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106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 93

             To improve and strengthen the budget process.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

 Mr. Domenici (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
 Frist, Mr. Grams, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Mack, 
and Mr. Voinovich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
 and referred jointly pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, to the 
 Committees on the Budget and Governmental Affairs, with instructions 
that if one committee reports, the other committee have thirty days to 
                        report or be discharged

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                                 A BILL


 
             To improve and strengthen the budget process.

    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 ``Budget Enforcement 
Act of 1999''.
            (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
        is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
             TITLE I--BIENNIAL BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 103. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
                            Control Act of 1974.
Sec. 104. Pay-as-you-go in the Senate.
Sec. 105. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 106. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations 
                            Acts.
Sec. 107. Multiyear authorizations.
Sec. 108. Government plans on a biennial basis.
Sec. 109. Biennial appropriations bills.
Sec. 110. Report on two-year fiscal period.
Sec. 111. Effective date.
                  TITLE II--EMERGENCY SPENDING REFORMS

Sec. 201. Emergency designation guidance.
             TITLE III--CLARIFYING CHANGES TO PAY-AS-YOU-GO

Sec. 301. Clarification on the application of section 202 of H. Con. 
                            Res. 67.
Sec. 302. Clarification of pay-as-you-go.
Sec. 303. Clarifications regarding extraneous matter.
TITLE IV--REFORM OF THE SENATE'S CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, 
              BUDGET RESOLUTIONS, AND RECONCILIATION BILLS

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Amendment to title 31.
Sec. 403. Effective date and sunset.
TITLE V--BUDGET ACT AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE SENATE'S CONSIDERATION OF 
               BUDGET RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION BILLS

Sec. 501. Consideration of budget measures in the Senate.
Sec. 502. Definition.
Sec. 503. Conforming the compensation of the director and deputy 
                            director of the Congressional Budget Office 
                            with other legislative branch support 
                            agencies.

             TITLE I--BIENNIAL BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Biennial Budgeting and 
Appropriations Act''.

SEC. 102. 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 Seventh Congress) is as 
follows:

  

                                                 ``First Session
                   ``On or before:        Action to be completed:
 
                   First Monday in        President submits budget recommendations.
                    February.
                   February 15..........  Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees.
                   Not later than 6       Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees.
                    weeks after budget
                    submission.
                   April 1..............  Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.
                   May 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 30..............  House completes action on biennial appropriation bills.
                   August 1.............  Congress completes action on reconciliation legislation.
                   October 1............  Biennium begins.
 
                                                ``Second Session
                   ``On or before:        Action to be completed:
 
                   February 15..........  President submits budget review.
                   Not later than 6       Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees.
                    weeks after
                    President submits
                    budget review.
                   The last day of the    Congress completes action on bills and resolutions authorizing new
                    session.               budget authority for the succeeding biennium.
 

    ``(b) Special Rule.--In the case of any first session of Congress 
that begins in any year immediately following a leap year and during 
which the term of a President (except a President who succeeds himself) 
begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth in 
subsection (a):

  

                                                 ``First Session
                   ``On or before:
                                          Action to be completed:
                   First Monday in April  President submits budget recommendations.
                    April 20............  Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees.
                   May 15...............  Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.
                   June 1...............  Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial
                                           budget.
                   July 1...............  Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House.
                   July 20..............  House completes action on biennial appropriation bills.
                   August 1.............  Congress completes action on reconciliation legislation.
                   October 1............  Biennium begins.''.
 

