S.Amdt. 157

1. Adds TITLE _--BIENNIAL BUDGETING wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: TITLE _--BIENNIAL BUDGETING

   Inserted: SEC. _01. GOVERNMENT PLANS ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.

   Inserted: (a) Strategic Plans.--Section 306 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (a), by striking "September 30, 1997" and inserting "September 30, 2011";

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (b)--

   Inserted: (A) by striking "five years forward" and inserting "6 years forward";

   Inserted: (B) by striking "at least every three years" and inserting "at least every 4 years"; and

   Inserted: (C) by striking beginning with ", except that" through "four years"; and

   Inserted: (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, 2011 meeting the requirements of subsection (a)".

   Inserted: (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 2010, a biennial".

   Inserted: (c) Performance Plans.--Section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (a)--

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   Inserted: (A) in the matter before paragraph (1)--

   Inserted: (i) by striking "section 1105(a)(29)" and inserting "section 1105(a)(28)"; and

   Inserted: (ii) by striking "an annual" and inserting "a biennial";

   Inserted: (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting after "program activity" the following: "for both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan";

   Inserted: (C) in paragraph (5) by striking "and" after the semicolon,

   Inserted: (D) in paragraph (6) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and inserting "and" after the inserted semicolon; and

   Inserted: (E) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:

   Inserted: "(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.";

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (d) by striking "annual" and inserting "biennial"; and

   Inserted: (3) in paragraph (6) of subsection (f) by striking "annual" and inserting "biennial".

   Inserted: (d) Managerial Accountability and Flexibility.--Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (a)--

   Inserted: (A) in the first sentence by striking "annual"; and

   Inserted: (B) by striking "section 1105(a)(29)" and inserting "section 1105(a)(28)";

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (e)--

   Inserted: (A) in the first sentence by striking "one or" before "years";

   Inserted: (B) in the second sentence by striking "a subsequent year" and inserting "a subsequent 2-year period"; and

   Inserted: (C) in the third sentence by striking "three" and inserting "4".

   Inserted: (e) Pilot Projects for Performance Budgeting.--Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by striking "annual" and inserting "biennial"; and

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (e), by striking "annual" and inserting "biennial".

   Inserted: (f) Strategic Plans.--Section 2802 of title 39, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) is subsection (a), by striking "September 30, 1997" and inserting "September 30, 2011";

   Inserted: (2) by striking "five years forward" and inserting "6 years forward";

   Inserted: (3) in subsection (b), by striking "at least every three years" and inserting "at least every 4 years"; and

   Inserted: (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, 2011 meeting the requirements of subsection (a)".

   Inserted: (g) Performance Plans.--Section 2803(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking "an annual" and inserting "a biennial";

   Inserted: (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting after "program activity" the following: "for both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan";

   Inserted: (3) in paragraph (5), by striking "and" after the semicolon;

   Inserted: (4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and

   Inserted: (5) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:

   Inserted: "(7) cover a 2-year period beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.".

   Inserted: (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.".

   Inserted: (i) Effective Date.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect on March 1, 2012.

   Inserted: (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 Act.

   Inserted: SEC. _02. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

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

   Inserted: "consideration of biennial appropriations bills

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

   Inserted: (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 316 the following new item:

   Inserted: "Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriations bills.".

   Inserted: SEC. _03. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

   Inserted: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall--

   Inserted: (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

   Inserted: (2) report the findings of the study to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

   Inserted: SEC. _04. EFFECTIVE DATE.

   Inserted: Except as provided in section _03, this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on January 1, 2012, and shall apply to budget resolutions and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2013.

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