[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3877 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.3877
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen
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.
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 ``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 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 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 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.--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 budgetary levels for
fiscal year 2021 and for fiscal years 2022 through 2030.
(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 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 (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.--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.--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) 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 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.--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 for fiscal year
2021 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2021 and for
fiscal years 2022 through 2030.
(b) 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 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) 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 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.--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 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. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.
(a) 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.--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 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)).
(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).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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Last Action: Became Public Law No: 116-37. (8/2/2019)
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