‘‘(2) SUSTAINABILITY.—The term ‘sustain-
ability’ means that the projected growth in the Medi-
care program, the Medicaid program or other 
health-related spending, or any other direct spending 
program (other than the Old-Age Security and Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Funds or the Medicare or 
Medicaid program), beginning with the first fiscal 
year after the last fiscal year covered in the most re-
cently enacted concurrent resolution on the budget, 
does not exceed the annual rate of growth of the 
gross domestic product of the United States.’’. 
(b) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—Sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by redesignating the second paragraph (37) as paragraph 
(39) and by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(40) long-term projections of total spending 
over 30 years (or 75 years in the case of Social Se-
curity) as a percentage of gross domestic product 
annually and the impact of proposed policies over 
that period.’’. 
SEC. 12. LONG-TERM ANALYSIS BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDG-
ET OFFICE OF LEGISLATION. 
(a) LONG-TERM
ANALYSIS
BY
CONGRESSIONAL 
BUDGET OFFICE.—(1) Part A of title IV of the Congres-
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sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘LONG-TERM ANALYSIS BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 
OFFICE OF LEGISLATION 
‘‘SEC. 407. (a) ANALYSIS.—The Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, 
prepare— 
‘‘(1) for major legislation reported by any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate; and 
‘‘(2) for any bill or resolution so requested by 
the chairman or ranking member of the Committee 
on the Budget or the chairman or ranking member 
of the committee of jurisdiction, 
and submit to such committee or to the chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget making such request an esti-
mate of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out 
such bill or resolution for the ten fiscal-year period begin-
ning with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year cov-
ered by the most recently enacted concurrent resolution 
on the budget subject to the analysis of such bill or resolu-
tion by the Director under section 402, together with the 
basis for each such estimate. The estimates, comparison, 
and description so submitted shall be included in the re-
port accompanying such bill or resolution if timely sub-
mitted to such committee before such report is filed. 
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‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘major legislation’ means any bill or joint resolution if the 
gross spending or revenue effect of such bill or resolution 
for any fiscal year for which an estimate was made under 
section 402 is greater than .25 percent of the estimated 
gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States for 
the fiscal year.’’. 
(2) The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 406 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 407. Long-term analysis by Congressional Budget Office of legislation.’’. 
(b) ANALYSIS
BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OF-
FICE.—Paragraph (1) of section 402 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘in each of 
the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘in at least each of the 9 fiscal years following such fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 13. LONG-TERM BUDGETING REFLECTED IN PRESI-
DENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSIONS. 
Paragraphs (5), (6), and (12)(B) of section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘4 fiscal years after that year’’ and inserting ‘‘9 fiscal 
years after that year and the ten fiscal-year period begin-
ning thereafter’’. 
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