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’’; 
(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 
such resolution as a percentage of the gross do-
mestic product of the United States;’’; and 
(E) after subparagraph (F) (as redesig-
nated), by inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(G) if the concurrent resolution on the 
budget includes any allocation to a committee 
other than the Committee on Appropriations of 
levels in excess of current law levels, a justifica-
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tion for not subjecting any program, project, or 
activity (for which the allocation is made) to 
annual discretionary appropriations;’’; 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), by inserting 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(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 Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking ‘‘Annual’’ and inserting ‘‘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— 
(A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year of the 
resolution,’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium,’’; 
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(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 ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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 
(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). 
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