[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1160]
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SA 205. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. 4___. REQUIREMENT FOR JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
ESTIMATES.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``major
legislation'' means, in the Senate, a bill, joint resolution,
conference report, amendment, amendment between the Houses,
or treaty--
(1) for which an estimate is required to be prepared
pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) and that causes a gross budgetary effect
(before incorporating macroeconomic effects and not including
timing shifts) in a fiscal year in the period of years of the
most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget
equal to or greater than--
(A) 0.25 percent of the current projected gross domestic
product of the United States for that fiscal year; or
(B) for a treaty, equal to or greater than $15,000,000,000
for that fiscal year; or
(2) designated as such by--
(A) the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
Senate for all direct spending and revenue legislation; or
(B) the Senator who is Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Joint Committee on Taxation for revenue legislation.
(b) Estimates.--An estimate provided by the Joint Committee
on Taxation to the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office under section 201(f) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(f)) for any major legislation shall
provide an estimate of the distributional effects across
income categories resulting from major legislation.
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