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	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code>
		<congress>112th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>H. R. 3577</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20111207">December 7, 2011</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="R000587">Mr. Ribble</sponsor> (for
			 himself, <cosponsor name-id="R000570">Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="H001036">Mr. Hensarling</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S001188">Mr. Stutzman</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="R000592">Mr. Rokita</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="G000570">Mr. Guinta</cosponsor>, and
			 <cosponsor name-id="L000575">Mr. Lankford</cosponsor>) introduced the following
			 bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBU00">Committee
			 on the Budget</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committees on
			 <committee-name committee-id="HRU00">Rules</committee-name> and
			 <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Oversight and Government
			 Reform</committee-name>, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
			 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
			 jurisdiction of the committee concerned</action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To establish biennial budgets for the United States
		  Government.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body id="H8174E48305DA4F0CAF924BACE52067FA" style="OLC">
		<section id="H77A557784D8745B5A04221F30348A474" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
			 <quote><short-title>Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced
			 Oversight Act of 2011</short-title></quote>.</text>
		</section><title id="H5D83F45D88F944A798F5C9464F85724D"><enum>I</enum><header>Congressional
			 budget process</header>
			<section id="H103352914F424D78BB267F2735F9C6DB"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the
			 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are amended to read as
			 follows:</text>
				<quoted-block id="HDC4FF10D5D7343158E6648B0B15EE2FA" style="OLC">
					<paragraph id="HABA40685359644008DD3640F2661FA34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to assure
				effective control over the budgetary process;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HB11E6463A1BC4777AB28348285D61786"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to facilitate the
				determination biennially of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and
				expenditures by the Congress and the
				President;</text>
					</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
			</section><section id="HFCC9B641063B4908B2F6E35D25E40F4D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of
			 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
				<quoted-block id="H1F1E1EB6C73C4EB1A80931BF62EC2348" style="OLC">
					<paragraph id="HA33524E353CC44D0A037DBE70B1BE852"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The term
				<term>direct spending</term> has the meaning given to such term in section
				250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
				1985.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFE5416BB41B42D6AC361035998E4B1C"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The term
				<term>biennium</term> means the period of 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning
				on October 1 of any odd-numbered
				year.</text>
					</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
			</section><section id="H5CEF58BD274F4281B52E1C53C7B63219"><enum>103.</enum><header>Revision of
			 timetable</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 300 of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as
			 follows:</text>
				<quoted-block id="HB7562BEE522A4B30B36F614430552801" style="traditional">
					<section id="H22895DEEB7A34EB18BFE974A16CA0C8D"><enum>300.</enum><header>Timetable</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H19B6B10DD7B141148A741B2F869ADD24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
				General</header><text>Except as provided by subsection (b), the timetable with
				respect to the congressional budget process for any Congress (beginning with
				the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress or a subsequent Congress, as applicable) is
				as follows:</text>
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								<ttitle>First Session</ttitle>
								<tgroup cols="2" grid-typeface="1.1" no-carding="1" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="10"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="298pts" min-data-value="125"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column2" colwidth="384pts" min-data-value="175"></colspec>
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										<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
						completed:</bold></entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">First Monday in February</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget
						recommendations.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February
						15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget
						Committees.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Not
						later than 6 weeks after budget submission</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates
						to Budget Committees.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
						1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Budget
						Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
						15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on
						the biennial budget.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">May
						15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the
						House of Representatives.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
						10</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
						Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
						15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on reconciliation
						legislation.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
						30</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
						completes action on biennial appropriation bills.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">October
						1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennium
						begins.</entry>
										</row>
									</tbody>
								</tgroup>
							</table>
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								<ttitle>Second Session</ttitle>
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									<tbody>
										<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
						completed:</bold></entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">February
						15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget review.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Not
						later than 6 weeks after President submits budget review</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congressional Budget
						Office submits report to Budget Committees.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">The last
						day of the session</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on bills and resolutions
						authorizing new budget authority for the succeeding biennium.</entry>
										</row>
									</tbody>
								</tgroup>
							</table>
						</subsection><subsection id="HDA02BD8109EF4B25B02D16B2659BDAEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
				Rule</header><text>In the case of any first session of Congress that begins in
				any year during which the term of a President (except a President who succeeds
				himself) begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth in
				subsection (a):</text>
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								<ttitle>First Session</ttitle>
								<tgroup cols="2" grid-typeface="1.1" no-carding="1" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="10"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="162pts" min-data-value="125"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column2" colwidth="424pts" min-data-value="175"></colspec>
									<tbody>
										<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr"><bold>On or before:</bold></entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"><bold>Action to be
						completed:</bold></entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">First
						Monday in April</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">President submits budget recommendations.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">April
						20</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Committees submit views and estimates to Budget
						Committees.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">May
						15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Budget
						Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
						1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress
						completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">June
						1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennial
						appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">July
						1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
						Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">July
						15</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Congress completes action on reconciliation
						legislation.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">July
						20</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">House
						completes action on biennial appropriation bills.</entry>
										</row>
										<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">October
						1</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">Biennium
						begins.</entry>
										</row>
									</tbody>
								</tgroup></table>
						</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
			</section><section id="HD2A9AED8E0724DB9825186873D97B897"><enum>104.</enum><header>Biennial
			 concurrent resolutions on the budget</header>
				<subsection id="HF66CD56C5B994ADFA82F56E3BA700074"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contents of
			 resolution</header><text>Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
			 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H886DF92443704B47A65D8587CE1EA022"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
			 preceding paragraph (1), by—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H8EB2EE4771D249978731906AA8DAE202"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>April 15 of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>April 15 of each
			 odd-numbered year</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H429B6A5EE83A4EE885E8AE1CD208C4FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year</quote> the first
			 place it appears and inserting <quote>the biennium beginning on October 1 of
			 such year</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA55219DDD0434E508D4E2834F0251546"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year</quote> the second
			 place it appears and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in such period</quote>;
			 and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC8CFD1C138C4E008747153CE3E9CB39"><enum>(D)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>each of the four ensuing fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>each
			 fiscal year in the next 2 bienniums</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEDDFF061D762427CA7EAD57751421418"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
			 paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
						<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE76CCAE56E841C4A135F92FE07FE18E" style="OLC">
							<paragraph id="H0587EF66FB4D4B6FA1DD7183370C3761"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subtotals of new budget authority and
				outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending,
				Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, other direct spending
				(excluding interest), and net
				interest;</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H64FDEB7932FC464E8C1C49875A2215B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
			 by striking <quote>for the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each
			 fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A8C5A70522B44F68E0EDD4EAA3C712E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
			 by striking <quote>for the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each
			 fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0940FA1D10548E89AB30F73553D7B73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
			 Matters in concurrent resolution</header><text>Section 301(b) of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H2EEDEE3378584D949F89F1038FB3D236"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
			 paragraph (1), and by striking paragraphs (6) through (9);</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AE305E05A714B20941B3D1932F89F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
			 paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4),
			 respectively;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D49E438C2F74B41AF9087F6C2425FCC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
			 as redesignated, by striking <quote>for such fiscal year</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>for either fiscal year in such biennium</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H885761CAF4E34DB1B822FFBF787CA115"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
			 paragraph (3), as redesignated, and inserting the following:</text>
						<quoted-block id="H1582286EA45F43CFB99D454041B72AB0">
							<paragraph id="H2FBF53DE7A0F44DEA0B42F3B6CA72BF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>set forth such
				other matters, and require such other procedures, relating to the budget as may
				be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, but shall not include a
				suspension or alteration of the application of the motion to strike a provision
				as set forth in section 310(d)(2) or
				(h)(2)(F).</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDD83FF39122495C94644BA9DBBAC57B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Views of other
			 committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301(d) of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by inserting
			 <quote>(or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b))</quote> after
			 <quote>United States Code</quote> and by adding at the end the following new
			 sentences: <quote>Each committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives
			 shall review the strategic plans, performance plans, and performance reports
			 required under section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 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.</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="H3307FFE1D7F94785AFB7B10BA7ECB682"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Hearings and
			 report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301(e) of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H8DBEACBDE3614343BDF1BBB95AD4A4A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
			 (1)—</text>
						<subparagraph id="HE2BCB585E76946CCB52C1A7EB3722469"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB407655094A4755A453AD1986844F87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
			 the second sentence the following: <quote>On or before April 1 of each
			 odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b)), the
			 Committee on the Budget of each House shall report to its House the concurrent
			 resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) for the biennium
			 beginning on October 1 of that year.</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6CCA9F587984A2D9A606749B275F961"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
			 (2)—</text>
						<subparagraph id="HA8BCB0B4ABCF45D588FCBECDE302C0EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
			 subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (E),
			 (F), (H), and (I), respectively;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7659878510E64CDCB3DB85FFA9A5F58F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>before
			 subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), by inserting the following new
			 subparagraph:</text>
							<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3206CC2C456B4B79BEDAB4FE3F05408B" style="OLC">
								<subparagraph id="HB14324F223974E6AADDCD8CB77761E06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new budget
				authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations
				of the total levels set forth pursuant to subsection
				(a)(1);</text>
								</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F5AC716DAA6485BA2C170AC3E5779B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
			 (C) (as redesignated), by striking <quote>mandatory</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>direct spending</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C5A5AD7A3B544FF8BD7360EF4C30A93"><enum>(D)</enum><text>after subparagraph
			 (C) (as redesignated), by inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
							<quoted-block id="H2280C7C5EC7E4A848D3299793E1CF724" style="OLC">
								<subparagraph id="H5DF349B71F694043BA71DACA34451648"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">total outlays, total Federal revenues, the
				surplus or deficit, and new budget authority and outlays for nondefense
				discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and
				other health-related spending, other direct spending (excluding interest),
