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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 129

To provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process

and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 3, 2001

Mr. LUTHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and

Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial

appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the

performance of the Federal Government.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Biennial Budgeting

5 and Appropriations Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

7 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

8 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘TIMETABLE

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

3 subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres4 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with

5 the One Hundred Eighth 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.

Not later than 6 weeks after

budget submission.

Committees submit views and estimates to

Budget Committees.

April 1 ...................................... Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.

May 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 30 .................................... House completes action on biennial appropriation bills.

August 1 ................................... Congress completes action on reconciliation

legislation.

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

‘‘Second Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

February 15 ............................. President submits budget review.

Not later than 6 weeks after

President submits budget review.

Congressional Budget Office submits report

to Budget Committees.

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

the succeeding biennium.

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

7 of Congress that begins in any year immediately following

8 a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex9 cept a President who succeeds himself) begins, the fol-
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1 lowing dates shall supersede those set forth in subsection

2 (a):

‘‘First Session

‘‘On or before: Action to be completed:

First Monday in April .............. President submits budget recommendations.

April 20 .................................... Committees submit views and estimates to

Budget Committees.

May 15 ..................................... Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.

June 1 ...................................... Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.

July 1 ....................................... Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House.

July 20 ..................................... House completes action on biennial appropriation bills.

August 1 ................................... Congress completes action on reconciliation

legislation.

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

3 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

4 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

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

6 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

7 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each

8 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—

10 (1) BUDGET RESOLUTION.—Section 3(4) of

11 such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended by striking

12 ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi13 ennium’’.

14 (2) BIENNIUM.—Section 3 of such Act (2

15 U.S.C. 622) is further amended by adding at the

16 end the following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(11) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of

2 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of

3 any odd-numbered year.’’.

4 (c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

5 BUDGET.—

6 (1) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section

7 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—

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

9 by—

10 (i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’

11 and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num12 bered year’’;

13 (ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

14 on October 1 of such year’’ the first place

15 it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be16 ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and

17 (iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning

18 on October 1 of such year’’ the second

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal

20 year in such period’’;

21 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the

22 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year

23 in the biennium’’; and
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1 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the

2 first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal

3 year in the biennium’’.

4 (2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b)(3)

5 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either

7 fiscal year in such biennium’’.

8 (3) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section

9 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by

10 inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable, as provided by section

11 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.

12 (4) HEARINGS.—Section 301(e)(1) of such Act

13 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—

14 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘biennium’’; and

16 (B) inserting after the second sentence the

17 following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd18 numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by

19 section 300(b)), the Committee on the Budget

20 of each House shall report to its House the con21 current resolution on the budget referred to in

22 subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on

23 October 1 of that year.’’.

24 (5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—

25 Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

3 (6) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section

4 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is

5 amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘for a biennium’’.

7 (7) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of

8 section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN9 NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.

10 (8) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating

11 to section 301 in the table of contents set forth in

12 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An13 nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

14 (d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 of such

15 Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended—

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by—

17 (A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year of the

18 resolution,’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year

19 in the biennium,’’;

20 (B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal

21 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov22 ered by the resolution’’; and

23 (C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that

24 resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year

25 in the biennium’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal

2 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

3 (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal

4 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bien5 nium’’;

6 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by—

7 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and

9 (B) striking ‘‘the total of fiscal years’’ and

10 inserting ‘‘the total of all fiscal years covered by

11 the resolution’’; and

12 (5) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘April’’

13 and inserting ‘‘May’’.

14 (e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of such Act

16 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘first fis17 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bien18 nium’’.

19 (2) EXCEPTIONS IN THE HOUSE.—Section

20 303(b)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is

21 amended—

22 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the

23 budget year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’;

24 and
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the

2 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’.

3 (3) APPLICATION TO THE SENATE.—Section

4 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended

5 by—

6 (A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘biennium’’; and

8 (B) striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘each fiscal year of that biennium’’.

10 (f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO11 LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act

12 (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

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

14 it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;

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

16 (3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi17 ennium’’.

18 (g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET

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

20 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in21 serting ‘‘biennium’’.

22 (h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON APPROPRIA23 TION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is

24 amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

2 odd-numbered year’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien4 nial’’;

5 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi6 ennium’’; and

7 (4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

8 odd-numbered year’’.

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 ‘‘bien15 nial’’; and

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

18 (j) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310(a) of

19 such Act (2 U.S.C. 641(a)) is amended—

20 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by

21 striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any bien22 nium’’; and

23 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fiscal

24 year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘any fiscal

25 year covered by such resolution’’.
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1 (k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—

2 (1) IN THE HOUSE.—Section 311(a)(1) of such

3 Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in5 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;

6 (B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ each

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal

8 year of the biennium’’; and

9 (C) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ and

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

11 (2) IN THE SENATE.—Section 311(a)(2) of

12 such Act is amended—

13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for

14 the first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either

15 fiscal year of the biennium’’; and

16 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’

18 the first place it appears and inserting

19 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year

21 and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘all fiscal years’’.

