Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act
This bill makes several modifications to the federal budget process, including the procedures for considering congressional budget resolutions and adjusting the debt limit.
Among other modifications, the bill includes provisions that
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2765
To improve Federal fiscal controls and the congressional budget
process.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 31, 2019
Mr. Enzi (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
Crapo, Mr. King, Mr. Graham, Mr. Coons, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Braun) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on the Budget
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A BILL
To improve Federal fiscal controls and the congressional budget
process.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Congressional Budget
Reform Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--BUDGET TIMELINE AND INFORMATION
Sec. 101. Revision of timetable.
Sec. 102. Budget submissions by the President.
Sec. 103. Baseline construction.
Sec. 104. Report on debt to GDP targets.
TITLE II--BIENNIAL BUDGETING, CONTENTS OF BUDGET RESOLUTION, AND
BIPARTISAN BUDGETS
Sec. 201. Biennial budgeting generally.
Sec. 202. Contents of concurrent resolution on the budget.
Sec. 203. Additional matters relating to concurrent resolution.
Sec. 204. Committee allocations.
Sec. 205. Section 303 point of order.
Sec. 206. Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the
budget.
Sec. 207. Procedures for consideration of budget resolutions.
Sec. 208. Completion of House action on appropriation bills.
Sec. 209. Reconciliation process.
Sec. 210. Section 311 point of order.
Sec. 211. Maximum deficit amount point of order.
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON FISCAL CONTROL AND THE BUDGET
Sec. 301. Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate.
Sec. 302. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 303. References.
TITLE IV--SPECIAL RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTIONS
Sec. 401. Special reconciliation instructions.
TITLE V--CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Sec. 501. Up-to-date tabulations of congressional budget action.
Sec. 502. Surgical strike point of order relating to legislation
dealing with the congressional budget.
Sec. 503. Global waiver for general budget points of order.
Sec. 504. Effective date.
TITLE VI--REPORTS
Sec. 601. Reports to the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate and the Committee on the Budget
of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 602. Reporting on interest effects and budgetary effects.
Sec. 603. Portfolio budgeting.
Sec. 604. Budget contents and submission to Congress.
TITLE VII--MODIFICATION OF CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET RESOLUTION
Sec. 701. Modification of consideration of budget resolution.
TITLE VIII--EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 801. Effective date; applicability.
TITLE I--BUDGET TIMELINE AND INFORMATION
SEC. 101. REVISION OF TIMETABLE.
Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631)
is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 300. TIMETABLE.
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
timetable with respect to the congressional budget process for any
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 the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate.
March 1................................. Committees submit views and estimates to the Committee on the Budget
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate.
April 1................................. Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate reports
concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.
May 15.................................. Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial
budget.
May 15.................................. Appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives.
June 10................................. Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives reports
last appropriation bill.
June 30................................. House of Representatives completes action on appropriation bills.
October 1............................... First fiscal year of biennium begins.
December 1.............................. President submits an administrative budget.
``Second Session
On or before: Action to be completed:
February 15............................. Congressional Budget Office submits report to the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate.
February 15............................. Congressional Budget Office releases report on achieving debt to GDP
ratio.
March 15................................ President submits budget update for the second fiscal year of the
biennium.
April 15................................ Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate reports a
special reconciliation resolution.
May 15.................................. Committees submit recommendations for special reconciliation bill.
May 15.................................. Appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives.
June 10................................. Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives reports
last appropriation bill.
June 30................................. House of Representatives completes action on appropriation bills.
July 30................................. Congress completes action on special reconciliation bill.
October 1............................... Second fiscal year of biennium begins
December 1.............................. President submits an administrative budget.
``(b) Special Rule for Certain First Sessions.--In the case of any
first session of Congress that begins in any year immediately following
a leap year and during which the term of a President (except a
President who succeeds himself or herself) 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 15................................ Congressional Budget Office submits report to the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate.
May 1................................... Committees submit views and estimates to the Committee on the Budget
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate.
June 1.................................. Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate reports
concurrent resolution on the biennial budget.
June 15................................. Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the biennial
budget.
June 15................................. Appropriation bills may be considered in the House of Representatives.
June 30................................. Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives reports
last appropriation bill.
July 15................................. House of Representatives completes action on appropriation bills.
October 1............................... First fiscal year of biennium begins.
December 1.............................. President submits an administrative budget.''.
SEC. 102. BUDGET SUBMISSIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
(a) Definition.--Section 1101 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) `biennium' has the meaning given that term in
paragraph (12) of section 3 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622).''.
(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 under section 300(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631(b)), the first Monday in
April of an odd-numbered year), the President shall transmit to the
Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such
calendar year. The budget of the United States Government 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 fiscal
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) Functions and activities.--Section 1105(a)(12) of title
31, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the fiscal
year'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the
biennium''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``that year''
and inserting ``that 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 uncontrolled 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) 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''.
(12) Homeland security.--Section 1105(a)(35)(A)(i) of title
31, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding
subclause (I), by striking ``the fiscal years for which the
budget is submitted'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the
biennium for which the budget is submitted''.
(13) EESA.--Section 1105(a)(36) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ``the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted''
and inserting ``each fiscal year in the biennium for which the
budget is submitted''.
(14) Veterans health.--Section 1105(a)(37) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``the fiscal year for which the
budget is submitted'' and inserting ``each fiscal year in the
biennium for which the budget is submitted''.
(c) 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, for''; and
(3) by striking ``for that year'' and inserting ``for each
fiscal year of the biennium''.
(d) Capital Investment Analysis.--Section 1105(e)(1) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``ensuing fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium to
which such budget relates''.
(e) 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
striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium'';
(B) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``that fiscal year'' and
inserting ``each fiscal year in such biennium'';
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``fiscal year''
and inserting ``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 striking ``the fiscal year'' and inserting
``each fiscal year in the biennium''.
(f) Administrative Budget.--Section 1106 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d)(1) On or before December 1 of each calendar year, the
President shall submit to Congress an administrative budget for the
fiscal year beginning in the ensuing calendar year, which shall
include--
``(A) up-to-date estimates for current year and prior year
data; and
``(B) credit reestimates for the current year (as included
in the Federal credit supplement of such budget).
``(2) Upon request of the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office, agencies and other entities included within the budget shall
immediately provide to the Congressional Budget Office all related
backup tables and other supporting information, including underlying
data, assumptions, and related information used in connection with
creating the budget and estimates.''.
(g) Current Programs and Activities Estimates.--Section 1109(a) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) 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 as the budget required by section
1105 is submitted for a biennium''; and
(2) by striking ``the following fiscal year'' and inserting
``each fiscal year of such period''.
(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. 103. BASELINE CONSTRUCTION.
Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907(c)) is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Exclusion of Exempted Spending.--For the budget year and each
outyear, the baseline shall be calculated by assuming that
appropriations receiving designations under section 251(b)(2)(A) or
designations created through a concurrent resolution on the budget that
exempts designated spending from enforcement under section 302 or
section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act (2 U.S.C. 633, 642) shall
not continue.''.
SEC. 104. REPORT ON DEBT TO GDP TARGETS.
Section 202 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Report on Debt to GDP Target.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than February 15 of each even-
numbered year, the Director shall make publicly available a
report estimating whether the target for the ratio of the debt
held by the public to the gross domestic product of the United
States by the end of the last fiscal year covered by the most
recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget will be
achieved.
