Family Budget Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require, within 15 days after the end of each congressional session, a sequestration to eliminate any deficit that exceeds the excess margin (maximum permissible deficit). Requires half of the required outlay reductions to come from non-exempt defense accounts and half to come from non-exempt non-defense accounts. Provides decreasing maximum deficit amounts for FY 2005 and thereafter, with a zero balance for FY 2012 and beyond. Requires adjustment of the maximum deficit in the event of negative Federal revenue growth.
Provides discretionary spending limits for FY 2005 through 2013. Repeals the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act expiration date.
Directs the Chairman of the House Budget Committee to maintain the Family Budget Protection Discretionary Account, to be debited and credited by new budget increases and reductions.
Provides spending caps on the growth of entitlements and mandatory budget outlays. Excludes benefits payable under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits from required reductions under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, along with specified Government accounts and activities. Provides other exceptions, limitations, and special rules with respect to sequestration exemptions.
Directs the Chairman to maintain the Family Budget Protection Mandatory Account, to be debited and credited by increases or decreases in mandatory budget authority.
Freezes at current levels spending authority for each unearned entitlement, high-cost discretionary spending program and authorized and unauthorized discretionary spending programs.
Requires: (1) joint (currently, concurrent) and biennial (currently, annual) budget resolutions; (2) biennial appropriations Acts; and (3) biennial Government strategic and performance plans.
Requires the appropriation of funds out of any available Treasury amounts to continue in a new fiscal year any previously-authorized Government project or activity in the event that a regular appropriations bill does not become law by the beginning of that fiscal year.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3358 Referral Instructions House (RIH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3358
To require a balanced Federal budget by fiscal year 2009 and for each
year thereafter, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, to establish
biennial budgets, to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 to impose spending safeguards on the growth of
entitlements and discretionary spending, and to enforce those
requirements through a budget process involving the President and
Congress and sequestration.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 21, 2003
Mr. Hensarling (for himself, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Mario
Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Akin, Mr. DeMint, Mr.
Goode, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Flake, Mrs.
Myrick, Mr. Beauprez, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey,
Mr. Pitts, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Carter,
Mr. Culberson, Mr. Cole, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Pence, Mr. Shadegg, Mr.
Terry, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Smith of Michigan,
and Mr. Feeney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Budget, for a period ending not later than October
31, 2003, and in addition to the Committees on Rules 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
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A BILL
To require a balanced Federal budget by fiscal year 2009 and for each
year thereafter, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, to establish
biennial budgets, to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 to impose spending safeguards on the growth of
entitlements and discretionary spending, and to enforce those
requirements through a budget process involving the President and
Congress and sequestration.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Family Budget
Protection Act of 2003''.
(b) Table of Contents.--
Sec. 1. Short title.
TITLE I--BALANCED BUDGET BY FISCAL YEAR 2009
Sec. 101. Reduction of maximum deficit amount to zero.
Sec. 102. Maximum deficit amount and limit on public debt points of
order.
Sec. 103. Adjustment in the event of negative revenue growth.
TITLE II--DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS
Sec. 201. Enforcing discretionary spending limits.
Sec. 202. Establishment of family budget protection discretionary
account.
TITLE III--SPENDING CAPS ON THE GROWTH OF ENTITLEMENTS AND MANDATORIES
Sec. 301. Spending caps on growth of entitlements and mandatories.
Sec. 302. Exempt programs and activities.
Sec. 303. Exceptions, limitations, and special rules.
Sec. 304. Point of order.
Sec. 305. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 306. Establishment of family budget protection mandatory account.
TITLE IV--COMBATING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE THROUGH SUNSETTING
Sec. 401. Reauthorization of discretionary programs and unearned
entitlements.
Sec. 402. Point of order.
Sec. 403. Decennial sunsetting.
TITLE V--JOINT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS AND BIENNIAL BUDGETING
Subtitle A--Joint Budget Resolutions
Sec. 501. Joint budget resolutions.
Subtitle B--Biennial Budgeting
Sec. 511. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 512. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974.
Sec. 513. Amendments to Rules of House of Representatives.
Sec. 514. Amendments to title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 515. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriation
acts.
Sec. 516. Multiyear authorizations.
Sec. 517. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial
basis.
Sec. 518. Biennial appropriation bills.
Sec. 519. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
Sec. 520. Report on two-year fiscal period.
Sec. 521. Special transition period for the 109th Congress.
Subtitle C--Prevention of Government Shutdown
Sec. 531. Amendment to title 31.
Subtitle D--Effective Date
Sec. 532. Effective date.
TITLE VI--FURTHER ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENTS
Sec. 601. Super-majority points of order.
Sec. 602. Budget resolution enforcement point of order.
Sec. 603. Point of order waiver protection.
TITLE I--BALANCED BUDGET BY FISCAL YEAR 2009
SEC. 101. REDUCTION OF MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT TO ZERO.
Section 253 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 253. ENFORCING DEFICIT TARGETS.
``(a) Sequestration.--Within 15 calendar days after Congress
adjourns to end a session (other than of the first session of the One
Hundred Eighth Congress) and on the same day as a sequestration (if
any) under section 251 and section 252A, but after any sequestration
required by section 251 (enforcing discretionary spending limits) or
section 252A (enforcing controls on direct spending), there shall be a
sequestration to eliminate the excess deficit (if any remains) if it
exceeds the margin.
``(b) Excess Deficit; Margin.--The excess deficit is, if greater
than zero, the estimated deficit for the budget year, minus the maximum
deficit amount for that year.
The `margin' for any fiscal year is $5,000,000,000.
``(c) Dividing the Sequestration.--To eliminate the excess deficit
in a budget year, half of the required outlay reductions shall be
obtained from non-exempt defense accounts (accounts designated as
function 050 in the President's fiscal year 2005 budget submission) and
half from non-exempt, non-defense accounts (all other non-exempt
accounts).
``(d) Defense.--Each non-exempt defense account shall be reduced by
a dollar amount calculated by multiplying the level of sequesterable
budgetary resources in that account at that time by the uniform
percentage necessary to carry out subsection (c). If any defense
accounts are exempted by the President, no adjustments shall be made in
the uniform percentage for non-exempt defense accounts.
``(e) Non-Defense.--Actions to reduce non-defense accounts shall be
taken in the following order:
``(1) First.--All reductions in automatic spending
increases under section 256(a) shall be made.
``(2) Second.--If additional reductions in non-defense
accounts are required to be made, the maximum reduction
permissible under sections 256(b) (guaranteed student loans)
and 256(c) (foster care and adoption assistance) shall be made.
``(3) Third.--(A) If additional reductions in non-defense
accounts are required to be made, each remaining non-exempt,
non-defense account shall be reduced by the uniform percentage
necessary to make the reductions in non-defense outlays
required by subsection (c), except that any program specified
in section 256 that is subject to a 2-percent limitation shall
not be reduced by more than 2 percent in total including any
reduction of less than 2 percent made under 252A, if it has
been reduced by 2 percent under either such section, it may not
be further reduced under this section; and the uniform percent
applicable to all other programs under this subsection shall be
increased (if necessary) to a level sufficient to achieve the
required reduction in non-defense outlays.
``(B) For purposes of determining reductions under
subparagraph (A), outlay reduction (as a result of
sequestration of Commodity Credit Corporation commodity price
support contracts in the fiscal year of a sequestration) that
would occur in the following fiscal year shall be credited as
outlay reductions in the fiscal year of the sequestration.
If any defense accounts are exempted by the President, no adjustments
shall be made in the uniform percentage for non-exempt non-defense
accounts.
``(f) Baseline Assumptions; Part-Year Appropriations.--
``(1) Budget assumptions.--For purposes of subsections (b),
(c), (d), and (e), accounts shall be assumed to be at the level
in the baseline minus any reductions required to be made under
sections 251 and 252A.
``(2) Part-year appropriations.--If, on the date specified
in subsection (a), there is in effect an Act making or
continuing appropriations for part of a fiscal year for any
non-exempt budget account, then the dollar sequestration
calculated for that account under subsection (d) or (e), as
applicable, shall be subtracted from--
``(A) the annualized amount otherwise available by
law in that account under that or a subsequent part-
year appropriation; and
``(B) when a full-year appropriation for that
account is enacted, from the amount otherwise provided
by the full-year appropriation; except that the amount
to be sequestered from that account shall be reduced
(but not below zero) by the savings achieved by that
appropriation when the enacted amount is less than the
baseline for that account.
``(g) Look-Back Sequester.--
``(1) In general.--On July 1 of each fiscal year, the
Director of OMB shall determine if laws effective during the
current fiscal year will cause the deficit to exceed the
maximum deficit amount for such fiscal year. If the limit is
exceeded, there shall be a preliminary sequester on July 1 to
eliminate the excess.
``(2) Permanent sequester.--Budget authority sequestered on
July 1 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be permanently canceled
on July 15.
``(3) No margin.--The margin for determining a sequester
under this subsection shall be $5,000,000,000.
``(4) Sequestration procedures.--The provision of
subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section shall apply to a
sequester under this subsection.
``(h) Maximum Deficit Amount.--The term `maximum deficit amount'
means--
``(1) with respect to fiscal year 2005, $429,200,000,000;
``(2) with respect to fiscal year 2006, $368,400,000,000;
``(3) with respect to fiscal year 2007, $307,600,000,000;
``(4) with respect to fiscal year 2008, $270,000,000,000;
``(5) with respect to fiscal year 2009, $186,000,000,000;
``(6) with respect to fiscal year 2010, $125,200,000,000;
``(7) with respect to fiscal year 2011, $64,400,000,000;
and
``(8) with respect to fiscal year 2012 and fiscal years
thereafter, zero.''.
SEC. 102. MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT AND LIMIT ON PUBLIC DEBT POINTS OF
ORDER.
(a) MDA Point of Order.--Section 312 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(g) Maximum Deficit Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in
the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report that includes any provision
that would result in a deficit for a fiscal year that exceeds the
maximum deficit amount for such fiscal year.''.
(b) Balancing the Budget.--Section 301(a)(3) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding ``(except that after fiscal
year 2011 there shall be no provision for a deficit) after ``budget''.
SEC. 103. ADJUSTMENT IN THE EVENT OF NEGATIVE REVENUE GROWTH.
(a) In General.--Part B of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control of Act of 1985 is amended by repealing sections 258,
258A, 258B, and 258C and inserting a new section 258 to read as
follows:
``SEC. 258. ADJUSTMENT IN THE EVENT OF NEGATIVE REVENUE GROWTH.
``Whenever an OMB sequestration preview report or an OMB
sequestration update report for a budget year estimates that the level
of aggregate Federal revenues for the budget year will be less than the
level of aggregate Federal revenues for the prior year, OMB may change
the maximum deficit amount under section 253(h) for that budget year to
the prior year's amount or increase the maximum deficit amount for the
budget year by not more than the amount of the revenue shortfall.''.
(b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents set forth
in 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 258, 258A,
258B, and 258C and adding after the item relating to section 257 the
following new item:
``Sec. 258. Adjustment in the event of negative revenue growth.''.
TITLE II--DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS
SEC. 201. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
(a) Discretionary Spending Limits.--Sections 251(b) and (c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control of Act of 1985 are
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Discretionary Spending Limit.--As used in this part, the term
`discretionary spending limit' means--
``(1) with respect to fiscal year 2005--
``(A) $795,442,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $376,005,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category;
``(2) with respect to fiscal year 2006--
``(A) $807,374,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $367,867,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category;
``(3) with respect to fiscal year 2007--
``(A) $819,484,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $359,755,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category;
``(4) with respect to fiscal year 2008--
``(A) $831,777,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $351,648,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category;
``(5) with respect to fiscal year 2009--
``(A) $844,243,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $350,955,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category;
``(6) with respect to fiscal year 2010--
``(A) $856,917,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $349,891,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category;
``(7) with respect to fiscal year 2011--
``(A) $869,771,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $348,512,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category;
``(8) with respect to fiscal year 2012--
``(A) $882,817,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $347,137,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category; and
``(9) with respect to fiscal year 2013--
``(A) $896,060,000,000 in new budget authority of
which no more than $345,628,000,000 shall be for the
nondefense category; and
``(B) $XXXX in outlays of which no more than $XXXX
shall be for the nondefense category.''.
(b) Elimination of Gramm-Rudman Expiration Date.--Section 275 of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
repealed.
(c) Elimination of Emergency Designation and Adjustment.--(1)
Section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 is repealed.
(2) Section 314(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
repealed.
(d) Discretionary Spending Limit Point of Order.--Section 312 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 102(a)) is
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Discretionary Spending Limit Point of Order.--It shall not be
in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that--
``(1) increases the discretionary spending limits for any
ensuing fiscal year after the budget year; or
``(2) would cause the discretionary spending limits for the
budget year to be breached.''.
(e) Advance Appropriation Point of Order.--Section 312 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by this section) is
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Advance Appropriation Point of Order.--It shall not be in
order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
appropriation bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, that provides advance discretionary new
budget authority that first becomes available for any fiscal year after
the budget year at an amount for any program, project, or activity
above the amount of appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for such
program, project, or activity.''.
SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF FAMILY BUDGET PROTECTION DISCRETIONARY
ACCOUNT.
The Rules of the House of Representatives are amended by
redesignating rule XXVIII as rule XXX and by inserting after rule XXVII
the following new rule:
``RULE XXVIII
``family budget protection discretionary account.
``1. (a) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall maintain
an account to be known as the `Family Budget Protection Discretionary
Account'. The Account shall be divided into entries corresponding to
the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations and each entry
shall consist of the `Family Budget Protection Balance'.
