Penny Plan to Enhance Infrastructure Act of 2021

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 232 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish a discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 4, 2021 Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con- trol Act of 1985 to establish a discretionary spending limit for infrastructure spending. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Penny Plan to En- 4 hance Infrastructure Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT FOR INFRA- 6 STRUCTURE SPENDING. 7 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced 8 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 9 U.S.C. 900(c)(4)) is amended— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S232.IS S232 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 232 IS (1) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘other 1 than in the infrastructure category’’ before the pe- 2 riod; 3 (2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘or the 4 infrastructure category’’ before the period; 5 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub- 6 paragraph (G); and 7 (4) by inserting afer subparagraph (E) the fol- 8 lowing: 9 ‘‘(F) The term ‘infrastructure category’ means 10 discretionary appropriations for the following appro- 11 priation accounts or programs: 12 ‘‘(i) For the Federal Aviation Administra- 13 tion: 14 ‘‘(I) Facilities and Equipment. 15 ‘‘(II) Grants-in-Aid for Airports. 16 ‘‘(III) Operations. 17 ‘‘(ii) For the Federal Highway Administra- 18 tion: 19 ‘‘(I) Highway Infrastructure Pro- 20 grams. 21 ‘‘(II) Emergency Relief. 22 ‘‘(iii) For the Federal Transit Administra- 23 tion: 24 ‘‘(I) Capital Investment Grants. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S232.IS S232 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 232 IS ‘‘(II) Transit Infrastructure Grants. 1 ‘‘(iv) For the Federal Railroad Administra- 2 tion: 3 ‘‘(I) Northeast Corridor Grants to the 4 National Railroad Passenger Network. 5 ‘‘(II) National Network Grants to the 6 National Railroad Passenger Network. 7 ‘‘(III) Railroad Research and Devel- 8 opment. 9 ‘‘(IV) Safety and Operations. 10 ‘‘(V) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure 11 and Safety Improvements. 12 ‘‘(VI) Federal-State Partnership For 13 State Of Good Repair. 14 ‘‘(VII) Restoration and Enhancement. 15 ‘‘(v) For the Maritime Administration: 16 ‘‘(I) Port Infrastructure Development 17 Program. 18 ‘‘(II) Assistance to Small Shipyards. 19 ‘‘(III) Maritime Guaranteed Loan 20 (title XI) Program Account. 21 ‘‘(vi) For the National Aeronautics and 22 Space Administration, Aeronautics account, 23 amounts for the Airspace Operations and Safe- 24 ty Program and the Advanced Air Vehicles Pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S232.IS S232 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 232 IS gram carried out under chapter 401 of title 51, 1 United States Code. 2 ‘‘(vii) For the Department of Defense, 3 Military Construction: 4 ‘‘(I) Military Construction, Army. 5 ‘‘(II) Military Construction, Navy and 6 Marine Corps. 7 ‘‘(III) Military Construction, Air 8 Force. 9 ‘‘(IV) Military Construction, Defense- 10 Wide. 11 ‘‘(V) North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- 12 tion, Security Investment Program. 13 ‘‘(VI) Military Construction, Army 14 National Guard. 15 ‘‘(VII) Military Construction, Air Na- 16 tional Guard. 17 ‘‘(VIII) Military Construction, Army 18 Reserve. 19 ‘‘(IX) Military Construction, Navy Re- 20 serve. 21 ‘‘(X) Military Construction, Air Force 22 Reserve. 23 ‘‘(XI) Family Housing Construction, 24 Army. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S232.IS S232 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 232 IS ‘‘(XII) Family Housing Construction, 1 Navy and Marine Corps. 2 ‘‘(XIII) Family Housing Construction, 3 Air Force. 4 ‘‘(XIV) Family Housing Operations 5 and Maintenance, Defense-Wide. 6 ‘‘(XV) Family Housing Improvement 7 Fund. 8 ‘‘(XVI) Military Unaccompanied 9 Housing Improvement Fund. 10 ‘‘(viii) For the Environmental Protection 11 Agency, Infrastructure Assistance: 12 ‘‘(I) Clean Water State Revolving 13 Funds and the Drinking Water State Re- 14 volving Funds. 15 ‘‘(II) Water Infrastructure Finance 16 and Innovation Act Program Account. 17 ‘‘(III) America’s Water Infrastructure 18 Act Grant Programs under section 1459A 19 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 20 300j–19a). 21 ‘‘(IV) Alaska Native Village Waste 22 and Drinking Water Facilities Programs 23 under section 221 of the Federal Water 24 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S232.IS S232 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •S 232 IS and the Consolidated Farm and Rural De- 1 velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.). 2 ‘‘(ix) For the Department of Agriculture: 3 ‘‘(I) Forest Service, Capital Improve- 4 ments and Maintenance. 5 ‘‘(II) Natural Resources Conservation 6 Service: 7 ‘‘(aa) Watershed Rehabilitation 8 Program. 9 ‘‘(bb) Private Lands Conserva- 10 tion Operations under the Soil Con- 11 servation and Domestic Allotment Act 12 (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.). 13 ‘‘(cc) Emergency Watershed Pro- 14 tection Program established under 15 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit 16 Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203). 17 ‘‘(dd) Small Watersheds Program 18 established by the Secretary of Agri- 19 culture to carry out the Watershed 20 Protection and Flood Prevention Act 21 (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 22 ‘‘(III) Rural Utilities Service: 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S232.IS S232 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •S 232 IS ‘‘(aa) Electric loans under the 1 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 2 U.S.C. 901 et seq.). 3 ‘‘(bb) Telecommunications loans 4 under the Rural Electrification Act of 5 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.). 6 ‘‘(cc) Rural Water And Waste 7 Disposal Program Account. 8 ‘‘(dd) Broadband Loan and 9 Grant Pilot Program. 10 ‘‘(IV) Rural Housing Service—Rural 11 Community Facilities Program Account.’’. 12 (b) SPENDING LIMITS.—Section 251(c) of the Bal- 13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 14 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)) is amended— 15 (1) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘and at 16 the end’’; and 17 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8)(B) the fol- 18 lowing: 19 ‘‘(9) for fiscal year 2022— 20 ‘‘(A) for the revised security category 21 $645,325,600,000 in new budget authority; 22 ‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 23 $580,861,700,000 in new budget authority; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S232.IS S232 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •S 232 IS ‘‘(C) for the infrastructure category, 1 $61,812,700,000 in new budget authority; and 2 ‘‘(10) for fiscal year 2023— 3 ‘‘(A) for the revised security category 4 $649,985,500,000 in new budget authority; 5 ‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 6 $585,122,700,000 in new budget authority; and 7 ‘‘(C) for the infrastructure category, 8 $62,891,800,000 in new budget authority;’’. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:28 Feb 20, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S232.IS S232 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS