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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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      DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995

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                 COHEN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2594

  Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Burns, and Mr. 
Sasser) proposed an amendment--House amendment to the Senate amendment 
No. 6--to the bill (H.R. 4649) making appropriations for the government 
of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or 
in part against the revenues of said district for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new 
     subtitle:
        Subtitle ____--Enhanced Penalties for Health Care Fraud

           PART 1--ALL-PAYER FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL PROGRAM

     SEC. ____01. ALL-PAYER FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment of Program.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 1995, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subtitle 
     referred to as the ``Secretary''), acting through the Office 
     of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and 
     Human Services, and the Attorney General shall establish a 
     program--
       (A) to coordinate Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
     programs to control fraud and abuse with respect to the 
     delivery of and payment for health care in the United States,
       (B) to conduct investigations, audits, evaluations, and 
     inspections relating to the delivery of and payment for 
     health care in the United States,
       (C) to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of 
     sections 1128, 1128A, and 1128B of the Social Security Act 
     and other statutes applicable to health care fraud and abuse, 
     and
       (D) to provide for the modification and establishment of 
     safe harbors and to issue interpretative rulings and special 
     fraud alerts pursuant to section ____03.
       (2) Coordination with health plans.--In carrying out the 
     program established under paragraph (1), the Secretary and 
     the Attorney General shall consult with, and arrange for the 
     sharing of data with representatives of health plans.
       (3) Regulations.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary and the Attorney General 
     shall by regulation establish standards to carry out the 
     program under paragraph (1).
       (B) Information standards.--
       (i) In general.--Such standards shall include standards 
     relating to the furnishing of information by health plans, 
     providers, and others to enable the Secretary and the 
     Attorney General to carry out the program (including 
     coordination with health plans under paragraph (2)).
       (ii) Confidentiality.--Such standards shall include 
     procedures to assure that such information is provided and 
     utilized in a manner that appropriately protects the 
     confidentiality of the information and the privacy of 
     individuals receiving health care services and items.
       (iii) Qualified immunity for providing information.--The 
     provisions of section 1157(a) of the Social Security Act 
     (relating to limitation on liability) shall apply to a person 
     providing information to the Secretary or the Attorney 
     General in conjunction with their performance of duties under 
     this section, in the same manner as such section applies to 
     information provided to organizations with a contract under 
     subtitle B of title V of this Act, with respect to the 
     performance of such a contract.
       (C) Disclosure of ownership information.--
       (i) In general.--Such standards shall include standards 
     relating to the disclosure of ownership information described 
     in clause (ii) by any entity providing health care services 
     and items.
       (ii) Ownership information described.--The ownership 
     information described in this clause includes--

       (I) a description of such items and services provided by 
     such entity;
       (II) the names and unique physician identification numbers 
     of all physicians with a financial relationship (as defined 
     in section 1877(a)(2) of the Social Security Act) with such 
     entity;
       (III) the names of all other individuals with such an 
     ownership or investment interest in such entity; and
       (IV) any other ownership and related information required 
     to be disclosed by such entity under section 1124 or section 
     1124A of the Social Security Act, except that the Secretary 
     shall establish procedures under which the information 
     required to be submitted under this subclause will be reduced 
     with respect to health care provider entities that the 
     Secretary determines will be unduly burdened if such entities 
     are required to comply fully with this subclause.

       (4) Authorization of appropriations for investigators and 
     other personnel.--In addition to any other amounts authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary and the Attorney General 
     for health care anti-fraud and abuse activities for a fiscal 
     year, there are authorized to be appropriated additional 
     amounts as may be necessary to enable the Secretary and the 
     Attorney General to conduct investigations and audits of 
     allegations of health care fraud and abuse and otherwise 
     carry out the program established under paragraph (1) in a 
     fiscal year.
       (5) Ensuring access to documentation.--The Inspector 
     General of the Department of Health and Human Services is 
     authorized to exercise the authority described in paragraphs 
     (4) and (5) of section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (relating to subpoenas and administration of oaths) with 
     respect to the activities under the all-payer fraud and abuse 
     control program established under this subsection to the same 
     extent as such Inspector General may exercise such 
     authorities to perform the functions assigned by such Act.
       (6) Authority of inspector general.--Nothing in this Act 
     shall be construed to diminish the authority of any Inspector 
     General, including such authority as provided in the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978.
       (7) health plan defined.--For the purposes of this 
     subsection, the term ``health plan'' shall have the meaning 
     given such term in section 1128(i) of the Social Security 
     Act.
       (b) Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account.--
       (1) Establishment.--
       (A) In general.--There is hereby established an account to 
     be known as the ``Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control 
     Account'' (in this section referred to as the ``Anti-Fraud 
     Account''). The Anti-Fraud Account shall consist of--
       (i) such gifts and bequests as may be made as provided in 
     subparagraph (B);
       (ii) such amounts as may be deposited in the Anti-Fraud 
     Account as provided in subsection (a)(4), sections ____41(b) 
     and ____42(b), and title XI of the Social Security Act; and
       (iii) such amounts as are transferred to the Anti-Fraud 
     Account under subparagraph (C).
       (B) Authorization to accept gifts.--The Anti-Fraud Account 
     is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States money 
     gifts and bequests made unconditionally to the Anti-Fraud 
     Account, for the benefit of the Anti-Fraud Account or any 
     activity financed through the Anti-Fraud Account.
       (C) Transfer of amounts.--
       (i) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     transfer to the Anti-Fraud Account an amount equal to the sum 
     of the following:

       (I) Criminal fines imposed in cases involving a Federal 
     health care offense (as defined in section 982(a)(6)(B) of 
     title 18, United States Code).

       (ii) Administrative penalties and assessments imposed under 
     titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act (except 
     as otherwise provided by law).
       (iii) Amounts resulting from the forfeiture of property by 
     reason of a Federal health care offense.
       (iv) Penalties and damages imposed under the False Claims 
     Act (31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq.), in cases involving claims 
     related to the provision of health care items and services 
     (other than funds awarded to a relator or for restitution).
       (2) Use of funds.--
       (A) In general.--Amounts in the Anti-Fraud Account shall be 
     available without appropriation and until expended as 
     determined jointly by the Secretary and the Attorney General 
     of the United States in carrying out the health care fraud 
     and abuse control program established under subsection (a) 
     (including the administration of the program), and may be 
     used to cover costs incurred in operating the program, 
     including costs (including equipment, salaries and benefits, 
     and travel and training) of--
       (i) prosecuting health care matters (through criminal, 
     civil, and administrative proceedings);
       (ii) investigations;
       (iii) financial and performance audits of health care 
     programs and operations;
       (iv) inspections and other evaluations; and
       (v) provider and consumer education regarding compliance 
     with the provisions of this subtitle.
       (B) Funds used to supplement agency appropriations.--It is 
     intended that disbursements made from the Anti-Fraud Account 
     to any Federal agency be used to increase and not supplant 
     the recipient agency's appropriated operating budget.
       (3) Annual report.--The Secretary and the Attorney General 
     shall submit jointly an annual report to Congress on the 
     amount of revenue which is generated and disbursed by the 
     Anti-Fraud Account in each fiscal year.
       (4) Use of funds by inspector general.--
       (A) Reimbursements for Investigations.--The Inspector 
     General is authorized to receive and retain for current use 
     reimbursement for the costs of conducting investigations, 
     when such restitution is ordered by a court, voluntarily 
     agreed to by the payer, or otherwise.
       (B) Crediting.--Funds received by the Inspector General as 
     reimbursement for costs of conducting investigations shall be 
     deposited to the credit of the appropriation from which 
     initially paid, or to appropriations for similar purposes 
     currently available at the time of deposit, and shall remain 
     available for obligation for 1 year from the date of their 
     deposit.

