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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2127 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that Federal children’s 

programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President’s budget, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 17, 2021 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. CASEY) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on the Budget 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that 

Federal children’s programs be separately displayed and 

analyzed in the President’s budget, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Budget 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31. 

7 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(40)(A) A detailed, separate analysis for the 

2 prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, the fiscal 

3 year for which the budget is submitted, and the en4 suing fiscal year identifying— 

5 ‘‘(i) the amounts of gross and net appro6 priations or obligational authority and outlays 

7 that are directed to children within the United 

8 States and territories including— 

9 ‘‘(I) summaries of the total amount of 

10 such appropriations or new obligational au11 thority and outlays requested for children 

12 and children’s programs; 

13 ‘‘(II) an estimate of levels of spending 

14 on children and children’s programs; and 

15 ‘‘(III) a detailed breakdown of spend16 ing on children and children’s programs by 

17 agency and initiative; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the amount of tax expenditures relat19 ing to children. 

20 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph— 

21 ‘‘(i) the term ‘children’ means individuals 

22 under 19 years of age; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘spending on children’ in24 cludes— 


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1 ‘‘(I) Federal entitlement spending 

2 that goes directly to children; 

3 ‘‘(II) outlays for programs and initia4 tives that, consistent with their mission, 

5 deliver services exclusively to children; 

6 ‘‘(III) outlays for programs and initia7 tives that, while not serving children di8 rectly, have as a core mission goal the im9 provement of children’s health, education, 

10 welfare, or general well-being; and 

11 ‘‘(IV) the share of funding for Federal 

12 programs and initiatives that deliver serv13 ices to both children and adults that is 

14 consistent with the share of program bene15 fits for children based on the best available 

16 data; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) the term ‘tax expenditures’ has the 

18 meaning given that term in section 3 of the 

19 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con20 trol Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622). 

21 ‘‘(C) In implementing this paragraph, including 

22 determining what Federal activities or accounts con23 stitutes spending on children or children’s programs 

24 and tax expenditures relating to children, the Office 

25 of Management and Budget shall consult periodiVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 Jun 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2127.IS S2127

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1 cally with the Committee on the Budget and the 

2 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the 

3 Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Ap4 propriations of the House of Representatives, and 

5 the Congressional Budget Office.’’. 

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