Sec. 9. Biennial appropriation bills
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Clause 2(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: Except as provided by subdivision (B), an appropriation may not be reported in a general appropriation bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and may not be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it provides new budget authority or establishes a level of obligations under contract authority for each fiscal year of a biennium. Subdivision
(A)does not apply with respect to an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or activity if the bill or amendment thereto containing that appropriation includes a provision expressly stating the following: Congress finds that no additional funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the [Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity] will be completed or terminated after the amount provided has been expended. . For purposes of paragraph (b), the statement set forth in subdivision
(B)with respect to an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, project, or activity may be included in a general appropriation bill or amendment thereto. . Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the House of Representatives is amended by striking or
(c)and inserting or
(3)or 2(c) . Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 631 et seq. ) (as amended by section 7(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the following: It shall not be in order in the Senate in any odd-numbered year to consider any regular appropriation bill providing new budget authority or a limitation on obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations for only the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless the program, project, or activity for which the new budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will require no additional authority beyond one year and will be completed or terminated after the amount provided has been expended. . The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 316 the following new item: Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial appropriation bills. .
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