(m) DATE OF ADJUSTING ALLOCATIONS.—Section
603(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 665b) is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘April 15’’ the following ‘‘(or if section 300(b)
applies by June 15th)’’.
SEC. 303. 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) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, as precedes paragraph (1)
thereof 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),
beginning with the One Hundred Fifth Congress, the
President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for
the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar
year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall
include a budget message and summary and supporting
information. The President shall include in each budget
the following:’’.
(2) 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 submit-
ted and in the succeeding 3 years’’.
(3) Section 1105(a)(6) 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 submit-
ted and in the succeeding 3 years’’.
(4) 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) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ in sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year
in the biennium’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘4 fiscal years after that
year’’ in subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘3 fis-
cal years immediately following the second fiscal
year in such biennium’’.
(6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the
biennium’’.
(7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium for which
the budget is submitted’’.
(8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the
biennium’’.
(9) 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) 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 that fiscal year’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.
(11) 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 that fiscal year’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘in that fiscal year’’.
(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 ‘‘fiscal year for’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘biennium for’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘or current biennium, as the
case may be,’’ after ‘‘current fiscal year’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘that
period’’.
(e) STATEMENT
WITH
RESPECT
TO
CERTAIN
CHANGES.—Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting
‘‘biennium’’.
(f) 
CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
ANALYSIS.—Section
1105(e) 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) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bien-
nium’’;
(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 ‘‘3
fiscal years following the biennium’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ in paragraph
(3) and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
(2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and
inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the biennium’’.
(h) CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES ESTI-
MATES.—
(1) 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) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘before March 1 of
each year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 6 weeks of the
President’s budget submission for each odd-num-
bered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section
300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)’’.
(i) YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZING LEG-
ISLATION.—Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘bi-
ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1997)’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘year before the year in which
the fiscal year begins’’ and inserting ‘‘second cal-
endar year preceding the calendar year in which the
biennium begins’’.
(j) BUDGET INFORMATION ON CONSULTING SERV-
ICES.—Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘For each biennium beginning with the bi-
ennium beginning on October 1, 1996, the’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘each year’’ each place it
appears.
SEC. 304. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE
OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.
(a) TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 105 of
title 1, United States Code, is amended 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 the biennium ending September 30 (here insert
the odd-numbered calendar year).’.
‘‘(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)).’’.
(b) CONFORMING CHANGE.—The chapter analysis of
chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ‘‘and style’’ after ‘‘Title’’ in the item relating to
section 105.
SEC. 305. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd-
numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’.
(b) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘such fiscal
year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium in which such fiscal
year begins’’.
(c)(1) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘concur-
rent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal year’’ and
inserting ‘‘concurrent resolution on the budget required
under section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 for each biennium’’.
(2) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end of subparagraph (4), by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (5), and by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(6) to use the second year of each biennium to
study issues with long-term budgetary and economic
implications, which would include—
‘‘(A) holding hearings to receive testimony
from committees of jurisdiction to identify prob-
lem areas and to report on the results of over-
sight; and
‘‘(B) by January 1 of each odd-numbered
year, issuing a report to the Speaker which
identifies the key issues facing the Congress in
the next biennium.’’.
(d) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘annually’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’.
(e) Clause 4(g) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘February 25 of each year’’ and
inserting ‘‘March 15 of each odd-numbered year (or,
if applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974)’’;
(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’’.
(f) Clause 4(h) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’
and inserting ‘‘biennium’’.
(g) Subdivision (C) of clause 2(l)(1) of rule XI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed.
(h) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year if
reported after September 15 preceding the beginning of
such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium if reported after
August 1 of the year in which such biennium begins’’.
SEC. 306. 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. 314. (a) It shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report that author-
izes appropriations for a period of less than 2 fiscal years,
unless the program, project, or activity for which the
funds are to be spent is of less than 2 years duration.
