This part keeps the cost of some divisions off the books used to force cuts. It also wipes two of those books clean at the end of the first session of this Congress.
“The budgetary effects of this division and divisions E through G shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the”
The scorecards named are those kept under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. Subsection (b) makes the same exclusion for the Senate scorecard kept for the purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 of the 115th Congress.
What the document actually says
“The budgetary effects of this division and divisions E through G shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the”
That sentence, in plain words
The cost of these parts is not written on the two lists kept under an old budget law.
What this is about
A scorecard tracks whether new laws add to the deficit. If the total climbs, cuts can follow. This keeps these costs off it.
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.
“the budgetary effects of this division and divisions E through G 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”
The third purpose is paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, which deals with what counts as included in an appropriation Act. The subsection sets aside Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
What the document actually says
“the budgetary effects of this division and divisions E through G 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”
That sentence, in plain words
For three set purposes, the cost of these parts is not counted at all.
What this is about
Budget rules count money in more than one way. This says which counts to skip for these parts of the law.
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.
“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.
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.
The three exclusions the section makes and the zeroing of the two scorecard balances.
Nothing else. The section has four subsections and each is recorded here.
The section works by naming the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, a budget resolution, and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Those documents are not indexed here, so this file does not say what a scorecard does or when a sequestration order follows.
