 

8 biennium shall be deemed to be the allocations in ef9 fect for such odd-numbered year.’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘concurrent resolution on 

12 the budget is agreed to’’ and inserting ‘‘joint 

13 resolution on the budget is enacted’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘budget year under sub15 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘pursuant to’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘described in’’; 

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

21 (C) by striking ‘‘for that fiscal year’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘any fiscal year during that bien23 nium’’; 

24 (4) in subsection (d)— 


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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ the first 

4 place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘described in subsection (a)’’; and 

7 (D) by striking ‘‘most recently agreed to 

8 concurrent resolution on the budget’’ and in9 serting ‘‘most recently enacted joint resolution 

10 on the budget (or, until the first joint resolution 

11 on the budget is enacted, the most recently 

12 agreed to concurrent resolution on the budg13 et)’’; 

14 (5) in subsection (f)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A), by striking ‘‘the Congress has 

18 completed action on a concurrent resolu19 tion on the budget for a fiscal year’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘a joint resolution on the budget 

21 for a biennium is enacted’’; and 

22 (ii) in the matter following subpara23 graph (C)— 

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1 scribed in subsection (a) or made 

2 under subsection (b)’’; and 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal 

4 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either of the 

5 first two fiscal years covered by that 

6 joint resolution’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (i) in the matter preceding subpara9 graph (A), by striking ‘‘After a concurrent 

10 resolution on the budget is agreed to’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘After a joint resolution on the 

12 budget is enacted’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (I) by striking ‘‘under subsection 

15 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘described in sub16 section (a)’’; 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘either of the first two 

19 fiscal years covered by that joint reso20 lution’’; and 

21 (III) by striking ‘‘the total of fis22 cal years’’ and inserting ‘‘the total of 

23 all fiscal years covered by the resolu24 tion’’; and 

25 (6) in subsection (g)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

3 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

4 (i)— 

5 (aa) by striking ‘‘April 15’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘the Friday before 

7 the third Monday in February of 

8 the applicable odd-numbered 

9 year’’; and 

10 (bb) by striking ‘‘most re11 cently agreed to concurrent reso12 lution on the budget’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘most recently enacted joint 

14 resolution on the budget (or, 

15 until the first joint resolution on 

16 the budget is enacted, the most 

17 recently agreed to concurrent res18 olution on the budget)’’; and 

19 (II) in the matter following 

20 clause (iii)— 

21 (aa) by striking ‘‘concurrent 

22 resolution’’ each place it appears 

23 and inserting ‘‘joint resolution 

24 (or concurrent resolution, if ap25 plicable)’’; and 


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1 (bb) by striking ‘‘as set 

2 forth’’ and inserting ‘‘if set 

3 forth’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

6 (i), by striking ‘‘most recently agreed 

7 to concurrent resolution on the budg8 et’’ and inserting ‘‘most recently en9 acted joint resolution on the budget 

10 (or, until the first joint resolution on 

11 the budget is enacted, the most re12 cently agreed to concurrent resolution 

13 on the budget)’’; and 

14 (II) in the matter following 

15 clause (iii)— 

16 (aa) by striking ‘‘concurrent 

17 resolution’’ each place it appears 

18 and inserting ‘‘joint resolution 

19 (or concurrent resolution, if ap20 plicable)’’; and 

21 (bb) by striking ‘‘reduced as 

22 required’’ and inserting ‘‘reduced, 

23 if required,’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘shall file with the House’’ and all that fol3 lows and inserting ‘‘shall file with the 

4 House a statement revising the allocation 

5 described in subsection (a) of this section 

6 and revised functional levels and budget 

7 aggregates, if the joint resolution on the 

8 budget in effect establishes such levels and 

9 aggregates, to reflect that bill.’’; and 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

11 ‘‘most recently agreed to concurrent reso12 lution on the budget’’ and inserting ‘‘most 

13 recently enacted joint resolution on the 

14 budget (or, until the first joint resolution 

15 on the budget is enacted, the most recently 

16 agreed to concurrent resolution on the 

17 budget)’’. 

