113 S280 IS: Budget Reform Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-02-12
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1.Short
title and table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Budget Reform Act of
2013
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table
of contents.
TITLE I—Joint budget resolution
Sec. 101. Purposes.
Sec. 102. Timetable.
Sec. 103. Joint resolution on the budget.
Sec. 104. Budget required before spending bills may be
considered.
Sec. 105. Amendments to joint resolutions on the
budget.
Sec. 106. Continuing appropriations.
TITLE II—Biennial Budget
Sec. 201. Effective date.
Sec. 202. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 203. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Sec. 204. Amendments to Rules of the House of
Representatives.
Sec. 205. Two-year appropriations; title and style of
appropriation 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.
<enum>I</enum><header>Joint budget
resolution</header>
<section id="H223329B076EB4D409C00A3D85DB870F1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H964DEE6FD7ED4588B9FC844AD2648B95" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H79C7453D852D4022BCFDEE25E5563981"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assure
effective control over the budgetary process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3487B92CE5964FFB8B2191AB35F59151"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to facilitate the
determination of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and expenditures by
the Congress and the
President;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF6E3E1B0C7484FF9BC40B745083F9132"><enum>102.</enum><header>Timetable</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56E3C00CCF3B45A4A90C8E8A0A475E73" style="traditional">
<section id="H08AA6659AA114AA299A0E7E950D04E13"><enum>300.</enum><header>Timetable</header><text>The timetable
with respect to the Congressional budget process for any fiscal year is as
follows:</text>
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<ttitle>First Session</ttitle>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">First Monday in February</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits his budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget
Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Not
later than 6 weeks after President submits budget</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates
to Budget Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Budget
Committees report joint resolution on the budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1"> April
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on joint resolution on the
budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
10</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
Appropriations Committee reports last annual appropriation bill.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on reconciliation
legislation.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
30</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
completes action on annual appropriation bills.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">October
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Fiscal
year begins.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup></table>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD33BDA517060459D8E69DB86701C731A"><enum>103.</enum><header>Joint
resolution on the budget</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FD64DEAC6964A2093CEE9A5241E32F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Content of Joint
Resolutions on the Budget</header><text>Section 301(a)(4) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA61C5132C1F44AC584FD8ECB2A3087F9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB6196271F96B43A180587CF13FF8ECD7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>subtotals of new
budget authority and outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense
discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid, other direct spending (excluding
interest), and interest; and for emergencies (for the reserve fund in section
317(b) and for military operations in section
317(C));</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H39F79B1E2E0A4AB6B722BBE986510738"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Matters in Joint Resolution</header><text>Section 301(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HD0E446306A524B2E9B24CB5089C66E43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Strike paragraphs
(1), and (6) through (9).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30DC01D9289248A9AFDBB51FF97A791A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Redesignate
paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) accordingly.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB45CEE9B0761492BB706EFD7079AF93A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Amend paragraph
(3), as redesignated, to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEAF37D0019254F1AA7FFE645FF1E82E9">
<paragraph id="HE19C40193B904B64B7B8CE109219A13E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>set forth such
other matters, and require such other procedures, relating to the budget as may
be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, but shall not include a
suspension or alteration of the application of the motion to strike a provision
as set forth in section 310(d)(2) or
(h)(2)(F).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB6C98BC65324408EAAF808B0C0276D8E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Required
Contents of Report</header><text>Section 301(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HE78E7505485548F1B0DFBF94296E71DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Redesignate
subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (E),
(F), (H), and (I), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA45AAEB6ED204ED295B01FFD43CB72EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Before
subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), insert the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD77D290130D145138155722300F88BE6">
<subparagraph id="H0FA1138C09F84A9FAB9AB40EDF79CC32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new budget
authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations
of the total levels set forth pursuant to subsection
(a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44E056D3D0D548A2A11CD48B0404A92A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In subparagraph
(C) (as redesignated), strike <quote>mandatory</quote> and insert <quote>direct
spending</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F8D8BDD6DEF4BA7B8944A63372A16C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>After subparagraph
(C) (as redesignated), insert the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H29D36DB169BF41A89D962CE67EE5CA52" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H42CA5D9CFA964285A73E9B5619A8ACDC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a measure, as a
percentage of gross domestic product, of total outlays, total Federal revenues,
the surplus or deficit, and new outlays for nondefense discretionary spending,
defense spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other direct spending as set forth in
such
resolution;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC11C37C8C7E345BFA4085FED860CB9BC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>After subparagraph
(F) (as redesignated), insert the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAD0B86041F1B4C80A080F46A5A9B138E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE4F24629F9C84C3AAE473CE86FBE26B8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>if the joint
resolution on the budget includes any allocation to a committee other than the
Committee on Appropriations of levels in excess of current law levels, a
justification for not subjecting any program, project, or activity (for which
the allocation is made) to annual discretionary
appropriations;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9BDB5BE4B5EB46069DCFC8E73F659976"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
Contents of Report</header><text>Section 301(e)(3) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H7174EC90E8D44D2F8F0F02FA6C77C305"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Redesignate
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, strike
subparagraphs (C) and (D), and redesignate subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D)
and strike the period and insert <quote>; and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1750A8449A7F4C5FB5C8F44D85670299"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Before
subparagraph (B), insert the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB3B103CA29C54DEF82E0C74E54F3A33A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H819996A9872B4A9EAC7B36E07C3000E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new budget
authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations
of the total levels set forth pursuant to subsection
(a)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F933579751D45F98FEB90112F9DD049"><enum>(3)</enum><text>At the end, add
the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5C3F1ADCF6B64EA6863A7ECD17FB4FC9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD174D2993200416788C47AD797944DDF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>set forth, if
required by subsection (f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion of the
Congress, the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of the
Employment Act of 1946 should be
achieved.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HABC13578F1A7474D8128A75958436134"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Budget
Presentation</header><text>After section 301(e)(3) add the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9BD7AE95A854EEA8CB12FABC8AB39B1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H29FA851904404330884F2B1DDD8FF6E1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Budget
Format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the