				social security and other major functional categories, as appropriate, and net
				interest as set forth in such resolution as a percentage of the gross domestic
				product of the United States;</text>
								</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
				and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC10BCE195004FB992245C39D33E3041"><enum>(E)</enum><text>after subparagraph
			 (F) (as redesignated), by inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
							<quoted-block id="H651290529EFB49FC8B7D945368386C17" style="OLC">
								<subparagraph id="H7E5C0D2DE375433C9F1D37A8B3132A57"><enum>(G)</enum><text>if the concurrent
				resolution on the budget includes any allocation to a committee other than the
				Committee on Appropriations of levels in excess of current law levels, a
				justification for not subjecting any program, project, or activity (for which
				the allocation is made) to annual discretionary
				appropriations;</text>
								</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
				and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD238A6C92B024255976E1A3B1E02967B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
			 (3)—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H09C13C0C2D3F40D0AD8FAB48C331F1D0"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD32F5E014AA34106A1D6E412D1E219BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating
			 subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;</text>
							</clause><clause id="HAFE3F3B8BB4F456383DA765B6C463B62" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (C) and
			 (D);</text>
							</clause><clause id="H9C45B3A1C1824847B163B9C3DB8CB41A" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E)
			 as subparagraph (D); and</text>
							</clause><clause id="H4C08A751AB4E4FCEB0FA3DBD965BF4D8" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking the period and the end
			 of subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and inserting <quote>;
			 and</quote>;</text>
							</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD64CE1B230A24B5EBD42300873BCA658"><enum>(B)</enum><text>before
			 subparagraph (B), by inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
							<quoted-block id="HC18A7370441B46A8BBE56BD8CF3135FC" style="OLC">
								<subparagraph id="HB47AD9DA3DDA4B96B5EBD82587DA2A76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>new budget
				authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations
				of the total levels set forth pursuant to subsection
				(a)(1);</text>
								</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
				and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H096DD6F34052434299F5926ECE52EC9D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>at the end, by
			 adding the following new subparagraph:</text>
							<quoted-block id="HEF52601AA93D4B5BB6B0DA2DEC9FB4DD" style="OLC">
								<subparagraph id="HA5BEB48005BB45BBA7A8EDE4F3860AFD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>set forth, if
				required by subsection (f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion of the
				Congress, the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of the
				Employment Act of 1946 should be
				achieved.</text>
								</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3AE0C238FD764538BC541ED91DBD0B5C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Goals for
			 reducing unemployment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
			 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by
			 striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting
			 <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="HCFCE35C8EA174D5C9B48CBEC03034E2D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Economic
			 assumptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301(g)(1)
			 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is amended by
			 striking <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
			 biennium</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="HD43155046DBD431DAC605CE6E13F7CDF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Section
			 heading</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The section heading
			 of section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking
			 <quote><header-in-text style="traditional">annual</header-in-text></quote> and
			 inserting <quote><header-in-text style="traditional">biennial</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="H33EBBF0B08384428AFBDE50720D59CFB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Table of
			 contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The item relating to
			 section 301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking <quote>Annual</quote>
			 and inserting <quote>Biennial</quote>.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="H191A541783B54946A5C2C01512325A35"><enum>105.</enum><header>Committee
			 allocations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended—</text>
				<paragraph id="H7113094B48F042AA82FDA9225F99A708"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
			 (a)(1) by—</text>
					<subparagraph id="H1F98C3612A6641E0ADA533B2223EDFAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>for the first fiscal year of the resolution,</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>for each fiscal year in the biennium,</quote>;</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7838E0944D684EF5B67CAE487AF931A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>for that period of fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>for all
			 fiscal years covered by the resolution</quote>; and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FECED13F6E54A8F9055802F897B14C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>for the fiscal year of that resolution</quote> and inserting <quote>for
			 each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>;</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22816D6821F5428CAA097BE0E44B35EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the first
			 sentence of subsection (b), by striking <quote>subsection (a)</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>subsection (a)(1)</quote>;</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA6C0F6C0C3F4F7FAE531AAE05874168"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
			 (f)(1)—</text>
					<subparagraph id="H169F37AB8C1445199F16286181E71264"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
			 biennium</quote>;</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A4DCD7EB1B74482BA84D29E73835622"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal year of the
			 biennium</quote>; and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF65A00E556B14C46AF6573C02337D29E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>as
			 reported</quote>;</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAE1B55BC79E84A29BC405F932FDE68FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
			 (f)(2)(A), by—</text>
					<subparagraph id="H9359CF1676B04D338ACB6AE66EFA0E6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year of the
			 biennium</quote>; and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7FD1546C9464171A4CFE705E65030BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>the total of fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>the total of all
			 fiscal years covered by the resolution</quote>; and</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5CAD4345D6874F94995E403ADEAA318F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
			 subsection (g).</text>
				</paragraph></section><section id="HE30A2305863E4C4E9FFC099D48F6022E"><enum>106.</enum><header>Multiyear
			 authorizations of appropriations</header>
				<subsection id="H31741B010AB44D678E410C0DE96CE507"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 315 the
			 following new section:</text>
					<quoted-block id="HC73AB78236F94533A2841824BAEF6139" style="traditional">
						<section id="H24E26E4DE1BF489491857BA8CE170981"><enum>316.</enum><header>Multiyear authorizations of
		  appropriations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAA78766B9F0B49FE8A52B9F9863A5BB4"><enum>(a)</enum><text>It shall not be in order
				in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure that
				contains an authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the measure
				includes such an authorization of appropriations for that purpose for not less
				than each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.</text>
							</subsection><subsection id="H2747052ECE0946AC891299BFA009D7B1"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB6D48C01BE0249ABBCFEED6FD3099410"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of this
				section, an authorization of appropriations is an authorization for the
				enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed an amount of
