Food and Nutrition Programs
- Report
A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of the Government Shutdown on the Economy Under Three Scenarios, as of October 29, 2025
CBO estimates the effects on the economy of a government shutdown that ends after four weeks, six weeks, and eight weeks.
- Cost Estimate
S. 222, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
As reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on July 10, 2025
- Report
Distributional Effects of Public Law 119-21
CBO estimates that as result of P.L. 119-21, resources will decrease for households toward the bottom of the income distribution, whereas resources will increase for households in the middle and toward the top of the income distribution.
- Report
Federal Mandatory Spending for Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits
CBO provides information concerning outlays for the government's major mandatory programs and tax credits that are primarily means-tested and provide assistance to people with relatively low income or few assets.
- Report
Distributional Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
CBO responds to a request for an analysis of the distributional effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and updates the preliminary analysis it provided in a letter dated May 20, 2025.
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Preliminary Analysis of the Distributional Effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
CBO provides a preliminary analysis of the distributional effects of the 2025 reconciliation bill.
- Blog Post
A Call for New Research in the Area of Nutritional Standards in SNAP
CBO is looking for new research on how nutritional standards in SNAP would affect recipients’ food choices, health outcomes, and health care spending.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 649, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on February 12, 2025
- Report
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2025 to 2035
In CBO’s projections, the federal budget deficit is $1.9 trillion this year, and federal debt rises to 118 percent of GDP in 2035. Economic growth slows and inflation declines over the next two years; both remain moderate after 2026.
- Report
Reconciling the Official Poverty Measure and CBO’s Distributional Analysis of Household Income
CBO examines how its method for analyzing the distribution of household income differs from the Census Bureau’s method for calculating the official poverty measure. The most important differences stem from what each method counts as income.