[House Report 106-613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-613
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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 853, THE COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET
PROCESS REFORM ACT OF 1999
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May 10, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Goss, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 499]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 499, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
summary of provisions of the resolution
The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 853,
Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999, under a
structured rule. The rule provides 90 minutes of general debate
with 40 minutes divided equally between the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, 30
minutes divided equally between the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Rules and 20 minutes
divided equally between the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Appropriations.
The rule provides that, in lieu of the amendments
recommended by the Committees on the Budget, Appropriations and
Rules now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, the amendment
in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R.
4397, which shall be considered as read. The rule makes in
order only those amendments printed in this report which may be
offered only in the order printed in this report, may be
offered only be a Member designated in this report, shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified
in this report equally divided between the proponent and an
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be
subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House
or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule also waives all
points of order against the amendments printed in this report.
The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill and to
reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if
the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
committee votes
Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed
below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 98
Date: May 10, 2000.
Measure: H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act
of 1999.
Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment by
Representative Forbes to exempt veterans benefits, programs,
and compensation from the bill's requirement that all programs
be reauthorized every ten years.
Results: Defeated 3-8.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay;
Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
Rules Committee record vote No. 99
Date: May 10, 2000.
Measure: H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act
of 1999.
Motion by: Mr. Frost.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment by
Representative Berkley to amend Title IV of the bill to exempt
Medicare and any prescription drug benefit that may be included
in Medicare from the sunset requirement in H.R. 853.
Results: Defeated 3-8.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay;
Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; Dreier--Nay.
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Drier of California, or
Representative Luther of Minnesota, or a Designee, Debatable for 40
Minutes
At the end, add the following new title:
TITLE VII--BIENNIAL BUDGETING
SEC. 701. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) the annual appropriations and budget process
increasingly dominates the congressional agenda and
Congress regularly fails to meet the deadlines of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
(2) the design of the budget process has led to
repetitive and time-consuming budget votes, decreasing
the time available for the systematic and programmatic
oversight of Federal programs and delaying the
enactment of legislation necessary to fund the
Government;
(3) Congress' responsibility to improve the
efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of governmental
operations, evaluate programs and performance, detect
and prevent poor administration, waste, or abuse in
Government programs, ensure that executive policies
reflect the public interest, ensure administrative
compliance with legislative intent, and prevent
executive encroachment on legislative authority and
prerogatives is undermined by the current time-
consuming and repetitive budget process;
(4) an annual budget process encourages inefficiency
in the management, stability, and predictability of
Federal funding, particularly for States and
localities;
(5) a biennial budget process will reduce the number
of budget-related votes during each Congress, enhance
congressional oversight of Government operations,
encourage longer time horizons in policy planning and
greater stability in fiscal policy;
(6) a biennial budget process was a principal
recommendation of the 1993 Joint Committee on the
Organization of Congress and the Vice President's
National Performance Review;
(7) since the enactment of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, more than 50 bills addressing a two-year
budget cycle have been introduced, 10 biennial budget
related provisions were reported by congressional
committees, 7 passed either chamber and 4 were enacted;
more than 40 congressional or special committee
hearings addressed the issue of biennial budgeting; and
the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of
Management and Budget, and 5 different special task
forces or joint committees of Congress have either
recommended biennial budgeting or further studies of
it;
(8) the adoption of a biennial budget process was
recommended by President Reagan in the fiscal year 1989
budget submission, by President Bush in the fiscal year
1990 and 1991 budget submissions, and by President
Clinton in the fiscal year 1995, 2000, and 2001 budget
submissions; and
(9) a bipartisan majority of Members of the House of
Representatives support a biennial budget process.
SEC. 702. 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 Eighth
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.
Not later than 6 weeks after budget Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees.
submission.
April 1.............................. Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.
May 15............................... Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial
budget.
May 15............................... Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House.
June 10.............................. House Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill.
June 30.............................. House completes action on biennial appropriation bills.
October 1............................ Biennium begins.
``Second Session
``On or before: Action to be completed:
February 15.......................... President submits budget review.
Not later than 6 weeks after Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees.
President submits budget review.
The last day of the session.......... Congress completes action on bills and resolutions authorizing new budget
authority for the succeeding biennium.
``(b) Special Rule.--In the case of any first session of
Congress that begins in any year during which the term of a
President (except a President who succeeds himself) begins, the
following dates shall supersede those set forth in subsection
(a):
``First Session
``On or before: Action to be completed:
First Monday in April................ President submits budget recommendations.
April 20............................. Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees.
May 15............................... Budget Committees report concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.
June 1............................... Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial
budget.
June 1............................... Biennial appropriation bills may be considered in the House.
July 1............................... House Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill.
July 20.............................. House completes action on biennial appropriation bills.
October 1............................ Biennium begins.''.
SEC. 703. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT
CONTROL ACT OF 1974.
(a) Declaration of Purpose.--Section 2(2) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking ``each year'' and
inserting ``biennially''.
(b) Definitions.--
(1) Budget resolution.--Section 3(4) of such Act (2
U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year''
each place it appears and inserting ``biennium''.
(2) Biennium.--Section 3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622)
(as amended by section 203) is further amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(13) The term `biennium' means the period of 2
consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any
odd-numbered year.''.
(c) Biennial Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--
(1) Contents of resolution.--Section 301(a) of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by--
(i) striking ``April 15 of each
year'' and inserting ``May 15 of each
odd-numbered year'';
(ii) striking ``the fiscal year
beginning on October 1 of such year''
the first place it appears and
inserting ``the biennium beginning on
October 1 of such year''; and
(iii) striking ``the fiscal year
beginning on October 1 of such year''
the second place it appears and
inserting ``each fiscal year in such
period'';
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``for the
fiscal year'' and inserting ``for each fiscal
year in the biennium''; and
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ``for the
fiscal year'' and inserting ``for each fiscal
year in the biennium''.
