119-hr724

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 724 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 724

 To require the Congressional Budget Office to make publicly available 
 the fiscal and mathematical models, data, and other details of 
 computations used in cost analysis and scoring.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 24, 2025

 Mr. Davidson (for himself, Mr. Barr, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Finstad, Mr. 
 Scott Franklin of Florida, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. 
 Mills, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Norman, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Perry, Mr. 
 Rouzer, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
Mr. Allen, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Clyde, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Gill of 
 Texas, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Wilson of South 
Carolina, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. McGuire, Ms. Fedorchak, Mr. 
Cline, Mr. Fry, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Massie) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget

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 A BILL

 To require the Congressional Budget Office to make publicly available 
 the fiscal and mathematical models, data, and other details of 
 computations used in cost analysis and scoring.

 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 ``CBO Show Your Work Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE MODELS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``The Director'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``

    (a) In General.--The Director''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (b) Publication of Models and Data.--The Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office shall make available to Members of Congress 
and make publicly available on the website of the Congressional Budget 
Office--
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    (1) each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation 
 routine used by the Congressional Budget Office in estimating 
 the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of 
 legislation, including estimates prepared under subsection

    (a) ;
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    (2) any update of a model or routine described in 
 paragraph

    (1) ;
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    (3) subject to paragraph

    (4) , for each estimate of the 
 costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, including 
 estimates prepared under subsection

    (a) , the data, programs, 
 models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used 
 by the Congressional Budget Office in preparing the estimate, 
 in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not 
 employed by the Congressional Budget Office; and
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    (4) for any data that is required not to be disclosed by 
 the Congressional Budget Office--
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        (A) a complete list of all data variables for 
 such data;
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        (B) descriptive statistics for all data variables 
 for such data (including averages, standard deviations, 
 number of observations, and correlations to other 
 variables), to the extent that the descriptive 
 statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure;
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            (C) a reference to the statute requiring that the 
 data not be disclosed; and
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            (D) information regarding how to contact the 
 individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the 
 data.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection

    (a) shall 
apply on and after the date that is 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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