Baseline Reform Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-1871
Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government trust funds
Medicare
Sales and excise taxes
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Baseline Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the formula for establishing the budget baseline.
 
Revises the annual baseline, for any fiscal year, to mean a projection of current-year levels of new budget authority (as under current law), outlays (as under current law), or receipts (instead of revenues) and the surplus or deficit (as under current law) for the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date.
 
Includes estimates for direct spending in the baseline calculation formula for the budget year and each outyear.
 
Revises the formula for calculating the baseline for discretionary spending for the budget year and each outyear to eliminate adjustments for: (1) expiring multiyear subsidized housing contracts; (2) administrative expenses of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust Fund, and the Railroad Retirement account; (3) offsets to federal employees' annual pay; and (4) certain inflators used to adjust budgetary resources in the Act.
 
Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report to the congressional budget committees, on or before July 1 of each year, the Long-Term Budget Outlook for: (1) the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, and (2) at least the ensuing 40 fiscal years.

action_date: 2013-06-25
text: 
Baseline Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the formula for establishing the budget baseline.
 
Revises the annual baseline, for any fiscal year, to mean a projection of current-year levels of new budget authority (as under current law), outlays (as under current law), or receipts (instead of revenues) and the surplus or deficit (as under current law) for the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date.
 
Includes estimates for direct spending in the baseline calculation formula for the budget year and each outyear.
 
Revises the formula for calculating the baseline for discretionary spending for the budget year and each outyear to eliminate adjustments for: (1) expiring multiyear subsidized housing contracts; (2) administrative expenses of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust Fund, and the Railroad Retirement account; (3) offsets to federal employees' annual pay; and (4) certain inflators used to adjust budgetary resources in the Act.
 
Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to report to the congressional budget committees, on or before July 1 of each year, the Long-Term Budget Outlook for: (1) the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, and (2) at least the ensuing 40 fiscal years.

action_date: 2014-04-08
text: 
Baseline Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the formula for establishing the budget baseline.
 
Revises the annual baseline, for any fiscal year, to mean a projection of current-year levels of new budget authority (as under current law), outlays (as under current law), or receipts (instead of revenues) and the surplus or deficit (as under current law) for the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date.
 
Includes estimates for direct spending in the baseline calculation formula for the budget year and each outyear.
 
Revises the formula for calculating the baseline for discretionary spending for the budget year and each outyear to eliminate adjustments for: (1) expiring multiyear subsidized housing contracts; (2) administrative expenses of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust Fund, and the Railroad Retirement account; (3) offsets to federal employees' annual pay; and (4) certain inflators used to adjust budgetary resources in the Act.
 
Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to report to the congressional budget committees, on or before July 1 of each year, the Long-Term Budget Outlook for: (1) the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, and (2) at least the ensuing 40 fiscal years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 230 - 185 (Roll no. 168). (text: CR H3015)
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 230 - 185 (Roll no. 168).(text: CR H3015)
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 191 - 221 (Roll no. 167).
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H3020-3021)
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bustos motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a section to the bill titled "Prohibiting Cuts in Education, Health, and Safety Protections".
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Mrs. Bustos moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on the Budget. (consideration: CR H3019-3021; text: CR H3019-3020)
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3019)
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1871.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1874, H.R. 1871, and H.R. 1872. The resolution provides for 1 hour of general debate for each bill. Specified amendments printed in Part B of House Report 113-400 are in order for H.R. 1874. The resolution allows for one motion to recommit with instructions for each bill.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 539. (consideration: CR H3014-3021)
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 539 Reported to House. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1874, H.R. 1871, and H.R. 1872. The resolution provides for 1 hour of general debate for each bill. Specified amendments printed in Part B of House Report 113-400 are in order for H.R. 1874. The resolution allows for one motion to recommit with instructions for each bill.
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 94.
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Budget. H. Rept. 113-129.
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Budget. H. Rept. 113-129.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 10.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in House