I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2021 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2019 
Mr. YARMUTH (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following bill; 
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 with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget 
for fiscal year 2020. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Investing for the Peo-
ple Act of 2019’’. 
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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, 
$664,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and 
‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 
$631,018,000,000 in new budget authority; and 
‘‘(8) for fiscal year 2021— 
‘‘(A) for the revised security category, 
$680,119,000,000; and 
‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 
$646,056,000,000;’’. 
(b) OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 
WAR
ON
TERRORISM
ADJUSTMENT
LIMIT.—Section 
251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended in 
subparagraph (A) by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘, except that the adjustment for Overseas 
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Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism for fis-
cal year 2020 or any subsequent fiscal year shall not ex-
ceed $69,000,000,000 for the revised security category or 
$8,000,000,0000 for the revised nonsecurity category’’. 
(c) NEW ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE INTERNAL REV-
ENUE SERVICE AND THE U.S. CENSUS FOR 2020.—Sec-
tion 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 two new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(G) INTERNAL
REVENUE
SERVICE
TAX 
ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 
resolution making appropriations for a fis-
cal year is enacted that specifies an 
amount in the Enforcement account and 
the Operations Support account for tax en-
forcement activities, including tax compli-
ance to address the Federal tax gap, of the 
Internal Revenue Service of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, then the adjustment 
for that fiscal year shall be the additional 
new budget authority provided in that Act 
for such purpose for that fiscal year, but 
shall not exceed— 
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‘‘(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$400,000,000; and 
‘‘(II) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
$750,000,000. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—As used in this 
subparagraph, the term ‘additional new 
budget authority’ means the amount pro-
vided for a fiscal year, in excess of 
$8,584,000,000, in an appropriation Act 
and specified for tax enforcement activi-
ties, including tax compliance to address 
the Federal tax gap, of the Internal Rev-
enue Service. 
‘‘(H) THE 2020 CENSUS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a bill or joint 
resolution making appropriations for fiscal 
year 2020 is enacted that specifies an 
amount for the 2020 Census in the Peri-
odic Censuses and Programs account of 
the Bureau of the Census of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, then the adjustment 
for that fiscal year shall be the new budget 
authority provided in that Act for such 
purpose for fiscal year 2020, but shall not 
exceed $7,500,000,000. 
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‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—As used in this 
subparagraph, the term ‘new budget au-
thority’ means the amount provided for fis-
cal year 2020 in an appropriation Act and 
specified to pay for expenses associated 
with 2020 Census operations.’’. 
(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 Investing for the People Act of 
2019. 
‘‘(B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be imple-
mented for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.’’. 
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TITLE II—ESTABLISHING A 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 
SEC. 201. FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET RESOLUTION. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—For the purpose of enforc-
ing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 
2020, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for 
in subsection (b) shall apply in the House of Representa-
tives in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2020 with appropriate budg-
etary levels for fiscal year 2020 and for fiscal years 2021 
through 2029. 
(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 as soon as 
practicable, containing— 
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, com-
mittee allocations for fiscal year 2020 consistent 
with discretionary spending limits set forth in sec-
tion 251(c)(7) 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 2020 for cur-
rent law mandatory budget authority and outlays, 
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for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974; 
(2) for all committees of that House other than 
the Committee on Appropriations, committee alloca-
tions 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 extent practicable, 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 302 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 
(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; 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 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 
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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 2020, 
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 2020 through 2029; 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 2020 to fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2020 to 
fiscal year 2029. 
(e) APPLICATION.—Upon submission of the state-
ment referred to in subsection (b), all references to alloca-
tions, aggregates, or other appropriate levels in ‘‘this con-
current resolution’’ in sections 5201, 5202, and 5203 of 
the House Concurrent Resolution 71 (115th Congress), 
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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 appropriate 
levels contained in the statement referred to in subsection 
(b), as adjusted in accordance with this section or any 
other Act. 
SEC. 202. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), any general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolu-
tion continuing appropriations, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, may not provide an advance ap-
propriation. 
(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 
aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in 
new budget authority, and for fiscal year 2022, ac-
counts separately identified under the same heading; 
and 
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(2) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading 
‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appro-
priations’’ 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 con-
tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, or any amend-
ment thereto or conference report thereon, that first be-
comes available following fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 203. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
Sections 201 and 202 are enacted by the House of 
Representatives— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives, and as such they shall 
be considered as part of the rules of the House of 
Representatives, and such rules shall supersede 
other rules only to the extent that they are incon-
sistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the House of Representatives to change 
such rules at any time, in the same manner, and to 
the same extent as in the case of any other rule of 
the House of Representatives. 
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