(2) Additional matters.--Section 301(b) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``for such
fiscal year'' and inserting ``for either fiscal
year in such biennium''; and
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ``for the
first fiscal year'' and inserting ``for each
fiscal year in the biennium''.
(3) Views of other committees.--Section 301(d) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by inserting
``(or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b))''
after ``United States Code''.
(4) Hearings.--Section 301(e)(1) of such Act (2
U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by--
(A) striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting
``biennium''; and
(B) inserting after the second sentence the
following: ``On or before April 1 of each odd-
numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided
by section 300(b)), the Committee on the Budget
of each House shall report to its House the
concurrent resolution on the budget referred to
in subsection (a) for the biennium beginning on
October 1 of that year.''.
(5) Goals for reducing unemployment.--Section 301(f)
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by striking
``fiscal year'' each place it appears and inserting
``biennium''.
(6) Economic assumptions.--Section 301(g)(1) of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``for a
fiscal year'' and inserting ``for a biennium''.
(7) Section heading.--The section heading of section
301 of such Act is amended by striking ``ANNUAL'' and
inserting ``BIENNIAL''.
(8) Table of contents.--The item relating to section
301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b)
of such Act is amended by striking ``Annual'' and
inserting ``Biennial''.
(d) Committee Allocations.--Section 302 of such Act (2 U.S.C.
633) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by--
(A) striking ``for the first fiscal year of
the resolution,'' and inserting ``for each
fiscal year in the biennium,'';
(B) striking ``for that period of fiscal
years'' and inserting ``for all fiscal years
covered by the resolution''; and
(C) striking ``for the fiscal year of that
resolution'' and inserting ``for each fiscal
year in the biennium'';
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``for a fiscal
year'' and inserting ``for a biennium'';
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``first fiscal
year'' and inserting ``either fiscal year of the
biennium'';
(4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by--
(A) striking ``first fiscal year'' and
inserting ``each fiscal year of the biennium'';
and
(B) striking ``the total of fiscal years''
and inserting ``the total of all fiscal years
covered by the resolution''; and
(5) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ``April''
and inserting ``May''.
(e) Section 303 Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
634(a)) is amended by striking ``for a fiscal year''
and inserting ``for a biennium'' and by striking ``the
first fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year of
the biennium''.
(2) Exceptions in the house.--Section 303(b) of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``the
budget year'' and inserting ``the biennium'';
(B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``the
fiscal year'' and inserting ``the biennium'';
and
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(or June
1 whenever section 300(b) is applicable)''.
(3) Application to the senate.--Section 303(c)(1) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is amended by--
(A) striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting
``biennium''; and
(B) striking ``that year'' and inserting
``each fiscal year of that biennium''.
(f) Permissible Revisions of Concurrent Resolutions on the
Budget.--Section 304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended--
(1) by striking ``fiscal year'' the first two places
it appears and inserting ``biennium'';
(2) by striking ``for such fiscal year''; and
(3) by inserting before the period ``for such
biennium''.
(g) Procedures for Consideration of Budget Resolutions.--
Section 305(a)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) is amended
by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium''.
(h) Completion of House Committee Action on Appropriation
Bills.--Section 307 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended--
(1) by striking ``each year'' and inserting ``each
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by
section 300(b), July 1)'';
(2) by striking ``annual'' and inserting
``biennial'';
(3) by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting
``biennium''; and
(4) by striking ``that year'' and inserting ``each
odd-numbered year''.
(i) Quarterly Budget Reports.--Section 308 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 639) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(d) Quarterly Budget Reports.--The Director of 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 or
surplus for the current fiscal year to assumptions included in
the congressional budget resolution. In preparing this report,
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall combine
actual budget figures to date with projected revenue and
spending for the balance of the fiscal year. The Director of
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.''.
(j) Completion of House Action on Regular Appropriation
Bills.--Section 309 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended--
(1) by striking ``It'' and inserting ``Except
whenever section 300(b) is applicable, it'';
(2) by inserting ``of any odd-numbered calendar
year'' after ``July'';
(3) by striking ``annual'' and inserting
``biennial''; and
(4) by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting
``biennium''.
(k) Reconciliation Process.--Section 310 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 641) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ``any fiscal year'' and
inserting ``any biennium'';
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``such fiscal
year'' each place it appears and inserting ``any fiscal
year covered by such resolution''; and
(3) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating
subsection (g) as subsection (f).
(l) Section 311 Point of Order.--
(1) In the house.--Section 311(a)(1) of such Act (2
U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and
inserting ``for a biennium'';
(B) by striking ``the first fiscal year''
each place it appears and inserting ``either
fiscal year of the biennium''; and
(C) by striking ``that first fiscal year''
and inserting ``each fiscal year in the
biennium''.
(2) In the senate.--Section 311(a)(2) of such Act is
amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``for
the first fiscal year'' and inserting ``for
either fiscal year of the biennium''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking ``that first fiscal
year'' the first place it appears and
inserting ``each fiscal year in the
biennium''; and
(ii) by striking ``that first fiscal
year and the ensuing fiscal years'' and
inserting ``all fiscal years''.
(3) Social security levels.--Section 311(a)(3) of
such Act is amended by--
(A) striking ``for the first fiscal year''
and inserting ``each fiscal year in the
biennium''; and
(B) striking ``that fiscal year and the
ensuing fiscal years'' and inserting ``all
fiscal years''.