``(2) Discretionary appropriations.--In producing each
estimate described in paragraph (1), the Director shall assume
discretionary appropriations are made available in the amounts
specified under the most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget.
``(3) Deficit reduction.--For each report made available
under paragraph (1), the Director--
``(A) shall include an estimate of the level of
deficit reduction required to achieve the target for
the ratio of the debt held by the public to the gross
domestic product of the United States by the end of the
last fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to
concurrent resolution on the budget; and
``(B) in estimating the level of deficit reduction
required, shall account for interest effects by
reducing the target by the percentage equal to percent
of deficit reduction stemming from interest changes
assumed in the most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget.''.
TITLE II--BIENNIAL BUDGETING, CONTENTS OF BUDGET RESOLUTION, AND
BIPARTISAN BUDGETS
SEC. 201. BIENNIAL BUDGETING GENERALLY.
(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 the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is
amended by striking ``fiscal year'' each place it appears and
inserting ``biennium''.
(2) Biennium.--Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(12) The term `biennium' means the period of 2
consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-
numbered year.''.
SEC. 202. CONTENTS OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET.
(a) Section Heading.--The section heading of section 301 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) is amended by striking
``annual'' and inserting ``biennial''.
(b) Contents of Resolution Generally.--Section 301(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking the matter preceding paragraph (1) and
inserting the following:
``(a) Content of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--On or before
May 15 of each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable under section
300(b), June 15 of an odd-numbered year), Congress shall complete
action on a concurrent resolution on the budget for the biennium
beginning on October 1 of such year. The concurrent resolution shall--
'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as
subparagraphs (A) through (G), respectively, and adjusting the
margin accordingly;
(3) by inserting before subparagraph (A), as so
redesignated, the following:
``(1) for any concurrent resolution on the budget, set
forth appropriate levels for each fiscal year in such biennium
and for at least each fiscal year of each of the ensuing 2
bienniums for the following--'';
(4) in paragraph (1)(D), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)'';
(5) in paragraph (1)(F), as so redesignated, by striking
``for the fiscal year'' and inserting ``for each fiscal year in
the biennium'';
(6) in paragraph (1)(G), as so redesignated--
(A) by striking ``for the fiscal year'' and
inserting ``for each fiscal year in the biennium''; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting
a semicolon; and
(7) by inserting before the matter following paragraph
(1)(G), as so redesignated, the following:
``(2) for any concurrent resolution on the budget, include,
in accordance with section 316, a clear statement of the
appropriate level for the debt subject to limit under section
3101 of title 31, United States Code, as of the end of the
second fiscal year of the biennium of the concurrent resolution
on the budget;''.
(c) Bipartisan Budget Resolution.--
(1) Definition.--Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622), as amended by
section 201, is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(13) The term `bipartisan budget resolution' means a
concurrent resolution on the budget for a biennium that--
``(A) meets the requirements under section 301; and
``(B) is ordered reported to the Senate by the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate by an affirmative vote of not less than half of
the Senators that are members of the majority party in
the Senate and not less than half of the Senators that
are members of the minority party in the Senate.''.
(2) Contents.--Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by inserting after
paragraph (2), as added by subsection (b) of this section, the
following:
``(3) for a bipartisan budget resolution, include--
``(A) in accordance with section 316, a clear
statement of the appropriate level for the
discretionary spending limit for each fiscal year of
the biennium of the concurrent resolution on the
budget;
``(B) the amount of health care spending by the
Government;
``(C) the amount of tax expenditures;
``(D) the amount of discretionary appropriations
(as defined in section 250 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900));
and
``(E) the amount of revenues;''.
(3) Consideration of bipartisan budget resolutions.--
Section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
636) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Procedures in the Senate for Bipartisan Budget Resolutions.--
``(1) Other expedited process.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), in
the Senate, upon the agreement of the majority leader
and the minority leader, additional procedures to
expedite consideration of a bipartisan budget
resolution shall apply to consideration of the
bipartisan budget resolution. The majority leader shall
submit a written statement for the Congressional Record
reflecting any agreement described in this paragraph.
``(B) Inclusion and exclusion.--An agreement
described in this paragraph--
``(i) may include limiting the number of
amendments upon which the Senate shall vote;
and
``(ii) may not include the waiver of any
points of order.
``(2) Adoption.--
``(A) In general.--In the Senate, a bipartisan
budget resolution shall only be agreed to--
``(i) if it complies with section 3(13)(A);
and
``(ii) upon the affirmative vote of not
less than--
``(I) three-fifths of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn; and
``(II) 15 Members that are members
of the minority party in the Senate.
``(B) Not agreed to.--If a bipartisan budget
resolution is not agreed to in accordance with
subparagraph (A), the Senate shall be deemed to have
agreed to a motion to recommit the bipartisan budget
resolution to the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget.
``(3) Conference reports and amendments between the
houses.--
``(A) In general.--In the Senate, a conference
report or an amendment between the Houses on a
bipartisan budget resolution shall only be agreed to--
``(i) if it complies with section 3(13)(A);
and
``(ii) upon the affirmative vote of not
less than--
``(I) three-fifths of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn; and
``(II) 15 Members that are members
of the minority party in the Senate.
``(B) Not agreed to.--If a conference report or an
amendment between the Houses on a bipartisan budget
resolution is not agreed to in accordance with
subparagraph (A), a motion to reconsider the conference
report or amendment between the Houses is in order in
accordance with rule XIII of the Standing Rules of the
Senate.''.
(4) Reconciliation under bipartisan budget resolutions.--
Section 310(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 641(e)(2)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``Debate''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) In the Senate, a reconciliation bill reported under
subsection (b) pursuant to reconciliation instructions in a
bipartisan budget resolution, a House amendment thereto, and a
conference report thereon shall be agreed to only upon the
affirmative vote of not less than--
``(i) a majority of the Members voting, a quorum
being present; and
``(ii) 15 Members that are members of the minority
party in the Senate.''.
(5) Automatic adjustment of debt limit and statutory
caps.--Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 316. AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF DEBT LIMIT AND STATUTORY CAPS.
``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `covered concurrent
resolution on the budget'--
``(1) means a concurrent resolution on the budget for a
biennium adopted under section 301 that contains text in the
form specified under subsection (b) of this section applicable
to the type of concurrent resolution on the budget; and
``(2) does not include a concurrent resolution on the
budget described in section 304.
``(b) Form.--
``(1) In general.--For a concurrent resolution on the
budget that is not a bipartisan budget resolution, the form
specified in this subsection is that, other than any short
title, the first section of the concurrent resolution on the
budget shall consist of only the following: `For purposes of
section 316(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
Congress specifies that section 3101(b) of title 31, United
States Code, shall be amended by striking the dollar amount and
inserting ``$______''.', the blank space being filled in with
the appropriate level for the debt subject to limit under
section 3101 of title 31, United States Code.
``(2) Bipartisan budget resolution.--
``(A) In general.--For a concurrent resolution on
the budget that is a bipartisan budget resolution, the
form specified in this subsection is that, other than
any short title, the first section of the concurrent
resolution on the budget shall consist of only the
following: `For purposes of section 316(c) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Congress specifies
the following:
```(1) Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code,
shall be amended by striking the dollar amount and inserting
``$_______''.
```(2) Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) shall be amended
by inserting after paragraph (_) the following:
```(__) for fiscal year ___, for the discretionary
category, $________ in new budget authority; and
```(__) for fiscal year ___, for the discretionary
category, $________ in new budget authority;'.
