I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 879 
To provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process 
and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mr. 
JONES, and Mrs. LUMMIS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred 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 
A BILL 
To provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial 
appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the 
performance of the Federal Government. 
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 Appropriations Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. 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. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 
subsection (b), the timetable with respect to the congres-
sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 
the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress) is as follows: 
‘‘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. 
May 15 .......................................
Congress completes action on concurrent res-
olution on the biennial budget. 
May 15 .......................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be consid-
ered in the House. 
June 10 ......................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last 
biennial appropriation bill. 
June 30 ......................................
House completes action on biennial appro-
priation bills. 
August 1 ....................................
Congress completes action on reconciliation 
legislation. 
October 1 ...................................
Biennium begins. 
‘‘Second Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
February 15 ...............................
President submits budget review. 
Not later than 6 weeks after 
President submits budget re-
view.
Congressional Budget Office submits report 
to Budget Committees. 
The last day of the session ........
Congress completes action on bills and reso-
lutions authorizing new budget authority 
for the succeeding biennium. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of any first session 
of Congress that begins in any year immediately following 
a leap year and during which the term of a President (ex-
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cept a President who succeeds himself or herself) begins, 
the following dates shall supersede those set forth in sub-
section (a): 
‘‘First Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in April ...............
President submits budget recommendations. 
April 20 .....................................
Committees submit views and estimates to 
Budget Committees. 
May 15 .......................................
Budget Committees report concurrent resolu-
tion on the biennial budget. 
June 1 ........................................
Congress completes action on concurrent res-
olution on the biennial budget. 
July 1 .........................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be consid-
ered in the House. 
July 20 .......................................
House completes action on biennial appro-
priation bills. 
August 1 ....................................
Congress completes action on reconciliation 
legislation. 
October 1 ...................................
Biennium begins.’’. 
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) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
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(iii) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of 
that resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each 
fiscal year in the biennium’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘April 
15’’ and inserting ‘‘May 15 or June 1 (under 
section 300(b))’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘budget year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; 
(3) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal 
year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘for each 
fiscal year in the biennium’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(5) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘the first 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year of the bi-
ennium’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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 
(7) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘April’’ 
and inserting ‘‘May’’. 
(e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘that biennium’’. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS
IN
THE
HOUSE.—Section 
303(b)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 
budget year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’. 
(3) APPLICATION
TO
THE
SENATE.—Section 
303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended 
by— 
(A) striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘biennium’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting 
‘‘each fiscal year of that biennium’’. 
(f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO-
LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304(a) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 635) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first two places 
it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for such biennium’’. 
(g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET 
RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
636(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON APPROPRIA-
TION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (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 
(4) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
odd-numbered year’’. 
(i) COMPLETION OF ACTION ON REGULAR APPRO-
PRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
640) is amended— 
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(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’’. 
(j) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310(a) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 641(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘any fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘any bien-
nium’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘such fiscal 
year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘any fiscal 
year covered by such resolution’’. 
(k) SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.— 
(1) IN THE HOUSE.—Section 311(a)(1) of such 
Act (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’’. 
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(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’’. 
(l) MDA 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’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the first fis-
cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bi-
ennium’’; 
(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. 4. 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 (12) 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 Monday in February of 
each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 
section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), 
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beginning with the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, 
the President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget 
for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar 
year. The budget of the United States Government trans-
mitted under this subsection shall include a budget mes-
sage 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 fiscal 
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’’. 
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(5) 
FUNCTIONS
AND
ACTIVITIES.—Section 
1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the fis-
cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’. 
(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
UNCONTROLLED
EX-
PENDITURES.—Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the bien-
nium 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) 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 
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(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— 
(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, 
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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, for’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and inserting 
‘‘for each fiscal year of the biennium’’. 
(e) 
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’’. 
(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— 
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(i) inserting after ‘‘Before July 16 of 
each year’’ the following: ‘‘and 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 ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘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) inserting after ‘‘Before July 16 of each 
year’’ the following: ‘‘and February 15 of each 
even-numbered year’’; and 
(C) striking ‘‘submitted before July 16’’ 
and inserting ‘‘required by this subsection’’. 
(g) CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES ESTI-
MATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1109(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(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’’. 
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SEC. 5. 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(12) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 622(12)).’’. 
SEC. 6. 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— 
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‘‘(1) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, mo-
tion, or conference report that authorizes appropria-
tions for a period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless 
the program, project, or activity for which the ap-
propriations are authorized will require no further 
appropriations and will be completed or terminated 
after the appropriations have been expended; and 
‘‘(2) in any odd-numbered year, any authoriza-
tion or revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress 
completes action on the biennial budget resolution, 
all regular biennial appropriations bills, and all rec-
onciliation bills. 
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, subsection (a) 
shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) any measure that is privileged for consid-
eration pursuant to a rule or statute; 
‘‘(2) any matter considered in Executive Ses-
sion; or 
‘‘(3) an appropriations measure or reconcili-
ation bill.’’. 
(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.’’. 
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SEC. 7. 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, 2015’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and 
inserting ‘‘6 years forward’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; and 
(C) by striking beginning with ‘‘, except 
that’’ through ‘‘four years’’; 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, 2013 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 2016, 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)— 
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(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: 
‘‘(7) cover a 2-year period beginning 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’’. 
(d) MANAGERIAL
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND
FLEXI-
BILITY.—Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, re-
lating to managerial accountability, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an-
nual’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘one 
or’’ before ‘‘years’’; 
(B) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘a 
subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘a subsequent 
2-year period’’; and 
(C) in the third sentence by striking 
‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’. 
(e) 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’’. 
(f) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 2802 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) is subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘6 years forward’’; 
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(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least every 
three years’’ and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma 
after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by 
September 30, 2015 meeting the requirements of 
subsection (a)’’. 
(g) PERFORMANCE PLANS.—Section 2803(a) of title 
39, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a biennial’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘pro-
gram activity’’ the following: ‘‘for both years 1 and 
2 of the biennial plan’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the 
first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.’’. 
(h) COMMITTEE VIEWS OF PLANS AND REPORTS.— 
Section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act (2 U.S.C. 
632(d)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘Each committee 
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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 sections 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.’’. 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on March 1, 2015. 
(2) AGENCY ACTIONS.—Effective on and after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each agency shall 
take such actions as necessary to prepare and sub-
mit any plan or report in accordance with the 
amendments made by this Act. 
SEC. 8. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) (as amended 
by section 6) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS 
‘‘SEC. 317. It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year 
to consider any regular bill providing new budget authority 
or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of any 
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of the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropria-
tions for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless 
the program, project, or activity for which the new budget 
authority or obligation limitation is provided will require 
no additional authority beyond 1 year and will be com-
pleted or terminated after the amount provided has 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 316 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriations bills.’’. 
SEC. 9. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of OMB shall— 
(1) determine the impact and feasibility of 
changing the definition of a fiscal year and the 
budget process based on that definition to a 2-year 
fiscal period with a biennial budget process based on 
the 2-year period; and 
(2) report the findings of the study to the Com-
mittees on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate. 
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SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 7, this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 
1, 2015, and shall apply to budget resolutions and appro-
priations for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 
2016. 
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