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113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 113-129
_______________________________________________________________________
H.R. 1871, BASELINE REFORM
ACT OF 2013
__________
R E P O R T
of the
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
to accompany
H.R. 1871
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
June 25, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin, Chairman
TOM PRICE, Georgia CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland,
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey Ranking Minority Member
JOHN CAMPBELL, California ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
KEN CALVERT, California JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
TOM COLE, Oklahoma BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
TOM McCLINTOCK, California TIM RYAN, Ohio
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
DIANE BLACK, Tennessee KATHY CASTOR, Florida
REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin JIM McDERMOTT, Washington
BILL FLORES, Texas BARBARA LEE, California
TODD ROKITA, Indiana DAVID N. CICILLINE, Rhode Island
ROB WOODALL, Georgia HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES, New York
MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New Mexico
E. SCOTT RIGELL, Virginia JARED HUFFMAN, California
VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri TONY CARDENAS, California
JACKIE WALORSKI, Indiana EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
LUKE MESSER, Indiana KURT SCHRADER, Oregon
TOM RICE, South Carolina
ROGER WILLIAMS, Texas
SEAN P. DUFFY, Wisconsin
Professional Staff
Austin Smythe, Staff Director
Thomas S. Kahn, Minority Staff Director
C O N T E N T S
Page
H.R. 1871, Baseline Reform Act of 2013........................... 1
Introduction................................................. 1
Summary of Proposed Changes.................................. 1
Legislative History.......................................... 2
Hearings..................................................... 4
Section by Section........................................... 4
Votes of the Committee....................................... 5
Committee Oversight Findings................................. 10
Budget Act Compliance........................................ 10
Performance Goals and Objectives............................. 10
Constitutional Authority Statement........................... 10
Committee Cost Estimate...................................... 10
Advisory Committee Statement................................. 11
Applicability to the Legislative Branch...................... 11
Federal Mandates Statement................................... 11
Advisory on Earmarks......................................... 11
Duplication of Federal Programs.............................. 11
Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings.......................... 12
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported........ 12
Views of Committee Members................................... 15
Minority Views............................................... 17
Appendix: Legislative Text................................... 21
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 113-129
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BASELINE REFORM ACT OF 2013
_______
June 25, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
_______
Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, from the Committee on the Budget, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1871]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Budget, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 1871) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline, having
considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommend that the bill do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
On page 5, line 17, strike ``OMB'' and insert ``CBO''.
Introduction
Representative Rob Woodall (R-GA-7) introduced H.R. 1871,
the `Baseline Reform Act of 2013,' on May 8, 2013. This bill
reforms the `baseline,' to ensure it provides a neutral
starting point in assessing the budgetary impact of spending
governed by the appropriations process.
Summary of Proposed Changes
The Baseline
The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (P.L. 99-177) requires the Congressional Budget Office
[CBO] and the Office of Management and Budget [OMB] to prepare
projections of Federal spending and revenues. This bill
requires that such projections cover a ten-year period, which
is the budget window that has become standard in recent years,
and specifies the assumptions the two agencies must use in
making these projections.
`Discretionary spending' refers to spending that is
dependent on enactment by the Congress of appropriation laws
providing authority to agencies to spend money. Current law
requires CBO and OMB to assume that such spending will continue
over the course of the budget window and increase by inflation.
These requirements added approximately $1.2 trillion in budget
authority (over ten years) to the discretionary baseline in
2013.
In addition, there are special exceptions that require CBO
and OMB to assume additional increases in the baseline for
expiring housing contracts, social insurance administrative
expenses, and annualization of Federal employee pay.
This assumption of additional spending in the baseline
evidences a bias toward additional spending. It also creates
the anomalous situation where a program's funding could be
increased in comparison to the previous year but still be
called a cut because the funding level is below the
inflationary increase assumed in the discretionary baseline.
The bill removes the inflationary assumption and the
special exceptions from the discretionary baseline, requiring
that the baseline assume neither an increase nor a decrease for
these programs. The baseline provides information to the
Congress and does not govern what is contained in the budget
resolution or the appropriations bills that provide legal
spending authority. As a result, changing the baseline does not
change funding for these programs, but it does remove an upward
bias in spending by comparing spending to previous year's
levels and not an inflated baseline.
The rules for producing the direct spending and revenue
baselines are left unchanged as are the rules for assets sales
and the use of up-to-date concepts.
Long-Term Budget Outlook
In 1996, CBO concluded that the 10-year time frame they
used for preparing budget projections was not sufficient to
`show the dramatic effects on the Federal budget of the
projected long-term demographic changes in the U.S.
population.'\1\
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\1\Congressional Budget Office, Long-Term Budgetary Pressures and
Policy Options, March 1997 http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10&type=0]
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Beginning as a special chapter in the May 1996 edition of
its annual Economic and Budget Outlook, the CBO has since
annually prepared a standalone report on the long-term budget
outlook. The analysis and projections included in this report
have become an integral part of the Budget Committees' work.
Section 2 of the bill codifies CBO's current practice of
providing this report no later than July 1 of each year. The
Committee, however, urges the CBO to publish this report as
early as possible each year so that its analysis can inform the
Members of the Committee as they prepare the annual budget
resolution.
Legislative History
Legislation in the 103d Congress
In 1993, Representative Jim Ramstad (R-MN-3) introduced
H.R. 323, the Common Sense Budget Act of 1993. It would have
required the President's budget submission to include
comparisons of proposed expenditures and appropriations for the
budget year with the prior fiscal year.
In 1994, the House of Representatives considered H.R. 4907,
Baseline Reform Act of 1994, offered by Representative John
Spratt (D-SC-5). Representative Spratt's bill would have added
a `current funding baseline' to accompany the existing--and
what the bill called `current policy'--baseline. The current
funding baseline assumed an adjustment for expiring housing
contracts but no adjustments for inflation. The House of
Representatives, however, passed an amendment in the nature of
a substitute, previously introduced as H.R. 4914 and as part of
H.R. 4434, which would have repealed the automatic adjustment
in the caps for changes in inflation.
Rules Amendments Made in the 104th Congress
In the 104th Congress, the House Rules were amended by the
organizing resolution (H. Res. 6) by inserting a requirement
that a cost estimate of a bill include a comparison of funding
levels to the previous year's level: Clause 3(c)(2) of rule
XIII of the House of Representatives for the 112th Congress
requires of the contents of a report on a bill: `* * * an
estimate of new budget authority shall include, when
practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding level
for the relevant programs to the appropriate levels under
current law.'
In the 104th Congress, the Rules of the Committee on the
Budget were amended to require that the report of the Committee
to accompany a concurrent resolution on the budget include a
comparison of the estimated or actual levels for the year
preceding the budget year with the proposed spending and
revenue levels for the budget year (Rule 25 of the Rules of the
Committee on the Budget for the 112th Congress).
`Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999'
On February 25, 1999, H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget
Process Reform Act of 1999 (106th Congress) was introduced in
the House of Representatives by Representative Jim Nussle (R-
IA-2). Sections 611 and 612 of that Act amended the President's
Budget submission requirements and the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 respectively to similarly compare budget year
discretionary spending to the prior year's spending level. This
is similar to the provisions of this Act, though not identical.
This bill failed of passage in the House of Representatives on
May 16, 2000.
`Spending Control Act of 2004'
On March 16, 2004, H.R. 3973, the Spending Control Act of
2004 (108th Congress) was introduced in the House of
Representatives by Representative Jim Nussle (R-IA-2). Section
5 of the Act removed the requirement that emergency-designated
or global war on terrorism-designated spending be continued in
the baseline under section 257 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. This is similar to
certain provisions of this Act, though not identical. H.R. 3973
was reported from the Committee on the Budget on March 19, 2004
but was not considered on by the House of Representatives.
`Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 2009'
On October 29, 2009, H.R. 3964, the `Spending, Deficit, and
Debt Control Act of 2009' was introduced in the House of
Representatives by Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX-5). The
bill eliminates the automatic inflation increases for
discretionary programs built into the baseline projections of
future spending needs and requires budget estimates to be
compared with the prior year's level, not a calculation of the
level to which they should be increased.
Legislation in the 112th Congress
On March 3, 2011, H.R. 920, the `Zero-Baseline Budget Act
of 2011' was introduced in the House of Representatives by
Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1). It amends the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Control Act of 1985 to change the formula
the CBO must use to calculate its discretionary baseline. The
bill was designed to eliminate any sequential and cumulative
automatic increases in the baseline for inflation (or for any
other reason) and exclude emergency and supplemental spending.
The baseline would be the aggregate of the non-emergency
appropriations bill for that year.
On December 7, 2011, Members of the House Budget Committee
introduced a comprehensive package of ten legislative budget
process reform bills designed to fundamentally reform the
budget process. Included in this package was H.R. 3578, the
`Baseline Reform Act of 2011,' introduced by Representative Rob
Woodall (R-GA-7). On February 3, 2012, H.R. 3578, the `Baseline
Reform Act of 2011,' passed the House of Representatives by a
235-177 vote.
Legislation in the 113th Congress
On May 8, 2013, Members of the House Budget Committee
introduced a comprehensive package of seven legislative budget
process reform bills designed to fundamentally reform the
budget process. Included in this package was H.R. 1871, the
`Baseline Reform Act of 2013,' introduced by Representative Rob
Woodall (R-GA-7).
Hearings
In 2011, the House Budget Committee held two budget process
reform hearings to examine the budget process.
The first hearing, `The Broken Budget Process: Perspectives
From Former CBO Directors,' was held on September 21, 2011,
with former CBO Directors Rudolph Penner and Alice Rivlin
testifying.
The second hearing, `The Broken Budget Process:
Perspectives From Budget Experts,' was held on September 22,
2011, with Philip Joyce (University of Maryland), the Honorable
Jim Nussle (Chairman of the Committee on the Budget, 2001
through 2007, United States House of Representatives) and the
Honorable Phil Gramm (former United States Senator, 1985
through 2002) testifying.
Section by Section
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
Establishes the short title of the bill as the `Baseline
Reform Act of 2013.'
SECTION 2. THE BASELINE
This section amends section 257 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (P.L. 109-59) to remove
the increases in the discretionary baseline attributable to
inflation, expiring housing contracts, social insurance
administrative expenses, and pay annualization. The
discretionary spending in the baseline to be calculated uses
the following assumptions:
(1) For any estimated appropriations, the budgetary
resources other than unobligated balances are to be at
the level provided for the budget year in full-year
appropriation acts. If a full-year appropriation has
not been enacted, budgetary resources, other than
unobligated balances, are to be at the level available
in the current year.