18 (f) BUDGET RESOLUTION BEFORE BUDGET-RE19 LATED LEGISLATION IS CONSIDERED.—Section 303 of 

20 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 634) is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CON23 CURRENT’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT’’; 

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

2 paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year has been 

4 agreed to’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium has 

5 been enacted’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year cov7 ered by that resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘either 

8 fiscal year of that biennium’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘the fis10 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’; and 

11 (5) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year has 

14 been agreed to and an allocation has been 

15 made to the Committee on Appropriations 

16 of the Senate under section 302(a) for that 

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium has 

18 been enacted that includes the allocation 

19 described in section 302(a) for each year of 

20 that biennium’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘thereon for that 

22 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for any year of that 

23 biennium’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘after 

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1 graph is made’’ and inserting ‘‘after the year to 

2 which the allocation referred to in that para3 graph applies’’. 

4 (g) REVISION OF BIENNIAL BUDGET.—Section 304 

5 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 635) 

6 is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 304. PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF JOINT RESOLU8 TIONS ON THE BUDGET. 

9 ‘‘At any time after the joint resolution on the budget 

10 has been enacted to pursuant to section 301, and before 

11 the end of the biennium, Congress may enact a joint reso12 lution that revises or reaffirms the most recently enacted 

13 joint resolution on the budget.’’. 

14 (h) REPEAL OF RECONCILIATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

17 amended by striking sections 310 and 313 (2 U.S.C. 

18 641, 644). 

19 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

20 (A) Section 301(b) of the Congressional 

21 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(b)), as 

22 amended by subsection (d)(1)(B) of this sec23 tion, is amended— 

24 (i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 

25 and 


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1 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

2 through (10) as paragraphs (2) through 

3 (8), respectively. 

4 (B) Section 305(c)(1) of the Congressional 

5 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 636(c)(1)) is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘(or a reconciliation bill or 

7 resolution)’’. 

8 (C) Section 314(e)(4) of the Congressional 

9 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 645(e)(4)) is 

10 amended by inserting ‘‘, as in effect on the day 

11 before the effective date of the amendments 

12 made by section 8 of the Fix Funding First 

13 Act’’ before the period. 

14 (D) Section 904 of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is 

16 amended— 

17 (i) in subsection (c)— 

18 (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 

19 ‘‘310(d)(2), 313,’’; and 

20 (II) in paragraph (2), by striking 

21 ‘‘310(g)’’; and 

22 (ii) in subsection (d)— 

23 (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 

24 ‘‘reconciliation bill,’’; 


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1 (II) in paragraph (2), by striking 

2 ‘‘310(d)(2), 313,’’; and 

3 (III) in paragraph (3), by strik4 ing ‘‘310(g)’’. 

5 (E) The table of contents in section 1(b) of 

6 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 

7 Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking the 

8 items relating to sections 310 and 313. 

9 (F) Section 258C(a)(2) of the Balanced 

10 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907d(a)(2)) is amended by in12 serting ‘‘as in effect on the day before the effec13 tive date of the amendments made by section 8 

14 of the Fix Funding First Act,’’ after ‘‘Act of 

15 1974,’’. 

16 (G) Section 4(g)(3)(D) of the Statutory 

17 Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 

18 933(g)(3)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, as in 

19 effect on the day before the effective date of the 

20 amendments made by section 8 of the Fix 

21 Funding First Act’’ before the period. 

22 (i) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Congressional Budget 

24 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amended— 

25 (A) in section 305 (2 U.S.C. 636)— 


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1 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT’’; 

3 (ii) in subsection (a)— 

4 (I) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each 

5 place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

6 (II) in paragraph (3), by striking 

7 ‘‘for a fiscal year’’; and 

8 (III) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (aa) by striking ‘‘which the 

10 estimates, amounts, and levels 

11 (as described in section 301(a)) 

12 set forth in such resolution are 

13 designed to achieve,’’; and 

14 (bb) by inserting ‘‘if esti15 mates, amounts, and levels (as 

16 described in section 301(b)(10)) 

17 are set forth in such resolution 

18 that are designed to achieve such 

19 goals’’ before ‘‘such amendment’’; 

20 (iii) in subsection (b)— 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each 

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

23 (II) in paragraph (3), by striking 

24 ‘‘for a fiscal year’’; and 

25 (III) in paragraph (4)— 


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1 (aa) by striking ‘‘which the 