23 (3) SOCIAL SECURITY LEVELS.—Section

24 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by—
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1 (A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’;

3 and

4 (B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu5 ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal

6 years’’.

7 (l) MDA POINT OF ORDER.—Section 312(c) of the

8 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is

9 amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘for a biennium’’;

12 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien14 nium’’;

15 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fiscal

16 year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien17 nium’’; and

18 (4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by

19 striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli20 cable fiscal year’’.

21 SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP22 RESENTATIVES.

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

24 House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd25 numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.
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1 (b) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House

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

3 and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

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

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

6 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’ and by striking

7 ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

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

9 of Representatives is amended—

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd-numbered

11 year’’ after ‘‘submits his budget’’;

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

13 appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and

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

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

16 (e) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the

17 House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal

18 year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘biennium after August 1 of the year in which

20 such biennium begins’’.

21 SEC. 5. PAY-AS-YOU-GO IN THE SENATE.

22 Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 207(b)(2)

23 of House Concurrent Resolution 68 (106th Congress) are

24 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(A) The period of the biennium covered

2 by the most recently adopted concurrent resolu3 tion on the budget.

4 ‘‘(B) The period of the first six fiscal years

5 covered by the most recently adopted concur6 rent resolution on the budget.

7 ‘‘(C) The period of the four fiscal years

8 following the first six fiscal years covered by the

9 most recently adopted concurrent resolution on

10 the budget.’’.

11 SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.

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

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

14 following new paragraph:

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

16 term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres17 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

18 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

19 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE

20 CONGRESS.—

21 (1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para22 graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United

23 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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

25 each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by
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1 section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974),

2 beginning with the One Hundred Seventh Congress, the

3 President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for

4 the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar

5 year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall

6 include a budget message and summary and supporting

7 information. The President shall include in each budget

8 the following:’’.

9 (2) EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(5) of

10 title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking

11 ‘‘the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted

12 and the 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which the

14 budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

15 (3) RECEIPTS.—Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31,

16 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis17 cal year for which the budget is submitted and the

18 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each

19 fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is

20 submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’.

21 (4) BALANCE STATEMENTS.—Section

22 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is

23 amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.
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1 (5) FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES.—Section

2 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is

3 amended in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fis4 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien5 nium’’.

6 (6) ALLOWANCES.—Section 1105(a)(13) of title

7 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the

8 fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi9 ennium’’.

10 (7) ALLOWANCES FOR UNCONTROLLED EX11 PENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31,

12 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien14 nium for which the budget is submitted’’.

15 (8) TAX EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(16)

16 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year

18 in the biennium’’.

19 (9) FUTURE YEARS.—Section 1105(a)(17) of

20 title 31, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

23 in the biennium following the biennium’’;

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

25 and inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis2 cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi3 ennium’’.

4 (10) PRIOR YEAR OUTLAYS.—Section

5 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is

6 amended—

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

8 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com9 pleted fiscal years,’’;

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

12 (C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

14 (11) PRIOR YEAR RECEIPTS.—Section

15 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is

16 amended—

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

18 inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com19 pleted fiscal years’’;

20 (B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and

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

23 it appears and inserting ‘‘in those fiscal years’’.

24 (c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES OF LEGISLATIVE

25 AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES.—Section 1105(b) of title 31,
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1 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’

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

3 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE4 FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States

5 Code, is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the first

7 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in

8 the biennium for’’;

9 (2) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the second

10 place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of

11 the biennium, as the case may be,’’; and

12 (3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘for

13 each year of the biennium’’.

14 (e) CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS.—Section

15 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

16 by striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium

17 to which such budget relates’’.

18 (f) SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES AND

19 CHANGES.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106(a) of title 31,

21 United States Code, is amended—

22 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),

23 by—
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1 (i) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each

2 year,’’ and inserting ‘‘Before February 15

3 of each even numbered year,’’; and

4 (ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘biennium’’;

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

8 such biennium’’;

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

10 years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘4

11 fiscal years following the biennium’’; and

12 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal

13 year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.

14 (2) CHANGES.—Section 1106(b) of title 31,

15 United States Code, is amended by—

16 (A) striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’;

18 (B) striking ‘‘April 11 and July 16 of each

19 year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each even20 numbered year’’; and

21 (C) striking ‘‘July 16’’ and inserting ‘‘Feb22 ruary 15 of each even-numbered year.’’.

23 (g) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI24 MATES.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1109(a) of title 31,

2 United States Code, is amended—

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

4 Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be5 fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At

6 the same time the budget required by section

7 1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and

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

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

10 (2) JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—Section

11 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended

12 by striking ‘‘March 1 of each year’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis14 sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable,

15 as provided by section 300(b) of the Congressional

16 Budget Act of 1974)’’.

17 (h) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING

18 LEGISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States

19 Code, is amended by—

20 (1) striking ‘‘May 16’’ and inserting ‘‘March

21 31’’; and

22 (2) striking ‘‘year before the year in which the

23 fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre24 ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be25 gins’’.
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1 SEC. 7. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE OF

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.

