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The effects are not estimated for three named purposes

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5021, Sec. 5021. Written by .

The effects are not estimated for three named purposes

The document says “shall notWho acts: Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Congressional Budget OfficeHow: statuteSec. 5021 in the PDF
What the document says

“the budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division shall not be estimated-- (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5021

Subsection (c) of section 5021 bars estimating the budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division for three purposes: section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. It does so notwithstanding a scorekeeping guideline and section 250(c)(8) of the 1985 Act.

What the document actually says

“the budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division shall not be estimated-- (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5021
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Do not add up the cost of these parts for three uses. Each use is named by an older budget law.

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Budget rules take a cost figure and act on it. If the cost is not added up, the rules have nothing to act on.

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    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 5021, 140 Stat. 635 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm

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    “The effects are not estimated for three named purposes,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 5021, Sec. 5021. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/proposal/sec5021-not-estimated/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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