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- Cost Estimate
As reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on December 19, 2018
- Report
In this report, CBO assesses the usefulness of cash and accrual accounting for several federal insurance programs—including deposit, flood, and pension insurance—and considers ways to increase use of accrual measures in the budget process.
- Report
CBO projects that the annual cost (in 2018 dollars) of replacing the aircraft in the current fleet, essentially one-for-one, would average $15 billion in the 2020s, $23 billion in the 2030s, and $15 billion in the 2040s.
- Report
This report explains the changes to CBO’s long-term Social Security projections since last year and compares CBO’s projections with those of the Social Security Trustees.
- Report
CBO analyzes how the Defense Department’s (DoD’s) funding for military conflicts has changed over time and how the separate budgetary treatment of that funding affects perceptions of DoD’s spending and the anticipated costs of DoD’s plans.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 26, 2018
- Report
The Navy’s 2019 shipbuilding plan calls for expanding the fleet to 355 battle force ships. On average, implementing the plan would cost 80 percent more per year than the funding for shipbuilding that the Navy has received in recent decades.
- Podcast
CBO’s podcast series looks at the agency’s inner workings and its role in the legislative budget process. This episode discusses the components of the budget, how CBO assists the two budget committees, and CBO’s current budget projections.
- Podcast
CBO’s pilot podcast series looks at the inner workings of CBO and its role in the legislative budget process. In this episode, the function and value of cost estimates are discussed.
- Report
CBO provides additional information to Congressman Jodey Arrington regarding the effects of two illustrative scenarios in which the primary deficit is reduced in relation to CBO’s extended baseline beginning in 2022.