Bill
HR 2524
Repeals Congressional Budget Office requirements and replaces them with unspecified alternatives, potentially changing budget scoring and transparency for lawmakers.
HR 2524 – REPEAL CBO Requirements Act: Summary
Overview
- Bill number: HR 2524
- Title: REPEAL CBO Requirements Act
- Short title (as introduced): REPEAL CBO Requirements Act
- Long title (as introduced): Replacing Exploitative Partisan Estimates with Alternatives by Liquidating Congressional Budget Office Requirements or the REPEAL CBO Requirements Act
- Purpose (as indicated by the title): To repeal Congressional Budget Office (CBO) requirements and replace them with unspecified alternatives, effectively liquidating CBO requirements.
- Introduced: March 31, 2025
- Status: Introduced in the House; referred to committees
Legislative Actions
- 2025-03-31: Introduced in the House
- 2025-03-31: 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.
Sponsors
- Primary sponsor: Claudia Tenney
- Cosponsor: Mike Collins
Key Provisions and Changes (as described by the introduced text)
- The bill is designed to repeal existing requirements imposed on or by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
- It proposes replacing these CBO requirements with unspecified alternatives.
- The only formally provided language identifies the act by its long title and short title; no detailed provisions or mechanisms are included in the introduced version.
Potential Impact and Implications
- Fiscal analysis and budgeting: Repealing CBO requirements could alter how budgetary impact is assessed for legislation, depending on what substitutes or alternatives are adopted.
- Legislative process: Depending on what replaces CBO requirements, the clarity, transparency, and consistency of budget scoring could change; this may affect lawmakers’ ability to evaluate fiscal effects of bills.
- Stakeholders affected: Members of Congress, committees (Rules and Budget in particular), and the CBO and other entities involved in fiscal analysis.
- Uncertainty due to limited text: With no detailed provisions released, the specific alternative methods or bodies that would provide estimates are unknown, as are any timelines, transition rules, or fiscal effects.
Procedural and Timeline Considerations
- The bill has been introduced and immediately referred to the House Committee on Rules and the Committee on the Budget.
- The referral notes that consideration will be for a period to be determined by the Speaker, aligning with typical House procedure for jurisdictional matters.
- No companion Senate action or floor action is indicated in the available information.
Next Steps for Readers
- Watch for the full bill text and any committee statements, hearings, or manager’s amendments to understand the exact replacement framework and its fiscal implications.
- Monitor for any fiscal analyses or scoring implications released by the CBO or the committees.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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