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Union Calendar No. 94 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1871 
[Report No. 113–129] 
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 Com-
mittee on the Budget 
JUNE 25, 2013 
Additional sponsors: Mr. ROKITA, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. AMASH, Mr. DUNCAN of 
South Carolina, Mr. MULVANEY, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. 
MESSER, and Mr. NUGENT 
JUNE 25, 2013 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 base-
line 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 ensu-
ing nine outyears based on laws enacted through the appli-
cable 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 spend-
ing 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 as-
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required by law for veterans’ pensions unless other-
wise 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 con-
tinue to operate under that law as in effect imme-
diately before its expiration. 
‘‘(3) HOSPITAL
INSURANCE
TRUST
FUND.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the re-
ceipts and disbursements of the Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund shall be included in all calculations re-
quired 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 regard-
ing 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 ap-
propriation Acts. If for any account a full-year ap-
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propriation has not yet been enacted, budgetary re-
sources 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 cur-
rent-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 ac-
complished 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 
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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, OMB CBO shall submit to the Com-
mittees 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.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 94 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1871 
[Report No. 113–129] 
A BILL 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget 
baseline. 
JUNE 25, 2013 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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