H.R. 920: Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2011
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H.R. 920: Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-03 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2011
Plain summary
Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2011 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate sequential and cumulative adjustments for inflation from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline projections for discretionary appropriations with respect to: (1) expiring housing contracts and social insurance administrative expenses, (2) offset pay absorption and pay annualization, (3) inflation, and (4) any accounting for changes required by law in the level of agency payments for personnel benefits other than pay. Exempts from the requirement that budgetary resources (other than unobligated balances) be at the level available in the current year any resources designated as an emergency requirement or provided in supplemental appropriations laws. Prohibits adjustments for inflation or any other factor. Amends the Act to extend indefinitely the formula used to calculate the baseline.
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Official text
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · 49 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Tim Scott (R-SC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr920.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr920 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112