``(b) Each entry shall consist only of amounts credited to it under
paragraph (c). No entry of a negative amount shall be made.
``(c) 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--
``(1) credited to the Family Budget Protection Balance;
``(2) used to offset an increase in new budget authority in
any other account; or
``(3) 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 Family
Budget Protection Balance, as applicable, if the amendment is agreed
to.
``2. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget shall, upon the engrossment of any
appropriation bill by the House of Representatives, credit to the entry
balance 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 the 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 to an appropriation bill, the chairman of the Committee 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 Family Budget Protection Balance, or that
fall within the last sentence of clause 1.
``3. The chairman of the Committee on the Budget 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 during consideration of any appropriation bill
by the House.
``4. (a) For purposes of enforcing section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, upon the engrossment of any
appropriation bill by the House, the amount of budget authority and
outlays calculated pursuant to clause 2(b) shall be counted against the
302(a) allocation provided to the Committee on Appropriations as if the
amount calculated pursuant to such clause was included in the bill just
engrossed.
``(b) For purposes of enforcing section 302(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, upon the engrossment of any appropriation bill by
the House, the 302(b) allocation provided to the subcommittee for the
bill just engrossed shall be deemed to have been reduced by the amount
of budget authority and outlays calculated, pursuant to clause 2(b).
``5. As used in this rule, 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 fiscal year 2005 or any subsequent fiscal year or biennium,
as the case may be.''.
TITLE III--SPENDING CAPS ON THE GROWTH OF ENTITLEMENTS AND MANDATORIES
SEC. 301. SPENDING CAPS ON GROWTH OF ENTITLEMENTS AND MANDATORIES.
(a) Control of Entitlements and Mandatories.--The Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding after
section 252 the following new section:
``SEC. 252A. ENFORCING CONTROLS ON DIRECT SPENDING.
``(a) Cap on Growth of Entitlements.--Effective for fiscal year
2005 and for each ensuing fiscal year, the total level of direct
spending for all direct spending programs, projects, and activities
(excluding social security) for any such fiscal year shall not exceed
the total level of spending for all such programs, projects, and
activities for the previous fiscal year after the direct spending for
each such program, project, or activity is increased by the inflator
(if any) applicable to that program, project, or activity and the
growth in eligible population for such, project, or activity.
``(b) Sequestration.--Within 15 days after Congress adjourns to end
a session (other than of the first session of the One Hundred Eighth
Congress), and on the same day as a sequestration (if any) under
section 251 and section 253, there shall be a sequestration to reduce
the amount of direct spending for the fiscal year beginning in the year
the Congress adjourns by any amount necessary to reduce such spending
to the level set forth in subsection (a) unless that amount is less
than $250,000,000.
``(c) Uniform Reductions; Limitations.--The amount required to be
sequestered for the fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be obtained
from nonexempt direct spending accounts by actions taken in the
following order:
``(1) First.--The reductions in the programs specified in
section 256(a) (National Wool Act and special milk), section
256(b) (guaranteed student loans), and section 256(c) (foster
care and adoption assistance) shall be made.
``(2) Second.--Any additional reductions that may be
required shall be achieved by reducing each remaining nonexempt
direct spending account by the uniform percentage necessary to
achieve those additional reductions, except that--
``(A) the low-income programs specified in section
256(d) shall not be reduced by more than 2 percent;
``(B) the retirement and veterans benefits
specified in sections 256(f), (g), and (h) shall not be
reduced by more than 2 percent in the manner specified
in that section; and
``(C) the medicare programs shall not be reduced by
more than 2 percent in the manner specified in section
256(i).
The limitations set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)
shall be applied iteratively, and after each iteration the
uniform percentage applicable to all other programs under this
paragraph shall be increased (if necessary) to a level
sufficient to achieve the reductions required by this
paragraph.''.
(b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents set forth
in 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 252 the
following new item:
``Sec. 252A. Enforcing controls on direct spending.''.
SEC. 302. EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
Section 255 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 255. EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
``(a) Social Security Benefits and Tier I Railroad Retirement
Benefits.--Benefits payable under the old-age, survivors, and
disability insurance program established under title II of the Social
Security Act, and benefits payable under section 3(a), 3(f)(3), 4(a),
or 4(f) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, shall be exempt from
reduction under any order issued under this part.
``(b) Descriptions and Lists.--The following budget accounts or
activities shall be exempt from sequestration:
``(1) net interest;
``(2) all payments to trust funds from excise taxes or
other receipts or collections properly creditable to those
trust funds;
``(3) all payments from one Federal direct spending budget
account to another Federal budget account; and all
intragovernmental funds including those from which funding is
derived primarily from other Government accounts, except to the
extent that such funds are augmented by direct appropriations
for the fiscal year for which the order is in effect;
``(4) activities resulting from private donations,
bequests, or voluntary contributions to the Government;
``(5) payments from any revolving fund or trust-revolving
fund (or similar activity) that provides deposit insurance or
other Government insurance, Government guarantees, or any other
form of contingent liability, to the extent those payments
result from contractual or other legally binding commitments of
the Government at the time of any sequestration;
``(6) credit liquidating and financing accounts;
``(7) the following accounts, which largely fulfill
requirements of the Constitution or otherwise make payments to
which the Government is committed:
``Administration of Territories, Northern Mariana
Islands Covenant grants (14-0412-0-1-806);
``Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, payment
of claims (84-8930-0-7-705);
``Bureau of Indian Affairs, miscellaneous payments
to Indians (14-2303-0-1-452);
``Bureau of Indian Affairs, miscellaneous trust
funds, tribal trust funds (14-9973-0-7-999);
``Claims, defense;
``Claims, judgments, and relief act (20-1895-0-1-
806);
``Compact of Free Association, economic assistance
pursuant to Public Law 99-658 (14-0415-0-1-806);
``Compensation of the President (11-0001-0-1-802);
``Customs Service, miscellaneous permanent
appropriations (20-9992-0-2-852);
``Eastern Indian land claims settlement fund (14-
2202-0-1-806);
``Farm Credit System Financial Assistance
Corporation, interest payments (20-1850-0-1-351);
``Internal Revenue collections of Puerto Rico (20-
5737-0-2-852);
``Panama Canal Commission, operating expenses and
capital outlay (95-5190-0-2-403);
``Payments of Vietnam and USS Pueblo prisoner-of-
war claims (15-0104-0-1-153);
``Payments to copyright owners (03-5175-0-2-376);
``Payments to the United States territories, fiscal
assistance (14-0418-0-1-801);
``Payments to widows and heirs of deceased Members
of Congress (00-0215-0-1-801);
``Salaries of Article III judges;
``Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority,
interest payments (46-0300-0-1-401);
``(8) the following noncredit special, revolving, or trust-
revolving funds:
``Coinage profit fund (20-5811-0-2-803);
``Comptroller of the Currency;
``Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision;
``Exchange Stabilization Fund (20-4444-0-3-155);
``Federal Housing Finance Board;
``Foreign Military Sales trust fund (11-82232-0-7-
155);
``(9) Thrift Savings Fund;
``(10) appropriations for the District of Columbia to the
extent they are appropriations of locally raised funds;
``(11)(A) any amount paid as regular unemployment
compensation by a State from its account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund (established by section 904(a) of the Social
Security Act);
``(B) any advance made to a State from the Federal
unemployment account (established by section 904(g) of such
Act) under title XII of such Act and any advance appropriated
to the Federal unemployment account pursuant to section 1203 of
such Act; and
``(C) any payment made from the Federal Employees
Compensation Account (as established under section 909 of such
Act) for the purpose of carrying out chapter 85 of title 5,
United States Code, and funds appropriated or transferred to or
otherwise deposited in such Account.
