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Cost Estimates Through 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 263 cost estimates, including the following: |
- A cost estimate for H.R. 2102, Major Richard Star Act, which would permit Chapter 61 retirees—service members who have retired from the armed forces because of a disability—to receive the full amount of both their military retired pay and their veterans’ disability compensation.
- A cost estimate for H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act, which would prohibit Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from buying certain financial assets while the Member is in office.
- A cost estimate for H.R. 2641, Day 1, Dollar 1 E-Verify Act, which would require all federal contractors and their subcontractors to use E-Verify, a federal web-based system that allows public- and private-sector employers to confirm that newly hired employees are eligible to work in the United States.
- A cost estimate for S. 3249, Strategic Subsea Cables Act of 2026, which would direct the Administration to protect the global network of undersea fiber-optic cables and other critical undersea infrastructure the imposition of sanctions.
- A cost estimate for H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which would provide full-year appropriations and authorities for fiscal year 2026 for agencies covered by 3 of the 12 annual appropriation acts.
- A cost estimate for H.R. 7006, Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026, which would provide full-year appropriations and authorities for fiscal year 2026 for agencies covered by 2 of the 12 annual appropriation acts.
- A cost estimate for S. 2975, PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025, which would reauthorize the pipeline safety programs of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration through 2030.
- A cost estimate for S. 836, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, which would amend provisions of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to establish new protections for children under the age of 13 and to extend protections to teenagers under the age of 17.
- A cost estimate for H.R. 3492, Protect Children’s Innocence Act, which would create new criminal penalties for providing certain surgeries and drug treatments to minors that assist with them in transitioning genders (sometimes referred to as gender-affirming care).
- A cost estimate for H.R. 3380, TAILOR Act of 2025, which would require federal financial regulatory agencies to limit the burden of financial regulations by tailoring regulatory actions to the relevant institutions based on their risk profiles and business models.
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