H. Res. 293 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 9, 2019. 
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 sub-
section (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 LEV-
ELS.—In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com-
mittee on the Budget shall submit a statement for publication 
in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable, con-
taining— 
(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
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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 ex-
tent 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 purpose of enforc-
ing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974; 
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2020 in 
accordance with the allocations established under para-
graphs (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 Congres-
sional Budget Office, as adjusted, to the extent prac-
ticable, 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
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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 mat-
ter 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 allo-
cations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels included in 
the statement referred to in subsection (b)— 
(1) to reflect changes resulting from the Congres-
sional 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 meas-
ure if such measure would not increase the deficit for ei-
ther 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 Com-
mittee 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 ac-
cordance 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
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for any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference re-
port, 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 allo-
cations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels included in 
the statement referred to in subsection (b) as follows: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a bill, joint resolution, amend-
ment, or conference report making appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 specifies an amount in the Enforcement 
account and the Operations Support account for tax en-
forcement 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
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activities, including tax compliance to address the Fed-
eral 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, amend-
ment, or conference report making appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 specifies an amount for the 2020 Cen-
sus in the Periodic Censuses and Programs account of 
the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Com-
merce, then the adjustment shall be the new budget au-
thority 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 pro-
vided 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 resolu-
tion’’ in sections 5201, 5202, and 5203 of the House
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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 ref-
erences to the allocations, aggregates, or other appro-
priate levels contained in the statement referred to in 
subsection (b), as adjusted in accordance with this sec-
tion 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 con-
current 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 con-
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tinuing 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 ‘‘Ac-
counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an ag-
gregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new 
budget authority, and for fiscal year 2022, accounts sep-
arately identified under the same heading; and 
(2) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading ‘‘Vet-
erans 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 there-
to or conference report thereon, that first becomes available 
following fiscal year 2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.