119-hr4464

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4464 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4464

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of 
 preventive health savings.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 16, 2025

Mr. Obernolte (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Carter of 
 Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Budget

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 A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of 
 preventive health savings.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Preventive Health Savings Act''.

SEC. 2. SCORING OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SAVINGS.

 

Section 202 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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    (h) Scoring of Preventive Health Savings.--
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    (1) Determination by the director.--Upon a request by the 
 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
 Budget of the Senate and chairman and ranking minority member 
 of the committee of primary jurisdiction of the Senate or by 
 the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
 the Budget of the House of Representatives and the chairman and 
 ranking minority member of the committee of primary 
 jurisdiction of the House of Representatives, the Director 
 shall determine if proposed legislation would result in net 
 reductions in budget outlays in budgetary outyears through the 
 use of preventive health care.
 ``

    (2) Projections.--If the Director determines that 
 proposed legislation would result in net reductions in budget 
 outlays as described in paragraph

    (1) , the Director--
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        (A) shall include, in any projection prepared by 
 the Director on such proposed legislation, a 
 description and estimate of the reductions in budget 
 outlays in the budgetary outyears and a description of 
 the basis for such conclusions; and
 ``
        (B) may prepare a budget projection that includes 
 some or all of the budgetary outyears, notwithstanding 
 the time periods for projections described in 
 subsection

    (e) and sections 308, 402, and 424.
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    (3) Limitation.--Any estimate provided by the Director 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (1) shall be used as a supplementary 
 estimate and may not be used to determine compliance with the 
 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or any other budgetary 
 enforcement controls.
 ``

    (4) === Definitions. ===
-As used in this subsection--
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        (A) the term `budgetary outyears' means the 2 
 consecutive 10-year periods beginning with the first 
 fiscal year that is 10 years after the current fiscal 
 year; and
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        (B) the term `preventive health care' means an 
 action that focuses on the health of the public, 
 individuals, and defined populations in order to 
 protect, promote, and maintain health and wellness and 
 prevent disease, disability, and premature death, 
 including through the promotion and use of effective, 
 innovative health care interventions that are 
 demonstrated by credible and publicly available 
 evidence from epidemiological projection models, 
 clinical trials, observational studies in humans, 
 longitudinal studies, and meta-analysis.''.
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