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Search Results: keywords:"congressional budget act of 1974"

H. R. 7584 — To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to provide cost estimates for legislation reported by the Committee on Appropriations of each House, and for other purposes.
March 07, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:631
H. R. 7584 proposes changes to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to enhance transparency by requiring the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide detailed cost estimates for legislation reported by the Appropriations Committees in both the House and the Senate. The...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants the people in charge of money in the government to tell everyone how much things will cost when they make new rules, so that everyone knows if they are spending more or less and from where the money is coming. It tries to make sure they give lots of details but also makes sure they don't skip important steps to check everything is right.
H. R. 7345 — To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to modify the rules with respect to the consideration in the House of Representatives of any resolution providing for an adjournment period of more than three calendar days during the month of July or August until the House of Representatives has approved annual appropriation bills, and for other purposes.
February 14, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:472
H. R. 7345, also known as the "Waiving the Rules Disclosure, Transparency, and Accountability Act," aims to change how the House of Representatives handles its summer break if annual appropriation bills haven't been approved yet. Specifically, the bill proposes that the House...
Simple Explanation
In simple terms, the bill wants to make sure that the people in charge of making money plans for the country don't take a long summer break unless they've finished their money work first. So, if they haven't done their homework, they can't play for more than three days in July or August.
H. R. 8979 — To clarify that the baseline is based on current laws and the assumption of continuation of current levels of discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
July 10, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:617
H.R. 8979, also known as the "No Bias in the Baseline Act," aims to modify how the federal government estimates future budgets. It proposes that future budget predictions should be based only on current laws and funding levels, without adjusting for inflation or other...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 8979 is a suggestion to count money the government might spend in the future only based on what's promised right now, without guessing about changes like inflation. It’s like saying, "Let's plan our piggy bank just based on what we know, not on what might change."
H. R. 6953 — To establish comprehensive, annual congressional budgeting.
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January 11, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:4,123
The bill, known as the Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act of 2024, aims to streamline and improve the congressional budgeting process by establishing an annual budget act that encompasses all federal spending and revenue. It finds that current budget practices result in...
Simple Explanation
The Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act of 2024 wants to make it easier for Congress to plan how the government spends money each year, but it doesn't explain what happens if they miss their deadlines or how to fix big money problems.
H. R. 8341 — To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.
May 10, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:369
H. R. 8341, also known as the “Cost Estimates Improvement Act,” aims to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The bill mandates that any estimates made by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation must, as much as possible, account for the costs...
Simple Explanation
The Cost Estimates Improvement Act wants to make sure that when Congress looks at how much money new laws might cost, they also think about how much extra debt they might create and how much it will cost to pay back.
H. R. 766 — To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
March 15, 2024
Status:Reported in House
Congress:118
Words:884
H.R. 766, also known as the “Dr. Michael C. Burgess Preventive Health Savings Act,” aims to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. The bill proposes a new method for evaluating proposed legislation by allowing the Director of the Congressional...
Simple Explanation
The H.R. 766 bill wants to let a special person who checks government money decide if new health ideas can save money in the future by stopping people from getting sick. But these money savings ideas are just for looking at and can't change budget rules.

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