				appropriations (whether stated as a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as
				may be necessary) for any purpose for a fiscal year.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="H214D8B31FB934FC39C7EFDBEA35D04FC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (a) does not apply with
				respect to an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year for any
				program, project, or activity if the measure containing that authorization
				includes a provision expressly stating the following: <quote>Congress finds
				that no authorization of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of
				applicable program, project, or activity] for any subsequent fiscal
				year.</quote>.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C8FEEE59EA941F0BB810D27B6D84A7B"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of
				this section, the term <term>measure</term> means a bill, joint resolution,
				amendment, motion, or conference
				report.</text>
							</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H43A2BABB69554F129C2B867C9E3EAE69"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendment</header><text>The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
			 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
			 inserting after the item relating to section 315 the following new item:</text>
					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A3F73F624D94A76BC03C3832A842713" style="OLC">
						<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
							<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of
				appropriations.</toc-entry>
						</toc>
						<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection></section><section id="H18221E2D26714F68AF235D3D493502AD"><enum>107.</enum><header>Additional
			 amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to effectuate biennial
			 budgeting</header>
				<subsection id="H09909DA87DA442769D1725F190A1127B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and
			 Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following
			 new paragraphs:</text>
					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H769E4908317E47B0A79308ADB03792D0" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="HB1EDCDEA1E5B4018926A289073DD0FFF"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Medicare</term> means
				programs within budget function 570.</text>
						</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF1A697814114F0A81F193F2949BAB6C"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Medicaid and other
				health-related spending</term> means programs within budget function
				550.</text>
						</paragraph><paragraph id="H42941FFDEE7E46E38CA518B0AF3D249E"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>other direct spending</term>
				means programs other than those within budget functions 550 and 570, excluding
				Social Security and net
				interest.</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H868C978EC4A54944A46706272AB73935"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Completion of
			 House Committee action on appropriation bills</header><text>Section 307 of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="HCD9ADB3466EE4CC194CF95EF7BC51720"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>each year</quote> and inserting <quote>each odd-numbered year (or, if
			 applicable, as provided by section 300(b), July 1)</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H47985E4269164E54B9CC30C8ECA622B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C2F2EE582814515860803A8E9CA15F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H0108CD18B2234D7782B82A96CCA2BDB1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>that year</quote> and inserting <quote>each odd-numbered
			 year</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2900F76B1D6F4FD4BA8A1650161C6CAE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Completion of
			 House action on regular appropriation bills</header><text>Section 309 of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="HBE9581882FEE4206B74164F3CDB9F2BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>It</quote> and inserting <quote>Except whenever section 300(b) is
			 applicable, it</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H6271492ACDE8472BB2D36DB874CBE9FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
			 <quote>of any odd-numbered calendar year</quote> after
			 <quote>July</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C725BC3032D4DD687525D3748C7126A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H9FBA0BA3A6BA401C9038290E74F43051"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD2A5AA9EA7940AF93A3D0E555595C66"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reconciliation
			 process</header><text>Section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
			 U.S.C. 641) is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H1E09BB122EB74738A5FC45D7DC9D45CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
			 in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>any fiscal
			 year</quote> and inserting <quote>any biennium</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H6960CDA973D341AC9D46BBE320561817"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
			 (a)(1), by striking <quote>such fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and
			 inserting <quote>any fiscal year covered by such resolution</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H65AA10705CF7494E8245AAAF58F46399"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
			 subsection (f) and redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A8022BE5322422CA97E1D79D298A202"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Section
			 <enum-in-header>311</enum-in-header> Point of order</header>
					<paragraph id="H37E5DDB6339B4CDCB5FD896479D0B807"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In the House of
			 Representatives</header><text>Section 311(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act
			 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H405A712F2FE640ECA268CC233D25B796"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
			 biennium</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E8B39E80B6D4E3086536E8789CB74EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>the first fiscal year</quote> each place it appears and inserting
			 <quote>either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF492B7DF14A4148A4C5133A8CCCEC83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>that first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in
			 the biennium</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF970BF7BCB64406CB6F9B0D51E9BC3D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In the
			 Senate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 311(a)(2) of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="HFF0D2A1E97AB4B99ABE9182699EC29BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
			 (A), by striking <quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>for either fiscal year of the biennium</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECC75959F9664D8B874307224E210F48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
			 (B)—</text>
							<clause id="HDCB735ECC29A4A7F90A3C937E362345F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
			 striking <quote>that first fiscal year</quote> the first place it appears and
			 inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
							</clause><clause id="H0C79D5B5CA87487AAA3A6F668B9B9EDE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
			 striking <quote>that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>all fiscal years</quote>.</text>
							</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A754CF10E904B53BAAE0674EDC6C21A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Social security
			 levels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 311(a)(3) of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by—</text>
						<subparagraph id="HD2140799508D417AB6AECBD2B038F706"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>for the first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year
			 in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1E20EE5CBF745428E3D36123ABECE55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>all fiscal years</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4FA89EE7C4234FCE915986802D7E43F5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Section
			 311(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting
			 <quote>with respect to new budget authority or outlays</quote> after
			 <quote>shall not apply</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82D3E902B8EC4780AD1053BA4837649B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Maximum deficit
			 amount point of order</header><text>Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget
			 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H44F267E76FA6472AA5265B57529B2A63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>for a fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>for a
			 biennium</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HD49E588A91B5442795EDBFBB3963F8EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
			 by striking <quote>first fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal
			 year in the biennium</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H938FFB10265241A0BB2C824C36519F1A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
			 by striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>either fiscal
			 year in the biennium</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HB86F776BFC0A459BAF651013432C2647"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the matter
			 following paragraph (2), by striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>the applicable fiscal year</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection></section></title><title id="H39733FEAB1CC472C99E6B3C8EC190882"><enum>II</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Balanced Budget
			 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the Congressional Budget Act of
			 1974</header>
			<section id="H7954B47F3E6B4F85BAFAD35B253FB8B7"><enum>201.</enum><header>Amendments to
			 the Rules of the House of Representatives to effectuate biennial
			 budgeting</header>
				<subsection id="H84C00D1C69E34B6BB061B15887122799"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Clause 2(a) of
			 rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at
			 the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
					<quoted-block id="HE52E71501BEA4C5A8B2538C89EE81DDD" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="H49C18CA5B319477381EB66E443E6A654" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4B503F74DD6C49388DC5AB716BCD2F8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided by
				subdivision (B), an appropriation may not be reported in a general
				appropriation bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and may not
				be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it provides new budget authority or
				establishes a level of obligations under contract authority for each fiscal
				year of a biennium.</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H994DB092892F414C8E966B66C5CD4341" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subdivision (A) does not apply with
				respect to an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, project,
				or activity if the bill or amendment thereto containing that appropriation
				includes a provision expressly stating the following: <quote>Congress finds
				that no additional funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the
				[Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity] will be completed or
				terminated after the amount provided has been expended.</quote>.</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D8B7952AC3D49F8A6C4979400833563" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (b), the
				statement set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropriation for a
				single fiscal year for any program, project, or activity may be included in a
				general appropriation bill or amendment
				thereto.</text>
							</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FC7FD276C764B11B4EFBF33D8EEF9CA"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Clause 4(a)(1)(A)
			 of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting
			 <quote>odd-numbered</quote> after <quote>each</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="H6FF3E5BE634643888BABAA8C9BE0A228"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Clause 4(a)(4) of
			 rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
			 <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="H033B5C6468FF46D5BFBAE78F3F1E62E3"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Clause 4(b)(2) of
			 rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
			 <quote>each fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>the
			 biennium</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="H485DDC9075EF42A68D2D9449075BE3E8"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Clause 4(b) of
			 rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
			 <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and
			 inserting <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding at
			 the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
					<quoted-block id="HE2BFAEC0C2E946289DE2986EBED824E0" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="HA4E6468DE4DD458CBA2E7B168364BEFA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>use the second
				session of each Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic
				implications.</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="HFB2FCDC72A0C4ACBA95F424ADB62369D"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Clause 4(e) of
			 rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
			 <quote>annually</quote> each place it appears and inserting
			 <quote>biennially</quote> and by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>biennial</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="H5ADB3CC7D0A441CFB63430F4571149B9"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Clause 4(f) of
			 rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H5BB2407D70E74544B570DB252151475B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
			 <quote>during each odd-numbered year</quote> after <quote>the submission of the
			 budget by the President</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H1920483E10FC4C9EB87D3527D4F0F971"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>fiscal year</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
			 <quote>biennium</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E6C3BB1E03C47F48CC041FEBDBFB0A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in such
			 ensuing biennium</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9DE3C40AE7D24055A6A03FB13F32C385"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Clause 5(b)(1) of
			 rule XXII of the House of Representatives is amended by striking <quote>or
			 (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>or (3) or 2(c)</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="H1D085CCC9F7D4B068DA6E744991C13EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Clause 11(i) of
			 rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
			 <quote>during the same or preceding fiscal year</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="H3D1DAC2C6B324D5EA4E20943CF7B3906"><enum>(j)</enum><text>Clause 3(d)(2)(A)
			 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by
			 striking <quote>five</quote> both places it appears and inserting
			 <quote>six</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="HF53A936837714A468147C45242CA9C0E"><enum>(k)</enum><text>Clause 5(a)(1) of
			 rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
			 <quote>fiscal year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>biennium after September 15 of the calendar year in which such
			 biennium begins</quote>.</text>
				</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H2CB6BBD6BF8B40C8A7BB82C4F416AD2B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Additional
			 amendment to the Rules of the House of Representatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Clause 8 of rule XXI of the Rules of the
			 House of Representatives is repealed and clauses 9 and 11 are redesignated as
			 clauses 8 and 9, respectively.</text>
			</section><section commented="no" id="HA676C4A2C96A4001AD7E37C02834A21A"><enum>203.</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974</header>
				<subsection commented="no" id="HEE4D72E62A82479CA70E82AA8690FDE2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section
			 202(<enum-in-header>e</enum-in-header>)</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202(e)(1)(C) of the Congressional
			 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking <quote>(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes
			 assumed to be extended under section 257(b)(2)(C)</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HECE7979B3D6B4BAEBA4184F5B9393EB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Section
			 302(<enum-in-header>a</enum-in-header>)(1)</header><text>Section 302(a)(1) of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking <quote>(except in
			 the case of the Committee on Appropriations only for the fiscal year of that
			 resolution)</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HACD70D8405F24A48B9AF9032004FE63F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Section
			 302(<enum-in-header>f</enum-in-header>)(1)</header><text>Section 302(f)(1) of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting <quote>or