SEC. 103. 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) Budget resolution.--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) Biennium.--Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) is 
        further amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(11) 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) Contents of resolution.--Section 301(a) of such Act (2 
        U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by--
                            (i) striking ``April 15 of each year'' and 
                        inserting ``May 15 of each odd-numbered year'';
                            (ii) 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''; and
                            (iii) striking ``the fiscal year beginning 
                        on October 1 of such year'' the second place it 
                        appears and inserting ``each fiscal year in 
                        such period'';
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``for the fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``for each fiscal year in the 
                biennium''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ``for the first 
                fiscal year'' and inserting ``for each fiscal year in 
                the biennium''.
            (2) Additional matters.--Section 301(b)(3) of such Act (2 
        U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended by striking ``for such fiscal year'' 
        and inserting ``for either fiscal year in such biennium''.
            (3) Views of other committees.--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) Hearings.--Section 301(e)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        632(e)) is amended by--
                    (A) striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``biennium''; and
                    (B) inserting after the second sentence the 
                following: ``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.''.
            (5) Goals for reducing unemployment.--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) Economic assumptions.--Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 
        U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``for a fiscal year'' 
        and inserting ``for a biennium''.
            (7) Section heading.--The section heading of section 301 of 
        such Act is amended by striking ``annual'' and inserting 
        ``biennial''.
            (8) Table of contents.--The item relating to section 301 in 
        the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is 
        amended by striking ``Annual'' and inserting ``Biennial''.
    (d) Committee Allocations.--Section 302 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``for the first fiscal 
        year of the resolution,'' and inserting ``for each fiscal year 
        in the biennium, for at least each of 4 ensuing fiscal 
        years,'';
            (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``for a fiscal year'' 
        and inserting ``for a biennium'';
            (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``first fiscal year'' 
        and inserting ``each fiscal year of the biennum'';
            (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ``first fiscal 
        year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year of the biennium''; and
            (5) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ``April'' and 
        inserting ``May''.
    (e) Section 303 Point of Order.--
            (1) In general.--Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        634(a)) is amended by striking ``first fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``each fiscal year of the biennium''.
            (2) Exceptions in the house.--Section 303(b)(1) of such Act 
        (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the budget 
                year'' and inserting ``the biennium''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``the biennium''.
            (3) Application to the senate.--Section 303(c)(1) of such 
        Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended by--
                    (A) striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``biennium''; and
                    (B) striking ``that year'' and inserting ``each 
                fiscal year of that biennium''.
    (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) Completion of House Action on Appropriation Bills.--Section 307 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``each year'' and inserting ``each odd-
        numbered year'';
            (2) by striking ``annual'' and inserting ``biennial'';
            (3) by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium''; 
        and
            (4) by striking ``that year'' and inserting ``each odd-
        numbered year''.
    (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 ``biennial''; and
            (3) by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium''.
    (j) Reconciliation Process.--Section 310(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
641(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``any fiscal year'' and inserting ``any biennium''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1) by striking ``such fiscal year'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``any fiscal year covered by 
        such resolution''.
    (k) Section 311 Point of Order.--
            (1) In the house.--Section 311(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        642(a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``for a biennium'';
                    (B) by striking ``the first fiscal year'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``either fiscal year of 
                the biennium''; and
                    (C) by striking ``that first fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium''.
            (2) In the senate.--Section 311(a)(2) of such Act is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``for the first fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``for either fiscal year of the biennium''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``that first fiscal year'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``each fiscal year in 
                the biennium''.
            (3) Social security levels.--Section 311(a)(3) of such Act 
        is amended by--
                    (A) striking ``for the first fiscal year'' and 
                inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium''; and
                    (B) striking ``that fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``each fiscal year in the biennium''.
    (l) MDA Point of Order.--Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting ``for a 
        biennium'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``first fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``either fiscal year in the biennium'';
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``that fiscal year'' and 
        inserting ``either fiscal year in the biennium''; and
            (4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking 
        ``that fiscal year'' and inserting ``the applicable fiscal 
        year''.

SEC. 104. PAY-AS-YOU-GO IN THE SENATE.

    Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 202(b)(2) of House 
Concurrent Resolution 67 (104th Congress) are amended to read as 
follows:
                    ``(A) The period of the biennium covered by the 
                most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the 
                budget.
                    ``(B) The period of the first six fiscal years 
                covered by the most recently adopted concurrent 
                resolution on the budget.
                    ``(C) The period of the four fiscal years following 
                the first six fiscal years covered by the most recently 
                adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.''.

