Committees on the Budget or OMB, as applicable. 
OMB, CBO, and the Committees on the Budget 
shall consult on the scoring of such programs 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 
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. 
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‘‘(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-
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- 
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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 
result in a financial cost to the Government as determined 
pursuant to scorekeeping guidelines.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 250(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(22) The term ‘Medicare’ means programs 
within budget function 570. 
‘‘(23) The term ‘Medicaid and other health-re-
lated spending’ means programs within budget func-
tion 550. 
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‘‘(24) The term ‘other direct spending’ means 
programs other than those within budget functions 
550 and 570, excluding Social Security and net in-
terest.’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL CBO REPORT TO BUDGET COMMIT-
TEES. 
Section 202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) After the President’s budget submission 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, in addition to the baseline projections, the Di-
rector shall submit to the Committees on the Budget 
of the House of Representatives or the Senate a sup-
plemental projection assuming extension of current 
tax policy for the fiscal year commencing on October 
1 of that year with an alternative projection for that 
fiscal year, assuming the extension of current tax 
policy, excluding emergency provisions, in the fiscal 
year before the submission of a report. 
‘‘(5) On or before July 1 of each year, the Di-
rector shall submit to the Committees on the Budget 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
Long-Term Budget Outlook for the fiscal year com-
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mencing on October 1 of that year and at least the 
ensuing 30 fiscal years.’’. 
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