Submission of the National Security Strategy and the budget of the President before the President may address a joint session of Congress

(a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term biennium has the same meaning as in section 3(12) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(12)); (2) the term National Security Strategy means the report described in section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043); and (3) the term President’s Budget Request means the materials that are described in section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, and are required to be submitted to Congress on or before the first day on which Congress is in session during an odd-numbered year under subsection (a) section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631), as amended by this Act (or, if applicable under subsection (b) of such section, the first Monday in February). (b) Addressing a joint session of Congress To follow the budget and security submissions (1) Statement of policy Except as provided in paragraph (2), neither the leadership of the Senate nor the leadership of the House of Representatives may invite the President to address a joint session of Congress until the President has transmitted, and Congress has received, the National Security Strategy and the President’s Budget Request for the next biennium. (2) National security event exception Notwithstanding a failure to transmit the National Security Strategy and the President’s Budget Request for the subsequent fiscal year, if a national security event that triggers a continuity of operations or continuity of Government protocol occurs, the leadership of the Senate or the leadership of the House of Representatives may invite the President to address a joint session of Congress. (3) Conforming amendment Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631), as amended by section 301 of this Act, is amended— (A) in subsection (a), in the table by striking the item relating to the first day of session and inserting the following: First day of session President submits budget recommendations prior to addressing a joint session of Congress.; and (B) in subsection (b), in the table by striking the item relating to the first Monday in February and inserting the following: First Monday in February President submits budget recommendations prior to addressing a joint session of Congress..