[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1824 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1824

  To improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal 
                  Government, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 3 (legislative day, January 25), 1994

 Mr. Boren (for himself and Mr. Domenici) introduced the following 
        bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
        Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal 
                  Government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1994''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Rulemaking power of Senate and House of Representatives.
                     TITLE I--REFORM OF THE SENATE

Sec. 101. Senate committee assignments.
Sec. 102. Senate committee structure.
Sec. 103. Senate scheduling.
Sec. 104. Proxy votes.
Sec. 105. Senate committee attendance.
Sec. 106. Senate floor proceedings.
Sec. 107. Dedication of unexpended funds to deficit reduction.
            TITLE II--REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                   TITLE III--REFORM OF THE CONGRESS

                       Subtitle A--Budget Process

                       Part I--Biennial Budgeting

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. Conforming amendments to rules of House of Representatives.
Sec. 306. Multiyear authorizations.
               Part II--Additional Budget Process Changes

Sec. 311. CBO reports to budget committees.
Sec. 312. Byrd rule clarifications.
Sec. 313. GAO assistance with authorizations and oversight.
       Subtitle B--Staffing; Administration; and Support Agencies

Sec. 331. Legislative branch streamlining and restructuring.
Sec. 332. Authorization of certain congressional instrumentalities.
Sec. 333. Detailees from congressional support agencies and executive 
                            agencies.
              Subtitle C--Abolishing the Joint Committees

                    Part I--Joint Economic Committee

Sec. 361. Joint Economic Committee.
                  Part II--Joint Committee on Taxation

Sec. 362. Joint Committee on Taxation.
          Part III--Joint Committee on the Library of Congress

Sec. 363. Joint Committee on the Library of Congress.
                  Part IV--Joint Committee on Printing

Sec. 371. Joint Committee on Printing.
Sec. 372. Deputy Public Printers.
Sec. 373. Annual report to Congress.
Sec. 374. Superintendent of Documents.
Sec. 375. Requirement of printing by the Government Printing Office.
Sec. 376. Report on costs for printing by Federal agencies other than 
                            the Government Printing Office.
Sec. 377. Technical and conforming amendments.
            Subtitle D--Legislative and Executive Relations

Sec. 381. Committee oversight goals and reports for Federal program 
                            review.
Sec. 382. Sunset agency reporting requirements.
                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 401. Effective date; application.

SEC. 2. RULEMAKING POWER OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The provisions of this Act (as applicable) are enacted by the 
Congress--
            (1) insofar as applicable to the Senate, as an exercise of 
        the rulemaking power of the Senate and, to the extent so 
        applicable, those sections are deemed a part of the Standing 
        Rules of the Senate, superseding other individual rules of the 
        Senate only to the extent that those sections are inconsistent 
        with those other individual Senate rules, subject to and with 
        full recognition of the power of the Senate to enact or change 
        any rule of the Senate at any time in its exercise of its 
        constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings; 
        and
            (2) insofar as applicable to the House of Representatives, 
        as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
        Representatives, subject to and with full recognition of the 
        power of the House of Representatives to enact or change any 
        rule of the House at any time in its exercise of its 
        constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings.

                     TITLE I--REFORM OF THE SENATE

SEC. 101. SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

    Rule XXIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended to read as 
follows:

                              ``RULE XXIV

                      ``appointment of committees

    ``Appointments to standing committees and all other committees 
shall be made by the majority leader and the minority leader for each 
member of their respective parties. Such appointments shall be subject 
to any rules adopted by the respective party caucuses.''.

SEC. 102. SENATE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.

    (a) Committee and Subcommittee Assignments.--Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 
of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate are amended to read as 
follows:
    ``2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, 
each of the following standing committees shall consist of the number 
of Senators set forth in the following table on the line on which the 
name of that committee appears:

``Committee:
                                                                Members
        ``Appropriations...................................        ____
        ``Armed Services...................................        ____
        ``Finance..........................................        ____
        ``Foreign Relations................................        ____
    ``(b) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, 
each of the following standing committees shall consist of the number 
of Senators set forth in the following table on the line on which the 
name of that committee appears:

``Committee:
                                                                Members
        ``Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.............        ____
        ``Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs..............        ____
        ``Commerce, Science, and Transportation............        ____
        ``Energy and Natural Resources.....................        ____
        ``Environment and Public Works.....................        ____
        ``Governmental Affairs.............................        ____
        ``Judiciary........................................        ____
        ``Labor and Human Resources........................        ____
    ``(c) The committees listed in this paragraph (except for the 
Committee on Appropriations) shall not have more than 3 subcommittees.
    ``3. (a) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, 
each of the following standing committees shall consist of the number 
of Senators set forth in the following table on the line on which the 
name of that committee appears:

``Committee:
                                                                Members
        ``Aging............................................        ____
        ``Budget...........................................        ____
        ``Indian Affairs...................................        ____
        ``Rules and Administration.........................        ____
        ``Small Business...................................        ____
        ``Veterans' Affairs................................        ____
    ``(b) The following committee shall consist of the number of 
Senators set forth in the following table:

``Committee:
                                                                Members
        ``Ethics...........................................        ____
        ``Intelligence.....................................        ____
    ``(c) The committees listed in this paragraph shall not have more 
than 2 subcommittees.
    ``4. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this paragraph--
            ``(1) each Senator may serve on only one committee listed 
        in paragraph 2(a) and only two committees listed in paragraph 
        2; and
            ``(2) each Senator may serve on only one committee listed 
        in paragraph 3(a).
    ``(b)(1) Each Senator may serve on not more than two subcommittees 
of each committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations) listed 
in paragraph 2 of which he is a member.
    ``(2) Each Senator may serve on not more than one subcommittee of a 
committee listed in paragraph 3(a) of which he is a member.
    ``(3) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2), a Senator serving 
as chairman or ranking minority member of a standing, select, or 
special committee of the Senate may serve ex officio, without vote, as 
a member of any subcommittee of such committee.
    ``(4) No committee of the Senate may establish any subunit of that 
committee other than a subcommittee, unless the Senate by resolution 
has given permission therefore.
    ``(c) By agreement entered into by the majority leader and the 
minority leader, the membership of one or more standing committees may 
be increased temporarily from time to time by such number or numbers as 
may be required to accord to the majority party a majority of the 
membership of all standing committees. When any such temporary increase 
is necessary to accord to the majority party a majority of the 
membership of all standing committees, members of the majority party in 
such number as may be required for that purpose may serve as members of 
three standing committees listed in paragraph 2. No such temporary 
increase in the membership of any standing committee under this 
subparagraph shall be continued in effect after the need therefore has 
ended. No standing committee may be increased in membership under this 
subparagraph by more than two members in excess of the number 
prescribed for that committee by paragraph 2 or 3(a).
    ``(d)(1) No Senator shall serve at any time as chairman of more 
than one standing, select, or special committee of the Senate.
    ``(2)(A) A Senator who is serving as the chairman of a committee 
listed in paragraph 2 or 3(a) may serve at any time as the chairman of 
only one subcommittee of all committees listed in paragraphs 2 and 3(a) 
of which he is a member.
    ``(B) Any Senator other than a Senator described in division (A) 
may serve as--
            ``(i) the chairman of only one subcommittee of each 
        committee listed in paragraph 2 or 3(a), of which he is a 
        member; and
            ``(ii) the chairman of only two subcommittees of the 
        committees listed in paragraphs 2 and 3(a).
    ``(e) The provisions of this paragraph may only be waived by the 
Senate by a resolution designating the Senator or Senators receiving 
the waiver and adopted by an affirmative yea-and-nay vote of the 
Senators duly chosen and sworn. The resolution shall be offered by the 
majority leader with the approval of the minority leader. The 
resolution shall be privileged and no amendment thereto shall be in 
order. Debate on the resolution shall be limited to one hour, equally 
divided.''.
    (b) Abolition of Reduced Committees.--
            (1) Notification.--The majority leader and the minority 
        leader shall notify the chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
        Administration not later than 30 days after the convening of a 
        Congress if the number of majority and minority members of a 
        committee of the Senate for such Congress each fall below 50 
        percent of the number of such members serving on the committee 
        at the end of the 102d Congress.
            (2) Resolution abolishing.--The Committee on Rules and 
        Administration shall report to the Senate a resolution 
        abolishing such committee not later than 30 days after 
        receiving notice under paragraph (1). The Senate shall consider 
        and act upon the resolution not later than 20 session days 
        after the resolution is reported.
            (3) Adjusting other committees.--If a committee is 
        abolished by a resolution pursuant to paragraph (2), the 
        majority leader and the minority leader may adjust the 
        membership of other committees to provide for members of the 
        abolished committee.

SEC. 103. SENATE SCHEDULING.

    Paragraph 3 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``3. (a)(1) The provisions of this subparagraph apply to the 
committees' meetings (including meetings to conduct hearings) held on 
Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.
    ``(2) On Tuesdays, only those committees listed in paragraph 2(a) 
of rule XXV (except the Committee on Appropriations) shall meet for the 
transaction of business before the committee.
    ``(3) On Wednesdays, only those committees listed in paragraph 2(b) 
of rule XXV shall meet for the transaction of business before the 
committee.
    ``(4) On Thursdays, only those committees listed in paragraph 3(a) 
of rule XXV (except the Committee on the Budget) shall meet for the 
transaction of business before the committee.
    ``(5) Subcommittees of a full committee referred to in division 
(2), (3), or (4) may only meet on the day assigned to the full 
committee. Subcommittees may not meet when the full committee is 
meeting.
    ``(6) No committee of the Senate or any subcommittee thereof may 
meet, without special leave, on a day not designated for such committee 
or subcommittee under this subparagraph unless consent therefore has 
been obtained from the majority leader and the minority leader (or in 
the event of the absence of either of such leader, from the designee of 
the leaders). The majority leader or the designee of the majority 
leader shall announce to the Senate whenever consent has been given 
under this division and shall state the time and place of such meeting. 
The right to make such announcement of consent shall have the same 
priority as the filing of a cloture motion.
    ``(b) If at least three members of any committee desire that a 
special meeting of the committee be called by the chairman and subject 
to the provisions of subparagraph (a), those members may file in the 
offices of the committee their written request to the chairman for that 
special meeting. Immediately upon the filing of the request, the clerk 
of the committee shall notify the chairman of the filing of the 
request. If, within three calendar days after the filing of the 
request, the chairman does not call the requested special meeting, to 
be held within seven calendar days after the filing of the request, a 
majority of the members of the committee may file in the offices of the 
committee their written notice that a special meeting of the committee 
will be held, specifying the date and hour of that special meeting. The 
committee shall meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing 
of the notice, the clerk of the committee shall notify all members of 
the committee that such special meeting will be held and inform them of 
its date and hour. If the chairman of any such committee is not present 
at any regular, additional, or special meeting of the committee, the 
ranking member of the majority party on the committee who is present 
shall preside at that meeting.''.

SEC. 104. PROXY VOTES.

    The paragraph 7 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, no 
vote of any member of any committee may be cast by proxy unless the 
addition of the vote to the vote totals does not effect the result of 
the vote totals.''.

SEC. 105. SENATE COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE.

    Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following:
            ``(14) The chairman of each committee of the Senate shall 
        publish, in the Congressional Record, the committee attendance 
        and voting records of each member of the committee on or before 
        July 1 and December 31.''.

SEC. 106. SENATE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS.

    (a) Requirement of a Three-Fifths Vote To Overturn the Chair Post-
Cloture.--The third undesignated paragraph of paragraph 2 of rule XXII 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: ``Appeals from the decision of the Presiding 
Officer shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
Senators duly chosen and sworn--except on a measure or motion to amend 
the Senate rules, in which case the necessary affirmative vote shall be 
two-thirds of the Senators present and voting.''.
    (b) Nondebatable Motion To Proceed.--Paragraph 2 of rule VIII of 
the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by striking the period at 
the end thereof and inserting the following: ``; except those motions 
to proceed made by the majority leader, or his designee, on which there 
shall be a time limitation for debate of two hours equally divided 
between the majority and the minority leaders, or their designees. Any 
such motion to proceed, by the majority leader, or any other Senator, 
to any motion, resolution, or proposal to change any of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate shall be debatable.''.
    (c) Charging Quorum Calls Against an Individual's Time Under 
Cloture.--The first sentence of the third undesignated paragraph of 
paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended 
by striking the period and inserting the following: ``, with the time 
consumed by quorum calls being charged to the Senator who requested the 
call of the quorum.''.
    (d) Dispensing With the Reading of Conference Reports.--Paragraph 1 
of rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by 
striking ``and shall be determined without debate.'' and inserting the 
following: ``notwithstanding a request for the reading of the 
conference report (if such report is printed and available one day 
prior to the motion to consider), and shall be determined without 
debate.''.
    (e) Sense of the Senate Resolutions.--Rule XV of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:
    ``6. On a point of order made by any Senator, no amendment 
expressing the sense of the Senate or the sense of the Congress, or an 
amendment to such amendment, shall be received unless the amendment is 
signed by at least 10 Senators.''.

SEC. 107. DEDICATION OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS TO DEFICIT REDUCTION.

    (a) Interim Rules.--Not later than January 1, 1995 and each year 
thereafter through 1998, the Secretary of the Senate shall certify and 
publish in the Congressional Record a list identifying each member of 
the Senate who has used less than the amount allocated to the personal 
office of the member during the preceding fiscal year and the amount of 
such unused allocation.
    (b) Dedication of Unexpended Funds Beginning with Fiscal Year 
1999.--Not later than January 1, 1999 and each year thereafter, the 
Secretary of the Senate shall notify each Member of the Senate of the 
difference between the total obligations incurred by his personal 
office and the allocations for administrative expenses, legislative 
assistants, and clerk hire available to the Member for the preceding 
fiscal year. Within 30 days after the date of such notification, any 
Member pursuant to this subsection may direct the Secretary of the 
Senate to submit a rescission request for such amount from unobligated 
balances for that fiscal year.
    (c) Performance Review Guidance.--In conducting the performance 
review required by section 331, the Senate committees shall include a 
plan to reduce the disparity between appropriations and allocations to 
Members.

