1.This Act may be cited as the
Children's Budget
Act
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2.Section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by—
(1)redesignating
paragraph (37), as added by Public Law 111–352, as paragraph (39); and
(2)adding at the end
the following:
(40)(A)A detailed, separate
analysis for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, the fiscal year
for which the budget is submitted, and the ensuing fiscal year identifying the
amounts of gross and net appropriations or obligational authority and outlays
that are directed to children within the United States and territories
including—
(i)summaries of the total amount of
such appropriations or new obligational authority and outlays requested for
children and children’s programs;
(ii)an estimate of current levels of
spending on children and children’s programs; and
(iii)a detailed breakdown of spending
on children and children’s programs by agency, department, and
initiative.
(B)In this paragraph, the term
children
means individuals under the age of 19.
(C)In this paragraph, spending on
children includes—
(i)Federal entitlement spending that
goes directly to children;
(ii)outlays for programs and
initiatives that, consistent with their mission, deliver services exclusively
to children;
(iii)outlays for programs and
initiatives that, while not serving children directly, have as a core mission
goal, the improvement of children’s health, education, welfare, and general
well-being; and
(iv)a share of funding for Federal
programs and initiatives that deliver services to both children and adults that
is consistent with the share of program benefits for children based on the best
available data.
(D)In implementing this paragraph,
including determining what Federal activities or accounts constitutes spending
on children or children’s programs, the Office of Management and Budget shall
consult periodically with the Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the
House, the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House, and the
Congressional Budget
Office.
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