(m) Maximum Deficit Amount Point of Order.--Section 312(c) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting
``for a biennium'';
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``first fiscal
year'' and inserting ``either fiscal year in the
biennium'';
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``that fiscal
year'' and inserting ``either fiscal year in the
biennium''; and
(4) in the matter following paragraph (2), by
striking ``that fiscal year'' and inserting ``the
applicable fiscal year''.
SEC. 704. 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)(4) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ``fiscal year'' and
inserting ``biennium''.
(c) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ``each fiscal year'' and
inserting ``the biennium''.
(d) Clause 4(b) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of
subparagraph (5), by striking the period and inserting ``;
and'' at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding at the end
the following new subparagraph:
``(7) use the second session of each Congress to study issues
with long-term budgetary and economic implications, which would
include--
``(A) hold 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-number year, issuing a
report to the Speaker which identifies the key issues
facing the Congress in the next biennium.''.
(e) Clause 11(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ``the same or preceding
fiscal year''.
(f) Clause 4(e) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ``annually'' each place
it appears and inserting ``biennially'' and by striking
``annual'' and inserting ``biennial''.
(g) Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended--
(1) by inserting ``during each odd-numbered year''
after ``submits his budget'';
(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''.
(h) Clause 3(d)(2)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by striking ``five'' both places
it appears and inserting ``six''.
(i) Clause 5(a)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ``fiscal year after
September 15 in the preceding fiscal year'' and inserting
``biennium after September 15 of the year in which such
biennium begins''.
SEC. 705. 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 (13) of section 3 of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
622(13)).''.
(b) Budget Contents and Submission to the Congress.--
(1) Schedule.--The matter preceding paragraph (1) in
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(a) On or before the first Monday in February of each odd-
numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), beginning with the
One Hundred Seventh Congress, the President shall transmit to
the Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning on October
1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under this
subsection shall include a budget message and summary and
supporting information. The President shall include in each
budget the following:''.
(2) Expenditures.--Section 1105(a)(5) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``the fiscal
year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal
years after that year'' and inserting ``each fiscal
year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted
and in the succeeding 4 years''.
(3) Receipts.--Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``the fiscal year
for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal
years after that year'' and inserting ``each fiscal
year in the biennium for which the budget is submitted
and in the succeeding 4 years''.
(4) Balance statements.--Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking
``the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in
the biennium''.
(5) Government functions and activities.--Section
1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is amended
in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the fiscal year''
and inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium''.
(6) Allowances.--Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``the fiscal
year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the
biennium''.
(7) Allowances for unanticipated and uncontrollable
expenditures.--Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``that year'' and
inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium for which
the budget is submitted''.
(8) Tax expenditures.--Section 1105(a)(16) of title
31, United States Code, is amended by striking ``the
fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the
biennium''.
(9) Estimates for future years.--Section 1105(a)(17)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``the fiscal year following
the fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal
year in the biennium following the biennium'';
(B) by striking ``that following fiscal
year'' and inserting ``each such fiscal year'';
and
(C) by striking ``fiscal year before the
fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium before
the biennium''.
(10) Prior year outlays.--Section 1105(a)(18) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``the prior fiscal year'' and
inserting ``each of the 2 most recently
completed fiscal years,'';
(B) by striking ``for that year'' and
inserting ``with respect to those fiscal
years''; and
(C) by striking ``in that year'' and
inserting ``in those fiscal years''.
(11) Prior year receipts.--Section 1105(a)(19) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``the prior fiscal year'' and
inserting ``each of the 2 most recently
completed fiscal years'';
(B) by striking ``for that year'' and
inserting ``with respect to those fiscal
years''; and
(C) by striking ``in that year'' each place
it appears and inserting ``in those fiscal
years''.
(c) Estimated Expenditures of Legislative and Judicial
Branches.--Section 1105(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``each year'' and inserting ``each even
numbered year''.
(d) Recommendations To Meet Estimated Deficiencies.--Section
1105(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``the fiscal year for'' the first
place it appears and inserting ``each fiscal year in
the biennium for'';
(2) by striking ``the fiscal year for'' the second
place it appears and inserting ``each fiscal year of
the biennium, as the case may be,''; and
(3) by striking ``that year'' and inserting ``for
each year of the biennium''.
(e) Capital Investment Analysis.--Section 1105(e)(1) of title
31, United States Code, is amended by striking ``ensuing fiscal
year'' and inserting ``biennium to which such budget relates''.
(f) Supplemental Budget Estimates and Changes.--
(1) In general.--Section 1106(a) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by--
(i) inserting ``and before February
15 of each even numbered year'' after
``Before July 16 of each year''; and
(ii) striking ``fiscal year'' and
inserting ``biennium'';
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``that
fiscal year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year
in such biennium'';
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``4 fiscal
years following the fiscal year'' and inserting
``4 fiscal years following the biennium''; and
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fiscal
year'' and inserting ``biennium''.
(2) Changes.--Section 1106(b) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by--
(A) striking ``the fiscal year'' and
inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium'';
and
(B) inserting ``and before February 15 of
each even numbered year'' after ``Before July
16 of each year''.
(g) Current Programs and Activities Estimates.--
(1) The president.--Section 1109(a) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``On or before the first
Monday after January 3 of each year (on or
before February 5 in 1986)'' and inserting ``At
the same time the budget required by section
1105 is submitted for a biennium''; and
(B) by striking ``the following fiscal year''
and inserting ``each fiscal year of such
period''.
(2) Joint economic committee.--Section 1109(b) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking
``March 1 of each year'' and inserting ``within 6 weeks
of the President's budget submission for each odd-
numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by
section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974)''.
(h) Year-Ahead Requests for Authorizing Legislation.--Section
1110 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by--
(1) striking ``May 16'' and inserting ``March 31'';
and
(2) striking ``year before the year in which the
fiscal year begins'' and inserting ``calendar year
preceding the calendar year in which the biennium
begins''.