``(B) Blank spaces.--The blank spaces in paragraphs
(1) and (2) of such section, as described in
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, shall be filled in
as follows:
``(i) The first blank being filled in with
the appropriate level for the debt subject to
limit under section 3101 of title 31, United
States Code.
``(ii) The second blank being filled in
with the number of the paragraph establishing
the discretionary spending limit for the last
fiscal year for which the discretionary
spending limits are in effect under section
251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)).
``(iii) The third and sixth blanks being
filled in with the paragraph numbers following
the paragraph number specified in the second
blank.
``(iv) The fourth and seventh blanks being
filled in with the fiscal years for which the
level of the discretionary spending limits are
being specified under the concurrent resolution
on the budget.
``(v) The fifth and eighth blanks being
filled in with the amount of the discretionary
spending limit for the discretionary category
for the fiscal years described in the fourth
and seventh blanks, respectively, being
specified under the concurrent resolution on
the budget.
``(c) Automatic Enrollment of Joint Resolution.--
``(1) In general.--Upon adoption by Congress of a covered
concurrent resolution on the budget, the Secretary of the
Senate shall prepare an engrossment of a joint resolution
consistent with the text included in the covered concurrent
resolution on the budget in the form specified under subsection
(b).
``(2) Senate.--Upon engrossment of a joint resolution under
paragraph (1), the vote by which the covered concurrent
resolution on the budget was finally agreed to in the Senate
shall also be considered as a vote on passage of the joint
resolution in the Senate, and the joint resolution shall be
considered as passed by the Senate and duly certified and
examined. The engrossed copy shall be signed by the Secretary
of the Senate and transmitted to the House of Representatives.
``(3) House of representatives.--Upon receipt of the
engrossed copy of a joint resolution under paragraph (2), the
vote by which the covered concurrent resolution on the budget
was finally agreed to in the House of Representatives shall
also be considered as a vote on passage of the joint resolution
in the House of Representatives, and the joint resolution shall
be considered as passed by the House of Representatives and
duly certified and examined. The Clerk of the House of
Representatives shall transmit the joint resolution to be
enrolled.
``(4) Enrolling.--Upon receipt of a joint resolution under
paragraph (3), the Enrolling Clerk of the Senate shall enroll
the joint resolution.
``(5) Vetoes.--If the President vetoes a joint resolution
enrolled under paragraph (4), in the Senate there shall be not
more than 1 hour of debate on the veto message, equally divided
between the majority and minority leaders or their
designees.''.
(6) Bipartisan budget agreed to.--
(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
``bipartisan budget resolution'' has the meaning given
that term in paragraph (13) of section 3 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 622), as added by this Act.
(B) Effect on motion to proceed to appropriation
bills.--If a bipartisan budget resolution is adopted by
the Senate and House of Representatives, a motion to
proceed to the consideration of an appropriation Act
referred to in section 105 of title 1, United States
Code, making appropriations for either fiscal year of
the biennium of the bipartisan budget resolution (which
shall not include a bill or joint resolution making
supplemental appropriations for such a fiscal year) or
a bill or joint resolution making continuing
appropriations for such a fiscal year shall not be
debatable.
(C) Minor violations.--If a bipartisan budget
resolution is adopted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, with respect to any fiscal year
covered by the bipartisan budget resolution, the
Chairman of the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget may determine that a point of order does not lie
under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) for a violation for
which the absolute value of the violation is less than
$500,000.
(d) Other Changes to Content.--Section 301(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)), is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), as so designated by subsection (b) of
this section--
(A) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``for direct
spending (as defined in section 250 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 900)),'' before ``new budget authority'';
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``the public
debt'' and inserting ``the debt held by the public and
debt subject to limit under section 3101 of title 31,
United States Code'';
(C) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the
end; and
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the
following:
``(H) the allocated amount of discretionary
appropriations; and
``(I) the unallocated amount of discretionary
appropriations;''; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3), as added by
subsection (c) of this section, the following:
``(4) for any concurrent resolution on the budget, specify
the amount of the gross domestic product of the United States
assumed for purposes of each fiscal year covered by the
concurrent resolution; and
``(5) for any concurrent resolution on the budget, specify
a target for the ratio of the debt held by the public to the
gross domestic product of the United States (rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) for each fiscal year covered by
the concurrent resolution.''.
(e) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 is amended--
(1) by striking the item relating to section 301 and
inserting the following:
``Sec. 301. Biennial adoption of concurrent resolution on the
budget.''; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 315 the
following:
``Sec. 316. Automatic adjustment of debt limit and statutory caps.''.
SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL MATTERS RELATING TO CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
(a) Additional Matters.--Section 301(b)(3) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``for
such fiscal year'' and inserting ``for either fiscal year in such
biennium''.
(b) Views and Estimates.--Section 301(d) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Within 6 weeks after the President
submits a budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
States Code,'' and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--Not later than March 1 of each odd-
numbered year (or, if applicable under section 300(b), May 1 of
an odd-numbered year),''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Review of unauthorized appropriations.--Each
Committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall
include the views and estimates of the committee required under
paragraph (1) a description of the plans of the committee to
consider legislation relating to programs within the
jurisdiction of the committee that appeared in the most recent
report of the Congressional Budget Office on unauthorized
appropriations submitted to Congress under section 202(e)(3).
``(3) Oversight of government performance.--
``(A) Review.--Each committee of the House of
Representatives and the Senate shall--
``(i) review programs and tax expenditures
of which the committee has jurisdiction to
identify waste, fraud, abuse, or duplication,
and increase the use of performance data to
inform committee work; and
``(ii) review the matters for congressional
consideration identified in--
``(I) the applicable semiannual
reports of the Inspectors General for
which the committee has jurisdiction;
``(II) the list of unimplemented
recommendations compiled by the
Inspectors General for which the
committee has jurisdiction;
``(III) the High Risk list
published by the Government
Accountability Office; and
``(IV) the annual report to reduce
program duplication published by the
Government Accountability Office as
required under section 21 of the Joint
Resolution entitled `Joint Resolution
increasing the statutory limit on the
public debt', approved February 12,
2010 (31 U.S.C. 712 note).
``(B) Inclusion in views and estimates.--Based on
the oversight efforts and performance reviews of
programs under subparagraph (A), each committee of the
House of Representatives and the Senate shall include
plans for improved governmental performance in the
views and estimates of the committee required under
paragraph (1) to the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives or the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate, respectively.
``(4) Revenue projection.--The Committee on Finance of the
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives shall each include in the views and estimates
of the committee required under paragraph (1)--
``(A) a report providing revenue projections for
each fiscal year in the next biennium and the 4 ensuing
bienniums, which shall include a description of how
such revenue projections would be impacted by any
extension of an expiring or terminating tax provision
anticipated by the committee or other policy
initiatives of the committee;
``(B) a list of--
``(i) any tax provisions that are scheduled
to expire or terminate during the period
described in subparagraph (A); and
``(ii) any provisions described in clause
(i) that the committee anticipates will be
extended--
``(I) to apply with respect to the
next biennium; or
``(II) to apply with respect to the
period described in subparagraph (A);
and
``(C) an estimate of--
``(i) the cost to extend the tax provisions
listed in subparagraph (B)(i); and
``(ii) the cost to extend the tax
provisions the committee anticipates will be
extended, as listed under subparagraph
(B)(ii).''.
(c) Hearings.--Section 301(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting
``biennium''; and
(B) by inserting after the second sentence the
following: ``On or before April 1 of each odd-numbered
year (or, if applicable under section 300(b), June 1 of
an odd numbered year), the Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate shall
report to its House the concurrent resolution on the
budget referred to in subsection (a) for the biennium
beginning on October 1 of that year.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B);
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (F)
as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively; and
(C) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by
striking ``for the President's budget and''.
(d) Goals for Reducing Unemployment.--Section 301(f) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by
striking ``fiscal year'' each place it appears and inserting
``biennium''.
(e) Economic Assumptions.--Section 301(g)(1) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``for a
fiscal year'' and inserting ``for a biennium''.
SEC. 204. COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.
Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``of the levels for the
first fiscal year'' and all that follows through ``of--
'' and inserting ``of the levels for each fiscal year
in the next biennium, for the period of the next
biennium and the ensuing 2 bienniums, and for the
period covered by the resolution (except that in the
case of the Committee on Appropriations only for each
fiscal year in the biennium) of--''; and
(B) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``April 15''
and inserting ``May 15 of an odd-numbered year (or, if
applicable under section 300(b), June 15 of an odd-
numbered year)'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``budget year'' and
inserting ``biennium'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting
``for each fiscal year in the biennium''; and
(B) by striking ``for that fiscal year'' and
inserting ``for a fiscal year during that biennium'';
(4) in subsection (f)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and
inserting ``for a biennium''; and
(ii) in the matter following subparagraph
(C), by striking ``the first fiscal year'' and
inserting ``each fiscal year of the biennium'';
and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(i) by striking ``the first fiscal year''
and inserting ``each fiscal year of the
biennium''; and
(ii) by 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 15'' and
inserting ``May 15 of an odd-numbered year (or, if applicable
under section 300(b), June 15 of an odd-numbered year)''.
SEC. 205. SECTION 303 POINT OF ORDER.
(a) In General.--Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting ``for a
biennium''; and
(2) by striking ``the first fiscal year'' and inserting
``each fiscal year of the biennium''.
(b) Exceptions in the House.--Section 303(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``the budget year''
and inserting ``the biennium''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(or, if applicable
under section 300(b), June 15)'' after ``May 15''.
(c) Application to the Senate.--Section 303(c)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 634(c)(1)) is amended by
striking ``fiscal year'' and inserting ``biennium''.
SEC. 206. PERMISSIBLE REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE
BUDGET.
Section 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 635)
is amended--
(1) by striking ``fiscal year'' the first two places it
appears and inserting ``biennium''; and
(2) by striking ``for such fiscal year'' and inserting
``for such biennium''.
SEC. 207. PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.
Section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 636)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``fiscal year'' and
inserting ``biennium''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``fiscal year'' and
inserting ``biennium''.
SEC. 208. COMPLETION OF HOUSE ACTION ON APPROPRIATION BILLS.
(a) In General.--Section 307 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``house committee
action on all appropriation bills to be completed by june 10''
and inserting ``deadline for house committee action on all
appropriation bills''; and
(2) by inserting ``(or, if applicable under section 300(b),
June 30 of a year)'' after ``June 10 of each year''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 307 and
inserting the following:
``Sec. 307. Deadline for House committee action on all appropriation
bills.''.
SEC. 209. RECONCILIATION PROCESS.
Section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``any fiscal year'' and inserting ``any
biennium''; and
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ``such fiscal
year'' each place it appears and inserting ``any fiscal
year covered by such resolution''; and
(2) in subsection (f)--
(A) by inserting ``of an odd-numbered year'' after
``July''; and
(B) by striking ``for such fiscal year'' and
inserting ``for the biennium that begins with such
fiscal year''.
SEC. 210. SECTION 311 POINT OF ORDER.
(a) In the House.--Section 311(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``for a fiscal year'' and inserting ``for a
biennium'';
(2) by striking ``the first fiscal year'' each place it
appears and inserting ``either fiscal year of the biennium'';
and
(3) by striking ``that first fiscal year'' and inserting
``each fiscal year in the biennium''.
(b) In the Senate.--Section 311(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``for the first fiscal
year'' and inserting ``for either fiscal year of the
biennium''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking ``that first fiscal year'' the
first place it appears and inserting ``either fiscal
year in the biennium''; and
(B) by striking ``that first fiscal year and the
ensuing fiscal years'' and inserting ``all fiscal
years''.
(c) Social Security Levels.--Section 311(a)(3) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)(3)) is amended by--
(1) striking ``for the first fiscal year'' and inserting
``each fiscal year in the biennium''; and
(2) striking ``that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal
years'' and inserting ``all fiscal years''.
SEC. 211. MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT POINT OF ORDER.
Section 312(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
643(c)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``for a fiscal year'' and inserting ``for a biennium'';
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the 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''.
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON FISCAL CONTROL AND THE BUDGET
SEC. 301. COMMITTEE ON FISCAL CONTROL AND THE BUDGET OF THE SENATE.
(a) In General.--
(1) Change of name.--The Committee on the Budget of the
Senate is renamed as the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate.
(2) Committee status.--The Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget shall be treated as the Committee on the Budget
listed under paragraph 3 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of
the Senate for purposes of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
(b) Membership.--
(1) In general.--In the Senate, the Chairman and Ranking
Member of the Committee on Appropriations and the Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance (if not already a
member of the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate) shall be ex officio members of the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget, but shall have no vote in the Committee
on Fiscal Control and the Budget and shall not be counted for
purposes of determining a quorum.
(2) Exemption.--Service of a Senator as an ex officio
member of the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate under paragraph (1) shall not be taken into account for
purposes of paragraph 4 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of
the Senate.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 101 of S. Res. 445 (108th
Congress) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Budget'' and inserting ``Fiscal Control and the
Budget'';
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``the Committee on the Budget'' and inserting
``the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget''; and
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the Budget
Committee'' and inserting ``the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget''; and
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ``The Committee on the
Budget'' and inserting ``The Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget''.
(d) Rulemaking.--This section is enacted--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate;
and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
the Senate to change such rules at any time, in the same
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule
of the Senate.
