HR 5470 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2006

Introduced May 24, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Louie Gohmert R-TX

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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.

  1. IntroducedMay 24, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INChris ChocolaOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-FLDave WeldonOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-MNGil GutknechtOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-SCJ. Gresham BarrettOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-TXJeb HensarlingOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-AZJeff FlakeOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-CAJohn CampbellOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-WIPaul D. RyanOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-TXRalph M. HallOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-NJScott GarrettOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-OHSteve ChabotOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-FLTom FeeneyOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-GATom PriceOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalMay 24, 2006
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-MOW. Todd AkinOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-TNZach WampOriginalMay 24, 2006
R-INMark E. SouderJun 19, 2006
R-NELee TerryJul 11, 2006
R-COJoel HefleySep 21, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseBudget Committee
Referred May 24, 2006

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 24, 2006Introduced in House
  2. May 24, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3148)
  3. May 24, 2006Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3148Louie Gohmert R-TXMay 24, 2006

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2006

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 24, 2006Introduced in House

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