     SEC. ____02. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL HEALTH ANTI-FRAUD AND 
                   ABUSE SANCTIONS TO ALL FRAUD AND ABUSE AGAINST 
                   ANY HEALTH PLAN.

       (a) Crimes.--
       (1) Social security act.--Section 1128B of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b) is amended as follows:
       (A) In the heading, by adding at the end the following: 
     ``or health plans''.
       (B) In subsection (a)(1)--
       (i) by striking ``title XVIII or'' and inserting ``title 
     XVIII,'', and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following: ``or a health plan 
     (as defined in section 1128(i)),''.
       (C) In subsection (a)(5), by striking ``title XVIII or a 
     State health care program'' and inserting ``title XVIII, a 
     State health care program, or a health plan''.
       (D) In the second sentence of subsection (a)--
       (i) by inserting after ``title XIX'' the following: ``or a 
     health plan'', and
       (ii) by inserting after ``the State'' the following: ``or 
     the plan''.
       (E) In subsection (b)(1), by striking ``title XVIII or a 
     State health care program'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``title XVIII, a State health care program, or a 
     health plan''.
       (F) In subsection (b)(2), by striking ``title XVIII or a 
     State health care program'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``title XVIII, a State health care program, or a 
     health plan''.
       (G) In subsection (b)(3), by striking ``title XVIII or a 
     State health care program'' each place it appears in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (C) and inserting ``title XVIII, a 
     State health care program, or a health plan''.
       (H) In subsection (d)(2)--
       (i) by striking ``title XIX,'' and inserting ``title XIX or 
     under a health plan,'', and
       (ii) by striking ``State plan,'' and inserting ``State plan 
     or the health plan,''.
       (2) Identification of community service opportunities.--
     Section 1128B of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b) is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f) The Secretary may--
       ``(1) in consultation with State and local health care 
     officials, identify opportunities for the satisfaction of 
     community service obligations that a court may impose upon 
     the conviction of an offense under this section, and
       ``(2) make information concerning such opportunities 
     available to Federal and State law enforcement officers and 
     State and local health care officials.''.
       (b) Health Plan Defined.--Section 1128 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7) is amended by redesignating 
     subsection (i) as subsection (j) and by inserting after 
     subsection (h) the following new subsection:
       ``(i) Health Plan Defined.--For purposes of sections 1128A 
     and 1128B, the term `health plan' means a public or private 
     program for the delivery of or payment for health care items 
     or services.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on January 1, 1995.

     SEC. ____03. HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE GUIDANCE.

       (a) Solicitation and Publication of Modifications to 
     Existing Safe Harbors and New Safe Harbors.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Solicitation of proposals for safe harbors.--Not later 
     than January 1, 1995, and not less than annually thereafter, 
     the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register 
     soliciting proposals, which will be accepted during a 60-day 
     period, for--
       (i) modifications to existing safe harbors issued pursuant 
     to section 14(a) of the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and 
     Program Protection Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b note);
       (ii) additional safe harbors specifying payment practices 
     that shall not be treated as a criminal offense under section 
     1128B(b) of the Social Security Act the (42 U.S.C. 1320a-
     7b(b)) and shall not serve as the basis for an exclusion 
     under section 1128(b)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-
     7(b)(7));
       (iii) interpretive rulings to be issued pursuant to 
     subsection (b); and
       (iv) special fraud alerts to be issued pursuant to 
     subsection (c).
       (B) Publication of proposed modifications and proposed 
     additional state harbors.--After considering the proposals 
     described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the 
     Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall 
     publish in the Federal Register proposed modifications to 
     existing safe harbors and proposed additional safe harbors, 
     if appropriate, with a 60-day comment period. After 
     considering any public comments received during this period, 
     the Secretary shall issue final rules modifying the existing 
     safe harbors and establishing new safe harbors, as 
     appropriate.
       (C) Report.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
     Health and Human Services (hereafter in this section referred 
     to as the ``Inspector General'') shall, in an annual report 
     to Congress or as part of the year-end semiannual report 
     required by section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
     U.S.C. App.), describe the proposals received under clauses 
     (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) and explain which proposals 
     were included in the publication described in subparagraph 
     (B), which proposals were not included in that publication, 
     and the reasons for the rejection of the proposals that were 
     not included.
       (2) Criteria for modifying and establishing safe harbors.--
     In modifying and establishing safe harbors under paragraph 
     (1)(B), the Secretary may consider the extent to which 
     providing a safe harbor for the specified payment practice 
     may result in any of the following:
       (A) An increase or decrease in access to health care 
     services.
       (B) An increase or decrease in the quality of health care 
     services.
       (C) An increase or decrease in patient freedom of choice 
     among health care providers.
       (D) An increase or decrease in competition among health 
     care providers.
       (E) An increase or decrease in the ability of health care 
     facilities to provide services in medically underserved areas 
     or to medically underserved populations.
       (F) An increase or decrease in the cost to Government 
     health care programs.
       (G) An increase or decrease in the potential 
     overutilization of health care services.
       (H) The existence or nonexistence of any potential 
     financial benefit to a health care professional or provider 
     which may vary based on their decisions of--
       (i) whether to order a health care item or service; or
       (ii) whether to arrange for a referral of health care items 
     or services to a particular practitioner or provider.
       (I) Any other factors the Secretary deems appropriate in 
     the interest of preventing fraud and abuse in Government 
     health care programs.
       (b)  Interpretive Rulings.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Request for interpretive ruling.--Any person may 
     present, at any time, a request to the Inspector General for 
     a statement of the Inspector General's current interpretation 
     of the meaning of a specific aspect of the application of 
     sections 1128A and 1128B of the Social Security Act 
     (hereafter in this section referred to as an ``interpretive 
     ruling'').
       (B) Issuance and effect of interpretive ruling.--
       (i) In general.--If appropriate, the Inspector General 
     shall in consultation with the Attorney General, issue an 
     interpretive ruling in response to a request described in 
     subparagraph (A). Interpretive rulings shall not have the 
     force of law and shall be treated as an interpretive rule 
     within the meaning of section 553(b) of title 5, United 
     States Code. All interpretive rulings issued pursuant to this 
     provision shall be published in the Federal Register or 
     otherwise made available for public inspection.
       (ii) Reasons for denial.--If the Inspector General does not 
     issue an interpretive ruling in response to a request 
     described in subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall 
     notify the requesting party of such decision and shall 
     identify the reasons for such decision.
       (2) Criteria for interpretive rulings.--
       (A) In general.--In determining whether to issue an 
     interpretive ruling under paragraph (1)(B), the Inspector 
     General may consider--
       (i) whether and to what extent the request identifies an 
     ambiguity within the language of the statute, the existing 
     safe harbors, or previous interpretive rulings; and
       (ii) whether the subject of the requested interpretive 
     ruling can be adequately addressed by interpretation of the 
     language of the statute, the existing safe harbor rules, or 
     previous interpretive rulings, or whether the request would 
     require a substantive ruling not authorized under this 
     subsection.
       (B) No rulings on factual issues.--The Inspector General 
     shall not give an interpretive ruling on any factual issue, 
     including the intent of the parties or the fair market value 
     of particular leased space or equipment.
       (c) Special Fraud Alerts.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Request for special fraud alerts.--Any person may 
     present, at any time, a request to the Inspector General for 
     a notice which informs the public of practices which the 
     Inspector General considers to be suspect or of particular 
     concern under section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1320a-7b(b)) (hereafter in this subsection referred to 
     as a ``special fraud alert'').
       (B) Issuance and publication of special fraud alerts.--Upon 
     receipt of a request described in subparagraph (A), the 
     Inspector General shall investigate the subject matter of the 
     request to determine whether a special fraud alert should be 
     issued. If appropriate, the Inspector General shall in 
     consultation with the Attorney General, issue a special fraud 
     alert in response to the request. All special fraud alerts 
     issued pursuant to this subparagraph shall be published in 
     the Federal Register.
       (2) Criteria for special fraud alerts.--In determining 
     whether to issue a special fraud alert upon a request 
     described in paragraph (1), the Inspector General may 
     consider--
       (A) whether and to what extent the practices that would be 
     identified in the special fraud alert may result in any of 
     the consequences described in subsection (a)(2); and
       (B) the volume and frequency of the conduct that would be 
     identified in the special fraud alert.