(2) For any continuing appropriation in effect for
less than an entire year, the current-year amount is
assumed to equal the amount that would be available if
that continuing appropriation lasted the entire fiscal
year. If law permits the transfer of budget authority
among budget accounts in a current year, the current
level is to reflect transfers assumed in the
President's original budget.
This section makes a number of technical and typographic
corrections, but no other substantive modifications to current
law.
This section requires the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office to submit, on or before July 1 of each year, the
long-term budget outlook for the fiscal year commencing on
October 1 of that year and at least the ensuing 40 fiscal
years.
Votes of the Committee
Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires each committee report to accompany any
bill or resolution of a public character to include the total
number of votes cast for and against each roll-call vote, on a
motion to report and any amendments offered to the measure or
matter, together with the names of those voting for and
against.
Listed below are the actions taken in the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives on the Baseline Reform
Act of 2013.
On June 19, 2013, the committee met in open session, a
quorum being present.
Chairman Ryan asked unanimous consent to be authorized,
consistent with clause 4 of rule XVI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, to declare a recess at any time during the
committee meeting.
There was no objection to the unanimous consent request.
Chairman Ryan asked unanimous consent to dispense with the
first reading of the bill and the bill be considered as read
and open to amendment at any point.
There was no objection to the unanimous consent request.
Chairman Ryan asked unanimous consent to roll votes.
There was no objection to the unanimous consent request.
The committee adopted and ordered reported the Baseline
Reform Act of 2013. The Committee on the Budget took the
following votes:
1. A technical amendment offered by Representative Woodall
to reflect the House-passed version of the Baseline Reform Act
of 2012, codifying the requirement for CBO rather than OMB to
submit the Long-Term Outlook before July 1st of each year. The
amendment was agreed to by voice vote.
Pursuant to a unanimous consent request made by Chairman
Ryan, Representative Garrett requested that the record reflect
he would have voted aye on the voice vote.
2. An amendment offered by Mr. Van Hollen to repeal the
2013 and 2014 sequesters and replace it with lower defense
spending caps and higher taxes on individuals with annual
income greater than $1,000,000. Dr. Price raised a point of
order against the amendment as non-germane. The Chairman
sustained the point of order. Mr. Cicilline appealed the ruling
of the Chairman. Dr. Price then made a motion to table the
appeal of the ruling of the Chairman. The tabling of the motion
appealing the ruling of the Chairman was agreed to by a roll
call vote of 17 ayes and 11 noes.
ROLLCALL VOTE NO. 1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name & Answer Name & Answer
State Aye No Present State Aye No Present
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RYAN, X VAN X
PAUL HOLLEN
(WI) (MD)
(Chairma (Ranking
n) )
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRICE X SCHWARTZ X
(GA) (PA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GARRETT YARMUTH X
(NJ) (KY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMPBELL PASCRELL
(CA) (NJ)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALVERT X RYAN, TIM
(CA) (OH)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
COLE (OK) X MOORE X
(WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
McCLINTOC X CASTOR
K (CA) (FL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
LANKFORD X McDERMOTT X
(OK) (WA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACK X LEE (CA)
(TN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIBBLE X CICILLINE X
(WI) (RI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLORES JEFFRIES X
(TX) (NY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROKITA X POCAN X
(IN) (WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WOODALL X LUJAN X
(GA) GRISHAM
(NM)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACKBURN X HUFFMAN X
(TN) (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUNNELEE X CARDENAS
(MS) (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIGELL X BLUMENAUE
(VA) R (OR)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARTZLER X SCHRADER X
(M0) (OR)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WALORSKI X .........
(IN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MESSER .........
(IN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RICE (SC) X .........
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WILLIAMS X .........
(TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUFFY
(WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pursuant to a unanimous consent request made by Chairman
Ryan, Representatives Messer, Flores, Garrett, and Duffy
requested that the record reflect they would have voted aye on
the roll call vote.
3. An amendment offered by Representative Moore expressing
a sense of Congress with respect to an annual budget resolution
and the appointment of conferees. Dr. Price raised a point of
order against the amendment as non-germane. The Chairman
sustained the point of order. Mr. Cicilline appealed the ruling
of the Chairman. Dr. Price then made a motion to table the
appealing of the ruling of the Chairman. The tabling of the
motion appealing the ruling of the Chairman was agreed to by a
roll call vote of 19 ayes and 11 noes.
ROLLCALL VOTE NO. 2
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Name & Answer Name & Answer
State Aye No Present State Aye No Present
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RYAN, X VAN X
PAUL HOLLEN
(WI) (MD)
(Chairma (Ranking
n) )
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRICE X SCHWARTZ X
(GA) (PA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GARRETT YARMUTH X
(NJ) (KY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMPBELL PASCRELL
(CA) (NJ)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALVERT X RYAN, TIM
(CA) (OH)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
COLE (OK) X MOORE X
(WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
McCLINTOC X CASTOR
K (CA) (FL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
LANKFORD X McDERMOTT X
(OK) (WA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACK X LEE (CA)
(TN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIBBLE X CICILLINE X
(WI) (RI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLORES X JEFFRIES X
(TX) (NY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROKITA X POCAN X
(IN) (WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WOODALL X LUJAN X
(GA) GRISHAM
(NM)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACKBURN X HUFFMAN X
(TN) (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUNNELEE X CARDENAS
(MS) (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIGELL X BLUMENAUE
(VA) R (OR)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARTZLER X SCHRADER X
(M0) (OR)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WALORSKI X .........
