Baseline Reform Act of 2014
Latest action · Apr 9, 2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the 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 8, 2013
- Passed HouseApr 8, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Baseline Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the formula for establishing the budget baseline.
Revises the annual baseline, for any fiscal year, to mean a projection of current-year levels of new budget authority (as under current law), outlays (as under current law), or receipts (instead of revenues) and the surplus or deficit (as under current law) for the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date.
Includes estimates for direct spending in the baseline calculation formula for the budget year and each outyear.
Revises the formula for calculating the baseline for discretionary spending for the budget year and each outyear to eliminate adjustments for: (1) expiring multiyear subsidized housing contracts; (2) administrative expenses of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust Fund, and the Railroad Retirement account; (3) offsets to federal employees' annual pay; and (4) certain inflators used to adjust budgetary resources in the Act.
Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to report to the congressional budget committees, on or before July 1 of each year, the Long-Term Budget Outlook for: (1) the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, and (2) at least the ensuing 40 fiscal years.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 168 | On Passage | Passed230–185 | Apr 8, 2014 |
| House 167 | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Failed191–221 | Apr 8, 2014 |
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2013 to Jun 18, 2013, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | May 8, 2013 |
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Original | May 8, 2013 |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Original | May 8, 2013 |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | May 13, 2013 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-MI | Justin Amash | May 21, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jun 12, 2013 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Jun 12, 2013 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Jun 17, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Richard B. Nugent | Jun 18, 2013 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2014Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- Apr 8, 2014Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 539. (consideration: CR H3014-3021)
- Apr 8, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bustos motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a section to the bill titled "Prohibiting Cuts in Education, Health, and Safety Protections".
- Apr 8, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1871.
- Apr 8, 2014Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 539 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1874) to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1871) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emer | Related bill | Apr 4, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2014Referred in Senate
- Apr 8, 2014Engrossed in House
- Jun 25, 2013Reported in House
- May 8, 2013Introduced in House
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