Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act

Bill: 118-hr-9711
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2024-09-19
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process

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Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 12.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-09-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to annually publish a schedule of the expected publication dates of its major recurring reports.</p><p>The schedule must&nbsp;must include, at a minimum, the expected publication dates for</p><ul><li>the baseline for the budget year and subsequent updates,</li><li>the report on options to reduce the deficit,</li><li>the report on the accuracy of budgetary projections for the most recently completed fiscal year, and</li><li>the report on programs or activities with unauthorized appropriations.</li></ul><p>CBO must (1) publish the schedule on its public website no later than December 31 of each year, and (2) update the schedule during the following calendar year as necessary. &nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9711 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2024 Mr. Valadao introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to direct the Congressional Budget Office to publish a schedule of the availability of certain publications by the Office, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act . 2. Publication of Congressional Budget Office schedule of publications (a) In general Title IV of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after section 402 the following: 403. Congressional Budget Office schedule (a) Schedule Not later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall publish, on the Office’s public website, a schedule setting forth the expected publication dates of major recurring reports. Such schedule shall include at a minimum the following: (1) The baseline for the budget year and subsequent updates. (2) The report on options to reduce the deficit. (3) The report on the accuracy of budgetary projections for the most recently completed fiscal year. (4) The report on programs or activities with unauthorized appropriations under section 202(e)(3). (b) Update The Director shall, as the Director deems necessary, update the schedule published under subsection (a) during the calendar year immediately following the calendar year such schedule was published. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 402 the following: Sec. 403. Congressional Budget Office schedule. .