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handle is hein.crs/govbaqx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: a Congressional _____ * Research Service ~Informing the legislative debate since 1914 The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019: Changes to the BCA and Debt Limit Updated August 5, 2019 The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (BBA 2019; P.L. 116-37) was enacted on August 2, 2019. BBA 2019 raised the discretionary spending limits (caps) implemented by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. 112-25) for FY2020 and FY2021; made other BCA-related changes, including an extension of the mandatory sequester through FY2029; and suspended the statutory debt limit until August 1, 2021. Changes to FY2020 and FY2021 Discretionary Spending Caps The BCA created annual statutory discretionary spending caps for defense and nondefense spending that are in effect through FY202 1. If appropriations are enacted that exceed a limit for a fiscal year, across- the-board reductions (i.e., sequestration) are triggered to eliminate the excess spending within that spending category. For more information on the BCA, see CRS Report R44874, The Budget ControlAct: Frequently Asked Questions. Previously enacted legislation increased these discretionary spending caps for each year from FY2014 through FY2019. Section 101 (a) of BBA 2019 increased the caps on defense and nondefense budget authority for FY2020 and FY2021, the final two years for which discretionary spending caps are scheduled to be in effect under the BCA. For FY2020, BBA 2019 raised the defense discretionary cap to $666.5 billion (a $90 billion increase) and the nondefense cap to $621.5 billion (a $78 billion increase). For FY2021, BBA 2019 raised the discretionary defense cap to $671.5 billion (an $81 billion increase) and the nondefense cap to $626.5 billion (a $72 billion increase). Table 1 shows the changes made by BBA 2019. Table I. Discretionary Cap Changes Resulting from the BBA 2019 (in billions of dollars of budget authority) Fiscal Year Category Current Law BBA 2019 Change Post-BBA 2019 FY2020 Defense $576.2 +$90.3 $666.5 Nondefense $543.2 +$78.3 $621.5 FY2021 Defense $590.2 +$81.3 $671.5 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11148 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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