Infrastructure Spending Limit Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2576 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 SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 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 ‘‘Infrastructure Spend- 4 ing Limit Act of 2019’’. 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 01:42 Oct 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2576.IS S2576 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2576 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 after 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 01:42 Oct 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2576.IS S2576 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 2576 IS ‘‘(II) Grants to the Washington Met- 1 ropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2 ‘‘(III) Transit Infrastructure Grants. 3 ‘‘(iv) For the Federal Railroad Administra- 4 tion: 5 ‘‘(I) Northeast Corridor Grants to the 6 National Railroad Passenger Network. 7 ‘‘(II) National Network Grants to the 8 National Railroad Passenger Network. 9 ‘‘(III) Railroad Research and Devel- 10 opment. 11 ‘‘(IV) Safety and Operations. 12 ‘‘(V) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure 13 and Safety Improvements. 14 ‘‘(VI) Federal-State Partnership For 15 State Of Good Repair. 16 ‘‘(VII) Restoration and Enhancement. 17 ‘‘(v) For the Maritime Administration: 18 ‘‘(I) Port Infrastructure Development 19 Program. 20 ‘‘(II) Assistance to Small Shipyards. 21 ‘‘(III) Maritime Guaranteed Loan 22 (title XI) Program Account. 23 ‘‘(vi) For the National Aeronautics and 24 Space Administration, Aeronautics account, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:42 Oct 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2576.IS S2576 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 2576 IS amounts for the Airspace Operations and Safe- 1 ty Program and the Advanced Air Vehicles Pro- 2 gram carried out under chapter 401 of title 51, 3 United States Code. 4 ‘‘(vii) For the Department of Defense, 5 Military Construction: 6 ‘‘(I) Military Construction, Army. 7 ‘‘(II) Military Construction, Navy and 8 Marine Corps. 9 ‘‘(III) Military Construction, Air 10 Force. 11 ‘‘(IV) Military Construction, Defense- 12 Wide. 13 ‘‘(V) North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- 14 tion, Security Investment Program. 15 ‘‘(VI) Military Construction, Army 16 National Guard. 17 ‘‘(VII) Military Construction, Air Na- 18 tional Guard. 19 ‘‘(VIII) Military Construction, Army 20 Reserve. 21 ‘‘(IX) Military Construction, Navy Re- 22 serve. 23 ‘‘(X) Military Construction, Air Force 24 Reserve. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:26 Oct 08, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2576.IS S2576 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •S 2576 IS ‘‘(XI) Family Housing Construction, 1 Army. 2 ‘‘(XII) Family Housing Construction, 3 Navy and Marine Corps. 4 ‘‘(XIII) Family Housing Construction, 5 Air Force. 6 ‘‘(XIV) Family Housing Operations 7 and Maintenance, Defense-Wide. 8 ‘‘(XV) Family Housing Improvement 9 Fund. 10 ‘‘(XVI) Military Unaccompanied 11 Housing Improvement Fund. 12 ‘‘(viii) For the Environmental Protection 13 Agency, Infrastructure Assistance: 14 ‘‘(I) Clean Water State Revolving 15 Funds and the Drinking Water State Re- 16 volving Funds. 17 ‘‘(II) Water Infrastructure Finance 18 and Innovation Act Program Account. 19 ‘‘(III) America’s Water Infrastructure 20 Act Grant Programs under section 1459A 21 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 22 300j–19a). 23 ‘‘(IV) Alaska Native Village Waste 24 and Drinking Water Facilities Programs 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:42 Oct 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2576.IS S2576 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •S 2576 IS under section 221 of the Federal Water 1 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) 2 and the Consolidated Farm and Rural De- 3 velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.). 4 ‘‘(ix) For the Department of Agriculture: 5 ‘‘(I) Forest Service, Capital Improve- 6 ments and Maintenance. 7 ‘‘(II) Natural Resources Conservation 8 Service: 9 ‘‘(aa) Watershed Rehabilitation 10 Program. 11 ‘‘(bb) Private Lands Conserva- 12 tion Operations under the Soil Con- 13 servation and Domestic Allotment Act 14 (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.). 15 ‘‘(cc) Emergency Watershed Pro- 16 tection Program established under 17 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit 18 Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203). 19 ‘‘(dd) Small Watersheds Program 20 established by the Secretary of Agri- 21 culture to carry out the Watershed 22 Protection and Flood Prevention Act 23 (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 24 ‘‘(III) Rural Utilities Service: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:42 Oct 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2576.IS S2576 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •S 2576 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 by striking paragraphs (7) 15 and (8) and inserting the following: 16 ‘‘(7) for fiscal year 2020— 17 ‘‘(A) for the revised security category 18 $645,325,600,000 in new budget authority; 19 ‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 20 $580,861,700,000 in new budget authority; and 21 ‘‘(C) for the infrastructure category, 22 $61,812,700,000 in new budget authority; and 23 ‘‘(8) for fiscal year 2020— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:42 Oct 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2576.IS S2576 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 8 •S 2576 IS ‘‘(A) for the revised security category 1 $649,985,500,000 in new budget authority; 2 ‘‘(B) for the revised nonsecurity category, 3 $585,122,700,000 in new budget authority; and 4 ‘‘(C) for the infrastructure category, 5 $62,891,800,000 in new budget authority;’’. 6 (c) DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS.—Section 7 251A(13)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- 8 icit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(13)(A)) is amend- 9 ed by inserting ‘‘or the amendment made to section 251(c) 10 revising the discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 11 2020 and 2021 by the Infrastructure Spending Limit Act 12 of 2019’’ after ‘‘Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:42 Oct 05, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2576.IS S2576 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS