Over the past three months, the Congressional Budget Office has produced a variety of budget and economic analyses, cost estimates, and analytical products, thus fulfilling its core mission of supporting the Congress during each stage of the legislative ...
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Cost EstimatesThrough its technical assistance and cost estimates, CBO routinely provides the Congress with information about the effects of proposed legislation on the federal budget. The agency is required by law to prepare a cost estimate for nearly every bill that is approved by a full Congressional committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate.The agency publishes cost estimates at other stages of the legislative process, too, if requested to do so by a relevant committee or by Congressional leadership. Also, CBO estimates the budgetary effects of bills scheduled to be considered under suspension of the rules in the House, a procedure sometimes used to consider legislation on the House floor in an expedited manner. This past quarter, the agency published 118 cost estimates, including the following: |
- A cost estimate for H.J. Res. 35 (now Public Law 119-2), which would disapprove a November 2024 final rule published by the Environmental Protection Agency implementing a requirement in the 2022 reconciliation act (P.L 117-169); and
- A cost estimate for S. 347, the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025, which would modify and reauthorize two grant programs administered by the Environmental Protection Agency that support state actions to clean up and redevelop brownfields.
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For inquiries from Members of Congress and Congressional staff about cost estimates, email CostEstimates@cbo.gov; for other inquiries from Members and staff, contact CongressionalAffairs@cbo.gov. For inquiries from the public or the media, email Communications@cbo.gov. |
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