(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
(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’’.
(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’’.
(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—
(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’’;
(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
(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’’.
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.’’.
(e) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘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 ‘‘submits his budget’’;
(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’’.
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 (13) of section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(13)).’’.
(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 Ninth 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
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
amended by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘each
fiscal year in the biennium 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) ESTIMATES FOR 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
(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,
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,’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘that year’’ and inserting ‘‘for
each 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—
(i) inserting ‘‘and before February 15
of each even numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before
July 16 of each 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 ‘‘4 fiscal
years following the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘4
fiscal years following the 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’’; and
(B) inserting ‘‘and before February 15 of
each even numbered year’’ after ‘‘Before July
16 of each year’’.
(g) CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES ESTI-
MATES.—
(1) THE PRESIDENT.—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) 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’’.
SEC. 6. 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(11) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 622(11)).’’.
SEC. 7. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 6(a) is further
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
‘‘SEC. 318. (a) POINT OF ORDER.—(1)(A) It shall
not be in order in the House of Representatives or the
Senate to consider any measure that contains a specific
authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the
measure includes such a specific authorization of appro-
priations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal year
in one or more bienniums.
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific au-
thorization of appropriations is an authorization for the
enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not
to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as
a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be nec-
essary) for any purpose for a fiscal year.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to
an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year
for any program, project, or activity if the measure con-
taining that authorization includes a provision expressly
stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no authoriza-
tion of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of
applicable program, project, or activity] for any subse-
quent fiscal year.’.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘meas-
ure’ means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report.’’.
(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 317
the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 318. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’.
SEC. 8. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE
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, 2004’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘at least every three years’’
and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and
inserting ‘‘six years forward’’; 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, 2004, 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 2006, 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)—
(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 each fiscal year of the biennium be-
ginning 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, 2004’’;
(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, 2004, 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 each fiscal year of the biennium be-
ginning 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, 2005.
(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 it.
SEC. 9. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.
(a) IN
THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(1)
Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an ap-
propriation may not be reported in a general appropriation
bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and
may not be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it
provides new budget authority or establishes a level of ob-
ligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of
a biennium.
‘‘(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with respect to
an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program,
project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto con-
taining that appropriation includes a provision expressly
stating the following: ‘Congress finds that no additional
funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the
[Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity]
will be completed or terminated after the amount provided
has been expended.’.
‘‘(C) For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement
set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropria-
tion for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or
activity may be included in a general appropriation bill
or amendment thereto.’’.
(2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by striking ‘‘or (c)’’ and inserting
‘‘or (3) or 2(c)’’.
(b) IN THE SENATE.—(1) Title III of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) (as
amended by section 7) is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS
‘‘SEC. 319. It shall not be in order in the Senate in
any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropria-
tion bill providing new budget authority or a limitation
on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on
Appropriations 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 one year and will
be completed or terminated after the amount provided has
been expended.’’.
(2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act
of 1974 is amended by adding after the item relating to
section 318 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 319. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills.’’.
SEC. 10. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING
COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY APPROPRIA-
TIONS REQUESTS.—To assist each standing committee of
the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying
out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency
which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju-
risdiction of such committee shall provide to such com-
mittee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and
assistance as may be requested by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the committee.
(b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION.—To assist each standing committee of
the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying
out its responsibilities, the head of any agency shall fur-
nish to such committee documentation, containing infor-
mation received, compiled, or maintained by the agency
as part of the operation or administration of a program,
or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support
of a review of a program, as may be requested by the
chairman and ranking minority member of such com-
mittee.
(c) SUMMARIES BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—With-
in thirty days after the receipt of a request from a chair-
man and ranking minority member of a standing com-
mittee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed
and studied by such committee under this section, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish to
such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of
such program which the Comptroller General has com-
pleted during the preceding six years.
(d) CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Consistent with
their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office, and the Director of the Congres-
sional Research Service shall continue to furnish (con-
sistent with established protocols) to each standing com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such
information, studies, analyses, and reports as the chair-
man and ranking minority member may request to assist
the committee in conducting reviews and studies of pro-
grams under this section.
SEC. 11. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget 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 and the Committee on Rules of
the House of Representatives.
SEC. 12. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 107TH
CONGRESS.
(a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2004.—The budget submission of the President
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2004 shall include the following:
(1) An identification of the budget accounts for
which an appropriation should be made for each fis-
cal year of the fiscal year 2004–2005 biennium.
(2) Budget authority that should be provided
for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts
identified under paragraph (1).
(b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COM-
MITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection
(a) in the budget submission of the President for fiscal
year 2004 and include its recommendations thereon in its
views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6 weeks of that
budget submission.
(c) ACTIONS BY THE COMMITTEES ON THE BUDG-
ET.—(1) The Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Senate shall review the items in-
cluded pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submis-
sion of the President for fiscal year 2004 and the rec-
ommendations submitted by the Committee on Appropria-
tions of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in
its views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(2) The report of the Committee on the Budget of
each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2004 and the joint explanatory
statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall
also include allocations to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of its House of total new budget authority and total
outlays (which shall be deemed to be made pursuant to
section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
for purposes of budget enforcement under section 302(f))
for fiscal year 2005 from which the Committee on Appro-
priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal
year 2004 that include funding for certain accounts for
each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005.
(3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of
each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2004 and the joint explanatory
statement of managers accompanying such resolution shall
also include the assumptions upon which such allocations
referred to in paragraph (2) are based.
(d) GAO PROGRAMMATIC
OVERSIGHT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—(1) During the first session of the 108th Congress
the committees of the House of Representatives and the
Senate are directed to work with the Comptroller General
of the United States to develop plans to transition pro-
gram authorizations to a multi-year schedule.
(2) During the 108th Congress, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States will continue to provide assist-
ance to the Congress with respect to programmatic over-
sight and in particular will assist the committees of Con-
gress in designing and conforming programmatic oversight
procedures for the fiscal year 2005–2006 biennium.