“Effective on the date of the adjournment of the first session of the 119th Congress, and for the purposes of the annual report issued pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 934) after such adjournment and for determining whether a sequestration order is necessary under such section, the balances on the PAYGO scorecards established pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of such Act shall be zero.”
This clears whatever has built up on the two scorecards, so the annual report that follows adjournment finds nothing on them and no sequestration order is triggered by them.
What the document actually says
“Effective on the date of the adjournment of the first session of the 119th Congress, and for the purposes of the annual report issued pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 934) after such adjournment and for determining whether a sequestration order is necessary under such section, the balances on the PAYGO scorecards established pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4(d) of such Act shall be zero.”
That sentence, in plain words
When this session of Congress ends, both lists are set back to zero.
What this is about
If the lists show a rise in the deficit, cuts follow on their own. Wiping them clean stops that from happening.
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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Public Law 119-37, sec. 8001, 139 Stat. 654 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
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“The PAYGO scorecard balances are set to zero at the end of the first session,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 8001, Sec. 8001. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/proposal/sec8001-scorecard-balances-set-to-zero/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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