[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6569 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6569

   To include certain executive and judicial actions in the baseline 
calculation by the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2025

  Mr. Estes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on the Budget

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                                 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.''.
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