SEC. 706. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATIONS
ACTS.
Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
``Sec. 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts
``(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropriations
for the support of the Government shall be as follows: `An Act
making appropriations (here insert the object) for each fiscal
year in the biennium of fiscal years (here insert the fiscal
years of the biennium).'.
``(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the support
of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium and shall
specify the amount of appropriations provided for each fiscal
year in such period.
``(c) For purposes of this section, the term `biennium' has
the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
622(11)).''.
SEC. 707. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (as amended by section 206(a) is further amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
``multiyear authorizations of appropriations
``Sec. 318. (a) Point of Order.--(1)(A) It shall not be in
order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider
any measure that contains a specific authorization of
appropriations for any purpose unless the measure includes such
a specific authorization of appropriations for that purpose for
not less than each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.
``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a specific
authorization of appropriations is an authorization for the
enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to
exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as a sum
certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be necessary) for
any purpose for a fiscal year.
``(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to an
authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year for
any program, project, or activity if the measure containing
that authorization includes a provision expressly stating the
following: `Congress finds that no authorization of
appropriation will be required for [Insert name of applicable
program, project, or activity] for any subsequent fiscal
year.'.
``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `measure'
means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report.''
(b) Amendment to Table of Contents.--The table of contents
set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding after the
item relating to section 317 the following new item:
``Sec. 318. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.''.
SEC. 708. GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC AND PERFORMANCE PLANS ON A BIENNIAL
BASIS.
(a) Strategic Plans.--Section 306 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 30,
1997'' and inserting ``September 30, 2002'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``at least every three
years'' and inserting ``at least every 4
years''; and
(B) by striking ``five years forward'' and
inserting ``six years forward''; and
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after
``section'' the second place it appears and adding
``including a strategic plan submitted by September 30,
2002, meeting the requirements of subsection (a)''.
(b) Budget Contents and Submission to Congress.--Paragraph
(28) of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``beginning with fiscal year 1999, a'' and
inserting ``beginning with fiscal year 2004, a biennial''.
(c) Performance Plans.--Section 1115 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``section
1105(a)(29)'' and inserting ``section
1105(a)(28)''; and
(ii) by striking ``an annual'' and
inserting ``a biennial'';
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after
``program activity'' the following: ``for both
years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan'';
(C) in paragraph (5) by striking ``and''
after the semicolon,
(D) in paragraph (6) by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and inserting
``and'' after the inserted semicolon; and
(E) by adding after paragraph (6) the
following:
``(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium
beginning with the first fiscal year of the next
biennial budget cycle.'';
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ``annual'' and
inserting ``biennial''; and
(3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by striking
``annual'' and inserting ``biennial''.
(d) Managerial Accountability and Flexibility.--Section 9703
of title 31, United States Code, relating to managerial
accountability, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the first sentence by striking
``annual''; and
(B) by striking ``section 1105(a)(29)'' and
inserting ``section 1105(a)(28)'';
(2) in subsection (e)--
(A) in the first sentence by striking ``one
or'' before ``years'';
(B) in the second sentence by striking ``a
subsequent year'' and inserting ``for a
subsequent 2-year period''; and
(C) in the third sentence by striking
``three'' and inserting ``four''.
(e) Pilot Projects for Performance Budgeting.--Section 1119
of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by striking
``annual'' and inserting ``biennial''; and
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ``annual'' and
inserting ``biennial''.
(f) Strategic Plans.--Section 2802 of title 39, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``September 30,
1997'' and inserting ``September 30, 2002'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``at least every
three years'' and inserting ``at least every 4 years'';
(3) by striking ``five years forward'' and inserting
``six years forward''; and
(4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma after
``section'' the second place it appears and inserting
``including a strategic plan submitted by September 30,
2002, meeting the requirements of subsection (a)''.
(g) Performance Plans.--Section 2803(a) of title 39, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking
``an annual'' and inserting ``a biennial'';
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``program
activity'' the following: ``for both years 1 and 2 of
the biennial plan'';
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon;
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and
inserting ``; and''; and
(5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:
``(7) cover each fiscal year of the biennium
beginning with the first fiscal year of the next
biennial budget cycle.''.
(h) Committee Views of Plans and Reports.--Section 301(d) of
the Congressional Budget Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by
adding at the end ``Each committee of the Senate or the House
of Representatives shall review the strategic plans,
performance plans, and performance reports, required under
section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sections 1115
and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, of all agencies under
the jurisdiction of the committee. Each committee may provide
its views on such plans or reports to the Committee on the
Budget of the applicable House.''.
(i) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on March 1, 2003.
(2) Agency actions.--Effective on and after the date
of enactment of this Act, each agency shall take such
actions as necessary to prepare and submit any plan or
report in accordance with the amendments made by this
title.
SEC. 709. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.
(a) In the House of Representatives.--(1) Clause 2(a) of rule
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(3)(A) Except as provided by subdivision (B), an
appropriation may not be reported in a general appropriation
bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and may
not be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it provides new
budget authority or establishes a level of obligations under
contract authority for each fiscal year of a biennium.
``(B) Subdivision (A) does not apply with respect to an
appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program,
project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto
containing that appropriation includes a provision expressly
stating the following: `Congress finds that no additional
funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the [Insert
name of applicable program, project, or activity] will be
completed or terminated after the amount provided has been
expended.'.
``(C) For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement set forth
in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropriation for a
single fiscal year for any program, project, or activity may be
included in a general appropriation bill or amendment
thereto.''.
(2) Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking ``or (c)'' and inserting
``or (3) or 2(c)''.
