Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
This bill increases discretionary spending limits, suspends the debt limit, and modifies budget enforcement procedures.
The bill increases the FY2020 and FY2021 discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending. The bill also (1) specifies limits for Overseas Contingency Operations funding, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits; and (2) requires the FY2020 discretionary spending limits to be adjusted to accommodate specified funding for the 2020 Census.
The bill suspends the public debt limit through July 31, 2021. On August 1, 2021, the limit will be increased to accommodate obligations issued during the suspension period.
The bill also includes provisions that
[116th Congress Public Law 37]
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Public Law 116-37
116th Congress
An Act
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
to establish a congressional budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to
temporarily suspend the debt limit, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Aug.
2, 2019 - [H.R. 3877]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2019. 2 USC 900 note.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Budget 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,
$666,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and
``(B) for the revised nonsecurity category,
$621,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and
``(8) for fiscal year 2021--
``(A) for the revised security category,
$671,500,000,000 in new budget authority; and
``(B) for the revised nonsecurity category,
$626,500,000,000 in new budget authority;''.
(b) Overseas Contingency Operations Amounts.--In fiscal years 2020
and 2021, the adjustments under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A))
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
appropriations will be as follows:
(1) For the revised nonsecurity category--
(A) for fiscal year 2020, $8,000,000,000; and
(B) for fiscal year 2021, $8,000,000,000.
(2) For the revised security category--
(A) for fiscal year 2020, $71,500,000,000; and
(B) for fiscal year 2021, $69,000,000,000.
This subsection shall not affect the applicability of section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.
(c) New Adjustment for the U.S. Census for 2020.--Section 251(b)(2)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
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Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
``(G) The 2020 census.--If, for fiscal year 2020,
appropriations for the Periodic Censuses and Programs
account of the Bureau of the Census of the Department of
Commerce are enacted that the Congress designates in
statute as being for the 2020 Census, then the
adjustment for that fiscal year shall be the total of
such appropriations for that fiscal year designated as
being for the 2020 Census, but shall not exceed
$2,500,000,000.''.
(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 Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2019.
``(B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be implemented for fiscal
years 2020 and 2021.''.
SEC. 102. BALANCES ON THE PAYGO SCORECARDS.
Effective <<NOTE: Effective date.>> on the date of the enactment of
this Act, the balances on the PAYGO scorecards established pursuant to
paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)) shall be zero.
TITLE II--ESTABLISHING A CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
SEC. 201. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET
RESOLUTION IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
Upon <<NOTE: Effective date.>> the date of the enactment of this
Act--
(1) 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
section 1(b) of House Resolution 293 (116th Congress) consistent
with this Act; and
(2) subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 1 of House
Resolution 293 (116th Congress) shall have no force or effect
through the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
SEC. 202. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) Fiscal Year 2021 <<NOTE: Deadline. Applicability. Effective
date.>> .--If a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021
has not been adopted by April 15, 2020, for the purpose of enforcing the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2021, the allocations,
aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the
House of Representatives after April 15, 2020, in the same manner as for
a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 with
appropriate
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budgetary levels for fiscal year 2021 and for fiscal years 2022 through
2030.
(b) <<NOTE: Time periods. Congressional
Record, publication. Deadline.>> 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 after April 15, 2020, but not later than May 15, 2020,
containing--
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee
allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent with discretionary
spending limits set forth in section 251(c)(8) 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 2021 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 of Representatives other
than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for
fiscal year 2021 and for the period of fiscal years 2021 through
2030 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 2021 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 2021 and for
the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 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 2021 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 2021
through 2030; 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 2021 to fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year
2021 to fiscal year 2030.
(e) Application.--
(1) 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
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(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) and
section 1(h)(1) of House Resolution 293 (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 or any other 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 in the House
of Representatives except for the sections of such concurrent
resolution identified in paragraph (1).
(f) Expiration.--Subsections (a) through (e) shall no longer apply
if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is agreed
to by the Senate and House of Representatives.
SEC. 203. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) In General.--In the House of Representatives, 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. <<NOTE: Lists. Congressional
Record, publication.>> --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 2022, 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 2023, accounts separately identified under the same
heading; and
(2) for fiscal year 2022, under the heading ``Veterans
Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations''.
(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
2021, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that first
becomes available following fiscal year 2021.
(d) Expiration.--The preceding subsections of this section shall
expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is
agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives pursuant to
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
SEC. 204. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE
SENATE.
(a) Fiscal Year 2020. <<NOTE: Applicability.>> --For the purpose of
enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.)
and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions
on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in
subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate 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) <<NOTE: Time periods. Congressional Record, publication.>>
Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and Levels.--The Chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall submit a statement for
publication in the Congressional Record
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as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act that
includes--
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
committee allocations for fiscal year 2020 consistent with the
discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended by this Act, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633);
(2) for all committees other than the Committee on
Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2020,
2020 through 2024, and 2020 through 2029 consistent with the May
2019 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted
for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during
the period beginning on the date such baseline was 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 (2 U.S.C. 633);
(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 (2 U.S.C. 642);
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2020, 2020
through 2024, and 2020 through 2029 consistent with the May 2019
baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the
budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the
period beginning on the date such baseline was 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 (2
U.S.C. 642); and
(5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for
fiscal years 2020, 2020 through 2024, and 2020 through 2029
consistent with the May 2019 baseline of the Congressional
Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any
provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date
such baseline was issued and ending on the date of submission of
such statement, for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 and
311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642).
