[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5159 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5159

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
to require any cost estimate for a bill or joint resolution prepared by 
  the Congressional Budget Office to include the cost to each United 
 States citizen for carrying out such measure, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 2024

    Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Braun) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                               the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
to require any cost estimate for a bill or joint resolution prepared by 
  the Congressional Budget Office to include the cost to each United 
 States citizen for carrying out such measure, 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. INCLUDING COSTS TO CITIZENS OF SPENDING IN CBO ESTIMATES.

    Section 402 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Director'' and inserting ``(a) The 
        Director''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Any estimate prepared under subsection (a) shall include an 
estimate of the pro rata amount for each citizen of the United States 
of the total change (if any) during the period covered by the estimate 
under such subsection if the bill or resolution is carried out in the 
following:
            ``(1) Total Federal spending.
            ``(2) Total Federal debt.''.
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