Bill > HR5085

This bill, the Budget Process Enhancement Act, has two key provisions. First, it removes the discretionary inflater from the baseline, which means there will be no automatic adjustment for inflation or other factors when calculating the baseline budget. Second, it holds the salaries of members of Congress in escrow if their respective chamber has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022 by April 15, 2021. Additionally, the bill requires the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management to determine if the President and the Office of Management and Budget have complied with the statutory requirement to submit the President's budget, and it prohibits the payment of certain OMB officials if there is a finding of noncompliance.