            TITLE II--REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                   TITLE III--REFORM OF THE CONGRESS

                       Subtitle A--Budget Process

                       PART I--BIENNIAL BUDGETING

SEC. 301. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

    Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631) 
is amended to read as follows:

                              ``timetable

    ``Sec. 300. (a) In General.--Except as provided by subsection (b), 
the timetable with respect to the congressional budget process for any 
Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress) is as 
follows:

  

                                                 ``First Session                                                
             ``On or before:                    Action to be completed:                                         
             First Monday in February.........  President submits budget recommendations.                       
             February 15......................  Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees.
             Within 6 weeks after budget        Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees.     
              submission.                                                                                       
             April 1..........................  Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial  
                                                 budget.                                                        
             April 15.........................  Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the       
                                                 biennial budget.                                               
             May 15...........................  Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House.    
             June 10..........................  House Appropriations Committee reports last biennial            
                                                 appropriation bill.                                            
             June 15..........................  Congress completes action on reconciliation legislation.        
             June 30..........................  Congress completes action on biennial appropriation bills.      
             October 1........................  Biennium begins.                                                
                                                                                                                
                                                ``Second Session                                                
                                                                                                                
             ``On or before:                    Action to be completed:                                         
             May 15...........................  Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees.
             The last day of the session......  Congress completes action on bills and resolutions authorizing a
                                                 new budget authority for the succeeding biennium.              
                                                                                                                

    ``(b) Special Rule.--In the case of any 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) 
begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth in 
subsection (a):
            ``(1) First Monday in April, President submits budget 
        recommendations.
            ``(2) April 20, committees submit views and estimates to 
        Budget Committees.
            ``(3) May 15, Budget Committees report concurrent 
        resolution on the biennial budget.
            ``(4) June 1, Congress completes action on concurrent 
        resolution on the biennial budget.
            ``(5) July 1, biennial appropriation bills may be 
        considered in the House.
            ``(6) July 20, House Appropriations Committee reports last 
        biennial appropriation bill.''.

SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT 
              CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

    (a) Declaration of Purpose.--Section 2(2) of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended 
by striking ``each year'' and inserting ``biennially''.
    (b) Definitions.--
            (1) Section 3(4) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended 
        by striking ``fiscal year'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``biennium''.
            (2) Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) is further amended 
        by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(12) The term `biennium' means the period of 2 
        consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-
        numbered year.''.
    (c) Biennial Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--
            (1) Section 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``April 15 of each year'' and 
                inserting ``April 15 of each odd-numbered year'';
                    (B) by striking ``the fiscal year beginning on 
                October 1 of such year'' the first place it appears and 
                inserting ``the biennium beginning on October 1 of such 
                year'';
                    (C) by striking ``the fiscal year beginning on 
                October 1 of such year'' the second place it appears 
                and inserting ``each fiscal year in such period'';
                    (D) by striking ``and planning levels for each of 
                the two ensuing fiscal years'' and inserting ``and the 
                appropriate levels for each of the 3 ensuing fiscal 
                years'';
                    (E) in paragraph (6) by striking ``for the fiscal 
                year of the resolution and each of the 4'' and 
                inserting ``for the biennium of the resolution and each 
                of the 3''; and
                    (F) in paragraph (7) by striking ``for the fiscal 
                year of the resolution and each of the 4'' and 
                inserting ``for the biennium of the resolution and each 
                of the 3''.
            (2) Section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
                inserting ``for a biennium'' after ``concurrent 
                resolution on the budget''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``for such fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``for either fiscal year in such 
                biennium''.
            (3) Section 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended 
        by inserting ``(or, if applicable, as provided by section 
        300(b))'' after ``United States Code''.
            (4) Section 301(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence by striking ``fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``biennium'';
                    (B) by inserting between the second and third 
                sentences the following new sentence: ``On or before 
                April 1 of each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, 
                as provided by section 300(b)) the Committee on the 
                Budget of each House shall report to its House the 
                concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in 
                subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on October 1 
                of that year.'';
                    (C) in paragraph (6) by striking ``such fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``the first fiscal year of such 
                biennium,''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (10) by striking ``the fiscal year 
                covered'' and inserting ``the biennium covered''.
            (5) Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended 
        by striking ``fiscal year'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``biennium''.
            (6) Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is 
        amended by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting ``for a 
        biennium''.
            (7) The section heading of section 301 of such Act is 
        amended by striking ``annual'' and inserting ``biennial''.
            (8) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of such 
        Act is amended by striking ``Annual'' in the item relating to 
        section 301 and inserting ``Biennial''.
    (d) Section 302 Committee Allocations.--Section 302(a)(2) of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year of the 
resolution and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years'' and inserting 
``the biennium of the resolution and each of the 3 succeeding fiscal 
years''.
    (e) Section 303 Point of Order.--
            (1) Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended 
        by striking ``fiscal year'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``biennium''.
            (2) Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) 
                by striking ``the fiscal year'' each place it appears 
                and inserting ``biennium'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``any calendar 
                year'' and inserting ``any odd-numbered calendar year 
                (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b))''; 
                and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (2), striking ``(1)'', 
                and redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
                paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
    (f) Permissible Revisions of Concurrent Resolutions on the 
Budget.--Section 304(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal year'' the first two places it 
        appears and inserting ``biennium'';
            (2) by striking ``for such fiscal year''; and
            (3) by inserting before the period ``for such biennium''.
    (g) Procedures for Consideration of Budget Resolutions.--Section 
305(a)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking 
``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium''.
    (h) Reports and Summaries of Congressional Budget Actions.--Section 
308(a)(1)(A) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 639(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
``fiscal year (or fiscal years)'' and inserting ``biennium''.
    (i) Completion of Action on Regular Appropriation Bills.--Section 
309 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``of any odd-numbered calendar year'' 
        after ``July'';
            (2) by striking ``annual'' and inserting ``regular''; and
            (3) by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium''.
    (j) Reconciliation Process.--
            (1) Section 310(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 641(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``any fiscal year'' in the matter 
                preceding paragraph (1) and inserting ``any biennium'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``such fiscal 
                year'' each place it appears and inserting ``each 
                fiscal year in such biennium''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``for each fiscal 
                year in such biennium'' after ``revenues''.
            (2) Section 310(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 641(f)) is amended 
        by striking ``for such fiscal year'' and inserting ``for such 
        biennium''.
    (k) Section 311 Point of Order.--
            (1)(A) Section 311(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (i) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``for a biennium'';
                    (ii) by striking ``such fiscal year'' the first 
                place it appears and inserting ``either fiscal year in 
                such biennium'';
                    (iii) by striking ``during such fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``during either fiscal year in such 
                biennium'';
                    (iv) by striking ``revenues for such fiscal year'' 
                and inserting ``revenues for a fiscal year''; and
                    (v) by striking ``budget for such fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``budget for either fiscal year in such 
                biennium''.
            (B) Section 311(a)(2)(A) of such Act is amended--
                    (i) by striking ``for the first'' and inserting 
                ``for either'';
                    (ii) by striking ``covering such fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``covering such biennium'';
                    (iii) by striking ``the first fiscal year covered'' 
                and inserting ``either fiscal year in such biennium 
                covered'';
                    (iv) by striking ``the first fiscal year plus'' and 
                inserting ``the biennium plus''; and
                    (v) by striking ``4 fiscal years'' and inserting 
                ``3 fiscal years''.
            (2) Section 311(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 642(b)) is amended 
        by striking ``such fiscal year'' the second place it appears 
        and inserting ``either fiscal year in such biennium''.
    (l)  Bills Providing New Spending Authority.--Section 401(b)(2) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 651(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``for such fiscal 
year'' the second place it appears and inserting ``for the biennium in 
which such fiscal year occurs''.
    (m) Date of Adjusting Allocations.--Section 603(a) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 665b) is amended by inserting after ``April 15'' the following 
``(or if section 300(b) applies by June 15th)''.