``(c) Federal Retirement and Disability Accounts.--The following
Federal retirement and disability accounts shall be exempt from
reduction under any order issued under this part: Civil service
retirement and disability fund (24-8135-0-7-602).
``(d) Federal Administrative Expenses.--
``(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law other than
paragraph (3), administrative expenses incurred by the
departments and agencies, including independent agencies, of
the Federal Government in connection with any program, project,
activity, or account shall be subject to reduction pursuant to
any sequestration order, without regard to any exemption,
exception, limitation, or special rule otherwise applicable
with respect to such program, project, activity, or account,
and regardless of whether the program, project, activity, or
account is self-supporting and does not receive appropriations.
``(2) Payments made by the Federal Government to reimburse
or match administrative costs incurred by a State or political
subdivision under or in connection with any program, project,
activity, or account shall not be considered administrative
expenses of the Federal Government for purposes of this
section, and shall be subject to sequestration to the extent
(and only to the extent) that other payments made by the
Federal Government under or in connection with that program,
project, activity, or account are subject to that reduction or
sequestration; except that Federal payments made to a State as
reimbursement of administrative costs incurred by that State
under or in connection with the unemployment compensation
programs specified in subsection (a)(11) shall be subject to
reduction or sequestration under this part notwithstanding the
exemption otherwise granted to such programs under that
subsection.
``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
administrative expenses of the following programs shall be
exempt from sequestration:
``(A) Comptroller of the Currency.
``(B) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
``(C) Office of Thrift Supervision.
``(D) National Credit Union Administration.
``(E) National Credit Union Administration, central
liquidity facility.
``(F) Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
``(G) Resolution Funding Corporation.
``(H) Resolution Trust Corporation.
``(I) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
``(e) Optional Exemption of Defense and Homeland Security
Accounts.--
``(1) In general.--The President may, with respect to any
defense or homeland security account, exempt that account from
sequestration or provide for a lower uniform percentage
reduction than would otherwise apply.
``(2) Limitation.--The President may not use the authority
provided by paragraph (1) unless the President notifies the
Congress of the manner in which such authority will be
exercised on or before the date specified in section 254(a) for
the budget year.''.
SEC. 303. EXCEPTIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND SPECIAL RULES.
(a) In General.--Section 256 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 256. EXCEPTIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND SPECIAL RULES.
``(a) National Wool Act and the Special Milk Program.--Automatic
spending increases are increases in outlays due to changes in indexes
in the following programs:
``(1) National Wool Act; and
``(2) Special milk program.
In those programs all amounts other than the automatic spending
increases shall be exempt from reduction under any sequestration order.
``(b) The Guaranteed Student Loan Program.--(1) Any reductions
which are required to be achieved from the student loan programs
operated pursuant to part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965 under any sequestration order shall be achieved only from loans
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) by the application of the measures
described in such paragraphs.
``(2) For any loan made during the period beginning on the date
that a sequestration order takes effect with respect to a fiscal year,
the rate used in computing the special allowance payment pursuant to
section 438(b)(2)(A)(iii) of such Act for each of the first four
special allowance payments for such loan shall be adjusted by reducing
such rate by the lesser of--
``(A) 0.40 percent, or
``(B) the percentage by which the rate specified in such
section exceeds 3 percent.
``(3) For any loan made during the period beginning on the date
that a sequestration order takes effect with respect to a fiscal year,
the origination fee which is authorized to be collected pursuant to
section 438(c)(2) of such Act shall be increased by 0.50 percent.
``(c) Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Programs.--Any
sequestration order shall make the reduction otherwise required under
the foster care and adoption assistance programs (established by part E
of title IV of the Social Security Act) only with respect to payments
and expenditures made by States in which increases in foster care
maintenance payment rates or adoption assistance payment rates (or
both) are to take effect during the fiscal year involved, and only to
the extent that the required reduction can be accomplished by applying
a uniform percentage reduction to the Federal matching payments that
each such State would otherwise receive under section 474 of that Act
(for such fiscal year) for that portion of the State's payments
attributable to the increases taking effect during that year. No
State's matching payments from the Federal Government for foster care
maintenance payments or for adoption assistance maintenance payments
may be reduced by a percentage exceeding the applicable domestic
sequestration percentage. No State may, after the date of the enactment
of this Act, make any change in the timetable for making payments under
a State plan approved under part E of title IV of the Social Security
Act which has the effect of changing the fiscal year in which
expenditures under such part are made.
``(d) Low-Income Programs.--(1) Benefit payments or payments to
States or other entities for the programs listed in paragraph (2) shall
not be reduced by more than 2 percent under any sequestration order.
When reduced under an end-of-session sequestration order, those benefit
reductions shall occur starting with the payment made at the start of
January. When reduced under a within-session sequestration order, those
benefit reductions shall occur starting with the next periodic payment.
``(2) The programs referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
``Child nutrition (12-3539-0-1-605);
``Food stamp programs (12-3505-0-1-605) and (12-3550-0-1-
605);
``Grants to States for medicaid (75-0512-0-1-551);
``State Children's Health Insurance Fund (75-0515-0-1-551);
``Supplemental security income program (75-0406-0-1-609);
and
``Temporary assistance for needy families (75-1552-0-1-
609);
``(e) Veterans' Medical Care.--The maximum permissible reduction in
budget authority for Veterans' medical care (36-0160-0-1-703) for any
fiscal year, pursuant to an order issued under section 254, shall be 2
percent.
``(f) Federal Retirement Programs.--
``(1) For each of the programs listed in paragraph (2) and
except as provided in paragraph (3), monthly (or other
periodic) benefit payments shall be reduced by the uniform
percentage applicable to direct spending sequestrations for
such programs, which shall in no case exceed 2 percent under
any sequestration order. When reduced under an end-of-session
sequestration order, those benefit reductions shall occur
starting with the payment made at the start of January or 7
weeks after the order is issued, whichever is later. When
reduced under a within-session sequestration order, those
benefit reductions shall occur starting with the next periodic
payment.
``(2) The programs subject to paragraph (1) are:
``Black lung benefits (20-8144-0-7-601);
``Central Intelligence Agency retirement and
disability system fund (56-3400-0-1-054);
``Comptrollers general retirement system (05-0107-
0-1-801);
``Foreign service retirement and disability fund
(19-8186-0-7-602);
``Judicial survivors' annuities fund (10-8110-0-7-
602);
``Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund (10-8122-0-7-
602);
``Claims Judges' Retirement Fund (10-8124-0-7-602);
``Longshoremen's and harborworkers' compensation
benefits (16-9971-0-7-601);
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
retirement (13-1450-0-1-306);
``Pensions for former Presidents (47-0105-0-1-802);
``Railroad Industry Pension Fund (60-8011-0-7-601);
``Railroad retirement tier II (60-8011-0-7-601);
``Railroad supplemental annuity pension fund (60-
8012-0-7-602);
``Retired pay, Coast Guard (69-0241-0-1-403);
``Retirement pay and medical benefits for
commissioned officers, Public Health Service (75-0379-
0-1-551);
``Special benefits, Federal Employees' Compensation
Act (16-1521-0-1-600);
``Special benefits for disabled coal miners (75-
0409-0-1-601); and
``Tax Court judges survivors annuity fund (23-8115-
0-7-602);
``(g) Veterans Programs.--To achieve the total percentage reduction
required by any order issued under this part, the percentage reduction
that shall apply to payments under the following programs shall in no
event exceed 2 percent:
``National Service Life Insurance Fund (36-8132-0-7-701);
``Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance Fund (36-4012-0-3-
701);
``Veterans Special Life Insurance Fund (36-8455-0-8-701);
``Veterans Reopened Insurance Fund (36-4010-0-3-701);
``United States Government Life Insurance Fund (36-8150-0-
7-701);
``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities (36-0120-0-1-701);
``Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund
(36-4048-0-3-703);
``Canteen Service Revolving Fund (36-4014-0-3-705);
``Benefits under chapter 21 of title 38, United States
Code, relating to specially adapted housing and mortgage-
protection life insurance for certain veterans with service-
connected disabilities (36-0120-0-1-701);
``Benefits under section 907 of title 38, United States
Code, relating to burial benefits for veterans who die as a
result of service-connected disability (36-0155-0-1-701);
``Benefits under chapter 39 of title 38, United States
Code, relating to automobiles and adaptive equipment for
certain disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces (36-
0137-0-1-702);
``Compensation (36-0153-0-1-701);
``Pensions (36-0154-0-1-701);
``Benefits under chapter 35 of title 38, United States
Code, related to educational assistance for survivors and
dependents of certain veterans with service-connected
disabilities (36-0137-0-1-702);
``Assistance and services under chapter 31 of title 38,
United States Code, relating to training and rehabilitation for
certain veterans with service-connected disabilities (36-0137-
0-1-702);
``Benefits under subchapters I, II, and III of chapter 37
of title 38, United States Code, relating to housing loans for
certain veterans and for the spouses and surviving spouses of
certain veterans Guaranty and Indemnity Program Account (36-
1119-0-1-704);
``Loan Guaranty Program Account (36-1025-0-1-704); and
``Direct Loan Program Account (36-1024-0-1-704).
``(h) Military Retirement.--To achieve the total percentage
reduction in military retirement required by any order issued under
this part, the percentage reduction that shall apply to payments under
the Military retirement fund (97-8097-0-7-602) shall in no event exceed
2 percent.
``(i) Medicare Program.--
``(1) Calculation of reduction in individual payment
amounts.--To achieve the total percentage reduction in those
programs required by any order issued under this part, the
percentage reduction that shall apply to payments under the
health insurance programs under title XVIII of the Social
Security Act for services furnished after any sequestration
order is issued shall be such that the reduction made in
payments under that order shall achieve the required total
percentage reduction in those payments for that fiscal year as
determined on a 12-month basis. However, the total reduction
under any such program shall in no case exceed 2 percent under
any sequestration order.
``(2) Timing of application of reductions.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), if a reduction is made under
paragraph (1) in payment amounts pursuant to a
sequestration order, the reduction shall be applied to
payment for services furnished after the effective date
of the order. For purposes of the previous sentence, in
the case of inpatient services furnished for an
individual, the services shall be considered to be
furnished on the date of the individual's discharge
from the inpatient facility.
``(B) Payment on the basis of cost reporting
periods.--In the case in which payment for services of
a provider of services is made under title XVIII of the
Social Security Act on a basis relating to the
reasonable cost incurred for the services during a cost
reporting period of the provider, if a reduction is
made under paragraph (1) in payment amounts pursuant to
a sequestration order, the reduction shall be applied
to payment for costs for such services incurred at any
time during each cost reporting period of the provider
any part of which occurs after the effective date of
the order, but only (for each such cost reporting
period) in the same proportion as the fraction of the
cost reporting period that occurs after the effective
date of the order.
``(3) No increase in beneficiary charges in assignment-
related cases.--If a reduction in payment amounts is made under
paragraph (1) for services for which payment under part B of
title XVIII of the Social Security Act is made on the basis of
an assignment described in section 1842(b)(3)(B)(ii), in
accordance with section 1842(b)(6)(B), or under the procedure
described in section 1870(f)(1) of such Act, the person
furnishing the services shall be considered to have accepted
payment of the reasonable charge for the services, less any
reduction in payment amount made pursuant to a sequestration
order, as payment in full.
``(4) No effect on computation of aapcc.--In computing the
adjusted average per capita cost for purposes of section
1876(a)(4) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall not take into account any reductions
in payment amounts which have been or may be effected under
this subtitle.
``(j) Federal Pay.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of any order issued under
section 254, new budget authority to pay Federal personnel
shall be reduced by the applicable uniform percentage, but no
sequestration order may reduce or have the effect of reducing
the rate of pay to which any individual is entitled under any
statutory pay system (as increased by any amount payable under
section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or section 302 of
the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990) or the
rate of any element of military pay to which any individual is
entitled under title 37, United States Code, or any increase in
rates of pay which is scheduled to take effect under section
5303 of title 5, United States Code, section 1009 of title 37,
United States Code, or any other provision of law.
``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
``(A) The term `statutory pay system' shall have
the meaning given that term in section 5302(1) of title
5, United States Code.
``(B) The term `elements of military pay' means--
``(i) the elements of compensation of
members of the uniformed services specified in
section 1009 of title 37, United States Code,
``(ii) allowances provided members of the
uniformed services under sections 403a and 405
of such title, and
``(iii) cadet pay and midshipman pay under
section 203(c) of such title.
``(C) The term `uniformed services' shall have the
meaning given that term in section 101(3) of title 37,
United States Code.
