9 1 "(d) Any application for assistance under a Federal as 2 sistance program may, at the request of the applicant, be 3 revised to comply with standard rules and regulations and 4 5 6 specific rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section. "ROLE OF FEDERAL AGENCIES IN ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE "SEC. 705. (a) Each Federal agency administering a 7 Federal assistance program to which standard rules and reg8 ulations issued pursuant to section 704 apply shall be re9 sponsible for securing compliance with such standard rules 10 and regulations. Designated agencies may render such assist11 ance as is necessary for Federal agencies to carry out their 12 respective responsibilities. 13 "(b) Upon the request of any affected State or local 14 government, a Federal agency administering a Federal assist 15 ance program may accept a certification by such government 16 that its performance is in compliance with State or local laws, 17 regulations, directives, and standards that are at least equiva18 lent to those required by standard rules and regulations. 19 Such acceptance may be rescinded by such Federal agency 20 upon a finding, after notice and an opportunity for a hear21 ing, that the government involved is not in substantial com22 pliance with such State or local laws, regulations, directives, 23 and standards or that the latter are not fully equivalent to the applicable standard rules and regulations. This section 24 10 1 shall not supersede the certification procedures established in 2 section 703 (c) and (d). 3 "(c) Federal agencies administering Federal assistance 4 programs shall take appropriate steps, including the provi5 sion of technical assistance, to assist affected assistance recipi6 ents in their efforts to comply with applicable standard rules 7 and regulations. "LEGISLATION TO REMOVE IMPEDIMENTS TO 8. 10 “SEC. 706. If a designated agency is unable to develop 11 standard rules and regulations pursuant to section 704 in 12 its field of designated responsibility because of conflicting or 13 inconsistent provisions of law, such agency shall prepare and 14 submit to the President for review and approval, a legisla15 tive proposal to remove any such impediments to the de16 velopment of such standard rules and regulations. The Presi17 dent, on approval of such a legislative proposal, shall submit 18 it to the Congress. 19 20 21 "GENERAL OVERSIGHT "SEC. 707. The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs shall oversee the administration of this title. It shall monitor and 22 facilitate the activities of designated agencies under this title 23 as they prepare, adopt, and report on their standard rules 24 and regulations. It may convene interagency meetings as 25 needed to help resolve conflicts and inconsistencies which 11 1 may arise within or among standard rules and regulations. 2 It shall insure that designated agencies report on the imple3 mentation of standard rules and regulations, and it shall 4 monitor the compliance efforts of affected Federal agencies.". TITLE IV-ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS 5 6 AMENDMENTS TO CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 7 SEC. 401. (a) Section 402 (f) of the Congressional 8 Budget Act of 1974 (31 U.S.C. 1353 (f)) is amended by 9 adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The 10 Committees shall consider whether, in the light of matching 11 requirements, program size, and other factors, new budget 12 authority for Federal financial assistance, as defined in sec13 tion 107 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 14 (82 Stat. 1093), should be provided at least one fiscal year 15 in advance of the fiscal year in progress at any time.". 16 (b) Title IV of such Act is amended by adding at the 17 end thereof the following new section: 18 "ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROGRAMS PROVIDING 19 20 21 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOV ERNMENTS "SEC. 405. In the case of each program of Federal fi22 nancial assistance, as defined in section 107 of the Intergov23 ernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1093), for 24 which new budget authority is authorized by law for more 25 than one fiscal year in advance of the fiscal year in progress, 12 it shall be in order in both the House of Representatives and 2 the Senate to include in appropriation Acts for a fiscal year 3 (1) new budget authority which shall be available for 4 obligation in the next succeeding fiscal year and (2) if new 5 budget authority is authorized for any such program for any 6 following fiscal year, new budget authority for such program 7 which shall be available for obligation in such following 8 fiscal year.". 9 AMENDMENT TO BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING ACT OF 1921 SEC. 402. Section 201 of the Budget and Accounting 10 11 Act of 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11) is amended by adding at the 12 end thereof the following new subsection: 13 17 "(k) With respect to each program of Federal finan 14 cial assistance, as defined in section 107 of the Intergovern15 mental Cooperation Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1093), for which 16 new budget authority is authorized by law for more than one fiscal year in advance of the fiscal year in progress, the 18 budget transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this sec19 tion for each fiscal year may include a request for new budget 20 authority for such program and estimated outlays under such 21 program for the next succeeding fiscal year, and, if new 22 budget authority is authorized for such program for any 23 following fiscal year, may include a request for new budget 24 authority for such program and estimated outlays under such 25 program for any such following fiscal year.". 13 1 FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY 2 AND OUTLAYS 3 SEC. 403. Section 301 (d) (7) of the Congressional 4 Budget Act of 1974 (31 U.S.C. 1322 (d) (7)) is amended 5 to read as follows: 6 7 8 9 "(7) projections, for the period of five fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year, for each program of Federal financial assistance, as defined in section 107 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1093), and a statement of any significant 11 changes in the proposed levels of Federal assistance to State and local governments; and". 10 1272 13 EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER 14 SEC. 404. Sections 401 and 403 are enacted by the 15 Congress (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relat ing to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and |