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Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to direct the Congressional Budget Office to publish a schedule of the availability of certain publications by the Office, and for other purposes.

Introduced Nov 19, 2025

Latest action (Nov 19, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

Referred to
Budget Committee
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary
  • Requires the Congressional Budget Office Director to publish a schedule of expected publication dates for major recurring reports by December 31 each year on the CBO website.
  • Requires the schedule to include at least four specific types of reports: baseline budget projections, deficit reduction options, budgetary projection accuracy, and unauthorized appropriations programs.
  • Allows the Director to update the schedule during the following calendar year as the Director deems necessary.

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Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 19, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. · house
  2. Nov 19, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Nov 19, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 19, 2025

Mr. Gill of Texas (for himself, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Grothman, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Estes, and Mr. Stutzman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to direct the Congressional Budget Office to publish a schedule of the availability of certain publications by the Office, 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 “Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act”.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE SCHEDULE OF PUBLICATIONS.

(a) In General.—Title IV of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after section 402 the following:

“congressional budget office schedule

“Sec. 403. (a) Schedule.—Not later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall publish, on the Office’s public website, a schedule setting forth the expected publication dates of major recurring reports. Such schedule shall include at a minimum the following:

“(1) The baseline for the budget year and subsequent updates.

“(2) The report on options to reduce the deficit.

“(3) The report on the accuracy of budgetary projections for the most recently completed fiscal year.

“(4) The report on programs or activities with unauthorized appropriations under section 202(e)(3).

“(b) Update.—The Director shall, as the Director deems necessary, update the schedule published under subsection (a) during the calendar year immediately following the calendar year such schedule was published.”.

(b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 402 the following:

“Sec. 403. Congressional Budget Office schedule.”. <all>

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