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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3660 

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring 

of preventive health savings. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2015 

Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. 

PALLONE, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. 

PINGREE, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. POLIS, 

Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. PETERS, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. LOEBSACK, 

Mr. ENGEL, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. BERA, Mr. 

FORBES, Mr. OLSON, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Ohio, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. ALLEN, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Budget 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting 

the scoring of preventive health savings. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SCORING OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SAVINGS. 

4 Section 202 of the Congressional Budget and Im5 poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602) is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(h) SCORING OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SAVINGS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION BY THE DIRECTOR.— 

2 Upon a request by the chairman or ranking minority 

3 member of the Committee on the Budget, the Com4 mittee on Finance, or the Committee on Health, 

5 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, or by 

6 the chairman or ranking minority member of the 

7 Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Energy 

8 and Commerce, or the Committee on Ways and 

9 Means of the House of Representatives, the Director 

10 shall determine if a proposed measure would result 

11 in reductions in budget outlays in budgetary out12 years through the use of preventive health and pre13 ventive health services. 

14 ‘‘(2) PROJECTIONS.—If the Director determines 

15 that a measure would result in substantial reduc16 tions in budget outlays as described in paragraph 

17 (1), the Director— 

18 ‘‘(A) shall include, in any projection pre19 pared by the Director, a description and esti20 mate of the reductions in budget outlays in the 

21 budgetary outyears and a description of the 

22 basis for such conclusions; and 

23 ‘‘(B) may prepare a budget projection that 

24 includes some or all of the budgetary outyears, 

25 notwithstanding the time periods for projections 


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1 described in subsection (e) and sections 308, 

2 402, and 424. 

3 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub4 section— 

5 ‘‘(A) the term ‘preventive health’ means an 

6 action that focuses on the health of the public, 

7 individuals and defined populations in order to 

8 protect, promote, and maintain health and 

9 wellness and prevent disease, disability, and 

10 premature death that is demonstrated by cred11 ible and publicly available evidence from epide12 miological projection models, clinical trials, ob13 servational studies in humans, longitudinal 

14 studies, and meta-analysis; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the term ‘budgetary outyears’ means 

16 the 2 consecutive 10-year periods beginning 

17 with the first fiscal year that is 10 years after 

18 the budget year provided for in the most re19 cently agreed to concurrent resolution on the 

20 budget.’’. 

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