SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.
(a) DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—Section 2(2) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘each
year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) BUDGET
RESOLUTION.—Section 3(4) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended by striking
‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium’’.
(2) BIENNIUM.—Section 3 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 622) (as amended by section 3) is further
amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(13) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of
2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of
any odd-numbered year.’’.
(c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE
BUDGET.—
(1) 
CONTENTS
OF
RESOLUTION.—Section
301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by—
(i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’
and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num-
bered year’’;
(ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning
on October 1 of such year’’ the first place
it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be-
ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and
(iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning
on October 1 of such year’’ the second
place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal
year in such period’’;
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year
in the biennium’’; and
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year
in the biennium’’.
(2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for such
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either fiscal year
in such biennium’’; and
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the
first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal
year in the biennium’’.
(3) VIEWS
OF
OTHER
COMMITTEES.—Section
301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘(or, if applicable, as provided by section
300(b))’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’.
(4) HEARINGS.—Section 301(e)(1) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—
(A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting
‘‘biennium’’; and
(B) inserting after the second sentence the
following: ‘‘On or before April 1 of each odd-
numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by
section 300(b)), the Committee on the Budget
of each House shall report to its House the con-
current resolution on the budget referred to in
subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on
October 1 of that year.’’.
(5) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—
Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
(6) 
ECONOMIC
ASSUMPTIONS.—Section
301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘for a biennium’’.
(7) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of
section 301 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘AN-
NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’.
(8) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating
to section 301 in the table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘An-
nual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.
(d) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302 of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by—
(A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year of the
resolution,’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year
in the biennium,’’;
(B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal
years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov-
ered by the resolution’’; and
(C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that
resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year
in the biennium’’;
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’;
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the bien-
nium’’;
(4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by—