116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3877 

AN ACT 

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

for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to temporarily suspend 

the debt limit, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bipartisan Budget Act 

3 of 2019’’. 

4 TITLE I—BUDGET 

5 ENFORCEMENT 

6 SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND 

7 EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985. 

8 (a) REVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.— 

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

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

11 by striking paragraphs (7) and (8) and inserting the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(7) for fiscal year 2020— 

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

15 $666,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and 

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

17 $621,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and 

18 ‘‘(8) for fiscal year 2021— 

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

20 $671,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and 

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

22 $626,500,000,000 in new budget authority;’’. 

23 (b) OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

24 AMOUNTS.—In fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the adjust25 ments under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

26 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
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1 901(b)(2)(A)) for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob2 al War on Terrorism appropriations will be as follows: 

3 (1) For the revised nonsecurity category— 

4 (A) for fiscal year 2020, $8,000,000,000; 

5 and 

6 (B) for fiscal year 2021, $8,000,000,000. 

7 (2) For the revised security category— 

8 (A) for fiscal year 2020, $71,500,000,000; 

9 and 

10 (B) for fiscal year 2021, $69,000,000,000. 

11 This subsection shall not affect the applicability of section 

12 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 (c) NEW ADJUSTMENT FOR THE U.S. CENSUS FOR

15 2020.—Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and 

16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 

17 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

18 new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(G) THE 2020 CENSUS.—If, for fiscal year 

20 2020, appropriations for the Periodic Censuses 

21 and Programs account of the Bureau of the 

22 Census of the Department of Commerce are en23 acted that the Congress designates in statute as 

24 being for the 2020 Census, then the adjustment 

25 for that fiscal year shall be the total of such ap-
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1 propriations for that fiscal year designated as 

2 being for the 2020 Census, but shall not exceed 

3 $2,500,000,000.’’. 

4 (d) DIRECT SPENDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL

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

6 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

7 U.S.C. 901a), is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (5)(B), in the matter pre9 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and (12)’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘(12), and (13)’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(13) IMPLEMENTING DIRECT SPENDING RE13 DUCTIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 AND 2021.—(A) 

14 OMB shall make the calculations necessary to imple15 ment the direct spending reductions calculated pur16 suant to paragraphs (3) and (4) without regard to 

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

18 discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2020 

19 and 2021 by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. 

20 ‘‘(B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be imple21 mented for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.’’. 

22 SEC. 102. BALANCES ON THE PAYGO SCORECARDS. 

23 Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

24 the balances on the PAYGO scorecards established pursu25 ant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of the Statu-
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1 tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)) shall 

2 be zero. 

3 TITLE II—ESTABLISHING A 

4 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

5 SEC. 201. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 

6 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE HOUSE OF 

7 REPRESENTATIVES. 

8 Upon the date of the enactment of this Act— 

9 (1) the Chair of the Committee on the Budget 

10 of the House of Representatives may adjust the allo11 cations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in12 cluded in the statement referred to in section 1(b) 

13 of House Resolution 293 (116th Congress) con14 sistent with this Act; and 

15 (2) subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 1 of 

16 House Resolution 293 (116th Congress) shall have 

17 no force or effect through the remainder of the One 

18 Hundred Sixteenth Congress. 

19 SEC. 202. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET RES20 OLUTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA21 TIVES. 

22 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—If a concurrent resolution 

23 on the budget for fiscal year 2021 has not been adopted 

24 by April 15, 2020, for the purpose of enforcing the Con25 gressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2021, the 
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1 allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in sub2 section (b) shall apply in the House of Representatives 

3 after April 15, 2020, in the same manner as for a concur4 rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 with 

5 appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2021 and for 

6 fiscal years 2022 through 2030. 