SEC. 302. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.--The
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended--
(1) in section 201 (2 U.S.C. 601)--
(A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``the
Committees on the Budget of the House and Senate'' and
inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget of the Senate''; and
(B) in subsection (f), by striking ``The Budget
Committees of the Senate and House'' and inserting
``The Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget of the Senate'';
(2) in section 202 (2 U.S.C. 602)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Budget Committees'' and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(ii) by striking ``the Committees on the
Budget of both Houses'' and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate'';
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ``the Committee
on the Budget of either House'' and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
or the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate''; and
(C) in subsection (e)--
(i) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Budget Committees'' and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(ii) by striking ``the Committees on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Senate'' each place it appears and inserting
``the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate'';
(3) in section 301 (2 U.S.C. 632)--
(A) in subsection (d)(1), as amended by section 202
of this Act--
(i) in the first sentence--
(I) by striking ``the Committee on
the Budget'' the first place it appears
and inserting ``the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives,
with respect to a committee of the
House of Representatives, or the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate, with respect to a
committee of the Senate''; and
(II) by striking ``the Committee on
the Budget of the Senate'' and
inserting ``the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate'';
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking
``the Committees on the Budget of both Houses''
and inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate'';
(iii) in the third sentence--
(I) by striking ``the Committee on
the Budget of its House'' and inserting
``the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives or the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate, respectively'';
and
(II) by striking ``the Committees
on the Budget of both Houses'' and
inserting ``the Committee on the Budget
of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate''; and
(iv) in the fourth sentence, by striking
``the Committee on the Budget of the applicable
House'' and inserting ``the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate, as applicable'';
(B) in subsection (e)(1)--
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
``the Committee on the Budget of each House
shall'' and inserting ``the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate shall each''; and
(ii) in the second sentence--
(I) by striking ``the Committee on
the Budget of each House'' and
inserting ``the Committee on the Budget
of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate'';
(II) by striking ``its'' each place
it appears and inserting ``such
committee's''; and
(III) by striking ``it'' and
inserting ``such committee''; and
(C) in subsection (h), by striking ``its House''
and inserting ``the House of Representatives'';
(4) in section 305(b) (2 U.S.C. 636(b)), by striking
``Committee on the Budget'' each place it appears and inserting
``Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget'';
(5) in section 306 (2 U.S.C. 637), in the section heading,
by striking ``budget committees'' and inserting ``the committee
on the budget of the house of representatives and the committee
on fiscal control and the budget of the senate'';
(6) in section 308(a)(3) (2 U.S.C. 639(a)(3)), by striking
``the Committees on the Budget of the House and Senate'' and
inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate'';
(7) in section 310 (2 U.S.C. 641)--
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``the
Committee on the Budget of its House'' and inserting
``the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget of the Senate, respectively'';
(B) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``Committee
on the Budget'' each place it appears and inserting
``Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget''; and
(C) in subsection (d)--
(i) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or of
the Senate'' and inserting ``or the Committee
on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate''; and
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``its
Committee on the Budget'' and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives'';
(8) in section 312(a) (2 U.S.C. 643(a))--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``budget''; and
(B) by striking ``or the Senate'' and inserting
``or the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate'';
(9) in section 313 (2 U.S.C. 644)--
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``Committee
on the Budget'' and inserting ``Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget''; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ``Committee on
the Budget'' and inserting ``Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget'';
(10) in section 314 (2 U.S.C. 645)--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``or the
Senate'' and inserting ``or the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(B) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ``or the
Senate'' and inserting ``or the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate'';
(11) in section 425(e) (2 U.S.C. 658d(e)), by striking
``Committee on the Budget'' and inserting ``Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget'';
(12) in section 703 (2 U.S.C. 623)--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``The Committees
on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Senate'' and inserting ``The Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``The Committee
on the Budget of each House shall, from time to time,
report to its House'' and inserting ``The Committee on
the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate shall, from time to time, report to the House of
Representatives and the Senate, respectively,'';
(13) in section 1024(d) (2 U.S.C. 691c(d)), by striking
``the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives
and the Senate'' and inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate'';
(14) in section 1025(a) (2 U.S.C. 691d(a)), by striking
``Committee on the Budget'' the first place it appears and
inserting ``Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget''; and
(15) in the table of contents in section 1(b), by striking
the item relating to section 306 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 306. Legislation dealing with congressional budget must be
handled by the Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget
of the Senate.''.
(b) Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.--The
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900
et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 250(c)(4)(F) (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(4)(F)), by
striking ``the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Senate'' and inserting
``the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate'';
(2) in section 251 (2 U.S.C. 901)--
(A) in subsection (a)(7), by striking ``the
Committees on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Senate'' each place it appears
and inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the
Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Senate''
and inserting ``the Committee on Appropriations
and the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2)(D)(ii), by striking
``the Committees on Appropriations and Budget
in each House'' and inserting ``the Committee
on Appropriations and the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate'';
(3) in section 251A(d) (2 U.S.C. 901a(d)), by striking
``the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives
and the Senate'' each place it appears and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate'';
(4) in section 254(h) (2 U.S.C. 904(h)), in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``or the Senate'' and
inserting ``or the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget
of the Senate'';
(5) in section 257(b)(2)(A)(i) (2 U.S.C. 907(b)(2)(A)(i)),
in the second sentence--
(A) by striking ``the Committees on Budget'' and
inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget of the Senate,''; and
(B) by striking ``and the Budget Committees'' and
inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate'';
(6) in section 258(a)(3) (2 U.S.C. 907a(a)(3)), in the
first sentence, by striking ``the Committee on the Budget'' and
inserting ``the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget'';
(7) in section 258B(h)(4) (2 U.S.C. 907c(h)(4)), by
striking ``the Committee on the Budget'' and inserting ``the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget''; and
(8) in section 258C(a) (2 U.S.C. 907d(a))--
(A) by striking ``the Committee on the Budget''
each place it appears and inserting ``the Committee on
Fiscal Control and the Budget'';
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the Budget
Committee'' and inserting ``the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(C) in paragraph (4)--
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking
``Budget committee action'' and inserting
``Action by the committee on fiscal control and
the budget''; and
(ii) by striking ``the Budget Committee''
each place it appears and inserting ``the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate''.
(c) Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.--The Statutory Pay-As-You-
Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 931 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 4(a) (2 U.S.C. 933(a))--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the
Senate Budget Committee'' each place it appears
and inserting ``the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``the
Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget
Committees'' each place it appears and
inserting ``the Chairman of the Committee on
the Budget of the House of Representatives and
the Chairman of the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) in clause (i), by striking ``by
one House, the Chairman of the Budget
Committee of that House'' and inserting
``by the House of Representatives or
the Senate, the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives or the Chairman of the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate, respectively,'';
and
(II) in clause (ii), by striking
``the Chairman of the Budget Committee
of that House prior to passage'' and
inserting ``the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives or the Chairman of the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate prior to passage
by the House of Representatives or the
Senate, respectively,''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking
``the Chairmen of the Budget Committees of the
House and Senate'' and inserting ``the Chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Chairman of the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Senate Budget
Committee'' and inserting ``Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(D) in paragraph (4)--
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking
``of the budget committees''; and
(ii) by striking ``the Senate or House
Committees on the Budget'' and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate''; and
(2) in section 12 (2 U.S.C. 938)--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ``the
chairmen of the Committees on the Budget of the House
and Senate'' and inserting ``the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
or the Chairman of the Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget of the Senate''; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ``the
Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees''
and inserting ``the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Chairman
of the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate''.
(d) Other Laws.--
(1) Section 3(1)(A) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5202(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``the
Committee on the Budget'' and inserting ``the Committee on
Fiscal Control and the Budget''.
(2) Section 3002(1)(A) of the Small Business Jobs Act of
2010 (12 U.S.C. 5701(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``the
Committee on the Budget'' and inserting ``the Committee on
Fiscal Control and the Budget''.
(3) Section 302(d) of the Full Employment and Balanced
Growth Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3132(d)) is amended in the first
sentence by striking ``the Committees on the Budget of the
Senate and the House of Representatives'' and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate''.
(4) Section 9503(d)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to the Highway Trust Fund) is amended by striking
``the Committees on the Budget of both Houses'' and inserting
``the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives,
the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate''.
(5) Section 1104(c) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended in the second sentence by striking ``the Committees on
Appropriations and on the Budget of both Houses of Congress''
and inserting ``the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate''.
(6) Section 1105(a)(35)(B) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking ``the Committees on Appropriations'' and
all that follows and inserting ``the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget, and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate.''.
(7) Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``the Committees on the Budget of both
Houses'' and inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate''.
(8) Section 1112(c)(3) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``and on the Budget of both Houses of
Congress'' and inserting ``of both Houses of Congress, the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate''.
(9) Section 1120(a)(3)(B) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking ``the Committees on the Budget of the
Senate and the House of Representatives'' and inserting ``the
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate''.
(10) Section 3524(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``the Committees on the Budget and
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, the Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and to the Committee on Government
Operations, and to'' and inserting ``the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee
on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Fiscal Control and the Budget, and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and''.
(11) Section 6203(a)(2)(C) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking ``the Committees on Governmental
Affairs, the Budget, and Appropriations'' and inserting ``the
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget, and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs''.
(12) Section 8163(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended in the first sentence by striking ``and the Committees
on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate''
and inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate''.
(13) Section 8168 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``and the Committees on the Budget of the
House of Representatives and the Senate'' each place it appears
and inserting ``the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate''.
(14) Section 104(a)(2) of division O of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2018 (43 U.S.C. 1748a-2(a)(2)) is amended
by striking ``the Budget'' the second place it appears and
inserting ``Fiscal Control and the Budget''.
SEC. 303. REFERENCES.
Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or
other paper of the United States to the Committee on the Budget of the
Senate shall be deemed a reference to the Committee on Fiscal Control
and the Budget of the Senate.
TITLE IV--SPECIAL RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTIONS
SEC. 401. SPECIAL RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTIONS.
(a) In General.--Title III of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as amended by
section 202 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 317. SPECIAL RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTIONS.
``(a) In General.--Only if the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office submits a report under section 202(h) indicating that the target
for the ratio of the debt held by the public to the gross domestic
product of the United States by the end of the last fiscal year covered
by the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget will
not be achieved, not later than April 15 of the first fiscal year of
such biennium, the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate shall report to the Senate a simple resolution--
``(1) specifying a total level of deficit reduction to be
achieved and the period during which such reduction is to be
achieved; and
``(2) containing directives to 1 or more committees of the
Senate specifying the total amount by which new budget
authority or new entitlement authority contained in laws within
the jurisdiction of each such committee is to be changed or
revenues are to be changed to achieve the total level of
deficit reduction.
``(b) Deemed Agreed to.--If the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate reports a resolution in accordance with subsection
(a), the resolution shall be deemed to be agreed to by the Senate.
``(c) Recommendations of Committees.--If a resolution is reported
under subsection (a), not later than May 15 of the year in which the
resolution is reported, each committee for which the resolution
contains directives shall submit to the Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget of the Senate recommended changes in laws within the
jurisdiction of the committee that comply with subsection (a)(2).
``(d) Special Reconciliation Procedure.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), after each
committee for which a resolution reported under subsection (a)
contained directives has reported recommended changes to the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate, the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget shall report to the
Senate special reconciliation legislation carrying out all such
recommendations without any substantive revision.
``(2) Failure to report compliant recommendations.--If 1 or
more committees do not report recommendations that comply with
subsections (a)(2) and (c), the Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget of the Senate--
``(A) shall report to the Senate special
reconciliation legislation carrying out all reported
recommendations that comply with subsections (a)(2) and
(c), without any substantive revision; and
``(B) may include in the legislation reported under
subparagraph (A) changes in laws within the
jurisdiction of each noncompliant committee, if the
changes in law comply with subsection (a)(2).
``(e) Limits on Special Reconciliation Bills.--
``(1) Extraneous material.--
``(A) In general.--It shall not be in order to
consider any provision in legislation reported under
subsection (d) that contains material extraneous
(within the meaning given that term under section 313)
to the directives to the applicable committee.
``(B) Point of order sustained.--If a point of
order is made by a Senator against a provision
described in subparagraph (A), and the point of order
is sustained by the Chair, that provision shall be
stricken from the measure and may not be offered as an
amendment from the floor.
``(C) Form of the point of order.--A point of order
under subparagraph (A) may be raised by a Senator as
provided in section 313(e).
``(D) Conference reports.--When the Senate is
considering a conference report on, or an amendment
between the Houses in relation to, legislation reported
under subsection (d), upon a point of order being made
by any Senator pursuant to subparagraph (A), and such
point of order being sustained, such material contained
in such conference report or House amendment shall be
stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the
question of whether the Senate shall recede from its
amendment and concur with a further amendment, or
concur in the House amendment with a further amendment,
as the case may be, which further amendment shall
consist of only that portion of the conference report
or House amendment, as the case may be, not so
stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be
debatable. In any case in which such point of order is
sustained against a conference report (or Senate
amendment derived from such conference report by
operation of this subparagraph), no further amendment
shall be in order.
``(E) Supermajority waiver and appeal.--In the
Senate, this paragraph may be waived or suspended only
by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-
fifths of Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn
shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this
paragraph.
``(2) Deficit reduction required.--
``(A) Each title reduces the deficit.--
``(i) In general.--It shall not be in order
to consider any title in legislation reported
under subsection (d) that would increase the
deficit over--
``(I) the period during which the
level of deficit reduction specified in
subsection (a)(1) is to be achieved; or
``(II) the period covered by the
most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget.
``(ii) Point of order sustained.--If a
point of order is made by a Senator against a
title described in clause (i), and the point of
order is sustained by the Chair, that title
shall be stricken from the measure and may not
be offered as an amendment from the floor.
``(iii) Form of the point of order.--A
point of order under clause (i) may be raised
by a Senator as provided in section 313(e).
``(iv) Conference reports.--When the Senate
is considering a conference report on, or an
amendment between the Houses in relation to, a
bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order
being made by any Senator pursuant to clause
(i), and such point of order being sustained,
such material contained in such conference
report or House amendment shall be stricken,
and the Senate shall proceed to consider the
question of whether the Senate shall recede
from its amendment and concur with a further
amendment, or concur in the House amendment
with a further amendment, as the case may be,
which further amendment shall consist of only
that portion of the conference report or House
amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken.
Any such motion in the Senate shall be
debatable. In any case in which such point of
order is sustained against a conference report
(or Senate amendment derived from such
conference report by operation of this clause),
no further amendment shall be in order.
``(v) Supermajority waiver and appeal.--In
the Senate, this subparagraph may be waived or
suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
An affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members
of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be
required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this
subparagraph.
``(B) No amendments reducing the amount of deficit
reduction.--
``(i) In general.--It shall not be in order
to consider an amendment to legislation
reported under subsection (d) that would reduce
the amount of the decrease in the deficit, as
compared to the legislation as reported by the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of
the Senate, over--
``(I) the period during which the
level of deficit reduction specified in
subsection (a)(1) is to be achieved; or
``(II) the period covered by the
most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget.
``(ii) Supermajority waiver and appeal.--In
the Senate, this subparagraph may be waived or
suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
An affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members
of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be
required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this
subparagraph.
``(f) Consideration of Special Reconciliation Bills.--
``(1) Deadline.--Not later than July 30 of an even-numbered
year, the Senate shall proceed to consideration of legislation
reported under subsection (d).
``(2) Procedures.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), and subject to subsection (e), if the
Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate reports legislation under subsection (d), the
provisions of section 305 for the consideration in the
Senate of concurrent resolutions on the budget and
conference reports thereon shall also apply to the
consideration in the Senate of such legislation and
conference reports thereon.
