(B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘either fiscal 
year of the biennium’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’. 
(2) IN
THE
SENATE.—Section 311(a)(2) of 
such Act is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 
the first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 
fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year’’ 
the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘that first fiscal year 
and the ensuing fiscal years’’ and inserting 
‘‘all fiscal years’’. 
(3) 
SOCIAL
SECURITY
LEVELS.—Section 
311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; 
and 
(B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year and the ensu-
ing fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘all fiscal 
years’’. 
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(m) 
MAXIMUM
DEFICIT
AMOUNT
POINT
OF 
ORDER.—Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘that fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’; and 
(4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by 
striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli-
cable fiscal year’’. 
SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd- 
numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 
(b) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’. 
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(d) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(7) use the second session of each Congress to study 
issues with long-term budgetary and economic implica-
tions, which would include— 
‘‘(A) hold hearings to receive testimony from 
committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas 
and to report on the results of oversight; and 
‘‘(B) by January 1 of each odd-number year, 
issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the 
key issues facing the Congress in the next bien-
nium.’’. 
(e) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘the same or 
preceding fiscal year’’. 
(f) Clause 4(e) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘annually’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’ and by striking 
‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 
(g) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd-numbered 
year’’ after ‘‘submits his budget’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in such ensuing biennium’’. 
(h) Clause 3(d)(2)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by striking 
‘‘five’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘six’’. 
(i) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biennium after September 15 of the year in 
which such biennium begins’’. 
SEC. 104. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 
CODE. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 1101 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following 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 CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE 
CONGRESS.— 
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(1) SCHEDULE.—The matter preceding para-
graph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) On or before the first Monday in February of 
each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 
section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), 
beginning with the One Hundred Tenth Congress, the 
President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for 
the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar 
year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall 
include a budget message and summary and supporting 
information. The President shall include in each budget 
the following:’’. 
(2) EXPENDITURES.—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 4 years’’. 
(3) RECEIPTS.—Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fis-
cal 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 4 years’’. 
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(4) 
BALANCE
STATEMENTS.—Section 
1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’. 
(5) GOVERNMENT
FUNCTIONS
AND
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 
year in the biennium’’. 
(6) ALLOWANCES.—Section 1105(a)(13) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bi-
ennium’’. 
(7) ALLOWANCES
FOR
UNANTICIPATED
AND 
UNCONTROLLABLE
EXPENDITURES.—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) TAX EXPENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(16) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 
in the biennium’’. 
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(9) ESTIMATES FOR FUTURE YEARS.—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 biennium following the biennium’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘that following fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis-
cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi-
ennium’’. 
(10) 
PRIOR
YEAR
OUTLAYS.—Section 
1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com-
pleted fiscal years,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 
(11) 
PRIOR
YEAR
RECEIPTS.—Section 
1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com-
pleted fiscal years’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 
(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 ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the first 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in 
the biennium for’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year for’’ the second 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of 
the biennium, as the case may be,’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
each year of the biennium’’. 
(e) 
CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
ANALYSIS.—Section 
1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
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by striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium 
to which such budget relates’’. 
(f) 
SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET
ESTIMATES
AND 
CHANGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 
of each even numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before 
July 16 of each year’’; and 
(ii) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘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 ‘‘4 
fiscal years following the biennium’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(2) CHANGES.—Section 1106(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’; and 
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(B) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 of 
each even numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before July 
16 of each year’’. 
(g) CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES ESTI-
MATES.— 
(1) THE PRESIDENT.—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 be-
fore 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) JOINT
ECONOMIC
COMMITTEE.—Section 
1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
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— 
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(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. 105. 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).’. 
‘‘(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)).’’. 
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