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H.R. 6140: Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act
119th Congress · introduced 2025-11-19 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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Official title
Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act
Plain summary
Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to annually publish a schedule of the expected publication dates of its major recurring reports. The schedule must must include, at a minimum, the expected publication dates for the baseline for the budget year and subsequent updates, the report on options to reduce the deficit, the report on the accuracy of budgetary projections for the most recently completed fiscal year, and the report on programs or activities with unauthorized appropriations. CBO must (1) publish the schedule on its public website no later than December 31 of each year, and (2) update the schedule during the following calendar year as necessary.
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Congressional Budget Office Scheduling Reform Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] · 5 cosponsors
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr6140.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr6140 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills