[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 467 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 467
Providing for budget allocations for the Committee on Appropriations,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 11, 2021
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 for the Committee on Appropriations,
and for other purposes.
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.
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