(b) In the Senate.--(1) Title III of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) (as amended by section 707)
is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``consideration of biennial appropriation bills
``Sec. 319. It shall not be in order in the Senate in any
odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropriation bill
providing new budget authority or a limitation on obligations
under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations for
only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless the program,
project, or activity for which the new budget authority or
obligation limitation is provided will require no additional
authority beyond one year and will be completed or terminated
after the amount provided has been expended.''.
(2) 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 318 the
following new item:
``Sec. 319. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills.''.
SEC. 710. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Information Regarding Agency Appropriations Requests.--To
assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives
and the Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the head
of each Federal agency which administers the laws or parts of
laws under the jurisdiction of such committee shall provide to
such committee such studies, information, analyses, reports,
and assistance as may be requested by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the committee.
(b) Information Regarding Agency Program Administration.--To
assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives
and the Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the head
of any agency shall furnish to such committee documentation,
containing information received, compiled, or maintained by the
agency as part of the operation or administration of a program,
or specifically compiled pursuant to a request in support of a
review of a program, as may be requested by the chairman and
ranking minority member of such committee.
(c) Summaries by Comptroller General.--Within thirty days
after the receipt of a request from a chairman and ranking
minority member of a standing committee having jurisdiction
over a program being reviewed and studied by such committee
under this section, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall furnish to such committee summaries of any audits
or reviews of such program which the Comptroller General has
completed during the preceding six years.
(d) Congressional Assistance.--Consistent with their duties
and functions under law, the Comptroller General of the United
States, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and
the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall
continue to furnish (consistent with established protocols) to
each standing committee of the House of Representatives or the
Senate such information, studies, analyses, and reports as the
chairman and ranking minority member may request to assist the
committee in conducting reviews and studies of programs under
this section.
SEC. 711. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall--
(1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing
the definition of a fiscal year and the budget process
based on that definition to a 2-year fiscal period with
a biennial budget process based on the 2-year period;
and
(2) report the findings of the study to the
Committees on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Senate and the Committee on
Rules of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 712. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 107TH CONGRESS.
(a) President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2002.--The
budget submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2002 shall
include the following:
(1) An identification of the budget accounts for
which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal
year of the fiscal year 2002-2003 biennium.
(2) Budget authority that should be provided for each
such fiscal year for the budget accounts identified
under paragraph (1).
(b) Review and Recommendations of the Committees on
Appropriations.--The Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate shall review the items
included pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submission of
the President for fiscal year 2002 and include its
recommendations thereon in its views and estimates made under
section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 within 6
weeks of that budget submission.
(c) Actions by the Committees on the Budget.--(1) The
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Senate shall review the items included pursuant to subsection
(a) in the budget submission of the President for fiscal year
2002 and the recommendations submitted by the Committee on
Appropriations of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included
in its views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(2) The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House
accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2002 and the joint explanatory statement of managers
accompanying such resolution shall also include allocations to
the Committee on Appropriations of its House of total new
budget authority and total outlays (which shall be deemed to be
made pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 for purposes of budget enforcement under section
302(f)) for fiscal year 2003 from which the Committee on
Appropriations may report regular appropriation bills for
fiscal year 2002 that include funding for certain accounts for
each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003.
(3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House
accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2002 and the joint explanatory statement of managers
accompanying such resolution shall also include the assumptions
upon which such allocations referred to in paragraph (2) are
based.
(d) GAO Programmatic Oversight Assistance.--(1) During the
first session of the 107th Congress the committees of the House
of Representatives and the Senate are directed to work with the
Comptroller General of the United States to develop plans to
transition program authorizations to a multi-year schedule.
(2) During the 107th Congress, the Comptroller General of the
United States will continue to provide assistance to the
Congress with respect to programmatic oversight and in
particular will assist the committees of Congress in designing
and conforming programmatic oversight procedures for the fiscal
year 2003-2004 biennium.
(e) CBO Authorization Report.--On or before January 15, 2002,
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, after
consultation with the appropriate committees of the House of
Representatives and Senate, shall submit to the Congress a
report listing (A) all programs and activities funded during
fiscal year 2002 for which authorizations for appropriations
have not been enacted for that fiscal year and (B) all programs
and activities funded during fiscal year 2002 for which
authorizations for appropriations will expire during that
fiscal year, fiscal year 2003, or fiscal year 2004.
(f) President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2003.--The
budget submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2003 shall
include an evaluation of, and recommendations regarding, the
transitional biennial budget process for the fiscal year 2002-
2003 biennium that was carried out pursuant to this section.
(g) CBO Transitional Report.--On or before March 31, 2002,
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall submit to
Congress an evaluation of, and recommendations regarding, the
transitional biennial budget process for the fiscal year 2002-
2003 biennium that was carried out pursuant to this section.
SEC. 713. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided by sections 708, 711, and 712, this title
and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on
January 1, 2003, and shall apply to budget resolutions and
appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal year
2004.
In section 1(b), at the end of the table of contents, insert
the following new items:
TITLE VII--BIENNIAL BUDGETING
Sec. 701. Findings.
Sec. 702. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 703. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974.
Sec. 704. Amendments to rules of House of Representatives.
Sec. 705. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 706. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriations
acts.
Sec. 707. Multiyear authorizations.
Sec. 708. Government plans on a biennial basis.
Sec. 709. Biennial appropriation bills.
Sec. 710. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
Sec. 711. Report on two-year fiscal period.
Sec. 712. Special transition period for the 107th Congress.
Sec. 713. Effective date.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gekas of Pennsylvania,
or a Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
At the end of title VI, add the following new subtitle:
Subtitle C--Automatic Continuing Resolution
SEC. 631. AUTOMATIC CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
(a) Amendment to Title 31.--Chapter 13 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1310 the
following new section:
``Sec. 1311. Continuing appropriations
``(a)(1) If any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year
does not become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year
and a joint resolution making continuing appropriations (other
than pursuant to this subsection) is not in effect, there is
appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other
revenues, receipts, and funds, such sums as may be necessary to
continue any program, project, or activity for which funds were
provided in the preceding fiscal year--
``(A) in the corresponding regular appropriation Act
for such preceding fiscal year; or
``(B) if the corresponding regular appropriation bill
for such preceding fiscal year did not become law, then
in a joint resolution making continuing appropriations
for such preceding fiscal year.
``(2)(A) Except as provided by subparagraphs (B), (C), and
(D), appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for a program, project, or activity for any fiscal
year pursuant to this section shall be at a rate of operations
not in excess of the rate of operations provided for in the
regular appropriation Act providing for such program, project,
or activity for the preceding fiscal year, or in the absence of
such an Act, the rate of operations provided for such program,
project, or activity pursuant to a joint resolution making
continuing appropriations for such preceding fiscal year.
``(B) The applicable rate of operations for a program,
project, or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this
section shall exclude amounts--
``(i) for which any adjustment was made under section
251(b)(2)(A) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 before the
date of enactment of this section;
``(ii) provided for emergencies for which an
exemption from section 251 or 252 of such Act is
granted under section 317(c) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974; or
``(iii) for which any adjustment is made under
section 251(b)(2) (C) or (D) of such Act.
``(C) The applicable rate of operations for a program,
project, or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this
section shall include amounts provided and rescinded for such
program, project, or activity in any supplemental or special
appropriations Act and in any rescission bill for that year
that is enacted into law.
``(D) The applicable rate of operations for a program,
project, or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this
section shall be reduced by the amount of budgetary resources
cancelled in any such program, project, or activity resulting
from the prior year's sequestration under section 251 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 as
published in OMB's final sequestration report for the prior
fiscal year.
``(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section for a
program, project, or activity shall be available for the period
beginning with the first day of a lapse in appropriations and
ending with the earlier of--
``(A) the date on which the applicable regular
appropriation bill for such fiscal year becomes law
(whether or not such law provides for such program,
project, or activity) or a continuing resolution making
appropriations becomes law, as the case may be, or
``(B) the last day of such fiscal year.
``(b) An appropriation or funds made available, or authority
granted, for a program, project, or activity for any fiscal
year pursuant to this section shall be subject to the terms and
conditions imposed with respect to the appropriation made or
funds made available for the preceding fiscal year, or
authority granted for such program, project, or activity under
current law.
``(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for any program, project, or activity for any fiscal
year pursuant to this section shall cover all obligations or
expenditures incurred for such program, project, or activity
during the portion of such fiscal year for which this section
applies to such program, project, or activity.
``(d) Expenditures made for a program, project, or activity
for any fiscal year pursuant to this section shall be charged
to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization
whenever a regular appropriation bill or a joint resolution
making continuing appropriations until the end of a fiscal year
providing for such program, project, or activity for such
period becomes law.
``(e) This section shall not apply to a program, project, or
activity during a fiscal year if any other provision of law
(other than an authorization of appropriations)--
``(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available,
or grants authority for such program, project, or
activity to continue for such period, or
``(2) specifically provides that no appropriation
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or no
authority shall be granted for such program, project,
or activity to continue for such period; or
``(f) For purposes of this section, the term `regular
appropriation bill' means any annual appropriation bill making
appropriations, otherwise making funds available, or granting
authority, for any of the following categories of programs,
projects, and activities:
``(1) Agriculture, rural development, and related
agencies programs.
``(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the judiciary, and related agencies.
``(3) The Department of Defense.
``(4) The government of the District of Columbia and
other activities chargeable in whole or in part against
the revenues of the District.
``(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies.
``(6) The Department of Housing and Urban
Development, and sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices.
``(7) Energy and water development.
``(8) Foreign assistance and related programs.
``(9) The Department of the Interior and related
agencies.
``(10) Military construction.
``(11) The Department of Transportation and related
agencies.
``(12) The Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and
certain independent agencies.
``(13) The legislative branch.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 202(e)(3) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``and
on or before September 30'' before ``of each year''.
(c) Chapter Analysis.--The analysis of chapter 13 of title
31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 1310 the following new item:
``1311. Continuing appropriations.''.
(d) Effect of Amendments.--Nothing in the amendments made by
this section shall be construed to affect Government
obligations mandated by other law, including obligations with
respect to social security, medicare, and medicaid.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Callahan of Alabama, or
a Designee, Debatable for 40 Minutes
Strike title I and redesignate the succeeding sections
accordingly.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson-Lee of Texas,
or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Section 103(a) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and by
striking ``(2)''.
Section 103(c) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following new paragraph:
(1) Redesignate subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F)
as subparagraphs (D), (E), (G), and (H), respectively.
(2) by striking paragraph (2);
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``subparagraph (C)
(as redesignated)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B)'';
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``subparagraph (C)
(as redesignated)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B)''
and by striking ``(D)'' and inserting ``(C)''; and
(5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``subparagraph (F)
(as redesignated)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (E)
(as redesignated)'' and by striking ``(G)'' and
inserting ``(F)''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tancredo of Colorado,
or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Subtitle B of title IV is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
SEC. 426. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS REPORTS.
Clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended to read as follows:
``(B) a list of all appropriations contained in the
bill for expenditures not currently authorized by law
along with the last year for which the expenditures
were authorized, the level of expenditures authorized
that year, the actual level of expenditures that year,
and the level of expenditures contained in the bill
(except classified intelligence or national security
programs, projects, or activities).''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ryan of Wisconsin, or a
Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes
At the end, add the following new title:
TITLE VII--BUDGETING IN AN ERA OF SURPLUSES
SEC. 701. PAYGO REQUIREMENTS AND THE ON-BUDGET SURPLUS.
