To require the Congressional Budget Office to include macroeconomic feedback scoring of tax legislation.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 154 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Portman.(consideration: CR S2311-2319; text: CR S2313)
March 23, 2013
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 154 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Portman.(consideration: CR S2311-2319; text: CR S2313)
March 23, 2013
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 154 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 90.
March 23, 2013
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 154 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 90.
March 23, 2013
Amendment SA 154 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Portman. (consideration: CR S2311-2319; text: CR S2313) To require the Congressional Budget Office to include macroeconomic feedback scoring of tax legislation.
March 23, 2013
Amendment SA 154 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 90.
March 23, 2013
Senate amendment submitted
March 20, 2013
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1 roll call on this amendment
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SA 154. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle B of title IV, add the following: SEC. 4__. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES. (a) Request for Supplemental Estimates.--In the case of any legislative provision to which this section applies, the Congressional Budget Office, with the assistance of the Joint Committee on Taxation, shall prepare, to the extent practicable, as a supplement to the cost estimate for legislation affecting revenues, an estimate of the revenue changes in connection with such provision that incorporates the macroeconomic effects of the policy being analyzed. Any macroeconomic impact statement under the preceding sentence shall be accompanied by a written statement fully disclosing the economic, technical, and behavioral assumptions that were made in producing-- (1) such estimate; and (2) the conventional estimate in connection with such provision. (b) Legislative Provisions to Which This Section Applies.-- This section shall apply to any legislative provision-- (1) which proposes a change or changes to law that the Congressional Budget Office determines, pursuant to a conventional fiscal estimate, has a revenue impact in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any fiscal year; or (2) with respect to which the chair or ranking member of the Committee on the Budget of either the Senate or the House of Representatives has requested an estimate described in subsection (a). ______