contents that may be included in the report pursuant to paragraph (3), a
presentation of the functional categories may also be included as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BC71CC7C4E5403D9FEF26FE9D543007"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Principal
Federal Obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities intrinsic to the Federal
Government (including both discretionary and mandatory spending) as
follows:</text>
<clause id="H7D977694AB0840CFB5593E76514B09B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>National
defense;</text>
</clause><clause id="H512DBC519442474C8B279E2BD822341A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>International
affairs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4543A3CCF44C4E44B34F6CC476DC8EB0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Veterans
benefits and services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6AF149ECEFD449A2807CFBF55F66BB6A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Administration of
justice.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD61D0E0412A4CF3964FF8F68109023A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federally
Supported Domestic Priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total domestic discretionary spending
levels as follows:</text>
<clause id="H2F40B21AF90A435EA4D593C56A88D40F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Total domestic
discretionary spending.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF95D8E64D5484560B0554FBDF655D887"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Optional inclusion of additional specific
recommended levels.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05C1CCCCE54C43B180778D33BA365A96"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Major Domestic
Entitlements</header><text>Major domestic direct spending programs as
follows:</text>
<clause id="H5AC36041CA4E4F1CAA01C775D517B87E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Medicare.</text>
</clause><clause id="H373E17B05404433C8F3B9EB39BA039B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Medicaid.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7BC2429462FF4547A535EA4DD8CA070A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Other direct
spending.</text>
</clause><clause id="H31A9A9F87C77444EA2A8E19E3CCE80C2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Optional
inclusion of additional specific recommended levels.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H861D0C83405949738B0423927600E651"><enum>(D)</enum><header>General
Government and Financial Management</header><text>Funding for financing
government operations as follows:</text>
<clause id="HC60FA5F6FC9C4A2CA15C740293E9B213"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">General government.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA6DF1B4A99564B6CACC4F691D004AA0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Net
interest.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DD159CEDD4946F6A5FA5FD131F53674"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Allowances.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA512A0BC17F41518DF236B32E282138"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Offsetting
receipts.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2031DC9C63F0462DBA3C07BCF2185DCC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>President’s
Budget Submission to Congress</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE4AA15270AD94DCE9FEE2BD6DAA6A3A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The first two sentences
of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, are amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6178FD17E90A456C857415FAE30BD832" style="OLC">
<text>On or after the first Monday in
January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year the
President shall submit a budget of the United States Government for the
following fiscal year which shall set forth the following
levels:</text><subparagraph id="H9B231E43EA27414CA0B1265B35D8DF49" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Totals of new budget authority and
outlays.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1624BF863694188AB9AB9F04F698872" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Total Federal revenues and the amount,
if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be increased or
decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported by the appropriate
committees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD99C83EDF479454BBBA5E9EF1160A867" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The surplus or deficit in the
budget.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7170350F9104888A27E26512A8E607D" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtotals of new budget authority and
outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending,
direct spending (excluding interest), and interest, and for emergencies (for
the reserve fund in section 317(b) and for military operations in section
317(c)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27102F07C1424C4BAE2CF64EB177416E" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The public debt.</text>
</subparagraph><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">Each
budget submission shall include a budget message and summary and supporting
information and, as a separately delineated statement, the levels requires in
the preceding sentence for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal
years.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71D4B9CDA460436D952DC6360300E53A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The third sentence of section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
<quote>submission</quote> after <quote>budget</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1882AA8DF49845A5B74BB1B99CF2D521"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitation on
the Content of Budget Resolutions</header><text>Section 305 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H49135FA67B3D4453B1BC3135E2E3922D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H00C4D3F3EB11486F8FFD57EC850F006D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on
Contents</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H85817DA1D01D41A9A5226B0E62449D00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 contains any matter referred to in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC1698DABF9C45318114D286F2DEE723" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any joint resolution on the budget or
any amendment thereto or conference report thereon that contains any matter not
permitted in section 301 (a) or (b) 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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HE56154D3F3F64EB48BB4B489AE1A52A0"><enum>104.</enum><header>Budget required
before spending bills may be considered</header>
<subsection id="HBD5B8899AA1E4503A84698F4365F45B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments to
Section <enum-in-header>302</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 302 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6F92E33D0494630B825D0BCFB31E27B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking paragraph (5); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H827658147A82409491C330E2CCCC3EA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1)(A), by striking <quote>as reported</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E4294F417B7409295256FED9E219CFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments to
Section <enum-in-header>303</enum-in-header> and Conforming
Amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9068F60852A941FAA936A4456BD6CE02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 303 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking “(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General</header-in-text>.—”,
by striking <quote>has been agreed to</quote> and inserting <quote>takes effect
in subsection (a)</quote>, and by striking subsections (b) and (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9FBD644CEB24CEEB77BCB983919B938" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking its section heading and
inserting the following new section heading: <quote><header-in-text level="section" other-style="hybrid" style="traditional">consideration of
budget-related legislation before budget becomes
law</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0619B44D67149DF88609146C5AACD9C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expedited
Procedures Upon Veto of Joint Resolution on the Budget</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA727E3B26C1F4CF380B7B6503C9B721E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Title III of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 315 the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1452ADF90F6D4018A3AEE0942227A194" style="traditional">
<section id="HA5FFF8FE9E8D4638A8D73296713E3AFF"><enum>316.</enum><header>Expedited Procedures Upon Veto of Joint Resolution on the
Budget</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H88B4B73D38AA4BBA8A42E10E89ED357C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special
Rule</header><text>If the President vetoes a joint resolution on the budget for
a fiscal year, the majority leader of the House of Representatives or Senate
(or his designee) shall introduce a concurrent resolution on the budget or
joint resolution on the budget for such fiscal year. If the Committee on the
Budget of either House fails to report such concurrent or joint resolution
referred to it within five calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or
legal holidays except when that House of Congress is in session) after the date
of such referral, the committee shall be automatically discharged from further
consideration of such resolution and such resolution shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H50C738160F3C4ED59831177CBD3085D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure in the
House of Representatives and the Senate</header>
<paragraph id="H720322675B0C45DCA040EFC4D84F54EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided
in paragraph (2), the provisions of section 305 for the consideration in the
House of Representatives and in the Senate of joint resolutions on the budget
and conference reports thereon shall also apply to the consideration of
concurrent resolutions on the budget introduced under subsection (a) and
conference reports thereon.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1F7331B36D34AC3B3D22CADA6CE68DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Debate in the
Senate on any concurrent resolution on the budget or joint resolution on the
budget introduced under subsection (a), and all amendments thereto and
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not
more than 10 hours and in the House of Representatives such debate shall be
limited to not more than 3 hours.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98472DAD56664E0E83CC1E2EED91BC02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents of
Concurrent Resolutions</header><text>Any concurrent resolution on the budget
introduced under subsection (a) shall be in compliance with section 301.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFCCA1C6B4D6245D9A5EA4FB6CD7F7E09"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect of
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this title, whenever a concurrent resolution on the budget
described in subsection (a) is agreed to, then the aggregates, allocations, and
reconciliation directives (if any) contained in the report accompanying such
concurrent resolution or in such concurrent resolution shall be considered to
be the aggregates, allocations, and reconciliation directives for all purposes
of sections 302, 303, and 311 for the applicable fiscal years and such
concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be a joint resolution for all purposes
of this title and the Rules of the House of Representatives and any reference
to the date of enactment of a joint resolution on the budget shall be deemed to
be a reference to the date agreed to when applied to such concurrent
resolution.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA861258BDD9E47B08581659CA8BABD8F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 315 the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB0445D6FA65A419CB74385F7197EEAED" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 316. Expedited procedures upon veto
of joint resolution on the
budget.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H67A6E8EDF1144931B8E39F3E2D6C5010"><enum>105.</enum><header>Amendments to
joint resolutions on the budget</header>
<subsection id="H1B8297ABF53946A6AC37F84A0A0078B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Paragraph
(4) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H686C7931D66A49DB840E40E4CB3D4BDC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5E05BCAF4D914F0C94DEDDDE9D6F6EF2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>joint resolution on the budget</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84C97CAA96614EA3A30DC4FF283F3EA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a joint resolution
setting forth the budget for the United States Government for a fiscal year as
provided in section 301; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAAACFC785A3341319777291D946D4F3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other joint
resolution revising the budget for the United States Government for a fiscal
year as described in section
304.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5209B4258AB24FA98FAD5E7DA0589FC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9879B7971D4C467C948F55FED1EE6C45"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBCCDE8FCD2024A15ADB82824C972E62F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 301, 302, 303,
305, 308, 310, 311, 312, 314, 405, and 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/621">2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.</external-xref>) are amended by striking <quote>concurrent</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>joint</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3B9BD9B623243B294A862B0BD726E1F" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 301 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is further amended by striking the last sentence.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03E21D4F61AA4FB39268371E93C978E9" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H94E07262F260424687E249ACAF687418"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Sections 302(d), 302(g),
308(a)(1)(A), and 310(d)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are amended
by striking <quote>most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget</quote> each place it occurs and inserting <quote>most recently enacted
joint resolution on the budget or agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget
(as applicable)</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC514323F3A0E408DACF70B73475C0169" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The section heading of section 301
is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">annual adoption of concurrent
resolution</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">joint resolutions</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H919CA5EC8F2343D2AF1395D4B91A920A" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Section 304 of such Act is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H146ED08A262C43B690935E22A822F6F7" style="traditional">
<section id="H114ADD910A3549059EB7E26E7B309D7B"><enum>304.</enum><header>Permissible Revisions of Budget
Resolutions</header><text>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 resolution on the budget for such fiscal year most recently enacted,
and for purposes of the enforcement of the Congressional 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 enforcement off of
the budget
resolution.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16582240D0BD4936B0271267E94720FC" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Sections 302, 303, 310, and 311, of
such Act are amended by striking <quote>agreed to</quote> each place it appears
and by inserting <quote>enacted</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC19D66098CC24128ACA3AEC8333E0958" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7BE3E5C82397493D98EFF7D8AC4A7CCA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraph (4) of section
3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
striking <quote>concurrent</quote> each place it appears and by inserting
<quote>joint</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3FEF0155CA54CE380F27929C92CD887" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of such Act is amended—</text>
<clause id="H81A2323F7F3E497DA58389CF1850E182"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the item relating to section 301,
by striking <quote>Annual adoption of concurrent resolution</quote> and
inserting <quote>Joint resolutions</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1709BCDCDF9F41F9868039FF65FACE64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to
section 303 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3F62E9902812485F832CC076AC66EE26" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 303. Consideration of budget-related
legislation before budget becomes
law.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause" indent="paragraph">and</continuation-text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02A49633C8F14F939369F75A973FD4A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>concurrent</quote> and inserting <quote>joint</quote> in the item
relating to section 305.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H58C4259100F14D2D8F4894CB413D3B87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives</header><text>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 <quote>concurrent</quote>
each place it appears and inserting <quote>joint</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H394990D11F4741EC9001DF007300A0BC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985</header><text>Section 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/907d">2 U.S.C. 907d(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>concurrent</quote> and inserting <quote>joint</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H289F7E23F5E544169293702E586B240F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to Section <enum-in-header>310</enum-in-header> Regarding
Reconciliation Directives</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7AEEEB5DBFEF4F989A2FBC61832BFB83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The side heading of
section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section
105(b)) is further amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="traditional">Joint Explanatory Statement Accompanying
Conference Report on</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="traditional">Joint</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H220CE01D87A941FB89438B700FE37493" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 310(a) of such Act is amended
by striking <quote>A</quote> and inserting <quote>The joint explanatory
statement accompanying the conference report on a</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F49B0D8BCD241F39BDA698A32CDA65F" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The first sentence of section 310(b)
of such Act is amended by striking <quote>If</quote> and inserting <quote>If
the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report
on</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D50B55C09EE47289495D8C37AB5013C" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 310(c)(1) of such Act is
amended by inserting <quote>the joint explanatory statement accompanying the
conference report on</quote> after <quote>pursuant to</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91E5D7FABCE14CD6A8DA45C5A3A5858A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to Section <enum-in-header>3</enum-in-header> Regarding Direct
