I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1536 
To modify the congressional budget and appropriations process to provide 
fiscal stability for the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2019 
Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mr. BYRNE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to 
the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and House Administra-
tion, 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 modify the congressional budget and appropriations proc-
ess to provide fiscal stability for the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; EFFEC-
TIVE DATE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; effective date. 
TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 
Subtitle A—Congressional Budget Process 
Sec. 101. Updating purpose of Congressional Budget Act. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
Sec. 103. Revision of timetable. 
Sec. 104. Biennial concurrent resolutions on the budget. 
Sec. 105. Committee allocations. 
Sec. 106. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations. 
Sec. 107. Additional amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 
effectuate biennial budgeting. 
Subtitle B—Conforming Amendments to the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
Sec. 111. Rules Committee recommendations. 
Sec. 112. Conforming amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
Subtitle C—Conforming Amendments to Titles 1, 5, 31, and 39, United 
States Code 
Sec. 121. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriation Acts. 
Sec. 122. Amendments to title 31, United States Code. 
Sec. 123. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis. 
Subtitle D—Change of Fiscal Year 
Sec. 131. Change of fiscal year. 
TITLE II—DIRECT SPENDING PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL 
APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 201. Annual appropriations required for direct spending programs. 
TITLE III—ZERO-BASED BUDGETING 
Sec. 301. Zero-based budgeting. 
TITLE IV—PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH A BUDGET RESOLUTION 
Sec. 401. Adoption of reconciliation procedures for appropriations bills. 
TITLE V—NO BUDGET NO PAY 
Sec. 501. No budget no pay. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Unless specifically provided 
for otherwise in this Act, the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect immediately before noon on January 
3, 2021. 
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TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 
Subtitle A—Congressional Budget 
Process 
SEC. 101. UPDATING PURPOSE OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDG-
ET ACT. 
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg-
etary process and Federal spending; 
‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination biennially of 
the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex-
penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean-
ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
‘‘(13) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 
2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 
any odd-numbered year.’’. 
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(c) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 301(d) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
632(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentences: ‘‘Each committee of the Senate or the 
House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans, 
performance plans, and performance reports required 
under section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sec-
tions 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, of 
all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each 
committee may provide its views on such plans or reports 
to the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House.’’. 
(d) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—Section 301(e) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘biennium’’; and 
(B) by inserting after the second sentence 
the following: ‘‘On or before June 1 of each 
odd-numbered year, the Committee on the 
Budget of each House shall report to its House 
the concurrent resolution on the budget referred 
to in subsection (a) for the biennium beginning 
on January 1 of the following year.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs 
(B), (C), (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively; 
(B) before subparagraph (B) (as redesig-
nated), by inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 
each major functional category, based on alloca-
tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1);’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘mandatory’’ and inserting ‘‘direct 
spending’’; and 
(D) after subparagraph (C) (as redesig-
nated), by inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) total outlays, total Federal revenues, 
the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority 
and outlays for nondefense discretionary spend-
ing, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, 
Medicaid and other health-related spending, 
other direct spending (excluding interest), social 
security and other major functional categories, 
as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in 
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such resolution as a percentage of the gross do-
mestic product of the United States;’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A)(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(iv) by striking the period and the end of 
subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) before subparagraph (B), as redesig-
nated, by inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 
each major functional category, based on alloca-
tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1);’’; and 
(C) at the end, by adding the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) set forth, if required by subsection 
(f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion 
of the Congress, the goals for reducing unem-
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ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em-
ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 
(e) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—Sec-
tion 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(f) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g)(1) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’. 
(g) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of sec-
tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIEN-
NIAL’’. 
(h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to sec-
tion 301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Biennial’’. 
SEC. 105. COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS. 
Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 
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(A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year of the 
resolution,’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium,’’; 
(B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov-
ered by the resolution’’; and 
(C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that 
resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as 
reported’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 
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(B) striking ‘‘the total of fiscal years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the total of all fiscal years covered by 
the resolution’’; and 
(5) by striking subsection (g). 
SEC. 106. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 
315 the following new section: 
‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 316. (a) It shall not be in order in the House 
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure 
that contains an authorization of appropriations for any 
purpose unless the measure includes such an authorization 
of appropriations for that purpose for not less than each 
fiscal year in one or more bienniums. 
