IB 
Union Calendar No. 492 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1869 
[Report No. 113–382, Part I] 
To establish biennial budgets for the United States Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2013 
Mr. RIBBLE (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. POCAN, Mr. ROKITA, 
Mr. SCHRADER, and Mr. DUFFY) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Rules and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
MARCH 21, 2014 
Reported from the Committee on the Budget with amendments 
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 21, 2014 
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform discharged 
MARCH 21, 2014 
Referral to the Committee on Rules extended for a period ending not later 
than September 12, 2014 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 
Referral to the Committee on Rules extended for a period ending not later 
than December 11, 2014 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. HUIZENGA of 
Michigan, Mr. MULVANEY, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. YOHO, 
Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. YOUNG 
of Indiana, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, 
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Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. MESSER, Mr. ENYART, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. COFF-
MAN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. COOK, 
Mr. GIBSON, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 
WELCH, Mr. GARRETT, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. KIND, Mr. RADEL, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. REED, Mr. CAMP-
BELL, Mr. HURT, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. HALL, Mr. 
PETRI, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. HARTZLER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 
PETERSON, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. BARTON, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. HANNA, Mr. 
BERA of California, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. PETERS of 
California, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BARROW of 
Georgia, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. KUSTER, 
Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. TERRY, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. 
PERRY, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. 
KILMER, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. BARR, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. BENISHEK, 
Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. COLLINS 
of New York, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. 
CRAMER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. JONES, Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 
STIVERS, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkan-
sas, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. STEWART, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. 
WALDEN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. RENACCI, 
Mr. TIPTON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. WALZ, Mr. AMODEI, Mrs. ELLMERS, 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. GARDNER, 
Mrs. NOEM, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. DESANTIS, 
Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. DAINES, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. GAR-
CIA, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. POLIS, Mr. SEAN 
PATRICK MALONEY of New York, and Mr. SCALISE 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 8, 2013] 
A BILL 
To establish biennial budgets for the United States 
Government. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Biennial Budgeting 
and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2013 2014’’. 
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL 
BUDGET PROCESS 
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg-
etary process; 
‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination biennially of 
the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex-
penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean-
ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
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‘‘(13) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 
2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 
any odd-numbered year.’’. 
SEC. 103. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘TIMETABLE 
‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the congres-
sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 
the One Hundred Fourteenth Fifteenth Congress) is as fol-
lows: 
‘‘First Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in February ........
President submits budget recommendations. 
February 15 ...............................
Congressional Budget Office submits report 
to Budget Committees. 
Not later than 6 weeks after 
budget submission.
Committees submit views and estimates to 
Budget Committees. 
April 1 .......................................
Budget Committees report concurrent resolu-
tion on the biennial budget. 
April 15 .....................................
Congress completes action on concurrent res-
olution on the biennial budget. 
May 15 .......................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be consid-
ered in the House of Representatives. 
June 10 ......................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last 
biennial appropriation bill. 
June 15 ......................................
Congress completes action on reconciliation 
legislation. 
June 30 ......................................
House completes action on biennial appro-
priation bills. 
October 1 ...................................
Biennium begins. 
‘‘Second Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in February ........
President submits budget review. 
Not later than 6 weeks after 
President submits budget re-
view.
Congressional Budget Office submits report 
to Budget Committees.’’. 
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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’’; 
(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 4 ensuing 
fiscal 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 
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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); 
(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 
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the application of the motion to strike a provision as 
set forth in section 310(d)(2) or (h)(2)(F).;’’.; and 
(5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by strik-
ing the semicolon and inserting a period. 