7 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND

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

9 the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement 

10 for publication in the Congressional Record after April 15, 

11 2020, but not later than May 15, 2020, containing— 

12 (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com13 mittee allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent 

14 with discretionary spending limits set forth in sec15 tion 251(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer16 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by 

17 this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, and 

18 committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 for cur19 rent law mandatory budget authority and outlays, 

20 for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974; 

22 (2) for all committees of the House of Rep23 resentatives other than the Committee on Appropria24 tions, committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 and 

25 for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 
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1 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con2 gressional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent 

3 practicable, for the budgetary effects of any provi4 sion of law enacted during the period beginning on 

5 the date such baseline is issued and ending on the 

6 date of submission of such statement, for the pur7 pose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional 

8 Budget Act of 1974; 

9 (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 

10 2021 in accordance with the allocations established 

11 under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of en12 forcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 

13 of 1974; and 

14 (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2021 

15 and for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 

16 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con17 gressional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent 

18 practicable, for the budgetary effects of any provi19 sion of law enacted during the period beginning on 

20 the date such baseline is issued and ending on the 

21 date of submission of such statement, for the pur22 pose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional 

23 Budget Act of 1974. 

24 (c) ADDITIONAL MATTER.—The statement referred 

25 to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2021 
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1 the matter contained in the provisions referred to in sub2 section (e). 

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

4 the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust 

5 the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in6 cluded in the statement referred to in subsection (b)— 

7 (1) to reflect changes resulting from the Con8 gressional Budget Office’s updates to its baseline for 

9 fiscal years 2021 through 2030; or 

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

11 conference report by the amounts provided in such 

12 measure if such measure would not increase the def13 icit for either of the following time periods: fiscal 

14 year 2021 to fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 2021 to 

15 fiscal year 2030. 

16 (e) APPLICATION.— 

17 (1) Upon submission of the statement referred 

18 to in subsection (b), all references to allocations, ag19 gregates, or other appropriate levels in ‘‘this concur20 rent resolution’’ in sections 5201, 5202, and 5203 of 

21 the House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th Con22 gress), specified in section 30104(f)(1) of the Bipar23 tisan Budget Act of 2018, and continued in effect by 

24 section 103(m) of House Resolution 6 (116th Con25 gress) and section 1(h)(1) of House Resolution 293 
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1 (116th Congress), shall be treated for all purposes 

2 in the House of Representatives as references to the 

3 allocations, aggregates, or other appropriate levels 

4 contained in the statement referred to in subsection 

5 (b), as adjusted in accordance with this or any other 

6 Act. 

7 (2) The provisions of House Concurrent Resolu8 tion 71 (115th Congress), specified in section 

9 30104(f)(1) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, 

10 shall have no force or effect in the House of Rep11 resentatives except for the sections of such concur12 rent resolution identified in paragraph (1). 

13 (f) EXPIRATION.—Subsections (a) through (e) shall 

14 no longer apply if a concurrent resolution on the budget 

15 for fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by the Senate and House 

16 of Representatives. 

17 SEC. 203. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN 

18 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 

20 except as provided in subsection (b), any general appro21 priation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing appro22 priations, or amendment thereto or conference report 

23 thereon, may not provide an advance appropriation. 

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

25 provided for programs, activities or accounts identified in 
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1 lists submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

2 by the Chair of the Committee on the Budget— 

3 (1) for fiscal year 2022, under the heading ‘‘Ac4 counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 

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

6 new budget authority, and for fiscal year 2023, ac7 counts separately identified under the same heading; 

8 and 

9 (2) for fiscal year 2022, under the heading 

10 ‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appro11 priations’’. 

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

13 means any new discretionary budget authority provided in 

14 a general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution con15 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, or any amend16 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that first be17 comes available following fiscal year 2021. 

18 (d) EXPIRATION.—The preceding subsections of this 

19 section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budg20 et for fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by the Senate and 

21 the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of 

22 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
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1 SEC. 204. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET RES2 OLUTION IN THE SENATE. 

