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CBO is required to report its assessment of whether enacted appropriations for the current fiscal year exceed caps on discretionary spending. In CBO's estimation, they do not, and hence a sequestration will not be required for 2016.
- Cost Estimate
As signed into law on December 18, 2015
- Cost Estimate
As cleared for the President's signature on December 18, 2015
- Cost Estimate
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on December 16, 2015
- Report
Under current law, CBO projects, Social Security’s trust funds, considered together, will be exhausted in 2029. In that case, benefits in 2030 would need to be reduced by 29 percent from the scheduled amounts.
- Report
CBO analyzes 36 policy options commonly proposed by policymakers and analysts. Most of them would improve Social Security’s long-term finances, but only a few would significantly postpone the combined trust funds’ exhaustion date.
- Cost Estimate
As reported by the House Committee on Rules on October 27, 2015. (See House Report 114-315.)
- Cost Estimate
As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on October 27, 2015 (Version f:\VHLC\102715\102715.013.xml)
- Blog Post
CBO concludes that existing evidence does not indicate that certain policies to treat obesity would significantly reduce federal spending. Additional well-designed studies on the effects of such policies would be useful for CBO's analysis.
- Presentation
Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, at the Social Security Trustees Working Group