H.R. 3766, a bill to prohibit the District of Columbia from requiring tribunals in court or administrative proceedings in the District of Columbia to defer to the Mayor of the District of Columbia’s interpretation of statutes and regulations, and for other purposes
Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 2, 2025
H.R. 3766, a bill to prohibit the District of Columbia from requiring tribunals in court or administrative proceedings in the District of Columbia to defer to the Mayor of the District of Columbia’s interpretation of statutes and regulations, and for other purposes
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 2, 2025
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2026
2026-2030
2026-2035
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
0
0
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
0
0
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
0
0
Increases 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?
H.R. 3766 would impose an intergovernmental mandate as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) by prohibiting the District of Columbia from requiring city tribunals to defer to the mayor’s or a city agency’s interpretation of a statute or regulation and by repealing D.C. Law 26-37. CBO estimates that the cost of the mandate would not exceed the annual intergovernmental threshold established in UMRA ($103 million in 2025, adjusted annually for inflation).
The bill would impose no private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA.
The CBO staff contacts for this estimate are Matthew Pickford (for federal costs) and Andrew Laughlin (for mandates). The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
