Investing for the People Act of 2019
Latest action · Apr 9, 2019 Rule H. Res. 294 passed House.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 2, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Investing for the People Act of 2019
This bill increases discretionary spending limits, modifies the procedures for enforcing the limits, and establishes budget enforcement procedures in the House of Representatives for FY2020.
The bill increases both the defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits for FY2020 and FY2021. It also modifies the procedures for enforcing the spending limits to
- limit adjustments for funding designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism,
- allow specified adjustments for Internal Revenue Service enforcement activities and the 2020 Census, and
- modify the sequestration process.
The chairman of the House Budget Committee must submit for publication in the Congressional Record committee allocations, aggregate spending levels, and aggregate revenue levels that are consistent with the discretionary spending limits and requirements specified in this bill. For budget enforcement purposes, the allocations and levels shall apply in the House of Representatives as if they were included in a FY2020 budget resolution.
The chairman may adjust the allocations and levels to reflect (1) changes in the Congressional Budget Office baseline, or (2) legislation that does not increase the deficit over FY2020-FY2024 or FY2020-FY2029.
The bill prohibits advance appropriations, except for programs, activities, or accounts identified in lists submitted by the chairman of the House Budget Committee for publication in the Congressional Record. The identified accounts are subject to aggregate limits specified in the bill. (An advance appropriation is any new discretionary budget authority provided in appropriations legislation for FY2020 that first becomes available after FY2020.)
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 2, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Apr 2, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Apr 2, 2019Markup Apr 3, 2019Reported Apr 5, 2019 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Apr 2, 2019Discharged Apr 5, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2019Rule H. Res. 294 passed House.
- Apr 5, 2019Reported by the Committee on Budget. H. Rept. 116-35, Part I.
- Apr 5, 2019Committee on Rules discharged.
- Apr 5, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 16.
- Apr 3, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 3, 2019Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 17.
- Apr 2, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 2, 2019Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7407 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jul 25, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3141–H3148Text printed H3141Amendments H3147Recorded votes H3166, H3167consideration (H. Res. 294), previous question | Austin Scott R-GA, Joseph D. Morelle D-NY, Neal P. Dunn R-FL, Rob Woodall R-GA (amendment), Tom Cole R-OK | Apr 9, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3089 | Steve Scalise R-LA | Apr 4, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 4, 2019H.R. 2021, Investing for the People Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on April 3, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 57, April 2, 2019, page H2986.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 293 | Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020. | Related bill | Apr 9, 2019 |
| HRES 294 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1644) to restore the open internet order of the Federal Communications Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2021) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020; and for other purposes. | Procedurally related | Apr 9, 2019 |
| HR 3877 | Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 | Related bill | Aug 2, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Investing for the People Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Investing for the People Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Appropriations
- Budget process
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional committees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Defense spending
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- House Committee on the Budget
- House of Representatives
- Military operations and strategy
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2019Reported in House
- Apr 2, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
