Stop the Baseline Bloat Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-3912
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2025-06-11
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2025-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-06-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stop the Baseline Bloat Act of 2025</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 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3912 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2025 Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Case , Ms. Perez , Mr. Golden of Maine , Mr. Gray , Mr. Stutzman , Mr. Cline , and Mr. Norman ) 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 2025 . 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, .