119 S2090 IS: Budget Reform Act of 2025
U.S. Senate
2025-06-17
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1.This Act may be cited as the Budget Reform Act of 2025
. 2.The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Congressional Budget Office reforms
Sec. 101. CBO show your work.
TITLE II—Zero-based budgeting
Sec. 201. Zero-based budgeting.
TITLE III—Biennial budget timetable reforms
Subtitle A—Biennial budgeting and appropriations
Sec. 301. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 302. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Sec. 303. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 304. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations Acts.
Sec. 305. Multiyear authorizations.
Sec. 306. Government plans on a biennial basis.
Sec. 307. Biennial appropriations bills.
Subtitle B—Compliance
Sec. 321. Limitation on use of Federal funds for political employee official travel if President’s budget is late.
Sec. 322. Limitation on use of Federal funds for presidential travel expenses if President’s budget is late.
Sec. 323. Submission of the National Security Strategy and the budget of the President before the President may address a joint session of Congress.
Sec. 324. No budget, no travel.
Subtitle C—Effective date
Sec. 341. Effective date.
TITLE IV—Senate rules reforms
Sec. 401. Setting the threshold to waive points of order at two-thirds.
Sec. 402. Surgical strike point of order relating to legislation dealing with the congressional budget.
TITLE V—Other matters
Sec. 501. Changes in the baseline.
<enum>I</enum><header>Congressional Budget Office reforms</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id4fe32864d7e041299d4473d699e04f5c"><enum>101.</enum><header>CBO show your work</header>
<subsection id="idE14DEC04516C41B38EE19E91AD87BAA7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Publication of Congressional Budget Office models</header><text>Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/653">2 U.S.C. 653</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id58AFD88539D7494BB5D01978831D4215"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Director</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id3D030CDF813B4068915AC1FA11EAC95B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1a9aa812-0494-4ea3-b999-9d863bb2aea7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the undesignated matter following subsection (a)(3), as so designated, by striking <quote>The estimates</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id7926DBF5EF35455A8163739E29A5FFF6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion in reports</header><text>The estimates</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="idE318EB90257B4E4E8EAB60600FD11875"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id8CAB1EE775BC4A63BB18410EADABF9DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of models and data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall make available to Members of Congress and make publicly available on the website of the Congressional Budget Office—</text> <paragraph id="id5958063ABF9842408C7A492E0F65DB21"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine used by the Congressional Budget Office in estimating the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation, including estimates prepared under subsection (a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB16F25D3025547DD8EE9AA5BCA8C977E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any update of a model or routine described in paragraph (1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5b96299daea44139a1b0c2547db72a76"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (4), for each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, including estimates prepared under subsection (a), the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used by the Congressional Budget Office in preparing the estimate, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the Congressional Budget Office; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2884B140999944F1A9741347142207A3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for any data that is required not to be disclosed by the Congressional Budget Office—</text> <subparagraph id="id404391262D4341F9ABB1A83D85F9D33B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a complete list of all data variables for such data;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idde030af400b8475da19e84bc49876e7e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>descriptive statistics for all data variables for such data (including averages, standard deviations, number of observations, and correlations to other variables), to the extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idAE113225E6BC416A9CC8E9EC0A76FFA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a reference to the statute requiring that the data not be disclosed; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id60E84630716D4C55B633232A7F5DFE26"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information regarding how to contact the individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the data.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id810DF252A45D48FDAABB6BEE42B1D4E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply on and after the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Zero-based budgeting</header>
<section id="id117ee1023ea748f2a67eac35b48e7231"><enum>201.</enum><header>Zero-based budgeting</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c4ddcb6cdd54ecab0c83ab7f6ef435a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interim period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5355738178e4bf89be558009e96fc2f"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ceb4ca64e514e2cbf851adf94e7acd9"><enum>(j)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5db731c44130464ba2a18486b47ce22e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the President shall submit with materials related to each budget transmitted under subsection (a) on or after the date of enactment of this subsection a budget for each department and agency that contains the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="id65a956132ce747199303c4f83b40ba84" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of each activity for which the department or agency receives an appropriation in the current fiscal year or for which the department or agency requests an appropriation for the budget year.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8ca6afee7b4b45069a32f302844c7b9f" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The legal basis for each activity described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd70aeb44efb342bdbb945945d20159e5" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For each activity described in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="id9d71137be45844deaa99f15abaa5bfeb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an examination of the objectives, operations, and costs of the activity;</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4775635cc3d240ea9eb6fb1b392d907b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">three alternative funding levels for the budget year, not fewer than 2 of which shall be below the funding level for the current fiscal year;</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd56f01f2aaaa46ca87bd2f3416b77ebb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the priorities that would be accomplished within each level described in clause (ii); and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bbe4a067bb546ee8ca17d0e5ed86e9b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the additional increments of value that would be added by the higher funding levels described in clause (ii).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd242c399340649d58565256aa9bb835e" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For each activity described in subparagraph (A), 1 or more measures of cost efficiency and effectiveness.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43a3efad9e6b469f9e5ba3d32dd90bd6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The materials submitted under paragraph (1) shall not include information for the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits program under title II of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/401">42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.</external-xref>), the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395">42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.</external-xref>), or the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396">42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1" id="idd6dcc76ec79449f8828eb275859855c7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish guidelines to carry out this subsection, which shall require that the baseline budget of each department or agency is assumed to be zero and each proposed expenditure shall be justified as if it were a new expenditure.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d4c4b4e32da42b0b20cd36194e9ca45"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Biennial zero-Based budgeting</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4efb601acf7a4e96a34ed77fa1c3b3ad"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header> <text>Effective on January 1, 2027, subsection (j)(1) of section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Except as provided</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following: “Except as provided in paragraph (2), the President shall submit with materials related to each budget transmitted under subsection (a) on or after December 31, 2026, a budget for each department and agency that contains the following information:</text> <quoted-block id="id1C0EE713BBDB430BA5B613947384C2E1" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idFDA673C9C7764EB1A9885AE77CE1727B" indent="up1"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>A description of each activity for which the department or agency receives an appropriation in the either fiscal year of the current biennium or for which the department or agency requests an appropriation for either fiscal year in the next biennium.