I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 565
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform the Federal
budget process, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 25, 1993
Mr. KOLBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Operations and Rules
A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reform
the Federal budget process, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
ACT OF 1974.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever any
provision of this Act is expressed as an amendment to a
section or other provision, the reference shall be deemed
to be made to a section or other provision of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGET
CYCLE
SEC. 101. BIENNIAL CONGRESSIONAL BUDGETS.
(a) REVISION
OF
TIMETABLE.—Section 300 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘TIMETABLE
‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the Con-
gressional budget process for any Congress (beginning
with the One Hundred Fourth Congress) is as follows:
‘‘First Session
‘‘On or before:
Action to be completed:
First Monday in February .......
President submits budget recommendations.
February 15 .............................
Congressional Budget Office submits reports
to Budget Committees.
March 15 ..................................
Committees submit views and estimates to
Budget Committees.
April 15 ....................................
Joint Budget Committee reports resolution on
the biennial budget.
May 15 .....................................
Congress completes action on resolution on
the biennial budget or automatic budget
resolution takes effect.
Annual appropriation bills may be considered.
June 10 ....................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last
annual appropriation bill.
September 30 ...........................
Congress completes action on reconciliation
legislation.
Congress completes action on annual appro-
priations bills.
October 1 .................................
Biennium begins.
‘‘Second Session
‘‘On or before:
Action to be completed:
Fifteenth day after the session
begins.
President submits budget revisions.
February 15 .............................
Congressional Budget Office submits report
to Budget Committee.
June 10 ....................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last
annual appropriation bill.
September 30 ...........................
Congress completes action on annual appro-
priation bills.’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS IMPLEMENTING BIENNIAL CON-
GRESSIONAL BUDGETING.—
(1) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section 2(2)
is amended by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting
‘‘biennially’’.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—(A) Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 3 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘a biennium’’.
(B) Section 3 is further amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(11) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of
2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of
any odd-numbered year.’’.
(3) DUTIES OF CBO.—(A) Section 202(f)(1) is
amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘February 15 of each year’’
and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each odd-num-
bered calendar year’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year commenc-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien-
nium commencing’’;
(iii) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘such biennium’’;
and
(iv) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ the sec-
ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal
year in such biennium’’;
(B) Section 202(f) is further amended—
(i) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and
(2)’’;
(ii) in paragraph (3)—
(I) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each even-numbered calendar year’’,
(II) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year ending
September 30 of that calendar year’’ in
clause (A) and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year
in the biennium beginning October 1 of the
preceding calendar year’’,
(III) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year end-
ing September 30 of that calendar year’’ in
clause (B) and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year
of such biennium’’, and
(IV) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning
October 1 of that calendar year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘succeeding biennium’’;
(iii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4) respectively; and
(iv) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) On February 15 of each even-numbered
year, the Director shall transmit to the Committee
on the Budget of the House of Representatives and
the Senate such revisions of the report required by
paragraph (1) as may be necessary due to changing
economic conditions and due to any budget revisions
transmitted by the President pursuant to subsection
(b) of section 1106 of title 31, United States Code.’’.
(4) BIENNIAL
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
ON
THE BUDGET.—(A) Section 301(a) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ and
inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-numbered year’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning
on October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘biennium beginning on Oc-
tober 1 of such year’’;
(iii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning
on October 1 of such year’’ the second place it
appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such
period’’; and
(iv) by striking ‘‘each of the two ensuing
fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in
the succeeding biennium’’.
(B) Section 301(b) is amended—
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ after ‘‘resolution
on the budget’’;
(ii) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘for such
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year
in such biennium’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘All matters and procedures set forth pursuant to para-
graph (4) shall remain in effect only for the biennium be-
ginning on October 1 of such fiscal year.’’.
(C) The first sentence of section 301(d) is
amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘odd-numbered’’ 
before
‘‘year’’.
(D) Section 301(e) is amended—
(i) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;
(ii) by inserting between the second and
third sentences the following new sentence: ‘‘On
or before April 15 of each odd-numbered year
the Committee on the Budget 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.’’; and
(iii) in paragraph (6)—
(I) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting
‘‘four’’,
(II) by striking ‘‘such fiscal year’’ and
inserting ‘‘the first fiscal year of such bien-
nium,’’,
four-fiscal-year period’’.
