Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2021

United States117th CongressHR-3464House of Representatives
Updated: May 21, 2021

Summary

Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2021 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.) The bill changes the assumptions used for the discretionary spending baseline to exclude emergency and supplemental spending; eliminate adjustments required under current law for inflation, expiring housing contracts, social insurance administrative expenses, pay adjustments, and changes to other personnel benefits; and prohibit other adjustments for inflation or any other factor.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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