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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2021 

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

and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 2, 2019 

Mr. YARMUTH (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following bill; 

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 

A BILL 

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget 

for fiscal year 2020. 

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 ‘‘Investing for the Peo5 ple Act of 2019’’. 


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1 TITLE I—BUDGET 

2 ENFORCEMENT 

3 SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND 

4 EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985. 

5 (a) REVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.— 

6 Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) is amended 

8 by striking paragraphs (7) and (8) and inserting the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(7) for fiscal year 2020— 

11 ‘‘(A) for the revised security category, 

12 $664,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and 

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

14 $631,018,000,000 in new budget authority; and 

15 ‘‘(8) for fiscal year 2021— 

16 ‘‘(A) for the revised security category, 

17 $680,119,000,000; and 

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

19 $646,056,000,000;’’. 

20 (b) OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL

21 WAR ON TERRORISM ADJUSTMENT LIMIT.—Section 

22 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

23 Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended in 

24 subparagraph (A) by inserting before the period at the end 

25 the following: ‘‘, except that the adjustment for Overseas 


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1 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism for fis2 cal year 2020 or any subsequent fiscal year shall not ex3 ceed $69,000,000,000 for the revised security category or 

4 $8,000,000,0000 for the revised nonsecurity category’’. 

5 (c) NEW ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE INTERNAL REV6 ENUE SERVICE AND THE U.S. CENSUS FOR 2020.—Sec7 tion 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following two new sub10 paragraphs: 

11 ‘‘(G) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TAX

12 ENFORCEMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 

14 resolution making appropriations for a fis15 cal year is enacted that specifies an 

16 amount in the Enforcement account and 

17 the Operations Support account for tax en18 forcement activities, including tax compli19 ance to address the Federal tax gap, of the 

20 Internal Revenue Service of the Depart21 ment of the Treasury, then the adjustment 

22 for that fiscal year shall be the additional 

23 new budget authority provided in that Act 

24 for such purpose for that fiscal year, but 

25 shall not exceed— 


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1 ‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2020, 

2 $400,000,000; and 

3 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2021, 

4 $750,000,000. 

5 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—As used in this 

6 subparagraph, the term ‘additional new 

7 budget authority’ means the amount pro8 vided for a fiscal year, in excess of 

9 $8,584,000,000, in an appropriation Act 

10 and specified for tax enforcement activi11 ties, including tax compliance to address 

12 the Federal tax gap, of the Internal Rev13 enue Service. 

14 ‘‘(H) THE 2020 CENSUS.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 

16 resolution making appropriations for fiscal 

17 year 2020 is enacted that specifies an 

18 amount for the 2020 Census in the Peri19 odic Censuses and Programs account of 

20 the Bureau of the Census of the Depart21 ment of Commerce, then the adjustment 

22 for that fiscal year shall be the new budget 

23 authority provided in that Act for such 

24 purpose for fiscal year 2020, but shall not 

25 exceed $7,500,000,000. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—As used in this 

2 subparagraph, the term ‘new budget au3 thority’ means the amount provided for fis4 cal year 2020 in an appropriation Act and 

5 specified to pay for expenses associated 

6 with 2020 Census operations.’’. 

7 (d) DIRECT SPENDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL

8 YEARS 2020 AND 2021.—Section 251A of the Balanced 

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

10 U.S.C. 901a), is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (5)(B), in the matter pre12 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and (12)’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘, (12), and (13)’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(13) IMPLEMENTING DIRECT SPENDING RE16 DUCTIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 AND 2021.—(A) 

17 OMB shall make the calculations necessary to imple18 ment the direct spending reductions calculated pur19 suant to paragraphs (3) and (4) without regard to 

20 the amendment made to section 251(c) revising the 

21 discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2020 

22 and 2021 by the Investing for the People Act of 

23 2019. 

24 ‘‘(B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be imple25 mented for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—ESTABLISHING A 

2 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

3 SEC. 201. FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET RESOLUTION. 

4 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—For the purpose of enforc5 ing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 

6 2020, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for 

7 in subsection (b) shall apply in the House of Representa8 tives in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution 

9 on the budget for fiscal year 2020 with appropriate budg10 etary levels for fiscal year 2020 and for fiscal years 2021 

11 through 2029. 

