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CBO's regular budget publications include semiannual reports on the budget and economic outlook, annual reports analyzing the President’s budget and discussing the long-term budget picture, and a biannual set of options for reducing budget deficits. CBO also prepares cost estimates and mandate statements for nearly every bill that is reported by a Congressional committee. Numerous analytic studies provide more in-depth analysis of specific budgetary issues.

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  • Budget Concepts and Process
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  • Budget Projections
  • Historical Budget Data
  • Long-Term Budget Projections
  • Monthly Budget Review
  • Sequestration Reports
  • Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations

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  • Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    May 14, 2013
  • Comparing Budget Plans

    May 17, 2013
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The Federal Budget: Outlook and Challenges

presentation

June 27, 2013

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  • Third-Party Financing of Federal Projects

    June 01, 2005
  • S. 1321, Energy Savings Act of 2007

    June 11, 2007
  • S. 1042, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

    June 02, 2005
  • H.R. 2548, Federal Property Asset Management Reform Act of 2003

    November 18, 2003
  • H.R. 4879, Military Housing Improvement Act of 2004

    July 30, 2004
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Testimony on the Budgetary Treatment of Medical Facility Leases by the Department of Veterans Affairs

report

June 27, 2013

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  • Offsetting Effects of Prescription Drug Use on Medicare’s Spending for Medical Services

    November 29, 2012
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Offsetting Effects of Prescription Drug Use on Medicare’s Spending for Medical Services

presentation

June 24, 2013

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  • Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act Updated for the Recent Supreme Court Decision

    July 24, 2012
  • Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage

    May 14, 2013
  • CBO’s Estimate of the Net Budgetary Impact of the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Coverage Provisions Has Not Changed Much Over Time

    May 14, 2013
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Understanding CBO’s Medicaid Coverage Projections Under the Affordable Care Act

presentation

June 24, 2013

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  • S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

    June 18, 2013
  • How CBO Would Analyze the Economic Effects of Proposals to Make Major Changes in Immigration Policy

    May 02, 2013
  • Macroeconomic Effects of Alternative Budgetary Paths

    February 05, 2013
  • Economic Baseline Projections from February 2013

    February 05, 2013
  • The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    June 05, 2012
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The Economic Impact of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

report

June 18, 2013

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  • The Economic Impact of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

    June 18, 2013
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S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

cost estimate

June 18, 2013

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  • Growth in Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits for Low-Income Households

    February 11, 2013
  • Refundable Tax Credits

    January 24, 2013
  • Supplemental Security Income: An Overview

    December 11, 2012
  • SNAP - Report

    April 19, 2012
  • Spending Patterns for Prescription Drugs Under Medicare Part D

    December 01, 2011
  • An Overview of Federal Support for Housing

    November 03, 2009
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Testimony on Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits for Low-Income Households

report

June 18, 2013

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Some Information on Upcoming CBO Reports

blog post

June 13, 2013


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CBO’s Plan for Its Major Periodic Reports This Year

report

June 13, 2013

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  • Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    May 14, 2013
  • Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, November 2012

    November 29, 2012
  • Federal Debt and Interest Costs

    December 14, 2010
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Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, June 2013

report

June 11, 2013

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