begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth 
in subsection (a): 
‘‘First Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in April ...............
President submits budget recommendations. 
April 20 .....................................
Committees submit views and estimates to 
Budget Committees. 
May 15 .......................................
Budget Committees report concurrent resolu-
tion on the biennial budget. 
June 1 ........................................
Congress completes action on concurrent res-
olution on the biennial budget. 
June 1 ........................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be consid-
ered in the House of Representatives. 
July 1 .........................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last 
biennial appropriation bill. 
July 15 .......................................
Congress completes action on reconciliation 
legislation. 
July 20 .......................................
House completes action on biennial appro-
priation bills. 
October 1 ...................................
Biennium begins.’’. 
SEC. 104. BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE 
BUDGET. 
(a) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 301(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘April 15 of each odd-numbered 
year’’; 
(B) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 
October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on 
October 1 of such year’’; 
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(C) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 
October 1 of such year’’ the second place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such 
period’’; and 
(D) striking ‘‘each of the four ensuing fis-
cal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the 
next 2 bienniums’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) subtotals of new budget authority and out-
lays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense 
discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and 
other health-related spending, other direct spending 
(excluding interest), and net interest;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN CONCURRENT RESO-
LUTION.—Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1), and by striking 
paragraphs (6) through (9); 
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 
and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respec-
tively; 
(3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 
fiscal year in such biennium’’; and 
(4) by striking paragraph (3), as redesignated, 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) set forth such other matters, and require 
such other procedures, relating to the budget as may 
be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, 
but shall not include a suspension or alteration of 
the application of the motion to strike a provision as 
set forth in section 310(d)(2) or (h)(2)(F).’’. 
(c) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 301(d) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
632(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable, as pro-
vided by section 300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’ and 
by adding at the end the following new sentences: ‘‘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 ju-
risdiction of the committee. Each committee may provide 
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its views on such plans or reports to the Committee on 
the Budget of the applicable House.’’. 
(d) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—Section 301(e) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘biennium’’; and 
(B) by inserting after the second sentence 
the following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each 
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as pro-
vided by section 300(b)), the Committee on the 
Budget of each House shall report to its House 
the concurrent resolution on the budget referred 
to in subsection (a) for the biennium beginning 
on October 1 of that year.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs 
(B), (C), (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively; 
(B) before subparagraph (B) (as redesig-
nated), by inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 
each major functional category, based on alloca-
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