[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H. Res. 1151 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1151

       Providing for budget allocations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2022

 Mr. Yarmuth submitted the following resolution; 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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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Providing for budget allocations, and for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. BUDGET MATTERS.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2023.--For the purpose of enforcing the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) for fiscal year 
2023, the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 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 2023 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2023 and 
for fiscal years 2024 through 2032.
    (b) Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and Levels.--The chair of 
the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement for publication in 
the Congressional Record as soon as practicable containing--
            (1) committee allocations for the Committee on 
        Appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for new discretionary 
        budget authority of $1,602,901,000,000 and the outlays flowing 
        therefrom, and for current law mandatory budget authority and 
        outlays, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633);
            (2) for all committees other than the Committee on 
        Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2023 and 
        for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2032 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 
        (2 U.S.C. 633);
            (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2023 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 (2 U.S.C. 642); and
            (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2023 and for 
        the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2032 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 (2 U.S.C. 
        642).
    (c) Adjustments.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget 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 2023 
        through 2032;
            (2) upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution 
        providing for a change in concepts or definitions; or
            (3) 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 2023 to fiscal year 2027 or 
        fiscal year 2023 to fiscal year 2032.
    (d) Applicability of Section 251 Adjustments to Discretionary 
Spending Limits.--Except as expressly provided otherwise, the 
adjustments provided by section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) shall not apply 
to allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels established 
pursuant to this resolution.
    (e) Emergency Requirements.--(1) If a bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, or conference report contains a provision providing new 
budget authority and outlays or reducing revenue, and a designation of 
such provision as an emergency requirement, the chair of the Committee 
on the Budget shall not count the budgetary effects of such provision 
for any purpose in the House.
            (2)(A) A proposal to strike a designation under paragraph 
        (1) shall be excluded from an evaluation of budgetary effects 
        for any purpose in the House.
            (B) An amendment offered under subparagraph (A) that also 
        proposes to reduce each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
        available by the pending measure that is not required to be 
        appropriated or otherwise made available shall be in order at 
        any point in the reading of the pending measure.
    (f) Adjustment for Disaster Relief.--The chair of the Committee on 
the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 
levels included in the statement referred to in subsection (b) as 
follows:
            (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2023 specifies an amount that Congress designates 
        as being for disaster relief, the adjustment for fiscal year 
        2023 shall be the total of such appropriations for fiscal year 
        2023 designated as being for disaster relief, but not to exceed 
        the total of--
                    (A) the average over the previous 10 fiscal years 
                (excluding the highest and lowest fiscal years) of the 
                sum of the funding provided for disaster relief (as 
                that term is defined on the date immediately before 
                March 23, 2018);
                    (B) 5 percent of the total appropriations provided 
                in the previous 10 fiscal years, net of any rescissions 
                of budget authority enacted in the same period, with 
                respect to amounts provided for major disasters 
                declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
                Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
                seq.) and designated by the Congress as an emergency; 
                and
                    (C) the cumulative net total of the unused 
                carryover for fiscal year 2018 and all subsequent 
                fiscal years, where the unused carryover for each 
                fiscal year is calculated as the sum of the amounts in 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) less the enacted 
                appropriations for that fiscal year that have been 
                designated as being for disaster relief.
            (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        ``disaster relief'' means activities carried out pursuant to a 
        determination under section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        5122(2)).
    (g) Adjustment for Wildfire Suppression.--The chair of the 
Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and 
other budgetary levels included in the statement referred to in 
subsection (b) as follows:
            (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2023 specifies an amount for wildfire suppression 
        operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the 
        Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, 
        then the adjustment shall be the additional new budget 
        authority specified in such measure as being for wildfire 
        suppression operations for fiscal year 2023, but shall not 
        exceed $2,550,000,000.
            (2) Definitions.--As used in this subsection, the terms 
        ``additional new budget authority'' and ``wildfire suppression 
        operations'' have the meanings specified in subclauses (I) and 
        (II), respectively, of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii) of the Balanced 
        Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
        901(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) and (II)).
    (h) Adjustment for Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control.--The chair 
of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, 
and other budgetary levels included in the statement referred to in 
subsection (b) as follows:
            (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2023 specifies an amount for the health care fraud 
        abuse control program at the Department of Health and Human 
        Services (75-8393-0-7-571), then the adjustment shall be the 
        additional new budget authority specified in such measure for 
        such program for fiscal year 2023, but shall not exceed 
        $576,000,000.
            (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
        for fiscal year 2023, in excess of $323,000,000, in a bill, 
        joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making 
        discretionary appropriations and specified to pay for the costs 
        of the health care fraud and abuse control program.
    (i) Adjustment for Continuing Disability Reviews and 
Redeterminations.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust 
the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels included in the 
statement referred to in subsection (b) as follows:
            (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2023 specifies an amount for continuing disability 
        reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq.), for the cost associated with 
        conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of 
        the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative 
        disability investigation units, and for the cost associated 
        with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations of 
        the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United 
        States Attorneys, then the adjustment shall be the additional 
        new budget authority specified in such measure for such 
        expenses for fiscal year 2023, but shall not exceed 
        $1,511,000,000.
            (2) Definitions.--As used in this subsection--
                    (A) the term ``continuing disability reviews'' 
                means continuing disability reviews under sections 
                221(i) and 1614(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
                U.S.C. 421(i), 1382c(a)(4)), including work-related 
                continuing disability reviews to determine whether 
                earnings derived from services demonstrate an 
                individual's ability to engage in substantial gainful 
                activity;
                    (B) the term ``redetermination'' means 
                redetermination of eligibility under sections 
                1611(c)(1) and 1614(a)(3)(H) of the Social Security Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)(1), 1382c(a)(3)(H)); and
                    (C) the term ``additional new budget authority'' 
                means the amount provided for fiscal year 2023, in 
                excess of $288,000,000, in a bill, joint resolution, 
                amendment, or conference report and specified to pay 
                for the costs of continuing disability reviews, 
                redeterminations, co-operative disability investigation 
                units, and fraud prosecutions under the heading 
                ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' for the 
                Social Security Administration.
    (j) Adjustment for Reemployment Services and Eligibility 
Assessments.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the 
allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels included in the 
statement referred to in subsection (b) as follows:
            (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making discretionary appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2023 specifies an amount for grants to States under 
        section 306 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 506) for 
        claimants of regular compensation, as defined in such section, 
        including those who are profiled as most likely to exhaust 
        their benefits, then the adjustment shall be the additional new 
        budget authority specified in such measure for such grants for 
        fiscal year 2023, but shall not exceed $258,000,000.
            (2) Definitions.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
        for fiscal year 2023, in excess of $117,000,000, in a bill, 
        joint resolution, amendment, or conference report making 
        discretionary appropriations and specified to pay for grants to 
        States under section 306 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        506) for claimants of regular compensation, as defined in such 
        section, including those who are profiled as most likely to 
        exhaust their benefits.
    (k) Budgetary Treatment of Administrative Expenses.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 
        13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 
        note), and section 2009a of title 39, United States Code, the 
        statement filed pursuant to subsection (b) shall include in an 
        allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations of 
        amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the 
        Social Security Administration and the United States Postal 
        Service.
            (2) Special rule.--For purposes of enforcing section 302(f) 
        of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), 
        estimates of the level of total new budget authority and total 
        outlays provided by a measure shall include any discretionary 
        amounts described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 2. APPLICATION.

