Federal Credit Programs
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 2333, Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2017
As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 12, 2017
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 10, Manager’s Amendment for the Financial CHOICE Act
Manager’s amendment to H.R. 10, as posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on May 26, 2017
- Cost Estimate
S. 2992, Small Business Lending Oversight Act of 2016
As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on June 9, 2016
- Cost Estimate
S. 2838, Small Business Transforming America’s Regions Act of 2016
As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on May 24, 2016
- Report
The Budgetary Effects of the United States’ Participation in the International Monetary Fund
CBO describes the procedures it uses to develop a market-based estimate of the cost of new U.S. commitments to the International Monetary Fund that reflects the small risk that the IMF could incur large losses.
- Report
The Federal Role in the Financing of Multifamily Rental Properties
CBO reviews the federal government’s current role in the multifamily mortgage market and four broad approaches to modifying that role.
- Working Paper
Do Large-Scale Refinancing Programs Reduce Mortgage Defaults? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design: Working Paper 2015-06
In 2012, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) reduced fees to refinance FHA-insured mortgages obtained before a retroactive deadline. We estimate that the policy will prevent more than 35,000 defaults of FHA-insured mortgages.
- Report
Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2015 to 2024
CBO periodically issues a compendium of options—this installment presents 79—to inform lawmakers about the budgetary effects of ways to reduce the deficit. The report has both interactive and printable formats.
- Report
Federal Policies and Innovation
The federal government influences innovation through two broad channels: spending and tax policies, and the legal and regulatory systems. Policymakers have a number of options for spurring additional innovation.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3913, a bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to require agencies to make considerations relating to the promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation before issuing or modifying certain regulations
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 30, 2014