Who it affects
- Congressional Budget Office
- Joint Committee on Taxation
In committeeGovernment spending
Cost Estimates Improvement Act
H.R. 10327 · House bill · Introduced Sept. 10, 2026
The Cost Estimates Improvement Act would require congressional budget and tax offices to include government debt payment costs in their cost estimates.
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Where it stands
In committee
How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The bill changes what must be included in certain cost estimates.
- It applies to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation.
- Those estimates must include the costs of making payments on government debt.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
How South Carolina voted
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Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Cloud, Michael (R-TX)
- Introduced
- Sept. 10, 2026
- Cosponsors
- 20
- Committees
- House Budget Committee; House Rules Committee
- Latest action
- Sept. 10, 2026 · Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
Cost Estimates Improvement Act This bill requires cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation to include the costs of servicing the public debt.
Summary on Congress.gov ↗Everyone who lobbied on this bill (0 groups)
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Lobbyists report every three months, about 20 days after each quarter ends. We have January 2025 through September 2026 reports. Newer reports will be added once filed and published. Reports for October through December 2026 are due January 20, 2027.