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Introduced December 10, 2025 by Ron Estes · Last progress December 10, 2025
The bill makes federal budget baselines more timely and forward-looking by forcing rapid inclusion and documentation of executive and judicial actions, but it raises risks of speculative or politicized scoring and adds compliance costs for agencies.
Taxpayers and policymakers will receive clearer, more forward-looking federal budget forecasts because CBO must include the budgetary effects of judicial and executive actions in baseline updates.
Federal lawmakers and oversight staff will get timelier, more complete information because agencies must provide implementation documents and data to CBO within 10 days after an action takes effect.
Budget oversight and forward fiscal planning are strengthened because certain proposed executive actions are treated as final for inclusion thresholds, making baselines more responsive to likely near-term changes.
Taxpayers and budget users may see less precise or overstated short-term budget projections because treating proposed executive actions as final can prompt speculative scoring of near-term fiscal impacts.
Budget scorekeeping could become politicized and inconsistent if committee chairs can direct exclusions when actions are rapidly included in baselines, undermining trust in official estimates.
Federal agencies and staff will face increased administrative burden and compliance costs from preparing and delivering implementation materials within a 10-day window.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires CBO to include budget effects of judicial/executive actions in baselines, publish a table for actions estimated to cost $50B+ over 11 years, and requires agencies to provide documentation within 10 days.
Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include the budgetary effects of judicial and executive actions (including proposed and final rules, executive orders, and memoranda) in its baseline calculations and updates. Federal agencies must provide the CBO with documentation, implementation guidance, and other information within 10 days after an executive action goes into effect. Also directs the CBO to publish, when practicable, a separate table listing judicial and executive actions issued since the last report that the Director estimates will have budgetary effects of at least $50 billion across the current year, the budget year, and the following nine years, treating proposed executive actions as if final for that inclusion.