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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 293 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 293

         Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2019

 Mr. Yarmuth submitted the following resolution; 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

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                               RESOLUTION

 
         Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. BUDGET MATTERS.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2020.--For the purpose of enforcing the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2020, the allocations, 
aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in 
the House of Representatives 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.--In the House of 
Representatives, the chair of the Committee on the Budget shall submit 
a statement for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as 
practicable, containing--
            (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee 
        allocations for fiscal year 2020 for new discretionary budget 
        authority of $1,295,018,000,000, and the outlays flowing 
        therefrom, and committee allocations for fiscal year 2020 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 other than the 
        Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal 
        year 2020 and for the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 
        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 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; and
            (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2020 and for 
        the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 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 2020, the matter contained in the 
provisions referred to in subsection (h).
    (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 2020 
        through 2029; 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 2020 to fiscal year 2024 or 
        fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2029.
    (e) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
Adjustment Limit.--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) in accordance with the Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terrorism adjustment in section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for any bill, 
joint resolution, amendment, or conference report, except that such 
adjustment shall not exceed $69,000,000,000 for the revised security 
category or $8,000,000,000 for the revised nonsecurity category.
    (f) Adjustment for Internal Revenue Service Tax Enforcement.--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) as follows:
            (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
        specifies an amount in the Enforcement account and the 
        Operations Support account for tax enforcement activities, 
        including tax compliance to address the Federal tax gap, of the 
        Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury, 
        then the adjustment shall be the additional new budget 
        authority provided in such measure for such purpose, but shall 
        not exceed $400,000,000.
            (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        ``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided 
        for fiscal year 2020, in excess of $8,584,000,000, in a bill, 
        joint resolution, amendment, or conference report and specified 
        for tax enforcement activities, including tax compliance to 
        address the Federal tax gap, of the Internal Revenue Service.
    (g) Adjustment for the U.S. Census for 2020.--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) as follows:
            (1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or 
        conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
        specifies an amount for the 2020 Census in the Periodic 
        Censuses and Programs account of the Bureau of the Census of 
        the Department of Commerce, then the adjustment shall be the 
        new budget authority provided in such measure for such purpose, 
        but shall not exceed $7,500,000,000.
            (2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term ``new 
        budget authority'' means the amount provided for fiscal year 
        2020 in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference 
        report and specified to pay for expenses associated with 2020 
        Census operations.
    (h) 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 (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), 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 
        section or any 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 through the 
        remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress except for the 
        sections of such concurrent resolution identified in paragraph 
        (1).
    (i) Adjustment for House Passage of H.R. 2021.--Upon passage of 
H.R. 2021, 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) consistent with H.R. 2021 as passed by the House.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--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 2021, 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 2022, accounts separately identified under the same 
        heading; and
            (2) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading ``Veterans 
        Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an 
        aggregate amount not to exceed $87,636,650,000 in new budget 
        authority.
    (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 
2020, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first 
becomes available following fiscal year 2020.
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