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.’’. 
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 110TH 
CONGRESS. 
(a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2008.—The budget submission of the President 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2008 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 2008–2009 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 2008 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 2008 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 2008 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 2009 from which the Committee on Appro-
priations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal 
year 2008 that include funding for certain accounts for 
each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
(3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of 
each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2008 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) Beginning with the 110th Congress, the com-
mittees 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 program au-
thorizations to a multi-year schedule. 
(2) During the 110th 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 2009–2010 biennium.
(e) CBO AUTHORIZATION REPORT.—On or before 
January 15, 2008, 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 2008 for 
which authorizations for appropriations have not been en-
acted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activi-
ties funded during fiscal year 2008 for which authoriza-
tions for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, 
fiscal year 2009, or fiscal year 2010. 
(f) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2006.—The budget submission of the President 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2009 shall include an evaluation of, 
and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial 
budget process for the fiscal year 2008–2009 biennium 
that was carried out pursuant to this section. 
(g) CBO TRANSITIONAL REPORT.—On or before 
March 31, 2008, 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 2008–2009 biennium that was 
carried out pursuant to this section.
SEC. 13. 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, 2009, and shall apply to budget resolutions 
and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal 
year 2010. 
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