(c) Additional Matter.--The filing referred to in subsection (b) may
also include for fiscal year 2020 the deficit-neutral reserve funds in
title III of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2018, updated by two fiscal years.
(d) Expiration.--This section shall expire if a concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020 is agreed to by the Senate
and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632).
SEC. 205. AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET RESOLUTION IN THE
SENATE.
(a) Fiscal Year 2021.-- <<NOTE: Effective date. Applicability.>> For
the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
621 et seq.), after April 15, 2020, and enforcing budgetary points of
order in prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations,
aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the
Senate in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget
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for fiscal year 2021 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year
2021 and for fiscal years 2022 through 2030.
(b) <<NOTE: Time periods. Deadline.>> Committee Allocations,
Aggregates, and Levels.--After April 15, 2020, but not later than May
15, 2020, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
shall file--
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
committee allocations for fiscal year 2021 consistent with the
discretionary spending limits set forth in section 251(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended by this Act, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633);
(2) for all committees other than the Committee on
Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2021,
2021 through 2025, and 2021 through 2030 consistent with the
most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as
adjusted 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 (2 U.S.C. 642);
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2021 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 (2 U.S.C. 642);
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2021, 2021
through 2025, and 2021 through 2030 consistent with the most
recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted
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 (2 U.S.C. 642); and
(5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for
fiscal years 2021, 2021 through 2025, and 2021 through 2030
consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional
Budget Office, as adjusted 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 sections 302 and
311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633, 642).
(c) Additional Matter.--The filing referred to in subsection (b) may
also include for fiscal year 2021 the deficit-neutral reserve funds in
title III of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2018, updated by three fiscal years.
(d) Expiration.--This section shall expire if a concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by the Senate
and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632).
SEC. 206. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE SENATE.
(a) Point of Order Against Advance Appropriations in the Senate.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Point of order.--Except as provided in paragraph
(2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider
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any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment
between the Houses, or conference report that would
provide an advance appropriation for a discretionary
account.
(B) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
``advance appropriation'' means any new budget authority
provided in a bill or joint resolution 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 appropriations for fiscal year 2021 that first
becomes available for any fiscal year after 2021.
(2) Exceptions.--Advance appropriations may be provided--
(A) <<NOTE: Congressional Record, publication.>>
for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for programs, projects,
activities, or accounts identified in a statement
submitted to the Congressional Record by the Chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate under the
heading ``Accounts Identified for Advance
Appropriations'' in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority in each fiscal
year;
(B) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; 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 affirmative 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 Senator as provided in section
313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
644(e)).
(5) Conference reports.--When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment 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 Senate 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 debatable. 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
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to section 301 of the Congressional 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 direct 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 decrease 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 making appropriations for a
full fiscal year, or an amendment thereto, amendment between the
Houses in relation thereto, conference report thereon, or motion
thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the
absolute value of the total budget authority of all such CHIMPs
enacted in relation 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. <<NOTE: Estimates.>> --For purposes of this
section, budgetary levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates
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 OPERATIONS IN THE SENATE.
(a) Point of Order.--When the Senate is considering a bill, joint
resolution, motion, amendment, amendment 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 between the Houses in relation to, a bill or
joint resolution, upon a point of order
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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 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 debatable. 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 subsection), no further
amendment shall be in order.
(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 Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, respectively, 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 extent
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.
TITLE III--TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT
SEC. 301. <<NOTE: 31 USC 3101 note.>> TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF
PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.
(a) <<NOTE: Time period.>> In General.--Section 3101(b) of title
31, United States Code, shall not apply for the period beginning 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.-- <<NOTE: Effective date.>> Effective on August 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 obligations whose principal
and interest are guaranteed by the United States Government
(except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the
Treasury) outstanding on August 1, 2021, exceeds
(2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Extension Limited to Necessary Obligations.--An obligation shall
not be taken into account under subsection (b)(1) unless the issuance of
such obligation was necessary to fund a
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commitment incurred pursuant to law by the Federal Government that
required payment before August 1, 2021.
TITLE IV--OFFSETS
SEC. 401. CUSTOMS USER FEES.
(a) In General.--Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated 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 ``September 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 Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i),
by striking ``fiscal years 2022 through 2027'' and inserting
``fiscal years 2022 through 2029''; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding 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 maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)).
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(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).
Approved August 2, 2019.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3877:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
July 25, considered and passed House.
Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate.
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Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 284 - 149 (Roll no. 511).(text: CR H7398-7401)
Roll Call #511 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 284 - 149 (Roll no. 511). (text: CR H7398-7401)
Roll Call #511 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165, pursuant to the order of July 25, 2019.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S5125)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S5125)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (CR S5178)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5281, S5284-5289)
Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (CR S5288)
Enacted as Public Law 116-37
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Cloture on the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 27. Record Vote Number: 261. (CR S5288)
Roll Call #261 (Senate)Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 28. Record Vote Number: 262.
Roll Call #262 (Senate)Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 28. Record Vote Number: 262.
Roll Call #262 (Senate)Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 116-37.
Became Public Law No: 116-37.