individuals by employment at daily rates of compensation not in excess per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of compensation which may be to a regular employee of the committee. Such contracts shall not be subje the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) or any provision of law requiring advertising.

(d) The Staff Director is authorized to make such expenditures as ma necessary to enable the joint staff to carry out the duties and functions imp on it, including expenditures for the most modern available technological a ance and equipment.

(e) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessa enable the joint staff to carry out its duties and functions. Expenses of the staff shall be paid by the Secretary of the Senate, from sums appropriated ti for, on vouchers approved by the Staff Director.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS

SEC. 104. (a) In addition to providing assistance and service to the Commit on the Budget of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the joint s shall, under the supervision and direction of the Staff Director, perform the du and functions set forth in the succeeding subsections of this section or otherw imposed on it by this Act.

(b) The joint staff shall provide long-term analyses of programs, activit and functions of the Government, including the future cost directions and impli tions of program changes on future costs. It shall conduct, on a rotating basis not less often than every four years, an in-depth review of each continuing p gram which involves major outlays.

(c) The joint staff shall conduct professional economic studies to impro knowledge of the ways in which Federal taxes and spending, and changes Federal taxes and spending, affect the state of the economy and of the means which the budget decisionmaking process can be changed so as to make it a mo efficient tool of economic stabilization.

(d) The joint staff shall conduct studies so as to determine whether or not ti fiscal year should be changed so as to make the budget decisionmaking proce more efficient.

(e) The joint staff shall conduct studies to analyze the structure of the appr priation process, the number of appropriation bills, and the programs included i each appropriation bill to determine whether or not changes should be made i the appropriation process that will make the budget decisionmaking process mor efficient.

(f) The joint staff shall conduct econometric statistical, and other studies t determine the expected size in future fiscal years of outlay programs which hav a legal commitment for such years or which are otherwise considered mandator or uncontrollable.

(g) The joint staff shall periodically conduct studies to determine the desir ability of terminating or retaining provisions of law which permanently appro priate moneys out of the Treasury (including trust funds), which permanently authorize appropriations, and which permanent authorize the conduct of programs, activities, and projects.

(h) The joint staff shall make the results of any study conducted by its available to all committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and joint committees of the Congress, and may publish such studies or portions thereof which the Staff Director determines to be of general interest.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

SEC. 105. (a) Not later than October 1 of each year, each department, agency, and establishment of the Government shall submit to the Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the House of Representatives

(1) the request of such department, agency, or establishment for new budget authority for the ensuing fiscal year and for authority to make outlays during the ensuing fiscal year, together with justifications therefor, and

(2) estimates of the amounts of new budget authority and authority to make outlays which such department, agency, or establishment estimates will be requested for each of the four fiscal years following the ensuing fiscal year, together with justifications therefor and explanations of proposed changes in current programs.

ver any department, agency, or establishment of the Government request for budget authority or authority to make outlays, or any ation relating to the Budget, to the President or the Office of ManBudget, it shall submit copies thereof to the Committees on the › Senate and the House of Representatives.

-TRANSMISSION OF BUDGET; RECOMMENDATIONS OF JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

TRANSMISSION OF BUDGET BY JANUARY 1

ction 201 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11) is

king out “during the first fifteen days of each regular session," in ) and inserting in lieu thereof ", on or before January 1 of each

ing at the end thereof the following new subsection:

Senate or the House of Representatives, or both, are not in session which the President transmits the Budget under subsection (a) for r, the Budget shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Senate or he House of Representatives, as the case may be."

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

1 or before January 15 of each year, the Joint Economic Committee › the Senate and tre House of Representatives

ommendation with respect to the total amount of new budget aushould be made available for the ensuing fiscal year.

ommendation with respect to the total amount of outlays which le during the ensuing fiscal year, and

mate of the total amount of revenues which will be received by nt during the ensuing fiscal year.

II-CEILINGS ON BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS

OVERALL CEILINGS

1) After the transmission of the Budget by the President for each e Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the House of Rephall review the total amount of new budget authority and the total tlays proposed in the Budget for the fiscal year. The two commitet jointly for the purpose of determining—

l amount of new budget authority which should be made available ear, and

al amount of outlays which should be made during the fiscal year. ee shall, not later than February 1 of each year, by concurrent reted to its House specify the total amounts which the two comjointly determined. In specifying such total amounts, the two comhave as their objective the production of full employment without ncurrent resolution reported for a fiscal year pursuant to subsecany conference report thereon shall be considered in each House s set forth in section 304.

wo Houses have not agreed, on or before February 15, to a contion for a fiscal year reported pursuant to subsection (a), then escribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 202 recommended by omic Committee in its report submitted under such section for the ll, for purposes of the remaining provisions of this Act, be treated re the amounts specified in a concurrent resolution for the fiscal pursuant to subsection (a) and agreed to by the two Houses.