2 estimates, amounts, and levels 

3 (as described in section 301(a)) 

4 set forth in such resolution are 

5 designed to achieve,’’; and 

6 (bb) by inserting ‘‘if esti7 mates, amounts, and levels (as 

8 described in section 301(b)(10)) 

9 are set forth in such resolution 

10 that are designed to achieve such 

11 goals’’ before ‘‘such amendment’’; 

12 (iv) in subsection (c), by striking 

13 ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and in14 serting ‘‘joint’’; and 

15 (v) in subsection (d)— 

16 (I) in the subsection heading, by 

17 striking ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘JOINT’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ 

20 each place it appears and inserting 

21 ‘‘joint’’; 

22 (B) in section 307— 

23 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

24 ‘‘JUNE 10’’ and inserting ‘‘JULY 31’’; 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘June 10’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘July 31’’; and 

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘October 1 of that 

4 year’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1 of the next 

5 year’’; 

6 (C) in section 308 (2 U.S.C. 639)— 

7 (i) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 

8 ‘‘agreed to concurrent resolution on the 

9 budget for such fiscal year (or fiscal 

10 years)’’ and inserting ‘‘enacted joint reso11 lution on the budget (or, until the first 

12 joint resolution on the budget is enacted, 

13 the most recently agreed to concurrent res14 olution on the budget)’’; and 

15 (ii) in subsection (b)(1)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘covered by a con17 current on the budget’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘for which a joint resolution in effect 

19 establishes applicable allocations, ag20 gregates, and levels’’; 

21 (II) by striking ‘‘adopted concur22 rent resolution on the budget’’ and in23 serting ‘‘enacted joint resolution on 

24 the budget (or, until the first joint 

25 resolution on the budget is enacted, 


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1 the most recently agreed to concur2 rent resolution on the budget), if 

3 any,’’; and 

4 (III) by striking ‘‘appropriate 

5 concurrent resolution’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘appropriate joint resolution on the 

7 budget (or, until the first joint resolu8 tion on the budget is enacted, the ap9 propriate concurrent resolution on the 

10 budget)’’; 

11 (D) by striking section 309 (2 U.S.C. 

12 640); 

13 (E) in section 311 (2 U.S.C. 642)— 

14 (i) in subsection (a)— 

15 (I) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (aa) in the matter preceding 

17 subparagraph (A), by striking 

18 ‘‘the Congress has completed ac19 tion on a concurrent resolution 

20 on the budget for a fiscal year’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘a joint resolution 

22 on the budget for a biennium has 

23 been enacted’’; and 

24 (bb) in the matter following 

25 subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (AA) by inserting ‘‘, if 

2 any,’’ after ‘‘set forth’’ each 

3 place it appears; 

4 (BB) by striking ‘‘con5 current’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

7 (CC) by striking ‘‘the 

8 first fiscal year’’ each place 

9 it appears and inserting ‘‘ei10 ther of the first two fiscal 

11 years covered by such reso12 lution’’; 

13 (DD) by striking ‘‘that 

14 first fiscal year and the en15 suing fiscal years’’ and in16 serting ‘‘all fiscal years’’; 

17 and 

18 (EE) by striking 

19 ‘‘under section 302(a)’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘as described in 

21 section 302(a)’’; 

22 (II) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (aa) in the matter preceding 

24 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 

25 concurrent resolution on the 


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1 budget is agreed to’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘a joint resolution on the 

3 budget for a biennium has been 

4 enacted’’; 

5 (bb) in subparagraph (A), 

6 by striking ‘‘for the first fiscal 

7 year’’ and inserting ‘‘, if any, for 

8 either of the first two fiscal 

9 years’’; and 

10 (cc) in subparagraph (B)— 

11 (AA) by striking ‘‘for 

12 that first fiscal year’’ the 

13 first place it appears and in14 serting ‘‘, if any, for each of 

15 such fiscal years’’; 

16 (BB) by striking ‘‘that 

17 first fiscal year and the en18 suing fiscal years’’ and in19 serting ‘‘all fiscal years’’; 

20 and 

21 (CC) by striking ‘‘under 

22 section 302(a)’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘as described in section 

24 302(a)’’; 

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1 (aa) by striking ‘‘a concur2 rent resolution on the budget is 

