I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3669 
To improve the accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. RENACCI (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. HIMES, and Mr. WEBSTER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in 
addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Government Reform, 
and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve the accuracy and transparency of the Federal 
budget process. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Budget Process Improvement Act of 2011’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—IMPROVED ACCURACY AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE 
FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS 
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Sec. 101. CBO and JCT descriptive analyses for second decade budget impact. 
Sec. 102. OMB reports on unbudgeted fiscal exposures. 
Sec. 103. Tax expenditure performance reviews. 
Sec. 104. Accrual accounting report. 
Sec. 105. Annual revenue stability projection report. 
TITLE II—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 
Sec. 201. Revision of timetable. 
Sec. 202. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974. 
Sec. 203. Amendments to rules of House of Representatives. 
Sec. 204. Amendments to title 31, United States Code. 
Sec. 205. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations Acts. 
Sec. 206. Multiyear authorizations. 
Sec. 207. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis. 
Sec. 208. Biennial appropriation bills. 
Sec. 209. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 210. Report on two-year fiscal period. 
Sec. 211. Special transition period for the 113th Congress. 
Sec. 212. Effective date. 
TITLE I—IMPROVED ACCURACY 
AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE 
FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS 
SEC. 101. CBO AND JCT DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES FOR SEC-
OND DECADE BUDGET IMPACT. 
(a) CBO.—Section 402 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘402.’’, 
by striking the last sentence, and by adding at the end 
the following new subsections: 
‘‘(b) Whenever the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office submits a cost estimate under subsection 
(a) of a bill or resolution, the Director shall also provide 
a descriptive analysis for the second decade budget impact 
of such bill or resolution. 
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‘‘(c) The estimates, comparison, and description so 
submitted shall be included in the report accompanying 
such bill or resolution if timely submitted to such com-
mittee before such report is filed.’’. 
(b) JCT.—Section 202(f) of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘REV-
ENUE ESTIMATES.—’’ and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Whenever the Joint Committee on Taxation pro-
vides revenue estimates to the Congressional Budget Of-
fice under paragraph (1), the Joint Committee on Tax-
ation shall also provide a descriptive analysis for the sec-
ond decade budget impact.’’. 
SEC. 102. OMB REPORTS ON UNBUDGETED FISCAL EXPO-
SURES. 
Not later than July 1 of each year, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, in conjunction 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall publish a report 
on the size, scope, risk, and cost of the contingent liabil-
ities of the Government, including the implicit guarantees 
to government sponsored enterprises such as the Federal 
National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation. 
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SEC. 103. TAX EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS. 
(a) PERFORMANCE REVIEW SCHEDULE
AND RE-
PORTS.—(1) The Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter 
in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in conjunc-
tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Di-
rector’’), shall conduct performance reviews of tax expend-
itures, as identified by the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
on an ongoing basis. The Secretary shall develop the 
schedule for these reviews, such that each tax expenditure 
is reviewed at least once in every four-year period. A four- 
year schedule shall be submitted by the Secretary to Con-
gress and to the Director during January of each calendar 
year. 
(2) Within three months after the enactment of any 
new tax expenditure, the Secretary shall revise the most 
recent four-year schedule of tax expenditure performance 
reviews and submit them to Congress and to the Director. 
(3) Not later than one year after the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall have submitted to Congress 
and to the Director the first four-year schedule and begin 
the first performance reviews under paragraph (1). 
(4) The Secretary shall endeavor to develop a four- 
year schedule that provides for the simultaneous review 
of tax expenditures that have similar policy objectives. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
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(1) The Secretary shall report each of its per-
formance reviews of tax expenditures to Congress 
and to the Director in quarterly reports and con-
taining all of the performance reviews conducted 
since the preceding report. 
(2) The Secretary may conduct expedited per-
formance reviews for any tax expenditure that has 
an estimated annual fiscal impact of less than $1 
billion, annually adjusted for inflation, unless the 
Director requests or the chairs and ranking minority 
members of the Committees on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate jointly re-
quest, in writing, a full review. 
