(B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.
(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’’.
(d) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DE-
FICIENCIES.—Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘or current biennium, as the
case may be,’’ after ‘‘current fiscal year’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘that
period’’.
(e) STATEMENT
WITH
RESPECT
TO
CERTAIN
CHANGES.—Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting
‘‘biennium’’.
(f) 
CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
ANALYSIS.—Section
1105(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium to
which such budget relates’’.
(g) SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET
ESTIMATES
AND
CHANGES.—
(1) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by 
striking 
‘‘fiscal 
year’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘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 ‘‘2
fiscal years following the biennium’’;
(D) by striking ‘‘future fiscal years’’ in
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘the 2 fiscal years
following the biennium for which the budget is
submitted’’; and
(E) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ in paragraph
(3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
(2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.
(h) YEAR-AHEAD
REQUESTS
FOR
AUTHORIZING
LEGISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1997)’’,
and
(2) by striking ‘‘year before the year in which
the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal-
endar year preceding the calendar year in which the
biennium begins’’.
(i) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV-
ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi-
ennium beginning on October 1, 1997, the’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it
appears.
SEC. 5. 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 the biennium ending September 30 (here insert
the odd-numbered calendar year).’.
‘‘(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. 6. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.
The Rules of the House of Representatives are
amended as follows:
(1) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X is amended by
inserting ‘‘odd-numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.
(2) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X is amended by
striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the bien-
nium in which such fiscal year begins’’.
(3) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X is amended by
striking ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget for
each fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget required under section 301(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for each
biennium’’.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), this Act and the amendments made by it shall become
effective January 1, 1997, and shall apply to bienniums
beginning after September 30, 1997.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the provisions of—
(1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and
(2) title 31, United States Code,
(as such provisions were in effect on the day before the
effective date of this Act) shall apply to the fiscal year
beginning on October 1, 1997.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘biennium’’ shall have the meaning given to such
term in section 3(11) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)),
as added by section 3(c)(2) of this Act.
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