(a) Section 252(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to trigger an
offsetting sequestration in the amount by which any excess of
decreases in receipts and increases in direct spending over
increases in receipts and decreases in direct spending, caused
by all direct spending and receipts legislation enacted prior
to October 1, 2002, exceeds estimates of the on-budget
surplus.''.
(b) Timing and Calculation of Sequestration.--Section 252(b)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Sequestration.--
``(1) Timing.--Not later than 15 calendar days after
the date Congress adjourns to end a session and on the
same day as a sequestration (if any) under section 251,
there shall be a sequestration to offset an amount
equal to--
``(A) any excess of decreases in receipts and
increases in direct spending over increases in
receipts and decreases in direct spending for
legislation enacted prior to October 1, 2002;
minus
``(B) the estimated on-budget surplus (which
shall not be less than zero),
as calculated under paragraph (2).
``(2) Calculation of sequestration.--OMB shall
calculate the amount of the sequestration by adding--
``(A) all OMB estimates for the budget year
of direct spending and receipts legislation
transmitted under subsection (d) for
legislation enacted prior to October 1, 2002;
``(B) the estimated amount of savings in
direct spending programs applicable to the
budget year resulting from the prior year's
sequestration under this section, if any, as
published in OMB's final sequestration report
for that prior year; and
``(C) all OMB estimates for the current year
that were not reflected in the final OMB
sequestration report for that year; and
then by subtracting from such sum the OMB estimate for
the budget year of the on-budget surplus (if any) as
set forth in the OMB final sequestration report
increased by the amount of budgetary resources
cancelled in any such program, project, or activity
resulting from a sequestration for the budget year on
the same day under section 251 as published in OMB's
final sequestration report.''.
(c) Preview Reports.--Section 254(c)(3) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D) and by
adding after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
``(C)(i) Mandatory.--In projecting the on-
budget surplus (if any) for the budget year,
direct spending and receipts shall be
calculated consistent with the assumptions
under section 257(b) but shall exclude all
estimates of direct spending and receipts
legislation for such year enacted after the
date of enactment of this subparagraph (as
estimated by OMB when such legislation was
originally enacted).
``(ii) Discretionary.--Except as provided by
the preceding sentence, the following
assumptions shall apply to the calculation of
such estimated surplus:
``(I) For programs, projects, and
activities for which a regular
appropriation Act or a joint resolution
(other than pursuant to section 1311 of
title 31, United States Code)
continuing appropriations through the
end of the budget year is enacted,
budgetary resources other than
unobligated balances shall be at the
level provided by that Act with the
following adjustments:
``(aa) Include amounts of
budget authority provided and
rescinded for such year in any
supplemental or special
appropriation Act or rescission
bill that is enacted into law.
``(bb) Reduce the level by
the amount of budgetary
resources canceled in any such
program, project, or activity
by a sequestration under
section 251 as published in
OMB's final sequestration
report for such year.
Substantive changes to or restrictions
on entitlement law or other mandatory
spending law in an appropriation Act
shall be counted in determining the
level of direct spending and receipts
for purposes of calculating the on-
budget surplus under this section.
``(II) For programs, projects, and
activities for which a regular
appropriation Act or a joint resolution
(other than pursuant to section 1311 of
title 31, United States Code)
continuing appropriations through the
end of the budget year is not enacted,
budgetary resources other than
unobligated balances shall be at the
level provided for the current year in
regular appropriation Acts or a joint
resolution (other than pursuant to
section 1311 of title 31, United States
Code) continuing appropriations through
the end of the current year with the
following adjustments:
``(aa) Include amounts of
budget authority provided and
rescinded for such year in any
supplemental or special
appropriation Act or rescission
bill that is enacted into law.
``(bb) Reduce the level by
the amount of budgetary
resources canceled in any such
program, project, or activity
by a sequestration under
section 251 as published in
OMB's final sequestration
report for such year.
Substantive changes to or restrictions
on entitlement law or other mandatory
spending law in an appropriation Act
shall be counted in determining the
level of direct spending and receipts
for purposes of calculating the on-
budget surplus under this section.
After making such adjustments, further
adjust such amount using the
assumptions set forth in section 257(c)
(1)-(5).''.
(d) Definition of On-Budget Surplus.--Section 250(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(20) The term `on-budget surplus' means, with
respect to a fiscal year, the amount by which receipts
exceed outlays for all spending and receipt accounts of
the United States Government that are designated as on-
budget. Such term does not include outlays and receipts
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or
any other off-budget entity.''.
(e) Expedited Reconciliation Process.--Section 258C of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
amended as follows:
(1) The side heading of subsection (a) is amended by
inserting ``or in the House of Representatives'' after
``Senate''.
(2) In paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of
subsection (a), insert ``or House'' after ``Senate''
each place it appears.
(3) In subsection (a)(7), strike ``For'' and insert
``In the Senate, for''.
(4) In subsection (b)(1), insert ``or House'' after
``Senate''.
(5) In the side heading of subsection (b)(4), insert
``other'' after ``the''.
(6) In subsection (b)(4), strike ``in the Senate from
the House'' and insert ``in the Senate or House of
Representatives from the other House'', strike
``Senate'' the second place it appears and insert
``Senate or House of Representatives, as the case may
be,'', and strike ``Senate'' the third place it appears
and insert ``in the applicable House''.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ryan of Wisconsin, or a
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title VI, add the following new subtitle:
Subtitle C--Spending Accountability Lock-box
SEC. 631. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Spending Accountability
Lock-box Act of 1999''.
SEC. 632. SPENDING ACCOUNTABILITY LOCK-BOX LEDGER.
