Sec. 12. Special transition period for the 114th Congress
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The budget submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2016 shall include the following: An identification of the budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each fiscal year of the fiscal year 2016–2017 biennium. Budget authority that should be provided for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts identified under paragraph (1). 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 2016 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. 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 2016 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. The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 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 2017 from which the Committee on Appropriations may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal year 2016 that include funding for certain accounts for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017. The report of the Committee on the Budget of each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016 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. During the first session of the 114th 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. During the 114th 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 2016–2017 biennium. On or before January 15, 2016, 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 2016 for which authorizations for appropriations have not been enacted for that fiscal year and
(B)all programs and activities funded during fiscal year 2016 for which authorizations for appropriations will expire during that fiscal year, fiscal year 2017, or fiscal year 2018. The budget submission of the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2017 shall include an evaluation of, and recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget process for the fiscal year 2016–2017 biennium that was carried out pursuant to this section. On or before March 31, 2016, 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 2016–2017 biennium that was carried out pursuant to this section.