‘‘(b)(1) For purposes of this section, an authorization 
of appropriations is an authorization for the enactment 
of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed 
an amount of appropriations (whether stated as a sum cer-
tain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be necessary) 
for any purpose for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to 
an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 
for any program, project, or activity if the measure con-
taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 
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stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza-
tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 
applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse-
quent fiscal year.’. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘measure’ 
means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
ference report.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO EFFEC-
TUATE BIENNIAL BUDGETING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amend-
ed, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(14) The term ‘Medicare’ means programs 
within budget function 570. 
‘‘(15) The term ‘Medicaid and other health-re-
lated spending’ means programs within budget func-
tion 550. 
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‘‘(16) The term ‘other direct spending’ means 
programs other than those within budget functions 
550 and 570, excluding Social Security and net in-
terest.’’. 
(b) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON 
APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
odd-numbered year’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien-
nial’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
odd-numbered year’’. 
(c) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR 
APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘HOUSE APPROVAL OF REGULATION APPROPRIATION 
BILLS 
‘‘SEC. 309. It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives to consider any resolution providing for 
an adjournment period of more than three calendar days 
during the months of November and December of any odd- 
numbered calendar year until the House of Representa-
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tives has approved annual appropriation bills providing 
new budget authority under the jurisdiction of all the sub-
committees of the Committee on Appropriations for the 
fiscal year beginning on January 1 of the following year.’’. 
(d) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘such fiscal 
year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘any fiscal 
year covered by such resolution’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating 
subsection (g) as subsection (f). 
(e) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 
(1) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
Section 311(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 
year of the biennium’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’. 
(2) IN THE SENATE.—Section 311(a)(2) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 
the first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 
fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ 
the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year 
and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 
‘‘all fiscal years’’. 
(3) 
SOCIAL
SECURITY
LEVELS.—Section 
311(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; 
and 
(B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu-
ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 
years’’. 
(4) EXCEPTION.—Section 311(c) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by insert-
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ing ‘‘with respect to new budget authority or out-
lays’’ after ‘‘shall not apply’’. 
(f) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF ORDER.— 
Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 643) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’; and 
(4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by 
striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli-
cable fiscal year’’. 
Subtitle 
B—Conforming 
Amend-
ments to the Rules of the House 
of Representatives and the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 
SEC. 111. RULES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Committee on Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall submit to the House conforming amend-
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ments to the Rules of the House of Representatives to ef-
fectuate this title. 
SEC. 112. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974. 
(a) SECTION 202(e).—Section 202(e)(1)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 
‘‘(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes assumed to be extended 
under section 257(b)(2)(C)’’. 
(b) SECTION 302(f)(1).—Section 302(f)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 
‘‘or outlays’’ after ‘‘new budget authority’’. 
(c) SECTION 308(a).—Section 308(a)(3)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed. 
(d) SECTION 308(d).—Section 308(d) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 
‘‘252(d)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘252(c)’’. 
Subtitle 
C—Conforming 
Amend-
ments to Titles 1, 5, 31, and 39, 
United States Code 
SEC. 121. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE 
OF APPROPRIATION ACTS. 
Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriation Acts 
‘‘(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria-
tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol-
lows: ‘An Act making appropriations [here insert the ob-
ject] for each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years 
[here insert the fiscal years of the biennium].’. 
‘‘(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the 
support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium 
and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided 
for each fiscal year in such period. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘biennium’ 
has the same meaning as in section 3(13) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 622(13)).’’. 
SEC. 122. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 1101 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ‘biennium’ has the meaning given to such 
term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’. 
(b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE 
CONGRESS.— 
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(1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para-
graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in April of each 
odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hundred Sev-
enteenth Congress, the President shall transmit to the 
Congress the budget for the biennium beginning on Janu-
ary 1 of the following calendar year. The budget trans-
mitted under this subsection shall include a budget mes-
sage and summary and supporting information. The 
President shall include in each budget submission the fol-
lowing:’’. 
(2) EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(5) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted 
and the 4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which the 
budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 
(3) RECEIPTS.—Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis-
cal year for which the budget is submitted and the 
4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 
submitted and in the succeeding 4 years’’. 
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(4) 
BALANCE
STATEMENTS.—Section 
1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’. 
(5) GOVERNMENT
FUNCTIONS
AND
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 
year in the biennium’’. 
(6) ALLOWANCES.—Section 1105(a)(13) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi-
ennium’’. 
(7) ALLOWANCES
FOR
UNANTICIPATED
AND 
UNCONTROLLABLE
EXPENDITURES.—Section 
1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is 
submitted’’. 
