Title: Require a Score Before the Floor Resolution
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Require a Score Before the Floor Resolution
Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider a bill (including any reconciliation bill reported by the Committee on the Budget) or joint resolution, an amendment thereto (including an amendment offered in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union or an amendment adopted pursuant to adoption of a rule providing for consideration of the legislation), or a conference report thereon until an estimate of the costs of carrying out such measure prepared by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has been made available to the public on the CBO's website.
Amends Rule XI (Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order for the Committee on the Budget to report or discharge from consideration any reconciliation bill or joint resolution unless and until an estimate of the cost of carrying out such measure prepared by the CBO has been made available to the public on the CBO's website.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 441 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 441

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
  consideration of any bill or joint resolution until a cost estimate 
 prepared by the Congressional Budget Office has been available to the 
                    public, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2017

  Mr. Higgins of New York (for himself and Ms. Jayapal) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
  consideration of any bill or joint resolution until a cost estimate 
 prepared by the Congressional Budget Office has been available to the 
                    public, and for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Require a Score Before the 
Floor Resolution''.

SEC. 2. CBO SCORING OF LEGISLATION.

    (a) Mandatory Availability of Cost Estimates Prior to Consideration 
of Legislation by House.--Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``13.(a) It shall not be in order in the House to consider a bill 
(including any reconciliation bill reported by the Committee on the 
Budget) or joint resolution, or an amendment (to the greatest extent 
practicable) thereto (including an amendment offered in the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union or an amendment adopted 
pursuant to the adoption of a rule providing for the consideration of 
the bill or joint resolution) or a conference report thereon, until an 
estimate of the costs of carrying out such measure prepared by the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office has been made available to 
the public on the Office's public website.
    ``(b) It shall not be in order to consider a rule or order that 
waives the application of paragraph (a).''.
    (b) Special Rule for Reconciliation Bills Considered by Committee 
on the Budget.--Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``7.(a) It shall not be in order for the Committee on the Budget to 
report or discharge from consideration any reconciliation bill or joint 
resolution unless and until an estimate of the cost of carrying out 
such measure (as so reported or as so discharged) prepared by the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office has been made available to 
the public on the Office's public website.
    ``(b) It shall not be in order to consider a rule or order that 
waives the application of paragraph (a).''.
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