3 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend4 ed to read as follows:

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

6 ‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria7 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol8 lows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob9 ject) for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years

10 (here insert the fiscal years of the biennium).’.

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

12 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium

13 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided

14 for each fiscal year in such period.

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

16 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres17 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2

18 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.

19 SEC. 8. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

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

22 following new section:

23 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

24 ‘‘SEC. 316. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be

25 in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate

26 to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion,
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1 or conference report that authorizes appropriations for a

2 period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless the program,

3 project, or activity for which the appropriations are au4 thorized will require no further appropriations and will be

5 completed or terminated after the appropriations have

6 been expended.’’.

7 (b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The

8 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres9 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

10 amended by adding after the item relating to section 315

11 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 316. Authorizations of appropriations.’’.

12 SEC. 9. GOVERNMENT PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.

13 (a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title 5,

14 United States Code, is amended—

15 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September

16 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

17 (2) in subsection (b)—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’

19 and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and

22 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma

23 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add24 ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep-
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1 tember 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of sub2 section (a)’’.

3 (b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON4 GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31,

5 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning

6 with fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with

7 fiscal year 2002, a biennial’’.

8 (c) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31,

9 United States Code, is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)—

11 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1)—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’

13 and inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; and

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and in15 serting ‘‘a biennial’’;

16 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after

17 ‘‘program activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both

18 years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan’’;

19 (C) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘and’’

20 after the semicolon,

21 (D) in paragraph (6) by striking the period

22 and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’

23 after the inserted semicolon; and

24 (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol25 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the

2 first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’;

3 (2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

5 (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik6 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

7 (d) MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXI8 BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re9 lating to managerial accountability, is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)—

11 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an12 nual’’; and

13 (B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and

14 inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;

15 (2) in subsection (e)—

16 (A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘one

17 or’’ before ‘‘years’’;

18 (B) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘a

19 subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse20 quent 2-year period’’; and

21 (C) in the third sentence by striking

22 ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.

23 (e) PILOT PROJECTS FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG24 ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is

25 amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik2 ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and

3 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘annual’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘biennial’’.

5 (f) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 2802 of title 39,

6 United States Code, is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September

8 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;

9 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least every

10 three years’’ and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’;

11 (3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and

13 (4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma

14 after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in15 serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by

16 September 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of

17 subsection (a)’’.

18 (g) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title

19 39, United States Code, is amended—

20 (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by

21 striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro23 gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and

24 2 of the biennial plan’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

2 the semicolon;

3 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and

4 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:

6 ‘‘(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the

7 first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’.

8 (h) COMMITTEE VIEWS OF PLANS AND REPORTS.—

9 Section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act (2 U.S.C.

10 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee

11 of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review

12 the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance

13 reports, required under section 306 of title 5, United

14 States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31,

15 United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction

16 of the committee. Each committee may provide its views

17 on such plans or reports to the Committee on the Budget

18 of the applicable House.’’.

19 (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by

21 this section shall take effect on March 1, 2002.

22 (2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and after

23 the date of enactment of this Act, each agency shall

24 take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub-
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1 mit any plan or report in accordance with the

2 amendments made by this Act.

3 SEC. 10. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

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

5 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended

6 by adding at the end the following new section:

7 ‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

8 ‘‘SEC. 317. It shall not be in order in the House of

9 Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year

10 to consider any regular bill providing new budget authority

11 or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of any

12 of the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropria13 tions for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless

14 the program, project, or activity for which the new budget

15 authority or obligation limitation is provided will require

16 no additional authority beyond 1 year and will be com17 pleted or terminated after the amount provided has been

18 expended.’’.

19 (b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The

20 table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres21 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is

22 amended by adding after the item relating to section 316

23 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriations bills.’’.
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1 SEC. 11. REPORT ON TWO YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment

3 of this Act, the Director of OMB shall—

4 (1) determine the impact and feasibility of

5 changing the definition of a fiscal year and the

6 budget process based on that definition to a 2-year

7 fiscal period with a 2-year budget process based on

8 the 2-year period; and

9 (2) report the findings of the study to the Com10 mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa11 tives and the Senate.

12 SEC. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

14 and 11 and subsection (b), this Act and the amendments

15 made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 2003,

16 and shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations

17 for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2004.

18 (b) AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE BIENNIUM.—For

19 purposes of authorizations for the biennium beginning

20 with fiscal year 2004, the provisions of this Act and the

21 amendments made by this Act relating to 2-year author22 izations shall take effect January 1, 2002.

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