SEC. 105. 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 (11) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and 
        Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).''.
    (b) Budget Contents and Submission to the Congress.--
            (1) Schedule.--The matter preceding paragraph (1) in 
        section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 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 
Seventh 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) Expenditures.--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 4 years''.
            (3) Receipts.--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 4 years''.
            (4) Balance statements.--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) Functions and activities.--Section 1105(a)(12) of title 
        31, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the fiscal 
                year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the 
                biennium''; and
            (6) Allowances.--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) Allowances for uncontrolled expenditures.--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) Tax expenditures.--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) Future years.--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) Prior year outlays.--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 those fiscal years''; and
                    (C) by striking ``in that year'' and inserting ``in 
                those fiscal years''.
            (11) Prior year receipts.--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 those fiscal years''; and
                    (C) by striking ``in that year'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``in those fiscal years''.
    (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 ``the fiscal year for'' the first place it 
        appears and inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium for'';
            (2) by striking ``the fiscal year for'' the second place it 
        appears and inserting ``each fiscal year of the biennium, as 
        the case may be,''; and
            (3) by striking ``that year'' and inserting ``for each year 
        of the biennium''.
    (e) Capital Investment Analysis.--Section 1105(e)(1) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``ensuing fiscal year'' and 
inserting ``biennium to which such budget relates''.
    (f) Supplemental Budget Estimates and Changes.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by--
                            (i) striking ``Before July 16 of each 
                        year,'' and inserting ``Before February 15 of 
                        each even numbered year,''; and
                            (ii) 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 ``4 fiscal 
                years following the biennium''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fiscal year'' 
                and inserting ``biennium''.
            (2) Changes.--Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended by--
                    (A) striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``each fiscal year in the biennium'';
                    (B) striking ``April 11 and July 16 of each year'' 
                and inserting ``February 15 of each even-numbered 
                year''; and
                    (C) striking ``July 16'' and inserting ``February 
                15 of each even-numbered year.''.
    (g) Current Programs and Activities Estimates.--
            (1) In general.--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 1986)'' 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) Joint economic committee.--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)''.
    (h) Year-Ahead Requests for Authorizing Legislation.--Section 1110 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by--
            (1) striking ``May 16'' and inserting ``March 31''; and
            (2) striking ``year before the year in which the fiscal 
        year begins'' and inserting ``calendar year preceding the 
        calendar year in which the biennium begins''.

SEC. 106. 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 each fiscal year in the 
biennium of fiscal years (here insert the fiscal years of the 
biennium).'.
    ``(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. 107. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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

                   ``authorizations of appropriations

    ``Sec. 316. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider--
            ``(1) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
        conference report that authorizes appropriations for a period 
        of less than 2 fiscal years, unless the program, project, or 
        activity for which the appropriations are authorized will 
        require no further appropriations and will be completed or 
        terminated after the appropriations have been expended; and
            ``(2) in any odd-numbered year, any authorization or 
        revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress completes 
        action on the biennial budget resolution, all regular biennial 
        appropriations bills, and all reconciliation bills.
    ``(b) Applicability.--In the Senate, subsection (a) shall not apply 
to--
            ``(1) any measure that is privileged for consideration 
        pursuant to a rule or statute;
            ``(2) any matter considered in Executive Session; or
            ``(3) an appropriations measure or reconciliation bill.''.
    (b) Amendment to Table of Contents.--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. 316. Authorizations of appropriations.''.

SEC. 108. GOVERNMENT PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.

