3 paragraph (A) and inserting "a fiscal year in
4 such biennium".
5 (4) Section 302(f)(2) is amended—
6 (A) by striking "for a fiscal year" and in-
7 serting "for a biennium",
8 (B) by striking "for such fiscal year" and
9 inserting "for a biennium", and
10 (C) by striking "4 succeeding" and insert-
11 ing "3 succeeding".
12 (g) Section 303 Point of Order. —
13 (1) Section 303(a) (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amend-
14 ed by striking "fiscal year" each place it appears
15 and inserting "biennium".
16 (2) Section 303(b) (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is
17 amended —
18 (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
19 graph (1) and paragraph (2) by striking "the
20 fiscal year" each place it appears and inserting
21 "biennium"; and
22 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking "any cal-
23 endar year" and inserting "any odd-numbered
24 calendar year".
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1 (h) Permissible Remsions of Concurrent Res-
2 OLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET. — Section 304 (2 U.S.C. 635)
3 is amended —
4 (1) by striking "fiscal year" the first two places
5 it appears and inserting "biennium";
6 (2) by striking "for such fiscal year"; and
7 (3) by inserting before the period "for such
8 biennium".
9 (i) Procedures For Consideration of Budget
10 Resolutions.— Section 305(b)(3) (2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3))
1 1 is amended —
12 (1) by striking "the concurrent" and inserting
13 "a concurrent"; and
14 (2) by striking "fiscal year" and inserting
15 "biennium".
16 (j) Reports and Summaries of Congressional
17 Budget Actions. —
18 (1)(A) Section 308(a)(1) (2 U.S.C. 639(a)(1))
19 is amended —
20 (i) in tlio matter preceding .subpara'ri'aph
21 (A) by striking "fiscal year (or fiscal years)"
22 and insej-ting "biennium",
23 (ii) in sul)paragraj)h (A) by striking "fiscal
24 year (or fisc-al years)" and inserting "bieii-
25 Ilium", and
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1 (iii) in subparagraph (C) by striking "such
2 fiscal year (or fiscal years)" and inserting
3 "such biennium".
4 (B) Section 308(a)(2) is amended by striking
5 "fiscal year (or fiscal years)" and inserting "bien-
6 nium".
7 (2) Section 308(b)(1) (2 U.S.C. 639(b)(1)) is
8 amended —
9 (A) by striking "each fiscal year covered
10 by a concurrent resolution on the budget" the
11 first place it appears and inserting "a bien-
12 nium";
13 (B) by inserting "for such biennium" after
14 "concurrent resolution on the budget"; and
15 (C) by striking "the fiscal year preceding
16 the first fiscal year covered by the appropriate
17 concurrent resolution" and inserting "each fis-
18 cal year in the biennium preceding such bien-
19 nium".
20 (3) Section 308(c) (2 U.S.C. 639(c)) is
21 amended —
22 (A) by striking "Five" in the subsection
23 heading and inserting "Four";
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1 (B) by striking "fiscal year" each place it
2 appears in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
3 and inserting "biennium"; and
4 (C) by striking "5 fiscal years" and insert-
5 ing "4 fiscal years".
6 (k) Completion of Action on Regular Appro-
7 PRLVTiON Bills.— Section 309 (2 U.S.C. 640) is
8 amended —
9 (1) by in.serting "of any odd-numbered calendar
10 vear" after "Julv";
11 (2) by striking "annual" and inserting "regu-
12 lar"; and
13 (3) by striking "fiscal year" and inserting
14 "biennium".
15 (1) Reconciliation Process. —
16 (1) Section 310(a) (2 U.S.C. 641(a)) is
17 amended —
18 (A) by .striking "any fi.scal year" in the
19 matter preceding paragi'aph (1) and inserting
20 "anv biennium";
21 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking "such fis-
22 cal year" each place it appears and insei'ting
23 "each fi.scal year in such iMcnnium"; and
24 (C) in paragraph (2) by in.serting "for each
25 fiscal year in such biennium" after "revenues".
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1 (2) Section 310(e) (2 U.S.C. 641(e)) is
2 amended —
3 (A) by striking "20 hours" in paragraph
4 (2) and inserting "100 hours"; and
5 (B) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
6 lowing new paragraph:
7 "(3) It shall not be in order in the Senate or
8 the House of Representatives to consider any rec-
9 oneiliation bill or resolution or any amendment
10 thereto or any conference report thereon which
11 changes any provision of law other than provisions
12 of law which —
13 "(A) provide new budget authority or
14 spending authority described in section
15 401(c)(2);
16 "(B) relate to revenues; or
17 "(C) specify the amount of the statutory
18 limit on the public debt.".
