Skip to main content
CivicGate

HR 10327
Introduced Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.

Cost Estimates Improvement Act

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.

Introduced Sep 10, 2026

Latest action (Sep 10, 2026) Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Referred to
Budget Committee Rules Committee
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor (1)
20 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Michael Cloud’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $165,527
  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • ULINE $6,600
  • MAGIC INDUSTRIES INC $6,600
  • REPCON INC. $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Michael Cloud → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 10, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  2. Sep 10, 2026 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Sep 10, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 10, 2026

Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Case, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Golden of Maine, Ms. Perez, Mr. Grothman, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Norman, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Collins, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Cline, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Moore of Utah, and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Cost Estimates Improvement Act”.

SEC. 2. CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES TO INCLUDE DEBT SERVICING COSTS.

(a) In General.—Part A of title IV of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“estimates to include debt servicing costs

“Sec. 407. Any estimate prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402, and any estimate prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation, shall include, to the extent practicable, the costs (if any) of servicing the public debt.”.

(b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 406 the following:

“407. Estimates to include debt servicing costs.”. <all>

Comments

Comments

Loading comments…