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFF0747AFA4894172B5F918CDA8D7BEC4" indent="up1"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>The legal basis for each activity described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id93AA7899316C4349A4FD714BA1EAABFC" indent="up1"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text>For each activity described in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="idF6AFD5B53D454071ABB76B0E57A89476"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>an examination of the objectives, operations, and costs of the activity;</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4966AB4CA3674745A2C803F250FF70EF"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">three alternative funding levels for each fiscal year in the next biennium, not fewer than 2 of which shall be below the funding level for the average of the amount for each fiscal year during the current biennium;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76AEFCF6FAD24F6DA49320323C3B396B"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the priorities that would be accomplished within each level described in clause (ii); and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCACFAB51263F454FACD571A6F3C73B2C"> <enum>(iv)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the additional increments of value that would be added by the higher funding levels described in clause (ii).</text> </clause> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id69DA816023B34E699469099A330487ED" indent="up1"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>For each activity described in subparagraph (A), 1 or more measures of cost efficiency and effectiveness.</text> </subparagraph> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id41BFD6F2C6F24033AA07A35800EBA0BE"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Applicability</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to budget recommendations for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2028, and each biennium thereafter.</text> </paragraph> </subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Biennial budget timetable reforms</header>
<subtitle id="id4792ba127c594459b7f9d0d1e5c341f8" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Biennial budgeting and appropriations</header>
<section id="IDFFA7628DA2DC40A58147362192BBFE38"><enum>301.</enum><header>Revision of timetable</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddde85abb113147b683c02354f59dadc2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-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="IDC2CC5BADB5334D05A3E3A3957AA7578F" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="traditional"> <section id="IDE724A8A57C4D417B9B42FEB8A63EF87A"><enum>300.</enum><header>Timetable</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDD3A5C2B821524802938328D8FF80D9AD"><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 is as follows:</text>
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<row> <entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">On or before:</entry> <entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">Action to be completed:</entry> </row>
<row> <entry colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">First day of session</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">One week after submission of President’s budget recommendations</entry> <entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget Office submits report to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.</entry> </row>
<row> <entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February 1</entry> <entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.</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">Committee on the Budget of the Senate reports concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.</entry> </row>
<row> <entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">March 15</entry> <entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.</entry> </row>
<row> <entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">March 16</entry> <entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House.</entry> </row>
<row> <entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April 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">April 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">June 1</entry> <entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Senate 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>
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<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">On or before:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">Action to be completed:</entry></row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">First day of session</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">One week after submission of budget review</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget Office submits report to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.</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 bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority for the succeeding biennium.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subsection>
<subsection id="ID196A1F38A51B4ACF8BB9B0AEA71C034A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special Rule</header><text>In the case of any first session of Congress that begins in any year immediately following a leap year and during which the term of a President (except a President who succeeds himself or herself) begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth for the first session in subsection (a):</text> <table table-type="" table-template-name="Generic: 2 text, 1st shorter" align-to-level="section" frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0" subformat="S6211"><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" min-data-value="125" colwidth="304pts"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column2" min-data-value="175" colwidth="398pts"/> <tbody> <row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">On or before:</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" colname="column2">Action to be completed:</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">First Monday in February</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">President submits budget recommendations.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">February 15</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">Congressional Budget Office submits report to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">March 15</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">Committees submit views and estimates to the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">April 1</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">Committee on the Budget of the Senate reports concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">April 15</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">April 16</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">May 10</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives reports last appropriation bill.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">May 30</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">House of Representatives completes action on biennial appropriation bills.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">July 1</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">Senate completes action on biennial appropriation bills.</entry></row> <row><entry align="left" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="column1">October 1</entry><entry align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">Biennium begins.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id440ff02a16fe40cf89bf5ed1f2af651e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="id0e03ad32473b48faa056218d21563bd9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/602">2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>On or before February 15</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than January 15 (or, if applicable, under section 300(b), February 15)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id94fa395c19304292bf578c92b1be23e3"><enum>302.</enum><header>Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974</header>
<subsection id="idd38f9924a2d94fcb922e89f251c99409"><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="id50618462f8b04f18ae3d3c2a09921706"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header> <paragraph id="id650e52a27b764acd87f3d372817d194d"><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="id711c483c73b7407382c8b4f595992f55"><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>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id646f6a115f504fd58b755ba1393f7b15"> <paragraph id="id0a67abec44e14d0c87dd61bb94978973"><enum>(12)</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="idde5d6142095d4ab1bb4b900fef907295"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biennial concurrent resolution on the budget</header>