    (a) Budgetary Adjustments.--The chair of the Committee on the 
Budget may make appropriate budgetary adjustments of new budget 
authority and the outlays flowing therefrom pursuant to the adjustment 
authorities provided by section 1.
    (b) Application and Effect of Changes in Allocations, Aggregates, 
and Other Budgetary Levels.--
            (1) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations, 
        aggregates, and other budgetary levels made pursuant to this 
        resolution shall--
                    (A) apply while that measure is under 
                consideration;
                    (B) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; 
                and
                    (C) be published in the Congressional Record as 
                soon as practicable.
            (2) Effect of changed allocations, aggregates, and other 
        budgetary levels.--Revised adjustments of allocations, 
        aggregates, and other budgetary levels resulting from these 
        adjustments shall be considered for the purposes of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as the 
        adjustments of allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 
        levels contained in this resolution.
            (3) Budget committee determinations.--For purposes of this 
        resolution, adjustments of allocations, aggregates, and other 
        budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
        made by the chair of the Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 3. 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 2024, 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 2025, accounts separately identified under the same 
        heading; and
            (2) for fiscal year 2024, under the heading ``Veterans 
        Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations''.
    (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 
2023, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first 
becomes available following fiscal year 2023.

SEC. 4. EXPIRATION.

    The provisions of this resolution shall expire upon the adoption of 
a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2023 by the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.
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