Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Executive Action Cost Transparency Act”.
Executive Action Cost Transparency Act
A BILL
To include certain executive and judicial actions in the baseline calculation by the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Improving baseline data by including executive and judicial actions
In general— Section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(f) Executive and judicial actions
“(1) In general—Unless directed otherwise by the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, any calculation of the baseline and any update of the baseline included in a report required under section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) shall include the budgetary effects of any judicial action and any executive action (including any proposed rule, final rule, executive order, or memorandum) consistent with scorekeeping practices agreed to by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office and the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
“(2) Executive action documentation requirement—With respect to an executive action described in paragraph (1), each department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission that promulgates, issues, announces, or implements any such executive action shall, consistent with the requirements under section 201(d) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(d)) and not later than 10 days after the date any such executive action goes into effect, provide to the Director of the Congressional Budget Office a list that describes—
“(A) all written documentation with respect to the implementation of the executive action;
“(B) any implementation guidance for those impacted by the executive action, including any guidance for internal and external personnel, offices, other entities or individuals, or private parties; and
“(C) any other information relevant to the analyses required by this subsection, including relevant data, as determined appropriate by the Director.”
Separate table in report— Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “To the extent practicable, the report and any update to the report shall include a table of any judicial action and any executive action described in section 257(f) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 that was issued on or after the date of the last publication of the report or the most recent update to the report (as the case may be) if the Director estimates the judicial action or the executive action has budgetary effects of at least $50,000,000,000 during the current year, budget year, and the nine years following the budget year. Any proposed executive action shall be assumed to be final for purposes of determining whether to include the proposed action in the table and shall only be included consistent with the scorekeeping guidelines determined under section 252(d)(5) of such Act.”.