(3) Each performance review, except for expe-
dited performance reviews, shall include the fol-
lowing explanations, descriptions, estimates, anal-
yses, and recommendations: 
(A) An explanation of the tax expenditure 
and any relevant economic, social, or other con-
text under which it was first enacted. 
(B) A description of the intended purpose 
of the tax expenditure. 
(C) An analysis of the overall success of 
the tax expenditure in achieving such purpose, 
and evidence supporting such analysis. 
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(D) An analysis of the extent to which fur-
ther extending the tax expenditure, or making 
it permanent, would contribute to achieving 
such purpose. 
(E) A description of the direct and indirect 
beneficiaries of the tax expenditure, also speci-
fying— 
(i) any unintended beneficiaries of the 
tax expenditure; 
(ii) the classes of individuals, types of 
organizations, or types of industries whose 
Federal tax liabilities are directly affected 
by the tax expenditure; 
(iii) the extent to which terminating 
the tax expenditure may have negative ef-
fects on the category of taxpayers that cur-
rently benefit from the tax preference and 
on the economy; and 
(iv) the extent to which the termi-
nation of the tax expenditure would affect 
the distribution of liability for payments of 
Federal taxes. 
(F) An analysis of whether the tax expend-
iture is the most cost-effective method for 
achieving the purpose for which it was intended, 
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and a description of any more cost-effective 
methods through which such purpose could be 
accomplished, and in particular the extent to 
which a direct spending program might be pref-
erable to a tax expenditure, including— 
(i) whether an outlay program might 
achieve the same policy objectives as a tax 
expenditure; 
(ii) whether an outlay program might 
reduce deadweight losses and improve eco-
nomic efficiency in the national economy; 
and 
(iii) whether a direct spending pro-
gram might be more or less expense to ad-
minister. 
(G) A description of any unintended effects 
of the tax expenditure that is useful in under-
standing the tax expenditure’s overall value. 
(H) A description of any interactions (ac-
tual or potential) with other tax expenditures or 
direct spending programs in the same or related 
budget function that should be studied further. 
(I) An estimate of the annual cost in for-
gone revenues of the tax expenditure, as well as 
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a projection of the cost in foregone revenues for 
the ensuing ten fiscal years. 
(J) A description of any further informa-
tion needed to complete a more thorough exam-
ination and analysis of the tax expenditure, and 
what is necessary to make such information 
available. 
(K) A specific recommendation, based on 
analysis conducted in the performance review, 
as to whether the tax expenditure should be 
continued without modification, modified (in-
cluding converted fully or partly into a direct 
spending program), scheduled for sunset, re-
viewed at a later date, or terminated imme-
diately. The Secretary may decline to provide a 
specific recommendation, but in each such case 
shall provide an explanation of why a rec-
ommendation has not been given. 
(4) An expedited performance review shall in-
clude at least the explanations, descriptions, esti-
mates, analyses, and recommendations as listed in 
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (I), (J), and (K) 
of paragraph (3). 
(c) COMMITTEE HEARINGS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the submission of any performance review report 
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under subsection (b), the Committees on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate shall hold public hearings to con-
sider the performance review recommendations contained 
in that report. The Committees on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate may also hold 
hearings on such performance review recommendations. 
(d) CBO COMMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after 
submission of a performance review report pursuant to 
section 204(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall pro-
vide to Congress, the Secretary, and the Director detailed, 
written comments on the performance review rec-
ommendations, stating whether the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office agrees or disagrees with all or 
any part of the report or, if no opinion is given, providing 
an explanation of why he has no opinion or has not given 
one. 
SEC. 104. ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING REPORT. 
(a) ACCRUAL-BASED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.—The 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
develop a proposal for the implementation of an accrual- 
based accounting system for certain portions of the budg-
et, excluding— 
(1) insurance; 
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(2) environmental liabilities; 
(3) Federal employee pensions; 
(4) retiree health benefits; and 
(5) other budget items where accrual-based ac-
counting would feasibly capture significant future 
cash resource requirements that are not reflected in 
the cash-based budget; where appropriate and rea-
sonable. 