     SEC. ____04. REPORTING OF FRAUDULENT ACTIONS UNDER MEDICARE.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program through 
     which individuals entitled to benefits under the medicare 
     program may report to the Secretary on a confidential basis 
     (at the individual's request) instances of suspected 
     fraudulent actions arising under the program by providers of 
     items and services under the program.

       PART 2--REVISIONS TO CURRENT SANCTIONS FOR FRAUD AND ABUSE

     SEC. ____11. MANDATORY EXCLUSION FROM PARTICIPATION IN 
                   MEDICARE AND STATE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.

       (a) Individual Convicted of Felony Relating to Fraud.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Felony conviction relating to fraud.--Any individual 
     or entity that has been convicted after the date of the 
     enactment of the Health Reform Act, under Federal or State 
     law, in connection with the delivery of a health care item or 
     service or with respect to any act or omission in a program 
     (other than those specifically described in paragraph (1)) 
     operated by or financed in whole or in part by any Federal, 
     State, or local government agency, of a criminal offense 
     consisting of a felony relating to fraud, theft, 
     embezzlement, breach of fiduciary responsibility, or other 
     financial misconduct.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1128(b)(1) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(b)(1)) is amended--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``Conviction'' and 
     inserting ``Misdemeanor conviction''; and
       (B) by striking ``criminal offense'' and inserting 
     ``criminal offense consisting of a misdemeanor''.
       (b) Individual Convicted of Felony Relating to Controlled 
     Substance.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)), as amended by subsection (a), is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Felony conviction relating to controlled substance.--
     Any individual or entity that has been convicted after the 
     date of the enactment of the Health Reform Act, under Federal 
     or State law, of a criminal offense consisting of a felony 
     relating to the unlawful manufacture, distribution, 
     prescription, or dispensing of a controlled substance.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1128(b)(3) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(b)(3)) is amended--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``Conviction'' and 
     inserting ``Misdemeanor conviction''; and
       (B) by striking ``criminal offense'' and inserting 
     ``criminal offense consisting of a misdemeanor''.

     SEC. ____12. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIMUM PERIOD OF EXCLUSION FOR 
                   CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES SUBJECT TO 
                   PERMISSIVE EXCLUSION FROM MEDICARE AND STATE 
                   HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.

       Section 1128(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320a-7(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraphs:
       ``(D) In the case of an exclusion of an individual or 
     entity under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b), 
     the period of the exclusion shall be 3 years, unless the 
     Secretary determines in accordance with published regulations 
     that a shorter period is appropriate because of mitigating 
     circumstances or that a longer period is appropriate because 
     of aggravating circumstances.
       ``(E) In the case of an exclusion of an individual or 
     entity under subsection (b)(4) or (b)(5), the period of the 
     exclusion shall not be less than the period during which the 
     individual's or entity's license to provide health care is 
     revoked, suspended, or surrendered, or the individual or the 
     entity is excluded or suspended from a Federal or State 
     health care program.
       ``(F) In the case of an exclusion of an individual or 
     entity under subsection (b)(6)(B), the period of the 
     exclusion shall be not less than 1 year.''.

     SEC. ____13. PERMISSIVE EXCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH 
                   OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL INTEREST IN SANCTIONED 
                   ENTITIES.

       Section 1128(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320a-7(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(15) Individuals controlling a sanctioned entity.--Any 
     individual who has a direct or indirect ownership or control 
     interest of 5 percent or more, or an ownership or control 
     interest (as defined in section 1124(a)(3)) in, or who is an 
     officer, director, agent, or managing employee (as defined in 
     section 1126(b)) of, an entity--
       ``(A) that has been convicted of any offense described in 
     subsection (a) or in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this 
     subsection;
       ``(B) against which a civil monetary penalty has been 
     assessed under section 1128A; or
       ``(C) that has been excluded from participation under a 
     program under title XVIII or under a State health care 
     program.''.

     SEC. ____14. ACTIONS SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

       (a) Restriction on Application of Exception for Amounts 
     Paid to Employees.--Section 1128B(b)(3)(B) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(b)(3)(B)) is amended by 
     striking ``services;'' and inserting the following: 
     ``services, but only if the amount of remuneration under the 
     arrangement is (i) consistent with fair market value; (ii) 
     not determined in a manner that takes into account (directly 
     or indirectly) the volume or value of any referrals of 
     patients directly contacted by the employee to the employer 
     for the furnishing (or arranging for the furnishing) of such 
     items or services; and (iii) provided pursuant to an 
     arrangement that would be commercially reasonable even if no 
     such referrals were made;''.
       (b) New Exception for Capitated Payments.--Section 
     1128B(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-
     7b(b)(3)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
       (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
     and inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(F) any reduction in cost sharing or increased benefits 
     given to an individual, any amounts paid to a provider for an 
     item or service furnished to an individual, or any discount 
     or reduction in price given by the provider for such an item 
     or service, if the individual is enrolled with and such item 
     or service is covered under any of the following:
       ``(i) A health plan which is furnishing items or services 
     under a risk-sharing contract under section 1876 or section 
     1903(m).
       ``(ii) A health plan receiving payments on a prepaid basis, 
     under a demonstration project under section 402(a) of the 
     Social Security Amendments of 1967 or under section 222(a) of 
     the Social Security Amendments of 1972;
       ``(G) any amounts paid to a provider for an item or service 
     furnished to an individual or any discount or reduction in 
     price given by the provider for such an item or service, if 
     the individual is enrolled with and such item or service is 
     covered under a health plan under which the provider 
     furnishing the item or service is paid by the health plan for 
     furnishing the item or service only on a capitated basis 
     pursuant to a written arrangement between the plan and the 
     provider in which the provider assumes financial risk for 
     furnishing the item or service;
       ``(H) differentials in coinsurance and deductible amounts 
     as part of a benefit plan design as long as the differentials 
     have been disclosed in writing to all third party payors to 
     whom claims are presented and as long as the differentials 
     meet the standards as defined in regulations promulgated by 
     the Secretary; and
       ``(I) remuneration given to individuals to promote the 
     delivery of preventive care in compliance with regulations 
     promulgated by the Secretary.''.

