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H.R. 381 113th Congress House

Reinvesting and Ensuring America's Ability to Lead Act of 2013

Official title: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require long-term cost benefit analyses of introduced bills.

Introduced: January 23, 2013 See on congress.gov
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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 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 23, 2013
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 Latest action January 23, 2013

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 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reinvesting and Ensuring America's Ability to Lead Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to: (1) prepare a 10-year long-term cost benefit analysis for each public introduced bill or resolution that determines its impact on American global competitiveness; and (2) devise criteria to evaluate such competitiveness, including the measure's impact on job creation, economic growth, consumption, investments, and savings.

Requires the analysis to evaluate whether the legislation will positively or negatively impact America's economic ability to compete globally compared to member nations of the Group of Twenty, or G-20, which comprise 19 country members and the European Union (EU), accounting for 90% of global gross domestic product (GDP) and 80% of global trade.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 381: Reinvesting and Ensuring America's Ability to Lead Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-381/
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"H.R. 381: Reinvesting and Ensuring America's Ability to Lead Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-381/.
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H.R. 381, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-381/.
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