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2 U.S.C. 907: The baseline

Created in 1985 by Public Law 99-177. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

11 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 2 U.S.C. 602, 2 U.S.C. 639, 2 U.S.C. 900, 2 U.S.C. 933, 2 U.S.C. 937.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2013

    • Pub. L. 113–67 substituted "differences" for "differenes". Law text · (b)

    1997

    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10209(a)(1), amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: "No program with estimated current-year outlays greater than $50 million shall be assumed to expire in the budget year or outyears." (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10209(a)(2), added subpar. (D). (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10209(a)(3), substituted "domestic product chain-type price index" for "national product fixed-weight price index". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10209(a)(4), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: "The sale of an asset or prepayment of a loan shall not alter the deficit or produce any net deficit reduction in the budget baseline, except that the budget baseline estimate shall… (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (e)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–508, §13101(e)(1), amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to baseline for provisions relating to definitions.
    • Pub. L. 101–508, §13101(e)(2), redesignated section 901(a)(6)(I) of this title as subsec. (e) of this section, and substituted "The" for "assuming, for purposes of this paragraph and subparagraph (A)(i) of paragraph (3), that the". · (e)

    1987

    • Pub. L. 100–119, §102(a), amended section 901 of this title generally, adding subsec. (a)(6)(I). See 1990 Amendment note above.
    • Pub. L. 100–119, §104(c)(2), struck out provisions of former subpar. (A) that "automatic spending increase" meant increases in budget outlays due to changes in indexes in the following Federal programs: · (1)
    • Pub. L. 100–119, §102(b)(4), amended par. (7) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (7) read as follows: "The terms 'sequester' and 'sequestration' (subject to section 902(a)(4) of this title) refer to or mean the cancellation of new budget authority, unobligated balances, obligated balance… · (7)
    • Pub. L. 100–119, §102(b)(5), added par. (9). · (9)
    • Pub. L. 100–119, §106(b), added par. (10). · (10)
    • Pub. L. 100–119, §102(b)(6), added par. (11). · (11)
    • Pub. L. 100–119, §102(b)(7), added par. (12). · (12)
    • Pub. L. 100–119, §102(b)(8), added pars. (13) and (14). · (13), (14)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.