No Bias in the Baseline Act

HR 8979, the "No Bias in the Baseline Act," changes how federal budget baselines are calculated. It modifies the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act by removing inflation adjustments from baseline projections and excluding emergency funding and supplemental appropriations from baseline calculations. This procedural bill affects only the technical process used by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to project future spending and revenue, not actual government programs or beneficiaries. The change ensures baseline projections assume current law without adjustments for inflation or emergency funding, altering how budget scores are generated.