Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1536 To modify the congressional budget and appropriations process to provide fiscal stability for the United States, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 5, 2019 Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mr. BYRNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and House Administra- tion, 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 A BILL To modify the congressional budget and appropriations proc- ess to provide fiscal stability for the United States, and for other purposes. 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS; EFFEC- 3 TIVE DATE. 4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 5 ‘‘Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019’’. 6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7 this Act is as follows: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1536 IH Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; effective date. TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING Subtitle A—Congressional Budget Process Sec. 101. Updating purpose of Congressional Budget Act. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Revision of timetable. Sec. 104. Biennial concurrent resolutions on the budget. Sec. 105. Committee allocations. Sec. 106. Multiyear authorizations of appropriations. Sec. 107. Additional amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to effectuate biennial budgeting. Subtitle B—Conforming Amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Sec. 111. Rules Committee recommendations. Sec. 112. Conforming amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Subtitle C—Conforming Amendments to Titles 1, 5, 31, and 39, United States Code Sec. 121. Two-year appropriations; title and style of appropriation Acts. Sec. 122. Amendments to title 31, United States Code. Sec. 123. Government strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis. Subtitle D—Change of Fiscal Year Sec. 131. Change of fiscal year. TITLE II—DIRECT SPENDING PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 201. Annual appropriations required for direct spending programs. TITLE III—ZERO-BASED BUDGETING Sec. 301. Zero-based budgeting. TITLE IV—PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIA- TIONS MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH A BUDGET RESOLUTION Sec. 401. Adoption of reconciliation procedures for appropriations bills. TITLE V—NO BUDGET NO PAY Sec. 501. No budget no pay. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Unless specifically provided 1 for otherwise in this Act, the amendments made by this 2 Act shall take effect immediately before noon on January 3 3, 2021. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1536 IH TITLE I—BIENNIAL BUDGETING 1 Subtitle A—Congressional Budget 2 Process 3 SEC. 101. UPDATING PURPOSE OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDG- 4 ET ACT. 5 Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2 of the Congres- 6 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 are 7 amended to read as follows: 8 ‘‘(1) to assure effective control over the budg- 9 etary process and Federal spending; 10 ‘‘(2) to facilitate the determination biennially of 11 the appropriate level of Federal revenues and ex- 12 penditures by the Congress and the President;’’. 13 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 14 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound- 15 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 16 end the following new paragraphs: 17 ‘‘(12) The term ‘direct spending’ has the mean- 18 ing given to such term in section 250(c)(8) of the 19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 20 Act of 1985. 21 ‘‘(13) The term ‘biennium’ means the period of 22 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of 23 any odd-numbered year.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1536 IH SEC. 103. REVISION OF TIMETABLE. 1 Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 2 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as follows: 3 ‘‘TIMETABLE 4 ‘‘SEC. 300. The timetable with respect to the congres- 5 sional budget process for any Congress (beginning with 6 the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress) is as follows: 7 ‘‘First Session On or before: Action to be completed: First Monday in April ............... President submits budget recommendations. April 15 ..................................... Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees. Not later than 6 weeks after budget submission. Committees submit views and estimates to Budget Committees. June 1 ........................................ Budget Committees report concurrent resolu- tion on the biennial budget. June 30 ...................................... Congress completes action on concurrent res- olution on the biennial budget. July 1 ......................................... Biennial appropriation bills may be consid- ered in the House of Representatives. September 15 ............................. House Appropriations Committee reports last biennial appropriation bill. November 15 ............................. Congress completes action on biennial appro- priation bills. January 1 .................................. Biennium begins. ‘‘Second Session On or before: Action to be completed: First Monday in April ............... President submits budget review. Not later than 6 weeks after President submits budget re- view. Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees. July 31 ....................................... Congress completes action on reconciliation legislation.’’. SEC. 104. BIENNIAL CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE 8 BUDGET. 9 (a) CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.—Section 301(a) of 10 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) 11 is amended— 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 1536 IH (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by— 1 (A) striking ‘‘April 15 of each year’’ and 2 inserting ‘‘June 30 of each odd-numbered 3 year’’; 4 (B) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 5 October 1 of such year’’ the first place it ap- 6 pears and inserting ‘‘the biennium beginning on 7 January 1 of the following year’’; 8 (C) striking ‘‘the fiscal year beginning on 9 October 1 of such year’’ the second place it ap- 10 pears and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in such 11 period’’; and 12 (D) striking ‘‘each of the 4 ensuing fiscal 13 years’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year in the 14 next 2 bienniums’’; 15 (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 16 following: 17 ‘‘(4) subtotals of new budget authority and out- 18 lays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense 19 discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and 20 other health-related spending, other direct spending 21 (excluding interest), and net interest;’’; 22 (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal 23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien- 24 nium’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 1536 IH (4) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year in the bien- 2 nium’’. 3 (b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN CONCURRENT RESO- 4 LUTION.