Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Clerk to read the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of any bill immediately after the reading of the title of the bill.

Bill: 117-hres-220
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-11
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives, after reading a bill's title, to read the estimated cost of the bill as determined by the Congressional Budget Office.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 220 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2021 Mr. Burchett submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Clerk to read the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate of any bill immediately after the reading of the title of the bill.

That clause 3 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph: (l) After the reading of a bill title, the Clerk shall read the estimated cost, if any, of such bill as determined by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. .