<paragraph id="id9659d6ea7ec64d85b501d4a9fa139113"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section heading</header><text>The section heading of section 301 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text style="traditional" level="section">ANNUAL</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="traditional" level="section">BIENNIAL</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5fa3e59c80f34e9199d7ea0654150a12"><enum>(2)</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="id7a095999f8924f908a36c872e2adbb9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by—</text> <clause id="id842b62199b644e7c8b8178f29ab4e49d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>striking <quote>April 15 of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>March 15 (or, if applicable under section 300(b), April 15) of each odd-numbered year</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="id22eeb9b2b25e459ba040e2b0c3a8916b"><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>; and</text></clause> <clause id="id93d4689342284400b2bec4a0a75b90ea"><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>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc9dbcc1e9ff34b3fa20815894aedc7f0"><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="idb9ff5d447c014941bbefe776a1b27191"><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="id8399031d65494c5cbe0a29549866ef60"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional matters</header><text>Section 301(b)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for such fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for either fiscal year in such biennium</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id3ca786e284644d6284ff15bd93513d9c"><enum>(4)</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 striking <quote>Within 6 weeks after the President submits a budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than February 1 (or, if applicable under section 300(b), March 15) of each odd-numbered year</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9c84a79fc4d9413a8e1694da7e3ffb30"><enum>(5)</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)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by—</text> <subparagraph id="idc3fe7cfebff94411b13b705530e7bc22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id87300b60cef34066a4e6b72c4fdf7381"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inserting after the second sentence the following: <quote>On or before February 15 (or, if applicable under section 300(b), March 15) of each odd-numbered year, the Committee on the Budget of each House shall report to its House the concurrent 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="id38aa294664c14a58947b7e9edfd047f3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Goals for reducing unemployment</header><text>Section 301(f) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd173518b22fd48598dbec986c9fa0a7d"><enum>(7)</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="id8c1d943799544e51881cd35ce420687c"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 301 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 301. Biennial adoption of concurrent resolution on the budget.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ide6fbed52b4f141b487d07c9a1f3510f5"><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="idbb69552dcf0e427e813220baf88fef8a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id15f8c470bd864c11b29b3a47724d6e7a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by—</text> <clause id="id92353455fe044bb19424ea04fd7b5bd8"><enum>(i)</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></clause>
<clause id="id3efd5fc2ed3243be93eec298fe0f6428"><enum>(ii)</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></clause> <clause id="id49d5c0b58c724699ae2f39bec36d0f49"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>striking <quote>for the fiscal year of that resolution</quote> and inserting <quote>for each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id991f053751ed4c389ef82aa44e384e06" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A), by striking <quote>April 15</quote> and inserting <quote>March 15 (or, if applicable under section 300(b), April 15) of an odd-numbered year</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id04b39ed09354486a9034f3f8e72f3ef1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>budget year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1493bd567efa4c3c848a4d60e62b5caf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c) by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>for each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id0fc4e6ce3d614f6997755128fe13f604"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8bfadab75bd64c2ca395df8c31004d02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="idbdc87945a5f54de1a5369faf3dbf793d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a biennium</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id63d15c9ca9df4842bb527914dc987a98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in matter following subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id29ade3f184634e4fad01c89eda773ccc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text>
<clause id="ide2e7c029660549d9af24c57d90be8f38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="id6fa05172998b424e980497ba6c566262"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the total of fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>the total of all fiscal years covered by the resolution</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id95dc4d47780f49359a62f7e6b5b9bdf7" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking <quote>April 15</quote> and inserting <quote>March 15 (or, if applicable under section 300(b), April 15) of an odd-numbered year</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id6a98d19b31f94d6a9b942e643b5d1bf7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Section 303 point of order</header> <paragraph id="idebca19c57bc9415197da10cbec53b0c0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 303(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/634">2 U.S.C. 634(a)</external-xref>) is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id08e52fd1f6224764a389b3ef7ca21bf0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a biennium</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idbafd5dc8baf848998c77fd7c862c4e23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking <quote>the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id69490d4c5bd24e46a002d1ee953002d5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>that biennium</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida7ae3614f4c3468aa227d75ddaf5673d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions in the House</header><text>Section 303(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/634">2 U.S.C. 634(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b32adcb4b9f4bf0a6f6efeadea0864c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="id294c7b93b130418399b14d8f9f00f1fd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the budget year</quote> and inserting <quote>the biennium</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id1392afc0c9574391bbaa912bb7b53120"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>the biennium</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0a2e120e0a334d549e6984f46a851a9c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>May 15</quote> and inserting <quote>March 16 (or, if applicable under section 300(b), April 16)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id23c2cb909b1a4a88a5057673b7aec852"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application to the Senate</header><text>Section 303(c)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/634">2 U.S.C. 634(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by—</text> <subparagraph id="idfc6b6dd8d5fb47d5bc5ff1f14e222a36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ida21612e25e2d45bea97f7b1d7b419c4b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking <quote>that year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of that biennium</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id6b960f34632143d7933df79d0f8ed511"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Permissible revisions of concurrent 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="idd0ce0790ac2a4634a4e577919001165a"><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="idb98de297574441629a4f0c122db7f2d3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for such fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for such biennium</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9739fbc92bb84946853c522a79fa26d2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Any concurrent resolution that revises or reaffirms the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget shall be considered under the procedures set forth in section 305.</quote> after <quote>to.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id75453f1d23fa4fc4a78644b732b06985"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Procedures for consideration of budget resolutions</header><text>Section 305 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/636">2 U.S.C. 636</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id1921df13146246d085138ba7ddc76546"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2d2724a4c49d486cb408e75ca86e3b77"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3), by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ida3b18ec260db480783f9929e8cf4c3ca"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Completion of House committee action on appropriation bills</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0c2ea1ff0c643588c2565918cbd2151"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</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> <subparagraph id="id75061bbaa36b45c894521174f9b04516"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="traditional" level="section">June 10</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="traditional" level="section">April 10</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8b58a989fb24e1aa17bbc435bbcd5a1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>June 10 of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>April 10 (or, if applicable under section 300(b), May 10) of each odd-numbered year</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0a93fa8de3f341ba9bdfc1f76728aeba"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2cc35d3d0dff4585aa4c6bac18cfa3a4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0ad9d30402664a89bff695404b463335"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that year</quote> and inserting <quote>that odd-numbered year</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1137de3571a496f9504610a5f034ec1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 307 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="id2a9de58b-958d-4c8f-a3ec-69ff51ad9fcc"> <toc> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 307. House committee action on all appropriation bills to be completed by April 10.