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H.R. 4907 (103rd)
Baseline Reform Act of 1994
Introduced
5 August 1994
Last action
16 August 1994 · Introduced
Status
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.
Sponsors
Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Subjects
Housing, Taxation, Budget
Source updated
4 February 2025
Summary
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.
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Timeline
5 August 1994
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.
Source: IntroReferral
5 August 1994
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 August 1994
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 August 1994
Reported
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.
Source: Floor
9 August 1994
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 103-688, Part I.
Source: Committee
9 August 1994
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Rules. H. Rept. 103-688, Part I.
Source: Committee
9 August 1994
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Source: Committee
9 August 1994
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
9 August 1994
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
11 August 1994
Passed
Rule H. Res. 512 passed House.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Passed
On passage Passed by voice vote.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Passed
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.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4907.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Floor
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.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable Patricia Schroeder to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Floor
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 512 and Rule XXIII.
Source: Floor
12 August 1994
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 512. (consideration: CR H8000-8022)
Source: Floor
16 August 1994
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Referral Instructions Senate · 16 August 1994 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 12 August 1994 · Download file
- Reported in House · 9 August 1994 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 5 August 1994 · Download file
Documents
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Referral Instructions Senate (text)
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Referral Instructions Senate (text)
Referral Instructions Senate · EN · 16 August 1994
Referral Instructions Senate (PDF)
Referral Instructions Senate · EN · 16 August 1994
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Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 12 August 1994
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 12 August 1994
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Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 9 August 1994
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Reported in House (PDF)
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House
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Related records
- related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4907) to reform the concept of baseline budgeting.
- related to ← Baseline Reform Act of 1994
- amends ← An amendment in the nature of a substitute identical to the bill's original text. The effect of the Spratt substitute would be to negate the Penny amendment and restore the language of the bill, which requires the President, along with the House and Senate Budget Committees and the CBO to compare future projected spending with two baseline standards of current spending, one based on current policy with adjustments for projected inflation, and a second baseline, which does not include adjustments for inflation.
- amends ← An amendment in the nature of a substitute to change the definition of baseline to eliminate the inflation adjustment for discretionary spending. The amendment also requires that the President's proposed budget include a comparison of the proposed levels of spending with this baseline, as well as the percentage increases or decreases from this baseline. Further, the amendment specifies that the "starting point" for deliberations in the House and Senate Budget Committees on a budget resolution for the next fiscal year must be the estimated levels of spending for the current fiscal year. It also requires that any increases or decreases in the budget resolution must be from those estimated levels and that the report on the budget resolution must include these comparisons, along with the percentage changes from the baseline.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/4907
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/103/hr/4907
- us · 103-hr-4907 · source updated 4 February 2025