``(k) Child Support Enforcement Program.--Any sequestration order
shall accomplish the full amount of any required reduction in
expenditures under sections 455 and 458 of the Social Security Act by
reducing the Federal matching rate for State administrative costs under
such program, as specified (for the fiscal year involved) in section
455(a) of such Act, to the extent necessary to reduce such expenditures
by that amount.
``(l) Extended Unemployment Compensation.--(1) A State may reduce
each weekly benefit payment made under the Federal-State Extended
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 for any week of unemployment
occurring during any period with respect to which payments are reduced
under an order issued under this title by a percentage not to exceed
the percentage by which the Federal payment to the State under section
204 of such Act is to be reduced for such week as a result of such
order.
``(2) A reduction by a State in accordance with subparagraph (A)
shall not be considered as a failure to fulfill the requirements of
section 3304(a)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
``(m) Commodity Credit Corporation.--
``(1) Powers and authorities of the commodity credit
corporation.--This title shall not restrict the Commodity
Credit Corporation in the discharge of its authority and
responsibility as a corporation to buy and sell commodities in
world trade, to use the proceeds as a revolving fund to meet
other obligations and otherwise operate as a corporation, the
purpose for which it was created.
``(2) Reduction in payments made under contracts.--(A)
Payments and loan eligibility under any contract entered into
with a person by the Commodity Credit Corporation prior to the
time any sequestration order has been issued shall not be
reduced by an order subsequently issued. Subject to
subparagraph (B), after any sequestration order is issued for a
fiscal year, any cash payments made by the Commodity Credit
Corporation--
``(i) under the terms of any one-year contract
entered into in or after such fiscal year and after the
issuance of the order; and
``(ii) out of an entitlement account,
to any person (including any producer, lender, or guarantee
entity) shall be subject to reduction under the order.
``(B) Each contract entered into with producers or producer
cooperatives with respect to a particular crop of a commodity
and subject to reduction under subparagraph (A) shall be
reduced in accordance with the same terms and conditions. If
some, but not all, contracts applicable to a crop of a
commodity have been entered into prior to the issuance of any
sequestration order, the order shall provide that the necessary
reduction in payments under contracts applicable to the
commodity be uniformly applied to all contracts for succeeding
crops of the commodity, under the authority provided in
paragraph (3).
``(3) Delayed reduction in outlays permissible.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if any
sequestration order is issued with respect to a fiscal year,
any reduction under the order applicable to contracts described
in paragraph (2) may provide for reductions in outlays for the
account involved to occur in the fiscal years following the
fiscal year to which the order applies.
``(4) Uniform percentage rate of reduction and other
limitations.--All reductions described in paragraph (2) that
are required to be made in connection with any sequestration
order with respect to a fiscal year--
``(A) shall be made so as to ensure that outlays
for each program, project, activity, or account
involved are reduced by a percentage rate that is
uniform for all such programs, projects, activities,
and accounts, and may not be made so as to achieve a
percentage rate of reduction in any such item exceeding
the rate specified in the order; and
``(B) with respect to commodity price support and
income protection programs, shall be made in such
manner and under such procedures as will attempt to
ensure that--
``(i) uncertainty as to the scope of
benefits under any such program is minimized;
``(ii) any instability in market prices for
agricultural commodities resulting from the
reduction is minimized; and
``(iii) normal production and marketing
relationships among agricultural commodities
(including both contract and non-contract
commodities) are not distorted.
In meeting the criterion set out in clause (iii) of
subparagraph (B) of the preceding sentence, the
President shall take into consideration that reductions
under an order may apply to programs for two or more
agricultural commodities that use the same type of
production or marketing resources or that are
alternative commodities among which a producer could
choose in making annual production decisions.
``(5) Certain authority not to be limited.--Nothing in this
title shall limit or reduce in any way any appropriation that
provides the Commodity Credit Corporation with funds to cover
the Corporation's net realized losses.
``(n) Postal Service Fund.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any sequestration of the Postal Service Fund shall be accomplished
by a payment from that Fund to the General Fund of the Treasury, and
the Postmaster General of the United States shall make the full amount
of that payment during the fiscal year to which the presidential
sequestration order applies.
``(o) Effects of Sequestration.--The effects of sequestration shall
be as follows:
``(1) Budgetary resources sequestered from any account
other than an entitlement trust, special, or revolving fund
account shall revert to the Treasury and be permanently
canceled.
``(2) Except as otherwise provided, the same percentage
sequestration shall apply to all programs, projects, and
activities within a budget account (with programs, projects,
and activities as delineated in the appropriation Act or accompanying
report for the relevant fiscal year covering that account, or for
accounts not included in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most
recently submitted President's budget).
``(3) Administrative regulations or similar actions
implementing a sequestration shall be made within 120 days of
the sequestration order. To the extent that formula allocations
differ at different levels of budgetary resources within an
account, program, project, or activity, the sequestration shall
be interpreted as producing a lower total appropriation, with
that lower appropriation being obligated as though it had been
the pre-sequestration appropriation and no sequestration had
occurred.
``(4) Except as otherwise provided, obligations in
sequestered direct spending accounts shall be reduced in the
fiscal year in which a sequestration occurs and in all
succeeding fiscal years.
``(5) If an automatic spending increase is sequestered, the
increase (in the applicable index) that was disregarded as a
result of that sequestration shall not be taken into account in
any subsequent fiscal year.
``(6) Except as otherwise provided, sequestration in
accounts for which obligations are indefinite shall be taken in
a manner to ensure that obligations in the fiscal year of a
sequestration and succeeding fiscal years are reduced, from the
level that would actually have occurred, by the applicable
sequestration percentage.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in
250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
is amended by amending the item relating to section 256 to read as
follows:
``Sec. 256. Exceptions, limitations, and special rules.''.
SEC. 304. POINT OF ORDER.
(a) Entitlement Point of Order.--Section 312 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by sections 102 and 201(d)) is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Entitlement Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint
resolution, amendment, or conference report that--
``(1) increases aggregate level of direct spending for any
ensuing fiscal year or
``(2) includes any provision that has the effect of
modifying the application of section 252A of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to any
entitlement program subject to sequestration or exempt from
sequestration under such Act.''.
SEC. 305. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
amended as follows:
(1) Section 251(a)(1) is amended by inserting ``, section
252A,'' after ``section 252''.
(2) Section 254(c)(4)(B) is amended by inserting ``or
section 252A''after ``section 252''.
(3) Section 254(c) is amended by redesignating paragraph
(5) as paragraph (6) and by inserting after paragraph (4) the
following new paragraph:
``(5) Direct spending control sequestration reports.--The
preview reports shall set forth, for the current year and the
budget year, estimates for each of the following:
``(A) The total level of direct spending for all
programs, projects, and activities (excluding social
security).
``(B) The sequestration percentage or (if the
required sequestration percentage is greater than the
maximum allowable percentage for medicare) percentages
necessary to comply with section 252A.''.
