Baseline Reform Act of 2013 (H.R. 1871; 113th Congress)
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| Full title | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline. |
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| Introduced in | 113th United States Congress |
| Introduced on | May 8, 2013 |
| Sponsored by | Rep. Rob Woodall (R, GA-7) |
| Number of co-sponsors | 3 |
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| Act(s) affected | Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, Balanced Budget Act of 1997 |
| Agencies affected | Office of Management and Budget, Congressional Budget Office |
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The Baseline Reform Act of 2013 (H.R. 1871) is a bill that 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.
The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.
Baseline budgeting is an accounting method the United States Federal Government uses to develop a budget for future years. Baseline budgeting uses current spending levels as the "baseline" for establishing future funding requirements and assumes future budgets will equal the current budget times the inflation rate times the population growth rate. Twice a year—generally in January and August—CBO prepares baseline projections of federal revenues, outlays, and the surplus or deficit. Those projections are designed to show what would happen if current budgetary policies were continued as is—that is, they serve as a benchmark for assessing possible changes in policy. They are not forecasts of actual budget outcomes, since the Congress will undoubtedly enact legislation that will change revenues and outlays. Similarly, they are not intended to represent the appropriate or desirable levels of federal taxes and spending.
This bill was introduced at the same time as the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2013 (H.R. 1874; 113th Congress) and the Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014 (H.R. 1872; 113th Congress) as a package of budget reform bills.
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