(IN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MESSER X .........
(IN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RICE (SC) X .........
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WILLIAMS X .........
(TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUFFY
(WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pursuant to a unanimous consent request made by Chairman
Ryan, Representatives Garrett and Duffy requested that the
record reflect they would have voted aye on the roll call vote.
4. An amendment offered by Representative McDermott
creating a point of order in the House of Representatives with
respect to the appointment of conferees. Dr. Price raised a
point of order against the amendment as non-germane. The
Chairman sustained the point of order. Ms. Schwartz appealed
the ruling of the Chairman. Dr. Price then made a motion to
table the appealing of the ruling of the Chairman. The tabling
of the motion of appealing the ruling of the Chairman was
agreed to by a roll call vote of 18 ayes and 9 noes.
ROLLCALL VOTE NO. 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name & Answer Name & Answer
State Aye No Present State Aye No Present
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RYAN, X VAN X
PAUL HOLLEN
(WI) (MD)
(Chairma (Ranking
n) )
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRICE X SCHWARTZ X
(GA) (PA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GARRETT YARMUTH X
(NJ) (KY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMPBELL PASCRELL
(CA) (NJ)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALVERT X RYAN, TIM
(CA) (OH)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
COLE (OK) X MOORE
(WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
McCLINTOC X CASTOR
K (CA) (FL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
LANKFORD X McDERMOTT X
(OK) (WA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACK LEE (CA)
(TN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIBBLE X CICILLINE X
(WI) (RI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLORES X JEFFRIES
(TX) (NY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROKITA X POCAN X
(IN) (WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WOODALL X LUJAN X
(GA) GRISHAM
(NM)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACKBURN X HUFFMAN X
(TN) (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUNNELEE X CARDENAS
(MS) (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIGELL X BLUMENAUE
(VA) R (OR)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARTZLER X SCHRADER X
(M0) (OR)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WALORSKI X .........
(IN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MESSER X .........
(IN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RICE (SC) X .........
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WILLIAMS X .........
(TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUFFY
(WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pursuant to a unanimous consent request made by Chairman
Ryan, Representatives Garrett and Duffy requested that the
record reflect they would have voted aye on the roll call vote.
5. Dr. Price made a motion that the Committee report the
bill as amended and that the bill do pass.
The motion was agreed to by a roll call vote of 15 ayes and
10 noes.
ROLLCALL VOTE NO. 4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name & Answer Name & Answer
State Aye No Present State Aye No Present
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RYAN, X VAN X
PAUL HOLLEN
(WI) (MD)
(Chairma (Ranking
n) )
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRICE X SCHWARTZ X
(GA) (PA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GARRETT YARMUTH X
(NJ) (KY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAMPBELL PASCRELL
(CA) (NJ)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALVERT X RYAN, TIM
(CA) (OH)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
COLE (OK) X MOORE
(WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
McCLINTOC X CASTOR
K (CA) (FL)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
LANKFORD X McDERMOTT X
(OK) (WA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACK LEE (CA)
(TN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIBBLE X CICILLINE X
(WI) (RI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLORES X JEFFRIES X
(TX) (NY)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROKITA X POCAN X
(IN) (WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WOODALL LUJAN X
(GA) GRISHAM
(NM)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLACKBURN X HUFFMAN X
(TN) (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUNNELEE X CARDENAS
(MS) (CA)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RIGELL X BLUMENAUE
(VA) R (OR)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARTZLER X SCHRADER X
(M0) (OR)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WALORSKI .........
(IN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
MESSER X .........
(IN)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
RICE (SC) .........
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WILLIAMS X .........
(TX)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DUFFY
(WI)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pursuant to a unanimous consent request made by Chairman
Ryan, Representatives Garrett, Rice, Duffy, and Walorski
requested that the record reflect they would have voted aye on
the roll call vote. Representatives Moore and Pascrell
requested that the record reflect they would have voted no on
the roll call vote.
There was no objection to the unanimous consent request.
Dr. Price made a motion that, pursuant to clause 1 of rule
XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Chairman
be authorized to offer such motions as may be necessary in the
House to go to conference with the Senate, and staff be
authorized to make any necessary technical and conforming
changes to the bill.
The motion was agreed to without objection.
Committee Oversight Findings
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on the Budget's
oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the
body of this report.
Budget Act Compliance
The provisions of clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules
of the House of Representatives and section 308(a)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (relating to estimates of new
budget authority, new spending authority, new credit authority,
or increased or decreased revenues or tax expenditures) are not
considered applicable. The estimate and comparison required to
be prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office
under clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives and sections 402 and 423 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 submitted to the committee prior to the
filing of this report are as follows:
Performance Goals and Objectives
With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the
performance goals and objectives of this legislation are to
modify the rules for creating the budgetary baseline to provide
a neutral starting point for the annual consideration of
discretionary appropriations and ensure Congress has timely
access to supplementary information on the fiscal environment
both in the medium and long term.
Constitutional Authority Statement
Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the committee finds the constitutional
authority for this legislation in Article I, section 9, clause
7.
