#aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #ahga  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe to      
reform the budget baseline4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,baseline ,reform ,act of #bjad4  #b4   
,the baseline ,section #beg of the      
,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe is      
amended to read as follows3  #beg4 ,the 
baseline  7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,for any
 fiscal year1 the baseline refers to a  
projection of current-year levels of new
 budget authority1 outlays1 or receipts 
and the surplus or deficit for the      
current year1 the budget year1 and the  
ensuing nine outyears based on laws     
enacted through the applicable date4    
7#b7 ,the baselines referred to in      
paragraph 7#a7 shall be prepared        
annually4  7b7 ,direct spending and     
receipts ,for the budget year and each  
outyear1 estimates for direct spending  
in the baseline shall be calculated as  

follows3  7#a7 ,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 and funding for          
entitlement authority is assumed to be  
adequate to make all payments required  
by those laws4  7#b7 ,exceptions  7,a7  
7i7 ,no program established by a law    
enacted on or before the date of        
enactment of the ,balanced ,budget ,act 
of #aiig with estimated current year    
outlays greater than #ej1jjj1jjj shall  
be assumed to expire in the budget year 
or the outyears4 ,the scoring of new    
programs with estimated outlays greater 
than #ej1jjj1jjj a year shall be based  
on scoring by the ,committees on the    
,budget or ,,omb1 as applicable4 ,,omb1 
,,cbo1 and the ,committees on the       
,budget shall consult on the scoring of 
such programs where there are           
differences between ,,cbo and ,,omb4    
7ii7 ,on the expiration of the          
suspension of a provision of law that is

 suspended under section #aga of ,public
 ,law #ajd-abg and that authorizes a    
program with estimated fiscal year      
outlays that are greater than           
#ej1jjj1jjj1 for purposes of clause 7i71
 the program shall be assumed to        
continue to operate in the same manner  
as the program operated immediately     
before the expiration of the suspension4
  7,b7 ,the increase for veterans'      
compensation for a fiscal year is       
assumed to be the same as that required 
by law for veterans' pensions unless    
otherwise provided by law enacted in    
that session4  7,c7 ,excise taxes       
dedicated to a trust fund1 if expiring1 
are assumed to be extended at current   
rates4  7,d7 ,if any law expires before 
the budget year or any outyear1 then any
 program with estimated current year    
outlays greater than #ej1jjj1jjj that   
operates under that law shall be assumed
 to continue to operate under that law  
as in effect immediately before its     
expiration4  7#c7 ,hospital insurance   

trust fund ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of law1 the receipts and      
disbursements of the ,hospital          
,insurance ,trust ,fund shall be        
included in all calculations required by
 this ,act4  7c7 ,discretionary spending
 ,for the budget year and each of the   
nine ensuing outyears1 the baseline     
shall be calculated using the following 
assumptions regarding all amounts other 
than those covered by subsection 7b73   
7#a7 ,estimated appropriations          
,budgetary resources other than         
unobligated balances shall be at the    
level provided for the budget year in   
full-year appropriation ,acts4 ,if for  
any account a full-year appropriation   
has not yet been enacted1 budgetary     
resources other than unobligated        
balances shall be at the level available
 in the current year4  7#b7             
,current-year appropriations ,if1 for   
any account1 a continuing appropriation 
is in effect for less than the entire   
current year1 then the current-year     

amount shall be assumed to equal the    
amount that would be available if that  
continuing appropriation covered the    
entire fiscal year4 ,if law permits the 
transfer of budget authority among      
budget accounts in the current year1 the
 current-year level for an account shall
 reflect transfers accomplished by the  
submission of1 or assumed for the       
current year in1 the ,president's       
original budget for the budget year4    
7d7 ,up-to-,date concepts ,in           
calculating the baseline for the budget 
year or each of the nine ensuing        
outyears1 current-year amounts shall be 
calculated using the concepts and       
definitions that are required for that  
budget year4  7e7 ,asset sales ,amounts 
realized from the sale of an asset shall
 not be included in estimates under     
section #bea1 #bea;,a1 #beb1 or #bec of 
this part or section #e of the          
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj if that sale would result in a    
financial cost to the ,government as    

determined pursuant to scorekeeping     
guidelines4  7f7 ,long-,term ,budget    
,outlook ,on or before ,july #a of each 
year1 ,,cbo shall submit to the         
,committees on the ,budget of the ,house
 of ,representatives and the ,senate the
 ,long-,term ,budget ,outlook for the   
fiscal year commencing on ,october #a of
 that year and at least the ensuing #dj 
fiscal years4  4  ,passed the ,house of 
,representatives ,april #h1             
#bjad4;,clerk4