‘‘(b) It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, or conference report that—
‘‘(1) appropriates an amount for a program,
project, or activity not authorized by existing law in
excess of the amount previously appropriated for
such program, project, or activity; or
‘‘(2) appropriates an amount for a program,
project, or activity not authorized by law within the
2-year period prior to the date of the appropriation.
‘‘(c) By January 2 of each odd-numbered year, each
standing committee of the House of Representatives and
the Senate shall file a report with its House outlining its
oversight activities during the Congress. Each report shall
consider the appropriateness of agency missions, the suc-
that it deems useful for a full understanding of the current
fiscal position of the Federal Government. The reports
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
request.’’.
SEC. 322. GNP BUDGET ANALYSIS; FISCAL AND BUDGET
POLICY REPORTS.
(a) GNP BUDGET ANALYSIS.—Section 3(a) of the
Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1022(a)) is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3), by striking
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph
(4), and by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(5) a GNP budget analysis comprising—
‘‘(A) a statement of broad policy objectives
for the performance of the economy and the al-
location of national output among broad major
categories of spending over the next 10 fiscal
years; and
‘‘(B) a GNP analysis showing how the cur-
rent national output is allocated among dif-
ferent major categories and how that allocation
will be affected in 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years
under the policies the President recommends in
pursuit of the statement of objectives.’’.
(b) FISCAL POLICY REPORTS.—Not later than 7 days
after the President’s submission under section 3(a) of the
Employment Act of 1946, the President shall transmit to
the Congress written reports setting forth—
(1) the President’s long-term budget and fiscal
policy goals as set forth in the most recent analysis
under section 3(a) of the Employment Act of 1946;
(2) other material including a 10-year projec-
tion of Federal revenues by source, outlays by func-
tion, and the Federal budget deficit; international
comparisons that would help Congress compare
United States taxes, spending, deficits, debt, and al-
location of national output to that of other coun-
tries, especially our international competitors; and
program performance indicators to allow Congress to
assess the effectiveness of Federal programs in
meeting stated objectives.
(c) COMMITTEE REVIEW.—Section 301(a) of the Full
Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 (15
U.S.C. 3131(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘System,’’
the following: ‘‘the fiscal and budget policy reports re-
quired under section 322 of the Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1993,’’.
SEC. 323. GOVERNMENT-WIDE REVIEW.
(a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office
shall, within 90 days of the enactment of this Act, conduct
a review of all Government user fees. This report will set
forth the current level of such fees, the dates at which
the current fees were established, and any alteration in
such fees required to adjust their levels as a result of
changes in consumer price levels since the most recent ad-
justment. The Director shall transmit such findings to the
Congress and to the President.
(b) It shall not be in order in the House of Represent-
atives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution
on the budget for the fiscal year beginning the following
October 1 after the date of enactment of this Act until
the report described in subsection (a) has been received
by each House of Congress, and referred to the appro-
priate committees.
SEC. 324. CONTENT OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.
Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 is amended by redesignating paragraphs (3) through
(7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively, and by
inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) total revenue losses attributable to provi-
sions of Federal tax laws which allow a special exclu-
sion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or
which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of
tax, or a deferral of tax liability and the aggregate
amount by which such total shall be increased or
decreased;’’.
CHAPTER 3—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 331. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), chapter 1 of this subtitle and the amendments made
by it shall become effective January 1, 1997, and shall
apply to bienniums beginning after September 30, 1997.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the provisions of—
(1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and
(2) title 31, United States Code,
(as such provisions were in effect on the day before the
effective date of chapter 1 of this subtitle) shall apply to
the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1996.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘biennium’’ shall have the meaning given to such
term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
622(11)), as added by section 302(b)(2) of this Act.
Subtitle B—Staffing and
Instrumentalities
SEC. 341. AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING OF CERTAIN CON-
GRESSIONAL INSTRUMENTALITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the intent of Congress that
the General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Of-
fice, Congressional Research Service of the Library of
Congress, Government Printing Office, and Office of
Technology Assessment shall be authorized for 8 fiscal
years in accordance with this section.
(b) CYCLE.—The instrumentalities listed in sub-
section (a) shall be authorized by the enactment every
eighth year beginning for fiscal year 1997 of an Act to
authorize appropriations for those offices for the next 8
fiscal years.
(c) REPEALERS.—
(1) GENERAL
ACCOUNTING
OFFICE.—Section
736 of title 31, United States Code, is repealed.
(2) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.—Section
201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 601(f)) is repealed.
(3) CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE.—Any
authorization of appropriations for the Congressional
Research Service of the Library of Congress in effect
on the effective date of this paragraph is repealed.
(4) GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.—Any au-
thorization of appropriations for the Government
Printing Office in effect on the effective date of this
paragraph is repealed.
(5) OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT.—
Section 12 of the Technology Assessment Act of
1972 (2 U.S.C. 481) is repealed.
(6) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall
take effect with respect to fiscal years beginning
with fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 342. COORDINATION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SERV-
ICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of the sec-
ond session of the 104th Congress, the appropriate com-
mittees of the House and the appropriate committees of
the Senate are to study and report to their leadership rec-
ommendations providing for better coordination of the leg-
islative branch services, positions, and entities specified in
subsection (b). The study should consider the need for the
creation of a bicameral management board to provide such
coordination.
(b) SERVICES, POSITIONS, AND
ENTITIES.—The
services, positions, and entities referred to in subsection
(a) are (1) printing, (2) recording, (3) photography, (4)
guide service, (5) folding and packaging, (6) chaplain, (7)
flag office, (8) parking permits, (9) security, (10) Con-
gressional Budget Office, (11) disbursements and receipts,
(12) legal services, (13) Architect of the Capitol, (14)
maintenance of grounds and buildings, (15) library, (16)
drafting services, (17) research, and (18) computer
services.
SEC. 
343. 
COMPETITIVE 
BIDDING 
FOR 
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of the sec-
ond session of the 104th Congress, the appropriate com-
mittees of the House and the appropriate committees of
the Senate are to study and report on the feasibility of
providing for competitive bidding for the right to operate
the legislative branch facilities and provide the legislative
branch services specified in subsection (b). The study is
to consider whether the periodic reauthorization of such
facilities and services is necessary and the appropriate du-
ration for such reauthorizations.
(b) FACILITIES AND SERVICES.—The facilities and
services referred to in subsection (a) are (1) barber and
beauty shops, (2) gymnasium, (3) health and medical, (4)
restaurants, (5) automobile services, and (6) child care.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
SEC. 351. SUNSET AGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
shall conduct, with the assistance of the General Account-
ing Office, a comprehensive survey of all statutory report-
ing requirements, soliciting the views of House and Senate
standing committees, during the One Hundred Fourth
Congress and report legislation on or before December 31,
1996, to eliminate obsolete, nonessential, or duplicative re-
ports.
(b) 5-Year Period.—The Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate
shall establish a uniform and appropriate procedure for
requiring agency reports to Congress to expire after 5
years, subject to their specific reauthorization, and report
legislation by December 31, 1996, to sunset statutory re-
porting requirements.
SEC. 352. JOINT COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION MANAGE-
MENT.
(a) ABOLITION OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINT-
ING.—Chapter 1 of title 44, United States Code, is re-
pealed.
(b) ABOLITION OF JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS
ON THE LIBRARY.—Sections 223 and 224 of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 132B and 133)
are repealed.
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON IN-
FORMATION MANAGEMENT.—(1) There is established a
Joint Committee on Information Management (hereafter
in this section referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’).
(2) The Committee shall be composed of 10 members
as follows:
(A) 5 members from the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives to be ap-
pointed by the Speaker and 5 members of the Rules
and Administration of the Senate to be appointed by
lll.
