    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-37
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
    to establish a congressional budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to
    temporarily suspend the debt limit, and for other purposes. <>

    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 ``Bipartisan Budget 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,
    $666,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and
    ``(B) for the revised nonsecurity category,
    $621,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and
    ``(8) for fiscal year 2021--
    ``(A) for the revised security category,
    $671,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and
    ``(B) for the revised nonsecurity category,
    $626,500,000,000 in new budget authority;''.

    (b) Overseas Contingency Operations Amounts.--In fiscal years 2020
    and 2021, the adjustments under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
    Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A))
    for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
    appropriations will be as follows:
    (1) For the revised nonsecurity category--
    (A) for fiscal year 2020, $8,000,000,000; and
    (B) for fiscal year 2021, $8,000,000,000.
    (2) For the revised security category--
    (A) for fiscal year 2020, $71,500,000,000; and
    (B) for fiscal year 2021, $69,000,000,000.

    This subsection shall not affect the applicability of section
    251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
    1985.
    (c) New Adjustment for the U.S. Census for 2020.--Section 251(b)(2)
    of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

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    Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
    following new subparagraph:
    ``(G) The 2020 census.--If, for fiscal year 2020,
    appropriations for the Periodic Censuses and Programs
    account of the Bureau of the Census of the Department of
    Commerce are enacted that the Congress designates in
    statute as being for the 2020 Census, then the
    adjustment for that fiscal year shall be the total of
    such appropriations for that fiscal year designated as
    being for the 2020 Census, but shall not exceed
    $2,500,000,000.''.

    (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 Bipartisan
    Budget Act of 2019.
    ``(B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be implemented for fiscal
    years 2020 and 2021.''.
    SEC. 102. BALANCES ON THE PAYGO SCORECARDS.

    Effective <>  on the date of the enactment of
    this Act, the balances on the PAYGO scorecards established pursuant to
    paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
    Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)) shall be zero.

    TITLE II--ESTABLISHING A CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

    SEC. 201. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET
    RESOLUTION IN THE HOUSE OF
    REPRESENTATIVES.

    Upon <>  the date of the enactment of this
    Act--
    (1) 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
    section 1(b) of House Resolution 293 (116th Congress) consistent
    with this Act; and
    (2) subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 1 of House
    Resolution 293 (116th Congress) shall have no force or effect
    through the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
    SEC. 202. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE
    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2021 <> .--If a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021
    has not been adopted by April 15, 2020, for the purpose of enforcing the
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2021, the allocations,
    aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the
    House of Representatives after April 15, 2020, in the same manner as for
    a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 with
    appropriate

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    budgetary levels for fiscal year 2021 and for fiscal years 2022 through
    2030.

    (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 after April 15, 2020, but not later than May 15, 2020,
    containing--
    (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee
    allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent with discretionary
    spending limits set forth in section 251(c)(8) 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 2021 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 the House of Representatives other
    than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for
    fiscal year 2021 and for the period of fiscal years 2021 through
    2030 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 2021 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 2021 and for
    the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 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 2021 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 2021
    through 2030; 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 2021 to fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year
    2021 to fiscal year 2030.

    (e) Application.--
    (1) 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

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    (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) and
    section 1(h)(1) of House Resolution 293 (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 or any other Act.
    (2) The provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th
    Congress), specified in section 30104(f)(1) of the Bipartisan
    Budget Act of 2018, shall have no force or effect in the House
    of Representatives except for the sections of such concurrent
    resolution identified in paragraph (1).

    (f) Expiration.--Subsections (a) through (e) shall no longer apply
    if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is agreed
    to by the Senate and House of Representatives.
    SEC. 203. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE HOUSE OF
    REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) In General.--In the House of Representatives, 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 2022, 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 2023, accounts separately identified under the same
    heading; and
    (2) for fiscal year 2022, 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
    2021, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first
    becomes available following fiscal year 2021.
    (d) Expiration.--The preceding subsections of this section shall
    expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is
    agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives pursuant to
    section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    SEC. 204. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE
    SENATE.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2020. <> --For the purpose of
    enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.)
    and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions
    on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in
    subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate 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.--The Chairman of the
    Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall submit a statement for
    publication in the Congressional Record

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    as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act that
    includes--
    (1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
    committee allocations for fiscal year 2020 consistent with the
    discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c) of the
    Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
    amended by this Act, 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 years 2020,
    2020 through 2024, and 2020 through 2029 consistent with the May
    2019 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted
    for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during
    the period beginning on the date such baseline was 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 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 (2 U.S.C. 642);
    (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2020, 2020
    through 2024, and 2020 through 2029 consistent with the May 2019
    baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the
    budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the
    period beginning on the date such baseline was 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); and
    (5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for
    fiscal years 2020, 2020 through 2024, and 2020 through 2029
    consistent with the May 2019 baseline of the Congressional
    Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any
    provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date
    such baseline was issued and ending on the date of submission of
    such statement, for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 and
    311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642).

    (c) Additional Matter.--The filing referred to in subsection (b) may
    also include for fiscal year 2020 the deficit-neutral reserve funds in
    title III of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution
    on the budget for fiscal year 2018, updated by two fiscal years.
    (d) Expiration.--This section shall expire if a concurrent
    resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020 is agreed to by the Senate
    and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632).
    SEC. 205. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE
    SENATE.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2021.-- <> For
    the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
    621 et seq.), after April 15, 2020, and enforcing budgetary points of
    order in prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations,
    aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the
    Senate in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget

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    for fiscal year 2021 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year
    2021 and for fiscal years 2022 through 2030.

    (b) <>  Committee Allocations,
    Aggregates, and Levels.--After April 15, 2020, but not later than May
    15, 2020, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
    shall file--
    (1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
    committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent with the
    discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c) of the
    Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
    amended by this Act, 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 years 2021,
    2021 through 2025, and 2021 through 2030 consistent with the
    most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as
    adjusted 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. 642);
    (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2021 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);
    (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2021, 2021
    through 2025, and 2021 through 2030 consistent with the most
    recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted
    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); and
    (5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for
    fiscal years 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 2021 through 2030
    consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional
    Budget Office, as adjusted 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 sections 302 and
    311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642).

    (c) Additional Matter.--The filing referred to in subsection (b) may
    also include for fiscal year 2021 the deficit-neutral reserve funds in
    title III of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution
    on the budget for fiscal year 2018, updated by three fiscal years.
    (d) Expiration.--This section shall expire if a concurrent
    resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by the Senate
    and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632).
    SEC. 206. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SENATE.

    (a) Point of Order Against Advance Appropriations in the Senate.--
    (1) In general.--
    (A) Point of order.--Except as provided in paragraph
    (2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider

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    any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment
    between the Houses, or conference report that would
    provide an advance appropriation for a discretionary
    account.
    (B) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
    ``advance appropriation'' means any new budget authority
    provided in a bill or joint resolution making
    appropriations for fiscal year 2020 that first becomes
    available for any fiscal year after 2020 or any new
    budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution
    making appropriations for fiscal year 2021 that first
    becomes available for any fiscal year after 2021.
    (2) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
    (A) <>
    for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for programs, projects,
    activities, or accounts identified in a statement
    submitted to the Congressional Record by the Chairman of
    the Committee on the Budget of the Senate under the
    heading ``Accounts Identified for Advance
    Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to exceed
    $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority in each fiscal
    year;
    (B) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and
    (C) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the
    Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance,
    Veterans Medical Community Care, and Medical Facilities
    accounts of the Veterans Health Administration.
    (3) Supermajority waiver and appeal.--
    (A) Waiver.--In the Senate, paragraph (1) may be
    waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of
    three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
    (B) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of
    the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall
    be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the
    Chair on a point of order raised under paragraph (1).
    (4) Form of point of order.--A point of order under
    paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section
    313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
    644(e)).
    (5) Conference reports.--When the Senate is considering a
    conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
    relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order
    being made by any Senator pursuant to this subsection, and such
    point of order being sustained, such material contained in such
    conference report or amendment between the Houses shall be
    stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question
    of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur
    with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with
    a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment
    shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or
    House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such
    motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which
    such point of order is sustained against a conference report (or
    Senate amendment derived from such conference report by
    operation of this paragraph), no further amendment shall be in
    order.

