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Union Calendar No. 258 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3582 
[Report No. 112–377, Part I] 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for 
macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. PRICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, 
Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. CHAFFETZ, and Mr. STUTZMAN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and 
in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JANUARY 30, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. PAULSEN, 
Mr. HANNA, Mr. FLORES, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
MULVANEY, Mr. WILSON
of South Carolina, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. REED, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. ROSS of 
Florida, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. 
PITTS, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. 
KINGSTON, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. QUAYLE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
CULBERSON, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. AMASH, 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. KLINE, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. STIV-
ERS, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. BONNER, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. HARPER, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Mr. RIVERA, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 
CRAVAACK, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. 
BARLETTA, Mr. MACK, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. SULLIVAN, Ms. HAYWORTH, 
and Mr. BILIRAKIS 
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JANUARY 30, 2012 
Reported from the Committee on the Budget with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 7, 2011] 
JANUARY 30, 2012 
The Committee on Rules discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide 
for macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation. 
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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 ‘‘Pro-Growth Budgeting 
Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF MAJOR 
LEGISLATION 
‘‘SEC. 407. (a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE.— 
The Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, prepare for each major bill or resolution reported 
by any committee of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations of each 
House), as a supplement to estimates prepared under sec-
tion 402, a macroeconomic impact analysis of the budg-
etary effects of such bill or resolution for the ten fiscal-year 
period beginning with the first fiscal year for which an esti-
mate was prepared under section 402 and each of the next 
three ten fiscal-year periods. Such estimate shall be predi-
cated upon the supplemental projection described in section 
202(e)(4). The Director shall submit to such committee the 
macroeconomic impact analysis, together with the basis for 
the analysis. As a supplement to estimates prepared under 
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