Spending</header><text>Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB08A1C615EEC4E5F91C155AD702E7D54" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4227FA692CB044E4A10F7BF86B94A209"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The term
<term>direct spending</term> has the meaning given to such term in section
250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H3C37C7DA1CD242CDA410CB8A1D9341BA"><enum>106.</enum><header>Continuing
appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H12EB4C76A00345EEA5A2C5B9B252BB66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/13">Chapter 13</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 1310 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H300BA146D00D452EAE8944E2671EB6AD" style="USC">
<section id="H03A72D37920446C4AB4518620329043F"><enum>1311.</enum><header>Continuing
appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H0E124AF0A333453AB4E2FD54C1CF1FF1"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H30D525C6837D475BB567C8C785512C64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If any regular
appropriation bill for each fiscal year in a biennium does not become law
before the beginning of such biennium or a joint resolution making continuing
appropriations is not in effect, there are appropriated for the 2 years of the
biennium, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out
of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, excluding any
budget authority designated as an emergency or temporary funding for projects
or activities that are not part of ongoing operations, such sums as may be
necessary to continue any project or activity for which funds were provided in
the preceding fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="id627004F6F33C48D9B60333783B468B6D" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for defense, veterans, and homeland
security spending—</text>
<clause id="H5D53D53283B148B48F4703CAD2A5C5CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the corresponding regular
appropriation Act for such preceding fiscal year; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A60E82B432B40C580559BD9481BAC97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the corresponding regular
appropriation bill for such preceding fiscal year did not become law, then in a
joint resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal
year; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34086AD275F44E08AF61306A364A4BCB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for spending not described in
subparagraph (A), total level allowable for the appropriate accounts under
section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control of Act of 1985
in the same proportion of funding that such accounts received the preceding
fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE86BC984D0F94310AF9821D8888BD1BD" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Appropriations and funds made
available, and authority granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year
pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of operations not in excess of the
lower of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3DAA272B7804AF5A698745D9B860D8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the rate of operations provided for in
the regular appropriation Act providing for such project or activity for the
preceding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6A252899A094ADD9450347A1E5B248A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the absence of such an Act, the
rate of operations provided for such project or activity pursuant to a joint
resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal
year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DDA75AFB55B44899C8D2AE0E591A779"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the rate of operations provided for in
the regular appropriation bill as passed by the House of Representatives or the
Senate for the fiscal year in question, except that the lower of these two
versions shall be ignored for any project or activity for which there is a
budget request if no funding is provided for that project or activity in either
version; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EBEB808882D48DE969941831E3C69AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the annualized rate of operations
provided for in the most recently enacted joint resolution making continuing
appropriations for part of that fiscal year or any funding levels established
under the provisions of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6208DBDE82E441FC9552A8F5B04132BD" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Appropriations and funds made
available, and authority granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section
for a project or activity shall be available for the period beginning with the
first day of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the earlier of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE141BFFF17454283963360653FF51D5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date on which the applicable
regular appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law (whether or not
such law provides for such project or activity) or a continuing resolution
making appropriations becomes law, as the case may be; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80B31E6E3F004256BAD4A1F4ED7223A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the last day of such fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA9046DA03C54FF8A96950DBC2579307"><enum>(b)</enum><text>An appropriation
or funds made available, or authority granted, for a project or activity for
any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and
conditions imposed with respect to the appropriation made or funds made
available for the preceding fiscal year, or authority granted for such project
or activity under current law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H69820930AB2A46DAAD4399AE24B99775"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Appropriations and
funds made available, and authority granted, for any project or activity for
any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall cover all obligations or
expenditures incurred for such project or activity during the portion of such
fiscal year for which this section applies to such project or activity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H990EEF1AD81949A8AABE58B0FC7B63E8"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Expenditures made
for a project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a
regular appropriation bill or a joint resolution making continuing
appropriations until the end of a fiscal year providing for such project or
activity for such period becomes law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H16735B6840E34CC8B7617ED908FFB7DE"><enum>(e)</enum><text>This section shall
not apply to a project or activity during a fiscal year if any other provision
of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA01EAB6BE0549A894D9CD29481631D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>makes an
appropriation, makes funds available, or grants authority for such project or
activity to continue for such period; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68D70D4B76CE4BC7BBE68172E5F71326"><enum>(2)</enum><text>specifically
provides that no appropriation shall be made, no funds shall be made available,
or no authority shall be granted for such project or activity to continue for
such period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF543A4651F643AC87627C55F19E495F"><enum>(f)</enum><text>For purposes of
this section, the term <term>regular appropriation bill</term> means any annual
appropriation bill making appropriations, otherwise making funds available, or
granting authority, for any of the following categories of projects and
activities:</text>
<paragraph id="H4F5D2663201B43099B2A8DF3D5970B20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Agriculture, rural
development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies
programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDCB843EE0E74102B75288EB0C313278"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Department of
Defense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H226650C3E42F46C7B2EF33A212E8B0AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Energy and water
development, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6439ED22596D41C9A19EF93CA4905488"><enum>(4)</enum><text>State, foreign
operations, and related programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52E3C800C41F4256836B059181F591E3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Department of
Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8F94096BEE14524A50A9191B980F6D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Department of
the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53FB34E71C1C4623843000E42431D7CA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECD287679AED44749884CC74C280A3E8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Military
construction, veterans affairs, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79486AC6718B486C85CC5CFB55BAE2B1"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Science, the
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70565BAE7FE041DDB48B235206A76843"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Departments
of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCD3826A0C244BC7BEA1E0AF4200474C"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Legislative
Branch.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD186F63431A74F24B31389B28255B8F9"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Financial
services and general
government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H117449D32E2C490A8259D7BD7177FBD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The analysis of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/13">chapter 13</external-xref> of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1310 the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB814A2D8983F4F5A9A0F65BD956E0CEB" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">1311. Continuing
appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Biennial
Budget</header>
