(i) striking ‘‘Before July 16 of each
year,’’ and inserting ‘‘Before February 15
of each even numbered 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’’;
(B) striking ‘‘April 11 and July 16 of each
year’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15 of each even-
numbered year’’; and
(C) striking ‘‘July 16’’ and inserting ‘‘Feb-
ruary 15 of each even-numbered year.’’.
(g) CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES ESTI-
MATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—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—
(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. 6. 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)).’’.
SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
‘‘SEC. 316. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be
in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion,
or conference report that authorizes appropriations for a
period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless the program,
project, or activity for which the appropriations are au-
thorized will require no further appropriations and will be
completed or terminated after the appropriations have
been expended.’’.
(b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The
table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is
amended by adding after the item relating to section 315
the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 316. Authorizations of appropriations.’’.
SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.
(a) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September
30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’
and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and
inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; and
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma
after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and add-
ing ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by Sep-
tember 30, 1997 meeting the requirements of sub-
section (a)’’.
(b) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CON-
GRESS.—Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning
with fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with
fiscal year 2002, a biennial’’.
(c) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a biennial’’;
(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: