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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7584 

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional 

Budget Office to provide cost estimates for legislation reported by the 

Committee on Appropriations of each House, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2024 

Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. CLINE, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. 

MACE, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. NORMAN, 

Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require 

the Congressional Budget Office to provide cost estimates 

for legislation reported by the Committee on Appropriations of each House, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Appropriations Trans5 parency Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COST ESTIMATES FOR LEGISLATION REPORTED BY 

2 COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS. 

3 Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

4 (2 U.S.C. 653) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘(except the Committee on Ap8 propriations of each House)’’; and 

9 (3) by adding after the matter following para10 graph (3) the following: 

11 ‘‘(b) ESTIMATES FOR APPROPRIATIONS MEAS12 URES.—Any estimate for any bill or joint resolution re13 ported by the Committee on Appropriations of either 

14 House for which an estimate is prepared under subsection 

15 (a) shall include the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) Total discretionary budget authority pro17 vided by such measure. 

18 ‘‘(2) A comparison between such budget author19 ity and the allocations applicable to such measure 

20 under subsections (a) and (b) of section 302. 

21 ‘‘(3) The estimated total outlays resulting from 

22 such measure. 

23 ‘‘(4) Rescissions of budget authority included in 

24 such measure and the estimated changes in outlays 

25 therefrom. 


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1 ‘‘(5) Offsetting receipts and collections included 

2 in such measure. 

3 ‘‘(6) Changes in Mandatory Programs (com4 monly referred to as ‘CHIMPs’) included in such 

5 measure and the changes in outlays therefrom. 

6 ‘‘(7) Direct spending (if any) included in such 

7 measure and changes in outlays therefrom. 

8 ‘‘(8) The effects of any authorizing provisions 

9 in such measure. 

10 ‘‘(9) Notations of different categorizations of 

11 budget authority and outlays, sorted by category of 

12 discretionary spending limit under the Balanced 

13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

14 and by any designation under section 251(b)(2) of 

15 such Act. 

16 ‘‘(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 8 of Rule 

17 XIII of the Rules of the House of Representative shall 

18 not apply to any bill or joint resolution reported by the 

19 Committee on Appropriations of such House.’’. 

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