H. R. 3877 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019’’. 

TITLE I—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT 

SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY 

DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985. 

(a) REVISED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—Section 251(c) 

of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

(2 U.S.C. 901(c)) is amended by striking paragraphs (7) and (8) 

and inserting the following: 

‘‘(7) for fiscal year 2020— 

‘‘(A) for the revised security category, $666,500,000,000 

in new budget authority; and 

‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 

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

‘‘(8) for fiscal year 2021— 

‘‘(A) for the revised security category, $671,500,000,000 

in new budget authority; and 

‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 

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

(b) OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AMOUNTS.—In fiscal 

years 2020 and 2021, the adjustments under section 251(b)(2)(A) 

of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

(2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)) for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

War on Terrorism appropriations will be as follows: 

(1) For the revised nonsecurity category— 

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

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

(2) For the revised security category— 

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

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

This subsection shall not affect the applicability of section 

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

Act of 1985. 

(c) NEW ADJUSTMENT FOR THE U.S. CENSUS FOR 2020.—Section 

251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
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Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the 

end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(G) THE 2020 CENSUS.—If, for fiscal year 2020, appropriations for the Periodic Censuses and Programs account 

of the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce are enacted that the Congress designates in statute 

as being for the 2020 Census, then the adjustment for 

that fiscal year shall be the total of such appropriations 

for that fiscal year designated as being for the 2020 Census, 

but shall not exceed $2,500,000,000.’’. 

(d) DIRECT SPENDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 

AND 2021.—Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a), is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (5)(B), in the matter preceding clause 

(i), by striking ‘‘and (12)’’ and inserting ‘‘(12), and (13)’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(13) IMPLEMENTING DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS FOR

FISCAL YEARS 2020 AND 2021.—(A) OMB shall make the calculations necessary to implement the direct spending reductions 

calculated pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) without regard 

to the amendment made to section 251(c) revising the discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 by the 

Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. 

‘‘(B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be implemented for fiscal 

years 2020 and 2021.’’. 

SEC. 102. BALANCES ON THE PAYGO SCORECARDS. 

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

on the PAYGO scorecards established pursuant to paragraphs (4) 

and (5) of section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 

(2 U.S.C. 933(d)) shall be zero. 

TITLE II—ESTABLISHING A 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

SEC. 201. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET 

RESOLUTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

Upon the date of the enactment of this Act— 

(1) 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 section 1(b) of House Resolution 293 (116th Congress) consistent with this Act; and 

(2) subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 1 of House Resolution 293 (116th Congress) shall have no force or effect through 

the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. 

SEC. 202. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET RESOLUTION 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

(a) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—If a concurrent resolution on the budget 

for fiscal year 2021 has not been adopted by April 15, 2020, for 

the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

for fiscal year 2021, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided 

for in subsection (b) shall apply in the House of Representatives 

after April 15, 2020, in the same manner as for a concurrent 

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 with appropriate 
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budgetary levels for fiscal year 2021 and for fiscal years 2022 

through 2030. 

(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 after April 15, 2020, but not later than May 15, 

2020, containing— 

(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent with discretionary spending 

limits set forth in section 251(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by 

this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, and committee 

allocations for fiscal year 2021 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 of Representatives other 

than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations 

for fiscal year 2021 and for the period of fiscal years 2021 

through 2030 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 2021 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 2021 and for 

the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 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 2021 the matter contained 

in the provisions referred to in subsection (e). 

(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 2021 

through 2030; 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 2021 to fiscal year 2025 or fiscal 

year 2021 to fiscal year 2030. 

(e) 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 
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(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) and section 

1(h)(1) of House Resolution 293 (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 or any other 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 in 

the House of Representatives except for the sections of such 

concurrent resolution identified in paragraph (1). 

(f) EXPIRATION.—Subsections (a) through (e) shall no longer 

apply if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 

is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives. 

