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Title 2—THE CONGRESS > CHAPTER 20—EMERGENCY POWERS TO ELIMINATE BUDGET DEFICITS > SUBCHAPTER I—ELIMINATION OF DEFICITS IN EXCESS OF MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT

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For any budget year, the baseline refers to a projection of current-year levels of new budget authority, outlays, revenues, and the surplus or deficit into the budget year and the outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date.

( Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 257 , formerly §§ 251(a)(6)(I), 257, Dec. 12, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1092 ; Pub. L. 100–119, title I , §§ 102(a), (b)(4)–(8), 104(c)(2), 106(b), Sept. 29, 1987 , 101 Stat. 754 , 773, 774, 777, 780; renumbered § 257 and amended Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, § 13101(b) , (e)(1), (2), Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1388–589 , 1388–591, 1388–593; Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10209(a) , Aug. 5, 1997 , 111 Stat. 710 ; Pub. L. 113–67, div. A, title I, § 121(9) , Dec. 26, 2013 , 127 Stat. 1175 .)

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