3 agreed to’’ and inserting ‘‘a joint 

4 resolution on the budget for a bi5 ennium has been enacted’’; 

6 (bb) by inserting ‘‘, if any,’’ 

7 after ‘‘set forth’’; 

8 (cc) striking ‘‘for the first 

9 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘either 

10 of the first 2 years’’; and 

11 (dd) striking ‘‘that fiscal 

12 year and the ensuing fiscal 

13 years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 

14 years’’; and 

15 (IV) in subsection (c), in the 

16 matter following paragraph (3), by 

17 striking ‘‘pursuant to section 302(a)’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘as described in section 

19 302(a)’’; 

20 (F) in section 312(c) (2 U.S.C. 643(c))by 

21 striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and 

22 inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

23 (G) in section 314(g)(1)(B) (2 U.S.C. 

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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘as set 

2 forth in the most recently adopted concur3 rent resolution on the budget’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘, if any, as set forth in the most re5 cently enacted joint resolution on the budg6 et (or, until the first joint resolution on the 

7 budget is enacted, the most recently agreed 

8 to concurrent resolution on the budget)’’; 

9 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘under 

10 section 302(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘as de11 scribed in section 302(a)’’; and 

12 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘in the 

13 most recently adopted concurrent resolu14 tion on the budget’’ and inserting ‘‘, if any, 

15 as set forth in the most recently enacted 

16 joint resolution on the budget (or, until the 

17 first joint resolution on the budget is en18 acted, the most recently agreed to concur19 rent resolution on the budget)’’; 

20 (H) in section 401(b)(2) (2 U.S.C. 

21 651(b)(2)), by striking ‘‘agreed to concurrent 

22 resolution on the budget’’ and inserting ‘‘en23 acted joint resolution on the budget (or, until 

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1 acted, the most recently agreed to concurrent 

2 resolution on the budget)’’; 

3 (I) in section 405(a) (2 U.S.C. 655(a)), by 

4 striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting ‘‘joint’’; 

5 and 

6 (J) in section 904(d)(1) (2 U.S.C. 621 

7 note), by inserting ‘‘joint resolution,’’ after 

8 ‘‘concurrent resolution,’’. 

9 (2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.— 

10 (A) The table of contents in section 1(b) of 

11 the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 

12 Control Act of 1974 is amended— 

13 (i) by striking the item relating to sec14 tion 301 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 301. Adoption of biennial joint resolution on the budget.’’; 

15 (ii) by striking the items relating to 

16 sections 303, 304, and 305 and inserting 

17 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 303. Joint resolution on the budget must be adopted before budget-related legislation is considered. 

‘‘Sec. 304. Permissible revisions of joint resolutions on the budget. 

‘‘Sec. 305. Provisions relating to the consideration of joint resolutions on the 

budget.’’; 

18 (iii) by striking the item relating to 

19 section 307 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 307. House committee action on all appropriation bills to be completed 

by July 31.’’; 

20 and 


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1 (iv) by striking the item relating to 

2 section 309. 

3 (B) Section 250(c)(12) of the Balanced 

4 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

5 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(12)) is amended by 

6 striking ‘‘October 1 of the calendar year in 

7 which that session begins’’ and inserting ‘‘Jan8 uary 1 of the calendar year after the year in 

9 which that session begins’’. 

10 (C) Section 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced 

11 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

12 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907d(b)(1)) is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 

14 (D) Section 310001(c)(2) of the Violent 

15 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

16 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211(c)(2)) is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 

18 (3) BUDGET OF THE PRESIDENT.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(a) of title 

20 31, United States Code, is amended in the mat21 ter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘On or 

22 after the first Monday in January but not later 

23 than the first Monday in February of each 

24 year’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than November 

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1 a Presidential election is held, unless the indi2 vidual serving as President is elected to succeed 

3 himself or herself as President)’’. 

4 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 

5 made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 

6 November 15, 2020. 

7 (j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub8 section (i)(3)(B), the amendments made by this section 

9 shall take effect on January 1, 2021. 

10 SEC. 4. NO FUNDING, NO RECESS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 300 of the Congressional 

12 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631), as amended by sec13 tion 3(c) of this Act, is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘The timetable’’ and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The timetable’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(b) NO FUNDING, NO RECESS FOR CONGRESS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The procedures specified in 

20 paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) shall apply in the Sen21 ate and the House of Representatives— 

22 ‘‘(A) after the Friday before the third 

23 Monday in February of each odd-numbered 

24 year, if a joint resolution on the budget for the 

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1 ‘‘(B) after the Friday before the first Sat2 urday after the first full moon occurring on or 

3 after the vernal equinox of each year if the Sen4 ate and the House of Representatives have not 

5 passed regular appropriations bills that appro6 priate not less than 25 percent of the total level 

7 of discretionary spending for the next fiscal 

8 year under the joint resolution on the budget in 

9 effect; 

10 ‘‘(C) after the Friday before the last Mon11 day in May of each year, if the Senate and the 

12 House of Representatives have not passed reg13 ular appropriations bills that appropriate not 

14 less than 50 percent of the total level of discre15 tionary spending for the next fiscal year under 

16 the joint resolution on the budget in effect; 

17 ‘‘(D) after the Friday before July 4 of 

18 each year, if the Senate and the House of Rep19 resentatives have not passed regular appropria20 tions bills that appropriate not less than 75 

21 percent of the total level of discretionary spend22 ing for the next fiscal year under the joint reso23 lution on the budget in effect; 

24 ‘‘(E) after July 31 of each year, if the 

25 Senate and the House of Representatives have 


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1 not passed all the regular appropriations bills 

2 for the next fiscal year; 

3 ‘‘(F) after September 30 of each year, if 

4 all regular appropriation bills for the next fiscal 

5 year have not been enacted; and 

6 ‘‘(G) after September 30 of each even7 numbered year, if the Committee on the Budget 

8 of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget 

9 of the House of Representatives have not re10 ported the concurrent resolution setting forth a 

11 long-term budget projection required under sec12 tion 308(e). 

13 ‘‘(2) NO RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT.—During a 

14 period described in paragraph (1), it shall not be in 

15 order in the Senate or the House of Representatives 

16 to move to recess or to adjourn for more than 8 

17 hours. 

18 ‘‘(3) NO OFFICIAL TRAVEL.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

20 subparagraph (B), during a period described in 

21 paragraph (1), no amounts may be obligated or 

22 expended for official travel by a Member of 

23 Congress. 

24 ‘‘(B) RETURN TO DC.—If a Member of 

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1 when a period described in paragraph (1) be2 gins, funds may be obligated and expended for 

3 official travel by the Member of Congress to re4 turn to the seat of Government. 

5 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL LIMITS IN THE SENATE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION OF PRESENCE OF A

7 QUORUM.—Notwithstanding any provision of 

8 the Standing Rules of the Senate, in the Sen9 ate, during each day during a period described 

10 in paragraph (1), the Presiding Officer shall di11 rect the Clerk to call the roll to ascertain the 

12 presence of a quorum— 

13 ‘‘(i) at noon; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) at 6:00 p.m. 

15 ‘‘(B) LACK OF QUORUM.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If, upon a calling 

17 of the roll under subparagraph (A), it shall 

18 be ascertained that a quorum is not 

19 present— 

20 ‘‘(I) the Presiding Officer shall 

21 direct the Clerk to call the names of 

22 any absent Senators; and 

23 ‘‘(II) following the calling of the 

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1 vening motion or debate, submit to 

2 the Senate by a yea-and-nay vote the 

3 question: ‘Shall the Sergeant-at-Arms 

4 be directed to request the attendance 

5 of absent Senators?’. 

6 ‘‘(ii) DIRECTION TO COMPEL ATTEND7 ANCE.—If a quorum is not present 30 

8 minutes after the time at which the vote 

9 on a question submitted under clause 

10 (i)(II) starts, the Presiding Officer shall, 

11 without intervening motion or debate, sub12 mit to the Senate by a yea-and-nay vote 

13 the question: ‘Shall the Sergeant-at-Arms 

14 be directed to compel the attendance of ab15 sent Senators?’. 