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id632d7ca4bf2644c49ecb401d3d782c6f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Completion of 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="id15bb5fa8e4444ce59b3dc7c2efa07649"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>of any odd-numbered year</quote> after <quote>July</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idec4320b031eb4678bd19eac1d3c59eac"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id761db47dc75c4722b28cf431b5033282"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id8c36bb3445374a84940007aa4ab13301"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such year</quote> and inserting <quote>such odd-numbered year</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id66ca0b11fd034f69aa2db8c4ebccc5db"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reconciliation process</header><text>Section 310(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/641">2 U.S.C. 641(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id7c462b2ba729461b93ae1af70657ef29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>A concurrent</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall</quote> and inserting <quote>A concurrent resolution on the budget for a biennium may, for each fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide65ece31cd844cf1b65521a042b379aa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="idd8ec2fe353414863bb260c353baf22ec"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>for such fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each fiscal year of the biennium</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd833f8c7d3994b06854d8a2e50502b03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>such fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd0dd8fa208df4116b4ae20436a3886fe"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>such fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of the biennium</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id23978e858d874791a81612723443646f"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Section 311 point of order</header>
<paragraph id="id0965eb22e348445383ceab3d8f95899d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In the House</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)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id62969061e88e4859a616a323ca1ff093"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a biennium</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8b72b57da2784670b61de71e6d4bfa00"><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="id29cde0f5cc184376adbd852d903c45dd"><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="ida54fadec9897495d88a03cdbde2e3c7c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In the Senate</header><text>Section 311(a)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/642">2 U.S.C. 642(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id0cece48fb5964fd68985c72ba3fe7493"><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="id8ece69c5b15d41bf96596ff13472912c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="id21652144861d41e7868e67d90a8cd6f3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that first fiscal year</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>either fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id37790ba08b2a4d97b49aca86ce11d14f"><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="id05eead49529d44ac9af87aced180ca89"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Social security levels</header><text>Section 311(a)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/642">2 U.S.C. 642(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id980e1946fcfb41caad097945aa213e8d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking <quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd531e4a842fd413eac5a11af91914054"><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="id6374347e0fc647a1a5c1007678bd96b1"><enum>(l)</enum><header>MDA point of order</header><text>Section 312(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/643">2 U.S.C. 643(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id4793ed0a96114ffca1de6cd052a13e9c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a biennium</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd4f4114390fe4440a59d2bce77f7f6a1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal year in the biennium</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id81d293eb75934f148ca27f720a8bea67"><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="idd5a37d99c34e4e2f9409e58fc652cf90"><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="id7e095922428c43faaed509c8b9f32816"><enum>303.</enum><header>Amendments to title 31, United States Code</header> <subsection id="id3510d7a9436145bc9564ecf0c5244c3e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id848823b2be604b808771cb8eff098b61"><enum>(3)</enum><text><quote>biennium</quote> has the meaning given that term in paragraph (12) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/622">2 U.S.C. 622</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="idb9d7be870d3346ec9d7fe79b92e6da47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Budget contents and submission to the congress</header> <paragraph id="ida2d57458c7314f6a8ba91278cb2f4622"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>The matter preceding paragraph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="id5a04c96be3a6483480e37909391caa94"><enum>(a)</enum><text>On or before the first day on which Congress is in session (or, if applicable under section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the first Monday in February) of each odd-numbered year, the President shall transmit to the Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget of the United States Government transmitted under this subsection shall include a budget message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each budget the following:</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide2055df7990544208cf964c99502bd4d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expenditures</header><text>Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 fiscal years</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idfd08ca342650493b9339d64758a169c3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Receipts</header><text>Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5a673b0bf0814009a8f5a863bbd2d831"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Balance statements</header><text>Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1125b96edcfa435e8f5f8d7b5e894af9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Functions and activities</header><text>Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id7fcb9755e4654ab5b13d1593e8cec6ab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idf43d7358292b4f118cf39d26d61894d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>after that year</quote> and inserting <quote>after that biennium</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ideec543726a0c4e40a0f126ba4d02d986"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Allowances</header><text>Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5cd96010174d4ef8b8af09523ebbfea7"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Allowances for uncontrolled expenditures</header><text>Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>that year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="ide6384ae0a60a4c26a2829e7413af1ca2"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Tax expenditures</header><text>Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idbca12c5e8b4f4e6cbc9ad1b08ad41ed2"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Future years</header><text>Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id4d673fb6c7fc45a89b41ac9d1020cca1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the fiscal year following the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium following the biennium</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3a694d761ae844c0917bc433f3bffebc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that following fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each such fiscal year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida94870010a6c4555867505564d2adcb5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal year before the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium before the biennium</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9c787614999b4fc3bc1bbd06b808f1c8"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Prior year outlays</header><text>Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idd6437a4d76a24ae0827f3e4dc59d963d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the prior fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each of the two most recently completed fiscal years,</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9545289af5004c98a4044843581da8ba"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for that year</quote> and inserting <quote>with respect to those fiscal years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida7b79dd409124a08a2ed457902264034"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in that year</quote> and inserting <quote>in those fiscal years</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idac2944d2fece471a805c1509a48d13cd"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Prior year receipts</header><text>Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idb5dbefbdff0a4c58a8eadc05176a2682"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the prior fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each of the two most recently completed fiscal years</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ide73b9508430e4d53b48ce17ea755f636"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for that year</quote> and inserting <quote>with respect to those fiscal years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf449211ea7ac4a52ad2e68b66a854f1a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in that