provide an advance appropriation for a discre-
tionary account. 
(B) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new 
budget authority provided in a bill or joint reso-
lution making appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 that first becomes available for any fiscal 
year after 2020 or any new budget authority 
provided in a bill or joint resolution making ap-
propriations for fiscal year 2021 that first be-
comes available for any fiscal year after 2021. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations may 
be provided— 
(A) for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for pro-
grams, projects, activities, or accounts identi-
fied in a statement submitted to the Congres-
sional Record by the Chairman of the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the Senate under the 
heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Ap-
propriations’’ in an aggregate amount not to 
exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget author-
ity in each fiscal year; 
(B) for the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting; and
(C) for the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for the Medical Services, Medical Support and 
Compliance, 
Veterans 
Medical 
Community 
Care, and Medical Facilities accounts of the 
Veterans Health Administration. 
(3) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 
(A) WAIVER.—In the Senate, paragraph 
(1) may be waived or suspended only by an af-
firmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, 
duly chosen and sworn. 
(B) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of 
three-fifths of the 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 paragraph (1). 
(4) FORM OF POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 
order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Sen-
ator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 
(5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 
is considering a conference report on, or an amend-
ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill or 
joint resolution, upon a point of order being made 
by any Senator pursuant to this subsection, and 
such point of order being sustained, such material
contained in such conference report or amendment 
between the Houses shall be stricken, and the Sen-
ate shall proceed to consider the question of whether 
the Senate shall recede from its amendment and 
concur with a further amendment, or concur in the 
House amendment with a further amendment, as 
the case may be, which further amendment shall 
consist of only that portion of the conference report 
or House amendment, as the case may be, not so 
stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be de-
batable. In any case in which such point of order is 
sustained against a conference report (or Senate 
amendment derived from such conference report by 
operation of this paragraph), no further amendment 
shall be in order. 
(b) SUNSET.—Subsection (a) shall terminate on the 
date on which a concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by the Senate and House 
of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632). 
SEC. 207. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CERTAIN CHANGES IN 
MANDATORY PROGRAMS IN THE SENATE. 
(a) 
DEFINITION.—In 
this 
section, 
the 
term 
‘‘CHIMP’’ means a provision that—
(1) would have been estimated as affecting di-
rect spending or receipts under section 252 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in effect prior to 
September 30, 2002) if the provision was included 
in legislation other than appropriation Acts; and 
(2) results in a net decrease in budget authority 
in the budget year, but does not result in a net de-
crease in outlays over the period of the total of the 
current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years 
covered under the most recently adopted concurrent 
resolution on the budget. 
(b) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in 
the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution mak-
ing appropriations for a full fiscal year, or an 
amendment thereto, amendment between the Houses 
in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or mo-
tion thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if en-
acted, would cause the absolute value of the total 
budget authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in re-
lation to a full fiscal year to be more than the 
amount specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this 
paragraph is, for fiscal year 2021, $15,000,000,000.
(c) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of this section, 
budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of esti-
mates provided by the Chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget of the Senate. 
(d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE 
SENATE.—In the Senate, subsection (b) 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 the 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 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 208. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST DESIGNATION OF 
FUNDS FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER-
ATIONS IN THE SENATE. 
(a) POINT OF ORDER.—When the Senate is consid-
ering a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amend-
ment between the Houses, or conference report, if a point 
of order is made by a Senator against a provision that 
designates funds for fiscal years 2020 or 2021 for overseas 
contingency operations, in accordance with section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)), and 
the point of order is sustained by the Chair, that provision
shall be stricken from the measure and may not be offered 
as an amendment from the floor. 
(b) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 
order under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator 
as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 
(c) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 
considering a conference report on, or an amendment be-
tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 
upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant 
to subsection (a), and such point of order being sustained, 
such material contained in such conference report or 
House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 
proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate 
shall recede from its amendment and concur with a fur-
ther amendment, or concur in the House amendment with 
a further amendment, as the case may be, which further 
amendment shall consist of only that portion of the con-
ference report or House amendment, as the case may be, 
not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be 
debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sus-
tained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 
derived from such conference report by operation of this 
subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.
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: 
Clerk.
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.