Proposal:CBO Show Your Work Act

This proposal is archived and closed to further debate. It was introduced in the 116th Congress, which has concluded, and the bill was not enacted into law.

Bill	S 278
Type of Legislation	Senate Bill
Congress	116
Source	View original on Congress.gov

Geographic Scope

National

Description

CBO Show Your Work Act

This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation.

For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate.

For data that may not be disclosed, the CBO must make available to Congress and the public

• a complete list of all data variables for the data;
• descriptive statistics for all data variables for the data, to the extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure;
• a reference to the statute requiring that the data not be disclosed; and
• contact information for the individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the data.

Bill Title

CBO Show Your Work Act

Linked Goals

• Goal:Promote General Welfare

Steps

• 2019-01-30: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
• 2019-01-30: Introduced in Senate

Projected Outcome

A more informed proposal or public response aligned with the Promote General Welfare goal.