Title: Investing for the People Act of 2019
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
Investing for the People Act of 2019
This bill increases discretionary spending limits, modifies the procedures for enforcing the limits, and establishes budget enforcement procedures in the House of Representatives for FY2020.
The bill increases both the defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits for FY2020 and FY2021. It also modifies the procedures for enforcing the spending limits to
The chairman of the House Budget Committee must submit for publication in the Congressional Record committee allocations, aggregate spending levels, and aggregate revenue levels that are consistent with the discretionary spending limits and requirements specified in this bill. For budget enforcement purposes, the allocations and levels shall apply in the House of Representatives as if they were included in a FY2020 budget resolution.
The chairman may adjust the allocations and levels to reflect (1) changes in the Congressional Budget Office baseline, or (2) legislation that does not increase the deficit over FY2020-FY2024 or FY2020-FY2029.
The bill prohibits advance appropriations, except for programs, activities, or accounts identified in lists submitted by the chairman of the House Budget Committee for publication in the Congressional Record. The identified accounts are subject to aggregate limits specified in the bill. (An advance appropriation is any new discretionary budget authority provided in appropriations legislation for FY2020 that first becomes available after FY2020.)

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2021 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Investing for the People 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 
following:
            ``(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 Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism for fiscal year 2020 or any 
subsequent fiscal year shall not exceed $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 Revenue Service and 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 two new subparagraphs:
                    ``(G) Internal revenue service tax enforcement.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If a bill or joint 
                        resolution making appropriations for a fiscal 
                        year is enacted that specifies an amount in the 
                        Enforcement account and the Operations Support 
                        account for tax enforcement activities, 
                        including tax compliance to address the Federal 
                        tax gap, of the Internal Revenue Service of the 
                        Department 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--
                                    ``(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 provided for a 
                        fiscal year, in excess of $8,584,000,000, in an 
                        appropriation Act and specified for tax 
                        enforcement activities, including tax 
                        compliance to address the Federal tax gap, of 
                        the Internal Revenue 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 Periodic Censuses 
                        and Programs account of the Bureau of the 
                        Census of the Department 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.
                            ``(ii) Definition.--As used in this 
                        subparagraph, the term `new budget authority' 
                        means the amount provided for fiscal 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 preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``and (12)'' and inserting ``, (12), and 
        (13)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) Implementing direct spending reductions for fiscal 
        years 2020 and 2021.--(A) OMB shall make the calculations 
        necessary to implement the direct spending reductions 
        calculated pursuant 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 implemented for fiscal 
        years 2020 and 2021.''.

             TITLE II--ESTABLISHING A CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

SEC. 201. FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET RESOLUTION.

    (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 subsection (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 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, committee 
        allocations for fiscal year 2020 consistent with discretionary 
        spending limits set forth in section 251(c)(7) of the Balanced 
        Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by 
        this Act, and the outlays flowing therefrom, and committee 
        allocations for fiscal 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 that 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 extent practicable, 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 
        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 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 Congressional Budget Office, as 
        adjusted, to the extent practicable, 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 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 subsection (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 included in the statement referred to in 
subsection (b)--
            (1) to reflect changes resulting from the Congressional 
        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 deficit 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 statement referred to in 
subsection (b), all references to allocations, aggregates, or other 
appropriate levels in ``this concurrent resolution'' in sections 5201, 
5202, and 5203 of the House 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 references 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 resolution continuing 
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 ``Accounts 
        Identified for Advance Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount 
        not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and for 
        fiscal year 2022, accounts separately identified under the same 
        heading; and
            (2) for fiscal year 2021, under the heading ``Veterans 
        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 thereto or conference report thereon, that first 
becomes 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 
        inconsistent 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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