<section id="H3994EFA3761C48CC89F6E0900A04F4AE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The provisions of this
title shall take effect on January 1 of the calendar year after the year of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="HC6B6EFA5923A439E8627801154EB613A"><enum>202.</enum><header>Revision of
timetable</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 300 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/631">2 U.S.C. 631</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8B7246F09F8A4950B415076393478C03" style="traditional">
<section id="H2D6EF4C8EF764FDC96E8201B3EB7E42E"><enum>300.</enum><header>Timetable</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0FBCD305BFF94CE28DCFD78619496F96"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Except as provided by subsection (b), the timetable with
respect to the congressional budget process for any Congress (beginning with
the 113th Congress or a subsequent Congress, as applicable) is as
follows:</text>
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<ttitle>First Session</ttitle>
<tgroup cols="2" grid-typeface="1.1" no-carding="1" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="10"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="298.50pt" min-data-value="125"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column2" colwidth="384.00pt" min-data-value="175"></colspec>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">First Monday in February</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget
recommendations.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget
Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Not
later than 6 weeks after budget submission</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates
to Budget Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Budget
Committees report joint resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">May
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on joint resolution on the
biennial budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">May
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the
House of Representatives.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
10</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
30</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
completes action on biennial appropriation bills.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">October
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennium
begins.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="0" frame="none" line-rules="no-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-template-name="Generic: 2 text, 1st shorter" table-type="">
<ttitle>Second Session</ttitle>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget review.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Not
later than 6 weeks after President submits budget review</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget
Office submits report to Budget Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">The last
day of the session</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on bills and resolutions
authorizing new budget authority for the succeeding biennium.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subsection><subsection id="H81BA0A151FC74C88AD4751DBC585BFC9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
Rule</header><text>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):</text>
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<ttitle>First Session</ttitle>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
completed:</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">First
Monday in April</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget recommendations.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
20</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates to Budget
Committees.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">May
15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Budget
Committees report joint resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress
completes action on joint resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennial
appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">July
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">July
20</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
completes action on biennial appropriation bills.</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">October
1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennium
begins.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup></table>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H4F052C12310247F4BAA0C9C94420D194"><enum>203.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974</header>
<subsection id="HE386DD1CDED74F3193BE83EC34BAEB3E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of
Purpose</header><text>Section 2(2) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/621">2 U.S.C. 621(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>each
year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennially</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAAC5A0FFADD94B198137C7F0BAB28F6A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="HBD0F2B2373534BA6BB54FFB6E103D631"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Budget
resolution</header><text>Section 3(4) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/622">2 U.S.C. 622(4)</external-xref>) is amended
by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8998E2823269478693CCE76781E6107C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biennium</header><text>Section
3 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/622">2 U.S.C. 622</external-xref>) (as amended by section 113(a)) is further amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8FBD756744BE4D3C93B25C03A24E6ACC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6F89C81044F7413CB57A4880FE617AC7"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The term
<term>biennium</term> means the period of 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning
on October 1 of any odd-numbered
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC66B33787BB4B5F96C563667083EDF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biennial Joint
Resolution on the Budget</header>
<paragraph id="H1011700B9D5942168DF81515C481F8A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contents of
resolution</header><text>Section 301(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6379B01D6FA542088FA378BA21031FBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) by—</text>
<clause id="HED20A45FC5DA4FF6974E0AF858CBC935"><enum>(i)</enum><text>striking
<quote>April 15 of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>May 15 of each
odd-numbered year</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA60E64C8A970414EB046FF1A792CEBD0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>striking
<quote>the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year</quote> the first
place it appears and inserting <quote>the biennium beginning on October 1 of
such year</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H670CBD310E1942908A59166ED4DDB668"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>striking
<quote>the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year</quote> the second
place it appears and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in such period</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A640B023F194B3EA2AA270896A38FB5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>striking
<quote>each of the four ensuing fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>each
fiscal year in the next 2 bienniums</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8646D2A27F9C43FA9BD5747F3CB9BEC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>for the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each
fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF98EC422ADC4397B31B9E135796C3D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking <quote>for the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each
fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4B56CF12F4B9491D95CA78C3FFA5B594"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
matters</header><text>Section 301(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632(b)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B9B6CD41AC14B8AA4C3839D5785921E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>for such fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for either
fiscal year in such biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FE0C3770A0D49648FE3ABCE05E74296"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking <quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for
each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86846E963E7E46A8A557EC1CE21C1640"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Views of other
committees</header><text>Section 301(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632(d)</external-xref>) is
amended by inserting <quote>(or, if applicable, as provided by section
300(b))</quote> after <quote>United States Code</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4F2E7AC08DF4719AF404534F5AC42A7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>Section
301(e)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632(e)</external-xref>) is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11E3FD155033465592126C80348BE5A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B446CC924734570817F9BEE16892850"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inserting after
the second sentence the following: <quote>On or before April 1 of each
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b)), the
Committee on the Budget of each House shall report to its House the joint
resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) for the biennium
beginning on October 1 of that year.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H91AB3A8B2C4544AE9F1CD39F000B22D2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Goals for
reducing unemployment</header><text>Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
