I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1762 
To provide a biennial budget for the United States Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2013 
Mr. THORNBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules 
and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide a biennial budget for the United States 
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 of 2013’’. 
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: 
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‘‘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 Fifteenth Congress) is as follows: 
‘‘First Session 
On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in February ...................
President 
submits 
budget 
rec-
ommendations. 
February 15 .........................................
Congressional Budget Office submits 
report to Budget Committees. 
Not later than 6 weeks after budget 
submission.
Committees submit views and esti-
mates to Budget Committees. 
April 1 ..................................................
Budget Committees report concurrent 
resolution on the biennial budget. 
May 15 .................................................
Congress completes action on concur-
rent resolution on the biennial budg-
et. 
May 15 .................................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be 
considered in the House. 
June 10 ................................................
House Appropriations Committee re-
ports last biennial appropriation bill. 
June 30 ................................................
House completes action on biennial 
appropriation 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 review.
Congressional Budget Office submits 
report to Budget Committees. 
The last day of the session ..................
Congress completes action on bills and 
resolutions authorizing new budget 
authority for the succeeding bien-
nium. 
‘‘(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: 
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First Monday in April ..........................
President 
submits 
budget 
rec-
ommendations. 
April 20 ................................................
Committees submit views and esti-
mates to Budget Committees. 
May 15 .................................................
Budget Committees report concurrent 
resolution on the biennial budget. 
June 1 ..................................................
Congress completes action on concur-
rent resolution on the biennial budg-
et. 
June 1 ..................................................
Biennial appropriation bills may be 
considered in the House. 
July 1 ...................................................
House Appropriations Committee re-
ports last biennial appropriation bill. 
July 20 .................................................
House completes action on biennial 
appropriation bills. 
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 amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 
2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 
any odd-numbered year.’’. 
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(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’’. 
(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 
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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 
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’’; 
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(2) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘April 15’’ 
and inserting ‘‘May 15’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘for a fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the bien-
nium’’; 
(5) 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 
(6) 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’’; 
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(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’’. 
(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’’. 
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(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’’. 
(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 
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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— 
(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’’; 
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(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’’; 
(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’’. 
(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 
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(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’’. 
(m) 
MAXIMUM
DEFICIT
AMOUNT
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’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘first fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘either fiscal year in the bien-
nium’’; 
(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’’. 
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SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(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)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘the biennium’’. 
(d) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(7) use the second session of each Congress to study 
issues with long-term budgetary and economic implica-
tions, which would include— 
‘‘(A) hold hearings to receive testimony from 
committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas 
and to report on the results of oversight; and 
‘‘(B) by January 1 of each odd-number year, 
issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the 
key issues facing the Congress in the next bien-
nium.’’. 
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(e) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘during the 
same or preceding fiscal year’’. 
(f) Clause 4(e) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘annually’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennially’’ and by striking 
‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 
(g) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘during each odd-numbered 
year’’ after ‘‘the submission of budget by the Presi-
dent’’; 
(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’’. 
(h) Clause 3(d)(2)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by striking 
‘‘five’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘six’’. 
(i) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biennium after September 15 of the year in 
which such biennium begins’’. 
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SEC. 5. 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), 
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 transmitted under this subsection shall 
include a budget message 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 
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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’’. 
(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’’. 
(5) GOVERNMENT
FUNCTIONS
AND
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 
year in the biennium’’. 
(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
UNANTICIPATED
AND 
UNCONTROLLABLE
EXPENDITURES.—Section 
1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 
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