			 outlays</quote> after <quote>new budget authority</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H087B332C023D4BD48520B3EA1F37785D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Section
			 308(<enum-in-header>a</enum-in-header>)</header><text>Section 308(a)(3)(C) of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed.</text>
				</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H915C6430F5E54978B48A545D4508125B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Section
			 308(<enum-in-header>d</enum-in-header>)</header><text>Section 308(d) of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking
			 <quote>252(d)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>252(c)</quote>.</text>
				</subsection></section></title><title id="H799E8147029643DAA3E1777532EB2912"><enum>III</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments to titles 1, 5, 31, and 39, United States Code</header>
			<section id="HF16C5F05BCDA44C6B4C11D852931AEF0"><enum>301.</enum><header>Two-year
			 appropriations; title and style of appropriation Acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105 of title 1, United States Code,
			 is amended to read as follows:</text>
				<quoted-block id="HCAF71C353BC94D2386627035625EEC68" style="USC">
					<section id="H8754485B536E400DA402794386CCE8A0"><enum>105.</enum><header>Title and style
				of appropriation Acts</header>
						<subsection id="H500CAD2B865C4B55A5DED1B4F282F957"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The style and
				title of all Acts making appropriations for the support of the Government shall
				be as follows: <quote>An Act making appropriations [here insert the object] for
				each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years [here insert the fiscal years
				of the biennium].</quote>.</text>
						</subsection><subsection id="H524342CD995F470287D64443224085E7"><enum>(b)</enum><text>All Acts making
				regular appropriations for the support of the Government shall be enacted for a
				biennium and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided for each
				fiscal year in such period.</text>
						</subsection><subsection id="HC583D1C67CA746B68605243A673A0FAB"><enum>(c)</enum><text>For purposes of
				this section, the term <term>biennium</term> has the same meaning as in section
				3(13) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
				622(13)).</text>
						</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
			</section><section id="HB3217E4C28054130BB111F3A22099055"><enum>302.</enum><header>Amendments to
			 title <enum-in-header>31</enum-in-header>, United States Code</header>
				<subsection id="HA7CB3A538069481E9089E35C8A7DAABF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section
			 1101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
			 following new paragraph:</text>
					<quoted-block id="HEF94017DB6CD48D7867A5F7CF6E89920" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="H375CCCEEE5344ADDABDB85551178BAD9"><enum>(3)</enum><text><quote>biennium</quote>
				has the meaning given to such term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the
				Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
				622(12)).</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H47452C238A3E468488DA1457ABF172D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Budget contents
			 and submission to the Congress</header>
					<paragraph id="HBD410B3BF65F4D82BDC7DC8A404EEC96"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>The
			 matter preceding paragraph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
			 Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
						<quoted-block id="H2A32213BFC1E4275A3A561FEB3F1A7B2" style="OLC">
							<subsection id="HBF39F795D5024C7B90E41333A0CC5FF9"><enum>(a)</enum><text>On or before the
				first Tuesday 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 Thirteenth 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 submission the
				following:</text>
							</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H811AF05B94234FFC8D683F0FE4EF5AA9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expenditures</header><text>Section
			 1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the
			 fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that
			 year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which
			 the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DFAADADD09E445793F62CC6B36D500E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Receipts</header><text>Section
			 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the
			 fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that
			 year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which
			 the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H76CF18D6FC234C4589C488E7CA16947C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Balance
			 statements</header><text>Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code,
			 is amended by striking <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each
			 fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H2144564E851344A5B15EA2465CD49991"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Government
			 functions and activities</header><text>Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United
			 States Code, is amended in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the fiscal
			 year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the
			 biennium</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6B826EC7941473F8F9D0848018EEB34"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Allowances</header><text>Section
			 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the
			 fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the
			 biennium</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DA3ED015E604D278358CF9F6EE36776"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Allowances for
			 unanticipated and uncontrollable expenditures</header><text>Section 1105(a)(14)
			 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>that
			 year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for which
			 the budget is submitted</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HE39558C826AD44B2802BBD4CD4322F33"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Tax
			 expenditures</header><text>Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United States Code,
			 is amended by striking <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each
			 fiscal year in the biennium</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H163519716E1F40BE83F795CD7CB6275F"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Estimates for
			 future years</header><text>Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code,
			 is amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="HDF2BC93ABEC64C3E8777AA7415668C3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>the fiscal year following the fiscal year</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium following the biennium</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E3A9CAF5A634880A2084041A83ECDDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>that following fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each such fiscal
			 year</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F160C00EEEA42EB9E7A292AF9DB6823"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>fiscal year before the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium
			 before the biennium</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC9054983E344EBD97B58709483EF343"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Prior year
			 outlays</header><text>Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is
			 amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="HCD37F61A3B814838B93817EA93FA1813"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>the prior fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each of the 2 most
			 recently completed fiscal years,</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47E40C1F989E4406AC6BA22903BEE02C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>for that year</quote> and inserting <quote>with respect to those fiscal
			 years</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CB922CE81CD48FC81E3B79297F17426"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>in that year</quote> and inserting <quote>in those fiscal
			 years</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0461514C6B6147E2A854BF3AB392679C"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Budget contents
			 and submission to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1105(a)(28) of title 31, United
			 States Code, is amended by striking <quote>beginning with fiscal year 1999,
			 a</quote> and inserting <quote>beginning with fiscal year 2016, a
			 biennial</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H30D720C7CDB746E68990119FCA6640E6"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Information
