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- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported on February 10, 2021
- Report
CBO explains some of the guidelines it follows when providing information to the Congress about the budgetary effects of proposed legislation.
- Presentation
Presentation by Theresa Gullo, Director of Budget Analysis, and John McClelland, Director of Tax Analysis, at a joint seminar by the Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Service.
- Report
CBO reports annually on programs whose authorizations of appropriations have already expired or will expire. CBO released information about legislation enacted through December 23, 2020. The full report will be issued in coming months.
- Report
CBO describes federal net interest outlays and their projected growth over the coming decade.
- Report
Between 1995 and 2017, the balance of outstanding federal student loan debt increased from $187 billion to $1.4 trillion (in 2017 dollars). CBO examines factors that contributed to that growth, including changes to student loan policies and how they affected borrowing and repayment.
- Report
When analyzing proposals and programs whose costs depend on whether or not some uncertain variable reaches a specified trigger level, CBO considers a range of possible outcomes and their associated probabilities.
- Report
CBO describes how estimates of the budgetary effects of enacted legislation are recorded and used to meet requirements for budget enforcement under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
- Report
CBO examines how recapitalizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through administrative actions would affect such factors as CBO’s budget projections and cash flows between the two enterprises and their shareholders, including the Treasury.
- Report
CBO discusses choices about revenues and spending that lawmakers face in addressing the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund as well as options for subsidizing state and local governments’ financing of highway projects.