(d) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall—
(1) coordinate information management for
Congress;
(2) establish standards and applications policies
for Congress and its support agencies for informa-
tion technologies, including telecommunications, elec-
tronic files and indexing, publishing, and informa-
tion dissemination within Congress and to the public
pursuant to chapters 17 and 19 of title 44, United
States Code;
(3) ensure dissemination of executive branch in-
formation to the public as provided in title 44, Unit-
ed States Code; and
(4) carry out all functions heretofore carried
out by the Joint Committee on Printing and the
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.
(e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Effective upon the
effective date of this section, all functions of the Joint
Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Con-
gress on the Library except those functions carried out
by the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library related
to the supervision of the Botanic Garden and the Capitol
art collection, which shall be transferred to the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate,
are transferred to the Committee.
(f) VACANCIES; CHAIRMANSHIP.—Vacancies in the
membership of the Committee shall not affect the power
of the remaining members to execute the functions of the
Committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as the
original selection. The chairmanship and vice chairman-
ship of the Committee shall alternate between the chair-
man of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate and the chairman of the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives with each Con-
gress. The initial chairman of the Committee shall be the
chairman of the Committee on House Oversight and the
initial vice chairman shall be the chairman of the Commit-
tee on Rules and Administration.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
at the beginning of the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
Subtitle D—Budget Control
SEC. 361. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subtitle may be cited as the
‘‘Budget Control Act of 1995’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subtitle is to cre-
ate a mechanism to monitor total costs of direct spending
programs, and, in the event that actual or projected costs
exceed targeted levels, to require the President and Con-
gress to address adjustments in direct spending.
SEC. 362. ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT SPENDING TARGETS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The initial direct spending targets
for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1999 shall equal
total outlays for all direct spending except net interest and
deposit insurance as determined by the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget (hereinafter referred to
in this subtitle as the ‘‘Director’’) under subsection (b).
(b) INITIAL REPORT BY DIRECTOR.—
(1) Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Director shall submit a re-
port to Congress setting forth projected direct
spending targets for each of fiscal years 1996
through 1999.
(2) The Director’s projections shall be based on
legislation enacted as of 5 days before the report is
submitted under paragraph (1). To the extent fea-
sible, the Director shall use the same economic and
technical assumptions used in preparing the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1995
(H. Con. Res. 218).
(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—Direct spending targets shall be
subsequently adjusted by the Director under section 386.
SEC. 363. ANNUAL REVIEW OF DIRECT SPENDING AND RE-
CEIPTS BY PRESIDENT.
As part of each budget submitted under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the President
shall provide an annual review of direct spending and re-
ceipts, which shall include (1) information supporting the
adjustment of direct spending targets pursuant to section
366, (2) information on total outlays for programs covered
by the direct spending targets, including actual outlays for
the prior fiscal year and projected outlays for the current
fiscal year and the 5 succeeding fiscal years, and (3) infor-
mation on the major categories of Federal receipts, includ-
ing a comparison between the levels of those receipts and
the levels projected as of the date of enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 364. SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING MESSAGE BY PRESI-
DENT.
(a) TRIGGER.—In the event that the information sub-
mitted by the President under section 363 indicates—
(1) that actual outlays for direct spending in
the prior fiscal year exceeded the applicable direct
spending target, or
(2) that outlays for direct spending for the cur-
rent or budget year are projected to exceed the ap-
plicable direct spending targets,
the President shall include in his budget a special direct
spending message meeting the requirements of subsection
(b).
(b) CONTENTS.—(1) The special direct spending
message shall include:
(A) An explanation of any adjustments to the
direct spending targets pursuant to section 366.
(B) An analysis of the variance in direct spend-
ing over the adjusted direct spending targets.
(C) The President’s recommendations for ad-
dressing the direct spending overages, if any, in the
prior, current, or budget year.