year</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>in those fiscal years</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idb356b86ce0be4592b7aca1f85bd0507e"> <enum>(12)</enum> <header>Homeland security</header> <text>Section 1105(a)(35)(A)(i) of title 31, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>the fiscal years for which the budget is submitted</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id90f5e6e45bd04361bdf8415af08cfb46"><enum>(13)</enum><header>EESA</header><text>Section 1105(a)(36) of title 31, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id85c61b10ff0f4a22b1b883be536e385c"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Veterans health</header><text>Section 1105(a)(37) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id0a9b6c04035e4f5cb6e4d069e5584da3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Estimated expenditures of legislative and judicial branches</header><text>Section 1105(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>each year</quote> and inserting <quote>each even-numbered year</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id1b8d5702e62e45e8b44ef13fbede1924"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recommendations To meet estimated deficiencies</header><text>Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id017d64a3f7cd4798ac3170a87a648734"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the fiscal year for</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id917e93ab761148b3a46be50e64b12d07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the fiscal year for</quote> the second place it appears and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of the biennium, as the case may be, for</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idbbe87f7bac554529a06f63a68189f1a2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for that year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each fiscal year of the biennium</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id01ea4fc3cb7c442aa86ac1a8cc43d826"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Capital investment analysis</header><text>Section 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>ensuing fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium to which such budget relates</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="idd205442a529c47dabe05d8562cd9bddf"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Preparation of budget</header><text>Section 1105(f) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id353081885cae462187c9d3fcc9f42871"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a biennium</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id530e5899c597475a9b0816f0fbeecd6c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that and subsequent</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in such biennium and subsequent</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idea2a556df96c49ffadb1f43467cbdad6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Budget justifications</header>
<paragraph id="id31593342606c44bba124c0150cf307a2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Title 31</header><text>Section 1105(i)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>for each fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each biennium</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7802b39b3a0d4761ac5105b32d883b63"><enum>(2)</enum><header>FFATA</header><text>Section 3(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8fde5ef7b7f24246a3ba6947ae54c230"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Supplemental budget estimates and changes</header>
<paragraph id="id4213d4987f4244329b55883ffaaf0aaf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id87e86dbbf350465b9819aaad48e4fc10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by—</text>
<clause id="idea57f3793d834ec9b4df4bdb30dae4f8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inserting after <quote>Before July 16 of each year</quote> the following: <quote>and the first day on which Congress is in session of each even-numbered year</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="idb6b54a34bb534c82a01393e6bc623d1b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6d97ae095b0645f8b59511889db54369"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in such biennium</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id96776203658d4027b86416168131fc14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id18d3dc05ecd042c4b3c0ea005729333c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="iddabf69ec5e7c4f178ea566ea5d6eade9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Changes</header><text>Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3858247b4c3747e5a8a46a4ccab38789"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inserting after <quote>Before July 16 of each year</quote> the following: <quote>and the first day on which Congress is in session of each even-numbered year</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ideeab5c80ab664fcc9cbfc9875de9045c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id654d5d4448884429ab18b84ec792b41e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking <quote>submitted before July 16</quote> and inserting <quote>required by this subsection</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idfaf1259954cd48c7adfd1599b8e7cb47"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Current programs and activities estimates</header> <paragraph id="id7cdcddff5bbe4e5789244703bbdac77e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id623b357c565948989a9b90c77afcd695"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 in 1986)</quote> and inserting <quote>At the same time the budget required by section 1105 is submitted for a biennium</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9a767f2b9829476fbef2933b964d8131"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the following fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of such biennium</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ideeaf67a855294b4fb1628d88a913c40a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint economic committee</header><text>Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>before March 1 of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>within one week of the President’s budget submission for each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable under section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, not later than February 15 of an odd-numbered year)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id755ee34ebde24024886356d1a10b933d"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Year-Ahead requests for authorizing legislation</header><text>Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="idc90f15aa1205461f94590f57c20aeba4" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>May 16</quote> and inserting <quote>March 31</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id700eb384c390400bb74fe46ed5f2cc08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking <quote>year before the year in which the fiscal year begins</quote> and inserting <quote>calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the biennium begins</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id477bfafcf73d463c8dec5d2ace76cec5"><enum>304.</enum><header>Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations Acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc350b081b204e158d2e7e325ea165d9"> <section id="id404a38163be54c9ead95d4b9b36f8e2d"><enum>105.</enum><header>Title and style of appropriations Acts</header> <subsection id="ide06aa1b693144c7c86b357eaadc3a8ff"><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="id0844385c76024498b13d24a5a380d5f7"><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="ide2f48f490374431eb4fd1cc8e685c0bd"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>biennium</term> has the same meaning as in section 3(12) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/622">2 U.S.C. 622(12)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="idcd9a3c046fb546d4bbc2f0811f71e014"><enum>305.</enum><header>Multiyear authorizations</header>
<subsection id="IDB888467037754127A27498706037BD24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/631">2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="IDC6D1B0A9FD1143C0AE4C896D6F287150" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="traditional"> <section id="ID4B3D52E83112459A9A17219B5727ED52"><enum>316.</enum><header>Authorizations of appropriations</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID34B608C34F954DD3AEB42F27623C9CCD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Point of Order</header><text>It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider—</text>
<paragraph id="id382BEF1EC59F47CD943C4682757B4553"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that authorizes appropriations for a period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless the program, project, or activity for which the appropriations are authorized will require no further appropriations and will be completed or terminated after the appropriations have been expended; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idE4C537B47BAD4636950DD1FAD32873C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in any odd-numbered year, any authorization or revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress completes action on the biennial budget resolution, all regular biennial appropriations bills, and all reconciliation bills.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idAF41F35FE12747399858442698763725"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>In the Senate, subsection (a) shall not apply to—</text> <paragraph id="id3AF49CD37EE0491697DEC23130FD6142"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any measure that is privileged for consideration pursuant to a rule or statute;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8A5F61E7D61E4F35A5D4DE55A0039541"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any matter considered in Executive Session; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idD987ED1EAB914019B150CBF0623ED29F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an appropriations measure or reconciliation bill.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="id95abe56b28e8442d92725079e74049ba"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to table of contents</header><text>The table of contents 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:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="id4f597f20-e9a1-43bb-b02f-d694926ae890"> <toc> <toc-entry level="section" idref="ID4B3D52E83112459A9A17219B5727ED52">Sec. 316. Authorizations of appropriations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="id02bdfb94a1e34d54b84ff1b46df7d973"><enum>306.</enum><header>Government plans on a biennial basis</header> <subsection id="id75043564e8bb4b25bbbe5aec2596a58a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Managerial accountability and flexibility</header><text>Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3c9f921127f64e0d9f1184ca035dc31c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="idcdda2b7621cb4d9796e9da686528964d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence by striking <quote>annual</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id32c3b36587714e68a3b35d117102d70a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 1105(a)(29)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1105(a)(28)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a2aea55928247fdada020c44152be78"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0d8face44bbe4bbe938e804471110d09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence by striking <quote>one or</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0bc17b86e1634a469c288affce64b470"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence by striking <quote>a subsequent year</quote> and inserting <quote>a subsequent 2-year period</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idea8975db1fbc40f58e56b0444747085e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the third sentence by striking <quote>three</quote> and inserting <quote>4</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id3940bf22b4174da093eb2da85d8b0b84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Performance plans</header><text>Section 2803(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idc153aa56e0cd4b0bbf59aa58f1048670"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>an annual</quote> and inserting <quote>a biennial</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7e0034aa999b41c580ec3b319b078dff"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>for each fiscal year during the biennial period</quote> after <quote>program activity</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idca3080208b444b2fba767b03932b8dbc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id2ad900cf577843a89cec29a35d02d828"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id94821b7c4af047acba90a805189653b1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida985d532336d443b85085630ec06d9b0"> <paragraph id="ide478358b5bd6470b9bbd271ba7375e34"><enum>(7)</enum><text>cover a 2-year period 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="id2527f53d84004f97aff4efbb4e6188a9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="id48881f2b27cf40f2bc7c2100e5fe321c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on March 1, 2026.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id3aad3454c35b4ade969d4020f219368d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency actions</header><text>Effective on and after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency shall take such actions as necessary to prepare and submit any plan or report in accordance with the amendments made by this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="ID99EAFA1C874D4752A9B62ECE7AE0A7BD"><enum>307.</enum><header>Biennial appropriations bills</header>
<subsection id="ID9D10EC6F47CF45DA974215293F9ADF63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/631">2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 305(a), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="traditional" id="ID6E682E6A9F0F4B5589851A03EC4D2D4A"> <section id="IDBE461298FBA9425FAA0F2EC8917CC54A"><enum>317.</enum><header>Consideration of biennial appropriations bills</header><text>It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year to consider any regular bill providing new budget authority or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of any of the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless the program, project, or activity for which the new budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will require no additional authority beyond 1 year and will be completed or terminated after the amount provided has been expended.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="ID726734F8B2424421B7AECAE409E10262"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to Table of Contents</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 316, as added by section 305(b) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="ID21311D15A15A4A69B84E3FDE541D1346"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriations bills.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="id7f5e58299ca843e09777be4f13958a5c" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Compliance</header> <section commented="no" id="HDEDFDA35E97E4CF9874EBD57AB1585D7"> <enum>321.</enum> <header>Limitation on use of Federal funds for political employee official travel if President's budget is late</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, as amended by section 201 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H0964D333B2004E8BAC045CE7FAC5DDA5"> <enum>(k)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFEE747CA0EB3422FA19F424CE20E385F"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>In this subsection—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5AEAAE0F9C449B98408720FEA41229A" indent="up1"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>covered period</term> means the period—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26E5BFC93D054DF9B52772F0A878FD49"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning on—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9CDA5DB75C74DA5977B43A2EB36B17A"> <enum>(I)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the day after the first day on which Congress is in session during any odd-numbered year, if the budget under subsection (a) for the next biennium was not submitted to Congress on or before such first day in session; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ECE8B474021404E848C4E856F6C982F"> <enum>(II)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if applicable under section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/631">2 U.S.C. 631(b)</external-xref>), the day after the first Monday in February of 2029, or any odd-numbered year thereafter, if the budget under subsection (a) for the next biennium was not submitted to Congress on or before such first Monday; and</text> </subclause> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64E9ED1A5C0A4FF68C25E02CF91163D7"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ending on the date on which the budget is submitted; and</text> </clause> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id56d82f032b3d4f20a0e450683e4b4ef2" indent="up1"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the term <term>political employee</term> means any individual—</text> <clause id="id50b70236292f491fb4f705ba330f1a18"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>occupying a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5 (relating to the Executive Schedule);</text> </clause>
<clause id="ida1e7540137b44a2b9705ac9199e3d5dc"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>serving under a noncareer appointment in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraph (7) of section 3132(a) of such title; or</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4102fd69293c48f6836d52d9406dd8f2"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>occupying a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.</text> </clause> </subparagraph> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb563a45c2cbb43589e448316a10863f1" indent="up1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (3), during a covered period no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for official travel by a political employee.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id6b42a05db6164c238f31f3e9dd455118" indent="up1"> <enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8cede24899a74810a71b647ea4a8db22"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>If a political employee is away from the seat of Government on the first day of a covered period, Federal funds may be obligated and expended for official travel for a single return trip to the seat of Government by the political employee.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2607ecc7884d4d3d8b6d33ada89db64e"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>Federal funds may be obligated and expended for official travel by a political employee during a covered period from one location in the National Capital Region to another location in the National Capital Region.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9cc3cfa8826e4722b3e33292200397c7"> <enum>(C)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a national security event that triggers a continuity of operations or continuity of Government protocol occurs during a covered period, Federal funds may be obligated and expended for official travel by a political employee that relates to responding to the national security event or implementing the continuity of operations or continuity of Government protocol.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="H5D7EF220BF4A43748ED23B6387355020"><enum>322.</enum><header>Limitation on use of Federal funds for presidential travel expenses if President’s budget is late</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, as amended by section 321 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7466542DF6BD481780D799F74A5EFEC7"> <subsection id="H401360A0AB2B4033AB8A0D82CA17B43C"><enum>(l)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC4D2F34D19B9422F83CA39BCEFA208A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1df3da40a43c4f8481ef1bc0868a4f27" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>covered period</term> has the meaning given that term in subsection (k)(1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1" id="id6ca6c19e78ee4568baa7d0b6ef08f344"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Federal funds</term> includes amounts made available for—</text>
<clause id="id1c70d4a44bc7439985a1c03df432d5e7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expense allowance of the President under section 102 of title 3;</text></clause> <clause id="id66e3e7183e944800b97569cd9a1cdcf5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">travel expenses of the President under section 103 of title 3;</text></clause>
<clause id="ide14640b9cb1d493699f526fa35318549"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entertainment expenses of the President under section 105(d)(3) of title 3; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e89d0d08a35465ab5b50c128533e871"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>subsistence expenses in connection with the travel of the President in section 105(d)(4) of title 3.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30e3002919754a94a36df99bd7fdd0ad" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (3), during a covered period no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the cost of travel by the President.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7fe38121ee4d446fad297b183be7265b" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0242b8b2ed0247fdba92f68f413e48b1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If the President is away from the seat of Government on the first day of a covered period, Federal funds may be obligated and expended for official travel for a single return trip to the seat of Government by the President.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9d561732414440ea7e7a568f13f0388"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal funds may be obligated and expended for official travel by the President during a covered period from one location in the National Capital Region to another location in the National Capital Region.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida797347481f54d489f7358f216595f64"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a national security event that triggers a continuity of operations or continuity of Government protocol occurs during a covered period, Federal funds may be obligated and expended for official travel by the President that relates to responding to the national security event or implementing the continuity of operations or continuity of Government protocol.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="idc138f931586a4f5484ee88bb290bf6bf"><enum>323.</enum><header>Submission of the National Security Strategy and the budget of the President before the President may address a joint session of Congress</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id767d4db11b9248ccbe6b4e0d45ed94ab"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text> <paragraph id="id5CFEC0626F8846F4AC4AA26B38255F5A" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>biennium</term> has the same meaning as in section 3(12) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/622">2 U.S.C. 622(12)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3a645925f06f4f53a512255455bb9c67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>National Security Strategy</term> means the report described in section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3043">50 U.S.C. 3043</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79451fd2ae8945e59318ecee8f7cfdea"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>President’s Budget Request</term> means the materials that are described in section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, and are required to be submitted to Congress on or before the first day on which Congress is in session during an odd-numbered year under subsection (a) 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>), as amended by this Act (or, if applicable under subsection (b) of such section, the first Monday in February).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idf2809a8aeb0a41bf84ca48d4057daf2b"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Addressing a joint session of Congress To follow the budget and security submissions</header>
<paragraph id="id683856640d484e1496eefc63f951cb03"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Statement of policy</header> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), neither the leadership of the Senate nor the leadership of the House of Representatives may invite the President to address a joint session of Congress until the President has transmitted, and Congress has received, the National Security Strategy and the President’s Budget Request for the next biennium.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ida2af4496b7084654875e521d0715ed00"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>National security event exception</header> <text>Notwithstanding a failure to transmit the National Security Strategy and the President’s Budget Request for the subsequent fiscal year, if a national security event that triggers a continuity of operations or continuity of Government protocol occurs, the leadership of the Senate or the leadership of the House of Representatives may invite the President to address a joint session of Congress.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide5de72c727d74cc9820821ca6096f509"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Conforming amendment</header> <text>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>), as amended by section 301 of this Act, is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b72d521bf3241338aa695831e6da722"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), in the table by striking the item relating to the first day of session and inserting the following:</text>
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<row> <entry leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">First day of session</entry> <entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">President submits budget recommendations prior to addressing a joint session of Congress.</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcdbb75198b874168bcdd605136e1965f"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), in the table by striking the item relating to the first Monday in February and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe3a0d6d43bc47dbbb0ee5e2d9a39d54"> <table blank-lines-before="1" table-type="" table-template-name="Generic: 2 text, 1st shorter" align-to-level="section" frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.0" subformat="S6211"> <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" min-data-value="125" colwidth="298pts"/> <colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column2" min-data-value="175" colwidth="405pts"/> <tbody> <row> <entry leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" colname="column1">First Monday in February</entry> <entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">President submits budget recommendations prior to addressing a joint session of Congress.</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block> </quoted-block> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection></section> <section id="idcd6a2b4047fc4ee2934c1fbd89053eaf"><enum>324.</enum><header>No budget, no travel</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf14bc872605467c9e095ade49268306"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-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>), as amended by section 301 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9beb35c9ccb4db0bfc144d51687c28b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No budget, no travel</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida7f0110f415f4031af9487c7a2e1c5f5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>Member of Congress</term> means a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74e49d782f97411da42e4dd3e5410190"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>If either House of Congress, or the Congress, fails to comply with any action by the deadline specified under subsection (a) or subsection (b), as applicable, during the period beginning on the day after the date of the applicable deadline, and ending on the date on which the action is completed, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for travel by a Member of the applicable House of Congress.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idc6543606b67c4c69983d141f299e6a3c" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<section id="id8282278917f146469650596b84004a60"><enum>341.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in section 306, this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on January 1, 2027, and shall apply to budget recommendations, budget resolutions, and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2028, and each biennium thereafter.</text></section></subtitle> <enum>IV</enum><header>Senate rules reforms</header> <section id="ide0c1f37982ed40d8a2e0247a4569af69"><enum>401.</enum><header>Setting the threshold to waive points of order at two-thirds</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id834e052d2e5e4eff9d3b8be18c82bd37"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional Budget Act of 1974</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/621">2 U.S.C. 621</external-xref> note) is amended by striking subsections (c), (d), and (e) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="ID8055A41233584626933CCDB803602F81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text>Sections 301(i), 302(c), 302(f), 305(b)(2), 305(c)(4), 306, 310(d)(2), 310(g), 311(a), 312(b), 312(c), 313, 314(e), 314(f), 316, 317, 904(c), and 904(d) of this Act and sections 258(a)(4)(C), 258A(b)(3)(C)(i), 258B(f)(1), 258B(h)(1), 258B(h)(3), 258C(a)(5), and 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA1B58F41E4894584A31964C5AAAC6672"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appeals</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0975CF8A941942829BA55A574C8FF27B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of title III or IV or section 1017 shall, except as otherwise provided therein, be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the resolution, concurrent resolution, reconciliation bill, or rescission bill, as the case may be.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFE28C4B0FBCF4C608C7A35C2D2AC582B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vote threshold</header><text>An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under sections 301(i), 302(c), 302(f), 305(b)(2), 305(c)(4), 306, 310(d)(2), 310(g), 311(a), 312(b), 312(c), 313, 314(e), 314(f), 316, 317, 904(c), and 904(d) of this Act and sections 258(a)(4)(C), 258A(b)(3)(C)(i), 258B(f)(1), 258B(h)(1), 258B(h)(3), 258C(a)(5), and 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35060fe27289402c981791a0f499cf75"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statutory PAYGO</header><text>Section 4(g)(3)(B) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/933">2 U.S.C. 933(g)(3)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>three-fifths</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>two-thirds</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2823f14862e248d8811cd32d6daba3ef"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Budget resolutions</header>
<paragraph id="idb7b9ae6c8b0149a7b491c25f74a336f1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>CHIMPs with Net Costs</header><text>Section 314(d) of Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 (110th Congress), agreed to on June 5, 2008, is amended by striking <quote>three-fifths</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>two-thirds</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075efa0bc4e04cf4951214d8706c9034"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Short-term deficits</header><text>Section 404(b) of Senate Concurrent Resolution 13 (111th Congress), agreed to on April 29, 2009, is amended by striking <quote>three-fifths</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>two-thirds</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb08aff6832d043d9a0904c717ae798a3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Long-term deficits</header><text>Section 3101(c) of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 (114th Congress), agreed to on May 6, 2015, is amended by striking <quote>three-fifths</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>two-thirds</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c06b2660cde4924a777295bbee5733c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Senate PAYGO</header><text>Section 4106(b) of House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th Congress), agreed to on October 26, 2017, is amended by striking <quote>three-fifths</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>two-thirds</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a339d584cca430bae7a1fa21e38ca2b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Advance appropriations</header><text>Section 123(a)(3) of division A of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/118/5">Public Law 118–5</external-xref>; 137 Stat. 21), is amended by striking <quote>three-fifths</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>two-thirds</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section section-type="subsequent-section" id="id4aa7e211-339e-4cb3-a509-05c38717cdc5" changed="not-changed"><enum>402.</enum><header>Surgical strike point of order relating to legislation dealing with the congressional budget</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/637">2 U.S.C. 637(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="iddb6bb5c4-9a52-4f36-b84e-156c0a259cb2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In the Senate</header>
<paragraph id="id3a3c0125-585d-45fd-a3b4-2386613763ed" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Point of order</header><text>In the Senate, it shall not be in order to consider a provision in a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report containing any matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate unless the provision is in—</text> <subparagraph id="iddfb539a7-4014-46a0-ad7c-1e7038b86d76" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a bill or joint resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate (or from the consideration of which such committee has been discharged); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id88835a75-709f-4ba3-bdf4-1f0782929eb6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amendment to, amendment between the Houses in relation to, conference report on, or motion on a bill or joint resolution described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id9a75c886-9921-41d7-b763-2748b611c116" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Point of order sustained</header><text>If a point of order is made by a Senator against a provision described in paragraph (1), and the point of order is sustained by the Chair, that provision shall be stricken from the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idbf4cf579-4091-486f-9bcf-96658bc7c091" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of the point of order</header><text>A point of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e).</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id954e8fd8-c553-42ec-9a5a-525c42c414fd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conference reports</header><text>When the Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to paragraph (1), and such point of order being sustained, such material contained in such conference report or House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. In the Senate, debate on any such motion, and any debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to 1 hour. In any case in which such point of order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by operation of this paragraph), no further amendment shall be in order.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Other matters</header>
<section id="idc16dd05f3e214bc784e3eb5467c36a3e"><enum>501.</enum><header>Changes in the baseline</header>
<subsection id="id24e6a767698f46dfb19d0f0a8001afc7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/907">2 U.S.C. 907</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id9253478cd63e43f8870db043b5af2ff8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idacadf7eda5a44a718a563cfa12fb521a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For any biennium, the baseline refers to a projection, based on current laws and the assumption of continuation of current levels of discretionary appropriations, of current-year levels of new budget authority, outlays, revenues, and the surplus or deficit into each fiscal year of the biennium and the outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida722d858329b4470a71874f4e12272f1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id49a7d92a461a48069b7e223b00e231d7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id715b80b56b434fa293ac597014692048"> <paragraph id="id52ebd1d5104c4415aac2958516608be7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Laws providing or creating direct spending and receipts are assumed to operate in the manner specified in those laws for each such year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id65c48bca863747858543921e5d5a50cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id04e2d48ec5624e0394a6f943b7d6b718"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4e60155f320c43b2bbaeb912f3cd317f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="id02a6722d3010499ca5b62243e54e2127"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>current year</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>current year, excluding resources designated as an emergency requirement and any resources provided in supplemental appropriation laws.</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5cc85b2f31954453a2ce8a96ed602edc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8362850f30c04600b3e0a6f84b9d17d0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id87614a700f4f4361a36260351a149686"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45492b0bce21498dbbd10f3e8d58c330"> <paragraph id="idd60907078d61418c8b00d6561d5a2f27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No adjustment for inflation</header><text>No adjustment shall be made for inflation or for any other factor.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id97508ba760484f5ebc99377552ec6478"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id0b06aab17d734010835ead600c03ff69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/602">2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id0ae23429e9f6450f80e94a54ada80e0c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> before <quote>(B) the levels</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb9fce31fd27a48c196ef09ad74cea6be"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and (C)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>1985</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd8cdd7b98a0d4657aff5007ea53105a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 403(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/603">42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idca2544b61c2b404eb7b2baedb18cb63b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (G); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idcf6d82e3a3ef42f2a7cb5a7d9c52c9fb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (G).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idDC70C37A4E1D44ACAABC4187F7C17AB9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2027, and shall apply to any baseline projection for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2028, and each biennium thereafter.</text></subsection></section>