    (a) Strategic Plans.--Section 306 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 30, 1997'' 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2000'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``at least every three years'' and 
                inserting ``at least every 4 years''; and
                    (B) by striking ``five years forward'' and 
                inserting ``six years forward''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after 
        ``section'' the second place it appears and adding ``including 
        a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 1997 meeting the 
        requirements of subsection (a)''.
    (b) Budget Contents and Submission to Congress.--Paragraph (28) of 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``beginning with fiscal year 1999, a'' and inserting ``beginning with 
fiscal year 2002, a biennial''.
    (c) Performance Plans.--Section 1115 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter before paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``section 1105(a)(29)'' and 
                        inserting ``section 1105(a)(28)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``an annual'' and 
                        inserting ``a biennial'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after ``program 
                activity'' the following: ``for both years 1 and 2 of 
                the biennial plan'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5) by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon,
                    (D) in paragraph (6) by striking the period and 
                inserting a semicolon; and inserting ``and'' after the 
                inserted semicolon; and
                    (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the first fiscal 
        year of the next biennial budget cycle.'';
            (2) in subsection (d) by striking ``annual'' and inserting 
        ``biennial''; and
            (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by striking 
        ``annual'' and inserting ``biennial''.
    (d) Managerial Accountability and Flexibility.--Section 9703 of 
title 31, United States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence by striking ``annual''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``section 1105(a)(29)'' and 
                inserting ``section 1105(a)(28)'';
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in the first sentence by striking ``one or'' 
                before ``years'';
                    (B) in the second sentence by striking ``a 
                subsequent year'' and inserting ``for a subsequent 2-
                year period''; and
                    (C) in the third sentence by striking ``three'' and 
                inserting ``four''.
    (e) Pilot Projects for Performance Budgeting.--Section 1119 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by striking 
        ``annual'' and inserting ``biennial''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``annual'' and inserting 
        ``biennial''.
    (f) Strategic Plans.--Section 2802 of title 39, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) is subsection (a), by striking ``September 30, 1997'' 
        and inserting ``September 30, 2000'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``at least every three 
        years'' and inserting ``at least every 4 years'';
            (3) by striking ``five years forward'' and inserting ``six 
        years forward''; and
            (4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after 
        ``section'' the second place it appears and inserting 
        ``including a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 1997 
        meeting the requirements of subsection (a)''.
    (g) Performance Plans.--Section 2803(a) of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking ``an 
        annual'' and inserting ``a biennial'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``program 
        activity'' the following: ``for both years 1 and 2 of the 
        biennial plan'';
            (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the first fiscal 
        year of the next biennial budget cycle.''.
    (h) Committee Views of Plans and Reports.--Section 301(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by adding 
at the end ``Each committee of the Senate or the House of 
Representatives shall review the strategic plans, performance plans, 
and performance reports, required under section 306 of title 5, United 
States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States 
Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each 
committee may provide its views on such plans or reports to the 
Committee on the Budget of the applicable House.''.
    (i) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        take effect on March 1, 2000.
            (2) Agency actions.--Effective on and after the date of 
        enactment of this title, each agency shall take such actions as 
        necessary to prepare and submit any plan or report in 
        accordance with the amendments made by this title.

SEC. 109. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

            ``consideration of biennial appropriations bills

    ``Sec. 317. It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives or the Senate in any odd-numbered year to consider any 
regular bill providing new budget authority or a limitation on 
obligations under the jurisdiction of any of the subcommittees of the 
Committees on Appropriations for only the first fiscal year of a 
biennium, unless the program, project, or activity for which the new 
budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will require no 
additional authority beyond 1 year and will be completed or terminated 
after the amount provided has been expended.''.
    (b) Amendment to Table of Contents.--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. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriations bills.''.

SEC. 110. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this title, 
the Director of OMB shall--
            (1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing the 
        definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on 
        that definition to a 2-year fiscal period with a biennial 
        budget process based on the 2-year period; and
            (2) report the findings of the study to the Committees on 
        the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

SEC. 111. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in sections 108 and 110 and 
subsection (b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall 
take effect on January 1, 2001, and shall apply to budget resolutions 
and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2002.
    (b) Authorizations for the Biennium.--For purposes of 
authorizations for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2002, the 
provisions of this title and the amendments made by this title relating 
to 2-year authorizations shall take effect January 1, 2000.

                  TITLE II--EMERGENCY SPENDING REFORMS

SEC. 201. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION GUIDANCE.

    The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended--
            (1) by adding the following new section at the end of title 
        III:

``SEC. 318. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.

