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<dc:title>117 S232 IS: Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2021</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>117th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 232</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20210204">February 4, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S348">Mr. Paul</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSBU00">Committee on the Budget</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish a discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending. </official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause"><section section-type="section-one" id="id2146FA0DFB424E8CAA6A76B9E47EEEDA"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2021</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="idC8251A57BEDC4DB6BA40D7C421646DCF"><enum>2.</enum><header>Discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending</header><subsection id="idB9DB59F88E7344A8919EA1CE08615EAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/900">2 U.S.C. 900(c)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6BC3B268DB5B402694D6AF04F9082C10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>other than in the infrastructure category</quote> before the period;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42DDC05271CB4EA09CF201339010AB26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>or the infrastructure category</quote> before the period;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41BFF35026834AFE822E4F6A81B06282"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B000B7725A74E4AB8B1F965C38394BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting afer subparagraph (E) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id854B3D8CCD984FA78F4C4BE28DFFFF21"><subparagraph id="idC3EBEAFA3618473B8DD0C045A92A6809" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The term <term>infrastructure category</term> means discretionary appropriations for the following appropriation accounts or programs:</text><clause id="ideb71cc3e96aa48ec94a8507dd12588b6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For the Federal Aviation Administration:</text><subclause id="id016ea0bf10ae400ebf4a71bb2938d1a5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Facilities and Equipment.</text></subclause><subclause id="idf0346b7a2f3a4bb9a84192d80638e990"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Grants-in-Aid for Airports.</text></subclause><subclause id="ida073b74b9f294915bdbe7aca55e3f577"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Operations.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id5fc94db4aa3b42dc83e832c7c5014d2f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For the Federal Highway Administration:</text><subclause id="id3aee80d2091a4d67829766357b5396ec"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Highway Infrastructure Programs.</text></subclause><subclause id="idbdda25c40f0f47e2af901b3d9c44a980"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Emergency Relief.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idd83e33d78cfa47b0a196f540b7e44225"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For the Federal Transit Administration:</text><subclause id="id968df99780604805a3faa55cffd1fea3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Capital Investment Grants.</text></subclause><subclause id="id9c35441229af4084a068c155b5f3b4e0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Transit Infrastructure Grants.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idc9218243386d4fe18ba673ba5d609399"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For the Federal Railroad Administration:</text><subclause id="id45cefe47b1bd427182b161fa143dfbd5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Network.</text></subclause><subclause id="id0e87cf347744484cb8609786fa55c66b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Network.</text></subclause><subclause id="id7552c579ff1e40dc8650e837f971b5d3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Railroad Research and Development.</text></subclause><subclause id="idc9a63fb0c65c42bfad9a61ae68777a0a"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Safety and Operations.</text></subclause><subclause id="id8679f90c136f4752a1dfea6dd8acc2d4"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements.</text></subclause><subclause id="id4d442ec7076a4beaa12a30cb47d5f008"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Federal-State Partnership For State Of Good Repair.</text></subclause><subclause id="id7fe95640c4434de5a494b835019eaa4d"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Restoration and Enhancement.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2337af0ace2049c8a7fdd408f25aec7f"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For the Maritime Administration:</text><subclause id="idd3b277277e69428b82bc911d0962f08a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Port Infrastructure Development Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="idd656c50aeb7542f7a6bfe28491910aa5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Assistance to Small Shipyards.</text></subclause><subclause id="id9a688c5c2c8045dfad2c767b09d251ed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Maritime Guaranteed Loan (title XI) Program Account.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9db13690c2bb4cdc9704aacd9d88e3fc"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Aeronautics account, amounts for the Airspace Operations and Safety Program and the Advanced Air Vehicles Program carried out under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/51/401">chapter 401</external-xref> of title 51, United States Code.</text></clause><clause id="idc7b0e7eb1a8b43b7a40c6050653234d5"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>For the Department of Defense, Military Construction:</text><subclause id="id80512a50e925454796cee41caab5c248"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Military Construction, Army.</text></subclause><subclause id="id0eee1b70e71a45519a3485f7837ff6f2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps.</text></subclause><subclause id="idb334efa52fe0414d97a86fa3087e6fde"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Military Construction, Air Force.</text></subclause><subclause id="id15ba6276ea994858a8fb01b25cfab279"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Military Construction, Defense-Wide.</text></subclause><subclause id="id622b50d60438463ca7c02a05c6979c3f"><enum>(V)</enum><text>North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Security Investment Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id56505ce7b308465dbedc5f320478138f"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Military Construction, Army National Guard.</text></subclause><subclause id="id5f3cbfc3b25d4743843e96a568eafdc8"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Military Construction, Air National Guard.