by striking ‘‘March 1 of each year’’ and inserting 
‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submis-
sion for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, 
as provided by section 300(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974)’’. 
(h) YEAR-AHEAD
REQUESTS
FOR
AUTHORIZING 
LEGISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘May 16’’ and inserting ‘‘March 
31’’; and 
(2) striking ‘‘year before the year in which the 
fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar year pre-
ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be-
gins’’. 
SEC. 6. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE OF 
APPROPRIATIONS ACTS. 
Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriations 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).’. 
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‘‘(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(11) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 
SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 316. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—(1)(A) It shall 
not be in order in the House of Representatives or the 
Senate to consider any measure that contains a specific 
authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the 
measure includes such a specific authorization of appro-
priations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal year 
in one or more bienniums. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific au-
thorization 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 certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be nec-
essary) for any purpose for a fiscal year. 
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‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) 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 
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.’. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘meas-
ure’ means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
conference report.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The 
table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 315 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE 
PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS. 
(a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 
inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma 
after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add-
ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep-
tember 30, 2014, meeting the requirements of sub-
section (a)’’. 
(b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON-
GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning 
with fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with 
fiscal year 2016, a biennial’’. 
(c) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(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; 
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(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’’. 
(d) 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 2016, the bien-
nial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘one 
or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 
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(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’’. 
(e) PILOT PROJECTS
FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG-
ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(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’’. 
(f) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 2802 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least every 
three years’’ and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma 
after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by 
September 30, 2014, meeting the requirements of 
subsection (a)’’. 
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(g) 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’’; 
(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.’’. 
(h) COMMITTEE VIEWS OF PLANS AND REPORTS.— 
Section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act (2 U.S.C. 
632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘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 sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, 
United States Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction 
of the committee. Each committee may provide its views 
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on such plans or reports to the Committee on the Budget 
of the applicable House.’’. 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on September 30, 2014. 
(2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each agency shall 
take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub-
mit any plan or report in accordance with the 
amendments made by it. 
SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS. 
(a) IN
THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(1) 
Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap-
propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 
bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and 
may not be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it 
provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob-
ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 
a biennium. 
‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with respect to 
an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, 
project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con-
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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.) is 
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 
require no additional authority beyond one year and will 
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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 
as part of the operation or administration of a program, 
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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 113TH 
CONGRESS. 
(a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2014.—The budget submission of the President 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2014 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 2014–2015 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 2014 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 2014 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 2014 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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section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
for purposes of budget enforcement under section 302(f)) 
for fiscal year 2015 from which the Committee on Appro-
priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal 
year 2014 that include funding for certain accounts for 
each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 
(3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of 
each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2014 and the joint explanatory 
statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall 
also include the assumptions upon which such allocations 
referred to in paragraph (2) are based. 
(d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC
OVERSIGHT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—(1) During the first session of the 113th Congress 
the committees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are directed to work with the Comptroller General 
of the United States to develop plans to transition pro-
gram authorizations to a multi-year schedule. 
(2) During the 113th Congress, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States will continue to provide assist-
ance to the Congress with respect to programmatic over-
sight and in particular will assist the committees of Con-
gress in designing and conforming programmatic oversight 
procedures for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium. 
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(e) CBO AUTHORIZATION REPORT.—On or before 
January 15, 2014, the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate 
committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all pro-
grams and activities funded during fiscal year 2014 for 
which authorizations for appropriations have not been en-
acted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activi-
ties funded during fiscal year 2014 for which authoriza-
tions for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, 
fiscal year 2015, or fiscal year 2016. 
(f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2015.—The budget submission of the President 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2015 shall include an evaluation of, 
and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial 
budget process for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium 
that was carried out pursuant to this section. 
(g) CBO TRANSITIONAL REPORT.—On or before 
March 31, 2014, the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall submit to Congress an evaluation of, and rec-
ommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget 
process for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium that was 
carried out pursuant to this section. 
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SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided by sections 8, 11, and 12, this 
Act and the amendments made by it shall take effect on 
January 1, 2015, and shall apply to budget resolutions 
and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal 
year 2016. 
Æ 
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