I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6201 
To provide a biennial budget for the United States Government and to 
reform earmarking in the Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 
Mr. BILBRAY (for himself and Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and 
in addition to the Committees on Rules 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide a biennial budget for the United States 
Government and to reform earmarking in the Congress. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Budget and Transparency Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 
Sec. 101. Revision of timetable. 
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Sec. 102. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974. 
Sec. 103. Amendments to rules of House of Representatives. 
Sec. 104. Amendments to title 31, United States code. 
Sec. 105. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations acts. 
Sec. 106. Multiyear authorizations. 
Sec. 107. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis. 
Sec. 108. Biennial appropriation bills. 
Sec. 109. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 110. Report on two-year fiscal period. 
Sec. 111. Special transition period for the 110th Congress. 
Sec. 112. Effective date. 
TITLE II—EARMARK REFORM 
Sec. 201. Prohibition of earmarks or tax earmarks in committee reports or 
joint Statements; identification of earmarks and sponsors re-
quired. 
Sec. 202. Identification of tax earmarks and sponsors required. 
Sec. 203. Out of scope earmarks or tax earmarks in conference reports. 
Sec. 204. Definitions. 
TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 
SEC. 101. 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 Eleventh 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 reso-
lution on the biennial budget. 
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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 appropria-
tion bills. 
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 resolu-
tions 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 during which the term 
of a President (except a President who succeeds himself) 
begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth 
in subsection (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 reso-
lution on the biennial budget. 
June 1 ......................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be consid-
ered in the House. 
July 1 .......................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last 
biennial appropriation bill. 
July 20 .....................................
House completes action on biennial appropria-
tion bills. 
October 1 ..................................
Biennium begins.’’. 
SEC. 102. 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 
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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 amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) 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 
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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’’. 
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(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 
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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— 
(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 
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(5) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘April’’ 
and inserting ‘‘May’’. 
(e) SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fis-
cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’ and by 
striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
fiscal year of the biennium’’. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS
IN
THE
HOUSE.—Section 
303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the 
budget year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or 
June 1 whenever section 300(b) is applicable)’’. 
(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’’. 
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(f) PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESO-
LUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—Section 304 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 635) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ the first two places 
it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘for such fiscal year’’; and 
(3) by inserting before the period ‘‘for such bi-
ennium’’. 
(g) PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET 
RESOLUTIONS.—Section 305(a)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
636(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(h) COMPLETION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON 
APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 307 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 638) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘each year’’ and inserting ‘‘each 
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by 
section 300(b), July 1)’’; 
(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’’. 
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(i) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—Section 308 of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 639) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) QUARTERLY BUDGET REPORTS.—The Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office shall, as soon as prac-
ticable after the completion of each quarter of the fiscal 
year, prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending, 
and the deficit or surplus for the current fiscal year to 
assumptions included in the congressional budget resolu-
tion. In preparing this report, the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office shall combine actual budget figures 
to date with projected revenue and spending for the bal-
ance of the fiscal year. The Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office shall include any other information in this 
report that it deems useful for a full understanding of the 
current fiscal position of the Federal Government. The re-
ports mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by 
the Director to the Senate and House Committees on the 
Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office shall make 
such reports available to any interested party upon re-
quest.’’. 
(j) COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON REGULAR 
APPROPRIATION BILLS.—Section 309 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 640) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘It’’ and inserting ‘‘Except 
whenever section 300(b) is applicable, it’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘of any odd-numbered calendar 
year’’ after ‘‘July’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘bien-
nial’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium’’. 
(k) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Section 310 of such 
Act (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). 
(l) 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’’; 
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