SEC. 303. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.

    (a) Definition.--Section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) `biennium' has the meaning given to such term in 
        paragraph (12) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and 
        Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)).''.
    (b) Budget Contents and Submission to the Congress.--
            (1) So much of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
        Code, as precedes paragraph (1) thereof is amended to read as 
        follows:
    ``(a) On or before the first Monday in February of each odd-
numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974), beginning with the One Hundred 
Fourth Congress, the President shall transmit to the Congress, the 
budget for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar year. 
The budget transmitted under this subsection shall include a budget 
message and summary and supporting information. The President shall 
include in each budget the following:''.
            (2) Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``the fiscal year for which the budget is 
        submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year'' and 
        inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium for which the 
        budget is submitted and in the succeeding 3 years''.
            (3) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``the fiscal year for which the budget is 
        submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year'' and 
        inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium for which the 
        budget is submitted and in the succeeding 3 years''.
            (4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code, 
        is amended by striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each 
        fiscal year in the biennium''.
            (5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the fiscal year'' in subparagraph 
                (A) and inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``4 fiscal years after that year'' 
                in subparagraph (B) and inserting ``3 fiscal years 
                immediately following the second fiscal year in such 
                biennium''.
            (6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each 
        fiscal year in the biennium''.
            (7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``that year'' and inserting ``each fiscal 
        year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted''.
            (8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each 
        fiscal year in the biennium''.
            (9) Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the fiscal year following the 
                fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the 
                biennium following the biennium'';
                    (B) by striking ``that following fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``each such fiscal year''; and
                    (C) by striking ``fiscal year before the fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``biennium before the biennium''.
            (10) Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the prior fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``each of the 2 most recently completed 
                fiscal years'';
                    (B) by striking ``for that year'' and inserting 
                ``with respect to that fiscal year''; and
                    (C) by striking ``in that year'' and inserting ``in 
                that fiscal year''.
            (11) Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the prior fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``each of the 2 most recently completed 
                fiscal years'';
                    (B) by striking ``for that year'' and inserting 
                ``with respect to that fiscal year''; and
                    (C) by striking ``in that year'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``in that fiscal year''.
    (c) Estimated Expenditures of Legislative and Judicial Branches.--
Section 1105(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``each year'' and inserting ``each even-numbered year''.
    (d) Recommendations To Meet Estimated Deficiencies.--Section 
1105(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal year for'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``biennium for'';
            (2) by inserting ``or current biennium, as the case may 
        be,'' after ``current fiscal year''; and
            (3) by striking ``that year'' and inserting ``that 
        period''.
    (e) Statement With Respect to Certain Changes.--Section 1105(d) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking ``fiscal year'' 
and inserting ``biennium''.
    (f) Capital Investment Analysis.--Section 1105(e) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``ensuing fiscal year'' and 
inserting ``biennium to which such budget relates''.
    (g) Supplemental Budget Estimates and Changes.--
            (1) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
                striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``that fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in such 
                biennium'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ``4 fiscal years 
                following the fiscal year'' and inserting ``3 fiscal 
                years following the biennium''; and
                    (D) by striking ``fiscal year'' in paragraph (3) 
                and inserting ``biennium''.
            (2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each 
        fiscal year in the biennium''.
    (h) Current Programs and Activities Estimates.--
            (1) Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``On or before the first Monday 
                after January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 
                in 1994)'' and inserting ``At the same time the budget 
                required by section 1105 is submitted for a biennium''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``the following fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``each fiscal year of such period''.
            (2) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``March 1 of each year'' and inserting 
        ``within 6 weeks of the President's budget submission for each 
        odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 
        300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)''.
    (i) Year-Ahead Requests for Authorizing Legislation.--Section 1110 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium 
        (beginning on or after October 1, 1995)''; and
            (2) by striking ``year before the year in which the fiscal 
        year begins'' and inserting ``second calendar year preceding 
        the calendar year in which the biennium begins''.
    (j) Budget Information on Consulting Services.--Section 1114 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``For each biennium beginning with the biennium beginning on 
        October 1, 1994, the''; and
            (2) by striking ``each year'' each place it appears.

SEC. 304. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATIONS 
              ACTS.

    Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
``Sec. 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts
    ``(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropriations for the 
support of the Government shall be as follows: `An Act making 
appropriations (here insert the object) for the biennium ending 
September 30 (here insert the odd-numbered calendar year).'.
    ``(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the support of the 
Government shall be enacted for a biennium and shall specify the amount 
of appropriations provided for each fiscal year in such period.
    ``(c) For purposes of this section, the term `biennium' has the 
same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).''.

SEC. 305. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting ``odd-numbered'' after 
``each''.
    (b) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``such fiscal year'' and 
inserting ``the biennium in which such fiscal year begins''.
    (c)(1) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``concurrent resolution on the 
budget for each fiscal year'' and inserting ``concurrent resolution on 
the budget required under section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 for each biennium''.
    (2) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
subparagraph (4), by striking the period and inserting ``; and'' at the 
end of subparagraph (5), and by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(6) to use the second year of each biennium to study 
        issues with long-term budgetary and economic implications, 
        which would include--
                    ``(A) holding hearings to receive testimony from 
                committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas 
                and to report on the results of oversight; and
                    ``(B) by January 1 of each odd-numbered year, 
                issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the 
                key issues facing the Congress in the next biennium.''.
    (d) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``annually'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``biennially''.
    (e) Clause 4(g) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended--
            (1) by striking ``March 15 of each year'' and inserting 
        ``March 15 of each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as 
        provided by section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974)'';
            (2) by striking ``fiscal year'' the first place it appears 
        and inserting ``biennium''; and
            (3) by striking ``that fiscal year'' and inserting ``each 
        fiscal year in such ensuing biennium''.
    (f) Clause 4(h) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting 
``biennium''.
    (g) Subdivision (C) of clause 2(l)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is repealed.
    (h) Clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``fiscal year if reported after 
September 15 preceding the beginning of such fiscal year'' and 
inserting ``biennium if reported after August 1 of the year in which 
such biennium begins''.
    (i) Clause 2 of rule XLIX of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting 
``biennium''.