     SEC. ____15. SANCTIONS AGAINST PRACTITIONERS AND PERSONS FOR 
                   FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS.

       (a) Minimum Period of Exclusion for Practitioners and 
     Persons Failing To Meet Statutory Obligations.--
       (1) In general.--The second sentence of section 1156(b)(1) 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320c-5(b)(1)) is 
     amended by striking ``may prescribe)'' and inserting ``may 
     prescribe, except that such period may not be less than 1 
     year)''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1156(b)(2) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1320c-5(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``shall 
     remain'' and inserting ``shall (subject to the minimum period 
     specified in the second sentence of paragraph (1)) remain''.
       (b) Repeal of ``Unwilling or Unable'' Condition for 
     Imposition of Sanction.--Section 1156(b)(1) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320c-5(b)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``and determines'' 
     and all that follows through ``such obligations,''; and
       (2) by striking the third sentence.

     SEC. ____16. INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS FOR MEDICARE HEALTH 
                   MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) Application of Intermediate Sanctions for Any Program 
     Violations.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1876(i)(1) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395mm(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``the 
     Secretary may terminate'' and all that follows and inserting 
     the following: ``in accordance with procedures established 
     under paragraph (9), the Secretary may at any time terminate 
     any such contract or may impose the intermediate sanctions 
     described in paragraph (6)(B) or (6)(C) (whichever is 
     applicable) on the eligible organization if the Secretary 
     determines that the organization--
       ``(A) has failed substantially to carry out the contract;
       ``(B) is carrying out the contract in a manner inconsistent 
     with the efficient and effective administration of this 
     section; or
       ``(C) no longer substantially meets the applicable 
     conditions of subsections (b), (c), (e), and (f).''.
       (2) Other intermediate sanctions for miscellaneous program 
     violations.--Section 1876(i)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395mm(i)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(C) In the case of an eligible organization for which the 
     Secretary makes a determination under paragraph (1) the basis 
     of which is not described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
     may apply the following intermediate sanctions:
       ``(i) Civil money penalties of not more than $25,000 for 
     each determination under paragraph (1) if the deficiency that 
     is the basis of the determination has directly adversely 
     affected (or has the substantial likelihood of adversely 
     affecting) an individual covered under the organization's 
     contract.
       ``(ii) Civil money penalties of not more than $10,000 for 
     each week beginning after the initiation of procedures by the 
     Secretary under paragraph (9) during which the deficiency 
     that is the basis of a determination under paragraph (1) 
     exists.
       ``(iii) Suspension of enrollment of individuals under this 
     section after the date the Secretary notifies the 
     organization of a determination under paragraph (1) and until 
     the Secretary is satisfied that the deficiency that is the 
     basis for the determination has been corrected and is not 
     likely to recur.''.
       (3) Procedures for imposing sanctions.--Section 1876(i) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395mm(i)) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new paragraph:
       ``(9) The Secretary may terminate a contract with an 
     eligible organization under this section or may impose the 
     intermediate sanctions described in paragraph (6) on the 
     organization in accordance with formal investigation and 
     compliance procedures established by the Secretary under 
     which--
       ``(A) the Secretary provides the organization with the 
     opportunity to develop and implement a corrective action plan 
     to correct the deficiencies that were the basis of the 
     Secretary's determination under paragraph (1);
       ``(B) in deciding whether to impose sanctions, the 
     Secretary considers aggravating factors such as whether an 
     entity has a history of deficiencies or has not taken action 
     to correct deficiencies the Secretary has brought to their 
     attention;
       ``(C) there are no unreasonable or unnecessary delays 
     between the finding of a deficiency and the imposition of 
     sanctions; and
       ``(D) the Secretary provides the organization with 
     reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing (including the 
     right to appeal an initial decision) before imposing any 
     sanction or terminating the contract.''.
       (4) Conforming amendments.--Section 1876(i)(6)(B) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395mm(i)(6)(B)) is amended by striking the 
     second sentence.
       (b) Agreements With Peer Review Organizations.--
       (1) Requirement for written agreement.--Section 
     1876(i)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395mm(i)(7)(A)) is amended by striking ``an agreement'' and 
     inserting ``a written agreement''.
       (2) Development of model agreement.--Not later than July 1, 
     1995, the Secretary shall develop a model of the agreement 
     that an eligible organization with a risk-sharing contract 
     under section 1876 of the Social Security Act must enter into 
     with an entity providing peer review services with respect to 
     services provided by the organization under section 
     1876(i)(7)(A) of such Act.
       (3) Report by gao.--
       (A) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a study of the costs incurred by eligible 
     organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 
     1876(b) of such Act of complying with the requirement of 
     entering into a written agreement with an entity providing 
     peer review services with respect to services provided by the 
     organization, together with an analysis of how information 
     generated by such entities is used by the Secretary to assess 
     the quality of services provided by such eligible 
     organizations.
       (B) Report to congress.--Not later than July 1, 1997, the 
     Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Committee on 
     Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
     the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance and 
     the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate on the study 
     conducted under subparagraph (A).
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to contract years beginning on or 
     after January 1, 1995.

     SEC. ____17. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments made by this part shall take effect January 
     1, 1995.

