S. 594 would direct the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior to complete the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail as a contiguous recreational route, to the maximum extent possible, by November 10, 2028. The departments would be required to …
H.R. 7375 would modify the terms under which the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) collects a nonrefundable fee for submitting an expression of interest (EOI), which is an informal nomination to request certain federal land be included in a competitive oil …
H.R. 4206 would require banks and bank holding companies with more than $100 billion in assets to include specified net gains and losses when calculating the capital they need to meet risk-based capital requirements. Currently, only large institutions with …
H.R. 7233 would amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) to allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to advance the awareness and prevention of child sexual abuse. Using information from HHS about the costs …
To provide the Congress with a comprehensive review of its work, the Congressional Budget Office publishes quarterly reports that highlight the agency’s recent publications and summarize its work in progress. Over the past three months, CBO has produced a …
S. 2492 would permanently require the Social Security Administration (SSA) to share all of its data on deaths with the Do Not Pay program—a program administered by the Department of the Treasury that allows agencies to identify ineligible recipients by …
During October, I am speaking to several audiences about the nation’s fiscal outlook. Today, I will speak to a delegation from the Nordea bank at the National Press Club. Later in the month, I will be speaking at the Institute of International Finance' …
S. 4711 would prevent agencies from using a person’s past use of marijuana as the sole basis for taking certain personnel actions, such as excluding them from federal employment, disqualifying them from receiving security clearances, or denying them …
The federal budget deficit was $1.8 trillion in fiscal year 2024, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The estimated deficit for 2024 was $139 billion more than the shortfall recorded during fiscal year 2023. Revenues increased by an estimated $479 …
Medicare beneficiaries who are overweight or who have the medical condition of obesity are more likely to have worse health outcomes and higher health care expenditures than beneficiaries in the healthy weight category. Among adults enrolled in randomized …
H.R. 9751 would amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require that CBO include the budgetary effects of any judicial action and any executive action in its baseline projections of revenues and spending in a manner that is …
H.R. 9716 would amend the Congressional Budget Act to require CBO, to the extent practicable, to submit at least two updates each year to its annual budget and economic forecast. At least one of those would include the economic data underlying the update. …
H.R. 9714 would require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, at the request of the House and Senate Committees on the Budget, to testify at two hearings before each committee annually.
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2025 2025-2029 2025-2034 Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues 0 0 0 Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit 0 0 0 Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays) 0 0 0 Increases net direct spending in any of the four …
H.R. 8068 would amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to change how the discretionary spending baseline is projected in the baseline. Under the bill, budgetary resources designated as an emergency requirement or provided in …
H.R. 9686 would amend the Congressional Budget Act to establish in statute a Panel of Health Advisors for the Congressional Budget Office. Under the bill, the 15-person panel would provide technical advice to CBO, meet at least once each year, and report …
H.R. 7776 would allow the Department of the Interior (DOI) to use money from a particular account within the Colorado River Dam Fund to pay for operations, maintenance, and repairs of the Hoover Dam. Under current law, amounts collected from Hoover Dam …
H.R. 736 would require public elementary and secondary schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a student’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form …
Many activities of the federal government have budgetary and other effects that can last far into the future. To produce estimates of those budgetary effects—and to help lawmakers compare different policies—the Congressional Budget Office often has to …
In this report, the Congressional Budget Office discusses the factors underlying prescription drug prices and examines a set of policy approaches aimed at reducing those prices. The agency assesses how each approach, if implemented in 2025, would affect …
