Who it affects
- Congressional Budget Office
- Joint Committee on Taxation
In committeeGovernment spendingTaxes
Cost Estimates Improvement Act
S. 5442 · Senate bill · Introduced Sept. 17, 2026
The Cost Estimates Improvement Act would require the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation to include public debt interest costs in their cost estimates.
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How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The bill changes requirements for cost estimates.
- It applies to estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation.
- Those estimates would have to include the cost of paying interest on the public 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
- A bill 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
- Sen. Scott, Rick (R-FL)
- Introduced
- Sept. 17, 2026
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Committees
- Senate Budget Committee
- Latest action
- Sept. 17, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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.