—Section 301(b) of the Congressional Budget Act 5 of 1974 is amended— 6 (1) by striking paragraph (1), and by striking 7 paragraphs (6) through (9); 8 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 9 and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respec- 10 tively; 11 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by strik- 12 ing ‘‘for such fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either 13 fiscal year in such biennium’’; 14 (4) by striking paragraph (3), as redesignated, 15 and inserting the following: 16 ‘‘(3) set forth such other matters, and require 17 such other procedures, relating to the budget as may 18 be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Act, 19 but shall not include a suspension or alteration of 20 the application of the motion to strike a provision as 21 set forth in section 310(d)(2) or (h)(2)(F);’’; and 22 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by strik- 23 ing the semicolon and inserting a period. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 1536 IH (c) VIEWS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section 301(d) 1 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 2 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 3 new sentences: ‘‘Each committee of the Senate or the 4 House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans, 5 performance plans, and performance reports required 6 under section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and sec- 7 tions 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States Code, of 8 all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each 9 committee may provide its views on such plans or reports 10 to the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House.’’. 11 (d) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—Section 301(e) of the 12 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is 13 amended— 14 (1) in paragraph (1)— 15 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ and inserting 16 ‘‘biennium’’; and 17 (B) by inserting after the second sentence 18 the following: ‘‘On or before June 1 of each 19 odd-numbered year, the Committee on the 20 Budget of each House shall report to its House 21 the concurrent resolution on the budget referred 22 to in subsection (a) for the biennium beginning 23 on January 1 of the following year.’’; 24 (2) in paragraph (2)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 1536 IH (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 1 (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs 2 (B), (C), (E), (F), (H), and (I), respectively; 3 (B) before subparagraph (B) (as redesig- 4 nated), by inserting the following new subpara- 5 graph: 6 ‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 7 each major functional category, based on alloca- 8 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 9 subsection (a)(1);’’; 10 (C) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), 11 by striking ‘‘mandatory’’ and inserting ‘‘direct 12 spending’’; and 13 (D) after subparagraph (C) (as redesig- 14 nated), by inserting the following new subpara- 15 graph: 16 ‘‘(D) total outlays, total Federal revenues, 17 the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority 18 and outlays for nondefense discretionary spend- 19 ing, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, 20 Medicaid and other health-related spending, 21 other direct spending (excluding interest), social 22 security and other major functional categories, 23 as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 1536 IH such resolution as a percentage of the gross do- 1 mestic product of the United States;’’; and 2 (3) in paragraph (3)— 3 (A)(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 4 and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec- 5 tively; 6 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); 7 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 8 subparagraph (D); and 9 (iv) by striking the period and the end of 10 subparagraph (D), as redesignated, and insert- 11 ing ‘‘; and’’; 12 (B) before subparagraph (B), as redesig- 13 nated, by inserting the following new subpara- 14 graph: 15 ‘‘(A) new budget authority and outlays for 16 each major functional category, based on alloca- 17 tions of the total levels set forth pursuant to 18 subsection (a)(1);’’; and 19 (C) at the end, by adding the following 20 new subparagraph: 21 ‘‘(E) set forth, if required by subsection 22 (f), the calendar year in which, in the opinion 23 of the Congress, the goals for reducing unem- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 1536 IH ployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Em- 1 ployment Act of 1946 should be achieved.’’. 2 (e) GOALS FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.—Sec- 3 tion 301(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 4 U.S.C. 632(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year’’ each 5 place it appears and inserting ‘‘biennium’’. 6 (f) ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS.—Section 301(g)(1) of 7 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 8 632(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and 9 inserting ‘‘for a biennium’’. 10 (g) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of sec- 11 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 12 amended by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIEN- 13 NIAL’’. 14 (h) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating to sec- 15 tion 301 in the table of contents set forth in section 1(b) 16 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 17 Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘Annual’’ and insert- 18 ing ‘‘Biennial’’. 19 SEC. 105. COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS. 20 Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 21 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended— 22 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by— 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1536.IH H1536 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 1536 IH (A) striking ‘‘for the first fiscal year of the 1 resolution,’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 2 in the biennium,’’; 3 (B) striking ‘‘for that period of fiscal 4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘for all fiscal years cov- 5 ered by the resolution’’; and 6 (C) striking ‘‘for the fiscal year of that 7 resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘for each fiscal year 8 in the biennium’’; 9 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by 10 striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 11 (a)(1)’’; 12 (3) in subsection (f)(1)— 13 (A) by striking ‘‘for a fiscal year’’ and in- 14 serting ‘‘for a biennium’’; 15 (B) by striking ‘‘the first fiscal year’’ and 16 inserting ‘‘either fiscal year of the biennium’’; 17 and 18 (C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as 19 reported’’; 20 (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by— 21 (A) striking ‘‘first fiscal year’’ and insert- 22 ing ‘‘each fiscal year of the biennium’’; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\B [Text truncated for display. 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