H.R. 991 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Cost Estimates Improvement Act
Cosponsors: 20 (3 D, 17 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-02-05
Latest action (2025-02-05): 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.
What H.R. 991 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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