Stop the Baseline Bloat Act of 2025
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.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3912 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3912
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.
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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
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop the Baseline Bloat Act of
2025''.
SEC. 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,''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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