19 (3) Section 310(f) (2 U.S.C. 641(f)) is
20 amended —
21 (A) by inserting "of any odd-numbered cal-
22 endar year" after "July",
23 (B) by striking "fiscal year beginning on
?4 October 1 of the calendar year to which the ad-
25 journment resolution pertains" and inserting
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1 "biennium beginning on October 1 of such cal-
2 , endar year", and
3 (C) by striking "for such fiscal year" and
4 inserting "for such biennium".
5 (m) Section 311 Point of Order. —
6 (1) Section 311(a)(1) (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is
7 amended —
8 (A) by striking "for a fiscal year" and in-
9 serting "for a biennium";
10 (B) by striking "such fiscal year" the first,
11 second, and third places it appears and insert-
12 ing "a fiscal year in such biennium";
13 (C) by inserting "for such fiscal year"
14 after "outlays";
15 (D) by striking "concurrent resolution on
16 the budget for such fiscal year" and inserting
17 "concurrent resolution on the budget for the bi-
18 ennium in which such fiscal .year occurs";
19 (E) by inserting "for such fiscal year"
20 after "revenues" the first place it appears; and
21 (F) by inserting "for such fiscal year"
22 after "set forth" the second place it appears.
23 (2) Section 311(b) (2 U.S.C. 642(b)) is
24 amended —
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1 (A) by striking "such fiscal year" the first
2 place it appears and inserting "a biennium";
3 and
4 (B) by striking "such fiscal year" the sec-
5 ond place it appears and inserting "either fiscal
6 year in such biennium".
7 (n) Bills Providing New Spending Author-
8 iTY.— Section 401(b)(2) (2 U.S.C. 651(b)(2)) is amended
9 by striking "for such fiscal year" the second place it ap-
10 pears and inserting "for the biennium in which such fiscal
1 1 year occurs".
12 (o) Analysis by CBO.— Section 403(a) (2 U.S.C.
13 653(a)) is amended —
14 (1) by striking "the fiscal year" in paragraph
15 (1) and inserting "each fiscal year in the biennium";
16 (2) by striking "each of the 4 fiscal years fol-
17 lowing such year" in paragraph (1) and inserting
18 "each fiscal year in the succeeding biennium";
19 (3) by striking "the fiscal year" in paragraph
20 (2) and inserting "each fiscal year in the biennium";
21 and
22 (4) by striking "each of the four fiscal years
23 following such fiscal year" in paragraph (2) and
24 :, inserting "each fiscal year in the succeeding
25 biennium".
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1 SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES
2 CODE.
3 (a) Definition. — Scftion 1101 of title :u. Initcd
4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end tlif-n-ol' the
5 follouinf; new parao^-aph:
6 "(3) 'biennium' lias the meaninfr privfii t(t such
7 term in para^rr'aph (11) of seetion 3 of the ( "onui-fs-
8 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
9 1974 (2 U.8.C. 622(11))". '
10 (b) BriXiET CONTENT.S AND SrjiMI.SSION -jt > TIIK
11 (\)N(;kess. —
12 (1) So mueh of seetion ll()r)(a) of title 31.
13 United States Code, as preeedes paragi-aj't! (1)
14 thereof is amended to read as follows:
15 "(a) On or before the fu'si Monday in Kebniary of
16 eaeh odd-numbered year, begimiing with the One-IIun-
17 dnnl-and-Fourth Conprss, the President shall ti'jitismit to
18 the Congre.ss, the budget for the biennium l)egii!ning on
19 Oetober 1 of .sueh ealendar year. The budget transmitted
20 under this .subseetion shall inelude a budget message and
21 summaiy and supj)orting information. The Pi-esideiif shall
22 inelude in eaeh budget the following.".
23 (2) Seetion 1105(a)(5) of title 31. Cnited
24 States Code, is amended by striking "the llseal year
25 for whieh the budget is .submitted and the A fiscal
26 rears after that vcar" and inserting "eaeh fiseal
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1 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit-
2 ted and in the succeeding biennium".
3 (3) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United
4 States Code, is amended by striking "the fiscal year
5 for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal
6 years after that year" and inserting "each fiscal
7 year in the biennium for which the budget is submit-
8 ted and in the succeeding biennium".
9 (4) Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United
10 States Code, is amended by striking "the fiscal
11 year" and inserting "each fiscal year in the
12 biennium".
