State and Local Governments
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Testimony on Addressing the Long-Term Solvency of the Highway Trust Fund
Joseph Kile, CBO’s Director of Microeconomic Analysis, testifies before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate.
- Report
Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2021 to 2030
CBO periodically issues a compendium of policy options and their effects on the federal budget. This document provides estimates of the budgetary savings from 83 options that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues.
- Report
The Effects of Pandemic-Related Legislation on Output
By providing financial support to households, businesses, and state and local governments, federal laws enacted in response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic will offset part of the deterioration in economic conditions brought about by the pandemic.
- Report
Reauthorizing Federal Highway Programs: Issues and Options
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.
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Answers to Questions Related to Federal Funding for State and Local Governments
This letter answers questions from Congresswoman Schakowsky related to federal funding for state and local governments.
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Enhancing the Security of the North American Electric Grid
This report discusses a range of threats that could cause widespread, long-lasting disruptions for the electric grid. CBO examines two illustrative approaches to enhance the security of the electric grid and highlights some considerations for policymakers to take into account.
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Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation and Water Infrastructure
CBO assesses whether public-private partnerships have resulted in projects being built more quickly or at a lower cost for taxpayers. CBO also examines whether partnerships that include private financing sped up project financing.
- Presentation
Federal Highway Spending and Revenues
Presentation by Sheila Campbell, an analyst in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, at the Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting.
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CBO’s Activities Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
CBO reviews hundreds of bills and public laws for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates each year and estimates whether the annual costs of those mandates would exceed thresholds established in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. Data are available for calendar years 2013 through 2019, and new data are added periodically throughout the year.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 2114, Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 25, 2019