			 supporting biennial budgets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
			 Code, is amended by redesignating the second paragraph (37) as paragraph (39)
			 and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
						<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H034C716C278E433181B0C46869024282" style="USC">
							<paragraph id="H816A6EDE08D543D892A4571F5C2FE79C"><enum>(40)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Totals of new budget authority and
				outlays.</text>
							</paragraph><paragraph id="H1294967A44874F12B3D44AEBB41F788C"><enum>(41)</enum><text>Total Federal
				revenues and the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal
				revenues should be increased or decreased by bills and resolutions to be
				reported by the appropriate committees.</text>
							</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A78D3C8AE494E06B5BCFF044CFE8EED"><enum>(42)</enum><text>The surplus or
				deficit in the budget.</text>
							</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA75F96ECF4A47AE9C92FCE7CDE96094"><enum>(43)</enum><text>Subtotals of new
				budget authority and outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense
				discretionary spending, direct spending (excluding interest), contingencies,
				and net interest.</text>
							</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1BF7C0C9B1F48CE950E356FD4081014"><enum>(44)</enum><text>The public
				debt.</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE950FEADB98A409AA16E2584ED99AC48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Estimated
			 expenditures of legislative and judicial branches</header><text>Section 1105(b)
			 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>each
			 year</quote> and inserting <quote>each even-numbered year</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="HB4F8D814E7E84818BAF63FAF35328D2F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recommendations
			 to meet estimated deficiencies</header><text>Section 1105(c) of title 31,
			 United States Code, is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H916C49AF868C45FE81DF4A43026CC767"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>the fiscal year for</quote> the first place it appears and inserting
			 <quote>each fiscal year in the biennium for</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H171E0BF040FC41CB8FF660BDECC4E4CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>the fiscal year for</quote> the second place it appears and inserting
			 <quote>each fiscal year of the biennium, as the case may be,</quote>;
			 and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H5221DF481E3746FD8B27D349AE2C229F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>that year</quote> and inserting <quote>for each year of the
			 biennium</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC50988162D5D4565AA598C81F386D7B6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
			 outyear data</header><text>Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States Code, is
			 amended by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(d)</quote> and by adding
			 at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98D9941DDFA94ED58DAF845D9B906383" style="USC">
						<paragraph id="H0889B6AD04D44509A3E86086CECA1070" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each budget submission shall include a
				budget message and summary and supporting information and, as a separately
				delineated statement, the levels requires in paragraphs (40) through (44) of
				subsection (a) for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years after the
				biennium covered by the budget submission under such
				subsection.</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H31BA9FFF38BE42109E88197D7A72D081"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Capital
			 investment analysis</header><text>Section 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States
			 Code, is amended by striking <quote>ensuing fiscal year</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>biennium to which such budget relates</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="HD35D4FE324684A87BF194302A93E066A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Supplemental
			 budget estimates and changes</header>
					<paragraph id="HF589A032FF2D48F3B43EA5240510739E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
			 amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H1CB1AB77F92A488F9872D28DEBF77913"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
			 preceding paragraph (1), by—</text>
							<clause id="H62F06A520D814B27B8F0094FC63D388D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inserting
			 <quote>and before February 1 of each even-numbered year</quote> after
			 <quote>Before July 16 of each year</quote>; and</text>
							</clause><clause id="H41FA784140C04351AEAFE9B8DCF62783"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>biennium</quote>;</text>
							</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8FDBBAC3C114A5D8F8E13A88C2B677D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
			 by striking <quote>that fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal
			 year in such biennium</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91887CACB572415BB83D23B2854C26B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
			 by striking <quote>4 fiscal years following the fiscal year</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>at least 4 fiscal years following the biennium</quote>;
			 and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1ADBC07A2254D32B5BBCE0757E99E03"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
			 by striking <quote>fiscal year</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>biennium</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H87999AC459354DDA93B216D0825F1300"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Changes</header><text>Section
			 1106(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H255D4454EBF3455A87B999466AE3DF79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>the fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year in the
			 biennium</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52260B321F2A41398B8024F3373DAEE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inserting
			 <quote>and before February 15 of each even-numbered year</quote> after
			 <quote>Before July 16 of each year</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H90577463D42D46CD8417D0BEE72E97AC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Current
			 programs, projects, and activities estimates</header>
					<paragraph id="H2388E060736D4FD9B10081A9642E04BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>The
			 President</header><text>Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
			 amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H8257E712F02246ED91DDC10AA7DAEFD3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before
			 February 5 in 1986)</quote> and inserting <quote>At the same time the budget
			 required by section 1105 is submitted for a biennium</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8AF7130132645CCA1A6BDCFC7B4AF49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>the following fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>each fiscal year
			 of such period</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C07FD8109844723AA89996E2F2742F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint economic
			 committee</header><text>Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
			 amended by striking <quote>March 1 of each year</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>within 5 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)</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8EEAE19670FF40B1B991CAAFBE01ECF3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Year-ahead
			 requests for authorizing legislation</header><text>Section 1110 of title 31,
			 United States Code, is amended by—</text>
					<paragraph id="HA10DE09F704B40EE96E838B0B869709B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>May 16</quote> and inserting <quote>March 31</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H14D64FEAA9FE457DB57E5824A49DD61E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking
			 <quote>year before the year in which the fiscal year begins</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the
			 biennium begins</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5F1EF1DB2F694606AD31621743DE2965"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Performance
			 plans</header><text>Section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, is
			 amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="HEEA9DCD96C6D4D668B40B3A34350135D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
			 (a)—</text>
						<subparagraph id="HAD04815A93784297B2B4485BCB56C494"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
			 before paragraph (1) by striking <quote>an annual</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>a biennial</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E9EFB8D8CD04D0E8B4860A5DAE19DF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
			 by inserting after <quote>program activity</quote> the following: <quote>for
			 both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H271F4E3409504843BACD758E70D06BE6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
			 by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H230C1B10D5E5490E99B2329E97E2CD0C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
			 by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and inserting
			 <quote>and</quote> after the inserted semicolon; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68276B34C32F4F8F8BC4C27633475A32"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding after
			 paragraph (6) the following:</text>
							<quoted-block id="H42CCD993FD3E4AF1B63A59141E74548E" style="OLC">
								<paragraph id="HC80B341B74924DA7B037D28668D70914"><enum>(7)</enum><text>cover each fiscal
				year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial
				budget
				cycle.</text>
								</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H79F8AE5DFC8E47D6AC50A71817D731C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)
			 by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>;
			 and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB43A3900E964A8C8DFA8A1A100B5367"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
			 of subsection (f) by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>biennial</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3222A187FCF744FCB764D7DC0E7CDED0"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Pilot projects
			 for performance budgeting</header><text>Section 1119 of title 31, United States
			 Code, is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H2FF1EACEB5C3495297BDA705C0031821"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
			 of subsection (d), by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>biennial</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3FFCCE9381D43A9BCCA54E67BDA79A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
			 by striking <quote>annual</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9083977E501844A09AD3F8FDDC144A9A"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Managerial
			 accountability and flexibility</header><text>Section 9703 of title 31, United
			 States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H81FF2E1219004DD4ABEBDBC12642A279"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
			 (a)—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H887B72007F2D47A4AF36B11ED10B27C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
			 sentence by striking <quote>Beginning with fiscal year 1999, the</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>Beginning with fiscal year 2016, the biennial</quote> and by
			 striking <quote>annual</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAE2741F77384F198CF2AD76F6422012"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>section 1105(a)(29)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
			 1105(a)(28)</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9A6A47A05B342A69CAEB18025A002CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
			 (e)—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H383AF3EBD6034B108E88E9F25F62AAE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
			 sentence by striking <quote>one or</quote> before <quote>years</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49DBA9010F494BE990DBE8EF53087F15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second
			 sentence by striking <quote>a subsequent year</quote> and inserting <quote>for
			 a subsequent 2-year period</quote>; and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA2DFA1AE482463FAEC9AB4F3CE5DF0B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the third
			 sentence by striking <quote>three</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>four</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6A53E2F130314D4B90991E40B4C72590"><enum>303.</enum><header>Government
			 strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis</header>
				<subsection id="H8094C94E0B3B4F4EB0849E30392BE06F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategic
			 plans</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6182B215535C4C1FB5EA41E5D23ACDFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 306 of title 5,
			 United States Code, is amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H3F971863B1E74DB79D6117AEBC7A1F3D" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking
			 <quote>September 30, 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30,
			 2014</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD543AD3A8A9148D1A1A458C4846126FC" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
							<clause id="H4F0092BC0DF948BCADAFDEF1E9A8D571"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>at least every
			 three years</quote> and inserting <quote>at least every 4 years</quote>;
			 and</text>
							</clause><clause id="HC965EFBCEC8C42889B46D9527DC587DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>five years
			 forward</quote> and inserting <quote>six years forward</quote>; and</text>
							</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EC9FFAE7044451C8CFC35C7FDC60B4D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting a
			 comma after <quote>section</quote> the second place it appears and adding
			 <quote>including a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2014, meeting the
			 requirements of subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD27934A8034C463E80E0765FA1C7218B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 2802 of title 39, United
			 States Code, is amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="H654ECF47F44D412BB9B99CCB655923B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking
			 <quote>September 30, 1997</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30,
			 2014</quote>;</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03EF9067522C4CD68C87E33FCA1AADA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by—</text>
							<clause id="H95D83305519E4B8CAB228C7B00F5F7BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>striking <quote>five years
			 forward</quote> and inserting <quote>six years forward</quote>; and</text>
							</clause><clause id="H37877FA98C374169B7424A81E8B58D28"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>striking <quote>at least every
			 three years</quote> and inserting <quote>at least every 4 years</quote>;
			 and</text>
							</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71A22000FD904B1FAF6690B0F49D9496"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting
			 <quote>, including a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2014, meeting
			 the requirements of subsection (a)</quote> before the period.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A22AF234D4A4D16A46F0605D1A073E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Performance
			 plans</header><text>Section 2803(a) of title 39, United States Code, is
			 amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H4AC0A7DD4CB44362A1D1356A3098D01B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
			 before paragraph (1), by striking <quote>an annual</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>a biennial</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H5829CD65E80948DA87D8B00989CE04A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
			 by inserting after <quote>program activity</quote> the following: <quote>for
			 both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan</quote>;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F7BBCDE7E7045E6BB9FD349F274D7AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
			 by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HE894A93E43174756B5B97FFC279D75BF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
			 by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H39553C05EBF0450AA2BBCCEE0C435EE4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding after
			 paragraph (6) the following:</text>
						<quoted-block id="H71A49C184CAA472389E73550DC0D4E44" style="OLC">
							<paragraph id="HEF35BC2E89E043B894DD75BACB7CE77E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>cover each fiscal
				year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial
				budget
				cycle.</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H631AE4A432524BB5857B37E32EE9D29A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
			 September 30, 2014.</text>
				</subsection></section></title></legis-body>
</bill>