Committee Cost Estimate
Pursuant to clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the committee report incorporates the
cost estimate prepared by the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office pursuant to sections 402 and 423 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Congressional Budget Office,
U.S. Congress,
Washington, DC, June 21, 2013.
Hon. Paul Ryan, Chairman,
Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
20515.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the
enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1871, the Baseline Reform Act of 2013.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased to
provide them. The CBO staff contact is Barry Blom, who can be reached
at 226-2880.
Sincerely,
Douglas W. Elmendorf,
Director.
Enclosure:
cc: Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member.
congressional budget office cost estimate
june 21, 2013
H.R. 1871: Baseline Reform Act of 2013
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on June 19,
2013
H.R. 1871 would change certain assumptions governing baseline
budget projections and require the Congressional Budget Office to
provide its Long-Term Budget Outlook report to the House and Senate
Committees on the Budget annually. CBO estimates that enacting H.R.
1871 would not have a significant impact on the federal budget.
Enacting H.R. 1871 would not affect direct spending or revenues;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
The legislation would change the way in which discretionary
appropriations for individual accounts are projected in CBO's baseline.
Under H.R. 1871, projections of such spending would still be based on
the current year's appropriations, but would not be adjusted for
inflation going forward. Other adjustments to projections of future
discretionary spending would also be eliminated. (In its baseline, CBO
assumes that appropriations through 2021 will comply with the caps and
other provisions of the Budget Control Act of 2011; as a result, the
method of extrapolating discretionary spending may not affect the
totals reported in CBO's projections.)
H.R. 1871 also would require that CBO produce its Long-Term Budget
Outlook by July 1 each year. Any additional administrative costs to
implement H.R. 1871 would be insignificant, because CBO already carries
out similar activities.
H.R. 1871 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates
as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would have no impact
on the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Barry Blom. The estimate
was approved by Theresa Gullo, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget
Analysis.
Advisory Committee Statement
No advisory committee within the meaning of section 5(b) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act was created by this
legislation.
Applicability to the Legislative Branch
The committee finds that the legislation does not relate to
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public
services or accommodations within the meaning of section
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law
104-1).
Federal Mandates Statement
The committee adopted the estimate of Federal mandates
prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office
pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(Public Law 104-4).
Advisory on Earmarks
In accordance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, H.R. 1871 does not contain any
congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff
benefits as defined in clause 9(e), 9(f), or 9(g) of rule XXI
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
Duplication of Federal Programs
No provision of H.R. 1871, the Baseline Reform Act of 2013
establishes or reauthorizes a program of the Federal Government
known to be duplicative of another Federal program, a program
that was included in any report from the Government
Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of
Public Law 111- 139, or a program related to a program
identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance.
Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings
The Committee estimates that H.R. 1871 the Baseline Reform
Act of 2013, does not require any directed rule makings.
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new
matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change
is proposed is shown in roman):
BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985
* * * * * * *
PART C--EMERGENCY POWERS TO ELIMINATE DEFICITS IN EXCESS OF MAXIMUM
DEFICIT AMOUNT
* * * * * * *
[SEC. 257. THE BASELINE.
[(a) In General.--For any budget year, the baseline refers
to a projection of current-year levels of new budget authority,
outlays, revenues, and the surplus or deficit into the budget
year and the outyears based on laws enacted through the
applicable date.
[(b) Direct Spending and Receipts.--For the budget year and
each outyear, the baseline shall be calculated using the
following assumptions:
[(1) In general.--Laws providing or creating direct
spending and receipts are assumed to operate in the
manner specified in those laws for each such year and
funding for entitlement authority is assumed to be
adequate to make all payments required by those laws.
[(2) Exceptions.--(A)(i) No program established by
a law enacted on or before the date of enactment of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 with estimated current year
outlays greater than $50,000,000 shall be assumed to
expire in the budget year or the outyears. The scoring
of new programs with estimated outlays greater than
$50,000,000 a year shall be based on scoring by the
Committees on Budget or OMB, as applicable. OMB, CBO,
and the Budget Committees shall consult on the scoring
of such programs where there are differenes between CBO
and OMB.
[(ii) On the expiration of the suspension of a
provision of law that is suspended under section 171 of
Public Law 104-127 and that authorizes a program with
estimated fiscal year outlays that are greater than
$50,000,000, for purposes of clause (i), the program
shall be assumed to continue to operate in the same
manner as the program operated immediately before the
expiration of the suspension.
[(B) The increase for veterans' compensation for a
fiscal year is assumed to be the same as that required
by law for veterans' pensions unless otherwise provided
by law enacted in that session.
[(C) Excise taxes dedicated to a trust fund, if
expiring, are assumed to be extended at current rates.
[(D) If any law expires before the budget year or
any outyear, then any program with estimated current
year outlays greater than $50,000,000 that operates
under that law shall be assumed to continue to operate
under that law as in effect immediately before its
expiration.
[(3) Hospital insurance trust fund.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
receipts and disbursements of the Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund shall be included in all calculations
required by this Act.
[(c) Discretionary Appropriations.--For the budget year and
each outyear, the baseline shall be calculated using the
following assumptions regarding all amounts other than those
covered by subsection (b):
[(1) Inflation of current-year appropriations.--
Budgetary resources other than unobligated balances
shall be at the level provided for the budget year in
full-year appropriation Acts. If for any account a
full-year appropriation has not yet been enacted,
budgetary resources other than unobligated balances
shall be at the level available in the current year,
adjusted sequentially and cumulatively for expiring
housing contracts as specified in paragraph (2), for
social insurance administrative expenses as specified
in paragraph (3), to offset pay absorption and for pay
annualization as specified in paragraph (4), for
inflation as specified in paragraph (5), and to account
for changes required by law in the level of agency
payments for personnel benefits other than pay.
