Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2021

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish a discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2021 2. Discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending (a) Definition Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 900(c)(4) (1) in subparagraph (D), by inserting other than in the infrastructure category (2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting or the infrastructure category (3) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and (4) by inserting afer subparagraph (E) the following: (F) The term infrastructure category (i) For the Federal Aviation Administration: (I) Facilities and Equipment. (II) Grants-in-Aid for Airports. (III) Operations. (ii) For the Federal Highway Administration: (I) Highway Infrastructure Programs. (II) Emergency Relief. (iii) For the Federal Transit Administration: (I) Capital Investment Grants. (II) Transit Infrastructure Grants. (iv) For the Federal Railroad Administration: (I) Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Network. (II) National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Network. (III) Railroad Research and Development. (IV) Safety and Operations. (V) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements. (VI) Federal-State Partnership For State Of Good Repair. (VII) Restoration and Enhancement. (v) For the Maritime Administration: (I) Port Infrastructure Development Program. (II) Assistance to Small Shipyards. (III) Maritime Guaranteed Loan (title XI) Program Account. (vi) For the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Aeronautics account, amounts for the Airspace Operations and Safety Program and the Advanced Air Vehicles Program carried out under chapter 401 (vii) For the Department of Defense, Military Construction: (I) Military Construction, Army. (II) Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps. (III) Military Construction, Air Force. (IV) Military Construction, Defense-Wide. (V) North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Security Investment Program. (VI) Military Construction, Army National Guard. (VII) Military Construction, Air National Guard. (VIII) Military Construction, Army Reserve. (IX) Military Construction, Navy Reserve. (X) Military Construction, Air Force Reserve. (XI) Family Housing Construction, Army. (XII) Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps. (XIII) Family Housing Construction, Air Force. (XIV) (XV) Family Housing Improvement Fund. (XVI) Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund. (viii) For the Environmental Protection Agency, Infrastructure Assistance: (I) Clean Water State Revolving Funds and the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds. (II) Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program Account. (III) America's Water Infrastructure Act Grant Programs under section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–19a (IV) Alaska Native Village Waste and Drinking Water Facilities Programs under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1301 7 U.S.C. 1921 (ix) For the Department of Agriculture: (I) Forest Service, Capital Improvements and Maintenance. (II) Natural Resources Conservation Service: (aa) Watershed Rehabilitation Program. (bb) Private Lands Conservation Operations under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590a (cc) Emergency Watershed Protection Program established under section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2203 (dd) Small Watersheds Program established by the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1001 (III) Rural Utilities Service: (aa) Electric loans under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 901 (bb) Telecommunications loans under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 901 (cc) Rural Water And Waste Disposal Program Account. (dd) Broadband Loan and Grant Pilot Program. (IV) Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account. . (b) Spending limits Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(c) (1) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking and at the end (2) by inserting after paragraph (8)(B) the following: (9) for fiscal year 2022— (A) for the revised security category $645,325,600,000 in new budget authority; (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $580,861,700,000 in new budget authority; and (C) for the infrastructure category, $61,812,700,000 in new budget authority; and (10) for fiscal year 2023— (A) for the revised security category $649,985,500,000 in new budget authority; (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $585,122,700,000 in new budget authority; and (C) for the infrastructure category, $62,891,800,000 in new budget authority; .

Summary: Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2021 This bill establishes discretionary spending limits for FY2022 and FY2023. Specifically, the bill establishes discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending, establishes a separate discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending, specifies the appropriations accounts and programs that are categorized as infrastructure spending for the purposes of the discretionary spending limits, and excludes infrastructure spending from the existing defense and nondefense categories of spending. (Under current law, the existing discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending will expire at the end of FY2021, and there is no discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending.)