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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 re-
ferred 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 juris-
diction 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 Appropria-
tions of each House, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Appropriations Trans-
parency Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. COST ESTIMATES FOR LEGISLATION REPORTED BY 
COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(2 U.S.C. 653) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(except the Committee on Ap-
propriations of each House)’’; and 
(3) by adding after the matter following para-
graph (3) the following: 
‘‘(b) ESTIMATES
FOR
APPROPRIATIONS
MEAS-
URES.—Any estimate for any bill or joint resolution re-
ported by the Committee on Appropriations of either 
House for which an estimate is prepared under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Total discretionary budget authority pro-
vided by such measure. 
‘‘(2) A comparison between such budget author-
ity and the allocations applicable to such measure 
under subsections (a) and (b) of section 302. 
‘‘(3) The estimated total outlays resulting from 
such measure. 
‘‘(4) Rescissions of budget authority included in 
such measure and the estimated changes in outlays 
therefrom. 
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‘‘(5) Offsetting receipts and collections included 
in such measure. 
‘‘(6) Changes in Mandatory Programs (com-
monly referred to as ‘CHIMPs’) included in such 
measure and the changes in outlays therefrom. 
‘‘(7) Direct spending (if any) included in such 
measure and changes in outlays therefrom. 
‘‘(8) The effects of any authorizing provisions 
in such measure. 
‘‘(9) Notations of different categorizations of 
budget authority and outlays, sorted by category of 
discretionary spending limit under the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
and by any designation under section 251(b)(2) of 
such Act. 
‘‘(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause 8 of Rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representative shall 
not apply to any bill or joint resolution reported by the 
Committee on Appropriations of such House.’’. 
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