TITLE II—CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS TO THE RULES OF 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES, THE BALANCED BUDG-
ET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT 
CONTROL ACT OF 1985, AND 
THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDG-
ET ACT OF 1974 
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES TO EFFECTUATE BIEN-
NIAL BUDGETING. 
(a) Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives 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 
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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.’’. 
(b) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by inserting ‘‘odd- 
numbered’’ after ‘‘each’’. 
(c) Clause 4(a)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 
(d) 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’’. 
(e) 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: 
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‘‘(7) use the second session of each Congress to 
study issues with long-term budgetary and economic 
implications.’’. 
(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 the budget by the 
President’’; 
(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 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)’’. 
(i) 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’’. 
(j) 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’’. 
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