``(B) Consideration.--Consideration in the Senate
on any legislation reported under subsection (d), and
all amendments thereto and debatable motions and
appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to
not more than 20 hours.
``(C) Vetoes.--If the President vetoes legislation
reported under subsection (d), in the Senate there
shall be not more than 1 hour of debate on the veto
message, equally divided between the majority and
minority leaders or their designees.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 316, as
added by section 202 of this Act, the following:
``Sec. 317. Special reconciliation instructions.''.
TITLE V--CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
SEC. 501. UP-TO-DATE TABULATIONS OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACTION.
Section 308(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
639(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Up-to-Date Tabulations of Congressional Budget Action.--
``(1) CBO reports.--
``(A) In general.--At the request of the Chairman
of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives or the Chairman of the Committee on
Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate, the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall
provide to each such committee reports detailing and
tabulating congressional action on bills and joint
resolutions providing an increase or decrease in budget
authority, outlays, or revenues for fiscal years
covered by a concurrent resolution on the budget.
``(B) Contents.--Each report provided under
subparagraph (A) shall include, but is not limited to--
``(i) an up-to-date tabulation comparing
the appropriate aggregate levels included in
the most recently adopted concurrent resolution
on the budget with the levels resulting from
current law, as modified by subsequently
enacted legislation; and
``(ii) an up-to-date calculation, for each
committee of the House of Representatives and
the Senate (other than the Committees on
Appropriations), of the amount by which the
committee is expected to exceed or not exceed,
as the case may be, the allocation level
described in section 302(a), as provided for
the committee by the most recently adopted
concurrent resolution on the budget.
``(2) Scorekeeping reports.--
``(A) In general.--The Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate shall each
make available to Members of its House summary budget
scorekeeping reports.
``(B) Contents.--Each report made available under
subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) be made available not less frequently
than bimonthly to provide Members of each House
an accurate representation of the current
status of congressional consideration of the
budget;
``(ii) include, but is not limited to,
summaries of tabulations and calculations
provided under paragraph (1);
``(iii) be based on information provided
under paragraph (1) without substantive
revision; and
``(iv) be published in the Congressional
Record and on a publicly accessible website by
the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives or the Chairman of
the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget
of the Senate, as applicable, as soon as
practicable.
``(C) Submission to the speaker.--The Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives shall submit each report made available
under subparagraph (A) to the Speaker.''.
SEC. 502. SURGICAL STRIKE POINT OF ORDER RELATING TO LEGISLATION
DEALING WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET.
Section 306(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
637(a)) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) In the Senate.--
``(1) Point of order.--In the Senate, it shall not be in
order to consider a provision in a bill, joint resolution,
motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference
report containing any matter which is within the jurisdiction
of the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the Senate
unless the provision is in--
``(A) a bill or joint resolution which has been
reported by the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate (or from the consideration of
which such committee has been discharged); or
``(B) an amendment to, amendment between the Houses
in relation to, conference report on, or motion on a
bill or joint resolution described in subparagraph (A).
``(2) Point of order sustained.--If a point of order is
made by a Senator against a provision described in paragraph
(1), and the point of order is sustained by the Chair, that
provision shall be stricken from the measure and may not be
offered as an amendment from the floor.
``(3) Form of the point of order.--A point of order under
paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section
313(e).
``(4) Conference reports.--When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order
being made by any Senator pursuant to paragraph (1), and such
point of order being sustained, such material contained in such
conference report or House amendment shall be stricken, and the
Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the
Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a
further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a
further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment
shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or
House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. In the
Senate, debate on any such motion, and any debatable motions
and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to 1
hour. In any case in which such point of order is sustained
against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from
such conference report by operation of this paragraph), no
further amendment shall be in order.''.
SEC. 503. GLOBAL WAIVER FOR GENERAL BUDGET POINTS OF ORDER.
Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621
note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Global Waiver for General Budget Points of Order.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
``(A) the term `general budget point of order'
means a point of order under this Act, the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, or a concurrent
resolution on the budget that if sustained--
``(i) in the case of a bill or joint
resolution, the effect is the measure be
recommitted to the appropriate committee for
further consideration under section 312(f); or
``(ii) in the case of any other measure,
the effect is the same as if the Senate had
disagreed to the measure; and
``(B) the term `surgical strike point of order'
means a point of order under this Act, the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, or a concurrent
resolution on the budget raised against a provision in
a measure that if sustained the effect is the provision
be stricken from the measure.
``(2) Waiver.--In the Senate, it shall be in order for a
Senator to move to waive all applicable general budget points
of order with respect to a bill, joint resolution, concurrent
resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or
conference report. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required
to sustain a motion made under this paragraph.
``(3) Prohibition.--
``(A) In general.--In the Senate, it shall not be
in order for a Senator to move to waive all applicable
surgical strike points of order with respect to a bill,
joint resolution, concurrent resolution, motion,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference
report, unless in response to a point of order being
raised.
``(B) No waiver.--In the Senate, it shall not be in
order to move to waive or suspend subparagraph (A).''.
SEC. 504. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.
TITLE VI--REPORTS
SEC. 601. REPORTS TO THE COMMITTEE ON FISCAL CONTROL AND THE BUDGET OF
THE SENATE AND THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) In General.--Section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) The Director shall from time to time, as may be
necessary or appropriate to provide the Committee on the Budget
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal
Control and the Budget of the Senate with information, data,
and analyses for the performance of their duties and functions,
submit to such committees further reports, including reports--
``(A) revising the report required under paragraph
(1);
``(B) analyzing the accuracy of the projections of
the Office of economic factors, total outlays,
revenues, surpluses or deficits, and debt;
``(C) analyzing the accuracy of estimates,
comparisons, or descriptions, or components thereof,
that the Office prepared for legislation that has been
enacted; and
``(D) updating economic projections, including
projections of the ratio of the debt held by the public
to the gross domestic product of the United States.'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) On or before December 20 of each year, the Director
shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate a report on--
``(A) planned and recent transparency efforts,
including proposals on making supporting documents
covering methods and assumptions used in analyses and
cost estimates publicly available; and
``(B) the feasibility of placing interactive models
online and releasing source code for computer programs
used in its analysis.
``(5) On or before January 15 of each year, the Director
shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate 1 or more reports analyzing the accuracy
of the projections of the Office of total outlays and revenues
for the previous fiscal year.
``(6)(A) The Director shall, to the extent practicable,
make public supplemental information for estimates provided by
the Office--
``(i) in the case of major legislation described in
subparagraph (B)(i)(I), not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of that legislation; and
``(ii) in the case of major legislation described
in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), at a date prescribed by the
Chairman of the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate or the Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives.
``(B) In this paragraph:
``(i) The term `major legislation' means a bill,
joint resolution, conference report, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or treaty considered in
the Senate for which an estimate was prepared pursuant
to section 402(a)--
``(I) that--
``(aa) was enacted; and
``(bb) causes a gross budgetary
effect (before incorporating
macroeconomic effects and not including
timing shifts) in a fiscal year in the
period of years of the most recently
agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget equal to or greater than--
``(AA) 0.25 percent of the
current projected gross
domestic product of the United
States for that fiscal year; or
``(BB) for a treaty, equal
to or greater than
$15,000,000,000 for that fiscal
year; or
``(II) designated as such by the Chairman
of the Committee on Fiscal Control and the
Budget of the Senate or the Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives.
