HR 9716 — Increasing Baseline Updates Act

changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (new matter is 
printed in italics and existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman):

 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974

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TITLE II--CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

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 duties and functions

 Sec. 202. (a) Assistance to Budget Committees.--It shall be 
the primary duty and function of the Office to provide to the 
Committees on the Budget of both Houses information which will 
assist such committees in the discharge of all matters within 
their jurisdictions, including (1) information with respect to 
the budget, appropriation bills, and other bills authorizing or 
providing new budget authority or tax expenditures, (2) 
information with respect to revenues, receipts, estimated 
future revenues and receipts, and changing revenue conditions, 
and (3) such related information as such Committees may 
request.
 (b) Assistance to Committees on Appropriations, Ways and 
Means, and Finance.--At the request of the Committee on 
Appropriations of either House, the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives, or the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate, the Office shall provide to such Committee any 
information which will assist it in the discharge of matters 
within its jurisdiction, including information described in 
clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and such related 
information as the Committee may request.
 (c) Assistance to Other Committees and Members.--
 (1) At the request of any other committee of the 
 House of Representatives or the Senate or any joint 
 committee of the Congress, the Office shall provide to 
 such committee or joint committee any information 
 compiled in carrying out clauses (1) and (2) of 
 subsection (a), and, to the extent practicable, such 
 additional information related to the foregoing as may 
 be requested.
 (2) At the request of any committee of the Senate or 
 the House of Representatives, the Office shall, to the 
 extent practicable, consult with and assist such 
 committee in analyzing the budgetary or financial 
 impact of any proposed legislation that may have--
 (A) a significant budgetary impact on State, 
 local, or tribal governments;
 (B) a significant financial impact on the 
 private sector; or
 (C) a significant employment impact on the 
 private sector.
 (3) At the request of any Member of the House or 
 Senate, the Office shall provide to such member any 
 information compiled in carrying out clauses (1) and 
 (2) of subsection (a), and, to the extent available, 
 such additional information related to the foregoing as 
 may be requested.
 (d) Assignment of Office Personnel to Committees and Joint 
Committees.--At the request of the Committee on the Budget of 
either House, personnel of the Office shall be assigned, on a 
temporary basis, to assist such committee. At the request of 
any other committee of either House or any joint committee of 
the Congress, personnel of the Office may be assigned, on a 
temporary basis, to assist such committee or joint committee 
with respect to matters directly related to the applicable 
provisions of subsection (b) or (c).
 (e) Reports to Budget Committees.--
 (1) On or before February 15 of each year, the 
 Director shall submit to the Committees on the Budget 
 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a 
 report for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of 
 that year, with respect to fiscal policy, including (A) 
 alternative levels of total revenues, total new budget 
 authority, and total outlays (including related 
 surpluses and deficits), (B) the levels of tax 
 expenditures under existing law, taking into account 
 projected economic factors and any changes in such 
 levels based on proposals in the budget submitted by 
 the President for such fiscal year, and (C) a statement 
 of the levels of budget authority and outlays for each 
 program assumed to be extended in the baseline, as 
 provided in section 257(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes 
 assumed to be extended under section 257(b)(2)(C) of 
 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
 of 1985. Such report shall also include a discussion of 
 national budget priorities, including alternative ways 
 of allocating new budget authority and budget outlays 
 for such fiscal year among major programs or functional 
 categories, taking into account how such alternative 
 allocations will meet major national needs and affect 
 balanced growth and development of the United States.
 (2) The Director shall from time to time submit to 
 the Committees on the Budget of the House of 
 Representatives and the Senate such further reports 
 (including reports revising the report required by 
 paragraph (1)) as may be necessary or appropriate to 
 provide such Committees with information, data, and 
 analyses for the performance of their duties and 
 functions.
 (3) On or before January 15 of each year, the 
 Director, after consultation with the appropriate 
 committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
 shall submit to the Congress a report listing (A) all 
 programs and activities funded during the fiscal year 
 ending September 30 of that calendar year for which 
 authorizations for appropriations have not been enacted 
 for that fiscal year, and (B) all programs and 
 activities for which authorizations for appropriations 
 have been enacted for the fiscal year ending September 
 30 of that calendar year, but for which no 
 authorizations for appropriations have been enacted for 
 the fiscal year beginning October 1 of that calendar 
 year.
 (4)(A) The Director shall, to the extent practicable, 
 submit to the Committees on the Budget of the House of 
 Representatives and the Senate at least two updates to 
 the baseline submitted under paragraph (1). At least 
 one of the updates shall include economic data used by 
 the Director to calculate such update.
 (B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 
 limit the Director from providing any other update to 
 the baseline during such year.
 (f) Use of Computers and Other Techniques.--The Director may 
equip the Office with up-to-date computer capability (upon 
approval of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration 
of the Senate), obtain the services of experts and consultants 
in computer technology, and develop techniques for the 
evaluation of budgetary requirements.
 (g) Studies.--
 (1) Continuing studies.--The Director of the 
 Congressional Budget Office shall conduct continuing 
 studies to enhance comparisons of budget outlays, 
 credit authority, and tax expenditures.
 (2) Federal mandate studies.--
 (A) At the request of any Chairman or ranking 
 member of the minority of a Committee of the 
 Senate or the House of Representatives, the 
 Director shall, to the extent practicable, 
 conduct a study of a legislative proposal 
 containing a Federal mandate.
 (B) In conducting a study on 
 intergovernmental mandates under subparagraph 
 (A), the Director shall--
 (i) solicit and consider information 
 or comments from elected officials 
 (including their designated 
 representatives) of State, local, or 
 tribal governments as may provide 
 helpful information or comments;
 (ii) consider establishing advisory 
 panels of elected officials or their 
 designated representatives, of State, 
 local, or tribal governments if the 
 Director determines that such advisory 
 panels would be helpful in performing 
 responsibilities of the Director under 
 this section; and
 (iii) if, and to the extent that the 
 Director determines that accurate 
 estimates are reasonably feasible, 
 include estimates of--
 (I) the future direct cost of 
 the Federal mandate to the 
 extent that such costs 
 significantly differ from or 
 extend beyond the 5-year period 
 after the mandate is first 
 effective; and
 (II) any disproportionate 
 budgetary effects of Federal 
 mandates upon particular 
 industries or sectors of the 
 economy, States, regions, and 
 urban or rural or other types 
 of communities, as appropriate.
 (C) In conducting a study on private sector 
 mandates under subparagraph (A), the Director 
 shall provide estimates, if and to the extent 
 that the Director determines that such 
 estimates are reasonably feasible, of--
 (i) future costs of Federal private 
 sector mandates to the extent that such 
 mandates differ significantly from or 
 extend beyond the 5-year time period 
 referred to in subparagraph 
 (B)(iii)(I);
 (ii) any disproportionate financial 
 effects of Federal private sector 
 mandates and of any Federal financial 
 assistance in the bill or joint 
 resolution upon any particular 
 industries or sectors of the economy, 
 States, regions, and urban or rural or 
 other types of communities; and
 (iii) the effect of Federal private 
 sector mandates in the bill or joint 
 resolution on the national economy, 
 including the effect on productivity, 
 economic growth, full employment, 
 creation of productive jobs, and 
 international competitiveness of United 
 States goods and services.

