‘‘(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)—
(A) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘an-
nual’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘section 1105(a)(29)’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 1105(a)(28)’’;
(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 ‘‘for a subse-
quent 2-year period’’; and
(C) in the third sentence by striking
‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’.
(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) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September
30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2000’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least every
three years’’ and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘six years forward’’; 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, 1997 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
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, 2002.
(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. 10. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘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
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. 11. 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 2-year 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.
SEC. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sections 9
and 11 and subsection (b), this Act and the amendments
made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 2003,
and shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations
for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2004.
(b) AUTHORIZATIONS
FOR
THE BIENNIUM.—For
purposes of authorizations for the biennium beginning
with fiscal year 2004, the provisions of this Act and the
amendments made by this Act relating to 2-year author-
izations shall take effect January 1, 2002.
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