U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5442: Cost Estimates Improvement Act
Status: In committee, September 17, 2026
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 17, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cost Estimates Improvement Act . SECTION 2. CBO and JCT estimates to include debt servicing costs (a) In general Part A of title IV of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 651 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: SECTION 407. Estimates to include debt servicing costs Any estimate prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402, and any estimate prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation, shall include, to the extent practicable, the costs (if any) of servicing the public debt. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 406 the following: 407. Estimates to include debt servicing costs. .
Sponsors
- Scott, Rick (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Common questions
- What is SB5442?
- SB5442 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Cost Estimates Improvement Act.
- What does SB5442 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of SB5442?
- In committee as of September 17, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (September 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5442?
- Scott, Rick (R).
- Where is the official record for SB5442?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5442
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