          PART 3--ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SEC. ____21. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE 
                   DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) General Purpose.--Not later than January 1, 1995, the 
     Secretary shall establish a national health care fraud and 
     abuse data collection program for the reporting of final 
     adverse actions (not including settlements in which no 
     findings of liability have been made) against health care 
     providers, suppliers, or practitioners as required by 
     subsection (b), with access as set forth in subsection (c).
       (b) Reporting of Information.--
       (1) In general.--Each government agency and health plan 
     shall report any final adverse action (not including 
     settlements in which no findings of liability have been made) 
     taken against a health care provider, supplier, or 
     practitioner.
       (2) Information to be reported.--The information to be 
     reported under paragraph (1) includes:
       (A) The name of any health care provider, supplier, or 
     practitioner who is the subject of a final adverse action.
       (B) The name (if known) of any health care entity with 
     which a health care provider, supplier, or practitioner is 
     affiliated or associated.
       (C) The nature of the final adverse action.
       (D) A description of the acts or omissions and injuries 
     upon which the final adverse action was based, and such other 
     information as the Secretary determines by regulation is 
     required for appropriate interpretation of information 
     reported under this section.
       (3) Confidentiality.--In determining what information is 
     required, the Secretary shall include procedures to assure 
     that the privacy of individuals receiving health care 
     services is appropriately protected.
       (4) Timing and form of reporting.--The information required 
     to be reported under this subsection shall be reported 
     regularly (but not less often than monthly) and in such form 
     and manner as the Secretary prescribes. Such information 
     shall first be required to be reported on a date specified by 
     the Secretary.
       (5) To whom reported.--The information required to be 
     reported under this subsection shall be reported to the 
     Secretary.
       (c) Disclosure and Correction of Information.--
       (1) Disclosure.--With respect to the information about 
     final adverse actions (not including settlements in which no 
     findings of liability have been made) reported to the 
     Secretary under this section respecting a health care 
     provider, supplier, or practitioner, the Secretary shall, by 
     regulation, provide for--
       (A) disclosure of the information, upon request, to the 
     health care provider, supplier, or licensed practitioner, and
       (B) procedures in the case of disputed accuracy of the 
     information.
       (2) Corrections.--Each Government agency and health plan 
     shall report corrections of information already reported 
     about any final adverse action taken against a health care 
     provider, supplier, or practitioner, in such form and manner 
     that the Secretary prescribes by regulation.
       (d) Access to Reported Information.--
       (1) Availability.--The information in this database shall 
     be available to Federal and State government agencies and 
     health plans pursuant to procedures that the Secretary shall 
     provide by regulation.
       (2) Fees for disclosure.--The Secretary may establish or 
     approve reasonable fees for the disclosure of information in 
     this database. The amount of such a fee may not exceed the 
     costs of processing the requests for disclosure and of 
     providing such information. Such fees shall be available to 
     the Secretary or, in the Secretary's discretion to the agency 
     designated under this section to cover such costs.
       (e) Protection From Liability for Reporting.--No person or 
     entity, including the agency designated by the Secretary in 
     subsection (b)(5) shall be held liable in any civil action 
     with respect to any report made as required by this section, 
     without knowledge of the falsity of the information contained 
     in the report.
       (f) Definitions and Special Rules.--For purposes of this 
     section:
       (1) The term ``final adverse action'' includes:
       (A) Civil judgments against a health care provider in 
     Federal or State court related to the delivery of a health 
     care item or service.
       (B) Federal or State criminal convictions related to the 
     delivery of a health care item or service.
       (C) Actions by Federal or State agencies responsible for 
     the licensing and certification of health care providers, 
     suppliers, and licensed health care practitioners, 
     including--
       (i) formal or official actions, such as revocation or 
     suspension of a license (and the length of any such 
     suspension), reprimand, censure or probation,
       (ii) any other loss of license of the provider, supplier, 
     or practitioner, by operation of law, or
       (iii) any other negative action or finding by such Federal 
     or State agency that is publicly available information.
       (D) Exclusion from participation in Federal or State health 
     care programs.
       (E) Any other adjudicated actions or decisions that the 
     Secretary shall establish by regulation.
       (2) The terms ``licensed health care practitioner'', 
     ``licensed practitioner'', and ``practitioner'' mean, with 
     respect to a State, an individual who is licensed or 
     otherwise authorized by the State to provide health care 
     services (or any individual who, without authority holds 
     himself or herself out to be so licensed or authorized).
       (3) The term ``health care provider'' means a provider of 
     services as defined in section 1861(u) of the Social Security 
     Act, and any entity, including a health maintenance 
     organization, group medical practice, or any other entity 
     listed by the Secretary in regulation, that provides health 
     care services.
       (4) The term ``supplier'' means a supplier of health care 
     items and services described in section 1819(a) and (b), and 
     section 1861 of the Social Security Act.
       (5) The term ``Government agency'' shall include:
       (A) The Department of Justice.
       (B) The Department of Health and Human Services.
       (C) Any other Federal agency that either administers or 
     provides payment for the delivery of health care services, 
     including, but not limited to the Department of Defense and 
     the Veterans' Administration.
       (D) State law enforcement agencies.
       (E) State medicaid fraud and abuse units.
       (F) Federal or State agencies responsible for the licensing 
     and certification of health care providers and licensed 
     health care practitioners.
       (6) The term ``health plan'' has the meaning given to such 
     term by section 1128(i) of the Social Security Act.
       (7) For purposes of paragraph (2), the existence of a 
     conviction shall be determined under paragraph (4) of section 
     1128(j) of the Social Security Act.
       (g) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1921(d) of the Social 
     Security Act is amended by inserting ``and section ____21 of 
     subtitle ____ of the District of Columbia appropriations, 
     1995'' after ``section 422 of the Health Care Quality 
     Improvement Act of 1986''.

                    PART 4--CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES

     SEC. ____31. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES.

       (a) General Civil Monetary Penalties.--Section 1128A of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7a) is amended as 
     follows:
       (1) In subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``or of any health 
     plan (as defined in section 1128(i)),'' after ``subsection 
     (i)(1)),''.
       (2) In subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ``or under a 
     health plan'' after ``title XIX''.
       (3) In subsection (f)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(3) With respect to amounts recovered arising out of a 
     claim under a health plan, the portion of such amounts as is 
     determined to have been paid by the plan shall be repaid to 
     the plan, and the portion of such amounts attributable to the 
     amounts recovered under this section by reason of the 
     amendments made by Subtitle ____ of the District of Colmubia 
     appropriations, 1995 (as estimated by the Secretary) shall be 
     deposited into the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control 
     Account established under section ____01(b) of such Act.''.
       (4) In subsection (i)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or under a health 
     plan'' before the period at the end, and
       (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``or under a health 
     plan'' after ``or XX''.
       (b) Prohibition Against Offering Inducements to Individuals 
     Enrolled Under Programs or Plans.--
       (1) Offer of remuneration.--Section 1128A(a) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7a(a)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1)(D);
       (B) by striking ``, or'' at the end of paragraph (2) and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (C) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (3) 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(4) offers to or transfers remuneration to any individual 
     eligible for benefits under title XVIII of this Act, or under 
     a State health care program (as defined in section 1128(h)) 
     that such person knows or should know is likely to influence 
     such individual to order or receive from a particular 
     provider, practitioner, or supplier any item or service for 
     which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under title 
     XVIII, or a State health care program;''.
       (2) Remuneration defined.--Section 1128A(i) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1320a-7a(i)) is amended by adding the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(6) The term `remuneration' includes the waiver of 
     coinsurance and deductible amounts (or any part thereof), and 
     transfers of items or services for free or for other than 
     fair market value. The term `remuneration' does not include--
       ``(A) the waiver of coinsurance and deductible amounts by a 
     person, if--
       ``(i) the waiver is not offered as part of any 
     advertisement or solicitation;
       ``(ii) the person does not routinely waive coinsurance or 
     deductible amounts; and
       ``(iii) the person--

       ``(I) waives the coinsurance and deductible amounts after 
     determining in good faith that the individual is in financial 
     need;
       ``(II) fails to collect coinsurance or deductible amounts 
     after making reasonable collection efforts; or
       ``(III) provides for any permissible waiver as specified in 
     section 1128B(b)(3) or in regulations issued by the 
     Secretary;

