[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1442 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1442

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
   to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline 
 projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2007

Mr. Gohmert (for himself, Mr. Hensarling, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
    Rohrabacher, Mr. Akin, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Franks of 
    Arizona, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Souder, Mr. Terry, and Mr. Sensenbrenner) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
   to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline 
 projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. CHANGES IN THE BASELINE.

    Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking 
        everything that follows ``current year,'' and inserting 
        ``excluding resources designated as an emergency requirement 
        and any resources provided in supplemental appropriation 
        laws.'';
            (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5);
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (2); and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) No adjustment for inflation.--No adjustment shall be 
        made for inflation or for any other factor.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION.

    The second sentence of section 275(b) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting ``other 
than subsections (a) through (d) of section 257'' after ``title''.
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