determined on the basis of estimates prepared under section 4. Budgetary effects that increase outlays flowing from direct spending or decrease revenues are termed ‘‘costs’’ and budgetary effects that increase revenues or decrease outlays flowing from direct spending are termed ‘‘savings’’. Budgetary effects shall not include any costs associated with debt service.
(B) For purposes of these definitions, off-budget effects shall not be counted as budgetary effects.
(C) Solely for purposes of recording entries on a PAYGO scorecard, provisions in appropriation Acts are also considered to be budgetary effects for purposes of this title if such provi- sions make outyear modifications to substantive law, except that provisions for which the outlay effects net to zero over a period consisting of the current year, the budget year, and the 4 subsequent years shall not be considered budgetary effects. For purposes of this paragraph, the term, ‘‘modifications to substantive law’’ refers to changes to or restrictions on entitlement law or other mandatory spending contained in appropriations Acts, notwithstanding section 250(c)(8) of BBEDCA. Provisions in appropriations Acts that are neither outyear modifications to substantive law nor changes in revenues have no budgetary effects for purposes of this title.
(5) The term ‘‘debit’’ refers to the net total amount, when positive, by which costs recorded on the PAYGO scorecards for a fiscal year exceed savings recorded on those scorecards for that year.
(6) The term ‘‘entitlement law’’ refers to a section of law which provides entitlement authority.
(7) The term ‘‘PAYGO legislation’’ or a ‘‘PAYGO Act’’ refers to a bill or joint resolution that affects direct spending or revenue relative to the baseline. The budgetary effects of changes in revenues and outyear modifications to substantive law included in appropriation Acts as defined in paragraph (4) shall be treated as if they were contained in PAYGO legislation or a PAYGO Act.
(8) The term ‘‘timing shift’’ refers to a delay of the date on which outlays flowing from direct spending would otherwise occur from the ninth outyear to the tenth outyear or an accel- eration of the date on which revenues would otherwise occur from the tenth outyear to the ninth outyear.
SEC. 4. PAYGO ESTIMATES AND PAYGO SCORECARDS.2 USC 933.
(a) PAYGO ESTIMATES.—
(1) REQUIRED DESIGNATION IN PAYGO ACTS.—
(A) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—To establish the Submissions. budgetary effects of a PAYGO Act consistent with the determination made by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, a PAYGO Act originated in or amended by the House of Representatives may include the following statement: ‘‘The budgetary effects of this Act, for the pur- pose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled ‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.’’.
