This bill, titled the "Super Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2026," aims to substantially strengthen the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. Its core purpose is to establish a more rigorous statutory requirement for legislation affecting direct spending or revenues, ensuring it contributes significantly to deficit reduction. The goal is to reduce the accumulation of Federal debt by mandating that new direct spending and revenue reductions are more than fully offset, thereby promoting long-term fiscal sustainability through enhanced budgetary controls. The central provision introduces a new "Super PAYGO" requirement, stipulating that any legislation increasing direct spending or reducing revenues must include total savings that are at least two times the total budgetary cost of such provisions. This means that for every dollar of new cost, two dollars of savings must be identified through reductions in direct spending or increases in revenues. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will maintain "Super PAYGO scorecards" to track these debits over 5-year and 10-year periods, triggering sequestration if insufficient savings are achieved. The bill also significantly tightens the criteria for designating provisions as "emergency requirements," which are typically exempt from PAYGO rules. Such designations must now meet strict conditions, including being sudden urgent unforeseen temporary necessary to address a direct threat to life, public safety, national security, or significant property damage . The vote threshold for waiving these requirements in Congress is raised from three-fifths to two-thirds , and OMB is required to publish a detailed justification for each emergency designation. To enhance enforcement, the bill establishes new congressional budget points of order in both the House and Senate, preventing the consideration of legislation that fails to meet the Super PAYGO requirement. It also restricts the ability to exclude budgetary effects from scorecards or waive PAYGO provisions, requiring separate legislation and higher vote thresholds for such actions. Furthermore, the bill mandates increased transparency, requiring OMB to publish annual reports detailing Super PAYGO scorecard balances, budgetary effects of enacted legislation, emergency designations, and the cumulative deficit reduction achieved or avoided.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Economics and Public Finance
Super Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2026
USA119th CongressHR-9879| House
| Updated: 7/22/2026
This bill, titled the "Super Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2026," aims to substantially strengthen the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. Its core purpose is to establish a more rigorous statutory requirement for legislation affecting direct spending or revenues, ensuring it contributes significantly to deficit reduction. The goal is to reduce the accumulation of Federal debt by mandating that new direct spending and revenue reductions are more than fully offset, thereby promoting long-term fiscal sustainability through enhanced budgetary controls. The central provision introduces a new "Super PAYGO" requirement, stipulating that any legislation increasing direct spending or reducing revenues must include total savings that are at least two times the total budgetary cost of such provisions. This means that for every dollar of new cost, two dollars of savings must be identified through reductions in direct spending or increases in revenues. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will maintain "Super PAYGO scorecards" to track these debits over 5-year and 10-year periods, triggering sequestration if insufficient savings are achieved. The bill also significantly tightens the criteria for designating provisions as "emergency requirements," which are typically exempt from PAYGO rules. Such designations must now meet strict conditions, including being sudden urgent unforeseen temporary necessary to address a direct threat to life, public safety, national security, or significant property damage . The vote threshold for waiving these requirements in Congress is raised from three-fifths to two-thirds , and OMB is required to publish a detailed justification for each emergency designation. To enhance enforcement, the bill establishes new congressional budget points of order in both the House and Senate, preventing the consideration of legislation that fails to meet the Super PAYGO requirement. It also restricts the ability to exclude budgetary effects from scorecards or waive PAYGO provisions, requiring separate legislation and higher vote thresholds for such actions. Furthermore, the bill mandates increased transparency, requiring OMB to publish annual reports detailing Super PAYGO scorecard balances, budgetary effects of enacted legislation, emergency designations, and the cumulative deficit reduction achieved or avoided.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.