‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—(A)(i) No program estab-
lished by a law enacted on or before the date of enact-
ment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 with esti-
mated 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 pro-
grams 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 pro-
gram 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 imme-
diately before the expiration of the suspension. 
‘‘(B) The increase for veterans’ compensation for 
a fiscal year is assumed to be the same as that re-
quired by law for veterans’ pensions unless otherwise 
provided by law enacted in that session. 
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‘‘(C) Excise taxes dedicated to a trust fund, if ex-
piring, 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 be-
fore its expiration. 
‘‘(3) HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND.—Not-
withstanding 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 ap-
propriation Acts. If for any account a full-year ap-
propriation has not yet been enacted, budgetary re-
sources other than unobligated balances shall be at the 
level available in the current year. 
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‘‘(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 appropria-
tion 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 ac-
count shall reflect transfers accomplished by the sub-
mission 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 out-
years, 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 Statu-
tory-Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 if that sale would result 
in a financial cost to the Government as determined pursu-
ant to scorekeeping guidelines.’’. 
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