12 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND

13 LEVELS.—In the House of Representatives, the Chair of 

14 the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement 

15 for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as 

16 practicable, containing— 

17 (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com18 mittee allocations for fiscal year 2020 consistent 

19 with discretionary spending limits set forth in sec20 tion 251(c)(7) of the Balanced Budget and Emer21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by 

22 this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, and 

23 committee allocations for fiscal year 2020 for cur24 rent law mandatory budget authority and outlays, 


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1 for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974; 

3 (2) for all committees of that House other than 

4 the Committee on Appropriations, committee alloca5 tions for fiscal year 2020 and for the period of fiscal 

6 years 2020 through 2029 consistent with the most 

7 recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, 

8 as adjusted, to the extent practicable, for the budg9 etary effects of any provision of law enacted during 

10 the period beginning on the date such baseline is 

11 issued and ending on the date of submission of such 

12 statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 

13 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 

14 (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 

15 2020 in accordance with the allocations established 

16 under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of en17 forcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 

18 of 1974; and 

19 (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2020 

20 and for the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 

21 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con22 gressional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent 

23 practicable, for the budgetary effects of any provi24 sion of law enacted during the period beginning on 

25 the date such baseline is issued and ending on the 


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1 date of submission of such statement, for the pur2 pose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional 

3 Budget Act of 1974. 

4 (c) ADDITIONAL MATTER.—The statement referred 

5 to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2020, 

6 the matter contained in the provisions referred to in sub7 section (e). 

8 (d) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Chair of the Committee on 

9 the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust 

10 the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in11 cluded in the statement referred to in subsection (b)— 

12 (1) to reflect changes resulting from the Con13 gressional Budget Office’s updates to its baseline for 

14 fiscal years 2020 through 2029; or 

15 (2) for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 

16 conference report by the amounts provided in such 

17 measure if such measure would not increase the def18 icit for either of the following time periods: fiscal 

19 year 2020 to fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2020 to 

20 fiscal year 2029. 

21 (e) APPLICATION.—Upon submission of the state22 ment referred to in subsection (b), all references to alloca23 tions, aggregates, or other appropriate levels in ‘‘this con24 current resolution’’ in sections 5201, 5202, and 5203 of 

25 the House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th Congress), 


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1 specified in section 30104(f)(1) of the Bipartisan Budget 

2 Act of 2018, and continued in effect by section 103(m) 

3 of House Resolution 6 (116th Congress), shall be treated 

4 for all purposes in the House of Representatives as ref5 erences to the allocations, aggregates, or other appropriate 

6 levels contained in the statement referred to in subsection 

7 (b), as adjusted in accordance with this section or any 

8 other Act. 

9 SEC. 202. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

11 (b), any general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolu12 tion continuing appropriations, or amendment thereto or 

13 conference report thereon, may not provide an advance ap14 propriation. 

15 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be 

16 provided for programs, activities or accounts identified in 

17 lists submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

18 by the Chair of the Committee on the Budget— 

19 (1) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading ‘‘Ac20 counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 

21 aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in 

22 new budget authority, and for fiscal year 2022, ac23 counts separately identified under the same heading; 

24 and 


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1 (2) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading 

2 ‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appro3 priations’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed 

4 $87,636,650,000 in new budget authority. 

5 (c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ 

6 means any new discretionary budget authority provided in 

7 a general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution con8 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, or any amend9 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that first be10 comes available following fiscal year 2020. 

11 SEC. 203. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

12 Sections 201 and 202 are enacted by the House of 

13 Representatives— 

14 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

15 the House of Representatives, and as such they shall 

16 be considered as part of the rules of the House of 

17 Representatives, and such rules shall supersede 

18 other rules only to the extent that they are incon19 sistent therewith; and 

20 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

21 right of the House of Representatives to change 

22 such rules at any time, in the same manner, and to 

23 the same extent as in the case of any other rule of 

24 the House of Representatives. 

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