[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 467 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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H. Res. 467
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
June 14, 2021.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. BUDGET MATTERS.
(a) Fiscal Year 2022.--For the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2022, this resolution shall apply in the House of
Representatives in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2022.
(b) Budget Allocations.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget shall
submit a statement for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as
practicable containing committee allocations for the Committee on Appropriations
for fiscal year 2022 for new discretionary budget authority of
$1,506,027,000,000, 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.
(c) Additional Matter.--The statement referred to in subsection (b) may also
include for fiscal year 2022 the matter contained in the provisions referred to
in section 2(a).
(d) Adjustments.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the
allocations included in the statement referred to in subsection (b) to reflect
changes resulting from the Congressional Budget Office's updates to its
baseline.
(e) 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
shall not apply to allocations established pursuant to this resolution.
(f) Emergency Requirements.--(1) If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report making appropriations for discretionary amounts 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.
(g) Adjustment for Disaster Relief.--The chair of the Committee on the
Budget may adjust the allocations included in the statement referred to in
subsection (b) as follows:
(1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report makes discretionary appropriations that Congress
designates as being for disaster relief, the adjustment for fiscal year
2022 shall be the total of such appropriations for fiscal year 2022
designated as being for disaster relief, but not to exceed the amount
equal to the total amount calculated for fiscal year 2022 in accordance
with the formula in section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 except that such formula shall be
applied by substituting ``fiscal years 2012 through 2022'' for ``fiscal
years 2012 through 2021''.
(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)).
(h) Adjustment for Wildfire Suppression.--The chair of the Committee on the
Budget may adjust the allocations 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
2022 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 amount
of additional new budget authority specified in such measure as being
for wildfire suppression operations for fiscal year 2022, but shall not
exceed $2,450,000,000.
(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)).
(i) Adjustment for Internal Revenue Service Tax Enforcement.--The chair of
the Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations 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
2022 specifies an amount for tax enforcement activities, including tax
compliance to address the Federal tax gap, in the Enforcement account
and the Operations Support account of the Internal Revenue Service of
the Department of the Treasury, then the adjustment shall be the
additional new budget authority provided in such measure for such
purpose, but shall not exceed $417,000,000.
(2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term ``additional
new budget authority'' means the amount provided for fiscal year 2022,
in excess of $9,141,000,000, in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report and specified for tax enforcement activities,
including tax compliance to address the Federal tax gap, of the Internal
Revenue Service.
(j) Adjustment for Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control.--The chair of the
Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations 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
2022 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 amount of additional new budget authority
specified in such measure for such program for fiscal year 2022, but
shall not exceed $556,000,000.
(2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term ``additional
new budget authority'' means the amount provided for fiscal year 2022,
in excess of $317,000,000, 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.
(k) Adjustment for Continuing Disability Reviews and Redeterminations.--The
chair of the Committee on the Budget may adjust the allocations 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
2022 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
2022, but shall not exceed $1,435,000,000.
(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, 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 2022, in excess of $273,000,000,
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.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION.
(a) Allocations.--Upon submission of the statement referred to in section
1(b), all references to allocations in ``this concurrent resolution'' in
sections 4002, 4003, and 4004 of the Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 (117th
Congress) shall be treated for all purposes in the House of Representatives as
references to the allocations contained in the statement referred to in section
1(b), as adjusted in accordance with this resolution or any Act.
(b) Discretionary Appropriation 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.
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 2023, 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 2024,
accounts separately identified under the same heading; and
(2) for fiscal year 2023, 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 2022, or any
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first becomes available
following fiscal year 2022.
SEC. 4. EXPIRATION.
The provisions of this resolution shall expire upon the adoption of a
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022 by the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Attest:
Clerk.