SEC. 203. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE HOUSE 

OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In the House of Representatives, 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 2022, 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 2023, accounts separately identified under the same 

heading; and 

(2) for fiscal year 2022, under the heading ‘‘Veterans 

Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’. 

(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 2021, or any amendment thereto or conference report 

thereon, that first becomes available following fiscal year 2021. 

(d) EXPIRATION.—The preceding subsections of this section shall 

expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

2021 is agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives 

pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

SEC. 204. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET RESOLUTION 

IN THE SENATE. 

(a) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—For the purpose of enforcing the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and 

enforcing budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions 

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

in subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate 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.—The 

Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall 

submit a statement for publication in the Congressional Record 
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as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act 

that includes— 

(1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 

committee allocations for fiscal year 2020 consistent with the 

discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

as amended by this Act, for the purpose of enforcing section 

302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); 

(2) for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2020, 2020 

through 2024, and 2020 through 2029 consistent with the May 

2019 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted 

for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during 

the period beginning on the date such baseline was 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 (2 U.S.C. 633); 

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

(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2020, 2020 

through 2024, and 2020 through 2029 consistent with the May 

2019 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted 

for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during 

the period beginning on the date such baseline was 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 (2 U.S.C. 642); and 

(5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for fiscal 

years 2020, 2020 through 2024, and 2020 through 2029 consistent with the May 2019 baseline of the Congressional Budget 

Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision 

of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such 

baseline was issued and ending on the date of submission 

of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 

and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

633, 642). 

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

(b) may also include for fiscal year 2020 the deficit-neutral reserve 

funds in title III of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent 

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, updated by two 

fiscal years. 

(d) EXPIRATION.—This section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020 is agreed to by the Senate 

and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 

SEC. 205. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET RESOLUTION 

IN THE SENATE. 

(a) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—For the purpose of enforcing the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), after 

April 15, 2020, and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior 

concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, 

and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate 

in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget 
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for fiscal year 2021 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

year 2021 and for fiscal years 2022 through 2030. 

(b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND LEVELS.—After 

April 15, 2020, but not later than May 15, 2020, the Chairman 

of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall file— 

(1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 

committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent with the 

discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

as amended by this Act, for the purpose of enforcing section 

302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); 

(2) for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2021, 2021 

through 2025, and 2021 through 2030 consistent with the most 

recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted 

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 (2 U.S.C. 642); 

(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2021 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 (2 U.S.C. 642); 

(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2021, 2021 

through 2025, and 2021 through 2030 consistent with the most 

recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted 

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 (2 U.S.C. 642); and 

(5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for fiscal 

years 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 2021 through 2030 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional 

Budget Office, as adjusted 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 sections 

302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

633, 642). 

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

(b) may also include for fiscal year 2021 the deficit-neutral reserve 

funds in title III of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent 

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, updated by three 

fiscal years. 

(d) EXPIRATION.—This section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by the Senate 

and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 

SEC. 206. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SENATE. 

(a) POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN

THE SENATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.— 

(A) POINT OF ORDER.—Except as provided in paragraph 

(2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider 
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any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment 

between the Houses, or conference report that would provide an advance appropriation for a discretionary account. 

(B) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘advance 

appropriation’’ means any new budget authority provided 

in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal 

year 2020 that first becomes available for any fiscal year 

after 2020 or any new budget authority provided in a 

bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal 

year 2021 that first becomes available for any fiscal year 

after 2021. 

(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may be provided— 

(A) for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for programs, 

projects, activities, or accounts identified in a statement 

submitted to the Congressional Record by the Chairman 

of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate under the 

heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ 

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

new budget authority in each fiscal year; 

(B) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and 

(C) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the 

Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, Veterans Medical Community Care, and Medical Facilities 

accounts of the Veterans Health Administration. 

(3) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 

(A) WAIVER.—In the Senate, paragraph (1) may be 

waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of threefifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 

(B) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

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

required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair 

on a point of order raised under paragraph (1). 

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

paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as provided in 

section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

644(e)). 

(5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is considering 

a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses 

in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order 

being made by any Senator pursuant to this subsection, and 

such point of order being sustained, such material contained 

in such conference report or amendment between the Houses 

shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider 

the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in 

the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case 

may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that 

portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the 

case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate 

shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order 

is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 

derived from such conference report by operation of this paragraph), no further amendment shall be in order. 

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

which a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 

is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant 
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to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

632). 

SEC. 207. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN CHANGES IN MANDATORY PROGRAMS IN THE SENATE. 

(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘CHIMP’’ means 

a provision that— 

(1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending 

or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in 

effect prior to September 30, 2002) if the provision was included 

in legislation other than appropriation Acts; and 

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

budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays 

over the period of the total of the current year, the budget 

year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently 

adopted concurrent resolution on the budget. 

(b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Senate 

to consider a bill or joint resolution making appropriations 

for a full fiscal year, or an amendment thereto, amendment 

between the Houses in relation thereto, conference report 

thereon, or motion thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if 

enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget 

authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation to a full 

fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in paragraph 

(2). 

(2) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this paragraph is, for fiscal year 2021, $15,000,000,000. 

(c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, budgetary 

levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by 

the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. 

(d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—In 

the Senate, subsection (b) may be waived or suspended only by 

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

and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members 

of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 

an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 

under subsection (b). 

SEC. 208. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST DESIGNATION OF FUNDS FOR 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS IN THE SENATE. 

(a) POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is considering a bill, 

joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the 

Houses, or conference report, if a point of order is made by a 

Senator against a provision that designates funds for fiscal years 

2020 or 2021 for overseas contingency operations, in accordance 

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

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

of order is sustained by the Chair, that provision shall be stricken 

from the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from 

the floor. 

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

subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 

313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

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

a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses 

in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of order 
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being made by any Senator pursuant to subsection (a), and such 

point of order being sustained, such material contained in such 

conference report or House amendment shall be stricken, and the 

Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 

shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist 

of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, 

as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the 

Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of 

order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by operation of this 

subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 

(d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—In the Senate, this 

section may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote 

of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of Members of the Senate, duly chosen 

and sworn shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling 

of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section. 

(e) SUSPENSION OF POINT OF ORDER.—This section shall not 

apply if a declaration of war by Congress is in effect. 

SEC. 209. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

The sections of this title are enacted by the Congress— 

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

of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such 

they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, 

respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, 

and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent 

that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 

House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) 

at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

as in the case of any other rule of such House. 

TITLE III—TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF 

PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT 

SEC. 301. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT. 

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

Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of 

the enactment of this Act and ending on July 31, 2021. 

(b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS ISSUED DURING

EXTENSION PERIOD.—Effective on August 1, 2021, the limitation 

in effect under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, 

shall be increased to the extent that— 

(1) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 

31 of such title and the face amount of obligations whose 

principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States 

Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on August 1, 2021, exceeds 

(2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on 

the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(c) EXTENSION LIMITED TO NECESSARY OBLIGATIONS.—An 

obligation shall not be taken into account under subsection (b)(1) 

unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary to fund a 
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commitment incurred pursuant to law by the Federal Government 

that required payment before August 1, 2021. 

TITLE IV—OFFSETS 

SEC. 401. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is 

amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘October 20, 2027’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2027’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’. 

(b) RATE FOR MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES.—Section 503 

of the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation 

Act (Public Law 112–41; 19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by 

striking ‘‘May 26, 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’. 

SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS THROUGH 

FISCAL YEAR 2029. 

Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 

(i), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2022 through 2027’’ and inserting 

‘‘fiscal years 2022 through 2029’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause 

(i), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 

2029’’. 

TITLE V—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

SEC. 501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The budgetary effects of this Act shall not 

be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 

section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 

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(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this 

Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained 

for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.