[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7032 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.7032
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
An Act
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to
provide the Congressional Budget Office with necessary authorities to
expedite the sharing of data from executive branch agencies, 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 Data
Sharing Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUESTS BY CBO OF INFORMATION FROM EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.
(a) In General.--Section 201(d) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(d)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Director is authorized'' and inserting
``(1) The Director is authorized'';
(2) by striking ``(other than material the disclosure of which
would be a violation of law)'' and inserting ``(with or without
written agreement) provided that the Director maintains the level
of confidentiality required by law of the department, agency,
establishment, or regulatory agency or commission from which it is
obtained in accordance with section 203(e)''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) No provision of law enacted after the date of the enactment
of the Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act shall be construed
to supersede, limit, or otherwise modify the authority of the Director
to obtain any material under this subsection unless such provision
specifically provides, by specific reference to this paragraph, that
such authority is to be superseded, limited, or otherwise modified.''.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office
shall submit, to the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, a report listing any request
for information pursuant to a written agreement under section 201(d) of
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
601(d)), as amended by subsection (a) of this Act, made to any
department, agency, or establishment of the executive branch of
Government or any regulatory agency or commission of the Government and
any challenges faced accessing information under such section.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.