,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gdi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ag1 #bjae   
,mr4 ,portman introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,budget  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require dynamic scoring of  
major legislation4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,the     
,honest ,scoring ,act of #bjae4  #b4    
,honest accounting estimates  7a7       
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,budget ,the term budget means--  7,a7 a
 concurrent resolution on the budget2 or
  7,b7 a written statement submitted for
 printing in the ,congressional ,record 
by the ,chairman of the ,committee on   
the ,budget of the ,senate that         
establishes allocations1 aggregates1 and
 levels for purposes of enforcing the   
,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd4   
7#b7 ,budgetary effects ,the term       
budgetary effects means changes in      
outlays or revenues4  7#c7 ,major       
legislation  7,a7 ,definition ,the term 

major legislation means any bill1       
resolution1 conference report1 or       
treaty--  7i7 for which an estimate is  
prepared under section #djb of the      
,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fec7 that indicates that not
 less than #a of the amounts described  
in subparagraph 7,b71 before            
incorporating macroeconomic effects1 is 
greater than #ae1jjj1jjj1jjj in any     
fiscal year of the estimate2 or  7ii7   
designated as major legislation by the  
,chairman of the ,committee on the      
,budget of the ,senate or the ,chairman 
of the ,committee of the ,budget of the 
,house of ,representatives4  7,b7       
,amounts ,the amounts described in this 
subparagraph are-- 7i7 the sum of the   
individual positive changes in budgetary
 effects1 not including timing shifts1  
resulting from such measure2 and  7ii7  
the sum of the absolute value of the    
individual negative budgetary effects1  
not including timing shifts1 resulting  
from such measure4  7#d7 ,timing shifts 

,the term timing shifts means-- 7,a7 a  
delay of the date on which outlays      
flowing from direct spending would      
otherwise occur from one fiscal year to 
the next fiscal year2 or  7,b7 an       
acceleration of the date on which       
revenues would otherwise occur from one 
fiscal year to the next fiscal year4    
7b7 ,requirement for ,,cbo estimates ,an
 estimate provided by the ,congressional
 ,budget ,office under section #djb of  
the ,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd
 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fec7 for any major      
legislation shall include--  7#a7 an    
estimate of budgetary effects without   
macroeconomic effects2  7#b7 an estimate
 of the budgetary effects from changes  
in economic output1 employment1 capital 
stock1 interest rates1 and other        
macroeconomic variables resulting from  
the major legislation1 which shall      
delineate between revenue and outlay    
effects2 and  7#c7 a total estimate of  
the budgetary effects incorporating the 
macroeconomic budgetary effects4  7c7   

,requirement for ,,jct estimates ,an    
estimate provided by the ,joint         
,committee on ,taxation to the ,director
 of the ,congressional ,budget ,office  
under section #bja7;f7 of the           
,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fja7;f77 for any major      
legislation shall include--  7#a7 an    
estimate of budgetary effects without   
macroeconomic effects2  7#b7 an estimate
 of the budgetary effects from changes  
in economic output1 employment1 capital 
stock1 interest rates1 and other        
macroeconomic variables resulting from  
the major legislation1 which shall      
delineate between revenue and outlay    
effects2 and  7#c7 a total estimate of  
the budgetary effects incorporating the 
macroeconomic budgetary effects4  7d7   
,contents of estimates ,an estimate     
required to be provided under subsection
 7b7 or 7c7 shall include--  7#a7 a     
qualitative assessment of the budgetary 
effects 7including macroeconomic        
variables described in subsections 7b7  

and 7c77 of the major legislation in the
 #bj-;fiscal year period beginning after
 the last fiscal year of the most       
recently adopted budget that sets forth 
appropriate levels required under       
section #cja of the ,congressional      
,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4     
#fcb72 and  7#b7 an identification of   
the assumptions and the source of data  
underlying the estimate4