SEC. 306. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                   ``authorizations of appropriations

    ``Sec. 314. It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, or conference report that authorizes appropriations for a 
period of less than 2 fiscal years, unless the program, project, or 
activity for which the funds are to be spent is of less than 2 years 
duration.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in 
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 313 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 314. Authorizations of appropriations.''.

               PART II--ADDITIONAL BUDGET PROCESS CHANGES

SEC. 311. CBO REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.

    Section 308 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by--
            (1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Quarterly Budget Reports.--The Congressional Budget Office 
shall, as soon as practicable after the completion of each quarter of 
the fiscal year, prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending, and 
the deficit for the current fiscal year to assumptions included in the 
Congressional budget resolution. In preparing this report, the 
Congressional Budget Office shall combine actual budget figures to date 
with projected revenue and spending for the balance of the fiscal year. 
The Congressional Budget Office shall include any other information in 
this report that it deems useful for a full understanding of the 
current fiscal position of the Federal Government. The reports mandated 
by this subsection shall be transmitted by the Director to the Senate 
and House Committees on the Budget, and the Congressional Budget Office 
shall make such reports available to any interested party upon 
request.''.

SEC. 312. BYRD RULE CLARIFICATIONS.

    (a) Permanent Extension of Byrd Rule.--The first sentence of 
section 904(c) and the second sentence of section 904(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are amended by inserting ``313,'' 
after ``306,''.
    (b) Byrd Rule Clarifications.--Section 313 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ``, including 
        changes in outlays and revenues brought about by changes in the 
        terms and conditions under which outlays are made or revenues 
        are required to be collected'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
        (e) and (f);
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c), the second time it 
        appears, as subsection (d) and inserting before ``When'' the 
        following:
    ``(c) Application to Conference Reports.--''; and
            (4) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (3))--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and''; and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) 
                and inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2)(A) a point of order being made against any provision 
        producing an increase in outlays in any fiscal year shall be 
        considered extraneous if the net effect of provisions affecting 
        outlays reported by the conferees would cause a Senate 
        committee to fail to achieve its outlay instruction, and
            ``(B) a point of order being made against any provision 
        producing a reduction in revenues in any fiscal year shall be 
        considered extraneous if the net effect of provisions affecting 
        revenues reported by the conferees would cause a Senate 
        committee to fail to achieve its revenue instruction, and''.

SEC. 313. GAO ASSISTANCE WITH AUTHORIZATIONS AND OVERSIGHT.

    Section 717 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following:
    ``(e) During the second session of each Congress, the Comptroller 
General shall give priority to requests from Congress for audits and 
evaluations of Government programs and activities.''.

       Subtitle B--Staffing; Administration; and Support Agencies

SEC. 331. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH STREAMLINING AND RESTRUCTURING.

    (a) Performance Review.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Committee on Rules and Administration and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the appropriate 
committees or task force of the House of Representatives shall submit 
to the leadership of their respective Houses a performance review 
together with any necessary implementing legislation for achieving 
efficiencies, economies, and reductions in the total number of full 
time equivalent positions in the legislative branch comparable to those 
proposed and implemented for the executive branch in the President's 
National Performance Review, submitted September 1993.
    (b) Reduction Base.--The reductions required by this section shall 
be made from a base of the total number of full time equivalent 
positions in the legislative branch on the date of introduction of S. 
Con. Res. 57 (102d Congress, 1st Session), the concurrent resolution 
establishing the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress.

SEC. 332. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL INSTRUMENTALITIES.

    (a) In General.--It is the intent of Congress that the General 
Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, Library of Congress, 
Government Printing Office, and Office of Technology Assessment shall 
be authorized for 8 fiscal years in accordance with this section.
    (b) Cycles.--
            (1) General accounting office.--The General Accounting 
        Office shall be authorized by the enactment every eighth year 
        beginning with fiscal year 1997 of an Act to authorize 
        appropriations for that office for the next 8 fiscal years.
            (2) Library of congress.--The Library of Congress shall be 
        authorized by the enactment every eighth year beginning with 
        fiscal year 1999 of an Act to authorize appropriations for that 
        office for the next 8 fiscal years.
            (3) Government printing office.--The Government Printing 
        Office shall be authorized by the enactment every eighth year 
        beginning with fiscal year 2001 of an Act to authorize 
        appropriations for that office for the next 8 fiscal years.
            (4) Congressional budget office and office of technology 
        and assessment.--The Congressional Budget Office and Office of 
        Technology Assessment shall be authorized by the enactment 
        every eighth year beginning with fiscal year 2003 of an Act to 
        authorize appropriations for those offices for the next 8 
        fiscal years.
    (c) Jurisdiction.--
            (1) In general.--The Committee on Rules and Administration 
        of the Senate and the appropriate committee in the House of 
        Representatives shall have jurisdiction over the authorizations 
        required by this section.
            (2) Oversight.--In reauthorizing instrumentalities as 
        required by this section, the committees referred to in 
        paragraph (1) shall seek to--
                    (A) eliminate duplication between 
                instrumentalities;
                    (B) consolidate activities; and
                    (C) increase efficiency within instrumentalities.
    (d) Cost Accounting Requirements.--Effective on January 1, 1995, 
each instrumentality of the Congress providing support to the Congress 
shall prepare by not later than December 31 of each year an annual 
report detailing the cost to the instrumentality of providing support 
to each committee of the Senate and Senator. The report shall be 
submitted to the Secretary of the Senate and included in the 
Secretary's semiannual report.
    (e) Voucher Allocation System.--The Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate and the appropriate committee of the House 
of Representatives shall study and report to their respective Houses as 
a part of their authorization responsibilities under subsection (c) 
concerning the feasibility of establishing a voucher allocation system 
for committees using the services of instrumentalities of Congress.
    (f) Repealers.--
            (1) General accounting office.--Section 736 of title 31, 
        United States Code, is repealed.
            (2) Congressional budget office.--Section 201(f) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(f)) is repealed.
            (3) Library of congress.--Any authorization of 
        appropriations for the Library of Congress in effect on the 
        effective date of this paragraph is repealed.
            (4) Government printing office.--Any authorization of 
        appropriations for the Government Printing Office in effect on 
        the effective date of this paragraph is repealed.
            (5) Office of technology assessment.--Section 12 of the 
        Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 481) is repealed.
            (6) Effective date.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall take 
        effect with respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 
        1997. Paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) shall take effect with 
        respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1999.