    ``(a) Designations.--
            ``(1) Guidance.--In making a designation of a provision of 
        legislation as an emergency requirement under section 
        251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
        Deficit Control Act of 1985--
                    ``(A) the President shall submit a message to the 
                Congress analyzing whether a proposed emergency 
                requirement meets all the criteria in paragraph (2); 
                and
                    ``(B) the committee report, if any, accompanying 
                that legislation shall analyze whether a proposed 
                emergency requirement meets all the criteria in 
                paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Criteria.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A proposed expenditure or tax 
                change is an emergency requirement if it is--
                            ``(i) necessary, essential, or vital (not 
                        merely useful or beneficial);
                            ``(ii) sudden, quickly coming into being, 
                        and not building up over time;
                            ``(iii) an urgent, pressing, and compelling 
                        need requiring immediate action;
                            ``(iv) subject to subparagraph (B), 
                        unforeseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; 
                        and
                            ``(v) not permanent, temporary in nature.
                    ``(B) Unforeseen.--An emergency that is part of an 
                aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, 
                particularly when normally estimated in advance, is not 
                unforeseen.
            ``(3) Justification for failure to meet criteria.--If the 
        proposed emergency requirement does not meet all the criteria 
        set forth in paragraph (2), the President or the committee 
        report, as the case may be, shall provide a written 
        justification of why the requirement is an emergency.
    ``(b) Point of Order.--
            ``(1) In general.--When the Senate is considering a bill, 
        resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, upon a 
        point of order being made by a Senator against any provision in 
        that measure designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
        section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Presiding Officer 
        sustains that point of order, that provision along with the 
        language making the designation shall be stricken from the 
        measure and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor.
            ``(2) Emergency legislation.--When the Senate is 
        considering an emergency supplemental appropriations bill, an 
        amendment thereto, a motion thereto, or a conference report 
        therefrom, upon a point of order being made by a Senator 
        against any provision in that measure that is not designated as 
        an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or 
        252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
        of 1985 and the Presiding Officer sustains that point of order, 
        that provision shall be stricken from the measure and may not 
        be offered as an amendment from the floor.
            ``(3) Conference reports.--A point of order sustained under 
        this subsection against a conference report shall be disposed 
        of as provided in section 313(d).
    ``(c) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, an emergency 
supplemental appropriations bill is a bill or joint resolution that--
            ``(1) includes a provision designated as an emergency 
        requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the 
        Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;
            ``(2) includes in the long title or short title of that 
        bill or joint resolution any of the following words: emergency, 
        urgent, or disaster; and
            ``(3) appropriates funds in addition to those enacted in 
        the regular appropriations Act for that year as defined in 
        section 1311 of title 31, United States Code.'';
            (2) in subsections (c)(2) and (d)(2) of section 904, by 
        striking ``and 312(c)'' and inserting ``312(c), and 316''; and
            (3) in the table of contents in section 1(a), by adding 
        after the item for section 317 the following:

``318. Emergency legislation.''.

             TITLE III--CLARIFYING CHANGES TO PAY-AS-YOU-GO

SEC. 301. CLARIFICATION ON THE APPLICATION OF SECTION 202 OF H. CON. 
              RES. 67.

    Section 202(b) of H. Con. Res. 67 (104th Congress) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the deficit'' and 
        inserting ``the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget 
        deficit''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6), by--
                    (A) striking ``increases the deficit'' and 
                inserting ``increases the on-budget deficit or causes 
                an on-budget deficit''; and
                    (B) striking ``increase the deficit'' and inserting 
                ``increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget 
                deficit''.

SEC. 302. CLARIFICATION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO.

    (a) In General.--Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``the deficit'' and 
        inserting ``the on-budget deficit or causes an on-budget 
        deficit'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) the estimate of the on-budget surplus for the 
                budget year determined under section 254(c)(3)(D).''.
    (b) Baseline.--Section 254(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) The estimated excess of on-budget receipts 
                over on-budget outlays for the budget year assuming 
                compliance with the discretionary spending limits and 
                that the full adjustments are made under subparagraphs 
                (C), (E), and (F) of section 251(b)(2).''.

SEC. 303. CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING EXTRANEOUS MATTER.

    Section 313(b)(1)(E) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking ``such year;'' and inserting ``such year or such 
increases or decreases, when taken with other provisions in such bill, 
would cause an on-budget deficit in such year;''.

TITLE IV--REFORM OF THE SENATE'S CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, 
              BUDGET RESOLUTIONS, AND RECONCILIATION BILLS

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Government Shutdown Prevention 
Act''.

