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H.R. 1871: Baseline Reform Act of 2014

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H.R. 1871: Baseline Reform Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-08 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 167 (2014): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR1871 (2014-04-08), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Baseline Reform Act of 2014

Plain summary

Baseline Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise the formula for establishing the budget baseline. Revises the annual baseline, for any fiscal year, to mean a projection of current-year levels of new budget authority (as under current law), outlays (as under current law), or receipts (instead of revenues) and the surplus or deficit (as under current law) for the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date. Includes estimates for direct spending in the baseline calculation formula for the budget year and each outyear. Revises the formula for calculating the baseline for discretionary spending for the budget year and each outyear to eliminate adjustments for: (1) expiring multiyear subsidized housing contracts; (2) administrative expenses of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust Fund, and the Railroad Retirement account; (3) offsets to federal employees' annual pay; and (4) certain inflators used to adjust budgetary resources in the Act. Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to report to the congressional budget committees, on or before July 1 of each year, the Long-Term Budget Outlook for: (1) the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, and (2) at least the ensuing 40 fiscal years.

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Official text

Baseline Reform Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] · 12 cosponsors

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Tom McClintock (R-CA)

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CBO cost estimate
The Congressional Budget Office's estimate of how a federal bill would change government spending and revenue. CBO is nonpartisan.
Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1871 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113