[House Report 106-613] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 106th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106-613 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 853, THE COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET PROCESS REFORM ACT OF 1999 _______ May 10, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ 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. ____________________________________________________ 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. ---------- 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. ---------- 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)''. ---------- 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).''. ---------- 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''. ---------- 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.