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Executive Action Cost Transparency Act
To include certain executive and judicial actions in the baseline calculation by the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office to include the budgetary effects of executive and judicial actions in its baseline calculations and reports to Congress. Executive actions covered include proposed rules, final rules, executive orders, and memoranda issued by federal agencies. Federal departments and agencies would be required to provide documentation of these executive actions to the Congressional Budget Office within 10 days of implementation, including implementation guidance and relevant data. The bill requires the Congressional Budget Office to include a separate table in its reports listing judicial and executive actions with estimated budgetary effects of at least $50 billion or more over the budget period.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ron Estes’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- TRANSYSTEMS $21,650
- WATCO $13,200
- NULL $11,600
- BERGEN PAIN MANAGEMENT PC $9,900
- ASH BROKERAGE $7,061
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ron Estes → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Dec 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. · house
- Dec 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2025
Mr. Estes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget
A BILL
To include certain executive and judicial actions in the baseline calculation by the Congressional Budget 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 “Executive Action Cost Transparency Act”.
SEC. 2. IMPROVING BASELINE DATA BY INCLUDING EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL ACTIONS.
(a) In General.—Section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(f) Executive and Judicial Actions.—
“(1) In general.—Unless directed otherwise by the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, any calculation of the baseline and any update of the baseline included in a report required under section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) shall include the budgetary effects of any judicial action and any executive action (including any proposed rule, final rule, executive order, or memorandum) consistent with scorekeeping practices agreed to by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
“(2) Executive action documentation requirement.—With respect to an executive action described in paragraph (1), each department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission that promulgates, issues, announces, or implements any such executive action shall, consistent with the requirements under section 201(d) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(d)) and not later than 10 days after the date any such executive action goes into effect, provide to the Director of the Congressional Budget Office a list that describes—
“(A) all written documentation with respect to the implementation of the executive action;
“(B) any implementation guidance for those impacted by the executive action, including any guidance for internal and external personnel, offices, other entities or individuals, or private parties; and
“(C) any other information relevant to the analyses required by this subsection, including relevant data, as determined appropriate by the Director.”.
(b) Separate Table in Report.—Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “To the extent practicable, the report and any update to the report shall include a table of any judicial action and any executive action described in section 257(f) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 that was issued on or after the date of the last publication of the report or the most recent update to the report (as the case may be) if the Director estimates the judicial action or the executive action has budgetary effects of at least $50,000,000,000 during the current year, budget year, and the nine years following the budget year. Any proposed executive action shall be assumed to be final for purposes of determining whether to include the proposed action in the table and shall only be included consistent with the scorekeeping guidelines determined under section 252(d)(5) of such Act.”. <all>
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