[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2021 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2021
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 2, 2019
Mr. Yarmuth (for himself and Mrs. Lowey) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to
the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Investing for the People Act of
2019''.
TITLE I--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT
CONTROL ACT OF 1985.
(a) Revised Discretionary Spending Limits.--Section 251(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
901(c)) is amended by striking paragraphs (7) and (8) and inserting the
following:
``(7) for fiscal year 2020--
``(A) for the revised security category,
$664,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and
``(B) for the revised nonsecurity category,
$631,018,000,000 in new budget authority; and
``(8) for fiscal year 2021--
``(A) for the revised security category,
$680,119,000,000; and
``(B) for the revised nonsecurity category,
$646,056,000,000;''.
(b) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
Adjustment Limit.--Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended
in subparagraph (A) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, except that the adjustment for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism for fiscal year 2020 or any
subsequent fiscal year shall not exceed $69,000,000,000 for the revised
security category or $8,000,000,0000 for the revised nonsecurity
category''.
(c) New Adjustments for the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S.
Census for 2020.--Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended
by adding at the end the following two new subparagraphs:
``(G) Internal revenue service tax enforcement.--
``(i) In general.--If a bill or joint
resolution making appropriations for a fiscal
year is enacted that specifies an amount in the
Enforcement account and the Operations Support
account for tax enforcement activities,
including tax compliance to address the Federal
tax gap, of the Internal Revenue Service of the
Department of the Treasury, then the adjustment
for that fiscal year shall be the additional
new budget authority provided in that Act for
such purpose for that fiscal year, but shall
not exceed--
``(I) for fiscal year 2020,
$400,000,000; and
``(II) for fiscal year 2021,
$750,000,000.
``(ii) Definition.--As used in this
subparagraph, the term `additional new budget
authority' means the amount provided for a
fiscal year, in excess of $8,584,000,000, in an
appropriation Act and specified for tax
enforcement activities, including tax
compliance to address the Federal tax gap, of
the Internal Revenue Service.
``(H) The 2020 census.--
``(i) In general.--If a bill or joint
resolution making appropriations for fiscal
year 2020 is enacted that specifies an amount
for the 2020 Census in the Periodic Censuses
and Programs account of the Bureau of the
Census of the Department of Commerce, then the
adjustment for that fiscal year shall be the
new budget authority provided in that Act for
such purpose for fiscal year 2020, but shall
not exceed $7,500,000,000.
``(ii) Definition.--As used in this
subparagraph, the term `new budget authority'
means the amount provided for fiscal year 2020
in an appropriation Act and specified to pay
for expenses associated with 2020 Census
operations.''.
(d) Direct Spending Adjustments for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021.--
Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a), is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5)(B), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``and (12)'' and inserting ``, (12), and
(13)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(13) Implementing direct spending reductions for fiscal
years 2020 and 2021.--(A) OMB shall make the calculations
necessary to implement the direct spending reductions
calculated pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) without regard to
the amendment made to section 251(c) revising the discretionary
spending limits for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 by the Investing
for the People Act of 2019.
``(B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be implemented for fiscal
years 2020 and 2021.''.
TITLE II--ESTABLISHING A CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
SEC. 201. FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET RESOLUTION.
(a) Fiscal Year 2020.--For the purpose of enforcing the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2020, the allocations,
aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in
the House of Representatives in the same manner as for a concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020 with appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2020 and for fiscal years 2021 through
2029.
(b) Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and Levels.--In the House of
Representatives, the Chair of the Committee on the Budget shall submit
a statement for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as
practicable, containing--
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee
allocations for fiscal year 2020 consistent with discretionary
spending limits set forth in section 251(c)(7) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by
this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, and committee
allocations for fiscal year 2020 for current law mandatory
budget authority and outlays, for the purpose of enforcing
section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
(2) for all committees of that House other than the
Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal
year 2020 and for the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2029
consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional
Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent practicable, for the
budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the
period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending
on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of
enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2020 in
accordance with the allocations established under paragraphs
(1) and (2), for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2020 and for
the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 consistent with
the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as
adjusted, to the extent practicable, for the budgetary effects
of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on
the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of
submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing
section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(c) Additional Matter.--The statement referred to in subsection (b)
may also include for fiscal year 2020, the matter contained in the
provisions referred to in subsection (e).
(d) Adjustments.--The Chair of the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and
other budgetary levels included in the statement referred to in
subsection (b)--
(1) to reflect changes resulting from the Congressional
Budget Office's updates to its baseline for fiscal years 2020
through 2029; or
(2) for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report by the amounts provided in such measure if
such measure would not increase the deficit for either of the
following time periods: fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2024 or
fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2029.
(e) Application.--Upon submission of the statement referred to in
subsection (b), all references to allocations, aggregates, or other
appropriate levels in ``this concurrent resolution'' in sections 5201,
5202, and 5203 of the House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th Congress),
specified in section 30104(f)(1) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,
and continued in effect by section 103(m) of House Resolution 6 (116th
Congress), shall be treated for all purposes in the House of
Representatives as references to the allocations, aggregates, or other
appropriate levels contained in the statement referred to in subsection
(b), as adjusted in accordance with this section or any other Act.
SEC. 202. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), any general
appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing
appropriations, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, may
not provide an advance appropriation.
(b) Exceptions.--An advance appropriation may be provided for
programs, activities or accounts identified in lists submitted for
printing in the Congressional Record by the Chair of the Committee on
the Budget--
(1) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading ``Accounts
Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and for
fiscal year 2022, accounts separately identified under the same
heading; and
(2) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading ``Veterans
Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $87,636,650,000 in new budget
authority.
(c) Definition.--The term ``advance appropriation'' means any new
discretionary budget authority provided in a general appropriation bill
or bill or joint resolution continuing appropriations for fiscal year
2020, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first
becomes available following fiscal year 2020.
SEC. 203. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.
Sections 201 and 202 are enacted by the House of Representatives--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of
Representatives, and as such they shall be considered as part
of the rules of the House of Representatives, 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
the House of Representatives to change such rules at any time,
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of
any other rule of the House of Representatives.
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