I
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3577
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 7, 2011
Mr. Ribble (for himself, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Guinta, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish biennial budgets for the United States Government.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced
Oversight Act of 2011
.
Congressional budget process
Purposes
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are amended to read as follows:
to assure effective control over the budgetary process;
to facilitate the determination biennially of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and expenditures by the Congress and the President;
.
Definitions
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
The term direct spending has the meaning given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
The term biennium means the period of 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.
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Revision of timetable
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows:
Timetable
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 Thirteenth Congress or a subsequent Congress, as applicable) is as follows:
| 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 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 of Representatives. |
| June 10 | House Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill. |
| June 15 | Congress completes action on reconciliation legislation. |
| June 30 | House completes action on biennial appropriation bills. |
| October 1 | Biennium begins. |
| On or before: | Action to be completed: |
| February 15 | President submits budget review. |
| Not later than 6 weeks after President submits budget review | Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees. |
| The last day of the session | Congress completes action on bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority for the succeeding biennium. |
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):
| 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 of Representatives. |
| July 1 | House Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill. |
| July 15 | Congress completes action on reconciliation legislation. |
| July 20 | House completes action on biennial appropriation bills. |
| October 1 | Biennium begins. |
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Biennial concurrent resolutions on the budget
Contents of resolution
Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended—
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by—
striking
April 15 of each year
and inserting April 15 of each
odd-numbered year
;
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
;
striking
the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year
the second
place it appears and inserting each fiscal year in such period
;
and
striking
each of the four ensuing fiscal years
and inserting each
fiscal year in the next 2 bienniums
;
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, other direct spending (excluding interest), and net interest;
;
in paragraph (6),
by striking for the fiscal year
and inserting for each
fiscal year in the biennium
; and
in paragraph (7),
by striking for the fiscal year
and inserting for each
fiscal year in the biennium
.
Additional Matters in concurrent resolution
Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
by striking paragraph (1), and by striking paragraphs (6) through (9);
by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively;
in paragraph (2),
as redesignated, by striking for such fiscal year
and inserting
for either fiscal year in such biennium
; and
by striking paragraph (3), as redesignated, and inserting the following:
set forth such other matters, and require such other procedures, relating to the budget as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, but shall not include a suspension or alteration of the application of the motion to strike a provision as set forth in section 310(d)(2) or (h)(2)(F).
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Views of other committees
Section 301(d) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by inserting
(or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b))
after
United States Code
and by adding at the end the following new
sentences: 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.
.
Hearings and report
Section 301(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
by striking
fiscal year
and inserting biennium
; and
by 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.
;
in paragraph (2)—
by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively;
before subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), by inserting the following new subparagraph:
new budget authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations of the total levels set forth pursuant to subsection (a)(1);
;
in subparagraph
(C) (as redesignated), by striking mandatory
and inserting
direct spending
;
after subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), by inserting the following new subparagraph:
total outlays, total Federal revenues, the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority and outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, other direct spending (excluding interest), social security and other major functional categories, as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in such resolution as a percentage of the gross domestic product of the United States;
; and
after subparagraph (F) (as redesignated), by inserting the following new subparagraph:
if the concurrent resolution on the budget includes any allocation to a committee other than the Committee on Appropriations of levels in excess of current law levels, a justification for not subjecting any program, project, or activity (for which the allocation is made) to annual discretionary appropriations;
; and
in paragraph (3)—
by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;
by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D);
by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D); and
by striking the period and the end
of subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and inserting ;
and
;
before subparagraph (B), by inserting the following new subparagraph:
new budget authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations of the total levels set forth pursuant to subsection (a)(1);
; and
at the end, by adding the following new subparagraph:
set forth, if required by subsection (f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion of the Congress, the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946 should be achieved.
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Goals for reducing unemployment
Section
301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by
striking fiscal year
each place it appears and inserting
biennium
.
Economic assumptions
Section 301(g)(1)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is amended by
striking for a fiscal year
and inserting for a
biennium
.
Section heading
The section heading
of section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking
annual
and
inserting biennial
.
Table of contents
The item relating to
section 301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking Annual
and inserting Biennial
.
Committee allocations
Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended—
in subsection (a)(1) by—
striking
for the first fiscal year of the resolution,
and inserting
for each fiscal year in the biennium,
;
striking
for that period of fiscal years
and inserting for all
fiscal years covered by the resolution
; and
striking
for the fiscal year of that resolution
and inserting for
each fiscal year in the biennium
;
in the first
sentence of subsection (b), by striking subsection (a)
and
inserting subsection (a)(1)
;
in subsection (f)(1)—
by striking
for a fiscal year
and inserting for a
biennium
;
by striking
first fiscal year
and inserting either fiscal year of the
biennium
; and
in subparagraph (A), by striking as
reported
;
in subsection (f)(2)(A), by—
striking
first fiscal year
and inserting each fiscal year of the
biennium
; and
striking
the total of fiscal years
and inserting the total of all
fiscal years covered by the resolution
; and
by striking subsection (g).
Multiyear authorizations of appropriations
In general
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding after section 315 the following new section:
Multiyear authorizations of appropriations
It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure that contains an authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the measure includes such an authorization of appropriations for that purpose for not less than each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.
For purposes of this section, an authorization of appropriations is an authorization for the enactment of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed an amount of appropriations (whether stated as a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as may be necessary) for any purpose for a fiscal year.
Subsection (a) does not apply with
respect to an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year for any
program, project, or activity if the measure containing that authorization
includes a provision expressly stating the following: Congress finds
that no authorization of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of
applicable program, project, or activity] for any subsequent fiscal
year.
.
For purposes of this section, the term measure means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report.
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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 315 the following new item:
Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.
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Additional amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to effectuate biennial budgeting
Definitions
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
The term Medicare means programs within budget function 570.
The term Medicaid and other health-related spending means programs within budget function 550.
The term other direct spending means programs other than those within budget functions 550 and 570, excluding Social Security and net interest.
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Completion of House Committee action on appropriation bills
Section 307 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended—
by striking
each year
and inserting each odd-numbered year (or, if
applicable, as provided by section 300(b), July 1)
;
by striking
annual
and inserting biennial
;
by striking
fiscal year
and inserting biennium
; and
by striking
that year
and inserting each odd-numbered
year
.
Completion of House action on regular appropriation bills
Section 309 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended—
by striking
It
and inserting Except whenever section 300(b) is
applicable, it
;
by inserting
of any odd-numbered calendar year
after
July
;
by striking
annual
and inserting biennial
; and
by striking
fiscal year
and inserting biennium
.
Reconciliation process
Section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended—
in subsection (a),
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking any fiscal
year
and inserting any biennium
;
in subsection
(a)(1), by striking such fiscal year
each place it appears and
inserting any fiscal year covered by such resolution
; and
by striking subsection (f) and redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).
Section 311 Point of order
In the House of Representatives
Section 311(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended—
by striking
for a fiscal year
and inserting for a
biennium
;
by striking
the first fiscal year
each place it appears and inserting
either fiscal year of the biennium
; and
by striking
that first fiscal year
and inserting each fiscal year in
the biennium
.
In the Senate
Section 311(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
in subparagraph
(A), by striking for the first fiscal year
and inserting
for either fiscal year of the biennium
; and
in subparagraph (B)—
by
striking that first fiscal year
the first place it appears and
inserting each fiscal year in the biennium
; and
by
striking that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years
and
inserting all fiscal years
.
Social security levels
Section 311(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by—
striking
for the first fiscal year
and inserting each fiscal year
in the biennium
; and
striking
that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years
and inserting
all fiscal years
.
Exception
Section
311(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting
with respect to new budget authority or outlays
after
shall not apply
.
Maximum deficit amount point of order
Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended—
by striking
for a fiscal year
and inserting for a
biennium
;
in paragraph (1),
by striking first fiscal year
and inserting either fiscal
year in the biennium
;
in paragraph (2),
by striking that fiscal year
and inserting either fiscal
year in the biennium
; and
in the matter
following paragraph (2), by striking that fiscal year
and
inserting the applicable fiscal year
.
Conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
Amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives to effectuate biennial budgeting
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:
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.
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.
.
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.
.
Clause 4(a)(1)(A)
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting
odd-numbered
after each
.
Clause 4(a)(4) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
fiscal year
and inserting biennium
.
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
.
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:
use the second session of each Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic implications.
.
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
.
Clause 4(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—
by inserting
during each odd-numbered year
after the submission of the
budget by the President
;
by striking
fiscal year
the first place it appears and inserting
biennium
; and
by striking
that fiscal year
and inserting each fiscal year in such
ensuing biennium
.
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)
.
Clause 11(i) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
during the same or preceding fiscal year
.
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
.
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 calendar year in which such
biennium begins
.
Additional amendment to the Rules of the House of Representatives
Clause 8 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is repealed and clauses 9 and 11 are redesignated as clauses 8 and 9, respectively.
Conforming amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
Section 202(e)
Section 202(e)(1)(C) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking (b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes
assumed to be extended under section 257(b)(2)(C)
.
Section 302(a)(1)
Section 302(a)(1) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking (except in
the case of the Committee on Appropriations only for the fiscal year of that
resolution)
.
Section 302(f)(1)
Section 302(f)(1) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting or
outlays
after new budget authority
.
Section 308(a)
Section 308(a)(3)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is repealed.
Section 308(d)
Section 308(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking
252(d)(5)
and inserting 252(c)
.
Conforming amendments to titles 1, 5, 31, and 39, United States Code
Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriation Acts
Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
Title and style of appropriation Acts
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].
.
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.
For purposes of this section, the term biennium has the same meaning as in section 3(13) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(13)).
.
Amendments to title 31, United States Code
Definition
Section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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(12)).
.