16 ‘‘(iii) ARREST OF ABSENT SEN17 ATORS.—Effective 30 minutes after the 

18 Sergeant-at-Arms is directed to compel the 

19 attendance of absent Senators under clause 

20 (ii), if any Senator not excused under rule 

21 XII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 

22 not in attendance, the Senate shall be 

23 deemed to have agreed an order that reads 

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1 ators, that warrants for the arrests of all 

2 Senators not sick nor excused be issued 

3 under the signature of the Presiding Offi4 cer and attested by the Secretary, and that 

5 such warrants be executed without delay.’. 

6 ‘‘(iv) REPORTS.—Not less frequently 

7 than once per hour during proceedings to 

8 compel the attendance of absent Senators, 

9 the Sergeant-at-Arms shall submit to the 

10 Senate a report on absent Senators, which 

11 shall— 

12 ‘‘(I) be laid before the Senate; 

13 ‘‘(II) identify each Senator whose 

14 absence is excused; 

15 ‘‘(III) identify each Senator who 

16 is absent without excuse; and 

17 ‘‘(IV) for each Senator identified 

18 under subclause (III), provide infor19 mation on the current location of the 

20 Senator. 

21 ‘‘(C) REGAINING THE FLOOR.—If a Sen22 ator had been recognized to speak at the time 

23 a call of the roll to ascertain the presence of a 

24 quorum was initiated under subparagraph (A), 

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1 that Senator shall be entitled to be recognized 

2 to speak. 

3 ‘‘(D) NO SUSPENSION OF REQUIRE4 MENTS.—The Presiding Officer may not enter5 tain a request to suspend the operation of this 

6 paragraph by unanimous consent or motion. 

7 ‘‘(E) CONSISTENCY WITH SENATE EMER8 GENCY PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES.—Nothing 

9 in this paragraph shall be construed in a man10 ner that is inconsistent with S. Res. 296 (108th 

11 Congress) or any other emergency procedures 

12 or practices of the Senate. 

13 ‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL LIMITS IN THE HOUSE OF

14 REPRESENTATIVES.—Notwithstanding any provision 

15 of the Rules of the House of Representatives, in the 

16 House of Representatives, during each day during a 

17 period described in paragraph (1), each Member of 

18 the House of Representatives shall record his or her 

19 presence for purposes of establishing a quorum at 

20 noon and 6:00 p.m. 

21 ‘‘(6) NO WAIVER.—Notwithstanding section 

22 904(b), paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this sub23 section may not be waived or suspended in the Sen24 ate or the House of Representatives. 


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1 ‘‘(7) PERMANENT LAW.—Notwithstanding sec2 tion 904(a), paragraph (3) of this subsection is not 

3 enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

4 the Senate or the House of Representatives.’’. 

5 (b) LONG-TERM BUDGET PROJECTION.—Section 

6 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

7 639) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(e) LONG-TERM BUDGET PROJECTION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

10 terms ‘direct spending’ and ‘discretionary appropria11 tions’ have the meanings given such terms in section 

12 250 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

13 Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900). 

14 ‘‘(2) PROJECTION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Sep16 tember 30 of each even-numbered year, the 

17 Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the 

18 Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep19 resentatives shall report to the Senate and the 

20 House of Representatives, respectively, a con21 current resolution setting forth a 5-year budget 

22 projection, which shall include a target— 

23 ‘‘(i) for the ratio of the public debt to 

24 the gross domestic product of the United 


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1 States as of the end of that 5-year period; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(ii) for each of the next 5 fiscal years 

4 for— 

5 ‘‘(I) outlays for discretionary ap6 propriations; 

7 ‘‘(II) outlays for direct spending; 

8 ‘‘(III) Federal revenues; and 

9 ‘‘(IV) tax expenditures. 

10 ‘‘(B) BIPARTISAN VOTE REQUIRED.— 

11 ‘‘(i) SENATE.—The Committee on the 

12 Budget of the Senate may only order that 

13 a concurrent resolution described in sub14 paragraph (A) be reported to the Senate 

15 upon an affirmative vote of— 

16 ‘‘(I) a majority of the members 

17 of such committee who are members 

18 of or caucus with the party in the ma19 jority in the Senate; and 

20 ‘‘(II) a majority of the members 

21 of such committee who are members 

22 of or caucus with the party in the mi23 nority in the Senate. 