(a) Establishment of Ledger.--Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by sections 104(c) and 206(a))
is further amended by adding after section 317 the following
new section:
``spending accountability lock-box ledger
``Sec. 318. (a) Establishment of Ledger.--The chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
chairman on the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall
each maintain a ledger to be known as the `Spending
Accountability Lock-box Ledger'. The Ledger shall be divided
into entries corresponding to the subcommittees of the
Committees on Appropriations. Each entry shall consist of three
components: the `House Lock-box Balance'; the `Senate Lock-box
Balance'; and the `Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balance'.
``(b) Components of Ledger.--Each component in an entry shall
consist only of amounts credited to it under subsection (c). No
entry of a negative amount shall be made.
``(c) Credit of Amounts to Ledger.--(1) In the House of
Representatives or the Senate, whenever a Member offers an
amendment to an appropriation bill to reduce new budget
authority in any account, that Member may state the portion of
such reduction that shall be--
``(A) credited to the House or Senate Lock-box
Balance, as applicable; or
``(B) used to offset an increase in new budget
authority in any other account;
``(C) allowed to remain within the applicable section
302(b) suballocation.
If no such statement is made, the amount of reduction in new
budget authority resulting from the amendment shall be credited
to the House or Senate Lock-box Balance, as applicable, if the
amendment is agreed to.
``(2)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), the chairmen
of the Committees on the Budget shall, upon the engrossment of
any appropriation bill by the House of Representatives and upon
the engrossment of Senate amendments to that bill, credit to
the applicable entry balance of that House amounts of new
budget authority and outlays equal to the net amounts of
reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting
from amendments agreed to by that House to that bill.
``(B) When computing the net amounts of reductions in new
budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments
agreed to by the House of Representatives or the Senate to an
appropriation bill, the chairmen of the Committees on the
Budget shall only count those portions of such amendments
agreed to that were so designated by the Members offering such
amendments as amounts to be credited to the House or Senate
Lock-box Balance, as applicable, or that fall within the last
sentence of paragraph (1).
``(3) The chairmen of the Committees on the Budget shall,
upon the engrossment of Senate amendments to any appropriation
bill, credit to the applicable Joint House-Senate Lock-box
Balance the amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal
to--
``(A) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i)
the amount of new budget authority in the House Lock-
box Balance plus (ii) the amount of new budget
authority in the Senate Lock-box Balance for that
subcommittee; and
``(B) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i)
the amount of outlays in the House Lock-box Balance
plus (ii) the amount of outlays in the Senate Lock-box
Balance for that subcommittee.
``(4) Calculation of Lock-Box Savings in Senate.--For
purposes of calculating under this section the net amounts of
reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting
from amendments agreed to by the Senate on an appropriation
bill, the amendments reported to the Senate by its Committee on
Appropriations shall be considered to be part of the original
text of the bill.
``(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
`appropriation bill' means any general or special appropriation
bill, and any bill or joint resolution making supplemental,
deficiency, or continuing appropriations through the end of a
fiscal year.
``(e) Tally During House Consideration.--The chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall
maintain a running tally of the amendments adopted reflecting
increases and decreases of budget authority in the bill as
reported. This tally shall be available to Members in the House
of Representativesduring consideration of any appropriations
bill by the House.''.
(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 inserting after the item
relating to section 317 the following new item:
``Sec. 318. Spending accountability lock-box ledger.''.
SEC. 633. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF SECTION 302(A) ALLOCATIONS AND SECTION
302(B) SUBALLOCATIONS.
(a) Allocations.--Section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (as amended by section 422) is further amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Adjustment of allocations.--Upon the
engrossment of Senate amendments to any appropriation
bill (as defined in section 318(d)) for a fiscal year,
the amounts allocated under paragraph (1) to the
Committee on Appropriations of each House upon the
adoption of the most recent joint resolution on the
budget for that fiscal year shall be adjusted downward
by the amounts credited to the applicable Joint House-
Senate Lock-box Balance under section 318(c)(2). The
revised levels of new budget authority and outlays
shall be submitted to each House by the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of that House and shall be
printed in the Congressional Record.''.
(b) Suballocations.--Section 302(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``Whenever an adjustment is made under
subsection (a)(6) to an allocation under that subsection, the
Committee on Appropriations of each House shall make downward
adjustments in the most recent suballocations of new budget
authority and outlays under this subparagraph to the
appropriate subcommittees of that committee in the total
amounts of those adjustments under section 318(c)(2). The
revised suballocations shall be submitted to each House by the
chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of that House and
shall be printed in the Congressional Record.''.
SEC. 634. PERIODIC REPORTING OF LEDGER STATEMENTS.
Section 308(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such
reports shall also include an up-to-date tabulation of the
amounts contained in the ledger and each entry established by
section 318(a).''.
SEC. 635. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
The discretionary spending limits for new budget authority
and outlays for any fiscal year set forth in section 251(c) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
shall be reduced by the amounts set forth in the final regular
appropriation bill for that fiscal year or joint resolution
making continuing appropriations through the end of that fiscal
year. Those amounts shall be the sums of the Joint House-Senate
Lock-box Balances for that fiscal year, as calculated under
section 302(a)(6) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. That
bill or joint resolution shall contain the following statement
of law: ``As required by section 635 of the Spending
Accountability Lock-box Act of 1999, for fiscal year [insert
appropriate fiscal year] and each outyear, the adjusted
discretionary spending limit for new budget authority is
reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction] and the
adjusted discretionary limit for outlays is reduced by $
[insert appropriate amount of reduction] for the fiscal year
and each outyear.''. Section 306 shall not apply to any bill or
joint resolution because of such statement. This adjustment
shall be reflected in reports under sections 254(f) and 254(g)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.