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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.
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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.
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CBO describes how two laws enacted in December 2020 and March 2021 in response to the 2020–2021 coronavirus pandemic will affect federal spending, revenues, and the deficit.
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The Senate Committee on Finance convened a hearing at which Joseph Kile, CBO’s Director of Microeconomic Analysis, testified. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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CBO examined two illustrative scenarios that would boost federal funding for a mix of types of physical infrastructure by $500 billion over 10 years. The two scenarios differ in how the additional spending would be financed.
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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.
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The programs funded through the Highway Trust Fund are currently authorized through 2021. Activities funded through the Airport and Airway Trust Fund are currently authorized through 2023.
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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.
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Joseph Kile, CBO’s Director of Microeconomic Analysis, testifies before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate.
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The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works convened a hearing at which Joseph Kile, CBO's Director of Microeconomic Analysis, testified. This document provides CBO’s answer to a question submitted for the record.