632(f)) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> each place it appears
and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA0BF588C0A94CF693C8C1746EA1396F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Economic
assumptions</header><text>Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B4BB20DE47A4AC985DCD6BF3D92085E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Section
heading</header><text>The section heading of section 301 of such Act is amended
by striking <quote><header-in-text style="traditional">annual</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text style="traditional">biennial</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D2472BD7C654EEC8E2721F3A2B2C04B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The item relating to section 301 in the table of
contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking
<quote>Annual</quote> and inserting <quote>Biennial</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD0317CA21E7D40C08CDE10F11D7432B9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Committee
Allocations</header><text>Section 302 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/633">2 U.S.C. 633</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H758FEA4BCB1B40CFAC1ADEE4DEE983C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1) by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5FE6E290531842AFA98069674C22F9CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>for the first fiscal year of the resolution,</quote> and inserting
<quote>for each fiscal year in the biennium,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C8EAFF3EACB40EE88FC6563951E95C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>for that period of fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>for all
fiscal years covered by the resolution</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92A5FE51C3694636844EDBF32BC091A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking
<quote>for the fiscal year of that resolution</quote> and inserting <quote>for
each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6ED7BA9D407145A49F6ED8F0BB8AE5E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1), by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6C48841CF084EA2B0E654E41ED982AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(1), by striking <quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A62F4BD1DAC4C4DA49F399BADE06507"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(2)(A), by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC077865F10944F1AB05E50D7AB5BE1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of the
biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECCAC6C2822F44A990A2C7CA7F4DBBCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>the total of fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>the total of all
fiscal years covered by the resolution</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D50428DCAF44BD8BA735B72B3B86336"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(1)(A), by striking <quote>April</quote> and inserting
<quote>May</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7EC32073808544AFB1F5CBECFC5636B4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>303</enum-in-header> Point of Order</header><text>Section 303
of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/634">2 U.S.C. 634(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for a fiscal
year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a biennium</quote> and by striking
<quote>the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of
the biennium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEA67911931B4F7782D3911B8C21C356"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Permissible
Revisions of Joint Resolutions on the Budget</header><text>Section 304 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/635">2 U.S.C. 635</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB055F79C86247128F97AB8711C2EDE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> the first two places it appears and inserting
<quote>biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CE5396E7E004F28B65EE8472DF6C5EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for such fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE9343498D424B28B049AFCD05E7247F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period <quote>for such biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76005828C4F44918B963CEBCFB2DA84F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Procedures for
Consideration of Budget Resolutions</header><text>Section 305(a)(3) of such Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/636">2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and
inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2C9EBE7B8F794EAF83ADFB234A491308"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Completion of
House Committee Action on Appropriation Bills</header><text>Section 307 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/638">2 U.S.C. 638</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H071853A8B79D4FE4B7321AB0735246D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>each year</quote> and inserting <quote>each odd-numbered year (or, if
applicable, as provided by section 300(b), July 1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84FC504066D549EAB2854A211C7CA474"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41D5DC6C7A4A4EDAB1CDE0BB4C80E816"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E0872E9D1874516A2A247C35D08ECA8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>that year</quote> and inserting <quote>each odd-numbered
year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D590A2554C04A68B29748075D3EB581"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Completion of
House Action on Regular Appropriation Bills</header><text>Section 309 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/640">2 U.S.C. 640</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B19941405964E9CBB7735D5721F34D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>It</quote> and inserting <quote>Except whenever section 300(b) is
applicable, it</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E6FA12B15044D138898A6F42BEE519A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>of any odd-numbered calendar year</quote> after
<quote>July</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99D11B24B3084BD2A8E27D4EA8207F44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C129F651F654395827A42D2826CAA92"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F27145FB4674BA68144E49BB800D56D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reconciliation
Process</header><text>Section 310 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/641">2 U.S.C. 641</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2573057F1C95450587D995E9647E2A1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>any fiscal
year</quote> and inserting <quote>any biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8312F8FCA91D4D5CAEFAEEB3BE1DB5D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>such fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>any fiscal year covered by such resolution</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD11F839C2BA34B7F92A8EB62B7F70AD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f) and redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7ACFC735A7D4A6AA0104770FFA85DFB"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>311</enum-in-header> Point of Order</header>
<paragraph id="H27602B90AACA4EBD8A8C48E348048108"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In the House of
Representatives</header><text>Section 311(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/642">2 U.S.C. 642(a)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H127FB919ADE6468499B5AA02E4C3BBE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
biennium</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2648141B074B4E02A97746D519213BCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C47AC7EAAAE4377B80C375CC042AFE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>that first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in
the biennium</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9031ACE4FFA14C279B3A80205D3B8249"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In the
senate</header><text>Section 311(a)(2) of such Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7FF43D8046FC4EC390CDEBCD1001EF3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>for either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B3D4D9F1598416A99D0172E25D4BE84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="H5BD8AC222ADB490B9E00E42DB241FEE0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>that first fiscal year</quote> the first place it appears and
inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD800CF3BA6C449A99B4DD9D65264B4D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years</quote> and
inserting <quote>all fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34E447F3C6FA473184FE445AF85A4EFA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Social security
levels</header><text>Section 311(a)(3) of such Act is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDFB4BAA10A18424FB11BC95883FC3A8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year
in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3408458BFF7B4A81B66DE84ED558A6A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years</quote> and inserting
<quote>all fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H03CAC7CE5C9B4A6AB5FC22447E769349"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Maximum Deficit
Amount Point of Order</header><text>Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/643">2 U.S.C. 643</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H03145A01BA9240CCABC5AB578A6BABC5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C40A77E701E42F794011E3E2F0E9388"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal
year in the biennium</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A9264C2432843A8BC2F6A4C8FC40FF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal
year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA10085358DA8422FA836CED857004AEE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the matter
following paragraph (2), by striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and
inserting <quote>the applicable fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H45A09D0CE598481996F8ED3EC4DE6021"><enum>204.</enum><header>Amendments to
Rules of the House of Representatives</header>
<subsection id="H2F83DD3C87AC4953B794271534F6E9DF"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Clause 4(a)(1)(A)
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting
<quote>odd-numbered</quote> after <quote>each</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2ADF8506351945D0B581C9A212069CD9"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Clause 4(a)(4) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9B69CE76D1814AEC83003587D20BAAF9"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Clause 4(b)(2) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>each fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>the
biennium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H554570D701FB4C33BD23832DEB8FFC58"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Clause 4(b) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and
inserting <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H05A3CE1FB812419AB92717D809ADADBF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5A49CA21566C401DA76C6EC3B76FB05B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>use the second
session of each Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic
implications, including holding hearings to receive testimony from committees
of jurisdiction to identify problem areas and to report on the results of
oversight; and 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
biennium.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA30D9B8C5A8B43C6B990BBAC73D98FF6"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Clause 4(e) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>annually</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>biennially</quote> and by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting
<quote>biennial</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43D8F7CC6FA043F1BFADBF19FCCC5446"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Clause 4(f) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D76552F37F947AF8CA9F42E87ABD5F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>during each odd-numbered year</quote> after <quote>submits his
budget</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5B78C01FEE64724887AC4DC7D990622"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>fiscal year</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
<quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A11FC5D17AF4D2C8F8BE6A07A4D4C47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>that fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in such
ensuing biennium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8EE193F5955B42F6871956B389126A64"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Clause 11(i) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>during the same or preceding fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB8376FF7C01D4ECB81DD22497577474B"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Clause 3(d)(2)(A)
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by
striking <quote>five</quote> both places it appears and inserting
<quote>six</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3DF824D3D69C41A992C5BDC768365737"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Clause 5(a)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
<quote>fiscal year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year</quote> and
inserting <quote>biennium after September 15 of the calendar year in which such
biennium begins</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF431C93C9C3C49BDB9E1474C90BB33C5"><enum>205.</enum><header>Two-year
appropriations; title and style of appropriation Acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/1/105">Section 105</external-xref> of title 1, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDF9BF91722B54397AC1154F572D633DD" style="USC">
<section id="H4CDA3D36B4504F34AA3755D4AF513D28"><enum>105.</enum><header>Title and style
of appropriations Acts</header>
<subsection id="HB74EAF2EDE0B4EE89E0858D6210079F5"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The style and
title of all Acts making appropriations for the support of the Government shall
be as follows: <quote>An Act making appropriations (here insert the object) for
each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years (here insert the fiscal years
of the biennium).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9FB6B435BA7D4CA2AF8C52EF9678B24B"><enum>(b)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFA0C3224A57543DA9888B7E0C0E3741D"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of
this section, the term <term>biennium</term> has the same meaning as in section
3(13) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
622(13)).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H915682EA7EB14EA2BBF24D5793848143"><enum>206.</enum><header>Multiyear
authorizations</header>
<subsection id="H09A5B0B472974E7FAF93185280CADD92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as
amended by section 115(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H14991FE8BCD04D5DA646381AACAEC48A" style="traditional">
<section id="H28D482825BC24C79A6DF121848DCEEF5"><enum>318.</enum><header>Multiyear authorizations of
appropriations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFF6BA2168C714358B601BD2B9A3B1DC9"><enum>(a)</enum><text>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 appropriations for that
purpose for not less than each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB9299955D10C44748D47679C7645A14D"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1B62EAB726454838A67E273A23BAB5C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of this
section, a specific authorization 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 necessary) for any purpose for a fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89854F5DA8C947E1BEECCB1EE6C5967F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (a) does not apply with
respect to an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year for any
program, project, or activity if the measure containing that authorization
includes a provision expressly stating the following: <quote>Congress finds
that no authorization of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of
applicable program, project, or activity] for any subsequent fiscal
year.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4ED99380AEBB4FECBF91C5D49EB12204"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of
this section, the term <term>measure</term> means a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference
report.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H21E899D0DE454F779441F174AEE9E9D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to
Table of Contents</header><text>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 317 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE43A7EAF538A4149A26D2434F5493489" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 318. Multiyear authorizations of
appropriations.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H1FDDA8C12D414FDFB7D99F46E863D4E9"><enum>207.</enum><header>Government
strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis</header>
<subsection id="H069E006BD7344F02932D2BAD772A2AE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategic
Plans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/306">Section 306</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H58C1024D2BF04E159859B13A07DF20F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>September 30, 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>September
30, 2013</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB11225CCA0194A71ABBBEDAC2DABC500"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72DAA9AD70204EE8B2A9BF17A4407C91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>at least every three years</quote> and all that follows thereafter and
inserting <quote>at least every 4 years, except that strategic plans submitted
by September 30, 2013, shall be updated and revised by September 30,
2014</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF1420A10CB1485AA9671101EE8EA4DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>five years forward</quote> and inserting <quote>six years
forward</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3780D51CD4174EC1AF4FE3682E4A8C44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by inserting a comma after <quote>section</quote> the second place it appears
and adding <quote>including a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2013,
meeting the requirements of subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB6B778B113E945F9AFFAEED4C3AAB4FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Budget Contents
and Submission to Congress</header><text>Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>beginning with
fiscal year 1999, a</quote> and inserting <quote>beginning with fiscal year
2014, a biennial</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0C08DD25F4CE41E79FF0E858338382F6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Performance
Plans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1115">Section 1115</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3989AF0DFA248949BD7129DE6B71B71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H109F41B076BD4010968554BE7F614964"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
before paragraph (1) by striking <quote>an annual</quote> and inserting
<quote>a biennial</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC2C1F65C70942E1B3A12FCA37553F81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by inserting after <quote>program activity</quote> the following: <quote>for