SEC. 333. DETAILEES FROM CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT AGENCIES AND EXECUTIVE 
              AGENCIES.

    (a) Reimbursement.--The cost of the service on detail to a 
committee of the Senate or House of Representatives or the personal 
office of a member of the Senate or House of Representatives of a 
person who is regularly employed by an instrumentality of Congress or 
an executive agency shall be fully reimbursed to the instrumentality of 
Congress or executive agency by the committee or personal office that 
receives the service.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``instrumentality of 
Congress'' means--
            (1) the General Accounting Office;
            (2) the Congressional Budget Office;
            (3) the Library of Congress;
            (4) the Government Printing Office; and
            (5) the Office of Technology Assessment.

              Subtitle C--Abolishing the Joint Committees

                    PART I--JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

SEC. 361. JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.

    (a) Abolition.--Effective beginning with the 104th Congress, the 
Joint Economic Committee is abolished.
    (b) Transfer of Responsibility.--The Committee on the Budget and 
the appropriate committee of the House of Representatives shall be 
responsible for review of the Economic Report of the President required 
by section 103 of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 
(15 U.S.C. 1022).

                  PART II--JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

SEC. 362. JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION.

    (a) Abolition.--Effective beginning with the 104th Congress, the 
Joint Committee on Taxation is abolished.
    (b) Transfer of Responsibility.--Section 202(b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by--
            (1) designating the text of such subsection as paragraph 
        (1); and
            (2) adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(2) The Office shall provide technical guidance to the Committee 
on Finance and the Committee on Ways and Means with respect to taxation 
and tax legislation. The Office shall perform the responsibilities 
formerly assigned to the Joint Committee on Taxation upon the 
abolishment of such committee.''.
    (c) Committee Transfer Oversight.--The Committee on Rules and 
Administration and the appropriate committee of the House of 
Representatives shall report to the Congress a plan for the transfer of 
responsibilities and staff as required by this section.

          PART III--JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

SEC. 363. JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Abolition.--Effective beginning with the 104th Congress, the 
Joint Committee on the Library of Congress is abolished.
    (b) Transfer of Responsibility.--Effective beginning with the 104th 
Congress, the responsibilities of the Joint Committee on the Library of 
Congress shall be performed by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate and the appropriate committee of the House 
of Representatives.

                  PART IV--JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

SEC. 371. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.

    (a) Abolition.--Chapter 1 of title 44, United States Code, is 
repealed.
    (b) Transfer of Responsibility.--Subject to subsection (c), all 
duties, authorities, responsibilities, and functions performed by the 
Joint Committee on Printing before the effective date of this part 
shall be performed by the Public Printer on and after such date.
    (c) Oversight Functions.--All legislative oversight jurisdiction, 
duties, authorities, responsibilities, and functions performed by the 
Joint Committee on Printing before the effective date of this part 
shall be performed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives on and after such date.
    (d) References.--Reference in any other Federal law, Executive 
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of 
or relating to the Joint Committee on Printing shall be deemed to refer 
to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, or 
the Public Printer, as appropriate.

SEC. 372. DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 302 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 302. Deputy Public Printers; appointments; duties
    ``(a)(1) The President of the United States shall nominate and, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the--
            ``(A) Legislative Deputy Public Printer who shall also 
        serve as the Superintendent of Documents;
            ``(B) Executive Deputy Public Printer; and
            ``(C) Judicial Deputy Public Printer.
    ``(2) Each Deputy Printer shall be a suitable person, who is a 
practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding.
    ``(b) In addition to any other duties required by the Public 
Printer, the Legislative Deputy Public Printer shall perform all duties 
of the Government Printing Office relating to the Legislative branch, 
including all applicable duties performed under--
            ``(1) chapter 7 relating to Congressional printing and 
        binding;
            ``(2) chapter 9 relating to the Congressional Record;
            ``(3) chapter 13 relating to particular reports and 
        documents, including sections 1326 and 1332;
            ``(4) chapter 17 relating to the distribution and sale of 
        public documents;
            ``(5) chapter 19 relating to the Depository Library 
        Program;
            ``(6) chapter 27 relating to Advisory Committee on Records 
        of Congress; and
            ``(7) section 3511 relating to services performed for the 
        Federal Information Locator System.
    ``(c) In addition to any other duties required by the Public 
Printer, the Executive Deputy Public Printer shall perform all duties 
of the Government Printing Office relating to the Executive branch, 
including all applicable duties performed under--
            ``(1) chapter 5 relating to the production and procurement 
        of printing and binding;
            ``(2) chapter 11 relating to Executive printing and 
        binding;
            ``(3) chapter 13 relating to particular reports and 
        documents; and
            ``(4) chapters 15, 21, 22, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, and 
        39.
    ``(d) In addition to any other duties required by the Public 
Printer, the Judicial Deputy Public Printer shall perform all duties of 
the Government Printing Office relating to the Judicial branch, 
including all applicable duties performed under--
            ``(1) chapter 11 relating to Judiciary printing and 
        binding, including printings under section 1120; and
            ``(2) chapter 13 relating to particular reports and 
        documents.
    ``(e) The Public Printer, in consultation with the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives, shall determine the 
respective duties of the Deputy Public Printers under this section.''.
    (b) Compensation.--Section 303 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended in the second sentence by striking out ``the Deputy Public 
Printer'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``each of the Deputy Public 
Printers''.
    (c) Succession.--Section 304 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out ``the Deputy Public Printer'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``one of the Deputy Public Printers designated by the 
President''.
    (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) The table of sections 
for chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking 
out the item relating to section 302 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following new item:

``302. Deputy Public Printers; appointments; duties.''.
    (2) Section 313 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence--
                    (i) by striking out ``Deputy Public Printer'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``3 Deputy Public Printers''; 
                and
                    (ii) by striking out ``Joint Committee on 
                Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Committee on 
                Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Administration of the House of 
                Representatives'';
            (B) in the second sentence--
                    (i) by striking out ``Deputy Public Printer'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``3 Deputy Public Printers''; 
                and
                    (ii) by striking out ``Joint Committee on 
                Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Committee on 
                Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Administration of the House of 
                Representatives''; and
            (C) in the third sentence--
                    (i) by striking out ``Deputy Public Printer'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``3 Deputy Public Printers''; 
                and
                    (ii) by striking out ``Joint Committee on 
                Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Committee on 
                Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Administration of the House of 
                Representatives''.

SEC. 373. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    Section 309(c) of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(2) The annual program submitted under this subsection shall 
include a report on--
            ``(A) the printing costs of each branch of the Government;
            ``(B) with regard to Government publications, a cost 
        comparison of--
                    ``(i) publications published by the Government 
                Printing Office;
                    ``(ii) Federal agency publications that are 
                published by such agency;
                    ``(iii) publications that are published by 
                commercial sources that are not Federal entities under 
                any contract with a Federal agency (other than the 
                Government Printing Office); and
                    ``(iv) publications that are published by 
                commercial sources that are not Federal entities under 
                any contract with the Government Printing Office; and
            ``(C) the cost of all individual printing orders printed 
        under section 501(a)(1)(C).''.

SEC. 374. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.

    Section 1702 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``The 
Legislative Deputy Public Printer appointed under section 302 shall 
also serve as the Superintendent of Documents for no additional 
compensation.''.

SEC. 375. REQUIREMENT OF PRINTING BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 501 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 501. Government printing, binding, and blank-book work to be 
              done at Government Printing Office
    ``(a)(1) All printing, binding, and blank-book work for Congress, 
the Executive Office, the Judiciary, other than the Supreme Court of 
the United States, and every executive department, independent office 
and establishment of the Government, shall be done at the Government 
Printing Office, except--
            ``(A) classes of work the Public Printer considers to be 
        urgent or necessary to have done elsewhere;
            ``(B) printing in field printing plants operated by an 
        executive department, independent office or establishment, and 
        the procurement of printing by an executive department, 
        independent office or establishment from allotments for 
        contract field printing, if approved by the Public Printer;
            ``(C) individual printing orders may be ordered by an 
        executive department or agency costing not more than $1,500, 
        if--
                    ``(i) the work is printed by any executive 
                department or agency; or
                    ``(ii) the work is printed under a contract by a 
                commercial source that is not a Federal entity;
            ``(D) printing for the Central Intelligence Agency, the 
        Defense Intelligence Agency, or the National Security Agency; 
        or
            ``(E) printing from other sources that is specifically 
        authorized by law.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `printing' means 
the process of composition, platemaking, presswork, silk screen 
processes, binding, microform, and the end items of such processes.
    ``(b) Any Federal officer who orders or contracts for an individual 
printing order described under subsection (a)(1)(C) shall include as a 
term of such order or contract that the executive agency or department, 
or the commercial source that provides the printing shall deliver a 
sufficient number of any document printed under such order or contract 
to the Superintendent of Documents for inclusion in the depository 
library program under chapter 19. The Public Printer shall promulgate 
regulations to define the term `sufficient number' for purposes of this 
subsection.
    ``(c) Printing or binding may be done at the Government Printing 
Office only when authorized by law.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 207 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (44 U.S.C. 501 note; Public 
Law 102-392; 106 Stat. 1719) is repealed.

SEC. 376. REPORT ON COSTS FOR PRINTING BY FEDERAL AGENCIES OTHER THAN 
              THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
``Sec. 1124. Report on costs for printing by Federal agencies
    ``No later than November 1 of each year, the head of each Federal 
department and agency shall submit a report to the Public Printer of 
the cost of publishing all Government publications that were published 
by such agency in the preceding fiscal year. Such costs shall not 
include Government publications published by the Government Printing 
Office or under contract with a commercial source that is not a Federal 
entity.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 11 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new item:

``1124. Report on costs for printing by Federal agencies.''.

