To require the Congress and the President to use the spending levels for the current fiscal year (without adjustment for inflation) in the preparation of the budget for each new fiscal year in order to clearly identify spending increases from one fiscal year to the next fiscal year.
Common Sense Budget Act of 1991 - Amends Federal law to require both the President and the Congress to draft a budget based on estimates of current fiscal year spending, proposing increases or decreases based on this level (rather than on an estimated baseline).
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to use such a current fiscal year baseline in its report to the congressional budget committees, projecting growth for entitlement and discretionary spending based on current fiscal year spending.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative Process.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
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