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Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
adding after the item relating to section 316 the following new item:

``Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills.''.

SEC. 120. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE 
              SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Information Regarding Agency Appropriations Requests.--To 
assist each standing committee of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate in carrying out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal 
agency which administers the laws or parts of laws under the 
jurisdiction of such committee shall provide to such committee such 
studies, information, analyses, reports, and assistance as may be 
requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee.
    (b) Information Regarding Agency Program Administration.--To assist 
each standing committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
in carrying out its responsibilities, the head of any agency shall 
furnish to such committee documentation, containing information 
received, compiled, or maintained by the agency as part of the 
operation or administration of a program, or specifically compiled 
pursuant to a request in support of a review of a program, as may be 
requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of such 
committee.
    (c) Summaries by Comptroller General.--Within thirty days after the 
receipt of a request from a chairman and ranking minority member of a 
standing committee having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed 
and studied by such committee under this section, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall furnish to such committee summaries 
of any audits or reviews of such program which the Comptroller General 
has completed during the preceding six years.
    (d) Congressional Assistance.--Consistent with their duties and 
functions under law, the Comptroller General of the United States, the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and the Director of the 
Congressional Research Service shall continue to furnish (consistent 
with established protocols) to each standing committee of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate such information, studies, analyses, and 
reports as the chairman and ranking minority member may request to 
assist the committee in conducting reviews and studies of programs 
under this section.

SEC. 121. REPORT ON TWO-YEAR FISCAL PERIOD.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall--
            (1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing the 
        definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on 
        that definition to a 2-year fiscal period with a biennial 
        budget process based on the 2-year period; and
            (2) report the findings of the study to the Committees on 
        the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate and 
        the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 122. SPECIAL TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE 109TH CONGRESS.

    (a) President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2006.--The budget 
submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2006 shall include the following:
            (1) An identification of the budget accounts for which an 
        appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the fiscal 
        year 2006-2007 biennium.
            (2) Budget authority that should be provided for each such 
        fiscal year for the budget accounts identified under paragraph 
        (1).
    (b) Review and Recommendations of the Committees on 
Appropriations.--The Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate shall review the items included pursuant 
to subsection (a) in the budget submission of the President for fiscal 
year 2006 and include its recommendations thereon in its views and 
estimates made under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 within 6 weeks of that budget submission.
    (c) Actions by the Committees on the Budget.--(1) The Committee on 
the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall review 
the items included pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2006 and the recommendations submitted 
by the Committee on Appropriations of its House pursuant to subsection 
(b) included in its views and estimates made under section 301(d) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (2) The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House 
accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2006 and the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying such 
resolution shall also include allocations to the Committee on 
Appropriations of its House of total new budget authority and total 
outlays (which shall be deemed to be made pursuant to section 302(a) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for purposes of budget enforcement 
under section 302(f)) for fiscal year 2005 from which the Committee on 
Appropriations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal year 
2006 that include funding for certain accounts for each of fiscal years 
2006 and 2007.
    (3) The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House 
accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2006 and the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying such 
resolution shall also include the assumptions upon which such 
allocations referred to in paragraph (2) are based.
    (d) GAO Programmatic Oversight Assistance.--(1) During the first 
session of the 109th Congress the committees of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are directed to work with the 
Comptroller General of the United States to develop plans to transition 
program authorizations to a multi-year schedule.
    (2) During the 109th Congress, the Comptroller General of the 
United States will continue to provide assistance to the Congress with 
respect to programmatic oversight and in particular will assist the 
committees of Congress in designing and conforming programmatic 
oversight procedures for the fiscal year 2007-2008 biennium.
    (e) CBO Authorization Report.--On or before January 15, 2006, the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office, after consultation with 
the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all programs and 
activities funded during fiscal year 2006 for which authorizations for 
appropriations have not been enacted for that fiscal year and (B) all 
programs and activities funded during fiscal year 2006 for which 
authorizations for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, 
fiscal year 2007, or fiscal year 2008.
    (f) President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2007.--The budget 
submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2007 shall include an evaluation 
of, and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget 
process for the fiscal year 2006-2007 biennium that was carried out 
pursuant to this section.
    (g) CBO Transitional Report.--On or before March 31, 2006, the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall submit to Congress an 
evaluation of, and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial 
budget process for the fiscal year 2006-2008 biennium that was carried 
out pursuant to this section.

SEC. 123. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as provided by sections 121 and 122, this title and the 
amendments made by it shall take effect on January 1, 2007, and shall 
apply to budget resolutions and appropriations for the biennium 
beginning with fiscal year 2008.

                      TITLE II--TRUTH IN SPENDING

               Subtitle A--Emergency Spending Legislation

SEC. 201. EMERGENCY SPENDING LEGISLATION AND THE BASELINE.

    (a) In General.--Section 257(a) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting ``, 
except for emergency appropriations covered by section 251(b)(2)(A) and 
emergency legislation covered by section 252(e)'' before the period.
    (b) Direct Spending and Receipts.--Section 257(b)(2) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(E) Emergency legislation covered by section 252(e) shall 
        not be extended in the baseline.''.
    (c) Discretionary Appropriations.--Section 257(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Emergency appropriations covered by section 
        251(b)(2)(A) shall not be extended in the baseline.''.

SEC. 202. OMB EMERGENCY CRITERIA.