</text></subclause><subclause id="idcd0a9fd953d042cabe8f0720a4e726c1"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Military Construction, Army Reserve.</text></subclause><subclause id="ida0540bdad5a54feba6ba3cd59e38ecb3"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Military Construction, Navy Reserve.</text></subclause><subclause id="id5ad2bdc23cdf417fbc8dcabe03d3a31f"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Military Construction, Air Force Reserve.</text></subclause><subclause id="id26aac9de5bd944ce9dde010b6a4a03c2"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Family Housing Construction, Army.</text></subclause><subclause id="id59160c4ed5f74892a8ab26660295522e"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps.</text></subclause><subclause id="idab4039b04bb74522b3ddee4146960c42"><enum>(XIII)</enum><text>Family Housing Construction, Air Force.</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idbcba3721ea4a46ad83cbc6a30628fc61"><enum>(XIV)</enum><text><italic></italic>Family Housing Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide.</text></subclause><subclause id="id69a621c70557420d909f0370f242454c"><enum>(XV)</enum><text>Family Housing Improvement Fund.</text></subclause><subclause id="id3e60ecde15df42299e4e3bc4e48f60f8"><enum>(XVI)</enum><text>Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ide11b39b9b363451bbbd737708a9d4ca0"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>For the Environmental Protection Agency, Infrastructure Assistance:</text><subclause id="id78c3d985527b48d4b6c4b70703ea4ceb"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Clean Water State Revolving Funds and the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.</text></subclause><subclause id="idee283fef4674495084e5e491793bcd27"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program Account.</text></subclause><subclause id="id5a31a61518914eccac7012adfce0c670"><enum>(III)</enum><text>America's Water Infrastructure Act Grant Programs under section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-19a">42 U.S.C. 300j–19a</external-xref>).</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idb3e8a4bab73641119c4e455de5b6c5ca"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Alaska Native Village Waste and Drinking Water Facilities Programs under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1301">33 U.S.C. 1301</external-xref>) and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1921">7 U.S.C. 1921</external-xref> et seq.).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id003ad87ce67c422c9fdcf26eb6e69c3c"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>For the Department of Agriculture:</text><subclause id="idD7CDE964760F46B491269CA74B1B871D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Forest Service, Capital Improvements and Maintenance.</text></subclause><subclause id="id94e5610d95ba423fbde5cf473d460e3b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Natural Resources Conservation Service:</text><item id="id58d56d5b0df0432a9ae8dd161d66ed26"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>Watershed Rehabilitation Program.</text></item><item commented="no" id="id0e9da6c004f441b89a2e81acc15650ef"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>Private Lands Conservation Operations under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590a">16 U.S.C. 590a</external-xref> et seq.).</text></item><item commented="no" id="id76d2bff4a29f4cf2ad6e4934e8615c73"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>Emergency Watershed Protection Program established under section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2203">16 U.S.C. 2203</external-xref>).</text></item><item commented="no" id="id265056e947534ef88cd43d2535cc3c50"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>Small Watersheds Program established by the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1001">16 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.).</text></item></subclause><subclause id="ida6dfe65e300d4761b14b62c9a64dc20d"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Rural Utilities Service:</text><item commented="no" id="id233f5146c0fa4fdda46aa56ed2947cb7"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>Electric loans under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/901">7 U.S.C. 901</external-xref> et seq.).</text></item><item commented="no" id="idd1cf33ec02b54f6caf7091703d984630"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>Telecommunications loans under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/901">7 U.S.C. 901</external-xref> et seq.).</text></item><item id="id99d4f486dca54403b70da04c65a6edc4"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>Rural Water And Waste Disposal Program Account.</text></item><item id="idf6b657a33dba4720bb035cf1ea5c67c7"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>Broadband Loan and Grant Pilot Program.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id8262c89fdfce424aac630221d6377797"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBFF1695251BD4028987C28670F576933"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Spending limits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/901">2 U.S.C. 901(c)</external-xref>) is amended— </text><paragraph id="idB1144EB2C0274D34B75139392A56C228"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7)(B), by striking <quote>and at the end</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFF3A65F7529043FFAB4228E5970FA0B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (8)(B) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AB350C050ED4F779BDA69EBECB043AA"><paragraph id="id4EE5A508444245D6BE76DE442A7A13BD"><enum>(9)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2022—</text><subparagraph id="id3964AB879BC84647A6D502ADB6038ECB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the revised security category $645,325,600,000 in new budget authority;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0A4A257E38BA4854828AD2155CB0DE10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the revised nonsecurity category, $580,861,700,000 in new budget authority; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0FDA9FE56C94A72918E6D63787B80D6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the infrastructure category, $61,812,700,000 in new budget authority; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id081CBAD792B64E999C4DE9B3370C5FBF"><enum>(10)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2023—</text><subparagraph id="id6BFDA9E895D84513A620CBCB7BCC1BCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the revised security category $649,985,500,000 in new budget authority;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB21B862D3D6142B9826001055424BAA1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the revised nonsecurity category, $585,122,700,000 in new budget authority; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBB2A7BEECFB4EFCAE729AF2B1882B35"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for the infrastructure category, $62,891,800,000 in new budget authority;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

