[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4907 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4907

              To reform the concept of baseline budgeting.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1994

Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
           the Committees on Government Operations and Rules

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                                 A BILL


 
              To reform the concept of baseline budgeting.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Full Budget Disclosure Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to require that budget documents provide 
the Congress with comprehensive data on budget trends.

SEC. 3. THE BASELINE.

    (a) Definition.--Section 250(c)(5) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5)(A) The term `current policy baseline' means the 
        projection (described in section 257) of current-year levels of 
        new budget authority, outlays, receipts, and the surplus or 
        deficit into the budget year and the outyears.
            ``(B) The term `current funding baseline' refers to the 
        baseline as set forth in section 257 without any adjustment 
        described in section 257(c)(1) for inflation other than the 
        adjustment set forth in section 257(c)(2) for expiring housing 
        contracts.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Sections 251, 252, 253, and 254 of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended 
by inserting ``current policy'' before ``baseline'' each place it 
appears.

SEC. 4. THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

    (a) Paragraph (5) of section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
        estimated expenditures and appropriations for the current 
        fiscal year and estimated expenditures and proposed 
        appropriations the President decides are necessary to support 
        the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is 
        submitted and the 4 fiscal years following that year;''.
    (b) Section 1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ``current fiscal year and the'' before ``fiscal year''.
    (c) Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the 
period and inserting ``; and'' at the end of subparagraph (B), and by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) the estimated amount of expenditure and appropriation 
        for the same activity, if any, in the current fiscal year.''
    (d) Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(30) a comparison of estimated new budget authority and 
        outlays for each function and subfunction for the current 
        fiscal year with proposed new budget authority and outlays for 
        the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, along with 
        the proposed increase or decrease of spending in percentage 
        terms for each function and subfunction.
            ``(31) a comparison for each function and subfunction of 
        the current policy baseline level of new budget authority and 
        outlays for the year for which the budget is submitted with the 
        proposed new budget authority and outlays for the year for 
        which the budget is submitted, including changes in percentage 
        terms for each function and subfunction.''.

SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET.

    Section 301(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended 
by--
            (1) inserting after the second sentence the following: ``As 
        soon as practicable after the President's budget submission 
        under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 
        Committee on the Budget of each House shall provide to its 
        members the estimated level of outlays for the current year in 
        each function and subfunction.''; and
            (2) striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (9), by 
        striking the period and inserting a semicolon at the end of 
        paragraph (10), and by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraphs:
            ``(11) a comparison (for each function) of estimated 
        outlays and revenues for the current fiscal year with proposed 
        spending and revenue levels for the budget year and each 
        outyear, including the increase or decrease (in percentage 
        terms) of spending; and
            ``(12) a comparison (for each function and subfunction) of 
        proposed outlays and revenues for the budget year with the 
        current policy baseline projection for that year, including 
        changes (in percentage terms).''.

SEC. 6. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT TO COMMITTEES.

    (a) The first sentence of section 202(f)(1) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: ``On or before 
February 15 of each year, the Director shall submit to the Committees 
on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year with respect 
to fiscal policy, including (A) alternative levels of total revenues, 
total new budget authority, and total outlays (including related 
surpluses and deficits) compared to comparable levels for the current 
year and (B) the levels of tax expenditures under existing law, taking 
into account projected economic factors and any changes in such levels 
based on proposals in the budget submitted by the President for such 
fiscal year.''.
    (b) Section 202(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new 
sentence: ``That report shall also include a table on sources of growth 
in the estimated total current policy baseline spending for mandatory 
programs for the budget year and the ensuing 4 fiscal years, which 
shall include changes in outlays attributable to the following: cost-
of-living adjustments; changes in the number of program recipients; 
increases in medical care prices, utilization and intensity of medical 
care; and residual factors.''.
    (c) Section 202(f)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking ``and'' before ``(B)'' and inserting a comma, and 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, and (C) 
all direct spending programs''.
    (d) Section 308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by inserting ``, and shall include a comparison of those levels 
to comparable levels for the current fiscal year'' before ``if timely 
submitted''.
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