13 (5) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United
14 States Code, is amended —
15 (A) by striking "the fiscal year" in sub-
16 paragraph (A) and inserting "each fiscal year
17 in the biennium"; and
18 (B) by striking "4 fiscal years after that
19 year" in subparagraph (B) and inserting "2 fis-
20 cal years immediately following the second fiscal
21 year in such biennium".
22 (6) Section 1105(a)(13) of title 31, United
23 States Code, is amended by striking "the fiscal
24 year" and inserting "each fiscal year in the
25 biennium".
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1 (7) Section 1105(a)(14) of title 31, United
2 States Code, is amended by striking "that year" and
3 inserting: "each fiscal year in the biennium for which
4 the budget is submitted".
5 (8) Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United
6 States Code, is amended by striking "the fiscal
7 year" and inserting "each fiscal year in the bien-
8 nium".
9 (9) Section 1105(a)(17)' of title 31, United
10 States Code, is amended —
11 (A) by striking "the fiscal year following
12 the fiscal year" and inserting "each fiscal year
13 in the biennium follo\\ing the biennium";
14 (B) by striking "that following fiscal year"
15 and inserting "each such fiscal year"; and
16 (C) by striking "fiscal year before the fis-
17 cal year" and inserting "biennium before the
18 biennium".
19 (10) Section n05(a)(18) of title 31, Unitod
20 States Code, is amended —
21 (A) by striking "the prior fiscal year" and
22 inserting "each of the 2 most recently eom-
23 j)lete(i fiscal years";
24 (B) by striking "for that year" and insert-
25 ing "with res|)ect to that fiscal year"; and
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1 (C) by striking "in that year" and insert-
2 ing "in that fiscal year".
3 (11) Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United
4 States Code, is amended —
5 (A) by striking "the prior fiscal year" and
6 inserting "each of the 2 most recently com-
7 pleted fiscal years";
8 (B) by striking "for that year" and insert-
9 ing "with respect to that fiscal year"; and
10 (C) by striking "in that year" each place
11 it appears and inserting "in that fiscal year".
12 (c) Estimated Expenditures op Legislative
13 AND Judicial Branches. — Section 1105(b) of title 31,
14 United States Code, is amended by striking "each year"
15 and inserting "each even-numbered year".
16 (d) Recommendations to Meet Estimated Defi-
17 CIENCIES. — Section 1105(c) of title 31, United States
18 Code, is amended —
19 (1) by striking "fiscal year for" each place it
20 appears and inserting "biennium for";
21 (2) by inserting "or current biennium, as the
22 case may be," after "current fiscal year"; and
23 (3) by striking "that year" and inserting "that
24 period".
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1 (e) Statement With Respect to Certain
2 Changes.— Section 1105(d) of title 31, United States
3 Code, is amended by striking "fiscal year" and inserting
4 "biennium".
5 (f) Capital Investment Analysis. — Section
6 1105(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
7 striking "ensuing fiscal year" and inserting "biennium to
8 which such budget relates".
9 (g) Supplemental Budget Estimates and
10 Changes. —
11 (1) Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States
12 Code, is amended —
13 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
14 by striking "fiscal year" and inserting "bien-
15 nium";
16 (B) in paragraph (1) by striking "that fis-
17 cal year" and inserting "each fiscal year in
18 such biennium";
19 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking "4 fiscal
20 years following the fiscal year" and inserting "2
21 fiscal years follo^\^ng the biennium";
22 (D) by striking "future fiscal years" in
23 paragraph (3) and inserting "the 2 fiscal years
24 following the biennium for which the budget is
25 submitted"; and
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1 (E) by striking "fiscal year" in paragraph
2 (3) and inserting "biennium".
3 (2) Section 1106(b) of title 31, United States
4 Code, is amended by striking "the fiscal year" and
5 inserting "each fiscal year in the biennium".
6 (h) Year-Ahead Requests for Authorizing
7 Legislation.— Section 1110 of title 31, United States
8 Code, is amended —
9 (1) by striking "fiscal year" and inserting "bi-
10 ennium (beginning on or after October 1, 1993)",
11 and
12 (2) by striking "year before the year in which
13 the fiscal year begins" and inserting "second cal-
14 endar year preceding the calendar year in which the
15 biennium begins".
16 (i) Budget Information on Consulting Serv-
17 ices.— Section 1114 of title 31, United States Code, is
18 amended —
19 (1) by striking "The" each place it appears and
20 inserting "For each biennium beginning with the bi-
21 ennium beginning on October 1, 1995, the"; and
22 (2) by striking "each year" each place it
23 appears.
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1 SEC. 205. TITLE AND STYLE OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTS.