(8) TAX EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(16) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 
in the biennium’’. 
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(9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—Section 
1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year following 
the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 
in the biennium following the biennium’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘that following fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis-
cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi-
ennium’’. 
(10) 
PRIOR
YEAR
OUTLAYS.—Section 
1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com-
pleted fiscal years’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 
(11) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO 
CONGRESS.—Section 1105(a)(28) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning with 
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fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with 
fiscal year 2022, a biennial’’. 
(12) 
INFORMATION
SUPPORTING
BIENNIAL 
BUDGETS.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(40) Totals of new budget authority and out-
lays. 
‘‘(41) Total Federal revenues and the amount, 
if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal reve-
nues should be increased or decreased by bills and 
resolutions to be reported by the appropriate com-
mittees. 
‘‘(42) The surplus or deficit in the budget. 
‘‘(43) Subtotals of new budget authority and 
outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, de-
fense discretionary spending, direct spending (ex-
cluding interest), contingencies, and net interest. 
‘‘(44) The public debt.’’. 
(c) ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
OF LEGISLATIVE 
AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES.—Section 1105(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each even-numbered year’’. 
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(d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE-
FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the first 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 
the biennium for’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the second 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of 
the biennium, as the case may be,’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
each year of the biennium’’. 
(e) ADDITIONAL OUTYEAR DATA.—Section 1105(d) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’ and by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Each budget submission shall include a budget 
message and summary and supporting information and, 
as a separately delineated statement, the levels required 
in paragraphs (40) through (44) of subsection (a) for at 
least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years after the biennium 
covered by the budget submission under such subsection.’’. 
(f) 
CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
ANALYSIS.—Section 
1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium 
to which such budget relates’’. 
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(g) SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET
ESTIMATES
AND 
CHANGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by— 
(i) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘Before April 7 of 
each even-numbered year and before Sep-
tember 15 of each year’’; and 
(ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘biennium’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘that fis-
cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 
such biennium’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘4 fiscal 
years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘at least 4 fiscal years following the biennium’’; 
and 
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(2) CHANGES.—Section 1106(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and 
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(B) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Before April 7 of each even- 
numbered year and before September 15 of 
each year’’. 
(h) CURRENT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVI-
TIES ESTIMATES.— 
(1) THE PRESIDENT.—Section 1109(a) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first 
Monday after January 3 of each year (on or be-
fore February 5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At 
the same time the budget required by section 
1105 is submitted for a biennium’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the following fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of such period’’. 
(2) JOINT
ECONOMIC
COMMITTEE.—Section 
1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘before March 1 of each year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget 
submission for each odd-numbered year’’. 
(i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG-
ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code, 
is hereby repealed. 
(j) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a bien-
nial’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after 
‘‘program activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both 
years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(D) in paragraph (6) by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the inserted semicolon; and 
(E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be-
ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 
budget cycle.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik-
ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 
(k) PILOT PROJECTS
FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG-
ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik-
ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘annual’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 
(l) MANAGERIAL
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND
FLEXI-
BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re-
lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Be-
ginning with fiscal year 1999, the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2022, the bien-
nial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘one 
or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 
(B) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘a 
subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse-
quent 2-year period’’; and 
(C) in the third sentence by striking 
‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’. 
SEC. 123. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 
PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 
(a) STRATEGIC PLANS.— 
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(1) TITLE 5.—Section 306 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘February of 
any year following’’ and inserting ‘‘April of’’. 
(2) TITLE 39.—Section 2802 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2022’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by— 
(i) striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 
inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 
(ii) striking ‘‘at least every three 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 
years’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding a strategic plan submitted by Sep-
tember 30, 2022, meeting the requirements of 
subsection (a)’’ before the period. 
(b) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title 
39, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro-
gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 
2 of the biennial plan’’; 
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(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be-
ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 
budget cycle.’’. 
Subtitle D—Change of Fiscal Year 
SEC. 131. CHANGE OF FISCAL YEAR. 
(a) CHANGE OF CALENDAR PERIOD.—Section 1102 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘October 1’’ and inserting ‘‘Jan-
uary 1’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘September 30 of the following 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31 of that year’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall be effective on January 1, 2022. 
(c) TRANSITION.—During the period between Octo-
ber 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021, Congress shall pro-
vide discretionary appropriations at a rate comparable to 
the rate of funding provided in fiscal year 2021. 
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