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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 adjust-
ments 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/Glob-
al 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 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 en-
acted 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 ap-
propriations 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 pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and (12)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(12), and (13)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) IMPLEMENTING
DIRECT
SPENDING
RE-
DUCTIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 AND 2021.—(A) 
OMB shall make the calculations necessary to imple-
ment the direct spending reductions calculated pur-
suant 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 imple-
mented 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 pursu-
ant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of the Statu-
tory 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 allo-
cations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels in-
cluded in the statement referred to in section 1(b) 
of House Resolution 293 (116th Congress) con-
sistent 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 RES-
OLUTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES. 
(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 Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2021, the
allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in sub-
section (b) shall apply in the House of Representatives 
after April 15, 2020, in the same manner as for a concur-
rent resolution on the budget 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.—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, com-
mittee allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent 
with discretionary spending limits set forth in sec-
tion 251(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by 
this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, and 
committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 for cur-
rent law mandatory budget authority and outlays, 
for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974; 
(2) for all committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives other than the Committee on Appropria-
tions, committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 and 
for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030
consistent with the most recent baseline of the Con-
gressional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent 
practicable, for the budgetary effects of any provi-
sion 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 pur-
pose 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 en-
forcing 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 Con-
gressional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent 
practicable, for the budgetary effects of any provi-
sion 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 pur-
pose 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 sub-
section (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 in-
cluded in the statement referred to in subsection (b)— 
(1) to reflect changes resulting from the Con-
gressional 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 def-
icit 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, ag-
gregates, or other appropriate levels in ‘‘this concur-
rent resolution’’ in sections 5201, 5202, and 5203 of 
the House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th Con-
gress), specified in section 30104(f)(1) of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2018, and continued in effect by 
section 103(m) of House Resolution 6 (116th Con-
gress) 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 Resolu-
tion 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 Rep-
resentatives except for the sections of such concur-
rent 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 appro-
priation bill or bill or joint resolution continuing appro-
priations, 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 ‘‘Ac-
counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 
aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in 
new budget authority, and for fiscal year 2023, ac-
counts separately identified under the same heading; 
and 
(2) for fiscal year 2022, under the heading 
‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appro-
priations’’. 
(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ 
means any new discretionary budget authority provided in 
a general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution con-
tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, or any amend-
ment thereto or conference report thereon, that first be-
comes available following fiscal year 2021. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—The preceding subsections of this 
section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et 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 RES-
OLUTION IN THE SENATE. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—For the purpose of enforc-
ing 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, ag-
gregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall 
apply in the Senate in the same manner as for a concur-
rent 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 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 Com-
mittee 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 base-
line was issued and ending on the date of submission 
of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing sec-
tion 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 en-
forcing 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 Con-
gressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budg-
etary 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 out-
lays for fiscal years 2020, 2020 through 2024, and 
2020 through 2029 consistent with the May 2019 
baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as ad-
justed 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 en-
forcing 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 con-
current 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 RES-
OLUTION IN THE SENATE. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2021.—For the purpose of enforc-
ing 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 for 
fiscal year 2021 with appropriate budgetary levels for fis-
cal 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 Com-
mittee on Appropriations, committee allocations for 
fiscal years 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 2021 
through 2030 consistent with the most recent base-
line of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted 
for the budgetary effects of any provision of law en-
acted during the period beginning on the date such
baseline is issued and ending on the date of submis-
sion 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 en-
forcing 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 Con-
gressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budg-
etary 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 out-
lays for fiscal years 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 
2021 through 2030 consistent with the most recent 
baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as ad-
justed 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 en-
forcing 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 con-
current 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 APPRO-
PRIATIONS IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) POINT
OF
ORDER.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), it shall not be in order 
in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, motion, amendment, amendment between 
the Houses, or conference report that would
(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 Con-
gress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, 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 ex-
tent 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 EXTEN-
SION 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 begin-
ning 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 Au-
gust 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 obli-
gations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 
by the United States Government (except guaran-
teed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury) outstanding on August 1, 2021, exceeds 
(2) the face amount of such obligations out-
standing on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) EXTENSION LIMITED TO NECESSARY OBLIGA-
TIONS.—An obligation shall not be taken into account 
under subsection (b)(1) unless the issuance of such obliga-
tion was necessary to fund a commitment incurred pursu-