[(2) Expiring housing contracts.--New budget
authority to renew expiring multiyear subsidized
housing contracts shall be adjusted to reflect the
difference in the number of such contracts that are
scheduled to expire in that fiscal year and the number
expiring in the current year, with the per-contract
renewal cost equal to the average current-year cost of
renewal contracts.
[(3) Social insurance administrative expenses.--
Budgetary resources for the administrative expenses of
the following trust funds shall be adjusted by the
percentage change in the beneficiary population from
the current year to that fiscal year: the Federal
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust
Fund, and the railroad retirement account.
[(4) Pay annualization; offset to pay absorption.--
Current-year new budget authority for Federal employees
shall be adjusted to reflect the full 12-month costs
(without absorption) of any pay adjustment that
occurred in that fiscal year.
[(5) Inflators.--The inflator used in paragraph (1)
to adjust budgetary resources relating to personnel
shall be the percent by which the average of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index (wages and
salaries, private industry workers) for that fiscal
year differs from such index for the current year. The
inflator used in paragraph (1) to adjust all other
budgetary resources shall be the percent by which the
average of the estimated gross domestic product chain-
type price index for that fiscal year differs from the
average of such estimated index for the current year.
[(6) Current-year appropriations.--If, for any
account, a continuing appropriation is in effect for
less than the entire current year, then the current-
year amount shall be assumed to equal the amount that
would be available if that continuing appropriation
covered the entire fiscal year. If law permits the
transfer of budget authority among budget accounts in
the current year, the current-year level for an account
shall reflect transfers accomplished by the submission
of, or assumed for the current year in, the President's
original budget for the budget year.
[(d) Up-to-Date Concepts.--In deriving the baseline for any
budget year or outyear, current-year amounts shall be
calculated using the concepts and definitions that are required
for that budget year.
[(e) Asset Sales.--Amounts realized from the sale of an
asset shall not be included in estimates under section 251,
252, or 253 if that sale would result in a financial cost to
the Federal Government as determined pursuant to scorekeeping
guidelines.]
SEC. 257. THE BASELINE.
(a) In General.--(1) For any fiscal year, the baseline
refers to a projection of current-year levels of new budget
authority, outlays, or receipts and the surplus or deficit for
the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine
outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date.
(2) The baselines referred to in paragraph (1) shall be
prepared annually.
(b) Direct Spending and Receipts.--For the budget year and
each outyear, estimates for direct spending in the baseline
shall be calculated as follows:
(1) In general.--Laws providing or creating direct
spending and receipts are assumed to operate in the
manner specified in those laws for each such year and
funding for entitlement authority is assumed to be
adequate to make all payments required by those laws.
(2) Exceptions.--(A)(i) No program established by a
law enacted on or before the date of enactment of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 with estimated current year
outlays greater than $50,000,000 shall be assumed to
expire in the budget year or the outyears. The scoring
of new programs with estimated outlays greater than
$50,000,000 a year shall be based on scoring by the
Committees on the Budget or OMB, as applicable. OMB,
CBO, and the Committees on the Budget shall consult on
the scoring of such programs where there are
differences between CBO and OMB.
(ii) On the expiration of the suspension of a
provision of law that is suspended under section 171 of
Public Law 104-127 and that authorizes a program with
estimated fiscal year outlays that are greater than
$50,000,000, for purposes of clause (i), the program
shall be assumed to continue to operate in the same
manner as the program operated immediately before the
expiration of the suspension.
(B) The increase for veterans' compensation for a
fiscal year is assumed to be the same as that required
by law for veterans' pensions unless otherwise provided
by law enacted in that session.
(C) Excise taxes dedicated to a trust fund, if
expiring, are assumed to be extended at current rates.
(D) If any law expires before the budget year or
any outyear, then any program with estimated current
year outlays greater than $50,000,000 that operates
under that law shall be assumed to continue to operate
under that law as in effect immediately before its
expiration.
(3) Hospital insurance trust fund.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the receipts and
disbursements of the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
shall be included in all calculations required by this
Act.
(c) Discretionary Spending.--For the budget year and each
of the nine ensuing outyears, the baseline shall be calculated
using the following assumptions regarding all amounts other
than those covered by subsection (b):
(1) Estimated appropriations.--Budgetary resources
other than unobligated balances shall be at the level
provided for the budget year in full-year appropriation
Acts. If for any account a full-year appropriation has
not yet been enacted, budgetary resources other than
unobligated balances shall be at the level available in
the current year.
(2) Current-year appropriations.--If, for any
account, a continuing appropriation is in effect for
less than the entire current year, then the current-
year amount shall be assumed to equal the amount that
would be available if that continuing appropriation
covered the entire fiscal year. If law permits the
transfer of budget authority among budget accounts in
the current year, the current-year level for an account
shall reflect transfers accomplished by the submission
of, or assumed for the current year in, the President's
original budget for the budget year.