Budget contents and submission to the Congress
Schedule
The matter preceding paragraph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
On or before the first Tuesday in February of each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), beginning with the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, the President shall transmit to the Congress the budget for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall include a budget message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each budget submission the following:
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Estimates for future years
Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
by striking
the fiscal year following the fiscal year
and inserting
each fiscal year in the biennium following the biennium
;
by striking
that following fiscal year
and inserting each such fiscal
year
; and
by striking
fiscal year before the fiscal year
and inserting biennium
before the biennium
.
Prior year outlays
Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
by striking
the prior fiscal year
and inserting each of the 2 most
recently completed fiscal years,
;
by striking
for that year
and inserting with respect to those fiscal
years
; and
by striking
in that year
and inserting in those fiscal
years
.
Budget contents and submission to Congress
Section 1105(a)(28) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking beginning with fiscal year 1999,
a
and inserting beginning with fiscal year 2016, a
biennial
.
Information supporting biennial budgets
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by redesignating the second paragraph (37) as paragraph (39) and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
Totals of new budget authority and outlays.
Total Federal revenues and the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be increased or decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported by the appropriate committees.
The surplus or deficit in the budget.
Subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending, direct spending (excluding interest), contingencies, and net interest.
The public debt.
.
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
.
Recommendations to meet estimated deficiencies
Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
by striking
the fiscal year for
the first place it appears and inserting
each fiscal year in the biennium for
;
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
by striking
that year
and inserting for each year of the
biennium
.
Additional outyear data
Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting (1)
after (d)
and by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
Each budget submission shall include a budget message and summary and supporting information and, as a separately delineated statement, the levels requires in paragraphs (40) through (44) of subsection (a) for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years after the biennium covered by the budget submission under such subsection.
.
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
.
Supplemental budget estimates and changes
In general
Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by—
inserting
and before February 1 of each even-numbered year
after
Before July 16 of each year
; and
striking
fiscal year
and inserting biennium
;
in paragraph (1),
by striking that fiscal year
and inserting each fiscal
year in such biennium
;
in paragraph (2),
by striking 4 fiscal years following the fiscal year
and
inserting at least 4 fiscal years following the biennium
;
and
in paragraph (3),
by striking fiscal year
and inserting
biennium
.
Changes
Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—
striking
the fiscal year
and inserting each fiscal year in the
biennium
; and
inserting
and before February 15 of each even-numbered year
after
Before July 16 of each year
.
Current programs, projects, and activities estimates
The President
Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
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
by striking
the following fiscal year
and inserting each fiscal year
of such period
.
Joint economic committee
Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking March 1 of each year
and inserting
within 5 weeks of the President’s budget submission for each
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
.
Year-ahead requests for authorizing legislation
Section 1110 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—
striking
May 16
and inserting March 31
; and
striking
year before the year in which the fiscal year begins
and
inserting calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the
biennium begins
.
Performance plans
Section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in the matter
before paragraph (1) by striking an annual
and inserting
a biennial
;
in paragraph (1)
by inserting after program activity
the following: for
both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan
;
in paragraph (5)
by striking and
after the semicolon;
in paragraph (6)
by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and inserting
and
after the inserted semicolon; and
by adding after paragraph (6) the following:
cover each fiscal year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.
;
in subsection (d)
by striking annual
and inserting biennial
;
and
in paragraph (6)
of subsection (f) by striking annual
and inserting
biennial
.
Pilot projects for performance budgeting
Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1)
of subsection (d), by striking annual
and inserting
biennial
; and
in subsection (e),
by striking annual
and inserting biennial
.
Managerial accountability and flexibility
Section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in the first
sentence by striking Beginning with fiscal year 1999, the
and
inserting Beginning with fiscal year 2016, the biennial
and by
striking annual
; and
by striking
section 1105(a)(29)
and inserting section
1105(a)(28)
;
in subsection (e)—
in the first
sentence by striking one or
before years
;
in the second
sentence by striking a subsequent year
and inserting for
a subsequent 2-year period
; and
in the third
sentence by striking three
and inserting
four
.
Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis
Strategic plans
Section 306 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking
September 30, 1997
and inserting September 30,
2014
;
in subsection (b)—
by striking at least every
three years
and inserting at least every 4 years
;
and
by striking five years
forward
and inserting six years forward
; and
in subsection (c), by inserting a
comma after section
the second place it appears and adding
including a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2014, meeting the
requirements of subsection (a)
.
Section 2802 of title 39, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking
September 30, 1997
and inserting September 30,
2014
;
in subsection (b), by—
striking five years
forward
and inserting six years forward
; and
striking at least every
three years
and inserting at least every 4 years
;
and
in subsection (c), by inserting
, including a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2014, meeting
the requirements of subsection (a)
before the period.
Performance plans
Section 2803(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended—
in the matter
before paragraph (1), by striking an annual
and inserting
a biennial
;
in paragraph (1),
by inserting after program activity
the following: for
both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan
;
in paragraph (5),
by striking and
after the semicolon;
in paragraph (6),
by striking the period and inserting ; and
; and
by adding after paragraph (6) the following:
cover each fiscal year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial budget cycle.
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall take effect on September 30, 2014.