I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1610 
To establish biennial budgets for the United States Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2015 
Mr. RIBBLE (for himself, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
BARR, Mr. BARTON, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BERA, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUM, Mr. BOST, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BRADY of 
Texas, Mr. BROOKS
of Alabama, Mrs. BROOKS
of Indiana, Mr. 
BUCSHON, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, Mr. 
COFFMAN, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. COOK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RODNEY 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. DOLD, Ms. 
DUCKWORTH, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. DUNCAN
of South Carolina, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. 
GROTHMAN, Mr. GUINTA, Mr. HANNA, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. HECK of 
Nevada, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mr. HURT of Virginia, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Ohio, Mr. JONES, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
KIND, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LIPIN-
SKI, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, 
Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCCAUL, 
Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. MESSER, Mr. 
MULVANEY, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. NOEM, 
Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. REED, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. RICE of South Caro-
lina, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. ROSS, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. 
SENSENBRENNER, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. STIVERS, 
Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. TROTT, 
Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WALDEN, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WEST-
MORELAND, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON of South Caro-
lina, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. YOHO, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, 
and Mr. ZINKE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Over-
sight and Government Reform and Rules, 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 
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A BILL 
To establish biennial budgets 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 Enhanced Oversight Act of 2015’’. 
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL 
BUDGET PROCESS 
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg-
etary process; 
‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination biennially of 
the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex-
penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean-
ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 
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