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H.R. 4907 103rd Congress House

Baseline Reform Act of 1994

Official title: To reform the concept of baseline budgeting.

Introduced: August 5, 1994 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps
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Passed Senate
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Aug 16, 1994
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.
Aug 12, 1994
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Aug 12, 1994
On passage Passed by voice vote.
Aug 12, 1994
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.
Aug 12, 1994
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Aug 12, 1994
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Aug 12, 1994
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4907.
Aug 12, 1994
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 512, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Spratt amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Aug 12, 1994
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 512, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Penny amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Aug 12, 1994
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
Aug 12, 1994
The Speaker designated the Honorable Patricia Schroeder to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
Aug 12, 1994
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 512 and Rule XXIII.
Aug 12, 1994
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4907 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by section. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill. No amendment to the substitute shall be in order except those amendments printed in the report accompanying this resolution, if offered in the order and manner specified in the report.
Aug 12, 1994
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 512. (consideration: CR H8000-8022)
Aug 11, 1994
Rule H. Res. 512 passed House.
Aug 9, 1994
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 512 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4907 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by section. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill. No amendment to the substitute shall be in order except those amendments printed in the report accompanying this resolution, if offered in the order and manner specified in the report.
Aug 9, 1994
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 103-688, Part I.
Aug 9, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Aug 9, 1994
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Aug 9, 1994
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Aug 5, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Aug 5, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.
Aug 5, 1994
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to 1 failed

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 844 – An amendment in the nature of a substitute identical to the bill's original text. The effect of the Spratt su… Failed Aug 12, 1994
HAMDT 843 – An amendment in the nature of a substitute to change the definition of baseline to eliminate the inflation ad… Agreed to Aug 12, 1994
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 Latest action August 16, 1994

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Full Budget Disclosure Act of 1994 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to create: (1) a current policy baseline for projecting current-year spending; and (2) a current funding baseline for projecting spending without any inflation adjustment except for expiring housing contracts.

Requires the President's budget to include: (1) estimated expenditures and appropriations for the current year; (2) a certain comparison of levels of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations that includes the proposed increase or decrease in spending in percentage terms.

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make conforming changes to the development of the concurrent resolution on the budget.

Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include in reports to budget committees certain current year comparisons and a table on sources of spending growth under current law in total mandatory spending for the budget year and the ensuing four fiscal years.

Requires the CBO to include in the annual report to the Congress all direct spending programs.

Requires the CBO to include in cost estimates of pending legislation a comparison of prior year spending levels to current year levels.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HRES 512 Procedurally related Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4907) to reform the concept of baseline budgeting.
  • HR 4914 Text similarities Baseline Reform Act of 1994
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