‘‘§ 105. Title and style of appropriation 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. 7. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING
COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA-
TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of
the Senate and the House of Representatives in carrying
out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency
which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju-
risdiction of such committee shall provide to such commit-
tee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and as-
sistance as may be requested by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the committee.
(b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) FURNISHING
INFORMATION.—To assist
each standing committee of the Senate and the
House of Representatives in carrying out its respon-
sibilities, the head of any agency shall furnish with-
out charge to such committee computer tapes or
disks, together with explanatory documentation, con-
taining information received, compiled, or main-
tained by the agency as part of the operation or ad-
ministration of a program, or specifically compiled
pursuant to a request in support of a review of a
program, as may be requested by the chairman and
ranking minority member of such committee.
(2) MINIMIZING
REQUESTS.—The Committee
on House Administration of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate shall prescribe rules and regula-
tions for their respective Houses which will minimize
duplication of requests under paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
(c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With-
in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair-
man and ranking minority member of a standing commit-
tee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and
studied by such committee under this section, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall furnish to such
committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such pro-
gram which the Comptroller General has completed during
the preceding six years.
(d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with
their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office, the Director of the Office of Tech-
nology Assessment, and the Director of the Congressional
Research Service shall furnish to each standing committee
of the Senate or the House of Representatives such infor-
mation, studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and
ranking minority member may request to assist the com-
mittee in conducting reviews and studies of programs
under this section.
(e) SECRET AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PRO-
TECTED.—This section does not require the public disclo-
sure of matters that are specifically authorized under cri-
teria established by an Executive order to be kept secret
in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and
are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive
order, or which are otherwise specifically protected by law.
This section does not require any committee of the Senate
to disclose publicly information the disclosure of which is
governed by Senate Resolution 400, Ninety-fourth Con-
gress, or any other rule of the Senate.
SEC. 8. 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)(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’’.
(c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent
resolution on the budget for each fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget required under
section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
for each biennium’’.
(d) 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’’.
(e) Clause 4(g) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘March 15 of each year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-numbered year’’;