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 TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE

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SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS

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CHAPTER 11--THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION

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Sec. 1106. Supplemental budget estimates and changes

 (a) Before July 16 of each year, the President shall submit 
to Congress a supplemental summary of the budget for the fiscal 
year for which the budget is submitted under section 1105(a) of 
this title. The summary shall include--
 (1) for that fiscal year--
 (A) substantial changes in or reappraisals of 
 estimates of expenditures and receipts;
 (B) substantial obligations imposed on the 
 budget after its submission;
 (C) current information on matters referred 
 to in section 1105(a)(8) and (9)(B) and (C) of 
 this title; and
 (D) additional information the President 
 decides is advisable to provide Congress with 
 complete and current information about the 
 budget and current estimates of the functions, 
 obligations, requirements, and financial 
 condition of the United States Government;
 (2) for the 4 fiscal years following the fiscal year 
 for which the budget is submitted, information on 
 estimated expenditures for programs authorized to 
 continue in future years, or that are considered 
 mandatory, under law; and
 (3) for future fiscal years, information on estimated 
 expenditures of balances carried over from the fiscal 
 year for which the budget is submitted.
 (b) Before July 16 of each year, the President shall submit 
to Congress a statement of changes in budget authority 
requested, estimated budget outlays, and estimated receipts for 
the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted (including 
prior changes proposed for the executive branch of the 
Government) that the President decides are necessary and 
appropriate based on current information. The statement shall 
include the effect of those changes on the information 
submitted under section 1105(a)(1)-(14) and (b) of this title 
and shall include supporting information as practicable. The 
statement submitted before July 16 may be included in the 
information submitted under subsection (a)(1) of this section.
 (c) Subsection (f) of section 1105 shall apply to revisions 
and supplemental summaries submitted under this section to the 
same extent that such subsection applies to the budget 
submitted under section 1105(a) to which such revisions and 
summaries relate.
 (d) On or before February 1 of each calendar year, the 
President shall submit to Congress technical budget data for 
the fiscal year beginning in the ensuing calendar year, which 
shall include up-to-date estimates for current year and prior 
year data and credit reestimates for the current year (as 
included in the Federal credit supplement of such budget).

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