The Chamber of Deputies finalized this Tuesday (19) the vote on the complementary bill (PLP) 175/24, which regulates the rules of transparency, execution and technical impediments of parliamentary amendments to the Budget. The project had already been evaluated by deputies, but underwent changes in the Senate and had to be processed again in the Chamber and will be sent for presidential sanction.
The proposal arose due to a decision by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to suspend the execution of parliamentary amendments until they are defined rules on social control, transparency, impediments and traceability. The minister Flávio Dino demanded determined that amendments can only be paid for by the Executive Branch with full transparency regarding their traceability.
The approved text leaves modification amendments outside the limit of the fiscal framework if they are of national interest, and may have a specific addressee or location if this is already included in the Budget Bill. The project also establishes a new value parameter, following the guidelines of the Supreme Court decision that provides for “obedience to all constitutional and legal provisions on fiscal targets or expenditure limits”.
Currently, 3% of the Union’s net current revenue in the previous year is directed to parliamentary amendments (2% for individual and 1% for bench) for the following year. According to the approved text, in 2025 parliamentary amendments for primary expenses will follow the net revenue criterion, except for amendments to correct errors or omissions. In the case of commission amendments, the value will be R$11.5 billion.
From 2026 onwards, the limit will follow the tax regime rule, with the correction of the previous year’s value by the Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) plus real growth equivalent to 70% or 50% of the real growth in primary income from two years earlier, depending on whether or not fiscal targets are met.
In the case of commission amendments, the global value will be that of the previous year adjusted by the IPCA for the 12 months ending in June of the year prior to the one to which the voted Budget refers.
*With information from Agência Câmara de Notícias
