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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 293 

Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020. 

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 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. BUDGET MATTERS. 

3 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—For the purpose of enforc4 ing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 

5 2020, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for 

6 in subsection (b) shall apply in the House of Representa7 tives in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution 

8 on the budget for fiscal year 2020 with appropriate budg9 etary levels for fiscal year 2020 and for fiscal years 2021 

10 through 2029. 


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1 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND

2 LEVELS.—In the House of Representatives, the chair of 

3 the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement 

4 for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as 

5 practicable, containing— 

6 (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com7 mittee allocations for fiscal year 2020 for new dis8 cretionary budget authority of $1,295,018,000,000, 

9 and the outlays flowing therefrom, and committee 

10 allocations for fiscal year 2020 for current law man11 datory budget authority and outlays, for the purpose 

12 of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budg13 et Act of 1974; 

14 (2) for all committees of the House other than 

15 the Committee on Appropriations, committee alloca16 tions for fiscal year 2020 and for the period of fiscal 

17 years 2020 through 2029 consistent with the most 

18 recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, 

19 as adjusted, to the extent practicable, for the budg20 etary effects of any provision of law enacted during 

21 the period beginning on the date such baseline is 

22 issued and ending on the date of submission of such 

23 statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 

24 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 


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1 (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 

2 2020 in accordance with the allocations established 

3 under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of en4 forcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act 

5 of 1974; and 

6 (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2020 

7 and for the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 

8 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con9 gressional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent 

10 practicable, for the budgetary effects of any provi11 sion of law enacted during the period beginning on 

12 the date such baseline is issued and ending on the 

13 date of submission of such statement, for the pur14 pose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974. 

16 (c) ADDITIONAL MATTER.—The statement referred 

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

18 the matter contained in the provisions referred to in sub19 section (h). 

20 (d) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Committee on 

21 the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust 

22 the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in23 cluded in the statement referred to in subsection (b)— 


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1 (1) to reflect changes resulting from the Con2 gressional Budget Office’s updates to its baseline for 

3 fiscal years 2020 through 2029; or 

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

5 conference report by the amounts provided in such 

6 measure if such measure would not increase the def7 icit for either of the following time periods: fiscal 

8 year 2020 to fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2020 to 

9 fiscal year 2029. 

10 (e) OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL

11 WAR ON TERRORISM ADJUSTMENT LIMIT.—The chair of 

12 the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa13 tives may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other 

14 budgetary levels included in the statement referred to in 

15 subsection (b) in accordance with the Overseas Contin16 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism adjustment in 

17 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for any bill, joint resolu19 tion, amendment, or conference report, except that such 

20 adjustment shall not exceed $69,000,000,000 for the re21 vised security category or $8,000,000,000 for the revised 

22 nonsecurity category. 

23 (f) ADJUSTMENT FOR INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

24 TAX ENFORCEMENT.—The chair of the Committee on the 

25 Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust the 


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1 allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in2 cluded in the statement referred to in subsection (b) as 

3 follows: 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, 

5 amendment, or conference report making appropria6 tions for fiscal year 2020 specifies an amount in the 

7 Enforcement account and the Operations Support 

8 account for tax enforcement activities, including tax 

9 compliance to address the Federal tax gap, of the 

10 Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the 

11 Treasury, then the adjustment shall be the addi12 tional new budget authority provided in such meas13 ure for such purpose, but shall not exceed 

14 $400,000,000. 

15 (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 

16 the term ‘‘additional new budget authority’’ means 

17 the amount provided for fiscal year 2020, in excess 

18 of $8,584,000,000, in a bill, joint resolution, amend19 ment, or conference report and specified for tax en20 forcement activities, including tax compliance to ad21 dress the Federal tax gap, of the Internal Revenue 

22 Service. 

23 (g) ADJUSTMENT FOR THE U.S. CENSUS FOR

24 2020.—The chair of the Committee on the Budget of the 

25 House of Representatives may adjust the allocations, agVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:09 Apr 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR293.IH HR293

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1 gregates, and other budgetary levels included in the state2 ment referred to in subsection (b) as follows: 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, 

4 amendment, or conference report making appropria5 tions for fiscal year 2020 specifies an amount for 

6 the 2020 Census in the Periodic Censuses and Pro7 grams account of the Bureau of the Census of the 

8 Department of Commerce, then the adjustment shall 

9 be the new budget authority provided in such meas10 ure for such purpose, but shall not exceed 

11 $7,500,000,000. 

12 (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 

13 the term ‘‘new budget authority’’ means the amount 

14 provided for fiscal year 2020 in a bill, joint resolu15 tion, amendment, or conference report and specified 

16 to pay for expenses associated with 2020 Census op17 erations. 

18 (h) APPLICATION.— 

19 (1) Upon submission of the statement referred 

20 to in subsection (b), all references to allocations, ag21 gregates, or other appropriate levels in ‘‘this concur22 rent resolution’’ in sections 5201, 5202, and 5203 of 

23 the House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th Con24 gress), specified in section 30104(f)(1) of the Bipar25 tisan Budget Act of 2018, and continued in effect by 


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1 section 103(m) of House Resolution 6 (116th Con2 gress), shall be treated for all purposes in the House 

3 of Representatives as references to the allocations, 

4 aggregates, or other appropriate levels contained in 

5 the statement referred to in subsection (b), as ad6 justed in accordance with this section or any 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 through the remainder 

11 of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress except for 

12 the sections of such concurrent resolution identified 

13 in paragraph (1). 

14 (i) ADJUSTMENT FOR HOUSE PASSAGE OF H.R. 

15 2021.—Upon passage of H.R. 2021, the chair of the Com16 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may 

17 adjust the allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary 

18 levels included in the statement referred to in subsection 

19 (b) consistent with H.R. 2021 as passed by the House. 

20 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

22 (b), any general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolu23 tion continuing appropriations, or amendment thereto or 

24 conference report thereon, may not provide an advance ap25 propriation. 


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

2 provided for programs, activities, or accounts identified in 

3 lists submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

4 by the chair of the Committee on the Budget— 

5 (1) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading ‘‘Ac6 counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 

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

8 new budget authority, and for fiscal year 2022, ac9 counts separately identified under the same heading; 

10 and 

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

12 ‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appro13 priations’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed 

14 $87,636,650,000 in new budget authority. 

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

16 means any new discretionary budget authority provided in 

17 a general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution con18 tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, or any amend19 ment thereto or conference report thereon, that first be20 comes available following fiscal year 2020. 

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