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- Report
This guide briefly explains—in plain language—the differences between some common budgetary terms.
- Cost Estimate
As posted on the Rules Committee Website on December 2, 2021
- Report
This letter responds to a request for information about CBO's cost estimates for the reconciliation legislation now being considered by the House of Representatives.
- Report
CBO estimates the costs of federal credit programs in two ways—following procedures prescribed by the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA) and using a fair-value approach, which measures the market value of the government’s obligations.
- Cost Estimate
As Passed by the House of Representatives on September 21, 2021
- Cost Estimate
As proposed on August 1, 2021
- Cost Estimate
As amended
- Cost Estimate
As posted on the House Committee on Rules Website
- Report
CBO assesses the potential costs of providing cost estimates for bills before markup by Congressional committees. Under any of the scenarios that CBO examined, the agency would require a substantial increase in resources and staffing.
- Interactive
This workbook allows users to define and analyze alternative economic scenarios by specifying differences in the values of four economic variables relative to the values for those variables underlying CBO's February 2021 projections.