    (b) Sunset.--Subsection (a) shall terminate on the date on which a
    concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by
    the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant

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    to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632).
    SEC. 207. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN CHANGES IN MANDATORY
    PROGRAMS IN THE SENATE.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``CHIMP'' means a
    provision that--
    (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending
    or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and
    Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in
    effect prior to September 30, 2002) if the provision was
    included in legislation other than appropriation Acts; and
    (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority in the
    budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays
    over the period of the total of the current year, the budget
    year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently
    adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.

    (b) Point of Order in the Senate.--
    (1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
    consider a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a
    full fiscal year, or an amendment thereto, amendment between the
    Houses in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or motion
    thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the
    absolute value of the total budget authority of all such CHIMPs
    enacted in relation to a full fiscal year to be more than the
    amount specified in paragraph (2).
    (2) Amount.--The amount specified in this paragraph is, for
    fiscal year 2021, $15,000,000,000.

    (c) Determination. <> --For purposes of this
    section, budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates
    provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.

    (d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--In the Senate,
    subsection (b) may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of
    three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote
    of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn,
    shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a
    point of order raised under subsection (b).
    SEC. 208. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST DESIGNATION OF FUNDS FOR OVERSEAS
    CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS IN THE SENATE.

    (a) Point of Order.--When the Senate is considering a bill, joint
    resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or
    conference report, if a point of order is made by a Senator against a
    provision that designates funds for fiscal years 2020 or 2021 for
    overseas contingency operations, in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A)
    of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
    U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)), and the point of order is sustained by the Chair,
    that provision shall be stricken from the measure and may not be offered
    as an amendment from the floor.
    (b) Form of the Point of Order.--A point of order under subsection
    (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the
    Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)).
    (c) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a conference
    report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or
    joint resolution, upon a point of order

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    being made by any Senator pursuant to subsection (a), and such point of
    order being sustained, such material contained in such conference report
    or House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to
    consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its
    amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House
    amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further
    amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or
    House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in
    the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order
    is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived
    from such conference report by operation of this subsection), no further
    amendment shall be in order.
    (d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--In the Senate, this section
    may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
    of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-
    fifths of Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be required
    to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order
    raised under this section.
    (e) Suspension of Point of Order.--This section shall not apply if a
    declaration of war by Congress is in effect.
    SEC. 209. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

    The sections of this title are enacted by the 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 relating to such
    House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent
    as in the case of any other rule of such House.

    TITLE III--TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT

    SEC. 301. <>  TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF
    PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.

    (a) <>  In General.--Section 3101(b) of title
    31, United States Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the
    date of the enactment of this Act and ending on July 31, 2021.

    (b) Special Rule Relating to Obligations Issued During Extension
    Period.-- <> Effective on August 1, 2021, the
    limitation in effect under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States
    Code, shall be increased to the extent that--
    (1) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 31
    of such title and the face amount of obligations whose principal
    and interest are guaranteed by the United States Government
    (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the
    Treasury) outstanding on August 1, 2021, exceeds
    (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the
    date of the enactment of this Act.

    (c) Extension Limited to Necessary Obligations.--An obligation shall
    not be taken into account under subsection (b)(1) unless the issuance of
    such obligation was necessary to fund a

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    commitment incurred pursuant to law by the Federal Government that
    required payment before August 1, 2021.

    TITLE IV--OFFSETS

    SEC. 401. CUSTOMS USER FEES.

    (a) In General.--Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus
    Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended--
    (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``October 20, 2027''
    and inserting ``September 30, 2029''; and
    (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``September 30,
    2027'' and inserting ``September 30, 2029''.

    (b) Rate for Merchandise Processing Fees.--Section 503 of the United
    States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112-41;
    19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by striking ``May 26, 2027'' and
    inserting ``September 30, 2029''.
    SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS THROUGH FISCAL
    YEAR 2029.

    Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
    Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is amended--
    (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i),
    by striking ``fiscal years 2022 through 2027'' and inserting
    ``fiscal years 2022 through 2029''; and
    (2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i),
    by striking ``fiscal year 2027'' and inserting ``fiscal year
    2029''.

    TITLE V--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

    SEC. 501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    (a) In General.--The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be
    entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of
    the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)).

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    (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this Act
    shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of
    section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).

    Approved August 2, 2019.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3877:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
    July 25, considered and passed House.
    Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate.