Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2018”.
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2018
A BILL
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Changes in the baseline
Section 257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking everything that follows “current year,” and inserting “excluding resources designated as an emergency requirement and any resources provided in supplemental appropriation laws.”;
by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5);
by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (2); and
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
“(3) No adjustment for inflation—No adjustment shall be made for inflation or for any other factor.”