Congressional Budget Reform Act

(a) In general. In fiscal year fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, the following shall apply:

(1) Subsection (d) of section 1017 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 shall have no force or effect.

(2) With respect to budget authority proposed to be rescinded or that is set to be reserved or proposed to be deferred in a special message transmitted under section 1012 or 1013 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, such budget authority—

(A) shall be made available for obligation in sufficient time to be prudently obligated as required under section 1012(b) or 1013 of such Act; and

(B) may not be deferred or otherwise withheld from obligation during the 90-day period before the expiration of the period of availability of such budget authority, including, if applicable, the 90-day period before the expiration of an initial period of availability for which such budget authority was provided.

(3) With respect to an apportionment of an appropriation made pursuant to section 1513(b) of title 31, United States Code, an appropriation (as that term is defined in section 1511 of title 31, United States Code) shall be apportioned—

(A) to make available all amounts for obligation in sufficient time to be prudently obligated; and

(B) to make available all amounts for immediate obligation, without precondition (including by footnote), not later than 90 days before the expiration of the period of availability of such appropriation, and thereafter continuously available for immediate obligation during such 90-day period.

(b) Budget authority defined. As used in this section, the term budget authority includes budget authority made available by this or any other Act, by prior or subsequent appropriations Acts, or by any law other than an appropriations Act.