(d) Up-to-Date Concepts.--In calculating the baseline for
the budget year or each of the nine ensuing outyears, current-
year amounts shall be calculated using the concepts and
definitions that are required for that budget year.
(e) Asset Sales.--Amounts realized from the sale of an
asset shall not be included in estimates under section 251,
251A, 252, or 253 of this part or section 5 of the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 if that sale would result in a
financial cost to the Government as determined pursuant to
scorekeeping guidelines.
(f) Long-Term Budget Outlook.--On or before July 1 of each
year, CBO shall submit to the Committees on the Budget of the
House of Representatives and the Senate the Long-Term Budget
Outlook for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that
year and at least the ensuing 40 fiscal years.
* * * * * * *
Views of Committee Members
Clause 2(l) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires each committee to provide two days to
Members of the committee to file Minority, additional,
supplemental, or dissenting views and to include such views in
the report on legislation considered by the committee. The
following views were submitted:
Minority Views on Markup of H.R. 1871,
the Baseline Reform Act of 2013
It is surprising that the Committee scheduled a markup of
two relatively minor budget process reform bills at a time when
the House of Representatives is in gross violation of the
biggest and most important statute governing the budget
process. Title III of the Congressional Act of 1974
(Congressional Budget Process) says ``on or before April 15th
of each year the Congress shall (emphasis added) complete
action on a concurrent resolution on the budget.'' In other
words, Congress is to hold a budget conference and resolve the
differences between the House budget and the Senate budget by
April 15th. House Republicans are currently blocking all
efforts to hold that budget conference.
So it is strange that the Budget Committee would meet to
tinker in an ill-advised way with some of the budget process at
a time when this Congress is not doing its job with respect to
the major responsibility of this Committee: getting a budget to
remove the uncertainty, to replace the sequester so that we can
remove that drag on the economy and the disruption that it is
causing, and to accelerate economic growth.
For years our Republican colleagues lambasted the Senate
for failing to have a budget. Yet now it has been more than 90
days since the Senate passed a budget and still the Speaker
refuses to take the next step under the law, which is to
appoint conferees. That step is necessary to finalize a budget
in a transparent way so that the public can follow what is
going on.
Democrats have tried fourteen times to get unanimous
consent in the United States Senate to move to a budget
conference. They have been blocked every time. Even Senator
McCain has described the Republican position on this issue as
``insane,'' as ``incomprehensible,'' and he is not alone. There
is a long list of Republican Senators, and many Republican
House members, who have essentially expressed the same
sentiment.
The Republican refusal to go to conference on the budget is
ironic because when the acting head of the Office of Management
and Budget, Jeff Zients, testified before this committee in
April, Republicans roasted him because the President's budget
was 65 days late. The President's budget was late because of
the last-minute wrangling over the fiscal cliff agreement in
January, which is a valid reason. However, now the House of
Representatives is more than 65 days past the deadline for
completing a conference on the budget and the Speaker continues
to block progress on the budget talks. You cannot get a budget
out of conference committee if the Speaker refuses to appoint
conferees.
The proposed Baseline Reform Act of 2013 is simply bad
policy. It is misguided because it mandates that the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) assume current discretionary
spending is frozen indefinitely in its baseline projections,
rather than adjusted for inflation. This change would undermine
the usefulness of CBO's baselines and would make it more
difficult to measure the real-world impact of changes in
discretionary spending at both the program and budget function
levels. Were this bill to be enacted into law and inflation
remained at current projections, CBO's baseline projections by
the end of the budget window, or 10 years out, would purchase
about one-fifth less than in the current year.
During the markup, Democrats offered three amendments
designed to address urgent fiscal issues facing the country.
Sadly, Republicans decided to use procedural roadblocks to
prevent votes on all three of our amendments.
The first amendment, offered by Rep. Van Hollen, is one he
has already tried offering seven times at the House Rules
Committee but was denied a floor vote each time. The amendment
will completely replace the sequester for the remainder of
fiscal year 2013 and for all of fiscal year 2014, and will
reduce the deficit by an additional $30 billion through a mix
of targeted cuts to spending and tax expenditures. It will
replace the sequester and reduce the deficit--but unlike the
current deep and arbitrary cuts, it will do so in a way that
will not cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, close Head Start
centers, kick seniors off of Meals on Wheels or furlough
schoolteachers at bases like Fort Bragg, where the kids of our
servicemen and servicewomen are being forced to go without
school for five days this fall.
Unfortunately, Republicans refused to allow a vote on the
merits of this amendment.
The second amendment, offered by Rep. Moore, calls on the
Speaker of the House to immediately name budget conferees so
that we can move forward with the process to adopt a budget
resolution conference agreement. This simply requires Congress
to follow the budget rules already in place. Current budget law
requires the Conference Committee to complete action by April
15, but Speaker Boehner continues to block progress on the
budget by refusing to appoint conferees.
Unfortunately, Republicans refused to allow a vote on the
merits of this amendment.
The third amendment, offered by Rep. McDermott, establishes
a new House point of order against consideration of a ``deeming
resolution'' when the House and Senate have passed budget
resolutions and no budget conferees have been named. Resorting
to a ``deemer'' to establish budget enforcement when both
Houses have produced a budget but conferees have not been
appointed is admitting defeat before the process starts. If
both bodies have passed a budget, there is no reason to pretend
that one of them is adopted--we should go to conference and
work out a final deal. Adopting a deeming resolution before a
formal attempt at reaching a conference agreement is putting
the cart before the horse, which is exactly what the Republican
House has done this year.
Unfortunately, Republicans refused to allow a vote on the
merits of this amendment.
The Budget Committee should not be spending time marking up
and debating bills that do not even begin to address the most
important issues facing our country. We should support efforts
to produce a final budget resolution and replace the sequester.
We should allow votes on these big issues, which were addressed
by the Democratic amendments but not by the underlying bill. It
seems ironic that the Majority blocked consideration of the
Democratic amendments on the grounds of germaneness. What could
possibly be more germane to the Budget Committee than holding a
conference to reach agreement on a budget resolution? If
replacing the sequester is not germane to the underlying bill
being marked up, is that not a sign that we are marking up the
wrong bill?
This is the Budget Committee; we should be addressing the
big budget issues facing the country instead of tinkering in an
ill-advised way with relatively minor budget process provisions
at a time when this Congress is not doing its job with respect
to the major responsibility of this Committee.
Chris Van Hollen.
Allyson Schwartz.
John Yarmuth.
Jim McDermott.
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Gwen Moore.
Barbara Lee.
Michelle Lujan Grisham.
Mark Pocan.
Tim Ryan.
David Cicilline.
Earl Blumenauer.
Kurt Schrader.
Hakeem Jeffries.
Jared Huffman.
Tony Cardenas.
Kathy Castor.
Appendix: Legislative Text
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The following legislative text incorporates both amendments
adopted in the Committee on the Budget and technical
corrections.
H. R. 1871
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
to reform the budget baseline.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 8, 2013
Mr. Woodall (for himself, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Ribble, and Mr. Ryan
of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Budget
A BILL To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to reform the budget baseline.
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 ``Baseline Reform Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. THE BASELINE.
Section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 257. THE BASELINE.
``(a) In General.--(1) For any fiscal year, the baseline
refers to a projection of current-year levels of new budget
authority, outlays, or receipts and the surplus or deficit for
the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine
outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date.
``(2) The baselines referred to in paragraph (1) shall be
prepared annually.
``(b) Direct Spending and Receipts.--For the budget year
and each outyear, estimates for direct spending in the baseline
shall be calculated as follows:
``(1) In general.--Laws providing or creating
direct spending and receipts are assumed to operate in
the manner specified in those laws for each such year
and funding for entitlement authority is assumed to be
adequate to make all payments required by those laws.
``(2) Exceptions.--(A)(i) No program established by
a law enacted on or before the date of enactment of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 with estimated current year
outlays greater than $50,000,000 shall be assumed to
expire in the budget year or the outyears. The scoring
of new programs with estimated outlays greater than
$50,000,000 a year shall be based on scoring by the
Committees on the Budget or OMB, as applicable. OMB,
CBO, and the Committees on the Budget shall consult on
the scoring of such programs where there are
differences between CBO and OMB.
``(ii) On the expiration of the suspension of a
provision of law that is suspended under section 171 of
Public Law 104-127 and that authorizes a program with
estimated fiscal year outlays that are greater than
$50,000,000, for purposes of clause (i), the program
shall be assumed to continue to operate in the same
manner as the program operated immediately before the
expiration of the suspension.
``(B) The increase for veterans' compensation for a
fiscal year is assumed to be the same as that required
by law for veterans' pensions unless otherwise provided
by law enacted in that session.
``(C) Excise taxes dedicated to a trust fund, if
expiring, are assumed to be extended at current rates.
``(D) If any law expires before the budget year or
any outyear, then any program with estimated current
year outlays greater than $50,000,000 that operates
under that law shall be assumed to continue to operate
under that law as in effect immediately before its
expiration.
``(3) Hospital insurance trust fund.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
receipts and disbursements of the Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund shall be included in all calculations
required by this Act.
``(c) Discretionary Spending.--For the budget year and each
of the nine ensuing outyears, the baseline shall be calculated
using the following assumptions regarding all amounts other
than those covered by subsection (b):
``(1) Estimated appropriations.--Budgetary
resources other than unobligated balances shall be at
the level provided for the budget year in full-year
appropriation Acts. If for any account a full-year
appropriation has not yet been enacted, budgetary
resources other than unobligated balances shall be at
the level available in the current year.
``(2) Current-year appropriations.--If, for any
account, a continuing appropriation is in effect for
less than the entire current year, then the current-
year amount shall be assumed to equal the amount that
would be available if that continuing appropriation
covered the entire fiscal year. If law permits the
transfer of budget authority among budget accounts in
the current year, the current-year level for an account
shall reflect transfers accomplished by the submission
of, or assumed for the current year in, the President's
original budget for the budget year.
``(d) Up-to-Date Concepts.--In calculating the baseline for
the budget year or each of the nine ensuing outyears, current-
year amounts shall be calculated using the concepts and
definitions that are required for that budget year.
``(e) Asset Sales.--Amounts realized from the sale of an
asset shall not be included in estimates under section 251,
251A, 252, or 253 of this part or section 5 of the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 if that sale would result in a
financial cost to the Government as determined pursuant to
scorekeeping guidelines.
``(f) Long-Term Budget Outlook.--On or before July 1 of
each year, CBO shall submit to the Committees on the Budget of
the House of Representatives and the Senate the Long-Term
Budget Outlook for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of
that year and at least the ensuing 40 fiscal years.''.