SEC. 402. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1310 the following new section:
``Sec. 1311. Continuing appropriations
    ``(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does 
not become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year or a joint 
resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect, there is 
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
receipts, and funds, such sums as may be necessary to continue any 
project or activity for which funds were provided in the preceding 
fiscal year--
            ``(A) in the corresponding regular appropriation Act for 
        such preceding fiscal year; or
            ``(B) if the corresponding regular appropriation bill for 
        such preceding fiscal year did not become law, then in a joint 
        resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding 
        fiscal year.
    ``(2) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority 
granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this 
section shall be at a rate of operations not in excess of the lower 
of--
            ``(A) the rate of operations provided for in the regular 
        appropriation Act providing for such project or activity for 
        the preceding fiscal year;
            ``(B) in the absence of such an Act, the rate of operations 
        provided for such project or activity pursuant to a joint 
        resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding 
        fiscal year;
            ``(C) the rate provided in the budget submission of the 
        President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
        Code, for the fiscal year in question; or
            ``(D) the annualized rate of operations provided for in the 
        most recently enacted joint resolution making continuing 
        appropriations for part of that fiscal year or any funding 
        levels established under the provisions of this Act.
    ``(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority 
granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section for a project or 
activity shall be available for the period beginning with the first day 
of a lapse in appropriations and ending with the earlier of--
            ``(A) the date on which the applicable regular 
        appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law (whether or 
        not such law provides for such project or activity) or a 
        continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as the 
        case may be; or
            ``(B) the last day of such fiscal year.
    ``(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or authority 
granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this 
section shall be subject to the terms and conditions imposed with 
respect to the appropriation made or funds made available for the 
preceding fiscal year, or authority granted for such project or 
activity under current law.
    ``(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority 
granted, for any project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to 
this section shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for 
such project or activity during the portion of such fiscal year for 
which this section applies to such project or activity.
    ``(d) Expenditures made for a project or activity for any fiscal 
year pursuant to this section shall be charged to the applicable 
appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a regular appropriation 
bill or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations until the 
end of a fiscal year providing for such project or activity for such 
period becomes law.
    ``(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during 
a fiscal year if any other provision of law (other than an 
authorization of appropriations)--
            ``(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
        grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
        such period; or
            ``(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
        made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
        be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
        period.
    ``(f) In this section, the term `regular appropriation bill' means 
any annual appropriation bill making appropriations, otherwise making 
funds available, or granting authority, for any of the following 
categories of projects and activities:
            ``(1) Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies 
        programs.
            ``(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
        judiciary, and related agencies.
            ``(3) The Department of Defense.
            ``(4) The government of the District of Columbia and other 
        activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues 
        of the District.
            ``(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
        and Education, and related agencies.
            ``(6) The Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 
        sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, 
        and offices.
            ``(7) Energy and water development.
            ``(8) Foreign assistance and related programs.
            ``(9) The Department of the Interior and related agencies.
            ``(10) Military construction.
            ``(11) The Department of Transportation and related 
        agencies.
            ``(12) The Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, 
        the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent 
        agencies.
            ``(13<plus-minus>) The legislative branch.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The analysis of chapter 13 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 1310 the following new item:

``1311. Continuing appropriations.''.
    (c) Protection of Other Obligations.--Nothing in the amendments 
made by this section shall be construed to effect Government 
obligations mandated by other law, including obligations with respect 
to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

SEC. 403. EFFECTIVE DATE AND SUNSET.

    (a) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this title shall apply 
with respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2000.
    (b) Sunset.--The amendments made by this title shall sunset and 
have no force or effect after fiscal year 2001.

TITLE V--BUDGET ACT AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE SENATE'S CONSIDERATION OF 
               BUDGET RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION BILLS

SEC. 501. CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET MEASURES IN THE SENATE.

