Bill > HR8569

This bill, titled the "No Bias in the Baseline Act," aims to clarify how the "baseline" is calculated for budget purposes, which is a projection of future government spending and revenue based on current laws. Specifically, it amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to ensure that the baseline is determined by existing laws and assumes that discretionary appropriations, which are funds Congress decides on each year, will continue at their current levels. The bill also clarifies that laws concerning direct spending, such as Social Security, are assumed to operate as written, and it explicitly states that no adjustments should be made to the baseline for inflation or any other factor. Additionally, it makes conforming amendments to other acts, including the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Social Security Act, and requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to publish alternative fiscal scenarios in its reports, developed in consultation with the House and Senate Budget Committees.