Children's Budget Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2127 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that Federal children’s programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President’s budget, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 17, 2021 Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that Federal children’s programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President’s budget, and for other pur- poses. 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 ‘‘Children’s Budget 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31. 6 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 7 amended by adding at the end the following: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 Jun 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2127.IS S2127 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2127 IS ‘‘(40)(A) A detailed, separate analysis for the 1 prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, the fiscal 2 year for which the budget is submitted, and the en- 3 suing fiscal year identifying— 4 ‘‘(i) the amounts of gross and net appro- 5 priations or obligational authority and outlays 6 that are directed to children within the United 7 States and territories including— 8 ‘‘(I) summaries of the total amount of 9 such appropriations or new obligational au- 10 thority and outlays requested for children 11 and children’s programs; 12 ‘‘(II) an estimate of levels of spending 13 on children and children’s programs; and 14 ‘‘(III) a detailed breakdown of spend- 15 ing on children and children’s programs by 16 agency and initiative; and 17 ‘‘(ii) the amount of tax expenditures relat- 18 ing to children. 19 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph— 20 ‘‘(i) the term ‘children’ means individuals 21 under 19 years of age; 22 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘spending on children’ in- 23 cludes— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 Jun 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2127.IS S2127 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2127 IS ‘‘(I) Federal entitlement spending 1 that goes directly to children; 2 ‘‘(II) outlays for programs and initia- 3 tives that, consistent with their mission, 4 deliver services exclusively to children; 5 ‘‘(III) outlays for programs and initia- 6 tives that, while not serving children di- 7 rectly, have as a core mission goal the im- 8 provement of children’s health, education, 9 welfare, or general well-being; and 10 ‘‘(IV) the share of funding for Federal 11 programs and initiatives that deliver serv- 12 ices to both children and adults that is 13 consistent with the share of program bene- 14 fits for children based on the best available 15 data; and 16 ‘‘(iii) the term ‘tax expenditures’ has the 17 meaning given that term in section 3 of the 18 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con- 19 trol Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622). 20 ‘‘(C) In implementing this paragraph, including 21 determining what Federal activities or accounts con- 22 stitutes spending on children or children’s programs 23 and tax expenditures relating to children, the Office 24 of Management and Budget shall consult periodi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 Jun 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2127.IS S2127 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 2127 IS cally with the Committee on the Budget and the 1 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the 2 Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Ap- 3 propriations of the House of Representatives, and 4 the Congressional Budget Office.’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 Jun 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2127.IS S2127 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS