[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 581

 To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require 
that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide an 
    estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2013

Mr. Coats (for himself and Mr. Donnelly) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to require 
that annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide an 
    estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit, 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. REQUIREMENT IN BUDGET SUBMISSION WITH RESPECT TO THE COST 
              PER TAXPAYER OF THE DEFICIT.

    Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (37) (relating to the list 
        of outdated or duplicative plans and reports) as paragraph 
        (39); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(40) in the case of a fiscal year in which the budget is 
        projected to result in a deficit, an estimate of the pro rata 
        cost of such deficit for taxpayers who will file individual 
        income tax returns for taxable years ending during such fiscal 
        year.''.
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