SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 303 AND CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’, by strik-
ing ‘‘has been agreed to’’ and inserting ‘‘takes ef-
fect’’, and by striking subsections (b) and (c); and 
(2) by striking its section heading and inserting 
the following new section heading: ‘‘CONSIDERATION 
OF BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION BEFORE BUDG-
ET BECOMES LAW’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 303 in the table of contents set forth in section 
1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 303. Consideration of budget-related legislation before budget becomes 
law.’’. 
SEC. 5. PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF BUDGET RESOLU-
TIONS. 
Section 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 304. At any time after the joint resolution on 
the budget for a fiscal year has been enacted pursuant 
to section 301, and before the end of such fiscal year, the 
two Houses and the President may enact a joint resolution 
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on the budget which revises or reaffirms the joint resolu-
tion on the budget for such fiscal year most recently en-
acted, and for purposes of the enforcement of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Budget 
Committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, 
as applicable, may adjust levels as needed for the enforce-
ment of the budget resolution.’’. 
SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON THE CONTENT OF BUDGET RESO-
LUTIONS. 
Section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON CONTENTS.—(1) It shall not be 
in order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate 
to consider any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter referred to in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) Any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter not permitted in section 301(a) or (b) 
shall not be treated in the House of Representatives or 
the Senate as a budget resolution under subsection (a) or 
(b) or as a conference report on a budget resolution under 
subsection (c) of this section.’’. 
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SEC. 7. DEEMING OF BUDGETARY AGGREGATES, ALLOCA-
TIONS, AND RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTIONS 
IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE UPON VETO OF 
JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 
315 the following new section: 
‘‘AUTOMATIC STANDING ORDER UPON VETO OF JOINT 
RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
‘‘SEC. 316. If the President vetoes a joint resolution 
on the budget, the aggregates, allocations, and any other 
matters that pertain solely to the Congress set forth in 
that joint resolution shall, for all purposes of titles III and 
IV, be deemed to operate and be enforceable in the House 
of Representatives and the Senate as if the joint resolution 
had been enacted.’’. 
(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. Automatic standing order upon veto of joint resolution on the budg-
et.’’. 
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SEC. 7. AUTOMATIC CONGRESSIONAL ENFORCEMENT OF 
JOINT RESOLUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 315 
the following new section: 
‘‘AUTOMATIC CONGRESSIONAL ENFORCEMENT OF JOINT 
RESOLUTION 
‘‘SEC. 316. For purposes of congressional enforcement 
under titles III and IV of this Act and the rules of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the aggregates, alloca-
tions, and any other matters that pertain solely to the Con-
gress set forth in the joint resolution shall be considered as 
enforceable upon enactment or 15 days following present-
ment to the President, whichever occurs earlier.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 315 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Automatic congressional enforcement of joint resolution.’’. 
SEC. 8. PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT. 
Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (8), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ 
at the end of paragraph (9), and by inserting after para-
graph (9) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) set forth the public debt limit.’’. 
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SEC. 9 8. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO EFFEC-
TUATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDG-
ET. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 
1974.—(1)(A) Sections 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 
310, 311, 312, 314, 405, and 904 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) are amended 
by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘joint’’. 
(B)(i) Sections 302(d), 302(g), 308(a)(1)(A), and 
310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are 
amended by striking ‘‘most recently agreed to concurrent 
resolution on the budget’’ each place it occurs and insert-
ing ‘‘most recently enacted joint resolution on the budg-
et’’. 
(ii) The section heading of section 301 of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL ADOPTION OF CONCUR-
RENT RESOLUTION’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT RESOLUTIONS’’; 
and 
(C) Sections 302, 303, 304, 310, and 311 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 are amended by striking 
‘‘agreed to’’ each place it appears and by inserting ‘‘en-
acted’’. 
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(2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 is amended— 
(A) in the item relating to section 301, by strik-
ing ‘‘Annual adoption of concurrent resolution’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Joint resolutions’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting 
‘‘joint’’ in the item relating to section 305. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 310 
REGARDING RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES.—(1) The side 
heading of section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘JOINT EXPLANATORY 
STATEMENT ACCOMPANYING CONFERENCE REPORT ON’’ 
before ‘‘JOINT’’. 
(2) Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘A’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference 
report on a’’. 
(3) The first sentence of section 310(b) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘If’’ 
and inserting ‘‘If the joint explanatory statement accom-
panying the conference report on’’. 
(4) Section 310(c)(1) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘the joint explana-
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