Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 27 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projec- tions for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con- trol Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Zero-Baseline Budget 4 Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. CHANGES IN THE BASELINE. 6 Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 7 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:50 Jan 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H27.IH H27 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 27 IH (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by 1 striking everything that follows ‘‘current year,’’ and 2 inserting ‘‘excluding resources designated as an 3 emergency requirement and any resources provided 4 in supplemental appropriation laws.’’; 5 (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and 6 (5); 7 (3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para- 8 graph (2); and 9 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol- 10 lowing new paragraph: 11 ‘‘(3) NO ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—No 12 adjustment shall be made for inflation or for any 13 other factor.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:50 Jan 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H27.IH H27 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS