S 278
116th Congress
Senate
Economics and Public Finance
Budget process
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
CBO Show Your Work Act
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 30, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
CBO Show Your Work Act
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation.
For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate.
For data that may not be disclosed, the CBO must make available to Congress and the public
- a complete list of all data variables for the data;
- descriptive statistics for all data variables for the data, to the extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure;
- a reference to the statute requiring that the data not be disclosed; and
- contact information for the individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the data.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Committees of jurisdiction
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