2 USC 645 - Adjustments

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§ 645. Adjustments

(a) Adjustments

(b) Application of adjustments

The adjustments made pursuant to subsection (a) for legislation shall—

(1) apply while that legislation is under consideration;

(2) take effect upon the enactment of that legislation; and

(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable.

(d) Emergencies in the House of Representatives

(1) In the House of Representatives, if a reported bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, contains a provision providing new budget authority and outlays or reducing revenue, and a designation of such provision as an emergency requirement pursuant to 901(b)(2)(A) 1

1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by the word “section”.

of this title, the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall not count the budgetary effects of such provision for purposes of this subchapter and subchapter II and the Rules of the House of Representatives.

(2)

(A) In the House of Representatives, a proposal to strike a designation under paragraph (1) shall be excluded from an evaluation of budgetary effects for purposes of this subchapter and subchapter II and the Rules of the House of Representatives.

(B) An amendment offered under subparagraph (A) that also proposes to reduce each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by the pending measure that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available shall be in order at any point in the reading of the pending measure.

(e) Senate point of order against an emergency designation

(1) In general

(2) Supermajority waiver and appeals

(A) Waiver

(B) Appeals

(3) Definition of an emergency designation

(4) Form of the point of order

(5) Conference reports

(f) Enforcement of discretionary spending caps

(g) Adjustment for reemployment services and eligibility assessments

(1) In general

(A) Adjustments

(B) Types of adjustments

The adjustments referred to in this subparagraph consist of adjustments to—

(i) the discretionary spending limits for that fiscal year as set forth in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget;

(ii) the allocations to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives for that fiscal year under section 633(a) of this title; and

(iii) the appropriate budget aggregates for that fiscal year in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.

(D) Limitation

No adjustment may be made under this subsection in excess of—

(i) for fiscal year 2022, $133,000,000;

(ii) for fiscal year 2023, $258,000,000;

(iii) for fiscal year 2024, $433,000,000;

(iv) for fiscal year 2025, $533,000,000;

(v) for fiscal year 2026, $608,000,000; and

(vi) for fiscal year 2027, $633,000,000.

(E) Definition

(2) Report on 633(b) level

(Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 314, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10114(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 688; amended Pub. L. 105–89, title II, § 201(b)(2), Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 2125; Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 105(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246; Pub. L. 112–78, title V, § 511, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1291; Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title I, § 122(10), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1176; Pub. L. 115–123, div. C, title II, § 30206(d), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 131.)