3.0.0 3186 2023-01-11T13:30:26Z 2023-01-11T13:30:26Z House HR 2015-07-23 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WOODALL:H.R. 3186.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7[Page H5467]]]> hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-07-23T14:05:00Z 2015-07-23 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2015-07-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000810 Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] Rob Woodall R GA 7 N G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 2015-07-23 True Economics and Public Finance Accounting and auditing Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Government trust funds Medicare Sales and excise taxes Veterans' pensions and compensation Economics and Public Finance 00 2015-07-23 Introduced in House 2015-10-13T18:26:41Z Baseline Reform Act of 2015

This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to change the assumptions used in calculating the baseline for discretionary spending, which is the spending that is provided and controlled by appropriations bills.

The baseline is a projection of federal spending and receipts during the fiscal year under current law. It is used by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to estimate the cost of legislation and produce other budget projections.

The bill requires the baseline to cover a ten-year period and changes the assumptions the CBO and the OMB must use to project discretionary spending. It eliminates adjustments required under current law for inflation, expiring housing contracts, social insurance administrative expenses, and changes in federal pay and other benefits. By removing these adjustments, the bill requires the baseline to assume that discretionary spending will continue without an increase or a decrease to account for these factors.

The bill also requires the CBO to annually submit to the congressional budget committees by July 1 the Long-Term Budget Outlook for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 and at least the next 40 fiscal years.

]]> Baseline Reform Act of 2015 Display Title Baseline Reform Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Baseline Reform Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3186ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3186ih.xml 2015-07-23 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.