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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 232 

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

to establish a discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2021 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish a discretionary spending 

limit for infrastructure spending. 

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 ‘‘Penny Plan to En5 hance Infrastructure Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT FOR INFRA7 STRUCTURE SPENDING. 

8 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced 

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

10 U.S.C. 900(c)(4)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘other 

2 than in the infrastructure category’’ before the pe3 riod; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘or the 

5 infrastructure category’’ before the period; 

6 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub7 paragraph (G); and 

8 (4) by inserting afer subparagraph (E) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(F) The term ‘infrastructure category’ means 

11 discretionary appropriations for the following appro12 priation accounts or programs: 

13 ‘‘(i) For the Federal Aviation Administra14 tion: 

15 ‘‘(I) Facilities and Equipment. 

16 ‘‘(II) Grants-in-Aid for Airports. 

17 ‘‘(III) Operations. 

18 ‘‘(ii) For the Federal Highway Administra19 tion: 

20 ‘‘(I) Highway Infrastructure Pro21 grams. 

22 ‘‘(II) Emergency Relief. 

23 ‘‘(iii) For the Federal Transit Administra24 tion: 

25 ‘‘(I) Capital Investment Grants. 


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1 ‘‘(II) Transit Infrastructure Grants. 

2 ‘‘(iv) For the Federal Railroad Administra3 tion: 

4 ‘‘(I) Northeast Corridor Grants to the 

5 National Railroad Passenger Network. 

6 ‘‘(II) National Network Grants to the 

7 National Railroad Passenger Network. 

8 ‘‘(III) Railroad Research and Devel9 opment. 

10 ‘‘(IV) Safety and Operations. 

11 ‘‘(V) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure 

12 and Safety Improvements. 

13 ‘‘(VI) Federal-State Partnership For 

14 State Of Good Repair. 

15 ‘‘(VII) Restoration and Enhancement. 

16 ‘‘(v) For the Maritime Administration: 

17 ‘‘(I) Port Infrastructure Development 

18 Program. 

19 ‘‘(II) Assistance to Small Shipyards. 

20 ‘‘(III) Maritime Guaranteed Loan 

21 (title XI) Program Account. 

22 ‘‘(vi) For the National Aeronautics and 

23 Space Administration, Aeronautics account, 

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1 gram carried out under chapter 401 of title 51, 

2 United States Code. 

3 ‘‘(vii) For the Department of Defense, 

4 Military Construction: 

5 ‘‘(I) Military Construction, Army. 

6 ‘‘(II) Military Construction, Navy and 

7 Marine Corps. 

8 ‘‘(III) Military Construction, Air 

9 Force. 

10 ‘‘(IV) Military Construction, Defense11 Wide. 

12 ‘‘(V) North Atlantic Treaty Organiza13 tion, Security Investment Program. 

14 ‘‘(VI) Military Construction, Army 

15 National Guard. 

16 ‘‘(VII) Military Construction, Air Na17 tional Guard. 

18 ‘‘(VIII) Military Construction, Army 

19 Reserve. 

20 ‘‘(IX) Military Construction, Navy Re21 serve. 

22 ‘‘(X) Military Construction, Air Force 

23 Reserve. 

24 ‘‘(XI) Family Housing Construction, 

25 Army. 


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1 ‘‘(XII) Family Housing Construction, 

2 Navy and Marine Corps. 

3 ‘‘(XIII) Family Housing Construction, 

4 Air Force. 

5 ‘‘(XIV) Family Housing Operations 

6 and Maintenance, Defense-Wide. 

7 ‘‘(XV) Family Housing Improvement 

8 Fund. 

9 ‘‘(XVI) Military Unaccompanied 

10 Housing Improvement Fund. 

11 ‘‘(viii) For the Environmental Protection 

12 Agency, Infrastructure Assistance: 

13 ‘‘(I) Clean Water State Revolving 

14 Funds and the Drinking Water State Re15 volving Funds. 

16 ‘‘(II) Water Infrastructure Finance 

17 and Innovation Act Program Account. 

18 ‘‘(III) America’s Water Infrastructure 

19 Act Grant Programs under section 1459A 

20 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 300j–19a). 

22 ‘‘(IV) Alaska Native Village Waste 

23 and Drinking Water Facilities Programs 

24 under section 221 of the Federal Water 

25 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) 


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1 and the Consolidated Farm and Rural De2 velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.). 

3 ‘‘(ix) For the Department of Agriculture: 

4 ‘‘(I) Forest Service, Capital Improve5 ments and Maintenance. 

6 ‘‘(II) Natural Resources Conservation 

7 Service: 

8 ‘‘(aa) Watershed Rehabilitation 

9 Program. 

10 ‘‘(bb) Private Lands Conserva11 tion Operations under the Soil Con12 servation and Domestic Allotment Act 

13 (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.). 

14 ‘‘(cc) Emergency Watershed Pro15 tection Program established under 

16 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit 

17 Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203). 

18 ‘‘(dd) Small Watersheds Program 

19 established by the Secretary of Agri20 culture to carry out the Watershed 

21 Protection and Flood Prevention Act 

22 (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 

23 ‘‘(III) Rural Utilities Service: 


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1 ‘‘(aa) Electric loans under the 

2 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

3 U.S.C. 901 et seq.). 

4 ‘‘(bb) Telecommunications loans 

5 under the Rural Electrification Act of 

6 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.). 

7 ‘‘(cc) Rural Water And Waste 

8 Disposal Program Account. 

9 ‘‘(dd) Broadband Loan and 

10 Grant Pilot Program. 

11 ‘‘(IV) Rural Housing Service—Rural 

12 Community Facilities Program Account.’’. 

13 (b) SPENDING LIMITS.—Section 251(c) of the Bal14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

15 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘and at 

17 the end’’; and 

18 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8)(B) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(9) for fiscal year 2022— 

21 ‘‘(A) for the revised security category 

22 $645,325,600,000 in new budget authority; 

23 ‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 

24 $580,861,700,000 in new budget authority; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) for the infrastructure category, 

2 $61,812,700,000 in new budget authority; and 

3 ‘‘(10) for fiscal year 2023— 

4 ‘‘(A) for the revised security category 

5 $649,985,500,000 in new budget authority; 

6 ‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 

7 $585,122,700,000 in new budget authority; and 

8 ‘‘(C) for the infrastructure category, 

9 $62,891,800,000 in new budget authority;’’. 

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