(2) The President’s recommendations may consist of
any of the following:
(A) Proposed legislative changes to reduce di-
rect spending outlays, increase revenues, or both, in
order to recoup or eliminate the overage for the
prior, current, and budget years in the current year,
the budget year, and the 4 outyears.
(B) Proposed legislative changes to reduce di-
rect spending outlays, increase revenues, or both, in
order to recoup or eliminate part of the overage for
the prior, current, and budget year in the current
year, the budget year, and the 4 outyears, accom-
panied by a finding by the President that, because
of economic conditions or for other specified reasons,
only some of the overage should be recouped or
eliminated by direct spending outlay reductions or
revenue increases, or both.
(C) A proposal to make no legislative changes
to recoup or eliminate any overage, accompanied by
a finding by the President that, because of economic
conditions or for other specified reasons, no legisla-
tive changes are warranted.
(3) Any proposed legislative change under paragraph
(2) to reduce outlays may include reductions in direct
spending.
(c) PROPOSED SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING RESOLU-
TION.—
(1) PRESIDENT’S
RECOMMENDATIONS
TO
BE
SUBMITTED AS DRAFT RESOLUTION.—If the Presi-
dent recommends reductions consistent with sub-
section (b)(2) (A) or (B), the special direct spending
message shall include the text of a special direct
spending resolution implementing the President’s
recommendations through reconciliation directives
instructing the appropriate committees of the House
of Representatives and Senate to determine and rec-
ommend changes in laws within their jurisdictions to
reduce direct spending outlays or increase revenues
by specified amounts. If the President recommends
no reductions pursuant to (b)(2)(C), the special di-
rect spending message shall include the text of a
special resolution concurring in the President’s rec-
ommendation of no legislative action.
(2) RESOLUTION
TO
BE
INTRODUCED
IN
HOUSE.—Within 10 days after the President’s spe-
cial direct spending message is submitted, the text
required by paragraph (1) shall be introduced as a
concurrent resolution in the House of Representa-
tives by the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives without sub-
stantive revision. If the chairman fails to do so, after
the tenth day the resolution may be introduced by
any Member of the House of Representatives. A con-
current resolution introduced under this paragraph
shall be referred to the Committee on the Budget.
SEC. 365. REQUIRED RESPONSE BY CONGRESS.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING
RESOLUTION.—Whenever the President submits a special
direct spending message under section 364, the Committee
on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall re-
port, not later than April 15, the concurrent resolution
on the budget and include in it a separate title that meets
the requirements of subsections (b) and (c).
(b) CONTENTS OF SEPARATE TITLE.—The separate
title of the concurrent resolution on the budget shall con-
tain reconciliation directives to the appropriate committees
of the House of Representatives and Senate to determine
and recommend changes in laws within their jurisdictions
to reduce direct spending outlays or increase revenues by
specified amounts (which in total equal or exceed the re-
ductions recommended by the President, up to the amount
of the overage). If this separate title recommends that no
legislative changes be made to recoup or eliminate an over-
age, then a statement to that effect shall be set forth in
that title.
(c) REQUIREMENT
FOR SEPARATE VOTE TO IN-
CREASE TARGETS.—If the separate title of a concurrent
resolution on the budget proposes to recoup or eliminate
less than the entire overage for the prior, current, and
budget years, then the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives shall report a resolution direct-
ing the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
to report legislation increasing the direct spending targets
for each applicable year by the full amount of the overage
not recouped or eliminated. It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives to consider that concurrent reso-
lution on the budget until the House of Representatives
has agreed to the resolution directing the increase in direct
spending targets.
(d) CONFERENCE REPORTS MUST FULLY ADDRESS
OVERAGE.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider a conference report on a concur-
rent resolution on the budget unless that conference report
fully addresses the entirety of any overage contained in
the applicable report of the President under section 364
through reconciliation directives requiring direct spending
reductions, revenue increases, or changes in the direct
spending targets.
