The effects are kept off the statutory PAYGO scorecards
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5021, Sec. 5021.
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The effects are kept off the statutory PAYGO scorecards
The document says “shall not”Who acts: Director of the Office of Management and BudgetHow: statuteSec. 5021 in the PDF
What the document says
“The budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.”
Subsection (a) of section 5021 provides that the budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division are not entered on either scorecard kept under section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
What the document actually says
“The budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.”
That sentence, in plain words
Do not write the cost of these parts on either of the two score sheets kept under a 2010 budget law.
What this is about
A score sheet tracks whether new laws add to the deficit. If a cost goes on it, cuts can follow. This part keeps the cost off.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
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 kept off the statutory PAYGO scorecards,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 5021, Sec. 5021. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/proposal/sec5021-statutory-paygo/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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