Stop the Baseline Bloat Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-8068
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2024-04-18
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 13.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stop the Baseline Bloat Act of 2024</strong></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.) Specifically, the bill changes the assumptions used for the discretionary spending baseline to exclude (1) resources designated as an emergency requirement, and (2) resources provided in supplemental appropriations laws.&nbsp;<br/><br/></p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8068 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2024 Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Cloud , Ms. Mace , Mr. Norman , Mr. Ogles , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mr. Case ) 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 exclude resources designated as an emergency requirement or any resources provided in supplemental appropriations laws from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop the Baseline Bloat Act of 2024 . 2. Changes in the baseline Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907(C)) is amended in the second sentence of paragraph (1) by inserting excluding resources designated as an emergency requirement and any resources provided in supplemental appropriation laws, after current year, .