A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is called the Cost Estimates Improvement Act. It amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The bill requires the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to include the costs of servicing the public debt in any estimate they prepare, to the extent practicable. This ensures that the true financial impact regarding public debt is part of official legislative cost estimates.
Yes
- Scored +4
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The legislation improves government transparency by mandating that legislative cost estimates include the costs of servicing the public debt.
- Scored +3
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?
The bill enhances fiscal responsibility by ensuring lawmakers and the public are fully informed of the long-term debt-servicing costs of legislation.
- Scored +2
Does this reduce what the federal government owes?
By requiring CBO and JCT to include debt servicing costs in legislative cost estimates, the bill promotes greater fiscal transparency that could encourage deficit reduction.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Better Financial Transparency: Section 2 requires estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to include costs relating to servicing the public debt. This is positive because it gives the public and our elected officials a clearer and more complete picture of how new legislation affects the national debt.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No Negative Impacts Identified: The provided text does not contain any specific provisions outlining negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups of people.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make the government pay for what it commits to? — The bill enhances fiscal responsibility by ensuring lawmakers and the public are fully informed of the long-term debt-servicing costs of legislation. Does this reduce what the federal government owes? — By requiring CBO and JCT to include debt servicing costs in legislative cost estimates, the bill promotes greater fiscal transparency that could encourage deficit reduction.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The legislation improves government transparency by mandating that legislative cost estimates include the costs of servicing the public debt.
- 9/17/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- Introduced in Senate
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