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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. Con. Res. 11 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the ap... · Sec. 411

Sec. 411. Accuracy in budget enforcement

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In this subsection, the term timing shift means— a delay of the date on which outlays flowing from direct spending would otherwise occur from 1 fiscal year to the next fiscal year; or an acceleration of the date on which revenues would otherwise occur from 1 fiscal year to the previous fiscal year. In the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall not count timing shifts in estimating the budgetary effects of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report for purposes of enforcing— the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 621 et seq. ); any allocation, aggregate, or level under a concurrent resolution on the budget; or any written statement submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate that establishes allocations, aggregates, and levels for purposes of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
In the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall not count any rescission of budget authority or contract authority that does not have an effect on outlays in estimating the changes in budget authority, outlays, or revenues of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report for purposes of enforcing— the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 621 et seq. ); any allocation, aggregate, or level under a concurrent resolution on the budget; or any written statement submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate that establishes allocations, aggregates, and levels for purposes of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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