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Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act

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Introduced:
Feb 14, 2025
Policy Area:
Economics and Public Finance

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Feb 14, 2025
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

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Introduced in House - Feb 14, 2025 00
<p><strong>Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide certain fair-value estimates of federal loan and loan guarantee programs. Under the bill, the <em>fair value </em>is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair-value estimates generally use private-market interest rates to estimate the cost of a loan program rather than rates based on Treasury securities.</p><p>The bill requires CBO to include fair-value estimates in (1) any estimate prepared for a measure that establishes or modifies a loan or loan guarantee program, and (2) its publication titled<em> The Budget and Economic Outlook. </em>If CBO provides a fair-value estimate pursuant to this bill, the chairs of the congressional budget committees must use the estimate to determine compliance with budget enforcement requirements.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit an annual report to Congress on fair-value estimates of the costs of federal credit programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Feb 14, 2025
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced in House
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Feb 14, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Feb 14, 2025

Subjects (3)

Congressional oversight Economics and Public Finance (Policy Area) Government lending and loan guarantees

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Introduced in House

Feb 14, 2025

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Length: 3,528 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Feb 14, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:23 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1388 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1388

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
to provide for fair-value credit estimates, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 14, 2025

Mr. Norman (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr.
Self) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
to provide for fair-value credit estimates, 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.

This Act may be cited as the ``Fair-Value Accounting and Budget
Act''.
SEC. 2.

(a) Fair-Value Estimates.--Part A of title IV of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the
end the following:

``fair-value credit estimates

``
Sec. 407.

(a) Fair-Value Estimates.--Any estimate prepared by
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office for a measure that
establishes or modifies any program providing loans or loan guarantees
shall provide a fair-value estimate of such loan or loan guarantee
program.
``

(b) Baseline Estimates.--The Congressional Budget Office shall
include estimates of loan and loan guarantee programs, on a fair-value
and credit reform basis, as practicable, in the Office's publication
entitled `The Budget and Economic Outlook' (or any successor report).
``
(c) Enforcement.--If the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office provides an estimate pursuant to subsection

(a) , the chair of
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the
Senate shall use such estimate to determine compliance with this Act
and other budget enforcement requirements.
``
(d) Annual Report.--In 2026 and each year thereafter, not later
than 90 days after the date the President submits to Congress a budget
under
section 1105 (a) of title 31, United States Code, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report, to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, on fair-value estimates of the cost of Federal credit programs.

(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report, to the
Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, on fair-value estimates of the cost of Federal credit programs.
``

(e) Definition of Fair-Value.--In carrying out this section, the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall use the definition of `fair-
value' as set forth in the publication of the Government Accounting
Standards Board, issued in February 2015, entitled `Fair Value
Measurement and Application'.''.

(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 Act set forth
in
section 1 (b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to

(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item
relating to
section 406 the following new item: ``

``
Sec. 407.
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