No Adding, No Padding Act

Bill: 116-hr-4066
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-25
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Inflation and prices
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Adding, No Padding Act </b></p> <p>This bill requires the President's annual budget to include additional details regarding current spending levels and proposed increases. </p> <p>The budget must include (1) a list of programs and funding levels that will be a one-time expense for the year for which the budget is submitted, and (2) a proposal for reducing spending in each of the four years following the year for which the budget is submitted. </p> <p>For each item in the budget that is being conducted in the current year, the budget must include the funding provided in the current year, any proposed change in the funding, and the justification for the change. If the budget proposes an increase in funding for an item, it must also include the amount of the adjustment that is due to inflation and increases in employee salaries or benefits.</p> <p>The budget must also include estimates for funding that would be included in the budget for the following year if programs and activities received the same amount of funding as provided in the current year. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4066 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2019 Mr. Schrader (for himself and Mr. Flores ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President’s annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed spending increases, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Adding, No Padding Act . 2. Current service level budgeting amendments (a) President’s budget submission Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) In subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: (40) a list of each program, and the proposed funding level for such program, that will be a one-time expense for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. (41) in addition to the performance standards requirements of paragraph (28), a proposal, by budget function and agency, for spending reductions in spending for each of the 4 fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. . (2) By adding at the end the following: (i) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, with respect to each item in the budget submitted under this section that is being conducted in the current fiscal year, the President shall provide the following: (A) The amount appropriated or otherwise made available for such item in such year. (B) The amount (if any) of a proposed adjustment in the funding level for such item and the justification for such change. (2) If the President proposes an adjustment under paragraph (1)(B) that will result in an increase in funding with respect to an item in the budget, the President shall include with such proposal the following: (A) The amount of such adjustment which is a result of inflation. (B) The amount of such adjustment that is a result of an increase in salaries or benefits for employees. . (b) Current programs and activities estimates Section 1109 of title 31, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) In subsection (a)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking were carried and all that follows through change in policy and inserting received the same amount of budget authority as provided in the current fiscal year ; and (B) in the third sentence, by striking The President and inserting Consistent with the requirements of subsection (c), the President . (2) By adding at the end the following: (c) With respect to each program listed under subsection (a), the President shall provide— (1) the amount appropriated or otherwise made available for such program in the current fiscal year; and (2) a separate amount (if any) of the expected increase in the following fiscal year for such program due to inflation, pay increases, or benefit increases. .