Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-27
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Inflation and prices
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 201</b><b>9</b></p> <p>This bill changes the assumptions that the Congressional Budget Office uses to calculate the baseline for discretionary spending. (A baseline is a projection of federal spending and receipts during a fiscal year under current law.) </p> <p>The bill changes the assumptions used for the discretionary spending baseline to eliminate adjustments required under current law for inflation, expiring housing contracts, social insurance administrative expenses, pay adjustments, and changes to other personnel benefits. The bill also prohibits adjustments for inflation or any other factor. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 27 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2019 . 2. Changes in the baseline Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking everything that follows current year, and inserting excluding resources designated as an emergency requirement and any resources provided in supplemental appropriation laws. ; (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5); (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (2); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) No adjustment for inflation No adjustment shall be made for inflation or for any other factor. .