3 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—For the purpose of enforc4 ing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 

5 et seq.) and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior 

6 concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, ag7 gregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall 

8 apply in the Senate in the same manner as for a concur9 rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020 with 

10 appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2020 and for 

11 fiscal years 2021 through 2029. 

12 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND

13 LEVELS.—The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

14 of the Senate shall submit a statement for publication in 

15 the Congressional Record as soon as practicable after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act that includes— 

17 (1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the 

18 Senate, committee allocations for fiscal year 2020 

19 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set 

20 forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended 

22 by this Act, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 

23 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

24 633); 

25 (2) for all committees other than the Com26 mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations for 
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1 fiscal years 2020, 2020 through 2024, and 2020 

2 through 2029 consistent with the May 2019 baseline 

3 of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for 

4 the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted 

5 during the period beginning on the date such base6 line was issued and ending on the date of submission 

7 of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing sec8 tion 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

9 (2 U.S.C. 633); 

10 (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 

11 2020 in accordance with the allocations established 

12 under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of en13 forcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 

14 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642); 

15 (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 

16 2020, 2020 through 2024, and 2020 through 2029 

17 consistent with the May 2019 baseline of the Con18 gressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budg19 etary effects of any provision of law enacted during 

20 the period beginning on the date such baseline was 

21 issued and ending on the date of submission of such 

22 statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 

23 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

24 642); and 
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1 (5) levels of Social Security revenues and out2 lays for fiscal years 2020, 2020 through 2024, and 

3 2020 through 2029 consistent with the May 2019 

4 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as ad5 justed for the budgetary effects of any provision of 

6 law enacted during the period beginning on the date 

7 such baseline was issued and ending on the date of 

8 submission of such statement, for the purpose of en9 forcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 

10 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642). 

11 (c) ADDITIONAL MATTER.—The filing referred to in 

12 subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2020 the 

13 deficit-neutral reserve funds in title III of H. Con. Res. 

14 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

15 budget for fiscal year 2018, updated by two fiscal years. 

16 (d) EXPIRATION.—This section shall expire if a con17 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020 is 

18 agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives 

19 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 

20 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 

21 SEC. 205. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET RES22 OLUTION IN THE SENATE. 

23 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—For the purpose of enforc24 ing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 

25 et seq.), after April 15, 2020, and enforcing budgetary 
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1 points of order in prior concurrent resolutions on the 

2 budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for 

3 in subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate in the same 

4 manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for 

5 fiscal year 2021 with appropriate budgetary levels for fis6 cal year 2021 and for fiscal years 2022 through 2030. 

7 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND

8 LEVELS.—After April 15, 2020, but not later than May 

9 15, 2020, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget 

10 of the Senate shall file— 

11 (1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the 

12 Senate, committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 

13 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set 

14 forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 

15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended 

16 by this Act, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 

17 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

18 633); 

19 (2) for all committees other than the Com20 mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations for 

21 fiscal years 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 2021 

22 through 2030 consistent with the most recent base23 line of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted 

24 for the budgetary effects of any provision of law en25 acted during the period beginning on the date such 
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1 baseline is issued and ending on the date of submis2 sion of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing 

3 section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

4 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642); 

5 (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 

6 2021 in accordance with the allocations established 

7 under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of en8 forcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 

9 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642); 

10 (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 

11 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 2021 through 2030 

12 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con13 gressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budg14 etary effects of any provision of law enacted during 

15 the period beginning on the date such baseline is 

16 issued and ending on the date of submission of such 

17 statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 

18 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

19 642); and 

20 (5) levels of Social Security revenues and out21 lays for fiscal years 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 

22 2021 through 2030 consistent with the most recent 

23 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as ad24 justed for the budgetary effects of any provision of 

25 law enacted during the period beginning on the date 
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1 such baseline is issued and ending on the date of 

2 submission of such statement, for the purpose of en3 forcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional 

4 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642). 

5 (c) ADDITIONAL MATTER.—The filing referred to in 

6 subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2021 the 

7 deficit-neutral reserve funds in title III of H. Con. Res. 

8 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

9 budget for fiscal year 2018, updated by three fiscal years. 

10 (d) EXPIRATION.—This section shall expire if a con11 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is 

12 agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives 

13 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 

14 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 

15 SEC. 206. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN 

16 THE SENATE. 

17 (a) POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPRO18 PRIATIONS IN THE SENATE.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

20 (A) POINT OF ORDER.—Except as pro21 vided in paragraph (2), it shall not be in order 

22 in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu23 tion, motion, amendment, amendment between 

24 the Houses, or conference report that would 
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1 provide an advance appropriation for a discre2 tionary account. 

3 (B) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the 

4 term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new 

5 budget authority provided in a bill or joint reso6 lution making appropriations for fiscal year 

7 2020 that first becomes available for any fiscal 

8 year after 2020 or any new budget authority 

9 provided in a bill or joint resolution making ap10 propriations for fiscal year 2021 that first be11 comes available for any fiscal year after 2021. 

12 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may 

13 be provided— 

14 (A) for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for pro15 grams, projects, activities, or accounts identi16 fied in a statement submitted to the Congres17 sional Record by the Chairman of the Com18 mittee on the Budget of the Senate under the 

19 heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Ap20 propriations’’ in an aggregate amount not to 

21 exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget author22 ity in each fiscal year; 

23 (B) for the Corporation for Public Broad24 casting; and 
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1 (C) for the Department of Veterans Affairs 

2 for the Medical Services, Medical Support and 

3 Compliance, Veterans Medical Community 

4 Care, and Medical Facilities accounts of the 

5 Veterans Health Administration. 

6 (3) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

7 (A) WAIVER.—In the Senate, paragraph 

8 (1) may be waived or suspended only by an af9 firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 

10 duly chosen and sworn. 

11 (B) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of 

12 three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 

13 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 

14 an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

15 of order raised under paragraph (1). 

16 (4) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 

17 order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Sen18 ator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

20 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 

21 is considering a conference report on, or an amend22 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or 

23 joint resolution, upon a point of order being made 

24 by any Senator pursuant to this subsection, and 

25 such point of order being sustained, such material 
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1 contained in such conference report or amendment 

2 between the Houses shall be stricken, and the Sen3 ate shall proceed to consider the question of whether 

4 the Senate shall recede from its amendment and 

5 concur with a further amendment, or concur in the 

6 House amendment with a further amendment, as 

7 the case may be, which further amendment shall 

8 consist of only that portion of the conference report 

9 or House amendment, as the case may be, not so 

10 stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be de11 batable. In any case in which such point of order is 

12 sustained against a conference report (or Senate 

13 amendment derived from such conference report by 

14 operation of this paragraph), no further amendment 

15 shall be in order. 

16 (b) SUNSET.—Subsection (a) shall terminate on the 

17 date on which a concurrent resolution on the budget for 

18 fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by the Senate and House 

19 of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congres20 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 

21 SEC. 207. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN CHANGES IN 

22 MANDATORY PROGRAMS IN THE SENATE. 

23 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

24 ‘‘CHIMP’’ means a provision that— 
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1 (1) would have been estimated as affecting di2 rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 

3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

4 Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in effect prior to 

5 September 30, 2002) if the provision was included 

6 in legislation other than appropriation Acts; and 

7 (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority 

8 in the budget year, but does not result in a net de9 crease in outlays over the period of the total of the 

10 current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years 

11 covered under the most recently adopted concurrent 

12 resolution on the budget. 

13 (b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in 

15 the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution mak16 ing appropriations for a full fiscal year, or an 

17 amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses 

18 in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or mo19 tion thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if en20 acted, would cause the absolute value of the total 

21 budget authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in re22 lation to a full fiscal year to be more than the 

23 amount specified in paragraph (2). 

24 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 

25 paragraph is, for fiscal year 2021, $15,000,000,000. 
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1 (c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, 

2 budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti3 mates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the 

4 Budget of the Senate. 

5 (d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE

6 SENATE.—In the Senate, subsection (b) may be waived 

7 or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths 

8 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 

9 vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 

10 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal 

11 of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 

12 subsection (b). 

13 SEC. 208. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST DESIGNATION OF 

14 FUNDS FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER15 ATIONS IN THE SENATE. 

16 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is consid17 ering a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amend18 ment between the Houses, or conference report, if a point 

19 of order is made by a Senator against a provision that 

20 designates funds for fiscal years 2020 or 2021 for overseas 

21 contingency operations, in accordance with section 

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

23 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)), and 

24 the point of order is sustained by the Chair, that provision 
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1 shall be stricken from the measure and may not be offered 

2 as an amendment from the floor. 

3 (b) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 

4 order under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator 

5 as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget 

6 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

7 (c) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

8 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be9 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 

10 upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant 

11 to subsection (a), and such point of order being sustained, 

12 such material contained in such conference report or 

13 House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

14 proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 

15 shall recede from its amendment and concur with a fur16 ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment with 

17 a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 

18 amendment shall consist of only that portion of the con19 ference report or House amendment, as the case may be, 

20 not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be 

21 debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sus22 tained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 

23 derived from such conference report by operation of this 

24 subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 
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1 (d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—In the 

2 Senate, this section may be waived or suspended only by 

3 an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

4 chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

5 Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be 

6 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair 

7 on a point of order raised under this section. 

8 (e) SUSPENSION OF POINT OF ORDER.—This section 

9 shall not apply if a declaration of war by Congress is in 

10 effect. 

11 SEC. 209. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

12 The sections of this title are enacted by the Con13 gress— 

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

15 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re16 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 

17 part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 

18 that House to which they specifically apply, and 

19 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex20 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

21 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

22 right of either House to change such rules (so far 

23 as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 

24 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 

25 any other rule of such House. 
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1 TITLE III—TEMPORARY EXTEN2 SION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT 

3 SEC. 301. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, 

5 United States Code, shall not apply for the period begin6 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 

7 on July 31, 2021. 

8 (b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS

9 ISSUED DURING EXTENSION PERIOD.—Effective on Au10 gust 1, 2021, the limitation in effect under section 

11 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall be increased 

12 to the extent that— 

13 (1) the face amount of obligations issued under 

14 chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obli15 gations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 

16 by the United States Government (except guaran17 teed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treas18 ury) outstanding on August 1, 2021, exceeds 

19 (2) the face amount of such obligations out20 standing on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 (c) EXTENSION LIMITED TO NECESSARY OBLIGA22 TIONS.—An obligation shall not be taken into account 

23 under subsection (b)(1) unless the issuance of such obliga24 tion was necessary to fund a commitment incurred pursu-
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1 ant to law by the Federal Government that required pay2 ment before August 1, 2021. 

3 TITLE IV—OFFSETS 

4 SEC. 401. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3) of the Con6 solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

7 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘October 

9 20, 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’; and 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘Sep11 tember 30, 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

12 2029’’. 

13 (b) RATE FOR MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES.— 

14 Section 503 of the United States–Korea Free Trade 

15 Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112–41; 19 

16 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by striking ‘‘May 26, 2027’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’. 

18 SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS 

19 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2029. 

20 Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emer21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre24 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2022 
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1 through 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2022 

2 through 2029’’; and 

3 (2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter pre4 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2027’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2029’’. 

6 TITLE V—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

7 SEC. 501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The budgetary effects of this Act 

9 shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard main10 tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As11 You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)). 

12 (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 

13 effects of this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO 

14 scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 

15 Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2019. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3877 

AN ACT 

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

other purposes. to temporarily suspend the debt limit, and for gressional budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, Deficit Control Act of 1985, to establish a con-