       ``(B) differentials in coinsurance and deductible amounts 
     as part of a benefit plan design as long as the differentials 
     have been disclosed in writing to all third party payors to 
     whom claims are presented and as long as the differentials 
     meet the standards as defined in regulations promulgated by 
     the Secretary; or
       ``(C) incentives given to individuals to promote the 
     delivery of preventive care as determined by the Secretary in 
     regulations.''.
       (c) Excluded Individual Retaining Ownership or Control 
     Interest in Participating Entity.--Section 1128A(a) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7a(a)), as amended by 
     subsection (b), is further amended--
       (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3);
       (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (4) 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) in the case of a person who is not an organization, 
     agency, or other entity, is excluded from participating in a 
     program under title XVIII or a State health care program in 
     accordance with this subsection or under section 1128 and 
     who, at the time of a violation of this subsection, retains a 
     direct or indirect ownership or control interest of 5 percent 
     or more, or an ownership or control interest (as defined in 
     section 1124(a)(3)) in, or who is an officer, director, 
     agent, or managing employee (as defined in section 1126(b)) 
     of, an entity that is participating in a program under title 
     XVIII or a State health care program;''.
       (d) Modifications of Amounts of Penalties and 
     Assessments.--Section 1128A(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1320a-7a(a)), as amended by subsections (b) and (c), 
     is amended in the matter following paragraph (6)--
       (1) by striking ``$2,000'' and inserting ``$10,000'';
       (2) by inserting ``; in cases under paragraph (4), $10,000 
     for each such offer or transfer; in cases under paragraph 
     (5), $10,000 for each day the prohibited relationship occurs; 
     in cases under paragraph (6) or (7), $10,000 per violation'' 
     after ``false or misleading information was given'';
       (3) by striking ``twice the amount'' and inserting ``3 
     times the amount''; and
       (4) by inserting ``(or, in cases under paragraph (4), 3 
     times the amount of the illegal remuneration)'' after ``for 
     each such item or service''.
       (e) Claim for Item or Service Based on Incorrect Coding or 
     Medically Unnecessary Services.--Section 1128A(a)(1) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7a(a)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``claimed,'' and 
     inserting the following: ``claimed, including any person who 
     repeatedly presents or causes to be presented a claim for an 
     item or service that is based on a code that the person knows 
     or should know will result in a greater payment to the person 
     than the code the person knows or should know is applicable 
     to the item or service actually provided,'';
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     ``, or''; and
       (4) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(E) is for a medical or other item or service that a 
     person repeatedly knows or should know is not medically 
     necessary; or''.
       (f) Permitting Secretary To Impose Civil Monetary 
     Penalty.--Section 1128A(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1320a-7a(a)) is amended by adding the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) Any person (including any organization, agency, or 
     other entity, but excluding a beneficiary as defined in 
     subsection (i)(5)) who the Secretary determines has violated 
     section 1128B(b) of this title shall be subject to a civil 
     monetary penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such 
     violation. In addition, such person shall be subject to an 
     assessment of not more than twice the total amount of the 
     remuneration offered, paid, solicited, or received in 
     violation of section 1128B(b). The total amount of 
     remuneration subject to an assessment shall be calculated 
     without regard to whether some portion thereof also may have 
     been intended to serve a purpose other than one proscribed by 
     section 1128B(b).''.
       (g) Sanctions Against Practitioners and Persons for Failure 
     to Comply with Statutory Obligations.--Section 1156(b)(3) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320c-5(b)(3)) is amended 
     by striking ``the actual or estimated cost'' and inserting 
     the following: ``up to $10,000 for each instance''.
       (h) Procedural Provisions.--Section 1876(i)(6) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395mm(i)(6)) is further amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) The provisions of section 1128A (other than 
     subsections (a) and (b)) shall apply to a civil money penalty 
     under subparagraph (A) or (B) in the same manner as they 
     apply to a civil money penalty or proceeding under section 
     1128A(a).''.
       (i) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect January 1, 1995.

                   PART 5--AMENDMENTS TO CRIMINAL LAW

     SEC. ____41. HEALTH CARE FRAUD.

       (a) In General.--
       (1)  Fines and imprisonment for health care fraud 
     violations.--Chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 1347. Health care fraud

       ``(a) Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a 
     scheme or artifice--
       ``(1) to defraud any health plan or other person, in 
     connection with the delivery of or payment for health care 
     benefits, items, or services; or
       ``(2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, 
     representations, or promises, any of the money or property 
     owned by, or under the custody or control of, any health 
     plan, or person in connection with the delivery of or payment 
     for health care benefits, items, or services;

     shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
     10 years, or both. If the violation results in serious bodily 
     injury (as defined in section 1365(g)(3) of this title), such 
     person shall be imprisoned for any term of years.
       ``(b) For purposes of this section, the term `health plan' 
     has the same meaning given such term in section 1128(i) of 
     the Social Security Act.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:

``1347. Health care fraud.''.

       (b) Criminal Fines Deposited in the Health Care Fraud and 
     Abuse Control Account.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     deposit into the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account 
     established under section ____01(b) an amount equal to the 
     criminal fines imposed under section 1347 of title 18, United 
     States Code (relating to health care fraud).

     SEC. ____42. FORFEITURES FOR FEDERAL HEALTH CARE OFFENSES.

       (a) In General.--Section 982(a) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding after paragraph (5) the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(6)(A) The court, in imposing sentence on a person 
     convicted of a Federal health care offense, shall order the 
     person to forfeit property, real or personal, that--
       ``(i) is used in the commission of the offense if the 
     offense results in a financial loss or gain of $50,000 or 
     more; or
       ``(ii) constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to 
     the commission of the offense.
       ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `Federal 
     health care offense' means a violation of, or a criminal 
     conspiracy to violate--
       ``(i) section 1347 of this title;
       ``(ii) section 1128B of the Social Security Act;
       ``(iii) sections 287, 371, 664, 666, 1001, 1027, 1341, 
     1343, or 1954 of this title if the violation or conspiracy 
     relates to health care fraud; and
       ``(iv) section 501 or 511 of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, if the violation or conspiracy relates 
     to health care fraud.''.
       (b) Property Forfeited Deposited in Health Care Fraud and 
     Abuse Control Account.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     deposit into the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account 
     established under section ____01(b) an amount equal to 
     amounts resulting from forfeiture of property by reason of a 
     Federal health care offense pursuant to section 982(a)(6) of 
     title 18, United States Code.

     SEC. ____43. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF RELATING TO FEDERAL HEALTH 
                   CARE OFFENSES.

       Section 1345(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
       (2) by inserting ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B); and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) committing or about to commit a Federal health care 
     offense (as defined in section 982(a)(6)(B) of this 
     title);''.

       PART 6--PAYMENTS FOR STATE HEALTH CARE FRAUD CONTROL UNITS

     SEC. ____51. ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE FRAUD UNITS.

       (a) Establishment of Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control 
     Unit.--The Governor of each State shall, consistent with 
     State law, establish and maintain in accordance with 
     subsection (b) a State agency to act as a Health Care Fraud 
     and Abuse Control Unit for purposes of this part.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, a ``State Fraud Unit'' 
     means a Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Unit designated 
     under subsection (a) that the Secretary certifies meets the 
     requirements of this part.

     SEC. ____52. REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE FRAUD UNITS.

