[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 7032 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 393
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7032

                          [Report No. 118-474]

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 to provide the Congressional Budget Office with necessary authorities 
to expedite the sharing of data from executive branch agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2024

 Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Arrington) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget

                             April 29, 2024

    Additional sponsors: Mr. Edwards, Mr. Yakym, Mrs. McClain, Mr. 
    Brecheen, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Bergman, Mr. 
 Grothman, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Norman, 
  Mr. Ferguson, Ms. Omar, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
Peters, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Trone, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
  Mr. Kildee, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Porter, Mr. Cline, Ms. Wexton, Ms. 
 Balint, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Roy, Mr. Estes, 
                        and Mr. Good of Virginia

                             April 29, 2024

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 to provide the Congressional Budget Office with necessary authorities 
to expedite the sharing of data from executive branch agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Budget Office Data 
Sharing Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUESTS BY CBO OF INFORMATION FROM EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 201(d) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Director is authorized'' and 
        inserting ``(1) The Director is authorized'';
            (2) by striking ``(other than material the disclosure of 
        which would be a violation of law)'' and inserting ``(with or 
        without written agreement) provided that the Director maintains 
        the level of confidentiality required by law of the department, 
        agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission from 
        which it is obtained in accordance with section 203(e)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) No provision of law enacted after the date of the enactment 
of the Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act shall be construed 
to supersede, limit, or otherwise modify the authority of the Director 
to obtain any material under this subsection unless such provision 
specifically provides, by specific reference to this paragraph, that 
such authority is to be superseded, limited, or otherwise modified.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
shall submit, to the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, a report listing any request 
for information pursuant to a written agreement under section 201(d) of 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
601(d)), as amended by subsection (a) of this Act, made to any 
department, agency, or establishment of the executive branch of 
Government or any regulatory agency or commission of the Government and 
any challenges faced accessing information under such section.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 393

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7032

                          [Report No. 118-474]

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
 to provide the Congressional Budget Office with necessary authorities 
to expedite the sharing of data from executive branch agencies, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 29, 2024

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed