CBO Show Your Work Act
Sponsored By: Representative Davidson
Introduced
Summary
Full transparency for the Congressional Budget Office’s models and data. This bill would require the Congressional Budget Office to publish every fiscal and policy model, data preparation routine, program, assumption, and computation used to produce cost and other fiscal, social, or economic estimates so outside analysts can replicate the work.
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- Lawmakers, researchers, and journalists would gain access to the models, code, assumptions, and computations behind CBO cost estimates, allowing independent replication and review.
- The public would see updates to any model or routine on the CBO website, and Members of Congress would receive the same materials.
- For data that cannot be disclosed, the Director must publish a complete list of variables, descriptive statistics (averages, standard deviations, counts, and correlations) to the extent allowed, cite the statute that bars disclosure, and provide contact information for whoever has unrestricted access.
- The requirements would take effect 6 months after enactment.
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More public access to CBO work
If enacted, this bill would require the Congressional Budget Office to publish models and data it uses to estimate laws. It would cover fiscal models, policy models, and data preparation routines, and any updates to them. For each estimate, CBO would publish programs, assumptions, and computations so outsiders could replicate results. If law blocks disclosure, CBO would still list all data variables and give basic statistics where allowed. CBO must also cite the statute that bars disclosure and give contact information for those with full access. The requirement would begin six months after enactment. CBO would make materials available to Members of Congress and on its public website.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Davidson
OH • R
Cosponsors
Barr
KY • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
FL • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Franklin, Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Hageman
WY • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Mills
FL • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Norman
SC • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
TN • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
AL • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
NC • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
GA • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
NY • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Allen
GA • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
GA • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Greene (GA)
GA • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
IL • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
SC • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Harris (NC)
NC • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Fedorchak
ND • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
VA • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]
SC • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rose
TN • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
KY • R
Sponsored 1/24/2025
Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5]
CO • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large]
AK • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/2/2025
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