    (a) Prohibition Against Inclusion of Precatory Language in a Budget 
Resolution.--Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The concurrent resolution 
shall not include precatory language.''.
    (b) Procedure.--Section 305(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Procedure in Senate for the Consideration of a Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget.--
            ``(1) Legislation available.--It shall not be in order to 
        proceed to the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the 
        budget unless the text of that resolution has been available to 
        Members for at least 1 calendar day (excluding Sundays and 
        legal holidays unless the Senate is in session) prior to the 
        consideration of the measure.
            ``(2) Time for debate.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Debate in the Senate on any 
                concurrent resolution on the budget, and all amendments 
                thereto and debatable motions and appeals in connection 
                therewith, shall be limited to not more than 30 hours, 
                except that with respect to any concurrent resolution 
                referred to in section 304(a) all such debate shall be 
                limited to not more than 10 hours. Of this 30 hours, 10 
                hours shall be reserved for general debate on the 
                resolution (including debate on economic goals and 
                policies) and 20 hours shall be reserved for debate of 
                amendments, motions, and appeals. The time for general 
                debate shall be equally divided between, and controlled 
                by, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or 
                their designees.
                    ``(B) Disposition of amendments and other 
                matters.--After no more than 30 hours of debate on the 
                concurrent resolution on the budget, the Senate shall, 
                except as provided in subparagraph (C), proceed, 
                without any further action or debate on any question, 
                to vote on the final disposition thereof.
                    ``(C) Action permitted after 30 hours.--After no 
                more than 30 hours of debate on the concurrent 
                resolution on the budget, the only further action in 
                order shall be disposition of--
                            ``(i) all amendments then pending before 
                        the Senate;
                            ``(ii) all points of order arising under 
                        this Act which have been previously raised; and
                            ``(iii) motions to reconsider and 1 quorum 
                        call on demand to establish the presence of a 
                        quorum (and motions required to establish a 
                        quorum) immediately before the final vote 
                        begins.
        Disposition shall include raising points of order against 
        pending amendments, motions to table, and motions to waive.
            ``(3) Amendments.--
                    ``(A) Debate.--Debate in the Senate on any 
                amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
                shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided 
                between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager 
                of the concurrent resolution, and debate on any 
                amendment to an amendment, debatable motion, or appeal 
                shall be limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided 
                between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager 
                of the concurrent resolution, except that in the event 
                the manager of the concurrent resolution is in favor of 
                any such amendment, motion, or appeal, the time in 
                opposition thereto shall be controlled by the Minority 
                Leader or his designee. No amendment that is not 
                germane to the provisions of that concurrent resolution 
                shall be received. An amendment that includes precatory 
                language shall not be considered germane. Such leaders, 
                or either of them, may, from the time for general 
                debate under their control on the adoption of the 
                concurrent resolution, allot additional time to any 
                Senator during the consideration of any amendment, 
                debatable motion, or appeal.
                    ``(B) Filing of amendments.--Except by unanimous 
                consent, no amendment shall be proposed after 15 hours 
                of debate of a concurrent resolution on the budget have 
                elapsed, unless it has been submitted in writing to the 
                Journal Clerk by the 15th hour if an amendment in the 
                first degree (or if a complete substitute for the 
                underlying measure), and unless it has been so 
                submitted by the 20th hour if an amendment to an 
                amendment (or an amendment to the language proposed to 
                be stricken).
                    ``(C) Recognition.--For the purpose of providing an 
                opportunity for the offering amendments in the first 
                degree (or amendments which are a complete substitute 
                for the underlying measure), the Presiding Officer of 
                the Senate shall alternate recognition between members 
                of the majority party and the minority party. No 
                Senator shall call up more than a total of 2 amendments 
                until every other Senator shall have had the 
                opportunity to do likewise.
                    ``(D) Limitation on number of second degree 
                amendments.--No more than a total of 2 consecutive 
                amendments to any amendment may be offered by either 
                the majority or minority party.
            ``(4) Debate.--General debate time may only be yielded back 
        by unanimous consent and a motion to further limit the time for 
        general debate shall be debatable for 30 minutes. A motion to 
        recommit (except a motion to recommit with instructions to 
        report back within a specified number of days, not to exceed 3, 
        not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session) is 
        not in order. Debate on any such motion to recommit shall be 
        limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
        controlled by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent 
        resolution.