24 ‘‘(ii) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

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1 House of Representatives may only order 

2 that a concurrent resolution described in 

3 subparagraph (A) be reported to the 

4 House of Representatives upon an affirma5 tive vote of— 

6 ‘‘(I) a majority of the members 

7 of such committee who are members 

8 of or caucus with the party in the ma9 jority in the House of Representa10 tives; and 

11 ‘‘(II) a majority of the members 

12 of such committee who are members 

13 of or caucus with the party in the mi14 nority in the House of Representa15 tives.’’. 

16 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this section shall take effect on January 1, 2021. 

18 SEC. 5. NO FUNDING, NO PAY. 

19 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

20 (1) the term ‘‘covered congressional employee’’ 

21 means an employee of— 

22 (A) any individual covered Member of Con23 gress; 

24 (B) a leadership office of the Senate or the 

25 House of Representatives; 


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1 (C) any committee or subcommittee of the 

2 Senate or the House of Representatives, includ3 ing any select or special committee; or 

4 (D) any joint committee of the Congress; 

5 (2) the term ‘‘covered Member of Congress’’— 

6 (A) means a Member of Congress, as de7 fined under section 2106 of title 5, United 

8 States Code, who was serving as a Member of 

9 Congress on December 31 of the year before 

10 the applicable year under this section; and 

11 (B) does not include the Vice President; 

12 and 

13 (3) the term ‘‘political appointee’’ has the 

14 meaning given that term in section 714(h) of title 

15 38, United States Code. 

16 (b) TIMELY APPROVAL OF JOINT RESOLUTION ON

17 THE BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.—If, be18 fore December 31, a joint resolution on the budget has 

19 not been enacted and all regular appropriation Acts have 

20 not been enacted, the pay of each Member of Congress, 

21 each covered congressional employee, and each political 

22 appointee serving in a position in the Office of Manage23 ment and Budget may not be paid for each day following 

24 that December 31 until the date on which both a joint 


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1 resolution on the budget and all the regular appropriations 

2 bills for such fiscal year have been enacted. 

3 (c) NO PAY WITHOUT JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE

4 BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

6 provision of law, no funds may be appropriated or 

7 otherwise be made available from the United States 

8 Treasury for the pay of any Member of Congress, 

9 covered congressional employee, or political ap10 pointee serving in a position in the Office of Man11 agement and Budget during any period determined 

12 by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

13 and the Chairman of the Committee on Appropria14 tions of the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee 

15 on the Budget and the Chairman of the Committee 

16 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

17 or the President, as applicable, under subsection (d). 

18 (2) NO RETROACTIVE PAY.—A Member of Con19 gress, a covered congressional employee, and a polit20 ical appointee serving in a position in the Office of 

21 Management and Budget may not receive pay for 

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1 man of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives, or the President, as appli3 cable, under subsection (d), at any time after the 

4 end of that period. 

5 (d) DETERMINATIONS.— 

6 (1) SENATE.— 

7 (A) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On 

8 December 31 of each year, the Secretary of the 

9 Senate shall submit a request to the Chairman 

10 of the Committee on the Budget and the Chair11 man of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

12 Senate for certification of determinations made 

13 under clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B). 

14 (B) DETERMINATIONS.—The Chairman of 

15 the Committee on the Budget and the Chair16 man of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 Senate shall— 

18 (i) on December 31 of each year, 

19 make a determination of whether Congress 

20 is in compliance with subsection (b) and 

21 whether Senators and covered congres22 sional employees whose pay is disbursed by 

23 the Secretary of the Senate may not be 

24 paid under that subsection; 


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1 (ii) determine the period of days fol2 lowing each December 31 that Senators 

3 and covered congressional employees whose 

4 pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the 

5 Senate may not be paid under subsection 

6 (b); and 

7 (iii) provide timely certification of the 

8 determinations under clauses (i) and (ii) 

9 upon the request of the Secretary of the 

10 Senate. 

11 (2) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

12 (A) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On 

13 December 31 of each year, the Chief Adminis14 trative Officer of the House of Representatives 

15 shall submit a request to the Chairman of the 

16 Committee on the Budget and the Chairman of 

17 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives for certification of deter19 minations made under clauses (i) and (ii) of 

20 subparagraph (B). 

