[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2133 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2133
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for studies
and reports relating to the impact of legislation on spending on
children, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 17, 2021
Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Menendez) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on the Budget
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A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for studies
and reports relating to the impact of legislation on spending on
children, 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 ``Focus on Children Act''.
SEC. 2. STUDIES AND REPORTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE RELATING
TO THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION ON SPENDING ON CHILDREN.
Section 202(g) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
602(g)) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting ``and Reports to
Congress'' after ``Studies''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Spending on children studies and reports.--
``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
``(i) the term `budget of the President'
means the budget of the President submitted to
Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code;
``(ii) the term `category of spending on
children' means--
``(I) spending on children that is
discretionary appropriations;
``(II) spending on children under
an entitlement authority;
``(III) spending on children that
is a tax expenditure;
``(IV) spending on children that is
discretionary appropriations or under
an entitlement authority; or
``(V) spending on children that is
discretionary appropriations, under an
entitlement authority, or a tax
expenditure;
``(iii) the term `child' means an
individual under 19 years of age;
``(iv) the term `discretionary
appropriations'--
``(I) has the meaning given that
term in section 250 of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900); and
``(II) includes amounts
appropriated under Acts making
supplemental appropriations and
continuing resolutions;
``(v) the term `Federal spending' includes
all outlays and tax expenditures;
``(vi) the term `key indicator' includes
information relating to the outlays or tax
expenditures described in subclause (I), (II),
(III), (IV), or (V) of clause (vii); and
``(vii) the term `spending on children'
includes--
``(I) outlays under an entitlement
authority that go directly to children;
``(II) outlays for a Federal
program or initiative that, consistent
with the mission of the program or
initiative, delivers services
exclusively to children;
``(III) outlays for a Federal
program or initiative that, while not
serving children directly, has as a
core mission goal the improvement of
the health, education, welfare, or
general well-being of children;
``(IV) for a Federal program or
initiative that delivers services to
both children and adults, the portion
of outlays under the program or
initiative attributable to providing
benefits for children, based on the
best available data; and
``(V) tax expenditures that have,
as a core goal, the improvement of the
health, education, welfare, or general
well-being of children.
``(B) Studies.--At the request of the Chairman or
Ranking Member of a committee of the Senate or the
House of Representatives, the Director shall, to the
extent practicable, conduct a study of a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or
conference report containing changes in spending on
children that includes, separately for each category of
spending on children, information and data, including
the amount of the change in spending on children for
each category of spending on children.
``(C) Annual reports on spending.--As soon as is
practicable after the date on which the Director
completes an analysis of the budget of the President,
the Director shall submit to Congress a report that
includes information and data regarding spending on
children separately for each category of spending on
children, including--
``(i) the amount of spending on children
for each category of spending on children; and
``(ii) the share of Federal spending
constituted by spending on children for each
category of spending on children.
``(D) Annual reports on the budget of the
president.--As soon as is practicable after the date on
which the Director completes an analysis of the budget
of the President, the Director shall submit to Congress
a report on the budget of the President that includes
information and data regarding spending on children
separately for each category of spending on children
for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, the
fiscal year for which the budget of the President is
submitted, and the ensuing fiscal year, including--
``(i) for the prior fiscal year, the amount
of and share of Federal spending constituted by
each category of spending on children;
``(ii) for the current fiscal year, the
estimated amount of and share of Federal
spending constituted by each category of
spending on children;
``(iii) for the fiscal year for which the
budget of the President is submitted, the
amount of and share of Federal spending
constituted by each category of spending on
children under the budget of the President; and
``(iv) for the fiscal year after the fiscal
year described in clause (iii), the amount of
and share of Federal spending constituted by
each category of spending on children under the
budget of the President.
``(E) Open data and transparency.--
``(i) In general.--The Director shall
publish all of the reports and studies required
under this paragraph in a publicly accessible
format, including through--
``(I) the dashboard described in
clause (ii); and
``(II) the open data portal
described in clause (iii).
``(ii) Dashboard.--The Director shall
develop and maintain on an internet website
available to the public a tool (commonly
referred to as a `dashboard') that--
``(I) highlights the key indicators
identified in the reports and studies
required under this paragraph; and
``(II) uses visualization tools to
assist the public in understanding
trends in spending on children over
periods of time.
``(iii) Open data portal.--The Director
shall develop and maintain an internet website
available to the public that--
``(I) provides raw quantitative
data relating to spending on children
contained in reports and studies
required under this paragraph;
``(II) provides that data in a
widely accessible file format that
allows the public to analyze the data;
and
``(III) categorizes that data by
budget account.''.
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