2 Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amend-
3 ed to read as follows:
4 *^§ 105. Title and style of appropriations Acts
5 "(a) The style and title of all Acts making appropria-
6 tions for the support of the Government shall be as fol-
7 lows: 'An Act making appropriations (here insert the ob-
8 ject) for the biennium ending September 30 (here insert
9 the odd-numbered calendar year).'.'
10 "(b) All Acts making regular appropriations for the
1 1 support of the Government shall be enacted for a biennium
12 and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided
13 for each fiscal year in such period.
14 "(c) For purposes of this section, the term 'biennium'
15 has the same meaning as in section 3(11) of the Congres-
16 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2
17 U.S.C. 622(11)).".
18 SEC. 206. ASSISTANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO STAND-
19 ING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE
20 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
21 (a) Information Regarding Agency Appropria-
22 TIONS Requests. — To assist each standing committee of
23 the Senate and the House of Representatives in carrying
24 out its responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency
25 which administers the laws or parts of laws under the ju-
26 risdiction of such committee shall provide to such commit-
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1 tee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and as-
2 sistanee as may be requested by the chairman and ranking
3 minority member of the committee.
4 (b) Information Regarding Agency Program
5 Administration. —
6 (1) Furnishing information. — To assist
7 each standing committee of the Senate and the
8 House of Representatives in carrying out its respon-
9 sibilities, the head of any agency shall furnish with-
10 out charge to such committee computer tapes or
1 1 disks, together with explanatory documentation, eon-
12 taining information received, compiled, or main-
13 tained by the agency as part of the operation or ad-
14 ministration of a program, or specifically compiled
15 pursuant to a request in support of a review of a
16 program, as may be requested by the chairman and
17 ranking minority member of such committee.
18 (2) Minimizing requests. — The Committee
19 on House Administration of the House of Represent-
20 atives and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
21 tion of the Senate shall prescribe rules and regula-
22 tions for their respective Houses which will minimize
23 duplication of requests under paragraph (1) of this
24 subsection.
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1 (c) Summaries by Comptroller General. — ^With-
2 in 30 days after the receipt of a request from a chairman
3 and ranking minority member of a standing committee
4 having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and
5 studied by such committee under this section, the Comp-
6 troller General of the United States shall furnish to such
7 committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such pro-
8 gram which the Comptroller General has completed during
9 the preceding 6 years.
10 (d) Congressional Assistance. — Consistent with
1 1 their duties and functions under law, the Comptroller Gen-
12 eral of the United States, the Director of the Congres-
13 sional Budget Office, the Director of the Office of Tech-
14 nologj^ Assessment, and the Director of the Congressional
15 Research Service shall furnish to each standing committee
16 of the Senate or the House of Representatives such infor-
17 mation, studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and
18 ranking minority member may request to assist the com-
19 mittee in conducting reviews and studies of programs
20 under this section.
21 (e) Secret and Classified Information Pro-
22 TECTED. — This section does not require the public disclo-
23 sure of matters that are specifically authorized under cri-
24 teria established by an Executive order to be kept secret
25 in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and
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1 are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive
2 order, or which are otherwise specifically protected by law.
3 This section does not require any committee of the Senate
4 to disclose publicly information the disclosure of which is
5 governed by Senate Resolution 400, Ninety-fourth Con-
6 gress, or any other rule of the Senate.
7 SEC. 207. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP-
8 RESENTATIVES.
9 The Rules of the House of Representatives are
10 amended as follows:
11 (1) Clause 4(a)(1)(A) of rule X is amended by
12 inserting "odd-numbered" after "each".
13 (2) Clause 4(a)(2) of rule X is amended by
14 striking "such fiscal year" and inserting "the bien-
15 nium in which such fiscal year begins".
16 (3) Clause 4(b)(2) of rule X is amended by
17 striking "first concurrent resolution on the budget
18 for each fiscal year" and inserting "concurrent reso-
19 lution on the budget required under section 301(a)
20 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for each
21 biennium".
22 (4) Clause 4(f) of rule X is amended by striking
23 "annually" each place it appears and inserting "bi-
24 ennially".
25 (5) Clause 4(g) of rule X is amended —
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1 (A) by striking "March 15 of each year"
2 and inserting "March 15 of each odd-numbered
3 year";
4 (B) by striking "fiscal year" the first place
5 it appears and inserting "biennium"; and
6 (C) by striking "that fiscal year" and in-
7 serting "each fiscal year in such ensuing
8 biennium".
9 (6) Clause 4(h) of rule X is amended by strik-
10 ing "fiscal year" and inserting "biennium".