(b) REPORT.—Within one year of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall submit a report to Congress set-
ting forth the legislation necessary for the implementation 
of an accrual-based accounting system for part of the 
budget, along with any recommendations regarding its 
proposed legislation. 
SEC. 105. ANNUAL REVENUE STABILITY PROJECTION RE-
PORT. 
Not later than July 1 of each year, the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office, in conjunction with the 
Joint Committee on Taxation, shall publish a report that 
projects annual Federal revenues by source over the next 
10 fiscal years and includes a discussion of the assump-
tions used to project such revenues. The Director shall 
transmit the report to the Committee on Appropriations, 
the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee on 
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Ways and Means of the House of Representatives for the 
purpose of considering and setting annual budget author-
ity. 
TITLE II—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 
SEC. 201. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘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 Fourteenth 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. 
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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: 
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. 202. 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 
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‘‘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: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 
2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 
any odd-numbered year.’’. 
(c) BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE 
BUDGET.— 
(1) 
CONTENTS
OF
RESOLUTION.—Section 
301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
by— 
(i) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘May 15 of each odd-num-
bered year’’; 
(ii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 
on October 1 of such year’’ the first place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the biennium be-
ginning on October 1 of such year’’; and 
(iii) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning 
on October 1 of such year’’ the second 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 
year in such period’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the 
fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 
in the biennium’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Section 301(b) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended— 
(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 
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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 
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— 
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(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’’; 
(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.— 
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(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’’; 
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(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 
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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 
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(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— 
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(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’’; 
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(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. 203. 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: 
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‘‘(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 ‘‘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 
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(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. 204. 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 (11) of section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).’’. 
(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: 
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‘‘(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 
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 
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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— 
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(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’’; 
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(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.— 
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(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’’. 
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(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-
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ceding the calendar year in which the biennium be-
gins’’. 
SEC. 205. 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. 206. 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: 
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‘‘MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 316. (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.’’. 
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(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 315 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 207. 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, 2014’’; 
(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, 2014, 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 
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with fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with 
fiscal year 2016, 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) by 
striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a bien-
nial’’; 
(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’’. 
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(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 ‘‘Be-
ginning with fiscal year 1999, the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2016, the bien-
nial’’ and by striking ‘‘annual’’; 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’’. 
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(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, 2014’’; 
(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, 2014, 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: 
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‘‘(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 September 30, 2014. 
(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. 208. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS. 
(a) IN
THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(1) 
Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
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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.’’. 
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(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.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘CONSIDERATION OF BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS 
‘‘SEC. 317. 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 316 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills.’’. 
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SEC. 209. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STAND-
ING 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-
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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. 210. 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 
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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. 211. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 113TH 
CONGRESS. 
(a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2014.—The budget submission of the President 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2014 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 2014–2015 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 2014 and include its recommendations thereon in its 
views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the 
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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 2014 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 2014 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 2015 from which the Committee on Appro-
priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal 
year 2014 that include funding for certain accounts for 
each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015. 
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(3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of 
each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2014 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 113th 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 113th 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 2014–2015 biennium. 
(e) CBO AUTHORIZATION REPORT.—On or before 
January 15, 2014, the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate 
committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all pro-
grams and activities funded during fiscal year 2014 for 
which authorizations for appropriations have not been en-
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acted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activi-
ties funded during fiscal year 2014 for which authoriza-
tions for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, 
fiscal year 2015, or fiscal year 2016. 
(f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2015.—The budget submission of the President 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2015 shall include an evaluation of, 
and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial 
budget process for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium 
that was carried out pursuant to this section. 
(g) CBO TRANSITIONAL REPORT.—On or before 
March 31, 2014, the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall submit to Congress an evaluation of, and rec-
ommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget 
process for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium that was 
carried out pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 212. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided by sections 8, 11, and 12, this 
Act and the amendments made by it shall take effect on 
January 1, 2015, and shall apply to budget resolutions 
and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal 
year 2016. 
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