January 5, 2026 Cost Estimate As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on September 17, 2025 View Document172.46 KB H.R. 2869, Employee Benefit Security Administration Investigations Transparency ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on September 17, 2025 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars20262026-20302026-2035Direct Spending (Outlays)000Revenues000Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit000Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)**not estimatedIncreases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036? No Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? No Mandate Effects Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036? No Contains intergovernmental mandate? No Contains private-sector mandate? No * = between zero and $500,000. On This Page On This Page EstimateAt A GlanceLegislative Information H.R. 2869 would require the Secretary of Labor to report annually on the status of investigations into employee retirement and health benefit plans. Under current law, the Employee Benefit Security Administration has the authority to investigate those plans to ensure that they comply with the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.Based on information provided by the Department of Labor and on the costs of similar reporting requirements, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 2869 would cost less than $500,000 over the 2026-2030 period. Any related spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Noah Meyerson. The estimate was reviewed by Christina Hawley Anthony, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.Phillip L. SwagelDirector, Congressional Budget Office Legislative Information Available From Congress.gov
H.R. 2869, Employee Benefit Security Administration Investigations Transparency ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on September 17, 2025 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars20262026-20302026-2035Direct Spending (Outlays)000Revenues000Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit000Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)**not estimatedIncreases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036? No Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? No Mandate Effects Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036? No Contains intergovernmental mandate? No Contains private-sector mandate? No * = between zero and $500,000.
On This Page On This Page EstimateAt A GlanceLegislative Information H.R. 2869 would require the Secretary of Labor to report annually on the status of investigations into employee retirement and health benefit plans. Under current law, the Employee Benefit Security Administration has the authority to investigate those plans to ensure that they comply with the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.Based on information provided by the Department of Labor and on the costs of similar reporting requirements, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 2869 would cost less than $500,000 over the 2026-2030 period. Any related spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Noah Meyerson. The estimate was reviewed by Christina Hawley Anthony, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.Phillip L. SwagelDirector, Congressional Budget Office