SEC. 377. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (1) Section 107 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives''.
    (2) Section 208 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (3) Section 4 of the joint resolution entitled ``A joint resolution 
to provide for the printing and distribution of the Precedents of the 
House of Representatives compiled and prepared by Lewis Deschler'', 
approved October 18, 1976 (2 U.S.C. 28e) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a) by striking out ``Joint Committee on 
        Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Committee on Rules 
        and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House 
        Administration of the House of Representatives''; and
            (B) in subsection (b) by striking out ``Joint Committee on 
        Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Committee on Rules 
        and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House 
        Administration of the House of Representatives''.
    (4) Section 3 of the Joint Resolution of December 24, 1970 (2 
U.S.C. 168b) is amended by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``Committee on Rules and Administration 
of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives''.
    (5) Section 145 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives''.
    (6) Section 312 of the Federal Water Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825k) is 
amended by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' each place it 
appears and inserting in each such place ``Public Printer''.
    (7) Section 5(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(c)) is amended by striking out 
``Joint Committee on Printing of the Congress'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (8) Section 7(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 956(c)) is amended by striking out 
``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Public 
Printer''.
    (9) Section 411 of title 28, United States Code, is amended in 
subsection (a) by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (10) Section 602 of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474(18)) is amended--
            (A) by striking out paragraph (18); and
            (B) by redesignating paragraphs (19) through (21) as 
        paragraphs (18) through (20), respectively.
    (11) The table of chapters for title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out the item relating to chapter 1.
    (12) The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 44, United States 
Code, is repealed.
    (13) Section 305 of title 44, United States Code, is amended in 
subsection (a)--
            (A) in the fourth sentence by striking out ``Joint 
        Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Public 
        Printer''; and
            (B) in the fifth sentence by striking out ``either party 
        may appeal to the Joint Committee on Printing, and the decision 
        of the Joint Committee is final.'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``an appeal may be made under subchapter III of chapter 
        71 of title 5.''.
    (14) Section 309 of title 44, United States Code, is amended in 
subsection (a) by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (15) Section 312 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, with the approval of the Joint Committee on 
Printing,''.
    (16) Section 502 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing''.
    (17) Section 504 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``The Joint Committee on Printing may permit the Public 
Printer to'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``The Public Printer may''.
    (18) Section 505 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, under regulations of the Joint Committee on 
Printing''.
    (19) Section 508 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives''.
    (20) Section 509 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``the Public Printer''; and
            (B) by striking out ``, under their direction,''.
    (21) Section 510 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (22) Section 511 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence by striking out ``Joint Committee 
        on Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer'';
            (B) in the second sentence by striking out ``The 
        committee'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``The Public 
        Printer''; and
            (C) in the third sentence by striking out ``The Committee'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``The Public Printer''.
    (23) Section 512 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence by striking out ``Joint Committee 
        on Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer''; 
        and
            (B) by striking out ``the Committee'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``the Public Printer''.
    (24) Section 513 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence by striking out ``standard of 
        quality fixed upon by the Joint Committee on Printing,'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``applicable fixed standard of 
        quality''; and
            (B) in the second sentence by striking out ``the 
        Committee'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``the Public 
        Printer''.
    (25) Section 514 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing shall 
        determine'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer 
        shall apply the provisions of subchapter V of chapter 35 of 
        title 31, United States Code, to resolve''; and
            (B) by striking out ``; and the decision of the Committee 
        is final as to the United States''.
    (26) Section 515 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence by striking out ``report the 
        default to the Joint Committee on Printing, and under its 
        direction,''; and
            (B) in the second sentence by striking out ``, under the 
        direction of the Joint Committee on Printing,''.
    (27) Section 517 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``The Joint Committee on Printing may authorize the Public 
Printer to'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``The Public Printer may''.
    (28) Section 702 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (29) Section 703 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives''.
    (30) Section 707 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``the Joint Committee on Printing may authorize the 
printing of a bill or resolution, with index and ancillaries, in the 
style and form the Joint Committee on Printing considers most suitable 
in the interest of economy and efficiency, and to so continue until 
final enactment in both Houses of Congress. The committee'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``the Public Printer, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate official of the House 
of Representatives, may print a bill or resolution, with index and 
ancillaries, in the style and form the Public Printer considers most 
suitable in the interest of economy and efficiency, and to so continue 
until final enactment in both Houses of Congress. The Public Printer, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate 
official of the House of Representatives''.
    (31) Section 709 of title 44, United States Code, is amended in the 
second sentence by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (32) Section 714 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``The Joint Committee on Printing shall establish rules to 
be observed by the Public Printer,'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``The Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate 
and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives, shall 
establish rules''.
    (33) Section 717 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives''.
    (34) Section 718 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives''.
    (35) Section 721(a) of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence by striking out ``Joint Committee 
        on Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer, 
        in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the 
        appropriate official of the House of Representatives''; and
            (B) in the second sentence by striking out ``The Joint 
        Committee'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``The Public 
        Printer''.
    (36) Section 722 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, under the direction of the Joint Committee on 
Printing,''.
    (37) Section 723 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate official 
        of the House of Representatives''; and
            (B) by striking out ``the Joint Committee'' and inserting 
        in lieu thereof ``the Public Printer, in consultation with the 
        Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate official of the 
        House of Representatives,''.
    (38) Section 724 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (39) Section 728 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives,''.
    (40) Section 738 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives,''.
    (41) Section 901 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives,''.
    (42) Section 902 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``the Public Printer, in consultation with the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives,''.
    (43) Section 903 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives,''.
    (44) Section 904 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives''.
    (45) Section 905 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Senate and the appropriate official of the House of Representatives,''.
    (46) Section 906 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking out ``to the Committee on Printing not to 
        exceed one hundred copies;'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``to 
        the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
        Committee on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives not to exceed one hundred copies each;'';
            (B) by striking out ``to each Joint Committee and Joint 
        Commission in Congress, as may be designated by the Joint 
        Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``to each 
        Joint Committee and Joint Commission in Congress, as may be 
        designated by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
        Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House 
        of Representatives'';
            (C) by striking out ``to the Joint Committee on Printing, 
        ten semimonthly copies;'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``to 
        the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
        Committee on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives, ten semimonthly copies;'';
            (D) by striking out ``of which eight copies may be bound in 
        the style and manner approved by the Joint Committee on 
        Printing;'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``of which eight 
        copies may be bound in the style and manner approved by the 
        Public Printer, in consultation with the appropriate official 
        of the House of Representatives''; and
            (E) by striking out ``Copies of the daily edition, unless 
        otherwise directed by the Joint Committee on Printing, shall be 
        supplied and delivered'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Copies 
        of the daily edition, unless otherwise directed by the Public 
        Printer, shall be supplied and delivered''.
    (47) Section 1108 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, subject to regulation by the Joint Committee on 
Printing,''.
    (48) Section 1112 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Public Printer''.
    (49) Section 1121 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, under direction of the Joint Committee on Printing,''.
    (50) Section 1301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, in accordance with directions of the Joint Committee 
on Printing''.
    (51) Section 1320A of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, and with the approval of the Joint Committee on 
Printing''.
    (52) Section 1333 of title 44, United States Code, is amended in 
subsection (b) by striking out ``Joint Committee on Printing'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``Public Printer, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Senate and the appropriate official of the House of 
Representatives,''.
    (53) Section 1338 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence--
                    (i) by striking out ``, under limitations and 
                conditions prescribed by the Joint Committee on 
                Printing,''; and
                    (ii) by striking out ``under limitations and 
                conditions prescribed by the Joint Committee on 
                Printing''; and
            (B) in the second sentence, by striking out ``Joint 
        Committee on Printing'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Public 
        Printer''.
    (54) Section 1705 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, subject to regulation by the Joint Committee on 
Printing and''.
    (55) Section 1710 of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence by striking out ``, upon a plan 
        approved by the Joint Committee on Printing''; and
            (B) in the fourth sentence by striking out ``as the Joint 
        Committee on Printing directs''.
    (56) Section 1914 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
as provided by section 103 of this title,''.
    (57) Section 5 of the Federal Records Management Amendments of 1976 
(44 U.S.C. 2901 note; Public Law 94-575; 90 Stat. 2727) is amended in 
subsection (b) by striking out ``the Joint Committee on Printing or''.

            Subtitle D--Legislative and Executive Relations

SEC. 381. COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT GOALS AND REPORTS FOR FEDERAL PROGRAM 
              REVIEW.

    (a) Committee Oversight Goals and Reports.--It shall be the 
responsibility of each standing committee of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate to--
            (1) no later than March 1 of each year in which a first 
        session of a Congress occurs, develop, adopt, and submit 
        Committee Review Agendas, which shall list the discretionary 
        programs, entitlement programs, and tax expenditures under the 
        committee's jurisdiction which the committee intends to review 
        during that Congress and the next 3 Congresses;
            (2) coordinate, to the maximum extent practicable, in 
        preparing their oversight agenda with other House and Senate 
        committees having jurisdiction over the same or related laws, 
        programs, or agencies;
            (3) provide, after preparation of the first oversight 
        agenda required under this statute, a separate section in their 
        oversight agenda that summarizes what actions and 
        recommendations occurred with respect to implementing their 
        agenda for that Congress;
            (4) transmit their oversight agenda to the Committee on 
        House Administration of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
        respectively, for consideration during the committee funding 
        process; and
            (5) adopt legislative procedures to assure, to the greatest 
        extent practicable, that any recommendation proposed by the 
        committee under paragraph (3) is considered by the full Senate 
        or House of Representatives.
    (b) Hearings on Inspector General, GAO, and Agency Audit Reports.--
Each committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall 
hold hearings during each Congress for the purpose of reviewing 
appropriate reports relating to the activities of executive agencies 
over which the committee has oversight responsibility filed during the 
preceding Congress, including reports of the inspectors general, the 
General Accounting Office, as well as agency audit reports.

SEC. 382. SUNSET AGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Any law requiring an executive agency to report to 
Congress shall be effective for not to exceed 5 years after the date of 
enactment of such law.
    (b) Laws in Effect.--Any law requiring an executive agency to 
report to Congress in effect on the date of enactment of this Act shall 
expire 5 years after such date unless the law provides for an earlier 
expiration date in which case the law shall expire on the earlier date.

                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act shall become effective January 1, 1995, 
and shall apply to bienniums beginning after September 30, 1995.
    (b) Fiscal Year 1995.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the 
provisions of--
            (1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and
            (2) title 31, United States Code,
(as such provisions were in effect on the day before the effective date 
of this title) shall apply to the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 
1994.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``biennium'' shall have the meaning given to such term in paragraph 
(12) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)), as added by section 302(b)(2) of this 
Act.

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