       (a) In General.--The State Fraud Unit must--
       (1) be a single identifiable entity of the State 
     government;
       (2) be separate and distinct from any State agency with 
     principal responsibility for the administration of any 
     Federally-funded or mandated health care program;
       (3) meet the other requirements of this section.
       (b) Specific Requirements Described.--The State Fraud Unit 
     shall--
       (1) be a Unit of the office of the State Attorney General 
     or of another department of State government which possesses 
     statewide authority to prosecute individuals for criminal 
     violations;
       (2) if it is in a State the constitution of which does not 
     provide for the criminal prosecution of individuals by a 
     statewide authority and has formal procedures, (A) assure its 
     referral of suspected criminal violations to the appropriate 
     authority or authorities in the State for prosecution, and 
     (B) assure its assistance of, and coordination with, such 
     authority or authorities in such prosecutions; or
       (3) have a formal working relationship with the office of 
     the State Attorney General or the appropriate authority or 
     authorities for prosecution and have formal procedures 
     (including procedures for its referral of suspected criminal 
     violations to such office) which provide effective 
     coordination of activities between the Fraud Unit and such 
     office with respect to the detection, investigation, and 
     prosecution of suspected criminal violations relating to any 
     Federally-funded or mandated health care programs.
       (c) Staffing Requirements.--The State Fraud Unit shall--
       (1) employ attorneys, auditors, investigators and other 
     necessary personnel; and
       (2) be organized in such a manner and provide sufficient 
     resources as is necessary to promote the effective and 
     efficient conduct of State Fraud Unit activities.
       (d) Cooperative Agreements; Memoranda of Understanding.--
     The State Fraud Unit shall have cooperative agreements with--
       (1) Federally-funded or mandated health care programs;
       (2) similar Fraud Units in other States, as exemplified 
     through membership and participation in the National 
     Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units or its successor; 
     and
       (3) the Secretary.
       (e) Reports.--The State Fraud Unit shall submit to the 
     Secretary an application and an annual report containing such 
     information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
     determine whether the State Fraud Unit meets the requirements 
     of this section.
       (f) Funding Source; Participation in All-Payer Program.--In 
     addition to those sums expended by a State under section 
     ____54(a) for purposes of determining the amount of the 
     Secretary's payments, a State Fraud Unit may receive funding 
     for its activities from other sources, the identity of which 
     shall be reported to the Secretary in its application or 
     annual report. The State Fraud Unit shall participate in the 
     all-payer fraud and abuse control program established under 
     section ____01.

     SEC. ____53. SCOPE AND PURPOSE.

       The State Fraud Unit shall carry out the following 
     activities:
       (1) The State Fraud Unit shall conduct a statewide program 
     for the investigation and prosecution (or referring for 
     prosecution) of violations of all applicable state laws 
     regarding any and all aspects of fraud in connection with any 
     aspect of the administration and provision of health care 
     services and activities of providers of such services under 
     any Federally-funded or mandated health care programs;
       (2) The State Fraud Unit shall have procedures for 
     reviewing complaints of the abuse or neglect of patients of 
     facilities (including patients in residential facilities and 
     home health care programs) that receive payments under any 
     Federally-funded or mandated health care programs, and, where 
     appropriate, to investigate and prosecute such complaints 
     under the criminal laws of the State or for referring the 
     complaints to other State agencies for action.
       (3) The State Fraud Unit shall provide for the collection, 
     or referral for collection to the appropriate agency, of 
     overpayments that are made under any Federally-funded or 
     mandated health care program and that are discovered by the 
     State Fraud Unit in carrying out its activities.

     SEC. ____54. PAYMENTS TO STATES.

       (a) Matching Payments to States.--Subject to subsection 
     (c), for each year for which a State has a State Fraud Unit 
     approved under section ____52(b) in operation the Secretary 
     shall provide for a payment to the State for each quarter in 
     a fiscal year in an amount equal to the applicable percentage 
     of the sums expended during the quarter by the State Fraud 
     Unit.
       (b) Applicable Percentage Defined.--
       (1) In general.--In subsection (a), the ``applicable 
     percentage'' with respect to a State for a fiscal year is--
       (A) 90 percent, for quarters occurring during the first 3 
     years for which the State Fraud Unit is in operation; or
       (B) 75 percent, for any other quarters.
       (2) Treatment of states with medicaid fraud control 
     units.--In the case of a State with a State medicaid fraud 
     control in operation prior to or as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, in determining the number of years for 
     which the State Fraud Unit under this part has been in 
     operation, there shall be included the number of years for 
     which such State medicaid fraud control unit was in 
     operation.
       (c) Limit on Payment.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the 
     total amount of payments made to a State under this section 
     for a fiscal year may not exceed the amounts as authorized 
     pursuant to section 1903(b)(3) of the Social Security Act.
                                 ______


              WOFFORD (AND LAUTENBERG) AMENDMENT NO. 2595

  Mr. WOFFORD (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) proposed an amendment to 
amendment No. 2594 proposed by Mr. Cohen to the bill H.R. 4649, supra; 
as follows:

       At the end of the pending amendment, add the following new 
     section:

     SEC.  . DISQUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM 
                   PARTICIPATING IN THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH 
                   BENEFITS PROGRAM.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) the Congress has failed to enact legislation that 
     extends health insurance to all Americans and reduces 
     inflation in health care costs;
       (2) Members of Congress may obtain health insurance through 
     the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, which provides 
     Members of Congress with guaranteed and affordable private 
     health insurance, choice of health plans and choice of 
     doctor, and no exclusions for preexisting medical conditions; 
     and
       (3) Members of Congress currently receive on average a 72 
     percent contribution of their health insurance premiums from 
     their employer, the taxpayers.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide 
     that Members of Congress shall not obtain taxpayer-financed 
     health insurance under the favorable conditions established 
     through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program unless 
     Congress enacts health reform legislation that gives the 
     American people the type of affordable, guaranteed health 
     insurance that Members of Congress have provided for 
     themselves.
       (c) Limitation on Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan 
     Coverage for Members of Congress.--Effective on January 1, 
     1995.--
       (1) the Office of Personnel Management shall--
       (A) terminate the enrollment of any Member of Congress in a 
     health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code; and
       (B) prohibit the original enrollment, re-en-rollment, or 
     change of enrollment of any Member of Congress in such a 
     plan; and
       (2) the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 
     of Representatives shall cease making applicable employee 
     withholdings and Government contributions under section 8906 
     of title 5, United States Code, for any Member of Congress.
       (d) Continued Coverage.--A Member of Congress who is 
     enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 
     5, United States Code, on December 31, 1994, may receive 
     continued coverage under section 8905a of such title.
                                 ______


                      DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 2596

  Mr. DOMENICI proposed an amendment to the House amendment to the 
Senate amendment No. 12 to the bill H.R. 4649, supra; as follows:

       In the pending amendment, strike ``and agency funds;'' and 
     insert the following:
                    DIVISION 2--CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Rulemaking power of Senate and House of Representatives.

                     TITLE I--REFORM OF THE SENATE

Sec. 101. Senate committee assignments.
Sec. 102. Senate committee structure.
Sec. 103. Senate scheduling.
Sec. 104. Proxy votes.
Sec. 105. Senate committee attendance.
Sec. 106. Senate floor proceedings.
Sec. 107. Dedication of unexpended funds to deficit reduction.

            TITLE II--REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                   TITLE III--REFORM OF THE CONGRESS

                       Subtitle A--Budget Process

                       Part I--Biennial Budgeting

Sec. 301. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 302. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
              Control Act of 1974.
Sec. 303. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 304. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations 
              Acts.
Sec. 305. Conforming amendments to rules of House of Representatives.
Sec. 306. Multiyear authorizations.

               Part II--Additional Budget Process Changes

Sec. 311. CBO reports to budget committees.
Sec. 312. Byrd rule clarifications.
Sec. 313. GAO assistance with authorizations and oversight.

       Subtitle B--Staffing; Administration; and Support Agencies

Sec. 331. Legislative branch streamlining and restructuring.
Sec. 332. Authorization of certain congressional instrumentalities.
Sec. 333. Detailees from congressional support agencies and executive 
              agencies.

              Subtitle C--Abolishing the Joint Committees

                    Part I--Joint Economic Committee

Sec. 361. Joint Economic Committee.

                  Part II--Joint Committee on Taxation

Sec. 362. Joint Committee on Taxation.

          Part III--Joint Committee on the Library of Congress

Sec. 363. Joint Committee on the Library of Congress.

