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(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. 
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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-
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ant to law by the Federal Government that required pay-
ment before August 1, 2021. 
TITLE IV—OFFSETS 
SEC. 401. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3) of the Con-
solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘October 
20, 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2029’’. 
(b) RATE FOR MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES.— 
Section 503 of the United States–Korea Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112–41; 19 
U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by striking ‘‘May 26, 2027’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’. 
SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS 
THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2029. 
Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2022 
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through 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2022 
through 2029’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2027’’ and 
inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2029’’. 
TITLE V—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The budgetary effects of this Act 
shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard main-
tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As- 
You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)). 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 
effects of this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO 
scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 
Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 165 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3877 
AN ACT 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, to establish a con-
gressional budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, 
to temporarily suspend the debt limit, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 29, 2019 
Received; read twice and ordered placed on the calendar 
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