Congressional Reorganization Act of 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Reductions in Congressional Spending

Title II: Congressional Agenda and Priority National Issues

Title III: Reorganization of Committees of the House and

Senate

Title IV: Biennial Budget

Congressional Reorganization Act of 1993 - Title I: Reductions in Congressional Spending - Reduces budget authority and outlays for congressional committees and supporting offices by specified percentages in FY 1994 through 1996.

Requires all unobligated funds remaining in the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account and all such funds available for House Members' personnel and office expenses on September 30 of a fiscal year to be returned to the Treasury for reducing the Federal deficit.

Title II: Congressional Agenda and Priority National Issues - Requires the Senate and the House, at the beginning of each Congress, to determine up to five issues that need priority attention and create independent task forces to study and recommend legislative remedies.

Title III: Reorganization of Committees of the House and Senate - Establishes a new standing committee structure to consist of 17 committees, including a Committee on Leadership and National Priorities to replace the Budget Committee.

Title IV: Biennial Budget - Biennial Budget Act of 1993 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.

Devotes the first session of any Congress to the budget resolution and to appropriations decisions, retaining current deadlines in most cases. Changes certain deadlines to conform to the biennial scheme. Devotes each second session to authorization activity, subject to specified deadlines.

Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to issue four-year (currently, five-year) projections of congressional budget action.

Amends provisions relating to the reconciliation process to: (1) increase from 20 to 100 hours the time of debate permitted in the Senate with respect to reconciliation measures; and (2) make it out of order in both the House and the Senate to consider any reconciliation legislation changing any provision of law other than one relating to new budget or spending authority, revenues, or the public debt limit.

Conforms provisions governing the President's budget to the biennial framework.

Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to conform to the biennial framework.