April 9, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 61 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H3185-H3186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         PROVIDING FOR BUDGET ENFORCEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Kaptur). Pursuant to the adoption of 
House Resolution 294 earlier today, H. Res. 293 is considered as 
adopted.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 293

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. BUDGET MATTERS.

       (a) Fiscal Year 2020.--For the purpose of enforcing the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2020, the 
     allocations, aggregates, and 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 2020 with appropriate budgetary levels for 
     fiscal year 2020 and for fiscal years 2021 through 2029.
       (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 as soon as practicable, containing--
       (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee 
     allocations for fiscal year 2020 for new discretionary budget 
     authority of $1,295,018,000,000, and the outlays flowing 
     therefrom, and committee allocations for fiscal year 2020 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 other than the 
     Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal 
     year 2020 and for the period of fiscal years 2020 through 
     2029 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 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; and
       (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2020 and for 
     the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 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 2020, the 
     matter contained in the provisions referred to in subsection 
     (h).
       (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 2020 
     through 2029; 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 2020 to fiscal year 2024 
     or fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2029.
       (e) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     Adjustment Limit.--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) in accordance with 
     the Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
     adjustment in section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, or conference report, except that such 
     adjustment shall not exceed $69,000,000,000 for the revised 
     security category or $8,000,000,000 for the revised 
     nonsecurity category.
       (f) Adjustment for Internal Revenue Service Tax 
     Enforcement.--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) as follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
     specifies an amount in the Enforcement account and the 
     Operations Support account for tax enforcement activities, 
     including tax compliance to address the Federal tax gap, 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 $400,000,000.
       (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
     ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
     for fiscal year 2020, in excess of $8,584,000,000, in a bill, 
     joint resolution, amendment, or conference report and 
     specified for tax enforcement activities,

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     including tax compliance to address the Federal tax gap, of 
     the Internal Revenue Service.
       (g) Adjustment for the U.S. Census for 2020.--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) as follows:
       (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
     conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
     specifies an amount for the 2020 Census in the Periodic 
     Censuses and Programs account of the Bureau of the Census of 
     the Department of Commerce, then the adjustment shall be the 
     new budget authority provided in such measure for such 
     purpose, but shall not exceed $7,500,000,000.
       (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term ``new 
     budget authority'' means the amount provided for fiscal year 
     2020 in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
     report and specified to pay for expenses associated with 2020 
     Census operations.
       (h) 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 (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), 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 section or any 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 through the 
     remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress except for 
     the sections of such concurrent resolution identified in 
     paragraph (1).
       (i) Adjustment for House Passage of H.R. 2021.--Upon 
     passage of H.R. 2021, 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) consistent 
     with H.R. 2021 as passed by the House.

     SEC. 2. 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 2021, 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 2022, accounts separately identified 
     under the same heading; and
       (2) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading ``Veterans 
     Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an 
     aggregate amount not to exceed $87,636,650,000 in new budget 
     authority.
       (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 2020, or any amendment thereto 
     or conference report thereon, that first becomes available 
     following fiscal year 2020.

     

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