SUBCOMMITTEE CEILINGS

) After the Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed t resolution under section 301 specifying the total amount of new ty to be made available for a fiscal year, and the total amount of nade during a fiscal year, the corresponding subcommittees of the

Committees on the Budget of each House shall meet jointly to review the grams, activities, and functions under their jurisdiction. Each of the subeo tees shall report to its committee the amount of new budget authority an amount of outlays which it and the corresponding subcommittee of the House have determined should be made available for the fiscal year for grams, activities, and functions under its jurisdiction.

(b) The Committees on the Budget of the two Houses shall meet joint consider the recommendations of their subcommittees and to determine amount of new budget authority to be made available for the fiscal year, an amount of outlays to be made during the fiscal year, for the programs, activ and functions under the jurisdiction of each subcommittee. Each committee s not later than March 15, by concurrent resolution reported to its House, sp the amounts for each subcommittee which the two committees have jointly d mined. The sum of the amounts of new budget authority shall equal the amount of new budget authority to be made available for the fiscal year and sum of the amounts of outlays shall equal the total amount of outlays to be n during the fiscal year.

(c) A concurrent resolution reported for a fiscal year pursuant to subsec (b) shall be considered in each House under the rules set forth in section 304 (d) If the two Houses have not agred, on or before March 31, to a concur resolution reported pursuant to subsection (b) (including a concurrent res tion reported subsequent to the first concurrent resolution reported), then concurrent resolution first reported by the Committees on the Budget of the Houses shall, for the remaining provisions of this Act, be treated as having b agreed to by the two Houses.

ACTION ON CERTAIN LEGISLATION PROHIBITED

SEC. 303. It shall not be in order to consider in either the Senate or the Ho of Representatives any bill or joint resolution providing or authorizing new b get authority for any fiscal year until the two Houses have agreed to (or a treated as having agreed to) a concurrent resolution reported pursuant to secti 301 and a concurrent resolution reported pursuant to section 302 for the fis year.

CONSIDERATION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

SEC. 304. (a) This section shall apply to the consideration of concurrent solutions reported by the Committees on the Budget pursuant to sections 301 a 302 and to the consideration of conference reports on concurrent resolutions r ported pursuant to section 301.

(b) (1) A concurrent resolution reported pursuant to section 301 or 302 sha be highly privileged in each House. It shall be in order at any time after the thir day following the day on which such a resolution is reported to move to procee to the consideration of the resolution (even though a previous motion to th same effect has been disagreed to). Such a motion shall be highly privilege and shall not be debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion i agreed to or disagreed to.

(2) Debate on the concurrent resolution (including, in the case of a concur rent resolution reported pursuant to section 301, all amendments thereto) shal be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit de bate shall not be debatable. A motion to recommit the resolution shall not be in order, and it shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.

(3) Motions to postpone, made with respect to the consideration of such a concurrent resolution, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate.

(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a concurrent resolution shall be decided without debate.

(c) If, prior to the passage by one House of a concurrent resolution of that House. such House receives from the other House a concurrent resolution of such other House

(1) the procedure with respect to the concurrent resolution of the first House shall be the same as if no resolution from the other House had been received; but

(a) Not later than the second day after Labor Day of each year, ees on the Budget of the Senate and the House of Representatives, bcommittees, shall commence a review of the amounts specified in concurrent resolutions agreed to (or treated as having been agreed tle III for that year. In the course of such review, the two Comtheir subcommittees shall take into consideration

es in economic forecasts by the Joint Economic Committee or the conomic Advisers,

es in any of such specified amounts recommended by the Joint Ecottee or the Council of Economic Advisers, to gain and

s in estimates of revenues to be received by the Government,

ses by the joint staff (established by section 103) of the effect of and other unforeseen contingencies on outlays, and

sts by committees and Members of the Senate and the House of
ves, or joint committees of the Congress, for changes in any of
I amounts,

Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the House of Repre-
termine that any amount specified with respect to he fiscal year in
resolution agreed to (or treated as having been agreed to) under
uld be increased or decreased, they shall report to their respective
oncurrent resolution, the new amount to which they have agreed.
forth in section 304 shall apply with respect to the consideration
e of any concurrent resolution reported pursuant to this subsection.
-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS
a) The report accompanying each bill and joint resolution reported
ittee of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall set forth-
ount and category of new budget authority provided, or which would
under a program budget authority for which is considered manda-
bill or joint resolution, if enacted,

ount and cateory of outlays to be made, or which would be required
nder a program outlays for which are considered mandatory, under
int resolution, if enacted,

mount of new budget authority for the same category provided for al year, or which would be required under programs budget authoris considered mandatory, by all bills and joint resolutions previously t House,

mount of outlays in the same category for the same fiscal year, or be required under programs outlays for which are considered manall bills and joint resolutions previously passed by that House, and mount of budget authority and outlay authority for that category year specified in the applicable concurrent resolution agreed to (or aving been agreed to) under title III which would remain if such esolution is enacted.

arliamentarian of each House shall, for each fiscal year, maintain a tegories of all new budget authority provided in bills and joint assed by his House and of all outlays to be made under bills and ons passed by his House. Whenever any bill or joint resolution, or ent thereto, under consideration by his House would (if enacted cause any applicable amount specified in a concurrent resolution treated as havin been agreed to) under title III for that fiscal year account any changes made by concurrent resolutions reported purion 401 (b) which have been agreed to) to be exceeded, he shall so residing Officer of his House. Such bill or joint resolution may be ch amendment may be adopted, by such House only by an affirmaen on a roll call, of two-thirds of the Members of such House present

(c) For purposes of this section, the members of the Joint Committee Atomic Energy who are Members of the House of Representatives shall deemed to be a committee of the House, and the members of such Joint Comm tee who are Members of the Senate shall be deemed to be a committee of Senate.

REPORT ON TAX EXPENDITURES

SEC. 502. Between April 1 and April 15 of each year, the joint staff (est lished by section 103) shall publish

(1) the estimated loss in revenues, for the fiscal year in progress and ensuing fiscal year, attributable to each credit (other than the credit for withheld at sourrce), exclusion, deduction, or other special treatment provid by subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 which is estimated to res in a revenue loss of $100,000,000 or more for either of such fiscal years, and

(2) by categories of average taxpayers, the amount by which the taxes i posed by such subtitle on their incomes for the last taxable year ending prior such April 1 would have been reduced if each credit, exclusion, deduction, other special treatment described in paragraph (1) had separately been repeal before the beginning of such taxable year.

FIVE-YEAR BUDGET PROJECTIONS

SEC. 503. (a) Section 201 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S. 11) is amended

(1) by striking out "four" in subsections (a) (12) (B) and (c) (1) and inser ing in lieu thereof "five"; and

(2) by inserting after "estimated expenditures" in subsection (c) (1) "an approportions expected to be proposed".

(b) The committee report accompanying each bill or joint resolution of public character reported by any committee of the Senate or the House of Repre sentatives (except the Committee on Appropriations of each House) shal contain

(1) an estimate, made by such committee, of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out such bill of joint resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the five fiscal years following such fiscal year together with the basis for each such estimate; and

(2) a comparison of the estimate of costs described in paragraph (1) made by such committee with estimate of costs made by any Federal agency.

(c) It shall not be in order in either the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint resolution if such bill or joint resolution is reported in the Senate or House, as the case may be, after the effective date of this section and the committee report accompanying such bill or joint resolution does not comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) For purposes of this section, the members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy who are Members of the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be a committee of the House, and the members of such Joint Committee who are Members of the Senate shall be deemed to be a committee of the Senate. (e) Section 252 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 is repealed.

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF THE LEGISLATION PRIORITIES AND BUDGET REFORM ACT OF 1973

Title I establishes special standing Senate and House Budget Committees. Each Committee will have 21 members, at least ten of whom also serve on other specified standing committees. The memberships must be selected to ensure roughly proportionate representation of the Senate and House according to years of service, geographic origin and political party. Committee membership is limited with certain temporary exceptions, to a maximum of six years of continuous service. Each Budget Committee will establish six standing subcommittees whose combined jurisdictions are co-extensive with that of the parent committees. Subcommittees of both Committees will have parallel jurisdiction in the areas of Human Resources, Military Affairs, Economic Affairs, Natural Resources, General Governmental Administration and Uncontrollable Outlays.

Both Committees will be served by a joint professional staff. The staff director is authorized to employ, whenever necessary, the services of consultants or consulting organizations and to acquire and operate computers and all other modern