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HR 991 · in committee · significant

Cost Estimates Improvement Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires cost estimates to include the expenses of servicing the public debt.
  • Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation staff are affected.
  • This changes how federal cost estimates are calculated going forward with no new funding.

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  1. 01

    How would including federal debt servicing costs in estimates change which bills Congress prioritizes for passage?

  2. 02

    What data or analysis should demonstrate whether debt servicing estimates improve fiscal transparency or complicate budget decisions?

  3. 03

    Which federal programs might appear more expensive under new cost estimates, and how could that affect their political viability?

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Sponsor · R-TX-27

Michael Cloud

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Introduced 2025-02-05

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-02-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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