    (a) Definition of Emergency.--Section 3 of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (as amended by section 113(b)) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(12)(A) The term `emergency' means a situation that--
                    ``(i) requires new budget authority and outlays (or 
                new budget authority and the outlays flowing therefrom) 
                for the prevention or mitigation of, or response to, 
                loss of life or property, or a threat to national 
                security; and
                    ``(ii) is unanticipated.
            ``(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the term `unanticipated' 
        means that the underlying situation is--
                    ``(i) sudden, which means quickly coming into being 
                or not building up over time;
                    ``(ii) urgent, which means a pressing and 
                compelling need requiring immediate action;
                    ``(iii) unforeseen, which means not predicted or 
                anticipated as an emerging need; and
                    ``(iv) temporary, which means not of a permanent 
                duration.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(20) The term `emergency' has the meaning given to such 
        term in section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
        Control Act of 1974.''.

SEC. 203. POINT OF ORDER TO ENFORCE DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY.

    (a) In General.--Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or 
in the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
thereto or a conference report thereon, which carries an emergency 
designation pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or section 252(e) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.''.
    (b) Waivers and Appeals in the Senate.--Sections 904(c)(2) and 
904(d)(3) are amended by striking ``, and 312(c)'' and by inserting 
``312(c), and 312(g)''.

                       Subtitle B--The Byrd Rule

SEC. 211. LIMITATION ON BYRD RULE.

    (a) Protection of Conference Reports.--Section 313 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subparagraph (E) 
        through the semicolon at the end thereof and by redesignating 
        subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (E);
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``and again upon the 
        submission of a conference report on such a reconciliation bill 
        or resolution,'';
            (3) by striking subsection (d);
            (4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and
            (5) in subsection (e), as redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``, motion, or conference report'' 
                the first place it appears and inserting ``, or 
                motion''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, motion, or conference report'' 
                the second and third places it appears and inserting 
                ``or motion''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The first sentence of section 312(e) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``, except 
for section 313,'' after ``Act''.

              Subtitle C--Spending Accountability Reserve

SEC. 231. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Spending Accountability Reserve 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 232. SPENDING ACCOUNTABILITY RESERVE LEDGER.

    (a) Establishment of Ledger.--Title III of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (as amended by section 119(a)) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:

                ``spending accountability reserve ledger

    ``Sec. 318. (a) Establishment of Ledger.--The chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the 
chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall each 
maintain a ledger to be known as the `Spending Accountability Reserve 
Ledger'. The Ledger shall be divided into entries corresponding to the 
subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations. Each entry shall 
consist of three components: the `House Reserve Balance'; the `Senate 
Reserve Balance'; and the `Joint House-Senate Reserve Balance'.
    ``(b) Components of Ledger.--Each component in an entry shall 
consist only of amounts credited to it under subsection (c). No entry 
of a negative amount shall be made.
    ``(c) Credit of Amounts to Ledger.--(1) In the House of 
Representatives or the Senate, whenever a Member offers an amendment to 
an appropriation bill to reduce new budget authority in any account, 
that Member may state the portion of such reduction that shall be--
            ``(A) credited to the House or Senate Reserve Balance, as 
        applicable; or
            ``(B) allowed to remain within the applicable section 
        302(b) suballocation.
If no such statement is made, the amount of reduction in new budget 
authority resulting from the amendment shall be credited to the House 
or Senate Reserve Balance, as applicable, if the amendment is agreed 
to.
    ``(2)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), the chairmen of 
the Committees on the Budget shall, upon the engrossment of any 
appropriation bill by the House of Representatives and upon the 
engrossment of that bill by the Senate, credit to the applicable entry 
balance of that House amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal 
to the net amounts of reductions in new budget authority and in outlays 
resulting from amendments agreed to by that House to that bill.
    ``(B) When computing the net amounts of reductions in new budget 
authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to an appropriation bill, the 
chairmen of the Committees on the Budget shall only count those 
portions of such amendments agreed to that were so designated by the 
Members offering such amendments as amounts to be credited to the House 
or Senate Reserve Balance, as applicable, or that fall within the last 
sentence of paragraph (1).
    ``(3) The chairmen of the Committees on the Budget shall, upon the 
engrossment of Senate amendments to any appropriation bill, credit to 
the applicable Joint House-Senate Reserve Balance the amounts of new 
budget authority and outlays equal to--
            ``(A) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i) the 
        amount of new budget authority in the House Reserve Balance 
        plus (ii) the amount of new budget authority in the Senate 
        Reserve Balance for that bill; and
            ``(B) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of (i) the 
        amount of outlays in the House Reserve Balance plus (ii) the 
        amount of outlays in the Senate Reserve Balance for that bill.
    ``(4) Calculation of Reserve Savings in Senate.--For purposes of 
calculating under this section the net amounts of reductions in new 
budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by 
the Senate on an appropriation bill, the amendments reported to the 
Senate by its Committee on Appropriations shall be considered to be 
part of the original text of the bill.
    ``(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term `appropriation 
bill' means any general or special appropriation bill, and any bill or 
joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing 
appropriations through the end of a fiscal year.
    ``(e) Tally During House Consideration.--The chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall maintain 
a running tally of the amendments adopted reflecting increases and 
decreases in budget authority in the bill as reported. This tally shall 
be available to Members in the House of Representatives during 
consideration of any appropriations bill by the House.''.

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