PAYGO Act
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
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.
Source
- 2010–present2 U.S.C. § 932The Congress · Definitions and applications · as used in this chapter