                  Part IV--Joint Committee on Printing

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

            Subtitle D--Legislative and Executive Relations

Sec. 381. Committee oversight goals and reports for Federal program 
              review.
Sec. 382. Sunset agency reporting requirements.

                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 401. Effective date; application.

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

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

     SEC. 101. SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

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

                              ``RULE XXIV


                      ``Appointment of Committees

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

     SEC. 102. SENATE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.

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

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

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

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

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

     SEC. 103. SENATE SCHEDULING.

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

     SEC. 104. PROXY VOTES.

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

     SEC. 105. SENATE COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE.

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

     SEC. 106. SENATE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS.

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

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

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

                       PART I--BIENNIAL BUDGETING

     SEC. 301. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

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


                              ``timetable

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

  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

       Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to 
     read as follows:

     ``Sec. 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts

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

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

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

     SEC. 306. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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


                   ``authorizations of appropriations

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

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

               PART II--ADDITIONAL BUDGET PROCESS CHANGES

     SEC. 311. CBO REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.

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

     SEC. 312. BYRD RULE CLARIFICATIONS.

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

     SEC. 313. GAO ASSISTANCE WITH AUTHORIZATIONS AND OVERSIGHT.

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

     SEC. 331. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH STREAMLINING AND RESTRUCTURING.

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

     SEC. 332. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL 
                   INSTRUMENTALITIES.

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

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

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

                    PART I--JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

     SEC. 361. JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.

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

                  PART II--JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

     SEC. 362. JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION.

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

          PART III--JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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

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

                  PART IV--JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

     SEC. 371. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.

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

     SEC. 372. DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 302 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 302. Deputy Public Printers; appointments; duties

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

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

     SEC. 373. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.

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

     SEC. 374. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.

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

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

       (a) In General.--Section 501 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 501. Government printing, binding, and blank-book work 
       to be done at Government Printing Office

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

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

       (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
     new section:

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

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

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

     SEC. 377. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

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

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

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

     SEC. 382. SUNSET AGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

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

     SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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


                        BOREN AMENDMENT NO. 2597

  Mr. BOREN proposed an amendment to amendment No. 2596 proposed by Mr. 
Domenici to the bill H.R. 4649, supra; as follows:

         In lieu of the matter to be inserted, insert the 
     following: ``and agency funds;
                    DIVISION 2--CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Rulemaking power of Senate and House of Representatives.

                     TITLE I--REFORM OF THE SENATE

Sec. 101. Senate committee assignments.
Sec. 102. Senate committee structure.
Sec. 103. Senate scheduling.
Sec. 104. Proxy votes.
Sec. 105. Senate committee attendance.
Sec. 106. Senate floor proceedings.
Sec. 107. Dedication of unexpended funds to deficit reduction.

            TITLE II--REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                   TITLE III--REFORM OF THE CONGRESS

                       Subtitle A--Budget Process

                       Part I--Biennial Budgeting

Sec. 301. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 302. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
              Control Act of 1974.
Sec. 303. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 304. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations 
              Acts.
Sec. 305. Conforming amendments to rules of House of Representatives.
Sec. 306. Multiyear authorizations.

               Part II--Additional Budget Process Changes

Sec. 311. CBO reports to budget committees.
Sec. 312. Byrd rule clarifications.
Sec. 313. GAO assistance with authorizations and oversight.

       Subtitle B--Staffing; Administration; and Support Agencies

Sec. 331. Legislative branch streamlining and restructuring.
Sec. 332. Authorization of certain congressional instrumentalities.
Sec. 333. Detailees from congressional support agencies and executive 
              agencies.

              Subtitle C--Abolishing the Joint Committees

                    Part I--Joint Economic Committee

Sec. 361. Joint Economic Committee.

                  Part II--Joint Committee on Taxation

Sec. 362. Joint Committee on Taxation.

          Part III--Joint Committee on the Library of Congress

Sec. 363. Joint Committee on the Library of Congress.

                  Part IV--Joint Committee on Printing

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

            Subtitle D--Legislative and Executive Relations

Sec. 381. Committee oversight goals and reports for Federal program 
              review.
Sec. 382. Sunset agency reporting requirements.

                        TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 401. Effective date; application.

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

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

     SEC. 101. SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

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

                              ``RULE XXIV


                      ``Appointment of Committees

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

     SEC. 102. SENATE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE.

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

``Committee:                                                    Members
  ``Appropriations.................................................____
  ``Armed Services.................................................____
  ``Finance........................................................____
  ``Foreign Relations..............................................____

       ``(b) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this 
     rule, each of the following standing committees shall consist 
     of the number of Senators set forth in the following table on 
     the line on which the name of that committee appears:

``Committee:                                                    Members
  ``Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry...........................____
  ``Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs............................____
  ``Commerce, Science, and Transportation..........................____
  ``Energy and Natural Resources...................................____
  ``Environment and Public Works...................................____
  ``Governmental Affairs...........................................____
  ``Judiciary......................................................____
  ``Labor and Human Resources......................................____

       ``(c) The committees listed in this paragraph (except for 
     the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations) shall not have more than 3 subcommittees.
       ``3. (a) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of 
     this rule, each of the following standing committees shall 
     consist of the number of Senators set forth in the following 
     table on the line on which the name of that committee 
     appears:

``Committee:                                                    Members
  ``Aging..........................................................____
  ``Budget.........................................................____
  ``Indian Affairs.................................................____
  ``Rules and Administration.......................................____
  ``Small Business.................................................____
  ``Veterans' Affairs..............................................____

       ``(b) The following committee shall consist of the number 
     of Senators set forth in the following table:

``Committee:                                                    Members
  ``Ethics.........................................................____
  ``Intelligence...................................................____

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

     SEC. 103. SENATE SCHEDULING.

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

     SEC. 104. PROXY VOTES.

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

     SEC. 105. SENATE COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE.

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

     SEC. 106. SENATE FLOOR PROCEEDINGS.

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

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

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

                       PART I--BIENNIAL BUDGETING

     SEC. 301. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.

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


                              ``timetable

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

       Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to 
     read as follows:

     ``Sec. 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts

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

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

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

     SEC. 306. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.

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


                   ``authorizations of appropriations

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

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

               PART II--ADDITIONAL BUDGET PROCESS CHANGES

     SEC. 311. CBO REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.

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

     SEC. 312. BYRD RULE CLARIFICATIONS.

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

     SEC. 313. GAO ASSISTANCE WITH AUTHORIZATIONS AND OVERSIGHT.

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

     SEC. 331. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH STREAMLINING AND RESTRUCTURING.

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

     SEC. 332. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL 
                   INSTRUMENTALITIES.

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

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

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

                    PART I--JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

     SEC. 361. JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.

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

                  PART II--JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

     SEC. 362. JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION.

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

          PART III--JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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

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

                  PART IV--JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

     SEC. 371. JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.

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

     SEC. 372. DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 302 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 302. Deputy Public Printers; appointments; duties

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

``302. Deputy Public Printers; appointments; duties.''.

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

     SEC. 373. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.

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

     SEC. 374. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.

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

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

       (a) In General.--Section 501 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 501. Government printing, binding, and blank-book work 
       to be done at Government Printing Office

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

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

       (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
     new section:

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

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

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

     SEC. 377. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

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

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

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

     SEC. 382. SUNSET AGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

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

     SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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

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