(4) Section 254(f) is amended by redesignating paragraphs
(4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6) and by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
``(4) Direct spending control sequestration reports.--The
final reports shall contain all the information required in the
direct spending control sequestration preview reports. In
addition, these reports shall contain, for the budget year, for
each account to be sequestered, estimates of the baseline level
of sequesterable budgetary resources and resulting outlays and
the amount of budgetary resources to be sequestered and
resulting outlay reductions. The reports shall also contain
estimates of the effects on outlays of the sequestration in
each outyear for direct spending programs.''.
(5) Section 258C(a)(1) is amended by inserting ``, 252A,''
after ``section 252''.
SEC. 306. ESTABLISHMENT OF FAMILY BUDGET PROTECTION MANDATORY ACCOUNT.
The Rules of the House of Representatives (as amended by section
202) are further amended by inserting after rule XXVIII the following
new rule:
``RULE XXIX
``family budget protection mandatory account.
``1. (a) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall maintain
an account to be known as the `Family Budget Protection Mandatory
Account'. The Account shall be divided into entries corresponding to
the House committees that received allocations under section 302(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in the most recently adopted
concurrent resolution on the budget, except that it shall not include
the Committee on Appropriations and each entry shall consist of the
`First Year Family Budget Protection Balance' and the `Five Year Family
Budget Protection Balance'.
``(b) Each entry shall consist only of amounts credited to it under
paragraph (c). No entry of a negative amount shall be made.
``(c) Whenever a Member offers an amendment to a bill that reduces
the amount of mandatory budget authority provided either under current
law or proposed to be provided by the bill under consideration, that
Member may state the portion of such reduction achieved in the first
year covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the
budget and in addition the portion of such reduction achieved in the
first five years covered by the most recently adopted concurrent
resolution on the budget that shall be--
``(1) credited to the First Year Family Budget Protection
Balance and the Five Year Family Budget Protection Balance;
``(2) used to offset an increase in other new budget
authority; or
``(3) allowed to remain within the applicable section
302(a) allocation.
If no such statement is made, the amount of reduction in new budget
authority resulting from the amendment shall be credited to the First
Year Family Budget Protection Balance and the Five Year Family Budget
Protection Balance, as applicable, if the amendment is agreed to.
``2. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget shall, upon the engrossment of any bill, other
than an appropriation bill, by the House, credit to the applicable
entry balances amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal to the
net amounts of reductions in budget authority and in outlays resulting
from amendments agreed to by the House to that bill.
``(b) When computing the net amounts of reductions in budget
authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by the
House to a bill, the chairman of the Committee 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 First Year Family Budget Protection Balance and the
Five Year Family Budget Protection Balance, or that fall within the
last sentence of clause 1.
``3. The chairman of the Committee on the Budget 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 during consideration of any bill by the House.
``4. For the purposes of enforcing section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, upon the engrossment of any bill,
other than an appropriation bill, by the House, the amount of budget
authority and outlays calculated pursuant to paragraph 2(b) shall be
counted against the 302(a) allocation provided to the applicable
committee or committees which reported the bill as if the amount
calculated pursuant to clause 2(b) was included in the bill just
engrossed.
``5. As used in this rule, 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 fiscal year 2005 or any subsequent fiscal year, as the case
may be.''.
TITLE IV--COMBATING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE THROUGH SUNSETTING
SEC. 401. REAUTHORIZATION OF DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS AND UNEARNED
ENTITLEMENTS.
(a) Fiscal Year 2006.--Effective October 1, 2005, spending
authority for each unearned entitlement and high-cost discretionary
spending program is frozen at then current levels unless such spending
authority is reauthorized after the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Fiscal Year 2007.--(1) Effective October 1, 2006, spending
authority for each authorized discretionary spending program (not
including high-cost discretionary spending programs) is frozen at then
current levels unless such spending authority is reauthorized after the
date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Effective October 1, 2006, spending authority for each
unauthorized discretionary spending program (not including high-cost
discretionary spending programs) is terminated unless such spending
authority is reauthorized after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this title--
(1) the term ``unearned entitlement'' means an entitlement
not earned by service or paid for in total or in part by
assessments or contributions such as Social Security, veterans'
benefits, retirement programs, and medicare; and
(2) the term ``high-cost discretionary program'' means the
most expensive one-third of discretionary program within each
budget function account.
SEC. 402. POINT OF ORDER.
(a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution,
amendment, or conference report that includes any provision that
appropriates funds above current levels unless such appropriation has
been previously authorized by law.
(b) Waiver or Suspension.--This section may be waived or suspended
in the House of Representatives or the Senate only by the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
SEC. 403. DECENNIAL SUNSETTING.
(a) First Decennial Census Year.--Effective on the first day of the
fiscal year beginning in the first decennial census year after the year
2010 and each 10 years thereafter, the spending authority described in
section 401(a) is terminated unless such spending authority is
reauthorized after the last date the spending authority was required to
be reauthorized under this title.
(b) First Decennial Census Year.--Effective on the first day of the
fiscal year beginning in the year after the first decennial census year
after the year 2010 and each 10 years thereafter, the spending
authority described in section 401(b) is terminated unless such
spending authority is reauthorized after the last date the spending
authority was required to be reauthorized under this title.
TITLE V--JOINT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS AND BIENNIAL BUDGETING
Subtitle A--Joint Budget Resolutions
SEC. 501. JOINT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.
(a) Definitions.--Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
``(4) the term `joint resolution on the budget' means--
``(A) a joint resolution setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government
for a fiscal year as provided in section 301; and
``(B) any other joint resolution revising the
congressional budget for the United States Government
for a fiscal year as described in section 304.''.
(b) Joint Resolution on the Budget.--(1) Section 301(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears including in the caption and
inserting ``joint resolution''.
(2) Section 301(b) of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears including in the caption and
inserting ``joint resolution''.
(3) Section 301(c) of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(4) Section 301(e) of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(5) Section 301(f) of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(6) Section 301(g) of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(7) Section 301(h) of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(8) Section 301(i) of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(9) The section heading of section 301 of such Act is amended by
striking ``annual adoption of concurrent'' and inserting ``annual
adoption of joint''.
(10) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
striking ``Annual adoption of the concurrent'' in the item relating to
section 301 and inserting ``Annual adoption of the joint''.
(11) Section 302 of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(12) Section 303 of such Act, including the heading, is amended by
striking ``concurrent resolution'' each place it appears and inserting
``joint resolution''.
(13) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
striking ``Concurrent'' in the item relating to section 303 and
inserting ``Joint''.
(14) Section 304 of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'', including in the heading, each place it appears and
inserting ``joint resolution''.
(15) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
striking ``Concurrent'' in the item relating to section 304 and
inserting ``Joint''.
(16) Section 305 of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'', including in the heading, each place it appears and
inserting ``joint resolution''.
(17) Section 308 of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(18) Section 310 of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
(19) Section 311 of such Act is amended by striking ``concurrent
resolution'' each place it appears and inserting ``joint resolution''.
