I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4959 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
to provide for cost estimates of major legislation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2019 
Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. BANKS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
MURPHY of North Carolina, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. ROY, Mr. 
MEUSER, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. 
WOMACK, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio, Mr. JOR-
DAN, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, and Mr. GREEN of Tennessee) 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 provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 to provide for cost estimates of major 
legislation. 
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 ‘‘Pro-Growth Budgeting 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTIMATES OF MAJOR LEGISLATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act 1974 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘ESTIMATES OF MAJOR LEGISLATION 
‘‘SEC. 407. (a) CBO COST ESTIMATES.—An estimate 
provided by the Congressional Budget Office under section 
402 for any major legislation shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in 
economic output, employment, capital stock, and other 
macroeconomic variables resulting from such legislation. 
‘‘(b) JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION COST ESTI-
MATES.—An estimate provided by the Joint Committee on 
Taxation to the Director of the Congressional Budget Of-
fice under section 201(f) for any major legislation shall, 
to the extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects 
of changes in economic output, employment, capital stock, 
and other macroeconomic variables resulting from such 
legislation. 
‘‘(c) CONTENT
OF ESTIMATES.—An estimate re-
ferred to in this section shall, to the extent practicable, 
include— 
‘‘(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary 
effects (including macroeconomic variables described 
in subsections (a) and (b)) of such legislation in the 
20-fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal 
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year of the most recently agreed to concurrent reso-
lution on the budget that set forth appropriate levels 
required by section 301; and 
‘‘(2) an identification of the critical assump-
tions and the source of data underlying that esti-
mate. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘major legislation’ means any bill 
or joint resolution— 
‘‘(A) for which an estimate is required to 
be prepared pursuant to section 402 and that 
causes a gross budgetary effect (before incor-
porating macroeconomic effects) in any fiscal 
year over the years of the most recently agreed 
to concurrent resolution on the budget equal to 
or greater than 0.25 percent of the current pro-
jected gross domestic product of the United 
States for that fiscal year; or 
‘‘(B) designated as such by the chair or 
ranking member of the Committee on the 
Budget for all direct spending legislation other 
than revenue legislation or the Member who is 
chair or vice chair, as applicable, of the Joint 
Committee on Taxation for revenue legislation; 
and 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘budgetary effects’ means 
changes in revenues, outlays, and deficits.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 note) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
406 the following new item: 
‘‘407. Estimates of major legislation.’’. 
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