This resolution establishes budget enforcement procedures in the House of Representatives for FY2020.
Specifically, the resolution establishes requirements for
(An advance appropriation is new discretionary budget authority that is provided in FY2020 appropriations legislation and first becomes available after FY2020.)
The resolution also specifies requirements for adjusting the allocations and levels to accommodate specified funding for
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H. Res. 293 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 293
Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 8, 2019
Mr. Yarmuth submitted the following resolution; 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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RESOLUTION
Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. BUDGET MATTERS.
(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 for new discretionary budget
authority of $1,295,018,000,000, 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 the 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 (h).
(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) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
Adjustment Limit.--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) in accordance with the Overseas Contingency Operations/
Global War on Terrorism adjustment in section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for any bill,
joint resolution, amendment, or conference report, except that such
adjustment shall not exceed $69,000,000,000 for the revised security
category or $8,000,000,000 for the revised nonsecurity category.
(f) Adjustment for Internal Revenue Service Tax Enforcement.--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) as follows:
(1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2020
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 shall be the additional new budget
authority provided in such measure for such purpose, but shall
not exceed $400,000,000.
(2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term
``additional new budget authority'' means the amount provided
for fiscal year 2020, in excess of $8,584,000,000, in a bill,
joint resolution, amendment, or conference report and specified
for tax enforcement activities, including tax compliance to
address the Federal tax gap, of the Internal Revenue Service.
(g) Adjustment for the U.S. Census for 2020.--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) as follows:
(1) In general.--If a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
conference report making appropriations for fiscal year 2020
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 shall be the
new budget authority provided in such measure for such purpose,
but shall not exceed $7,500,000,000.
(2) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term ``new
budget authority'' means the amount provided for fiscal year
2020 in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference
report and specified to pay for expenses associated with 2020
Census operations.
(h) 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 (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 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 through the
remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress except for the
sections of such concurrent resolution identified in paragraph
(1).
(i) Adjustment for House Passage of H.R. 2021.--Upon passage of
H.R. 2021, 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) consistent with H.R. 2021 as passed by the House.
SEC. 2. 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.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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.
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.
Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, H. Res. 293 is considered passed House.(consideration: CR H3185-3186; text: CR H3185-3186)
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, H. Res. 293 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H3185-3186; text: CR H3185-3186)
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