both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8533840CBD3649ACBE4F01806D7E2488"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF40043F38BDD495B81F1ED435588E041"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the inserted semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AE9606B163548469050AE1AD360C77E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H354FBBF189714D858C29B454F24A8984" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HCDE195C8DA374A08A30797999678520F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>cover each fiscal
year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial
budget
cycle.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB66EA8B3A3094C6AB7457C13A0B4899A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55F33CCB73A94E2D8212D3AF717C312E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
of subsection (g) by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting
<quote>biennial</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H38D2DBB2CCF846E09E40E5F637A21FE7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Managerial
Accountability and Flexibility</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/9703">Section 9703</external-xref> of title 31, United
States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D7965AEE3994F029FFFC7BC52D2B06E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3ADFA53D9E924B7EB9EADC367C1E0D63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>annual</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA156D3397D4F462F8202F773B072A2F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 1105(a)(29)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
1105(a)(28)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C172085DBFE439CB89911EF53B06D07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3926554BFA6D49E79D648B429AB7F5BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>one or</quote> before <quote>two
years</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA2C120B3DA64FD992F3FF860C6EA2C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
sentence by striking <quote>a subsequent year</quote> and inserting <quote>for
a subsequent 2-year period</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2948508376B54C7AA6747C6EBA53681F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the third
sentence by striking <quote>three</quote> and inserting
<quote>four</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76B33EFA8D0E4B429D1BFAE42228DBE8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Strategic
Plans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2802">Section 2802</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H20437C9E106945F9AC1B385EC928FD7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>September 30, 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>September
30, 2013</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0BFA35E90B64376B0BEBA3C23CC7B23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>at least every three years</quote> and inserting <quote>at
least every 4 years except that strategic plans submitted by September 30,
2013, shall be updated and revised by September 30, 2014</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H123CEB2A35C94E7382C097678786A503"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>five years forward</quote> and inserting <quote>six years
forward</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE548DE4765EE4E91A12E86C59BA49E93"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by inserting a comma after <quote>section</quote> the second place it appears
and inserting <quote>including a strategic plan submitted by September 30,
2013, meeting the requirements of subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H65155EE9B87A4EBA970C9F18A9662533"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Performance
Plans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2803">Section 2803(a)</external-xref> of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAEFE3EF788714F5CB1081FAEEE1298CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>an annual</quote> and inserting
<quote>a biennial</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9768875B9FA349089992986A33A36238"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting after <quote>program activity</quote> the following: <quote>for
both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01E5BFC249E442B7BC2C33E1F29F81F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD52376FC656E4834B05EA02BE1AFC78B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H279E1B022D8447E9A70770A1DA2710EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (6) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBD4520E2658D4728BEB23C72FCF3DB1B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0A28C8D5D30E4F5482AC9EF3F1008E76"><enum>(7)</enum><text>cover each fiscal
year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial
budget
cycle.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H977F89D517D94DB189656264637657C0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Committee Views
of Plans and Reports</header><text>Section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end: <quote>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 <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1115">1115</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1116">1116</external-xref> 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.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id11FDFABE066E4D8CAB5C280D8E281B77"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Program
formulas in performance plans</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1115">Section 1115(b)</external-xref> of title 31, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idB9CCAC2CFB4A4AB4A8CFCD205363C6D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (9),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB2A90B3225BF480C9E3BDF5EF83BED6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(10), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA90348C2D3624C80B4E31E2350F209A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73CA55821F5146BEB87590A60D923135" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idE8762AA3F1D94B159AF7A761D6589B44"><enum>(11)</enum><text>a description of
the formulas used for the program and program funding decisions including the
criteria and factors used and the weight given to each of these
factors.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4E01E13BFF6C4178B602567418FE9511"><enum>208.</enum><header>Biennial
appropriation bills</header>
<subsection id="H164A8FD2AB604D789BBCBE36F1B878B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In the House of
Representatives</header><text>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:</text>
<quoted-block id="H20224BB1E534434089941DE4CC7652E6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H50D9BE83DD834D559273760E54B02AE7" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA492576DF84147F0BA1EC41118523184"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided by
subdivision (B), an appropriation 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 obligations under contract authority for each fiscal
year of a biennium.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FC993A4E01B41FBB89415CF91F02461" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 containing that appropriation
includes a provision expressly stating the following: <quote>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.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F3E3D9DD5F24EA7A0AC7CEDAFA36D4D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (b), the
statement set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropriation for a
single fiscal year for any program, project, or activity may be included in a
general appropriation bill or amendment
thereto.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDE7336B332643EFA39C1C55E2DD6285"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking <quote>or (C)</quote> and inserting
<quote>or (3) or 2(C)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3816E4B1E5464B6ABC709679E4616A3E"><enum>209.</enum><header>Assistance by
Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate and the House of
Representatives</header>
<subsection id="H7E14A4AD43E04E508B2BE5E32E301425"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information
Regarding Agency Appropriations Requests</header><text>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 jurisdiction of such committee shall provide to such
committee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and assistance as may
be requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF1355AFF2BD4232B5723AEE947DC6C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information
Regarding Agency Program Administration</header><text>To assist each standing
committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its
responsibilities, the head of any agency shall furnish to such committee
documentation, containing information 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 committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H78C42B9367414744905DA554FCAFDECF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Summaries by
Comptroller General</header><text>Within 30 days after the receipt of a request
from a chairman and ranking minority member of a standing committee 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 completed during the preceding 6 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED5F65A465A640CB93BF6328317866A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Congressional
Assistance</header><text>Consistent with their duties and functions under law,
the Comptroller General of the United States, the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office, and the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall
continue to furnish (consistent with established protocols) to each standing
committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such information,
studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and ranking minority member may
request to assist the committee in conducting reviews and studies of programs
under this section.</text>
</subsection></section>