‘‘(4) The term ‘joint resolution on the budget’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a joint resolution setting forth the 
budget for the United States Government for a 
fiscal year as provided in section 301; and 
‘‘(B) any other joint resolution revising the 
budget for the United States Government for a 
fiscal year as described in section 304.’’. 
SEC. 3. 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. The timetable with respect to the congres-
sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 
the One Hundred Fifteenth) is as follows: 
‘‘On or before: 
Action to be completed: 
First Monday in February ........
President submits budget recommendations. 
February 15 ...............................
Congressional Budget Office submits report 
to Budget Committees. 
Not later than 6 weeks after 
budget submission.
Committees submit views and estimates to 
Budget Committees. 
April 1 .......................................
Budget Committees report joint resolution on 
the budget. 
April 15 .....................................
Congress completes action on joint resolution 
on the budget. 
May 15 .......................................
Appropriation bills may be considered in the 
House of Representatives. 
June 10 ......................................
House Appropriations Committee reports last 
appropriation bill. 
June 30 ......................................
House completes action on appropriation 
bills. 
October 1 ...................................
Fiscal year begins.’’. 
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SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 301 AND 303 AND TECH-
NICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’, by strik-
ing ‘‘has been agreed to’’ and inserting ‘‘takes ef-
fect’’, and by striking subsections (b) and (c); and 
(2) by striking its section heading and inserting 
the following new section heading: ‘‘CONSIDERATION 
OF BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION BEFORE BUDG-
ET BECOMES LAW’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 301(a)(5) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting ‘‘for display purposes only,’’ before ‘‘the public 
debt’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 303 in the table of contents set forth in section 
1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 303. Consideration of budget-related legislation before budget becomes 
law.’’. 
SEC. 5. PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF BUDGET RESOLU-
TIONS. 
Section 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 304. At any time after the joint resolution on 
the budget for a fiscal year has been enacted pursuant 
to section 301, and before the end of such fiscal year, the 
two Houses and the President may enact a joint resolution 
on the budget which revises or reaffirms the joint resolu-
tion on the budget for such fiscal year most recently en-
acted, and for purposes of the enforcement of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, the chairman of the Budget 
Committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, 
as applicable, may adjust levels as needed for the enforce-
ment of the budget resolution.’’. 
SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON THE CONTENT OF BUDGET RESO-
LUTIONS. 
Section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON CONTENTS.—(1) It shall not be 
in order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate 
to consider any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter referred to in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) Any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter not permitted in section 301 (a) or (b) 
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shall not be treated in the House of Representatives or 
the Senate as a budget resolution under subsection (a) or 
(b) or as a conference report on a budget resolution under 
subsection (c) of this section.’’. 
SEC. 7. DEEMING OF BUDGETARY AGGREGATES, ALLOCA-
TIONS, AND RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTIONS 
IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE UPON VETO OF 
JOINT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 
315 the following new section: 
‘‘AUTOMATIC STANDING ORDER UPON VETO OF JOINT 
RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 
‘‘SEC. 316. For purposes of congressional enforce-
ment under titles III and IV of this Act and the rules 
of the House and the Senate, the joint resolution shall 
be considered as enforceable upon enactment or 15 days 
following presentment to the President, whichever occurs 
earlier.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Automatic standing order upon veto of joint resolution on the budg-
et.’’. 
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SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO EFFEC-
TUATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDG-
ET. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 
1974.—(1)(A) Sections 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 308, 
310, 311, 312, 314, 405, and 904 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) are amended 
by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘joint’’. 
(B)(i) Sections 302(d), 302(g), 308(a)(1)(A), and 
310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are 
amended by striking ‘‘most recently agreed to concurrent 
resolution on the budget’’ each place it occurs and insert-
ing ‘‘most recently enacted joint resolution on the budg-
et’’. 
(ii) The section heading of section 301 of such Act 
is amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL ADOPTION OF CONCUR-
RENT RESOLUTION’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT RESOLUTIONS’’. 
(C) Sections 302, 303, 304, 310, and 311 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 are amended by striking 
‘‘agreed to’’ each place it appears and by inserting ‘‘en-
acted’’. 
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(2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 is amended— 
(A) in the item relating to section 301, by strik-
ing ‘‘Annual adoption of concurrent resolution’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Joint resolutions’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and inserting 
‘‘joint’’ in the item relating to section 305. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Any side heading 
within any section of title III of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT’’ and any 
center heading in any section of that title is amended by 
striking ‘‘CONCURRENT’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT’’. 
SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES TO EFFECTUATE JOINT 
BUDGET RESOLUTIONS. 
Clauses 1(d)(1), 4(a)(4), 4(b)(2), 4(f)(1)(A), and 
4(f)(2) of rule X, clause 10 of rule XVIII, clause 10 of 
rule XX, and clauses 7 and 10 of rule XXI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives are amended by striking 
‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘joint’’. 
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