(c) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 301(d) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
632(d)) is amended 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 sec-
tions 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, of 
all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each 
committee may provide 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, the Committee on the 
Budget of each House shall report to its House 
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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-
tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1);’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘mandatory’’ and inserting ‘‘direct 
spending’’; 
(D) after subparagraph (C) (as redesig-
nated), by inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) total outlays, total Federal revenues, 
the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority 
and outlays for nondefense discretionary spend-
ing, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, 
Medicaid and other health-related spending, 
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other direct spending (excluding interest), social 
security and other major functional categories, 
as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in 
such resolution as a percentage of the gross do-
mestic product of the United States;’’; and 
(E) after subparagraph (F) (as redesig-
nated), by inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(G) if the concurrent resolution on the 
budget includes any allocation to a committee 
other than the Committee on Appropriations of 
levels in excess of current law levels, a justifica-
tion for not subjecting any program, project, or 
activity (for which the allocation is made) to 
annual discretionary appropriations;’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A)(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(iv) by striking the period and the end of 
subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; 
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(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-
tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1);’’; and 
(C) at the end, by adding the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) set forth, if required by subsection 
(f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion 
of the Congress, the goals for reducing unem-
ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em-
ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 
(e) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—Sec-
tion 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(f) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g)(1) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’. 
(g) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of sec-
tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
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amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIEN-
NIAL’’. 
(h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to sec-
tion 301 in 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’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Biennial’’. 
SEC. 105. COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS. 
Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(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 the first sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as 
reported’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘the total of fiscal years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the total of all fiscal years covered by 
the resolution’’; and 
(5) by striking subsection (g). 
SEC. 106. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 
315 the following new section: 
‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 316. (a) It shall not be in order in the House 
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure 
that contains an authorization of appropriations for any 
purpose unless the measure includes such an authorization 
of appropriations for that purpose for not less than each 
fiscal year in one or more bienniums. 
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‘‘(b)(1) For purposes of this section, an authorization 
of appropriations is an authorization for the enactment 
of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed 
an amount of appropriations (whether stated as a sum cer-
tain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be necessary) 
for any purpose for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to 
an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year 
for any program, project, or activity if the measure con-
taining that authorization includes a provision expressly 
stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza-
tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of 
applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse-
quent fiscal year.’. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘measure’ 
means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
ference report.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’. 
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SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO EFFEC-
TUATE BIENNIAL BUDGETING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend-
ed, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) (14) The term ‘Medicare’ means pro-
grams within budget function 570. 
‘‘(13)
(15) The term ‘Medicaid and other 
health-related spending’ means programs within 
budget function 550. 
‘‘(14) (16) The term ‘other direct spending’ 
means programs other than those within budget 
functions 550 and 570, excluding Social Security 
and net interest.’’. 
(b) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON 
APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
odd-numbered year’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien-
nial’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium’’; and 
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(4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
odd-numbered year’’. 
(c) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR 
APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered calendar 
year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien-
nial’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium’’. 
(d) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any biennium’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘such fiscal 
year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘any fiscal 
year covered by such resolution’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating 
subsection (g) as subsection (f). 
(e) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 
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(1) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
Section 311(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(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 the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 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 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by— 
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TITLE II—CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS TO THE RULES OF 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES, THE BALANCED BUDG-
ET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT 
CONTROL ACT OF 1985, AND 
THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDG-
ET ACT OF 1974 
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES TO EFFECTUATE BIEN-
NIAL BUDGETING. 
(a) Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap-
propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation 
bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and 
may not be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it 
provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob-
ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of 
a biennium. 
‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with respect to 
an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, 
project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con-
taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly 
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stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional 
funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the 
[Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity] 
will be completed or terminated after the amount provided 
has been expended.’. 
‘‘(C) For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement 
set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria-
tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or 
activity may be included in a general appropriation bill 
or amendment thereto.’’. 
(b) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd- 
numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 
(c) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(d) 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’’. 
(e) 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: 
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‘‘(7) use the second session of each Congress to 
study issues with long-term budgetary and economic 
implications.’’. 
(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— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd-numbered 
year’’ after ‘‘the submission of the budget by the 
President’’; 
(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 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’. 
(i) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘during the 
same or preceding fiscal year’’. 
(j) 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’’. 