21 (B) DETERMINATIONS.—The Chairman of 

22 the Committee on the Budget and the Chair23 man of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives shall— 


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1 (i) on December 31 of each year, 

2 make a determination of whether Congress 

3 is in compliance with subsection (b) and 

4 whether Members of the House of Rep5 resentatives and covered congressional em6 ployees whose pay is disbursed by the 

7 Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

8 of Representatives may not be paid under 

9 that subsection; 

10 (ii) determine the period of days fol11 lowing each December 31 that Members of 

12 the House of Representatives and covered 

13 congressional employees whose pay is dis14 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 

15 of the House of Representatives may not 

16 be paid under subsection (b); and 

17 (iii) provide timely certification of the 

18 determinations under clauses (i) and (ii) 

19 upon the request of the Chief Administra20 tive Officer of the House of Representa21 tives. 

22 (3) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.— 

23 (A) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On 

24 December 31 of each year, the Director of the 

25 Office of Management and Budget shall submit 


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1 a request to the President for certification of 

2 determinations made under clauses (i) and (ii) 

3 of subparagraph (B). 

4 (B) DETERMINATIONS.—The President 

5 shall— 

6 (i) on December 31 of each year, 

7 make a determination of whether Congress 

8 is in compliance with subsection (b) and 

9 whether political appointees serving in a 

10 position in the Office of Management and 

11 Budget may not be paid under that sub12 section; 

13 (ii) determine the period of days fol14 lowing each December 31 that political ap15 pointees serving in a position in the Office 

16 of Management and Budget may not be 

17 paid under subsection (b); and 

18 (iii) provide timely certification of the 

19 determinations under clauses (i) and (ii) 

20 upon the request of the Director of the Of21 fice of Management and Budget. 

22 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 

23 fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2020. 


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1 SEC. 6. PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS BILLS. 

3 In the Senate, a motion to proceed to an appropria4 tion bill shall not be debatable. 

5 SEC. 7. MODIFICATION OF CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET 

6 RESOLUTION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 305(b) of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 636(b)) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) in the first sentence— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘Debate’’ and inserting 

13 the following: ‘‘In the Senate, consider14 ation of a joint resolution on the budget 

15 reported by the Committee on the Budget 

16 of the Senate shall begin 48 hours after 

17 the joint resolution is reported. Consider18 ation’’; 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘of which 4 hours 

20 shall be reserved for the Chairman of the 

21 Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

22 and 4 hours shall be reserved for the 

23 Ranking Member of the Committee on the 

24 Budget of the Senate,’’ after ‘‘50 hours,’’; 

25 and 


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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘such debate’’ and in2 serting ‘‘such consideration’’; 

3 (B) by inserting after ‘‘15 hours.’’ the fol4 lowing: ‘‘Any time elapsed during a yea and nay 

5 vote relating to a joint resolution on the budget, 

6 including such a vote on any amendment there7 to or motion or appeal in connection therewith, 

8 shall not be counted in determining the period 

9 of debate under this paragraph.’’; and 

10 (C) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

11 time’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in this 

12 paragraph, the time’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘2 hours’’ and inserting ‘‘1 

15 hour’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘1 hour’’ and inserting ‘‘30 

17 minutes’’; 

18 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Following’’; 

20 and 

21 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) Following the expiration of the period de23 scribed in subparagraph (A), there shall be 20 hours 

24 of general debate on the joint resolution on the 

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1 to amendments to the resolution, equally divided be2 tween the majority leader and the minority leader. 

3 Amendments shall be nondivisible. Consideration of 

4 amendments to a joint resolution on the budget shall 

5 alternate between those offered by members of the 

6 majority and those offered by members of the minor7 ity.’’; 

8 (4) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para9 graph (7); and 

10 (5) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(6) After the conclusion of the period for con13 sideration of a joint resolution on the budget, the 

14 Senate shall proceed, without any further debate on 

15 any question, to vote on the final disposition thereof 

16 to the exclusion of all amendments not then actually 

17 pending before the Senate at that time and to the 

18 exclusion of all motions, except a motion to table or 

19 to reconsider and 1 quorum call on demand to estab20 lish the presence of a quorum (and motions required 

21 to establish a quorum) immediately before the final 

22 vote on adoption of the joint resolution on the budg23 et begins.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall take effect on January 1, 2021. 

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