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Presentation by Tamara Hayford, Chief of CBO’s Health Policy Studies Unit, at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

CBO is engaged in many efforts aimed at fostering transparency, such as providing additional information to help people understand the federal budget process and the agency’s role in that process. Today, CBO is publishing two updated budget primers (first released in 2018) as part of those efforts:

The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires CBO to produce an annual report on federal spending, revenues, and deficits or surpluses. This document provides answers to questions about how CBO prepares those baseline budget projections.

The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires CBO to prepare estimates of the cost of legislation at certain points in the legislative process. This document provides answers to questions about how CBO prepares those cost estimates.

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 16, 2023

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 29, 2023

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 22, 2023

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 29, 2023

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 28, 2023

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 24, 2023