Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2006
Latest action · May 24, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2006 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate sequential and cumulative adjustments for inflation from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline projections for discretionary appropriations with respect to: (1) expiring housing contracts and social insurance administrative expenses; (2) offset pay absorption and pay annualization; (3) inflation; and (4) any accounting for changes required by law in the level of agency payments for personnel benefits other than pay.
Exempts from the requirement that budgetary resources (other than unobligated balances) be at the level available in the current year any resources designated as an emergency requirement or provided in supplemental appropriations laws.
Prohibits adjustments for inflation or or any other factor.
Amends the Act to extend indefinitely the formula used to calculate the baseline.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 24, 2006 to Sep 21, 2006, with 24 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Chris Chocola | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-SC | J. Gresham Barrett | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| D-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | May 24, 2006 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | May 24, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2006Introduced in House
- May 24, 2006Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- May 24, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3148)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Appropriations
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee benefit plans
- Federal budgets
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing subsidies
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Inflation
- Off-budget expenditures
- Public housing
- Salaries
- Social Welfare
- Supplemental appropriations
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2006Introduced in House
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