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(k) 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 calendar 
year in which such biennium begins’’. 
SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974. 
(a) SECTION 202(e).—Section 202(e)(1)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 
‘‘(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes assumed to be extended 
under section 257(b)(2)(C)’’. 
(b) SECTION 302(a)(1).—Section 302(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 
‘‘(except in the case of the Committee on Appropriations 
only for the fiscal year of that resolution)’’. 
(c) (b) SECTION 302(f)(1).—Section 302(f)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 
‘‘or outlays’’ after ‘‘new budget authority’’. 
(d) (c) SECTION 308(a).—Section 308(a)(3)(C) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed. 
(e) (d) SECTION 308(d).—Section 308(d) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking 
‘‘252(d)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘252(c)’’. 
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TITLE 
III—CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS TO TITLES 1, 5, 
31, AND 39, UNITED STATES 
CODE 
SEC. 301. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE 
OF APPROPRIATION ACTS. 
Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 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 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(13) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 622(13)).’’. 
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SEC. 302. 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 fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ‘biennium’ has the meaning given to such 
term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).’’. 
(b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO THE 
CONGRESS.— 
(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 Tuesday in February of 
each odd-numbered year, beginning with the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Fifteenth Congress, the President shall trans-
mit to the Congress the budget for the biennium beginning 
on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget trans-
mitted under this subsection shall include a budget mes-
sage and summary and supporting information. The 
President shall include in each budget submission the fol-
lowing:’’. 
(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 
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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’’. 
(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 
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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’’. 
(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,’’; 
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(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) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO 
CONGRESS.—Section 1105(a)(28) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning with 
fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with 
fiscal year 2016 2017, a biennial’’. 
(12) 
INFORMATION
SUPPORTING
BIENNIAL 
BUDGETS.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by redesignating the second 
paragraph (37) as paragraph (39) and by adding at 
the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(40) Totals of new budget authority and out-
lays. 
‘‘(41) Total Federal revenues and the amount, 
if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal reve-
nues should be increased or decreased by bills and 
resolutions to be reported by the appropriate com-
mittees. 
‘‘(42) The surplus or deficit in the budget. 
‘‘(43) Subtotals of new budget authority and 
outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, de-
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fense discretionary spending, direct spending (ex-
cluding interest), contingencies, and net interest. 
‘‘(44) The public debt.’’. 
(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) ADDITIONAL OUTYEAR DATA.—Section 1105(d) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’ and by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Each budget submission shall include a budget 
message and summary and supporting information and, 
as a separately delineated statement, the levels requires 
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in paragraphs (40) through (44) of subsection (a) for at 
least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years after the biennium 
covered by the budget submission under such subsection.’’. 
(f) 
CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
ANALYSIS.—Section 
1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘ensuing fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium 
to which such budget relates’’. 
(g) 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 1 
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 
‘‘at least 4 fiscal years following the biennium’’; 
and 
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(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 
(B) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 of 
each even-numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before July 
16 of each year’’. 
(h) CURRENT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVI-
TIES ESTIMATES.— 
(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 ‘‘before March 1 of each year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the President’s budget 
submission for each odd-numbered year’’. 
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(i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG-
ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by— 
(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’’. 
(j) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a bien-
nial’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after 
‘‘program activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both 
years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(D) in paragraph (6) by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the inserted semicolon; and 
(E) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be-
ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 
budget cycle.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by strik-
ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 
(k) PILOT PROJECTS
FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG-
ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik-
ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘annual’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 
(l) MANAGERIAL
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND
FLEXI-
BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re-
lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Be-
ginning with fiscal year 1999, the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2016 2017, the 
biennial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
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(5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium be-
ginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial 
budget cycle.’’. 
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection 
(b), the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
immediately before noon January 3, 2015 2017. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by section 
303 shall take effect on September 30, 2014 2016. 
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Union Calendar No. 492 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1869 
[Report No. 113–382, Part I] 
A BILL 
To establish biennial budgets for the United States 
Government. 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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