11 (7) Subdivision (C) of clause 2(1)(1) of rule XI
12 is repealed.
13 (8) Clause 4(a) of rule XI is amended by strik-
14 ing "fiscal year if reported after September 15 pre-
15 ceding the beginning of such fiscal year" and insert-
16 ing "biennium if reported after August 1 of the year
17 in which such biennium begins".
18 (9) Clause 2 of rule XLEX is amended by strik-
19 ing "fiscal year" and inserting "biennium".
20 SEC. 208. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPUCATION.
21 (a) In General. — Except as provided in subsection
22 (b), this title and the amendments made by it shall become
23 effective Januan^ 1, 1995, and shall apply to bienniums
24 beginning after September 30, 1995.
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1 (b) Fiscal Year 1995. — Notwithstanding subsection
2 (a), the provisions of —
3 (1) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and
4 (2) title 31, United States Code,
5 (as such provisions were in effect on the day before the
6 effective date of this Act) shall apply to the fiscal year
7 beginning on October 1, 1994.
8 (c) Definition. — For purposes of this section, the
9 term "biennium" shall have the meaning given to such
10 term in section 3(11) of the Congressional Budget and
11 Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(11)),
12 as added by section 202(b)(2) of this Act.
13 TITLE III— UNIFIED OPERATING
14 AND CAPITAL BUDGET
15 SEC. 301. STATEMENT OF FINDING AND PURPOSE.
16 (a) Statement of Finding. — The Congress finds
17 that the existing budget obscures the distinctions between
18 capital activities and operating activities, and between
19 Federal funds and trust funds so as to hinder identifying
20 the resources needed to meet the Government's needs.
21 (b) Purpose. — It is the purpose of this title that the
22 unified budget present a capital budget and an operating
23 budget, and distinguish between Federal funds and trust
24 funds, in order to provide better and more relevant infor-
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1 mation on the revenues, expenses, and financing require-
2 ments of Government programs and activities.
3 SEC. 302. CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGETS.
4 Title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
5 after section 1105 the following new section:
6 *'§ 1105a. Capital and operating budgets
7 "(a)(1) The budget of the United States submitted
8 by the President under section 1105 of this title shall be
9 a unified budget composed of aii operating budget and a
10 capital budget.
11 "(2) Operating and capital budgets shall be presented
12 separately for total funds, Federal funds, and trust funds.
13 "(b)(1) Actual, estimated, and proposed amounts
14 shall be presented for total funds. Federal funds, and trust
15 funds and, at a minimum, shall contain —
16 "(A) for the operating budget the following: (i)
17 operating revenues, (ii) operating expenses, (iii) op-
18 erating surplu^deficit before interfund transfers,
19 (iv) interfund transfers, and (v) operating surplu^
20 deficit;
21 "(B) for the capital budget the following: (i)
22 capital revenues, (ii) capital investments, (iii) net
23 capital investments, (iv) interfund transfers, and (v)
24 capital financing requirements;
25 "(C) items not affecting funds; and
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1 "(D) unified budget financing requirements.
2 "(2) The capital budget shall represent only the
3 major activities, projects, and programs which support the
4 acquisition, construction, alteration, and rehabilitation of
5 capital assets. All other activities, projects, and programs
6 shall be represented in the operating budget.
7 "(c) In addition to the unified budget submitted by
8 the President as required by subsections (a) and (b) of
9 this section, the President shall present information in the
10 form required by subsection (b)(1) for accounts, agencies,
1 1 and functions, to the extent applicable.
12 "(d) In this section —
13 "(1) 'unified budget' means a budget in which
14 revenues and expenses for Federal funds and trust
15 funds are consolidated to display totals for the Fed-
16 eral Government as a whole;
17 "(2) 'trust funds' means —
18 "(A) the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
19 Insurance Trust Fund,
20 "(B) the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
21 Fund,
22 "(C) the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
23 ability Fund,
24 "(D) the Military Retirement Fund,
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1 "(E) the Federal Supplementary Medical
2 Insurance Trust Fund,
3 "(F) the Unemployment Trust Fund,
4 "(G) the Federal Disability Insurance
5 Trust Fund, and
6 "(H) such other funds or accounts of the
7 Government that the Director of the Office of
8 Management and Budget, in consultation with
9 the Comptroller General, determines should be
10 classified as trust funds in order to fulfill the
1 1 purpose of this section;
12 "(3) 'Federal funds' includes all accounts of the
13 Government that are not trust funds;
14 "(4) 'total funds' means Federal funds and
15 trust funds and represents the unified budget;
16 "(5) 'capital assets' means physical assets and