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Introduced January 30, 2026 by Blake D. Moore · Last progress January 30, 2026
The bill trades stronger, earlier, and more comprehensive budget transparency and centralized fiscal discipline for greater workload, centralized committee power, and higher risk that on-budget reporting and stricter timing will spur political pressure to cut benefits or cause delays and funding disruptions.
Taxpayers and lawmakers get earlier, clearer, and more comprehensive federal budget information because the bill requires baseline, line-item, and consolidated budget reporting that shows spending and revenue together.
Members of Congress and their staff (and therefore taxpayers) receive independent CBO cost estimates for recommended direct spending or revenue changes, improving the information used in budget debates and decisions.
Seniors, beneficiaries, and taxpayers benefit from better coordination and monitoring of trust funds (e.g., Social Security, Medicare HI, Highway Trust Fund) because the bill promotes consolidated budgeting and earlier identification of insolvency risks.
Seniors and taxpayers could face increased pressure for benefit cuts or tax increases because including Social Security trust fund activity on the on-budget totals will make deficits appear larger.
Taxpayers, federal employees, and service recipients face greater risk of delayed appropriations, funding gaps, or shutdowns because requiring a concurrent budget and pre-July approval for budget measures raises stalemate risk between chambers.
Congressional staff, CBO, and committees will face substantially increased workload and administrative costs to produce more baselines, line-items, and CBO estimates—potentially requiring more resources that taxpayers might fund.
Based on analysis of 12 sections of legislative text.
Requires Congress to produce a single, line‑item annual budget Act with committee submissions, CBO scoring, baseline rules, and deadlines for reporting.
Requires Congress to produce a single, comprehensive annual budget that lists every federal spending and revenue line item and gives committees new duties to submit line‑item projections and proposed legislation for their jurisdictions. It also expands CBO scoring responsibilities, sets reporting deadlines and baseline rules if no concurrent budget is adopted, changes how some trust funds are treated in budget totals, and blocks certain House adjournments until the annual budget Act is approved. The package aims to centralize budget-making in a single “annual budget Act,” force committees to compile and submit direct‑spending and revenue line items (with CBO analysis), tighten timing for budget reports, and require the House to include committee submissions or substitute baseline items when committees fail to report.