Subtitle B--Biennial Budgeting
SEC. 511. 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 Tenth 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 joint resolution on the biennial budget.
May 15............................... Congress completes action on joint 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 joint resolution on the biennial budget.
June 1............................... Congress completes action on joint 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. 512. 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) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(11) The term `biennium' means the period of 2
consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-
numbered year.''.
(c) Biennial Joint 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 joint 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.--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''.
(f) Permissible Revisions of Joint 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. 513. 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. 514. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) Definition.--Section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) `biennium' has the meaning given to such term in
paragraph (11) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)).''.
(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 Ninth
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. 515. TWO-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS; TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATION
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. 516. MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``multiyear authorizations of appropriations
``Sec. 316. (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)(1) For purposes of this section, 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) 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.'.
``(c) For purposes of this section, 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 315 the following new item:
``Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations.''.
SEC. 517. 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, 2005'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``at least every three years'' and
all that follows thereafter and inserting ``at least
every 4 years, except that strategic plans submitted by
September 30, 2005, shall be updated and revised by
September 30, 2008''; 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, 2005, 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 2008, 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 ``two 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) 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, 2005'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``at least every three
years'' and inserting ``at least every 4 years except that
strategic plans submitted by September 30, 2005, shall be
updated and revised by September 30, 2008'';
(3) in subsection (b), 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, 2005,
meeting the requirements of subsection (a)''.
(f) 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.''.
(g) 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.''.
(h) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall
take effect on March 1, 2007.
(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 it.
SEC. 518. BIENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.
(a) In the House of Representatives.--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.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--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)''.
SEC. 519. 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. 520. 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. 521. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 109TH CONGRESS.
(a) President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2006.--The budget
submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2006 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 2006-2007 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 2006 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 2006 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
2006 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 2005 from which the Committee on
Appropriations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal year
2006 that include funding for certain accounts for each of fiscal years
2006 and 2007.
(3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House
accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2006 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 109th 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 109th 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 2006-2007 biennium.
(e) CBO Authorization Report.--On or before January 15, 2006, 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 (1) all programs and
activities funded during fiscal year 2006 for which authorizations for
appropriations have not been enacted for that fiscal year and (2) all
programs and activities funded during fiscal year 2006 for which
authorizations for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year,
fiscal year 2007, or fiscal year 2008.
(f) President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2007.--The budget
submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2007 shall include an evaluation
of, and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget
process for the fiscal year 2006-2007 biennium that was carried out
pursuant to this section.
(g) CBO Transitional Report.--On or before March 31, 2006, 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 2006-2007 biennium that was carried
out pursuant to this section.
Subtitle C--Prevention of Government Shutdown
SEC. 531. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31.
(a) In General.--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 or for
each fiscal year in a biennium does not become law prior to the
beginning of such fiscal year or a joint resolution making continuing
appropriations 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 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) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for a project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to this
section shall be at a rate of operations not in excess of the lower
of--
``(A) the rate of operations provided for in the regular
appropriation Act providing for such project or activity for
the preceding fiscal year,
``(B) in the absence of such an Act, the rate of operations
provided for such project or activity pursuant to a joint
resolution making continuing appropriations for such preceding
fiscal year,
``(C) the rate of operations provided for in the House or
Senate passed appropriation bill for the fiscal year in
question, except that the lower of these two versions shall be
ignored for any project or activity for which there is a budget
request if no funding is provided for that project or activity
in either version,
``(D) the rate provided in the budget submission of the
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code, for the fiscal year in question, or
``(E) the annualized rate of operations provided for in the
most recently enacted joint resolution making continuing
appropriations for part of that fiscal year or any funding
levels established under the provisions of this Act.
``(3) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for any fiscal year pursuant to this section for a 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 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 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 project or
activity under current law.
``(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for any project or activity for any fiscal year pursuant to
this section shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for
such project or activity during the portion of such fiscal year for
which this section applies to such project or activity.
``(d) Expenditures made for a 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 project or activity for such
period becomes law.
``(e) This section shall not apply to a 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 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 project or activity to continue for such
period.
``(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 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 Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and
independent agencies.
``(12) The legislative branch.
``(13) The Department of Homeland Security.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--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.''.
Subtitle D--Effective Date
SEC. 532. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) In General.--Except as provided by subsection (b) and by
sections 520, 521, and 532, this title and the amendments made by it
shall take effect on January 1, 2007, and shall apply to budget
resolutions and appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal
year 2008.
(b) Subtitle C.--Subtitle C and the amendments made by it shall
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2005.
TITLE VI--FURTHER ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENTS
SEC. 601. SUPER-MAJORITY POINTS OF ORDER.
(a) Elimination of Exception.--Section 303 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``In General.--'' in
subsection (a) and by striking subsections (b) and (c).
(b) Super-Majority Point of Order.--(1)(A) Section 904(c)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``303,''
before ``305(b)(2),'', by inserting ``312(g), (h), (i), (j), and (k),''
before ``313,'', and by inserting ``316,'' before ``904(c),''.
(B) Section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by striking ``three-fifths'' each place it appears and
inserting ``two-thirds''.
(2)(A) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by inserting ``303,'' before ``305(b)(2),'', by inserting
``312(g), (h), (i), (j), and (k),'' before ``313,'', and by inserting
``316,'' before ``904(c),''.
(B) Section 904(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by striking ``three-fifths'' each place it appears and
inserting ``two-thirds''.
(3)(A) Sections 904(c)(2) and (d)(3) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 are amended by striking ``311(a),''.
(B) Sections 904(c)(1) and (d)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 are amended by inserting ``311(a),'' after ``310(d)(2),''.
(4) Section 904(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2006''.
SEC. 602. BUDGET RESOLUTION ENFORCEMENT POINT OF ORDER.
(a) Entitlement Point of Order.--Section 312 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by sections 102, 201(d), and 304(a)) is
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Budget Resolution Enforcement Point of Order.--It shall not
be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider
any concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, or amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that--
``(1) provides for a deficit for the fiscal year of the
resolution or any ensuing fiscal year included in such
resolution that exceeds the maximum deficit amount for such
fiscal year set forth in section 253(h) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;
``(2) is not consistent with the discretionary spending
limits set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; or
``(3) provides for an increase in the aggregate level of
direct spending for the fiscal year of the resolution or any
ensuing fiscal year included in such resolution.''.
SEC. 603. POINT OF ORDER WAIVER PROTECTION.
Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (2) and inserting ``; or'' and by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
``(3) a rule or order that would waive the provisions of
section 303, 311(a), 312(g), 312(h), 312(i), 312(j), or 312(k)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or of section 402 of
the Family Budget Protection Act of 2003.''.
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Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, 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.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 7, 2003.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 21, 2003.
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House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 31, 2004.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 1, 2004.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 23, 2004.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 1, 2004.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 19, 2004.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 22, 2004.
House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 10, 2004.