Food and Nutrition Programs
- Cost Estimate
Estimated Changes in Direct Spending Under H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
As introduced in the House of Representatives on February 13, 2026
- Working Paper
Key Methods That CBO Used to Estimate the Macroeconomic Effects of the 2025 Reconciliation Act: Working Paper 2026-01
The 2025 reconciliation act included a wide range of provisions that affect policies governing federal revenues and spending. This working paper describes the key methods that CBO used to estimate the law's macroeconomic effects.
- Report
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2026 to 2036
In CBO's projections, the federal budget deficit in fiscal year 2026 is $1.9 trillion, and federal debt rises to 120 percent of GDP in 2036. Economic growth strengthens in 2026 and moderates in later years.
- 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.
- Report
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.