(e) PROCEDURE
IF HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE
FAILS TO REPORT REQUIRED RESOLUTION.—
(1) AUTOMATIC DISCHARGE OF HOUSE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.—If a special direct spending resolution
is required and the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives fails to report a resolution
meeting the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)
by April 15, then the committee shall be automati-
cally discharged from further consideration of the
concurrent resolution reflecting the President’s rec-
ommendations 
introduced 
pursuant 
to 
section
364(c)(2) and the concurrent resolution shall be
placed on the appropriate calendar.
(2) CONSIDERATION
BY
HOUSE.—Ten days
after the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives has been discharged under para-
graph (1), any Member may move that the House
proceed to consider the resolution. Such motion shall
be highly privileged and not debatable.
(f) APPLICATION
OF
CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET
ACT.—To the extent that they are relevant and not incon-
sistent with this subtitle, the provisions of title III of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall apply in the
House of Representatives and the Senate to special direct
spending resolutions, resolutions increasing targets under
subsection (c), and reconciliation legislation reported pur-
suant to directives contained in those resolutions.
of beneficiaries used in the Director’s initial report
under section 362(b));
(B) applying the percentages computed under
subparagraph (A) to the projected levels of outlays
for each program consistent with the direct spending
targets in effect immediately prior to the adjust-
ment; and
(C) adding the results of the calculations re-
quired by subparagraph (B) to the direct spending
targets in effect immediately prior to the adjust-
ment.
(3) No adjustment shall be made for any program
for a fiscal year in which the percentage increase com-
puted under paragraph (2)(A) is less than or equal to
zero.
(c) ADJUSTMENTS FOR REVENUE LEGISLATION.—
(1) The Director shall adjust the targets as follows—
(A) they shall be increased by the amount of
any increase in receipts; or
(B) they shall be decreased by the amount of
any decrease in receipts,
resulting from receipts legislation enacted after the date
of enactment of this subtitle, except legislation enacted
under section 365.
(d) ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CONGRESSIONAL
DECISIONS.—Upon enactment of a reconciliation bill pur-
suant to instructions under section 365, the Director shall
adjust direct spending targets for the current year, the
budget year, and each outyear through 1997 by—
(1) increasing the target for the current year
and the budget year by the amount stated for that
year in that reconciliation bill (but if a separate vote
was required by section 365(c), only if that vote has
occurred); and
(2) decreasing the target for the current, budg-
et, and outyears through 1997 by the amount of re-
ductions in direct spending enacted in that reconcili-
ation bill.
(e) DESIGNATED EMERGENCIES.—The Director shall
adjust the targets to reflect the costs of legislation that
is designated as an emergency by Congress and the Presi-
dent under section 252(b) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 367. RELATIONSHIP TO BALANCED BUDGET AND
EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.
Reductions in outlays or increases in receipts result-
ing from legislation reported pursuant to section 365 shall
not be taken into account for purposes of any budget en-
forcement procedures under the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 368. ESTIMATING MARGIN.
For any fiscal year for which the overage is less than
one-half of 1 percent of the direct spending target for that
year, the procedures set forth in sections 364 and 365
shall not apply.
SEC. 369. CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS.
(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in
the House of Representatives to consider any general ap-
propriation bill if the President has submitted a direct
spending message under section 364 until Congress has
adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget for the
budget year that meets the requirements of section 365.
(b) WAIVER.—The point of order established by sub-
section (a) may only be waived for all general appropria-
tion bills for that budget year through the adoption of one
resolution waiving that point of order.
SEC. 370. MEANS-TESTED PROGRAMS.
In making recommendations under sections 364 and
365, the President and the Congress should seriously con-
sider all other alternatives before proposing reductions in
means-tested programs.
SEC. 371. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This subtitle shall apply to direct spending targets
for fiscal years 1996 through 1999 and shall expire at the
end of fiscal year 1999.
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