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No Bias in the Baseline Act
Sponsored By: Senator Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would rewrite how the federal budget baseline is calculated. It would make the baseline track current law and stop automatic adjustments like inflation from expanding future projections.
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- Congress and budget offices would build baselines from current laws and current-year discretionary levels. That changes the numbers lawmakers use when estimating future outlays and revenues.
- Federal agencies and programs would see direct spending and receipts treated exactly as enacted each year. That removes assumptions that automatic updates or inflation will raise those amounts over time.
- Emergency and supplemental appropriations would be excluded from the baseline. That keeps disaster and supplemental funds separate from normal baseline growth.
*Overall, these changes would constrain baseline growth and align budget projections more closely with enacted law rather than automatic inflationary or supplemental increases.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Changes to federal budget baseline rules
If enacted, the bill would change how the federal budget baseline is made. Budget projections for any year would be based on current law and an assumption that current discretionary funding levels continue. Laws that create direct spending or receipts would be scored as written. Emergency-designated funding and supplemental appropriation money would be excluded from the baseline, and no adjustment would be made for inflation or any other factor. This would take effect upon enactment and would change how Congress and federal scorekeepers count future spending, cuts, and deficits.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
KS • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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