            ``(5) Mathematical consistency.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other rule, 
                and except as provided in subparagraph (B), an 
                amendment or series of amendments to a concurrent 
                resolution on the budget proposed in the Senate shall 
                always be in order if such amendment or series of 
                amendments proposes to change any figure or figures 
                then contained in such concurrent resolution so as to 
                make such concurrent resolution mathematically 
                consistent or so as to maintain such consistency.
                    ``(B) Effect of adoption of substitute 
                amendments.--Once an amendment to an amendment (which 
                is a complete substitute for the underlying amendment) 
                has been agreed to, no further amendments to the 
                underlying amendment shall be in order.''.
    (c) Conference Reports in the Senate.--Section 305(c) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(c) Action on Conference Reports in the Senate.--
            ``(1) Motion to proceed.--A motion to proceed to the 
        consideration of the conference report on any concurrent 
        resolution on the budget (or a reconciliation bill or 
        resolution) may be made even though a previous motion to the 
        same effect has been disagreed to.
            ``(2) Consideration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--During the consideration in the 
                Senate of the conference report (or a message between 
                Houses) on any concurrent resolution on the budget, and 
                all amendments in disagreement, and all amendments 
                thereto, and debatable motions and appeals in 
connection therewith, debate shall be limited to 10 hours, to be 
equally divided between, and controlled by, the Majority Leader and 
Minority Leader or their designees. Debate on any debatable motion or 
appeal related to the conference report (or a message between Houses) 
shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
controlled by, the mover and the manager of the conference report (or a 
message between Houses).
                    ``(B) Disposition.--After no more than 10 hours of 
                debate on the conference report (or message between 
                Houses) accompanying a concurrent resolution on the 
                budget, and all amendments in disagreement, and all 
                amendments thereto, the Senate shall, except as 
                provided in subparagraph (C), proceed, without any 
                further action or debate on any question, to vote on 
                the final disposition thereof.
                    ``(C) Action permitted after 10 hours.--After no 
                more than 10 hours of debate on the conference report 
                (or message between the Houses) accompanying a 
                concurrent resolution on the budget, and all amendments 
                in disagreement, and all amendments thereto, the only 
                further action in order shall be disposition of: all 
                amendments then pending before the Senate; all points 
                of order arising under this Act which have been 
                previously raised; and motions to reconsider and 1 
                quorum call on demand to establish the presence of a 
                quorum (and motions required to establish a quorum) 
                immediately before the final vote begins. Disposition 
                shall include raising points of order against pending 
                amendments, motions to table, and motions to waive.
            ``(3) Conference report defeated.--Should the conference 
        report be defeated, debate on any request for a new conference 
        and the appointment of conferees shall be limited to 1 hour, to 
        be equally divided between, and controlled by, the manager of 
        the conference report and the Minority Leader or his designee, 
        and should any motion be made to instruct the conferees before 
        the conferees are named, debate on that motion shall be limited 
        to one-half hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled 
        by, the mover and the manager of the conference report. Debate 
        on any amendment to any such instructions shall be limited to 
        20 minutes, to be equally divided between and controlled by the 
        mover and the manager of the conference report. In all cases 
        when the manager of the conference report is in favor of any 
        motion, appeal, or amendment, the time in opposition shall be 
        under the control of the minority leader or his designee.
            ``(4) Amendments in disagreement.--In any case in which 
        there are amendments in disagreement, time on each amendment 
        shall be limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided between, 
        and controlled by, the manager of the conference report and the 
        Minority Leader or his designee. No amendment that is not 
        germane to the provisions of such amendments shall be 
        received.''.
    (c) Reconciliation.--Section 310(e) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Procedure in the Senate.--The provisions of section 305 for 
the consideration in the Senate of concurrent resolutions on the budget 
and conference reports thereon, except for the provisions of subsection 
(b)(5) of that section, shall also apply to the consideration in the 
Senate of reconciliation bills considered under subsection (b) and 
conference reports thereon.''.

SEC. 502. DEFINITION.

    Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
adding the following new paragraph:
            ``(13) The term `major functional category' means the 
        allocation of budget authority and outlays separated into the 
        following subtotals:
                    ``(A) Defense discretionary.
                    ``(B) Nondefense discretionary.
                    ``(C) Direct spending.
                    ``(D) If deemed necessary, other subsets of 
                discretionary and direct spending.''.

SEC. 503. CONFORMING THE COMPENSATION OF THE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY 
              DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE WITH OTHER 
              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SUPPORT AGENCIES.

    Section 201(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``(III)'' and 
        inserting ``(II)''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``(IV)'' and 
        inserting ``(III)''.
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