Congressional Budget Office Transparency Act
Latest action. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (continuing resolutionA stopgap law funding the government at existing levels when the annual appropriations bills are not done by October 1.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) H5019)
Congressional Budget Office Transparency Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), whenever an estimate of costs is prepared for any bill or resolution, to post on the CBO public website all working papers, including data, informational papers, methodologies, spreadsheets, computer programs, background data, revenue estimates, and aggregate data provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation, and any other material used to derive such cost estimate.
Prohibits the Director from being required to post on the website any proprietary information utilized by CBO obtained from a third party with whom there is an agreement not to release such information.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on July 17, 2012. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5019)
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The record's latest action, on July 19, 2012: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5019)
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In the 112th Congress (2011-12), 283 of the 10,618 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.7 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
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Has anyone actually voted on it?
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Who is behind it?
Tim Murphy (R-PA) introduced it on July 17, 2012, and 10 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 1 Democrat, 9 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on July 17, 2012, 5168 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 5166 days ago, on July 19, 2012.
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Vote history
- HouseSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5019)
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action