taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 
stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 
funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 
[Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity] 
will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 
has been expended.’. 
‘‘(C) For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement 
set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria-
tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 
activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 
or amendment thereto.’’. 
(2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’. 
(b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as 
amended by section 7, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS 
‘‘SEC. 317. It shall not be in order in the Senate in 
any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropria-
tion bill providing new budget authority or a limitation 
on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Appropriations for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, 
unless the program, project, or activity for which the new 
budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will 
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require no additional authority beyond one year and will 
be completed or terminated after the amount provided has 
been expended.’’. 
(2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 is amended by adding after the item relating to 
section 316 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills.’’. 
SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING 
COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA-
TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 
out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency 
which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju-
risdiction of such committee shall provide to such com-
mittee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and 
assistance as may be requested by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the committee. 
(b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM 
ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying 
out its responsibilities, the head of any agency shall fur-
nish to such committee documentation, containing infor-
mation received, compiled, or maintained by the agency 
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as part of the operation or administration of a program, 
or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support 
of a review of a program, as may be requested by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of such com-
mittee. 
(c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With-
in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair-
man and ranking minority member of a standing com-
mittee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed 
and studied by such committee under this section, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish to 
such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of 
such program which the Comptroller General has com-
pleted during the preceding six years. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with 
their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congres-
sional Research Service shall continue to furnish (con-
sistent with established protocols) to each standing com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such 
information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chair-
man and ranking minority member may request to assist 
the committee in conducting reviews and studies of pro-
grams under this section. 
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SEC. 11. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall— 
(1) determine the impact and feasibility of 
changing the definition of a fiscal year and the 
budget process based on that definition to a 2-year 
fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on 
the 2-year period; and 
(2) report the findings of the study to the Com-
mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and the Committee on Rules of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 12. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 114TH 
CONGRESS. 
(a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2016.—The budget submission of the President 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2016 shall include the following: 
(1) An identification of the budget accounts for 
which an appropriation should be made for each fis-
cal year of the fiscal year 2016–2017 biennium. 
(2) Budget authority that should be provided 
for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts 
identified under paragraph (1). 
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(b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COM-
MITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection 
(a) in the budget submission of the President for fiscal 
year 2016 and include its recommendations thereon in its 
views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that 
budget submission. 
(c) ACTIONS BY THE COMMITTEES ON THE BUDG-
ET.—(1) The Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate shall review the items in-
cluded pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submis-
sion of the President for fiscal year 2016 and the rec-
ommendations submitted by the Committee on Appropria-
tions of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in 
its views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(2) The report of the Committee on the Budget of 
each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2016 and the joint explanatory 
statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 
also include allocations to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of its House of total new budget authority and total 
outlays (which shall be deemed to be made pursuant to 
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