I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2524 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
to provide that Congress may request estimates of legislation from rep-
utable accounting firms for purposes of budget enforcement, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2025 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself and Mr. COLLINS) 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 with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 to provide that Congress may request 
estimates of legislation from reputable accounting firms 
for purposes of budget enforcement, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Replacing Exploitative 
Partisan Estimates with Alternatives by Liquidating Con-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
04:37 Apr 04, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2524.IH
H2524
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
gressional Budget Office Requirements’’ or the ‘‘REPEAL 
CBO Requirements Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BUDGET ESTIMATES BY REPUTABLE ACCOUNTING 
FIRMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
653) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ESTIMATE BY ACCOUNTING FIRMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the chair of any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate (except the Committee on Appropria-
tions of each House) may, instead of an esti-
mate under subsection (a), obtain an estimate 
for any bill or resolution of a public character 
reported by such committee from a private rep-
utable accounting firm. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any estimate ob-
tained under subparagraph (A) shall be 
used in lieu of an estimate prepared by the 
Congressional Budget Office under sub-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
04:37 Apr 04, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2524.IH
H2524
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
section (a) for budget enforcement with re-
spect to the applicable bill or joint resolu-
tion, including for purposes of this Act, the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, the Statutory Pay- 
As-You-Go Act of 2010, any concurrent 
resolution on the budget, the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, and the Stand-
ing Rules of the Senate (including for pur-
poses of reconciliation). 
‘‘(ii) 
CBO 
ESTIMATE
NOT
RE-
QUIRED.—If an estimate is obtained under 
subparagraph (A), then the Office shall 
not prepare an estimate for the applicable 
measure under subsection (a). 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION OF PRIVATE REPUTABLE 
ACCOUNTING
FIRM.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘private reputable accounting firm’ means 
any of the ten public accounting firms reg-
istered with the Public Company Accounting 
Oversight Board with the largest net revenue 
during the previous year.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 312(a) of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The estimates by a private reputable accounting firm 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
04:37 Apr 04, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2524.IH
H2524
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
under section 402(b) may be used by either such Com-
mittee for purposes of carrying out this subsection.’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
04:37 Apr 04, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H2524.IH
H2524
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB