H.R. 8569

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8569 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8569

To clarify that the baseline is based on current laws and the 
assumption of continuation of current levels of discretionary 
appropriations, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 29, 2026

Mr. Cline introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget

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A BILL

To clarify that the baseline is based on current laws and the 
assumption of continuation of current levels of discretionary 
appropriations, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``No Bias in the Baseline Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF BASELINE CALCULATION.

(a) In General.--Section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
``(a) In General.--For any budget year, the baseline refers to a 
projection, based on current laws and the assumption of continuation of 
current levels of discretionary appropriations, of current-year levels 
of new budget authority, outlays, revenues, and the surplus or deficit 
into the budget year and the outyears based on laws enacted through the 
applicable date.'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following:
``(1) In general.--Laws providing or creating direct 
spending and receipts are assumed to operate in the manner 
specified in those laws for each such year.'';
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(2); and
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by 
striking all that follows after ``current year,'' 
through the period and inserting ``excluding resources 
designated as an emergency requirement and any 
resources provided in supplemental appropriation 
laws.'';
(B) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5);
(C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
(2); and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) No adjustment for inflation.--No adjustment shall be 
made for inflation or for any other factor.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Congressional budget and impoundment control act of 
1974.--Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``and'' before ``(B) the levels''; 
and
(B) by striking ``, and (C)'' and all that follows 
through ``1985''.
(2) Social security act.--Section 403(a)(3) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)) is amended--
(A) by striking subparagraph (G); and
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
subparagraph (G).

SEC. 3. CBO PUBLICATION OF ALTERNATIVE FISCAL SCENARIOS.

Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) is amended by adding after the 
period at the end the following new sentence: ``Such report shall 
include alternative fiscal scenarios, as deemed appropriate, prepared 
in consultation with the Committees on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.''.
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