``(ii) The term `supplemental information'--
``(I) means the principal information used
in estimating the costs and other fiscal or
economic effects of major legislation; and
``(II) includes key fiscal or policy
models, assumptions, data preparation routines,
and other similar information.''.
(b) Applicability.--This amendments made by this section shall
apply to estimates made on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 602. REPORTING ON INTEREST EFFECTS AND BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
(a) In General.--Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Director'';
and
(B) by striking ``except the Committee on
Appropriations of each House'' and inserting ``except
that, for the Committee on Appropriations of each
House, the Director shall prepare a report only with
respect to a supplemental appropriation bill (which
shall include an estimate of the interest effects of
the bill)'';
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``4'' and inserting ``9''; and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
the following: ``, which shall include, and appear as
supplemental information in the estimate, year-by-year
estimates of the cost of servicing the debt produced as
a result of carrying out such bill or resolution'';
(3) in the undesignated matter following subsection (a)(3),
as so designated, by inserting ``(b)'' before ``The
estimates''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the
extent practicable, prepare for each bill or resolution of a public
character reported by the Committee on Appropriations of each House and
submit to such committee--
``(1) an estimate of the costs that would be incurred in
carrying out such bill or resolution in the fiscal year in
which the bill or resolution is to become effective;
``(2) an estimate of the costs for any advance
appropriations in the bill or resolution for the fiscal year in
which the budget authority for those appropriations first
becomes effective; and
``(3) a year-by-year estimate for any provision of the bill
or resolution that would have been estimated as affecting
direct spending or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902)
(as in effect prior to September 30, 2002) if the provision was
included in legislation other than an appropriation Act.''.
(b) Applicability.--This amendments made by this section shall
apply to estimates made on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 603. PORTFOLIO BUDGETING.
(a) In General.--Section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)), as amended by section 601 of this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(7)(A) After November 15 of each year, the Director shall
submit to the Committee on Fiscal Control and the Budget of the
Senate and the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives a report that includes--
``(i) a list of all accounts in each functional
category in the portfolio for the respective fiscal
year described in subparagraph (B);
``(ii) levels of budget authority for the previous
5 fiscal years for each account in each functional
category, sorted by discretionary and mandatory
amounts;
``(iii) a list of major trust funds in each
portfolio and an accounting of the most recently
available projection of spending and nongovernmental
receipts dedicated to each trust fund;
``(iv) the projected date of exhaustion under
current law for any entitlement authority derived from
a trust fund;
``(v) options to reduce the deficit focused on the
major functional categories in the portfolio; and
``(vi) an analysis of various alternative scenarios
affecting major accounts in each such portfolio and the
potential budgetary and economic ramifications.
``(B) The portfolio described in this subparagraph shall
include the following major functional categories:
``(i) For the first fiscal year beginning after the
date of enactment of this paragraph--
``(I) National Defense (050);
``(II) International Affairs (150);
``(III) Veterans Benefits and Services
(700); and
``(IV) Administration of Justice (750).
``(ii) For the second fiscal year beginning after
the date of enactment of this paragraph--
``(I) Health (550); and
``(II) Medicare (570).
``(iii) For the third fiscal year beginning after
the date of enactment of this paragraph--
``(I) General Science, Space, and
Technology (250);
``(II) Transportation (400);
``(III) Community and Regional Development
(450); and
``(IV) Education, Training, Employment, and
Social Services (500).
``(iv) For the fourth fiscal year beginning after
the date of enactment of this paragraph--
``(I) Energy (270);
``(II) Natural Resources and Environment
(300);
``(III) Agriculture (350); and
``(IV) General Government (800).
``(v) For the fifth fiscal year beginning after the
date of enactment of this paragraph--
``(I) Commerce and Housing Credit (370);
``(II) Income Security (600); and
``(III) Social Security (650).
``(C) For the sixth fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years
beginning after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each
portfolio shall include the same functional categories and
submitted in the same order as the portfolios described in
subparagraph (B).''.
(b) GAO Report.--On or before November 15 of each year, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Fiscal Control and
the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget of the House
of Representatives a report with respect to the portfolios described in
paragraph (7)(B) of 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 602(e)), as added by subsection (a) of this section, for the
major functional categories in each portfolio, to be submitted in the
order described in that paragraph, that includes--
(1) a list of duplicative, overlapping, and fragmented
accounts in each portfolio, taking into consideration the goals
of each account;
(2) a list of any high-risk programs in the portfolio;
(3) a list of programs with a primary source of funding
that has moved from direct spending to discretionary spending
or program funding that has moved from discretionary spending
to direct spending;
(4) an analysis of various alternative scenarios affecting
major accounts in each such portfolio and the potential
budgetary and economic ramifications; and
(5) legislative and funding history for the 10 largest
accounts with greater than $1,000,000,000 in budget authority
with the greatest percentage of budget authority fluctuations
in each portfolio over the most recent 5-year period.
SEC. 604. BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(40) a separate volume for proposals relating to each
portfolio for the relevant fiscal year described in paragraph
(7)(B) of section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)), which shall include justifications for
any change to a Government activity or function.''.
TITLE VII--MODIFICATION OF CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET RESOLUTION
SEC. 701. MODIFICATION OF CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET RESOLUTION.
Section 305(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
636(b)) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Debate'' and
inserting ``Consideration'';
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in the first sentence--
(i) by striking ``Debate in the Senate on''
and inserting ``Consideration in the Senate
of''; and
(ii) by striking ``such debate'' and
inserting ``such consideration''; and
(B) by inserting after the first sentence the
following: ``Up to 15 minutes of the time elapsed
during each vote by the Senate in relation to an
amendment to or motion on a concurrent resolution on
the budget shall be counted in determining the period
of consideration of the resolution by the Senate.'';
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2 hours'' and inserting
``1 hour'';
(4) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``Following'';
(B) by striking ``four hours'' and inserting ``2
hours''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Following the expiration of the period described in
subparagraph (A), consideration with respect to amendments to
the resolution shall be in order. General debate in the Senate
on a concurrent resolution on the budget shall be limited to 20
hours, which shall include the 2-hour period described in
subparagraph (A), with all remaining time for consideration
reserved for amendments. Amendments shall be nondivisible.
Consideration of amendments to a concurrent resolution on the
budget shall alternate between those offered by members of the
majority and those offered by members of the minority.'';
(5) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following:
``A motion to table such a motion to recommit shall be in order
at any time.'';
(6) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
(7) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) After the conclusion of the period for consideration
of a concurrent resolution on the budget, the Senate shall
proceed, without any further debate on any question, to vote on
the final disposition thereof to the exclusion of all
amendments not then actually pending before the Senate at that
time and to the exclusion of all motions, except a motion to
table or to reconsider and 1 quorum call on demand to establish
the presence of a quorum (and motions required to establish a
quorum) immediately before the vote on adoption of the
concurrent resolution on the budget begins.''.
TITLE VIII--EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 801. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.
Except as provided in sections 504, 601(b), and 602(b), this Act
and the amendments made by this Act shall--
(1) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) apply with respect to fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal
year thereafter.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Committee on the Budget. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 306.
By Senator Enzi from Committee on the Budget filed written report. Report No. 116-325. Additional views filed.
By Senator Enzi from Committee on the Budget filed written report. Report No. 116-325. Additional views filed.
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