(E) Section 301(f) is amended by striking ‘‘fis-
cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bien-
nium’’.
(F) Section 301(i)(1)(A) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for a biennium’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the
first place it appears and inserting ‘‘for either
fiscal year in such biennium’’.
(G) The section heading of section 301 is
amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL ADOPTION’’ and in-
serting ‘‘BIENNIAL ADOPTION’’.
(H) The table of contents set forth in section
1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Annual
Adoption’’ in the item relating to section 301 and
inserting ‘‘Biennial Adoption’’.
(5) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.—(A) Sec-
tion 303(a) is amended by striking ‘‘for such fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for the biennium including
such fiscal year’’.
(B) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
634(b)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;
(ii) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon ‘‘, if such bill or resolution
does not cause the level of entitlement and
mandatory spending to be exceeded for the two
fiscal years following the biennium to which the
concurrent resolution applies’’; and
(iii) in the matter following paragraph (2),
by striking ‘‘any calendar year’’ and inserting
‘‘any odd-numbered calendar year’’ and by
striking ‘‘in the House of Representatives’’.
(6) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT
RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—(1) Section 304(a)
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first two
places it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’; and
(C) by inserting before the period ‘‘for
such biennium’’.
(7) PROCEDURES
FOR
CONSIDERATION
OF
BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305 is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘for a
fiscal year’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘for a
fiscal year’’.
(8) REPORTS
AND
SUMMARIES
OF
CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET ACTIONS.—(A)(i) Section 308(a)(1)
is amended—
(I) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year (or fiscal years)’’
and inserting ‘‘biennium (or bienniums)’’,
(II) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘fis-
cal year (or fiscal years)’’ and inserting ‘‘bien-
nium (or bienniums)’’, and
(III) in subparagraph (C) by striking
‘‘such fiscal year (or fiscal years)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such biennium (or bienniums)’’.
(ii) Section 308(a)(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year
(or fiscal years)’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium (or
bienniums)’’.
(B) Section 308(b)(1) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place
it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’;
(ii) by inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’ after
‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year preceding
such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year
in the biennium preceding such biennium’’.
(C) Section 308(c) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘Five’’ in the subsection
heading and inserting ‘‘Four’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it
appears in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘5 fiscal years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘4 fiscal years’’.
(9) RECONCILIATION
PROCESS.—(A) Section
310(a) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ in the
matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting
‘‘any biennium’’;
(ii) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fis-
cal year’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘each fiscal year in such biennium’’; and
(iii) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘for
each fiscal year in such biennium’’ after ‘‘reve-
nues’’.
(B) Section 310(f) is amended—
(i) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered cal-
endar year’’ after ‘‘July’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year beginning on
October 1 of the calendar year to which the ad-
journment resolution pertains’’ and inserting
‘‘biennium beginning on October 1 of such cal-
endar year’’, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and
inserting ‘‘for such biennium’’.
(10) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.—Section
311(a)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
(11) BILLS
PROVIDING
NEW
SPENDING
AU-
THORITY.—Section 401(b)(2) is amended by striking
‘‘for such fiscal year’’ the second place it appears
and inserting ‘‘for the biennium in which such fiscal
year occurs’’.
(12) ANALYSIS
BY
CBO.—Section 403(a) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in para-
graph (1) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the
biennium’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years following
such year’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting
‘‘each fiscal year in the succeeding biennium’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the
biennium’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘four fiscal years following
such fiscal year’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting
‘‘each fiscal year in the succeeding biennium’’.
(c) AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—
(1) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of
the House of Representatives is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘odd-numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.
(2) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by striking
‘‘such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium in
which such fiscal year begins’’.
(3) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by striking
‘‘concurrent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘concurrent resolution on the
budget required under section 301(a) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 for each biennium’’.
(4) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by striking
‘‘annually’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘biennially’’.
(5) Clause 4(g) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘February 25 of each
year’’ and inserting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-
numbered year’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place
it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each fiscal year in such ensuing bien-
nium’’.
(6) Clause 4(h) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by striking
‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
(7) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by striking
‘‘fiscal year if reported after September 15 preceding
the beginning of such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium if reported after August 1 of the year in
which such biennium begins’’.
(8) Clause 2 of rule XLIX of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by striking
‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES
CODE.
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 1101 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) ‘biennium’ has the meaning given to such
term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11))’’.
(b) BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORITY OF
THE PRESIDENT.—Section 1104(c) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’;
(2) by striking the second sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) The budget submitted pursuant to section 1105
for the biennium beginning on October 1, 1995, and the
estimates of outlays and proposed budget authority re-
quired to be submitted under section 1109 for such bien-
nium, shall be set forth in the same accounts which are
set forth in the Budget Accounts Listing contained in the
budget submitted for fiscal year 1995 under section 1105.
Any change in the accounts used in the budget submitted
under section 1105 for the biennium beginning on October
1, 1995, or any succeeding biennium, or in the estimates
of outlays and proposed budget authority required under
section 1109 for any such biennium, from the accounts
set forth in the Budget Accounts Listing contained in the
budget submitted under section 1105 for fiscal year 1995,
or the previous biennium, as the case may be, shall be
made only in consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations, the Committees on the Budget, and the commit-
tees having legislative jurisdiction over the programs or
activities which will be affected by such changes. The pro-
visions of this paragraph do not prohibit the inclusion of
proposed new accounts in the Budget Accounts Listing
contained in the budget submitted pursuant to section
1105 solely for purposes of presenting estimates for pro-
posed new programs.’’.
(c) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE
CONGRESS.—(1) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in February dur-
ing the first session of a Congress, beginning with the One
Hundred Fourth Congress, the President shall transmit
to the Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning
on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmit-
ted under this subsection shall include a budget message
and summary and supporting information. The President
shall include in each budget the following:’’.
(2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for which
the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that
year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for
which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding bien-
nium’’.
(3) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for which
the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that
year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for
which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding bien-
nium’’.
(4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.
(5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in subpara-
graph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi-
ennium’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years after that year’’
in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘2 fiscal years
immediately following the second fiscal year in such
biennium’’.
(6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.
(7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget
is submitted’’.
(8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.
(9) Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year following the
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi-
ennium following the biennium’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘that following fiscal year’’ and
inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bien-
nium’’.
(10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed fiscal
years’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and inserting
‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and inserting ‘‘in
that fiscal year’’.
(11) Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently completed fiscal
years’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and inserting
‘‘with respect to that fiscal year’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.
(d) 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’’.
(e) RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET ESTIMATED DEFI-
CIENCIES.—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’’.
(f) STATEMENT
WITH
RESPECT
TO
CERTAIN
CHANGES.—Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting
‘‘biennium’’.
(g) 
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’’.
(h) 
COMPLIANCE
WITH
MAXIMUM
DEFICIT
AMOUNT.—Section 1105(f) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘a fiscal year’’ and inserting
‘‘a biennium’’ and by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ and inserting
‘‘bienniums’’.
(i) 
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 fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such bien-
nium’’;
(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 para-
graph (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—
(A) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each year’’ and
inserting ‘‘On or before the fifteenth day after the
day on which the second session of a Congress con-
venes’’;
(B) striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and
(C) striking the last sentence.
(j) CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES ESTI-
MATES.—(1) Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘On or before the first Monday
after January 3 of each year (on or before February
5 in 1986)’’ and inserting ‘‘At the same time the
budget required by section 1105 is submitted for a
biennium’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the following fiscal year’’ and
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of such period’’.
(2) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘odd-numbered calendar’’ after
‘‘each’’.
(k) 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, 1995)’’,
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’’.
(l) 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, 1995, the’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it ap-
pears.
TITLE II—BINDING BUDGET
RESOLUTION
SEC. 201. JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) The term ‘joint resolution on the budget’
means—
‘‘(A) a joint resolution setting forth the
simplified budget for the United States Govern-
ment for a biennium as provided in section 301;
and
‘‘(B) any other joint resolution revising the
budget for the United States Government for a
biennium as described in section 304.’’.
(b) CONFORMING TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS CHANG-
ING ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ TO ‘‘JOINT’’ RESOLUTION.—(1) Sec-
tions 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 310, 311, 601,
602, 603, 604, 605, and 606 are amended by striking
‘‘concurrent resolution’’ each place it appears and by in-
serting in its place ‘‘joint resolution’’.
(3) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act
of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Concurrent’’ in the items
relating to sections 301, 303, and 304 and inserting
‘‘Joint’’.
(3) Clauses 4(a)(2), 4(b)(2), 4(g), and 4(h) of rule
X, clause 8 of rule XXIII, and rule XLIX of the Rules
of the House of Representatives are amended by striking
‘‘concurrent’’ and by inserting in its place ‘‘joint’’.
(4) Section 258C(1)(B) of the Deficit Control Act of
1985 is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting
‘‘joint’’.
TITLE III—ENHANCED
RESCISSIONS
SEC. 301. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PRO-
POSED RESCISSIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title X of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 681 et seq.) is amended by redesignating sections
1013 through 1017 as sections 1014 through 1018, re-
spectively, and inserting after section 1012 the following
new section:
‘‘EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED
RESCISSIONS
‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) PROPOSED RESCISSION OF BUDGET
AUTHORITY.—In addition to the method of rescinding
budget authority specified in section 1012, the President
may propose, at the time and in the manner provided in
subsection (b), the rescission of any budget authority pro-
vided in an appropriations Act. Funds made available for
obligation under this procedure may not be proposed for
rescission again under this section or section 1012.
‘‘(b) TRANSMITTAL OF SPECIAL MESSAGE.—
‘‘(1) Not later than 3 days after the date of en-
actment of an appropriation Act, the President may
transmit to Congress a special message proposing to
rescind amounts of budget authority provided in
that Act and include with that special message a
draft bill or joint resolution that, if enacted, would
only rescind that budget authority.
‘‘(2) In the case of an appropriation Act that
includes accounts within the jurisdiction of more
than one subcommittee of the Committee on Appro-
priations, the President in proposing to rescind
budget authority under this section shall send a sep-
arate special message and accompanying draft bill or
joint resolution for accounts within the jurisdiction
of each such subcommittee.
‘‘(3) Each special message shall specify, with
respect to the budget authority proposed to be re-
scinded, the matters referred to in paragraphs (1)
through (5) of section 1012(a).
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO RESCIS-
SION.—
‘‘(1) The amount of budget authority which the
President may propose to rescind in a special mes-
sage under this section for a particular program,
project, or activity for a fiscal year may not exceed
25 percent of the amount appropriated for that pro-
gram, project, or activity in that Act.
‘‘(2) The limitation contained in paragraph (1)
shall only apply to a program, project, or activity
that is authorized by law.
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES
FOR
EXPEDITED
CONSIDER-
ATION.—
‘‘(1)(A) Before the close of the second day of
continuous session of the applicable House after the
date of receipt of a special message transmitted to
Congress under subsection (b), the majority leader
or minority leader of the House of Congress in
which the appropriation Act involved originated shall
introduce (by request) the draft bill or joint resolu-
tion accompanying that special message. If the bill
or joint resolution is not introduced as provided in
the preceding sentence, then, on the third day of
continuous session of that House after the date of
receipt of that special message, any Member of that
House may introduce the bill or joint resolution.
‘‘(B) The bill or joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on Appropriations of that
House. The committee shall report the bill or joint
resolution without substantive revision and with or
without recommendation. The bill or joint resolution
shall be reported not later than the seventh day of
continuous session of that House after the date of
receipt of that special message. If the Committee on
Appropriations fails to report the bill or joint resolu-
tion within that period, that committee shall be
automatically discharged from consideration of the
bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolu-
tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
‘‘(C) A vote on final passage of the bill or joint
resolution shall be taken in that House on or before
the close of the 10th calendar day of continuous ses-
sion of that House after the date of the introduction
of the bill or joint resolution in that House. If the
bill or joint resolution is agreed to, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives (in the case of a bill or
joint resolution agreed to in the House of Represent-
atives) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case
of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in the Senate)
shall cause the bill or joint resolution to be en-
grossed, certified, and transmitted to the other
House of Congress on the same calendar day on
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to.
‘‘(2)(A) A bill or joint resolution transmitted to
the House of Representatives or the Senate pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be referred to the
Committee on Appropriations of that House. The
committee shall report the bill or joint resolution
without substantive revision and with or without rec-
ommendation. The bill or joint resolution shall be re-
ported not later than the seventh day of continuous
session of that House after it receives the bill or
joint resolution. A committee failing to report the
bill or joint resolution within such period shall be
automatically discharged from consideration of the
bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolu-
tion shall be placed upon the appropriate calendar.
‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill or joint
resolution transmitted to that House shall be taken
on or before the close of the 10th calendar day of
continuous session of that House after the date on
which the bill or joint resolution is transmitted. If
the bill or joint resolution is agreed to in that
House, the Clerk of the House of Representatives
(in the case of a bill or joint resolution agreed to in
the House of Representatives) or the Secretary of
the Senate (in the case of a bill or joint resolution
agreed to in the Senate) shall cause the engrossed
bill or joint resolution to be returned to the House
in which the bill or joint resolution originated.
‘‘(3)(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of a bill or joint
resolution under this section shall be highly privi-
leged and not debatable. An amendment to the mo-
tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order
to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion
is agreed to or disagreed to.
‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives
on a bill or joint resolution under this section shall
not exceed 4 hours, which shall be divided equally
between those favoring and those opposing the bill
or joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate
shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order to
move to recommit a bill or joint resolution under
this section or to move to reconsider the vote by
which the bill or joint resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed to.
‘‘(C) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat-
ing to the application of the Rules of the House of
Representatives to the procedure relating to a bill or
joint resolution under this section shall be decided
without debate.
‘‘(D) Except to the extent specifically provided
in the preceding provisions of this subsection, con-
sideration of a bill or joint resolution under this sec-
tion shall be governed by the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to
the consideration of a bill or joint resolution under
this section shall be privileged and not debatable. An
amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor
shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote
by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
‘‘(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill or joint res-
olution under this section, and all debatable motions
and appeals in connection therewith, shall not exceed
10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi-
nority leader or their designees.
‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
motion or appeal in connection with a bill or joint
resolution under this section shall be limited to not
more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the
bill or joint resolution, except that in the event the
manager of the bill or joint resolution is in favor of
any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition
thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or
his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may,
from time under their control on the passage of a
bill or joint resolution, allot additional time to any
Senator during the consideration of any debatable
motion or appeal.
‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit
debate on a bill or joint resolution under this section
is not debatable. A motion to recommit a bill or joint
resolution under this section is not in order.
‘‘(e) AMENDMENTS PROHIBITED.—No amendment to
a bill or joint resolution considered under this section shall
be in order in either the House of Representatives or the
Senate. No motion to suspend the application of this sub-
section shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be
in order in either House to suspend the application of this
subsection by unanimous consent.
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR OBLI-
GATION.—Any amount of budget authority proposed to be
rescinded in a special message transmitted to Congress
under subsection (b) shall be made available for obligation
on the day after the date on which either House defeats
the bill or joint resolution transmitted with that special
message.
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriation Act’ means any
general or special appropriation Act, and any Act or
joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or
continuing appropriations; and
‘‘(2) continuity of a session of either House of
Congress shall be considered as broken only by an
adjournment of that House sine die, and the days on
which that House is not in session because of an ad-
journment of more than 3 days to a date certain
shall be excluded in the computation of any period.’’.
(b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—Section
904 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and 1017’’ in subsection (a)
and inserting ‘‘1013, and 1018’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘section 1017’’ in subsection (d)
and inserting ‘‘sections 1013 and 1018’’; and
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1011 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 682(5))
is amended—
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1013’’
and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and
(B) in paragraph (5)—
(i) by striking ‘‘1016’’ and inserting
‘‘1017’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘1017(b)(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1018(b)(1)’’.
(2) Section 1015 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 685)
(as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or
1014’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking
‘‘1012’’ and inserting ‘‘1012 or 1013’’;
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking
‘‘1013’’ and inserting ‘‘1014’’; and
(D) in subsection (e)(2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
subparagraph (A);
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph
(B) as subparagraph (C);
(iii) by striking ‘‘1013’’ in subpara-
graph (C) (as so redesignated) and insert-
ing ‘‘1014’’; and
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph
(A) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) he has transmitted a special message
under section 1013 with respect to a proposed
rescission; and’’.
(3) Section 1016 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 686)
(as redesignated by section 2(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘1012 or 1013’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘1012, 1013, or 1014’’.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections
for subpart B of title X of such Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 1013 through 1017 as items relating to sec-
tions 1014 through 1018; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1012 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 1013. Expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions.’’.
TITLE IV—SUPERMAJORITY
POINTS OF ORDER
SEC. 401. SUPERMAJORITY POINTS OF ORDER.
Section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘Any point of order set forth in title III, IV,
or VI may be waived or suspended in the House of Rep-
resentatives only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of
the Members voting, a quorum being present.’’.
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