Surface Transportation
- Cost Estimate
S. 2086, Reliable Home Heating Act
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 9, 2014
- Report
Testimony on Public-Private Partnerships for Highway Projects
Do public-private partnerships build roads more quickly or at a lower cost? Does private financing increase the funding available for highway projects? Joseph Kile, Assistant Director for Microeconomic Studies, testified on those issues.
- Presentation
The Status of the Highway Trust Fund and Budget Basics for the Treatment of New Programs
Presentation by Sarah Puro, CBO Analyst, on Capitol Hill in a Panel Discussion with Local Leaders
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3547, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014
As posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on January 13, 2014.
- Presentation
Transportation Finance Proposals in the 113th Congress and Their Budgetary Implications
Presentation by Sarah Puro, CBO Analyst, at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
- Report
Federal Investment
In 2012, the federal government spent $531 billion on investment—for physical capital; research and development; and education and training—which represented 15 percent of federal spending and 3 percent of GDP.
- Blog Post
Options for Reducing the Deficit: Discretionary Spending
CBO examined 28 options that encompass a broad range of discretionary programs. About a third of the options would affect defense programs; the rest are for nondefense programs.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3628, Transportation Reports Elimination Act of 2013
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on December 4, 2013
- Report
Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2014 to 2023
CBO periodically issues a compendium of options—this installment presents more than 100—to inform lawmakers about the budgetary effects of ways to reduce the deficit.
- Cost Estimate
House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H. J. Res. 59
As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on October 15, 2013