Sponsor
Ralph Norman
Representative · R-SC
Representative · R-SC
Official title: To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to provide testimony at annual hearings held by the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and for other purposes.
Introduced November 18, 2025 by Ralph Norman · Last progress November 18, 2025
The bill increases transparency and congressional scrutiny of CBO budget projections to improve fiscal decision‑making, at the cost of added staff burdens and a risk that more frequent political scrutiny will erode perceived CBO impartiality.
Taxpayers, Members of Congress, and budget officials gain stronger federal budget oversight because the CBO Director must testify (when requested) twice yearly, increasing transparency of budget projections and making congressional budget debates more informed.
Households and policymakers get clearer fiscal information because committees can review the accuracy of CBO baseline projections, which can improve fiscal decision‑making and planning.
Federal employees at CBO could face increased time demands and diverted staff resources to prepare for more frequent testimony, potentially slowing other analyses and official cost estimates.
Taxpayers and the public could see CBO scoring perceived as more politicized because more frequent political questioning of the Director risks undermining the agency's technical impartiality and public trust.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the CBO Director to testify up to two times per year before each House and Senate Budget Committee when requested by the committee chair, including review of baseline accuracy.
Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to testify at two hearings per year before each House and Senate Budget Committee when requested by that committee's chair. Testimony must occur by the end of the calendar year and may cover any matters the committees choose, including review of the CBO’s most recent fiscal-year baseline projections and estimates.